Harrison Township (part 33 of 37)

Mr. Roof was born on the old family homestead farm, in Monroe Township, Carroll County. November 28, 1841, and is a son of Frederick and Sarah (Alba ugh) Roof, to whom was given a due share of pioneer distinction in this favored section of the Buckeye State when Fredetfck Roof entered Government land in Jefferson County in 1812. The memory of Mr. Roof compasses much of the period of development and progress in Carroll County, and his boyhood and youth were marked by effective service in connection with the reclamation and other activities of the home farm, the while he attended during the winter terms the pioneer schools of the locality. His sturdy young manhood brought to him the graver duties and re- sponsibilities bom of patriotism, and in 1862 be enlisted, at Carrollton, for service as a soldier in the Civil war. He became a member of Company F, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and thereafter experienced the full tension of the great conflict through which the integrity of the nation was preserved, his service having continued until the virtual close of the war, in 1865, in which year he was mustered out and received honorable discharge. After the tragic death of President Lincoln Mr. Roof was one of those honored by appointment to service as bodyguards at the bier of the martyred President, in which connection his service continued twenty-four hours, in alternate watches of four hours' duration. He took part in the second battle of the Wilderness and many skirmishes and other minor engagements, and finally he suffered a severe attack of typhoid fever, as a result of which he was placed in. a hospital at Harper's Ferry and was at one time reported dead. He recovered, however, in due course of time and after his return to his native county he married Miss Sarah Ann Tressel, daughter of Daniel and Abble (Alfred) Tressel. The marriage was solemnized in the year 1867, and concerning the children resultant therefrom it may be stated that the eldest is Daniel Ira, who married Miss Bird Kick, of Tuscarawas County, their home being now at Canton, that county, and their one child, Gladys, being a young woman of eighteen years at the time of this writing, in the winter of 1920-21. Emmet C., the second son, is individually mentioned in an appending review. Ada Florence is the wife of Alva Hoobler, of Rose Township, Carroll County, and their daughter Zana is the wife of Jeremiah Baxter, of Dellroy, and they have two children, Earl and Wayne. Lloyd Clark Hoobler, their son, is again residing in Carroll County, after having served loyally as an American soldier in connection with the great World war, he being an active member of the American Legion. Daisy May is the wife of Walter Beatty, of East Liverpool, Ohio, and they have four children : Frederick David, Donald, Dorothy, and Elizabeth. William Howard, the fourth son, resides at Dellroy. Maude Pearl died in childhood, on the 1st of January, 1885. Grover Cleveland is actively associated with farm industry in Center Township, Carroll County. Alfred Loy and Lewis Franklin, youngest of the sons, are specifically mentioned in sketches that follow this article.

Frederick L. Root, to whom this review is dedicated, gave virtually his entire active career to the basic industries of agriculture and stock-growing, in connection with which he gained substantial success and high standing. After the close of the Civil war he resumed his association with the activities of the old home farm, which comprised at that time 160 acres. This property came into his possession and with the passing years he added gradually to the area of his landed estate in Carroll County until it comprised 280 acres. This finely improved property still continues in his possession, and offers lasting evidence of his ability and progressiveness as a farmer and business man.

He has so ordered his course in all of the relations of life as to merit and receive the unqualified esteem of his fellow men. and has been a loyal and public-spirited citizen. He has never deviated from the line of 9triet allegiance to the cause of the democratic party, and while not imbued at any time with desire for office, his civic loyalty was shown in his effective service as trustee of Monroe Township. He and his wife are earnest communicants of Emmanuel Lutheran Church, in Rose Township. He remained on the old home farm until 1916 and since that year has lived retired in a pleasant home in the Village of Dellroy.

Emmet C. Roof. In the preceding brief review of the career of his honored father is given adequate information concerning the honored pioneer family of which Emmet Clark Roof is a popular representative in Carroll County, where his activities are centered on his excellent farm of 120 acres, in Rose Township, and situated on rural mail route No. 1 from the Village of Sherodsville.

On the old family homestead farm in Monroe Township, Carroll County, Emmet C. Roof was born September 30, 1871, and an appreciable part of his active career has been marked by continued and successful alliance with the basic industry of farming, under the influences of which he was reared. In the Atwood District School of Monroe Township, Mr. Roof applied himself to study in the gaining of his rudimentary education, and from the age of ten years to that of sixteen he attended the Atwood School. In the meanwhile he had not lacked practical discipline in connection with the work of the home farm, and after leaving school he continued to be identified with its operations until he had attained to his legal majority. Thereafter he gained broadening experience by means of his travels and services in the capacity of stationary engineer, to which work he gave his attention sixteen years. Within this interval he worked at various places, including Akron and Cambridge, Ohio, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, besides which he followed his vocation for a time in connection with coal mine operations in different sections of Ohio. From 1901 to 1903 he was a conductor on the street-car lines of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He finally returned to his native county and to the vocation with which the family name has here been long and prominently identified. In 1911 Mr. Roof purchased a farm of 114 acres in Rose Township, but in 1914 he purchased and removed to his present model farm of 120 acres, in the same township. Here he has since continued to put forth his best efforts as a vigorous and progressive agriculturist and stock-grower, and he takes loyal interest in all things touching the welfare of his home township and native county. He has had no ambition for political preferment but is a stalwart in the local ranks of the democratic party, besides which he is found actively affiliated with the Atwood Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, and the Carroll County Farm Bureau.

In May, 1914, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Roof to Mrs. Olive (Bartchy) Motter, widow of Henry E. Motter and a daughter of John J. and Ida (Stewart) Bartchy, the latter a daughter of the late Dr. E. P. Stewart, of Carroll County, Ohio. Mrs. Roof was bora at Bakersville, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, in the year 1882, and she was nineteen years of age at the time of her graduation in the high school. Mr. and Mrs. Roof have no children, but their pleasant rural home is brightened by the presence of Mrs. Roofs three children by her first marriage - Rosa Elba, Evelyn Ida and Harry Blake.

Alfred L. Roof is associated with his youngest brother, Lewis F., in progressive farm enterprise on one of the fine landed estates of Monroe Township, Carroll County, where they utilize in their operations a tract of 280 acres, besides which the subject of this sketch individually owns eighty-nine acres in the same township. The brothers are numbered among the most enterprising and successful farmers of the younger generation in' their native township and on other pages of this work individual mention is made also of the younger brother.

Alfred Loy Roof was born on the old homestead farm, in Monroe Township. October 20, 1888, and was the fifth in order of birth of the six sons and two daughters of Frederick L. and Sarah (Tressel) Roof. Alfred L. received the advantages of the district schools and attended the village schools of Dellroy for one term. At the age of twenty-four years he initiated an apprenticeship to the trade of telegraphist, at Bayard, Columbiana, County, and after perfecting himself in the art he continued to be employed two years as an operator in the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Within this period he held positions at various places, Including Alliance, Malvern, Waynesburg, Steubenville, Brilliant, Martins Ferry and Yorkville. Thereafter he passed one year as a tire builder for one of the great rubber-manufacturing companies in the City of Akron, and he then returned to the old home farm, in the operations of which he is now associated with his youngest brother, under partnership relations. The brothers exemplify utmost vigor and progressiveness as agriculturists and stockgrowers and are contributing materially to the prestige of their native county as a center of farm industry. Mr. Roof is a staunch democrat. is affiliated with the Grange at Atwood, and he and his wife are zealous communicants of the Lutheran Church in Rose Township, of which he is serving as a trustee.

The year 1915 recorded the marriage of Mr. Roof to Miss Floy Sharp, daughter of Samuel C. and Margaret Elizabeth (Beamer) Sharp, of Sherodsville, and they have a fine little son, Chester Loyd, who was born in 1917.

Lewis F. Roof is a young man who is fortified with the energy and practical experience which conserve success in connection with productive farm enterprise, and in this basic field of industry he is associated, under partnership alliance, with his brother, Alfred L., of whom individua1 mention is made on preceding pages.

They have active charge of the fine old homestead farm of 280 acres, in Monroe Township, Carroll County. On this farm Lewis Franklin Roof was born, the youngest of the six sons and two daughters of Frederick L. and Sarah (Tressel) Roof.

Mr. Roof was reared to the sturdy discipline of the farm and in the meanwhile continued to attend the Atwood public school until he had attained to the age of seventeen years. He has been continuously associated with the activities of the old home farm from his boyhood to the present time and here is a vital and progressive exponent of modern methods and policies of agriculture and live-stock enterprise. He is a staunch democrat, and his personal popularity in the home community was significantly shown when, in the fall of 1919, he was elected trustee of his native township, for the regular term of two years. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church iji the Village of Dellroy.

June 12, 1915, recorded the marriage of -Mr. Roof to Miss Myrtle W. McQueen, daughter of John H. and Cora A. (Teeter) McQueen, of Dellroy, and the one child of this union is Wayne Francis, who was born in the year 1916.

William Bigger is one of the progressive farmers whose activities give to Archer Township a distinct prestige as one of the most attractive and productive divisions of Harrison County, and further Interest attaches to his achievement by reason of the fact that he is a native of this township, where his birth occurred on the 22d of April. 1869. His father, John M. Bigger, was born in Crawford County, Ohio, September 29, 1839, and his mother, whose maiden, name was Jennie Mitchell, was born in Archer Township, Harrison County, October 31, 1815, a daughter of Robert and Eliza Jane (Atkinson) Mitchell. Robert Mitchell was born in Archer Township, as a representative of one of the honored pioneer families of Harrison County, and here his death occurred in 1894. his widow, likewise a native of Archer Township. having passed away in August^ 1904. Robert Mitchell was born January 5, 1816, and was a son of John and Mary (Hines) Mitchell, whose marriage was solemnized in Cadiz Township, this county, where the latter's father, Rudolph Hines, was an early settler. James Mitchell was born in Scotland and was a youth when he came to America. After remaining for a time in Maryland he came to Ohio aud located at Steubenville, whence he shortly afterward came to Harrison County. He reclaimed and improved one of the fine farms of the county and here both he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives, both having been zealous members of the Seceder Church, later known as the United Presbyterian Church, and his political allegiance having been given to the whig party. He died at the age of seventytwo years. His brother, Robert, served under Gen. William Henry Harrison in the War of 1812. Robert Mitchell, son of John, passed his entire life in Archer Township, where he became a representative farmer and influential citizen, his political support having been given to the republican party and both he and his wife having been earnest members of the United Presbyterian Church. Of thei^ five children Jennie, the mother of William Bigger, was the firstborn, her marriage to John M. Bigger having been solemnized February 2. 1865. Her death occurred June 30, 1871. and her infant child died on the 22d of the following month, and two children, Laura and William, survived her.

John M. Bigger was a son of William and Sarah (Dunlap) Bigger. William Bigger was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and remained In the old Keystone State until he came to Ohio and numbered himself among the pioneer farmers of Crawford County, where he remained until his death. Thereafter his widow removed with her children to Jefferson County, their children having been six in number - Leander, Samuel, John M., Joseph, Sarah (Mrs. John A. Kithcart). and Helen, the last named having remained unwed. William Blgge£,.wns* a member of the United Presbyterian Church, from which his widow eventually transferred her membership to the Presbyterian Church, of which her children likewise became members, she' having passed the closing years of her life in Jefferson County.

John M. Bigger was a young man when he came from Jefferson County to Harrison County, and he passed the remainder of his life in -Archer Township. He followed the trade of carpenter, besides becoming the owner of one of the excellent farms of the township, and he was one of the substantial and highly esteemed citizens of the county at the time of his death, on the 3d of May, 1916. Of the children the eldest is Laura E., who is the wife of John William Freshwater and has one daughter, Mary Helen; William, of this sketch, was the next in order of birth; the next child, a son. died at birth ; and Jennie L., who was bom June 21, 1871, died on the 22d of the following month, as previously noted.

William Bigger acquired his early education in the district schools of Archer and Cadiz Townships, and he has been actively associated with farm industry from his youth to the present time. In the late '80s he initiated his independent activities as a farmer, In Archer Township, and since 1908 he has resided on his present fine farm of eighty-three acres, upon which he has made manj improvements, including the remodeling and repairing of the buildings. The attractive home is situated about one and one-half miles northeast of Cadiz, the county seat, and in that village Mr. and Mrs. Rieger are active members of the United Presbyterian Church. Mr. Bigger is loyal and liberal in support of all things tending to advance the welfare of his home community and native county, and his political allegiance is given to the republican party.

November 3, 1892. recorded the marriage of Mr. Bigger to Miss Maude Chaney, daughter of J-mes and Margaret (Haines) Chaney, both likewise natives of Harrison County, where the former was born February 24. 1831, and the letter on the 27th of April, 1841. James Chaney became one of the representative farmers in

Cadiz Township, but passed the last few years of his life in Green Township, where his death occurred August 36, 1902, his widow having passed to the life eternal on the 14th of February, 1906, and both having been members of the Presbyterian Church. They became the parents of these children - N. A., Mary H. (Mrs. John A. Dunlap), William, James Beatty. Oscar E., Maude (Mrs. William Bigger), and Laura Belle (died May 26. 1903). Mr. and Mrs. Bigger became the parents of six children - Wilma, Lucille, Robert Clayton, Clarence, Bertha Irene and John M. Lucille is the wife of Walter Patterson and they have three children, Laura Louise and Mary Lee and Margaret Irene, the latter two being twins, born December 21, 1920. Robert Clayton Bigger was one of the young men of Harrison County who were called into the nation's service in connection with the World war. He entered Camp Sherman on the 5th of September, 1918, and there his death occurred on the 2d of the following month, he having been a victim of the epidemic of influenza. Clarence Bigger married Miss Nellie Carson and they reside at Cadiz and have one daughter, Grace Elizabeth, bom February 12, 1920. >

John Youno. A man of sterling ability and worth, John Young holds high rank among the more progressive agriculturists and able business men of Stock Township, and is In all respects a valuable citizen of his community, fulfilling his duties as such with fidelity. A son of the late Robert G. Young, he was bom July 6, 1864, In Washington Township, Harrison County, Ohio, of Irish ancestry.

His paternal grandfather, also named John Young, was bora, bred and educated in Ireland. Having married at an early age. and feeling the need of broader opportunities for supporting his young and growing family, he immigrated, soon after the birth of his third child, to the United States, and located, with his family, in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Coming from there to Ohio, he bought land in Stock Township, Harrison County, and having partly cleared the. fa mi now owned and occupied by his grandson, he there continued a tiller of the soil until his death, June 10. 1861. To him and his wife, whose maiden name was Martha Mc- Doogal, nine children were bom, as follows - John, William, Jared. Robert G., Leonard, Mary, Susan, Jane, and Elizabeth.

Born In Washington County. Pennysl vania, on February 11, 1822, Robert G. Young came with his parents to Stock Township in boyhood, and bravely assisted bis father in the pioneer labor of redeeming a farm from the wilderness. In 1852, desirous of trying the hazard of new fortunes, he, with his brother Leonard, Ms brotber-lu-lrw, George Sproul. James Mc- Doogal and two other companions trekked across the country from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Sacramento, California, with an ox team, being six months on the road. The majority of the little band subsequently returned to Ohio, his brother Leonard, however, being accidentally drowned while on the return trip. After a stay of seven years in the Golden State, Robert

G. Young returned to Stock Township, and, with the exception of one year spent in Tuscarawas County, and two years in Washington Township, Harrison County, was engaged in farming on the parental homestead, where his death occurred on September 16, 1884.

Robert G. Young married Mary Jane Sproul, who was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, a daughter of William and Sarah (Gillis) Sproul, and they became the parents of three children, namely: James S., John, with whom this sketch is chiefly concerned; Mary, wife of L. W. Baker.

Brought up on the home farm, John Young acquired his early education in Stock Township, attending the Posy Hill School very regularly. Having obtained a practical knowledge of the agricultural arts while working with his father, he migrated, in 1889, to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where he was engaged in farming for nearly four years. Returning then to Stock Township, Mr. Young bought the ancestral homestead, and in its management has since taken great pleasure, as a general farmer and stock raiser having met with far more than average success. On his finely cultivated farm of 257% acres, he has made improvements of value, his attractive home having steam heat, and running hot and cold water, the whole estate having an air of neatness and prosperity that never fails to attract the attention of the passer-by.

On June 11, 1888, Mr. Young was united in marriage with Anna Baker, who was born in Washington Township, Harrison County, Ohio, a daughter of the late Henry Baker. A native of Archer Township, Harrison County, Ohio. Mr. Baker bought land in Washington Township as a youn£ man, and was there prosperously engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death, January 9, 1802. He married Esther Woods, who was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and died in 1905. Mr. and Mrs. Baker had a family of twelve children, as follows: Margaret Anna, who lived but a few years; Thomas; Mary; Eli died in infancy; Sarah; Oscar died in infancy; Ezlrah; Armlnda Jane; Emmett; Anna, who became the wife of Mr. Young; I^mrick and Ida.

of Russell E. Blackwell, who served in the World war for twenty-two months, going overseas with his command; Robert H., engaged in farming with his father, married Bessie Malernee, and they have one child, Anna Maxine; Mary Elizabeth lived but five months; Ida F. married Ray R. Walker, a soldier in the World war for ten months, served in France, and on three occasions went over the top; and Grace Elizabeth. Mr. and Mrs. Young are worthy members of the Presbyterian Church at Deersville, and generous contributors towardB its support.

Horace A. Pennock was a native of Carroll County and a representative of the third generation of the Pennock family in this county, with whose civic and industrial development and progress the family name has been worthily and prominently linked. He was born in Augusta Township, April 9, 1848, and is a son of Joel and Charlotte (Van Horn) Pennock, both of whom passed their entire lives in Carroll County. Joel Pennock was a son of Enoch and Rebecca (Pennock) Pennock, who were bom in the state of Pennsylvania. In 1816 Enoch Pennock and his brothers George and Nathaniel came from Chester County, Pennsylvania, to what is now Carroll County, where they took up a large tract of land in the present Augusta Township, the greater part of this land being still in possession of the Pennock family, by representatives of which it was reclaimed from the virgin forest and developed into the fine farm property of the present day. Enoch Pennock here remained until his death, in 1865; George Pennock died at the age of forty-eight years; and Nathaniel, who remained a bachelor, survived his brotlfer George by three years. In Chester County, Pennsylvania, the ancestor of Horace A. Pennock was granted a tract of land in recognition of his service as a soldier in the War of the Revolution, and the same lofty patriotism has characterized the Pennock family in all succeeding generations.

Joel Pennock was reared on the old pioneer homestead which was the place of his birth, made good use of the advantages afforded in the common schools of the period, and as a youth he learned the trade of wagonmaker, which he followed in connection with his farm enterprise for a number of years. He was one of the honored and influential citizens of Augusta Towu* ship, was a republican in politics from the time of the organization of the party until his death, served twenty-four years as Justice of the peace, and both he and his wife were birthright members of the Society of Friends, to the faith of which they ever adhered with consistent devotion. They became the parents of seven children - Mary, Horace A., Isaac N., Willard, Martha, Sarah Rebecca and Almira, and the latter died at the age of four years; Roy Joel Pennock died when about sixty years of age and his wife passed away at the age of eighty-two years.

Horace A. Pennock passed the period of his childhood and early youth on the old home farm and in addition to attending the rural schools of Augusta Township he was for two terms a student in Harlem College, at Harlem Springs. In company with his brothers Isaac N. and Willard*he became a successful contractor in the building of cars for different railroad corporations, and with this line of industrial enterprise he continued his active association for a quarter of a century. Thereafter he was engaged in the erection of houses and other buildings, as a representative contractor in his native county, but he gained special prominence as a railroad mechanic and contractor, his paternal grandfather having followed this line of work to a considerable degree in the early days of railroad operations. He formerly owned about eighty acres of land in and adjacent to the village of Minerva, and he retained a tract of eight acres In the village, wherfc, as a contractor, he erected many of the houses that add to the attractions of the place.

Mr. Pennock was unwavering in his allegiance to the republican party and for twenty-three years he held the office of justice of the peace, besides which he served several terms as mayor of kinerva. He has lived for many years on the last farm which his father owned, in and contiguous to Minerva, and much of the land is now platted into village lots. He was continuously in his native county save for an interval of ten years passed in the oil districts of Pennsylvania, in Butler County.

On the 26th of September, 1868, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Pennock to Miss Melinda Harriett Long, who was bom in Carroll County, in 1849, and whose death occurred in August 1899, she having been a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of this union were born three children: Percy L., who was bora January 26, 1872, is now in the grocery ^business in Minerva, the maiden name of his wife having been Mary Hotchkiss, and their one child being a son, Percy L., Jr. Lundy L., who was bom May 28, 1877, and who Is a traveling salesman, resides In Chicago, the maiden name of his wife having been Florence Bider. Hattie E., who was bom March 7, 1888, received, like her brothers, the advantages of the public schools of Minerva and later was graduated in a high school in Pennsylvania, where the family home was at that time established. She was for six years a popular teacher In the schools of Carroll County and in 1910 she became the wife of Orrin C. Gotschall, their home being maintained at Minerva, Ohio.

On the 14th of February, 1902, Horace A. Pennock was united in marriage to Miss Angel in e DeFord, a daughter of Alonzo L. and Mary A. (Pennock) DeFord, the latter a daughter of George Pennock, one of the three brothers who, as previously noted In this article, settled In Carroll County more than a century ago. John and Matilda (Littell) DeFord, grandparents of Mrs. Pennock, likewise were pioneers of this county. Mr. Pennock died March 17. 1921, and was buried In the old cemetery at Minerva. Mrs. Pennock will make her future home at Alliance, Ohio.

It should be stated that Mr. Pennock became widely known in former years as a breeder of fine draft and road horses, a line of enterprise to which he gave special attention for many years, within which he owned at times from six to eight of the best stallions he could purchase. He was one of the loyal and public-spirited men of his native county and a popular representative of one of its honored pioneer families.

Hamilton R. Blazer. Since Its establishment in Carroll County many years ago, the Blazer family has unfailingly sustained the most intelligent and practical interests of the community In agriculture and In citizenship. Its men have demonstrated the worth of Industry and Integrity, and Its women have kept their houses In order and taught their children to be fair, honest and considerate In their dealings with their fellow-men. It was in such an atmosphere of encouragement that Hamilton R. Blazer, for many years an agriculturist of Washington Township, but since 1910 superintendent of the Carroll County Infirmary, was reared by his parents, Philip Burget and Mary (Bothwell) Blazer.

Mr. Blazer was born in Center Township, Carroll County, In April, 1866. His grandparents, Basil and Jane (Burget) Blazer, were natives of Pennsylvania, who settled in Jefferson County, Ohio, at an early date and there rounded out their careers In the pursuits of the soil. Philip Burget Blazer was born in Jefferson County, and in young manhood removed to Lee Township, Carroll County, where he met and married Mary Bothwell, who was born at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a daughter of George and Jane (Armstrong) Bothwell, natives of Ireland who after a stay in Pennsylvania came to Carroll County and here passed the declining years of their lives. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Philip B. Blazer settled in Lee Township, but later moved to Center Township, where Mr. Blazer carried on farming until his death. May 10, 1889. By his first marriage, to Mary Allman, he had five children: William. James,

Basil, Silas and Anna Mary, all of whom are deceased with the exception of Basil, who is a resident of Dellroy, Ohio. Philip B. and Mary (Bothwell) Blazer became the parents of eight children, namely: Hamilton R. ; Thomas, of

Center Township; David, of Carrollton; Joseph, deceased; Howard, of Stark County, Ohio* Morris B., of Washington Township; John, or Center Township; and George W., deceased.

Hamilton R. Blazer acquired his educational training at the Possum Hollow district school in Center Township and remained on the home farm until his marriage, following which he rented land. At the time of his father's death, in the division of the elder man's estate, he received an inheritance of 130 acres In Washington Township, on which he carried on successful operations until 1910. In that year, when appointed superintendent of the Carroll County Infirmary, he sold his farm, and for eleven years has devoted himself uninterruptedly to the care of the county wards placed in his charge. Mr. Blazer has acquitted himself in an able manner in discharging the duties and responsibilities of his office and his record Is that of a capable, conscientious and thorough public official. Formerly he was for many years a member of the agricultural board of Carroll County. When still In his Infancy he was taken to the County Fair by his parents, and since then has not failed to attend every event of this kind held in Carroll County. In politics Mr. Blazer is an adherent of republican principles. His religious connection is with the Methodist Episcopal Church.

On December 6, 1877, Mr. Blazer was united In marriage with Miss Anna Moorhead, who was born In Lee Township, Carroll County, daughter of Abraham and Martha (Ralston) Moorhead, the former a native also of Lee Township and the latter of the state of West Virginia. To this union there have been born three children: Martha, the wife of Charles

Hen by Brachin was one of the prosperous farmers of Union Township during many years of his useful life, and through his industry, thrift and good management accumulated a competency which left his family in comfortable circumstances when he died. He was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, a son of Cornelius and Rebecca (Brooks) Brachin, natives of Ireland, who came to the United States about 1816, and located in Washington County, Pennsylvania, but soon thereafter moved to Salem, Ohio, and later to Carroll County where they bought a farm in Union Township. Subsequently Cornelius Brachin went to Iowa to enter land from the Government, but died on the way to that state. His widow passed away on tile homestead. Of their nine children, one survives, namely: Rebecca, who is the wife of Dr. Jasper Tope of Petersburg, Ohio.

Growing up In Union Township, Henry Brachin attended its country schools, and remained on the home farm until his marriage, when he bought 160 acres of land in Union Township, but had to pay for it by installments, and at the same time he was doing this he looked after his mother as long as she lived. The farm had an old house on it, which Mr. Brachin later rebuilt, and he erected all of the other buildings now standing. At the time he secured It the land was neany all covered with timber, which he cleared off, he erected the fences and made many other improvements, so that when he died in July, 1886, he left a valuable property. He was an upright, Christian man and a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which he long served as a trustee. In politics a republican, he was active in his party, and served at one time as township assessor.

On October 18, 1860, Henry Brachin was married to Sarah Jane Lindsey of Monroe Township, a daughter of John and Mary (Rutledge) Lindsey, natives of Ireland, and William and Jane (Crosier) Rutledge, who were among the earliest settlers of Carroll County. Mr. and Mrs. Brachin became the parents of the following children: Richard, who died at the age of eighteen years; Margaret, who died in Infancy; James W. and Cornelius W., both of whom have been assisting their mother to operate the homestead since the death of their father; Rebecca, who is the widow of Elmer Tripp of Orange Township; and Martha E., who is Mrs. John Swipehart of Perry Township. All the members of the Brachin family are held in high esteem, and Mrs. Brachin has every reason to be proud of her children, for they are a credit to her and her husband.

Jqshua Davis. Although the well-directed labor of Joshua Davis belongs to the past rather than the present of Union Township, innumerable evidences abound of his sojourn within its boundaries, and particularly of his diligence in developing the farm now owned by his sons. Alpha and Newton Davis. Mr. Davis had a keen and practical business mind and probably understood as well how to get the most out of his land and general opportunities as any resident of the township. Moreover, he was a man of sterling integrity and high ideals of citizenship, an Individual who could not fail to have an influence for good in the community in which his home was made for so many years.

Mr. Davis was born on a farm in Union Township, in 1857, and was a small child when his parents died and he was placed among strangers. His educational advantages were confined to Intermittent attendance at the district schools, and his status until his marriage was that of an employe on the farms of others. After his marriage he gathered together bis modest resources and engaged in renting, which he followed for some years, but after the death of his wife's parents he bought the old Fawcett homestead In Union Township, a tract of 163 acres, on which he began at once to make Improvements. The old house was destroyed by fire, and In 1891 Mr. Davis erected the present frame residence, after which he erected other structures and Installed modern equipment, making the property an attractive and valuable one. He was an earnest, hard-working man, who concerned himself chiefly with the Interests of his farm, although he was at all times public-spirited and when he died, July 6, 1910, his community lost a man who had done much to further Its welfare. He was a republican in politics, although not a politician, and a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

On February 17, 1870, Mr. Davis married Miss Sarah J. Fawcett, who was bom In Union Township, daughter of Henry Fawcett, an early settler of that township. She died April 2. 1916, leaving three sons: Henry, of Perry

Township; and Alpha and Newton, of Union Township, the former bom August 23, 1878, and the latter bom June 20, 1890. Neither Alpha nor Newton are married. They are republicans and members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Alpha belongs to the Petersburg Grange. The sons are operating the home farm Jointly and successfully, have developed many of the substantial traits of their honored father, and have won the regard and esteem of their fellow-citizens because of their Industry and integrity.

Thomas G. Donaldson. No better gauge of a man's character can be afforded than the fact that he is chosen by his close associates to act as guardian of their children, assignee and administrator of their estate, and their representative in other trusts. It is not until a man has fully proven his dependability and uprightness that he Is so selected, and were there no other distinguishing features of the busy life of Thomas G. Donaldson, one of the substantial farmers of Fox Township, and for some years a notary public, he would have the right to claim the respect of his fellow citizens. However, he has accomplished other things, and has been connected with much of the constructive work of his section of Ohio.

and Jane (Hamlll) Donaldson, natives of Scotland and Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and grandson of William and Janet Donaldson, natives of Scotland. In 1816 they came to the United States, and settled in New York State. Rev. John Donaldson was an associate Presbyterian minister, and came as a missionary to Ohio, at an early day. About 1823 or 1824 he bought a tract of land containing 130 acres on section 32, Fox Township, which was partly improved, a portion of it from Robert George, and the remainder from the latter's brother. Although he owned the farm, it was conducted by his sons, as he continued his ministerial duties, and had charge of three congregations. The maternal grandparents were John and Susan (Sloan) Hamill, who were born in Pennsylvania, east of the Allegheny mountains, in Bedford County. Later they moved to Mercer County, that state, where he was elected sheriff, and he maintained his residence in the vicinity of Xenia, Ohio, for some time prior to his death.

On December 31, 1871, Rev. John Donaldson died, but his wife survived him until June, 1884, when she, too, passed away. Their childrefi were as follows: Thomas G., who was the eldest; Frances, who live In Lyons, Kansas, is the widow of Hamilton Walker. By a former marriage with Mildred Goodwillic, Rev. Mr. Donaldson had the following children: Beatrice, who is deceased ; Richard B., David, John and William, all of whom are also deceased.

Thomas G. Donaldson has always resided on the homestead, with the exception of about two years spent attending private schools, and one term when he was in school at Westminster, Ohio. In 1861 he bought this homestead, which was Improved, but since then has put up all of the present buildings. In addition to the 130 acres In the home place he also owns forty acres on section 31 which he uses as pasture land. He has always carried on general farming, and raised Merino sheep, horses, cattle and hogs.

Mr. Donaldson has many interests, however, outside his farm, and for thirty-six years was a justice of the peace. Since 1908 he has been a notary public, and for two terms was township clerk, and has always been active in the republican party. He has discharged In all fifty-one fiduciary trusts as guardian, assignee, administrator and executor of estates in Carroll and Jefferson counties, and has written more than sixty wills. During the war between the two sections of the country, he served as captain of the state militia. For eight terms he taught school in Fox Township, and two terms in Washington Township, and was considered a capable educator. Mr. Donaldson was appointed by Governor Bushnell of Ohio, as a member of The Ohio Centennial Commission to represent the 16th District in the preparation required for holding an Ohio Centennial Exposition at Toledo, Ohio, In 1903. He made a report to the governor on the forestry in the state and he served as one of the directors of the Carroll County Fair Board for six years.

who was born in Fox Township, and Ann (Robbins) George, who was born in Lee Township, and a granddaughter of Robert and Slarah (Ramsey) George, natives of Washington County, Pennsylvania, who came to Carroll County, and entered a tract of land from the government in Fox Township, In 1800. The maternal grandparents were John and Sarah (Crabb) Robbins, who were born in JefTerson County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Donaldson became the parents of the following children: John Goodwillie, who was born April 18, 1867, died in July, 1915; Anna, who died at the age of six years; Eliza Jane, who was born in January, 1871, is Mrs. Frank S. Robbins of Fox Township; Frances F., who was born February 21. 1873, died at the age of six years; Andrews George, who was born March 16, 1875, is a dental surgeon of Cleveland, Ohio; Sarah Bell, who was born April 14, 1877, is the wife of Rev. W. J. Engle of New Sheffield, Beaver County, Pennsylvania; Minnie Dunn, who was born February 23, 1879, lives at Denver, Colorado; Walter Mitchell, who was born June 20, 1881, lives at New Franklin, Ohio; Ida Estella, who was born September 21, 1883, is Mrs. Clarence D. Barr, of Birmingham, Alabama ; Ralph Thomas, who was born May 17, 1886, conducts the home farm; and Bertha Nelson, who was born August 28, 1889, Is at home. Mrs. Donaldson attended the district school of Fox Township. Mr. Donaldson Is a member and elder of the United Presbyterian Church, and is very active in forwarding its good work. His manifold duties have brought him into contact with many people and his name Is a well-known one all over this part of the state, and stands for good citizenship, upright moral character and a high order of administrative ability.

Stewart Hess. Since acquiring his first tract of land in Carroll County, Stewart Hess has secured excellent financial results and has evidenced a broad knowledge of agricultural science. Many years of practical experience contribute to his agricultural equipment, and his entire life has been spent In the free and Independent atmosphere of the country. At the present time he is the owner of a splendid property consisting of 151 acres, all in Union Township, where Mr. Hess is well known for his public-spirit and modem tendencies.

Mr. Hess was bom on a farm In Perry Township, Carroll County. Ohio. September 2 n, 1862, a son of Moses and Susan (Dayhuff) Hess, the latter a native of Loudon Township, and a grandson of Daniel Hess. Moses Hess was bora on the line between Harrison and Carroll counties, Ohio, and during the Civil war left his farm in Carroll County and enlisted in a volunteer infantry regiment from Ohio. He met a soldier's death in battle, and was not survived long by his young widow, who passed away in 1900. Stewart Hess was only seven years of age when he was put out among strangers, and his educational advantages were somewhat meager, although he attended the district schools and made the most of his opportunities He was reared on the farm and in the home of the Smith brothers, in Union Township, with whom he lived until his marriage, in August, 1887, to Margaret A. Tope, of that township, daughter of Hiram and Eliza (Bracken) Tope, natives of Carroll County.

Following his marriage, Mr. Hess purchased a farm of eighty-five acres, located in Union Township, on which he erected all the present buildings with the exception of the bar. These are modern in architecture and material and substantial in character as well as pleasing in appearance and add much to the attractiveness of the place, as do the various other modern improvements made by Mr. Hess in the way of equipment, machinery, etc. From time to time, as his finances have permitted, Mr. Hess has added to his holdings, and now has 151 acres, all in one body with the exception of twentyfive acres, this small tract lying in another part of Union Township. While Mr. Hess is a general farmer, he has also found profit and enjoyment in specializing along certain lines. As a raiser of Jersey cattle and a good grade of horses, sheep and hogs, he has produced a product that meets with a ready and Immediate market, and in his extensive poultry yard he has large flocks of Buff Orpington and White l>ghorn chickens. He Is an industrious and level-headed landsman, honorable in all of his dealings, and has the unqualified respect and esteem of all with whom he has come into contact in a business or social way.

and Florence, the wife of Herbert Widder. of Willoughby, this state. Mrs. Hess died July 20, 1806, and In 1900 Mr. Hess married Ella J. Maple. who was born in Union Township, daughter of James and Janet (Lotz) Maple, and granddaughter of John and Mary (Moody) Maple. Four children have been born to this union : Naomi, who is a popular and efficient teacher in the public schools of the country districts of Carroll County: Perry Linn, who resides at home and assists his father In the work of the farm; Dorothea Janette, who lives with her parents and attends school: and Ray Mont who died at the age of two years, fifteen days.

Mr. and Mrs. Hess are consistent members of St. John's Lutheran Church, in which he has served for some years. A friend of education. Mr. Hess has also been a member of the school board, and has likewise served his township very efficiently as township trustee, having filled that office for three terms. In politics he is a democrat. His only social membership is with Petersburg Grange, in which he has numerous friends and in the work of wfhich he takes a great interest.

James C. Mayes has had the practical experience and the fortifying prerequisite of scientific study that insure him a maximum of success in his enterprise as a fruit-grower in his native county, and there is certain to be a marked measure of leadership on his part in connection with this special field of industrial enterprise, with which he has here been identified for a number of years but in which he is preparing to amplify and advance his productive service, on one of the fine farm estates of Loudon Township, Carroll County. He was born in this township, on the 12th of July, 1876, and in both the paternal and maternal lines is a representative of sterling pioneer families of this favored section of the Buckeye State. He is a son of Joseph and Hannah (Seaton) Mayes, both likewise natives of Loudon Township, where the father was born on the same farm as was his son James C., who is an only child. The paternal grandparents were James and Elizabeth (Gray) Mayes, the former a native of County Donegal, Ireland, and the latter of the city of Berlin, Germany, their marriage having been solemnized at Baltimore, Maryland. In 1811 Elizabeth Gray accompanied her parents, Nathaniel and Mary Gray, on their immigration to America, and the family home was established in Pennsylvania, not far distant from the city of Baltimore, Maryland. Both the Mayes and the Seaton families settled in Carroll County. Ohio, in the early pioneer days, James Mayes having purchased about 500 acres of land in Loudon Township and the village of Amsterdam being now on a part of this extensive estate, which Mr. Mayes purchased from the man who had obtained the tract from the Government. The parents of James C. Mayes came into possession of the ancestral homestead farm of the Mayes family, In Loudon Township. the same comprising 180 acres, in section 20. Here Joseph Mayes proved himself an able and successful agriculturist and stock-raiser. He remained on the farm until 1884. when he removed with his family to the Village of Amsterdam, where he owned an attractive residence property, as well as other realty, but his death there occurred on the 4th of September of that year. His widow survived him by more than thirty years and was of venerable age at the time of her death, on the 21st of December, 1916, both she and her husband having been earnest members of the Presbyterian Church and having commanded high place in the esteem of the people of their native county. James C. Mayes assumed the active direction of the fruit culture on the old homestead and for a long term of years he rented the part of the farm that was given over to agriculture. He continued to reside at Amsterdam until the spring of 1920, when he removed to the farm, where he is preparing to specialize, on a constantly expanding scale and in a thoroughly scientific way. in the raising of fruit, including apples, pears, peaches, plums and berries of select types and varieties. His early education was acquired in the public schools, principally those of Amsterdam, and in his native county his circle of friends is coincident with that of his acquaintances. He served for a number of years as clerk of the village council of Amsterdam, is a member of the Presbyterian Church in that village, of which he and his wife are zealous members, his political allegiance is given to the republican party, and he is affiliated with Amsterdam Lodge No. 272. Knights of Pythias, in which he has passed the various official chairs.

ander, who was born in Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio, a daughter of Jesse and Rachel (Bell) Alexander. Mr. and Mrs. Mayes have a fine little son, Paul, who was born April 17, 1918.

Frank A. Springer. That farming can be made one of the most satisfying and agreeable occupations of existence, that perseverance, industry and good judgment transform an individual's dreams into realities, and that integrity and fair-mindedness are among the most valuable of human assets, are facts illustrated in the career of Frank A. Springer, the owner of a valuable farm in Bast Township, who is serving his second term as a member of the board of township trustees.

Mr. Springer was born near Lisbon, Ohio, October 26, 1859, a son of John and Elizabeth (Hoffman) Springer, and a grandson of Peter and Katie (Gossert) Springer, early settlers of Columbiana County, this state. John Springer was born at Hagerstown, Maryland, and was a lad when brought to Columbiana County, where he met and married Elizabeth Hoffman, a native of Trenton, New Jersey. Following their marriage they settled two miles west of Lisbon, and there rounded out their careers as agriculturists, the father dying February 16, 1885, and the mother January 25, 1897. They were people highly respected in their community, and the parents of four children: Emma, who died as the wife of the late Clark Thomas; Catherine, who died as the wife of the late Alvin Lee; Louisa, the wife of Robert Pike, of Columbiana County; and Frank A.

Frank A Springer received his education in the public schools of the rural districts, and after attaining his majority remained for five years on the home farm, where he worked for his father. He then went to Cleveland and for a time was employed as conductor on a street railway, following which he came to East Township, Carroll County, and farmed for a few years. He returned then to Columbiana County for three years, but came back to East Township at the end of that time and bought an eighty-acre farm in section 16, on which he carried on operations for two years. Renting his farm, he went to Alliance, Ohio, where he secured employment with the Cassidy Furniture Company, but after three years came back to his farm in East Township, where he has since been busily occupied as a general farmer and a raiser of Red Polled cattle. Mr. Springer has a set of modern buildings on his property and numerous up-to-date improvements. He is progressive and enterprising in his methods, and is justly accounted one of the substantial and reliable members of the farming element of Carroll County. He likewise is the owner of a well-cultivated and valuable farm of seventy and one-half acres in Franklin Township, Columbiana County.

In October, 1889, Mr. Springer married Miss Ida E. McCrea, who was born at Summitville, Ohio, a daughter of John and Mary (Ott) McCiea, the former a native of Columbiana County and the latter of Sandusky County, mal school at Canfield, Ohio, and prior to her marriage taught school in the country districts for four terms. One son has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Springer: John M., who had three months of special training for the heavy artillery service during the World war, but had not been called into active service when the armistice was signed, and is now his father's assistant on the home farm. The family belongs to Bethseda Presbyterian Church. Mr. Springer was township assessor for three years, and is now serving his second term as a member of the East Township board of trustees. His public service has been efficient and conscientious and through it he has further substantiated his position in the confidence and good will of his fellow-citizens.

Isaac Atkinson. The influences and the activities which gained for Isaac Atkinson the term "father of Carroll County" are discussed fully in this history. Something should also be said of his family, since several of his descendants are still living in Carroll County.

Isaac Atkinson was a son of Stephen and Mary Atkinson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The other children were Thomas and Matthew. Long before the organization of Carroll County Isaac Atkinson was proprietor of the Peter Bohart estate, and had distinguished himself as a progressive member of the community by building a grist mill, oil mill, Installing a carding machine, and the power for operation of this machinery was secured by one of the oldfashioned tread mills, motion being given to the wheel by the feet of the oxen. Later a woolen factory was added, steam power was introduced, and the entire industry was destroyed by fire on September 20, 1843. It is said that Isaac Atkinson agitated for the formation of Carroll County for at least six years before his wish was consummated.

J., Mary, Margaret, Matthew, Hester Ann, Sarah Jane, Maria Lou, Thaddeus S., Annie W., Isaac T., George Ray and Mary. The only living son Is Isaac of Denver, Colorado, and the only living daughter is Mrs. Lou Stilling of Kenton, Ohio.

Robert Jones Atkinson, a son of Isaac, began his career as a clerk in Carrollton, later was a member of the Legislature, and evidently went to Washington, D. where he served as third auditor in one of the departments until his death February 25, 1871, at the age of fiftyone. He was a democrat in politics, a Mason and a Presbyterian. He married Matilda Jackson, daughter of Kendall and Nancy Jackson. She was born December 18, 1820, and died at Carrollton November 17, 1899. She was the mother of six children: Stephen Eugene, who died December 2, 1916, at the age of sixty-seven, was educated in Washington, D. C., was a graduate of Columbian College, for a time was in business at Steubenville, Ohio, and in 1878 went out to Helena, Montana. He was cashier of the First National Bank of that city and in 1889 became one of the pioneers of Great Falls, Montana, where with his brother Frank tie established the Cascade Bank and until his death nearly thirty years later was its president He made that one -of the oldest and most substantial institutions in Montana. He never married. Charles, the second of the family, has for over forty years been connected with the Treasury Department at Washington. He married Ida Cudlip and three children were born to them: Ethel, Isabel and Eugene, the last now deceased. Frank, who was associated with his brother at Great Falls, Montana, died in July, 1918, at the age of sixty-three. The three daughters, Emma. Hester and Matilda, are all living at Carrollton at the fine old home which was erected by their mother.

Vebnon John Cogsil. In addition to being aligned among the vigorous and successful representatives of farm Industry in bis native township, Mri Cogsil is known for skill in the work of the veterinary profession, to the practice of which he gives no little attention. He i9 a scion of a well-known family whose name has been worthily linked with the history of Carroll County for more than seventy years. The paternal lineage traces back to Truman Cogsil, who was bom near Roxbury, Connecticut, of English parentage. He married Civil Hawley, and they passed the remainder of their lives on their farm near Roxbury, both having been communicants of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The names of their children were as follows: Harvey, Anson B., Elizur, Hawley,

Mary, Almira, Nancy, Harriet, Sarah and Ann. Harvey Cogsil, great-grandfather of Vernon John of this sketch, was bom near Roxbury, Connecticut, April 17, 1798, and as a youth he made his way to Virginia, where he met and married Miss Mary Vincel, who was bora in Loudoun County, that state, in 1801. Their marriage was solemnized in Virginia In the year 1820, and in that state they continued to reside until 1888, when they came to Ohio and established their home in Carroll County. Here Harvey Cogsil purchased 400 acres of land in Loudon Township, and later he added to the area of his landed estate in this county, besides becoming the owner of 2,000 acres in the state of Missouri. He made his Carroll County property one of the best farm estates in Loudon Township, and here be remained until his death. March 12, 1886, his wife having passed away June 80, 1876, and having been a devout member of the Lutheran Church. Harvey Cogsil was one of the influential and honored men of the county, was one of the founders of the Carroll county fair and was actively concerned in the building of the Carrollton A Oneida Railroad, which was the first railroad to enter Carrollton. He was a leader in the local councils and activities of the democratic party. The names of his children are here recorded: Oliver, George, John T.,

Of the children named above Oliver figures ns the grandfather of him whose name initiates this sketch. He was bora in Loudoun County, Virginia, and as a youth gained a due quota of pioneer experience in Carroll County, Ohio, where he became one of the prosperous farmers of Lee Township and where he passed the remainder of his life, as did also his wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Algeo. Their son John T. was born in Perry Township, this county, and passed his entire life within the borders of his native county. As a young man he married Miss Margaret A. Lawrence, who was bora in Lee Township, this county, a daughter of Richard and Anna (Park) Lawrence, natives of Ireland and early settlers in Carroll County. After his marriage John T. Cogsil settled in the eastern part of Lee Township, where he continued his successful farm enterprise until 1896, when he purchased a farm of 160 acres in the western part of the same township. On this farm he continued to reside until his death, February 9, 1917, and his widow still remains on the homestead. Of the two surviving children the subject of this sketch is the elder, and Edna 0. is the wife of William Algeo, of Loudon Township.

Vernon John Cogsil was bora in Lee Township, November 16, 1881, was reared to the invigorating discipline of the farm and his early educational advantages included those of the high school at Carrollton. He has never found It expedient or a matter of desire to falter in allegiance to the great fundamental industry under the benign influences of which he was reared, and he now resides on the old homestead farm which his father purchased in 1898, as above noted. He is the owner of an additional tract of 120 acres, in Lee Township and has a third interest in another farm of 140 acres, likewise in Lee Township. He is one of the vital and successful representatives of farm enterprise In his native county, is progressive and loyal in his civic attitude, given, his allegiance to the republican party, bolds membership in the Washington Hall Grange, and he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, as is also his widowed mother.

The month of June, 1910, recorded the marriage of Mr. Cogsil to Miss Carrie Haldeman, who was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, a daughter of Richard and Pbellna (Brogan) Haldeman, the former a native of Carroll County and the latter of Columbiana County. Mr. and Mrs. Cogsil have no children.

James Noble, of Lee Township, Carroll County, owns and resides upon a part of the old homestead farm which was the place of his birth, and he is a representative of one of the worthy families whose identification with the history of Ohio had its inception nearly a century ago. Mr. Noble was bora in Lee Township November 30, 1861, and is the youngest of the four children born to William and Jane (Tripp) Noble. The eldest of the four children was William T., who is deceased; George and David are residents of Lee Township.

William Noble was bora in East Bethlehem. Washington County, Pennsylvania, on the 12th of February, 1808, and was an honored and venerable pioneer citizen of Carroll County at the time of bis death, in 1901. He was a son of William and Eliza (Scarlott) Noble, who were born and reared in County Leitrim. Ireland, where their marriage was solemnized and whence they came to the United States in 1796.

The father became a pioneer farmer In Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he died in 1818, his widow surviving until 1864, and both having been active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They had seven sons and three daughters.

William Noble, Jr., was eighteen years old when he came to Ohio, in 1826, and at Youngstown he learned the trade of brick and stone mason. He continued to follow his trade in this section of Ohio until 1837. and thereafter at various towns along the Mississippi river In Iowa. After his return to Ohio he developed a fine farm estate in Carroll County, his farm property, in Lee Township, having comprised somewhat more than 360 acres. In his youth he assisted In constructing a bridge across the Ohio river at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and both in Ohio and the West he did a large amount of constructive work at his trade. He died on the 11th of July, 1801, his wife having passed away on the 3d of the preceding September. Their marriage occurred August 10, 1843, Mrs. Noble having been born in Pennsylvania, October 31, 1809, a daughter of Job and Rebecca (Kelley) Tripp, of Cannonsburg, that state. In politics Mr. Noble was a democrat, but was not strongly partisan in connection with local affairs of public order. Both he and his wife held membership in the Preetoyterlan Church, and they were kindly, generous and upright folk who commanded the high regard of all who knew them.

James Noble found the period of bis childhood and youth compassed by the invigorating environment and discipline of the home farm, and in the meanwhile he did not neglect the advantages offered in the local schools. He has remained continuously on the old homestead, 153 acres of which he received as a heritage from his parents, and this farm is the stage of his activities as an agriculturist and stockraiser. A considerable acreage of excellent timber remains on the farm, and of the rest meadows and pasture land take up all but thirty acres, which latter area is given to agriculture. In addition to managing his farm Mr. Noble has given more or less attention to work at the carpenter's trade for a long period of years. He is aligned in the local ranks of the democratic party, has served as a member of the election board, and has shown lively interest in the communal welfare. Both he and his wife hold membership In the Methodist Episcopal Church.

May 28, 1801, marked the marriage of Mr. Noble to Miss Susan Lawrence, who was born and reared in Lee Township and who is a daughter of James and Jane (Plant) Lawrence, natives of Ireland and early settlers in Carroll County. Mr. and Mrs. Noble have three children : Grover C., who is now associated in the work and management of the home farm, was one of the sterling young men who represented Carroll County in the nation's military service in the World war. In June. 1018, he became a member of Company B, Three Hundred and Ninth Engineers, and with his command he sailed for France in the following September. He remained in active service in France until the armistice brought hostilities to a close, and returned to his native land in June, 1919. Gladys, the only daughter, is the wife of Edward Griffith, of Burgoon, Ohio, and they have two children, James Joseph and Helen Lucile. James Paul, the youngest of the three children, remains with his parents on the home farm.

H. Worthington Bihney has brought to bear both practical experience and scientific methods In connection with farm Industry, and Is today numbered among the progressive and representative agriculturists and stock-growers of Monroe Tow'nship. Harrison County, where he owns a well-improved farm of 100 acres, this place being adjacent to the old homestead farm on which he was born and the date of his nativity having been October 11, 1867. He is a son of William Alexander Biroey and Emma (Spiker) Birney, the former of whom was born on the farm now occupied by his son, H. Worthington Birney. of this review, and the mother was born in Cadiz Township, a sister of Marion W. Spiker, In whose personal sketch, on other pages of this work, are given adequate data concerning the Spiker family. Hugh and Anna (Reynolds) Birney, grandparents of the subject of this sketch, were pioneers of Monroe Township, where the grandfather entered 180 acres of Government land. In the year 1826. and where he reclaimed a productive farm from the forest wilds. The Government deed to this property, signed by President John Quincy Adams, is still In the possession of the family and is a valued heirloom. Hugh and Anna Birney were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and were honored and venerable pioneer citizens at the time of their deaths. They became the parents of five children - William Alexander, Reynolds, Robert, Jane and Joanna.

William A. Birney was reared to manhood on the pioneer farm, received the advantages of the common schools of the locality and period and continued his residence on the ancestral farmstead until 1894, when he removed to the state of Iowa, where his wife died in the following year and where he continued his residence until his death, In 1915, when well advanced In years. Mr. and Mrs. Birney were earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Concerning their children the following brief data are available: H. Worthington, of this sketch, Is the eldest of the number: Marion Lafayette died in young manhood; Frank Howard died in early youth; Earl J. resides at Washington, Iowa ; Robert N. died In childhood: Homer Clare is a resident of Washington, Iowa ; Anna Elizabeth is the wife of Harvey Finney and they reside at Ainsworth, Iowa ; and Clyde resides at Washington, that state.

H. Worthington Birney supplemented the training of the district schools by attending Sclo College, one of the excellent educational institutions of Harrison County, and thereafter he was for one year a student in the agricultural department of the Ohio State University. On the 21st of September, 1893, he was united In marriage to Miss Cora Rosena Jobe, daughter of Richard Watson Jobe and Sarah Jane (Pettis) Jobe. Mrs. Birney received her education at Scio College and at Ohio Wesleyan Uni- versity. Since their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Birney have continued their residence on the old Birney homestead farm, which he has made a center of vigorous and successful agricultural and live-stock enterprise and which is one of the model farms of Monroe Township. Mr. and Mrs. Birney have no children. They are members of the Plum Run Methodist Episcopal Church, are popular factors in the representative social life of their home community, and Mrs. Birney is a member of the women's auxiliary of the Sons of Veterans, her father having been a gallant soldier of the Union in the Civil war. in which his record was virtually that that marks the general history of his regiment, the Fifty-Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he was a member of Company G. Richard W. Jobe, father of Mrs. Birney, was born near Kansas City, Missouri, and his wife was born at Deersville, Harrison County, Ohio, a daughter of Robert and Sarah (Hout) Pettis, the former a native of the Isle of Wight, England, and the latter of the state of Virginia. Richard W. Jobe became one of the representative farmers of Franklin Township, Harrison County, where his death occurred In 1912, and his widow still maintains her home in this county. Mr. Jobe was a son of John and Catherine (Miser) Jobe, members of families whose names early became identified with the history of eastern Ohio. He was a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as is also his widow. Of their two children Mrs. Birney is the elder, and Mary Lenore is a successful teacher in the city of New York.

Enos Croxton, now living retired in the city of Carrollton. Is one of the most venerable of the native sons of Carroll County still residing within its borders, and is a representative of one of the sterling pioneer families of this section of the state. He was born in Washington Township, this county, March 13, 1844, and still owns the fine old homestead place on which he was ushered into the world. He is a son of William and Mary (McGee) Croxton, the former of whom was born near Croxton's Run, West Virginia, in 1800, and the latter of whom was born in old Jefferson County. Ohio, in 1803. William Croxton was a son of William. Sr., who came with his family to what Is now Carroll County, Ohio, in 1812. and settled in Center Township, where he took up about 320 acres of Government land and began the reclaiming of a farm from the virgin forest. He and his wife had separated before she came to Ohio and he was accompanied by his six children - Samuel. Elizabeth, Abraham, John, William and Mary Jane. This sturdy pioneer never contracted a second marriage and he passed the closing years of his life in the home of his daughter Mary, Mrs. Russell, in Fox Township, Carroll County.

William Croxton, Jr., was twelve years of age at the time of the family removal to Ohio, and he was reared under the conditions and influences of the early pioneer days. On what is now known as the Hervey farm, in Center Township, he established the first pottery In Carroll County, and thus became the pioneer in an industry that has become one of primary importance in this section of the Buckeye State. He continued in the pottery business five years, and after having made a trip to the city of Washington, D. C., he purchased eighty acres of land in Carroll County and engaged in the buying of live stock, principally cattle, which he drove across the mountains to the eastern markets. In Washington Township he gradually added to his landed holdings until he accumulated a tract of 240 acres, which he developed into a productive farm and upon which he continued to reside until about two years prior to his death, these final years having been passed In the home of his daughter Elvira (Mrs. DeFord) and that of his son Isaac, in the state of Kansas, where his death occurred when he was venerable in years. His wife died on the old homestead in Washington Township, in 1845. when their son Enos, of this review, was about one year old. In politics, with well fortified convictions, William Croxton was allied with the know-nothing party during the period of Its maximum influence, and later he allied himself with the republican party, at the tim^ of Its organization. In the period leading up to the Civil war he was a staunch abolitionist, and served as a conductor on the historic "underground railroad," through the medium of which many slaves were assisted to freedom. He was affiliated with the Masonic fraternity and he and his wife were earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They became the parents of nine children - John, Mary, Sylvester. Adaline, Shadrack, Elvira, Lydia, Isaac and Enos.

Enos Croxton was reared on the old home farm and acquired his early education in the common schools of the locality and period. He eventually became the owner or the fine old homestead farm, in Washington Township, and the same was the stage of his successful activities as an agriculturist and stock-grower from his youth until 1901, when he removed to Carrollton, where he has since lived retired. He and his wife were formerly active In the affairs of the Grange, both are zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is a republican in politics.

In December, 1865, Mr. Croxton was united in marriage to Miss Martha Campbell, who was born in Harrison Township, Carroll County, in 1843, a daughter of James R. and Catherine (Huston) Campbell, pioneer settlers of this county, where they continued to reside until their deaths. Mr. and Mrs. Croxton have three sons: Leonard L., born January 1. 1866, married Miss Margaret Figley, and they had two children - Myrtle, who is the wife of Ralph May and has one child. Marguerite; and William, who is married and has two sons. Leonard L. Croxton died in 1894. William born In 1868. was graduated in the normal school at Ada. Ohio, and at the age of twenty-one years went to New York City, where he entered the employ of James A. Cowen, a leading contractor and builder, with whom he is now associated as a partner, under the firm name of James A. Cowen & Company. He is married and has one child. Austin E., who was born in 1879, was afforded the advantages of Mount Union College, and thereafter remained on the old home farm for six years. For a number of years thereafter he was employed In the city of Cleveland, and since 1911 he has conducted an automobile garage at Carrollton. He married Miss Ida Ellis and they have two children - Wilevene and Durglet.

Ernest S. Patterson. One of the specially gratifying conditions to be noted in Carroll County is that a goodly contingent of ambitious and steadfast native sons of the younger generation are giving their admirable energies to the furtherance of the agricultural and livestock Industries of the county, and of this number is Mr. Patterson, whose excellent farm, of eighty acres, is situated in Lee Township. He was born in Perry Township, this county, on the 26th of October, 1882, and is a son of John and Addie S. (Amos) Patterson. John Patterson likewise was bom In Perry Township, a son of John and Elizabeth (McMillen) Patterson, who were natives of Scotland and who became early settlers in Perry Township, where John Patterson, Sr., obtained Government land and reclaimed a farm from his forest wilds that then marked this section of the state. John Patterson, Jr., was reared on this pioneer farm and on the place has continued to reside until the present time, his being secure status as one of the representative farmers of his native county and as one of the honored citizens of Perry Township. He was bom in the year 1857 and his wife, who was bom in 1859, passed to the life eternal in February. 1916. John Patterson held membership in the United Brethren Church, as did also his wife. Of the children the eldest 1 8 Bessie, who is the wife of James Logan, of Perry Township; Ernest 8.. of this review, was the next in order of birth: Sophia is the wife of Harry Smeltz, of Perry Township; Albert is engaged in farm enterprise in that township: Anna is the wife of Ray TJmpleby, of Perry - ville. this county: and ,T. M. remains with his father on the old home farm.

The career of Ernest S. Patterson has not been marked by dramatic incidents but has been normal and regular, earnest and progressive. As a boy and youth he aided in the work of the home farm and profited by the advantages offered in the district schools. By the very discipline which came to him in the formative period of his character, he became well fortified for the work that has engrossed his attention during his independent career. He has proved himself a practical and resourceful farmer and takes pride in his continued association with the basic Industries which are the most important in the entire scheme of human activities. His marriage occurred in the year 1906 and shortly afterward he and his wife established their home on the old home farm of the latter's parents, in Lee Township. After the death of Mr. Wenner, father of Mrs. Patterson. Mr. Patterson purchased the well-improved farm, and here he has continued his successful activities as a vigorous and careful agriculturist and stock-grower. His high standing in the community is indicated by the fact that at the time of this writing he is serving as chairman of the board of trustees of Lee Township. He and his wife hold membership in the United Brethren Church.

February 7, 1906, recorded the marriage of Mr. Patterson to Miss Minnie O. Wenner, who was born on the farm which is their present place of residence and who is a daughter of John and Rebecca (Slate) Wenner, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Perry Township, Carroll County. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson have a fine family of seven children - John, Loren, Addle, Elva, Scott, Mary and Rena.

Nelson Orwick: owns and resides upon the "Fairview Stock Farm," which comprises 222 acres and which is situated in section 16. Lee Township, Carroll County. This now valuable and productive farm, the former home of Doctor Moody, had been permitted to run down and was in somewhat Inferior condition when Mr. Orwick assumed ownership. Under his vigorous and effective management the soil has regained its prestine integrity, buildings have been placed In good condition, f^nd other Improvements have been made, with the result that the place is now one of the best farms of this section of Carroll County.

Nelson Orwick was born in Fox Township, this county, on the 4th of July, 1867, and is a scion of pioneer stock in both the paternal and maternal lines. He is a son of Henry and Margaret (Maple) Orwick, the former of whom was bom in Springfield Township, Jefferson County, and the latter in Washington Township. Carroll County, and Mrs. Orwick was a daughter of Ezekiel Maple, who was an early settler in Washington Township. Henry Orwick passed his entire life In Jefferson and Carroll counties and was a farmer by vocation. His wife died February 28, 1915, at the age of seventy-eight: he still survives at the ripe old age of ninetythree.

In the district schools of his native township Nelson Orwick continued his studies until he was fourteen years of age, when he became In large measure dependent upon his own resources. He continued to be employed at farm work the greater part of the time until his marriage, though his services were frequently enlisted also in carpenter work, in which he had acquired marked skill. After his marriage, in the spring of 1889. he rented a farm in Center Township, but one year later he removed to a farm In Lee Township, where he continued operations four years. For five years thereafter he was similarly engaged in Fox Township, and the next seven years he farmed on rented land In Lee Township. He then purchased a farm of 155 acres in that township, but three years later he sold this property and purchased his present fine farm estate, which he has made the stage of vigorous and successful agricultural and livestock industry. Mr. Orwick has been at all times loyal and public-spirited as a citizen, has supi>ortod measures and enterprises advanced for the general good of the community, is a republican in politics, and he served four years as township trustee of Lee Township, in which capacity he made a record notable for support of progressive and careful administration of township and county affairs. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church at Harlem Springs, Ohio, and he has served as trustee and also as treasurer of the same.

On the 28th of March, 1889, was solemnised the marriage of Mr. Orwick to Miss Laura B. George, who was born in Lee Township, this county, on the 6th of February, 1869, a daughter of James and Martha (Potts) George, the former a native of Lee Township and the latter of Fox Township. James George became one of the representative farmers of his native county and here he and his wife remained until their deaths. His parents. Thomas and Jennie (Maple) George, werd pioneer settlers in Carroll County, and his wife was a daughter of David and Rachel (Wiggins) George, likewise representatives of well known pioneer families of this section of Ohio, Mrs. Rachel (Wiggins) Potts having been born in Lee Township, a daughter of Isaac and Rachel (Green) Wiggins, whose marriage was solemnized in Pennsylvania. Isaac Wiggins was born in Chester County, that state, in 1781, and he continued to work at the carpenter'9 trade in his native state the greater part of the time after attaining maturity until the year 1819, when he came with his family across the mountains of Pennsylvania to what is now Carroll County, Ohio, where he obtained a tract of wild land in the present Fox Township. He not only developed a productive frontier farm but also had the distinction of becoming the founder of the present attractive village of Harlem Springs, which has long been an educational center in Carroll County. He platted this village about the year 1832, and there he served a number of years as postmaster and justice of the peace, besides which In the early days he was a pioneer physician of the county. He was one of the influential citizens of his day and for a term of years conducted an old-time inn or tavern at Harlem Springs. There his death occurred August 16, 1849. and his widow passed away in the year 1862, at a venerable age. They became the parents of three sons and three daughters, all of whom are now deceased - Thomas. Abel, George W., Sarah R.. Rachel (Mrs. David Potts) and Eliza Anne,

Mr. and Mrs. Orwick have two sons: James, Ralph, who was born January 28, 1890, and who is now associated in the work and management of his father's farm, represented Carroll County in the nation's service at the time of the late World war. He enlisted in the aviation corps, at Cleveland, July 30. 1917. and his exceptional mechanical skill soon gained him promotion to the position of instructor in the Aviation Mechanic Training School at St. Paul, Minnesota. He continued his services until the signing of the historic armistice which brought active hostilities to a close and after receiving his honorable discharge he returned to the parental home. Clay Roy, the younger son. was born May 6, 1892, and he is engaged in farm enterprise In Lee Township. He married Miss Alice Ruby Shotwell and they have two fine children, a son John Nelson and a daughter Elma Louise.

Frank C. Borland. Carroll County is a great agricultural district, and here are valuable farm 8 owned and operated by first-class farmers who understand their business and are proud of the prestige of this region. One of them is Frank C. Borland, a representative man of Center Township, whose fine farm of 186 acres of land is located in Center and Harrison townships. He was born in Monroe Township, this county, February 1, 1866, a son of Washington and Magdalena (Easterday) Borland, of Irish-Scotch ancestry. The grandfather, Samuel Borland, married a Miss Little, and they came to Harrison County from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. They had three children, of whom Washington Borland was the second in order of birth. Washington Borland spent his entire life In Harrison and Carroll counties, where he was engaged in farming. His death occurred In September, 1904. he surviving his wife for some years, as she died in 1895. In politics he was a democrat, and at one time was township trustee.

Frank C. Borland attended the Glendale School of Monroe Township until he was seventeen years old during the winter months, and during the summer ones he made himself useful on the farm. On May 19, 1909, he was married to Mary Elizabeth Harple, a daughter of Peter H. and Isabelle Jane (Young) Harple, of Harrison Tow'nship, and of German-Irish ancestry. Peter Harple. Mrs. Borland's grandfather, married Christina Hawk, and they had five children, of whom her father was second in order of birth. The Harple family came to Ohio from Pennsylvania.

Following his marriage Mr. Borland located on his present farm, which then contained sixty-five acres and to which he later added more land. Here he is carrying on general farming and stock-raising. Mr. and Mrs. Borland have two children: Lloyd Franklin and

Clare Ethel. His political convictions lead him to give his support to the candidates of the democratic party. The Presbyterian Church affords both he and his wife expression for religious faith and he has long been a member of that denomination. In his farm work Mr. Borland shows the effect of practical training and concentration in his work, and his success ought to stimulate others to follow his example and devote themselves to agricultural activities.

Harry W. Maple, whose fine farm of 160 acres is situated in Lee Township. Carroll County, is a native of this township and a popular representative of a family whose name has been long and worthily identified with the history of this favored section of the Buckeye state.

Harry Winters Maple was born March 3, 1866, and is a son of James and Henrietta (Lotts) Maple, the former of whom was likewise born in Lee Township and the latter in Union Township, a daughter of Henry and Phoebe (Johnson) Lotts, her father having been a native of Germany and a pioneer settler in Carroll County. Mrs. Mary (Moody) Maple's parents were among the very first settlers in Lee Township. and both the Maple and Johnson families have been prominent factors in the civic and industrial development and progress of Carroll County, with pioneer honors like those of the Moody and Lotts families. James Maple became one of the successful farmers of Carroll County, where he originally had a farm in Lee Township, whence he removed to a farm In Union Township, where his son Harry W. of this sketch passed the major part of his childhood and youth, his early education having been obtained mainly in the district school known as the Foot school. James Maple was one of the sterling and influential men of the county and served many years as a member of the board of directors of the county infirmary. He was a republican in politics and was an active member of the United Presbyterian Church, as is also his widow, who now resides at Carrollton. Of the children the first born was Edwin, who is deceased ; J. W. is a farmer in Lee Township: Harry W., of this review, was the next in order of birth: Flora is the wife of George Ray, of Carrollton; Anna Is the wife of Jacob Allen, of Alliance, Stark County: Ella Is the wife of Stewart Hess, of Union Township; John Is a resident of the city of Alliance: Gertrude is the wife of Martin Southern, of Carrollton; and Perry maintains his home at Alliance.

Harry W. Maple continued to be associated with the activities of his father's farm until the time of his marriage, in 1891, and he then rented a farm in Center Township. One year later he removed to a farm In Lee Township, where he continued his activities six years, the following year having been passed on a farm in Loudon Township. He then, In 1900. purchased his present farm, upon which he has made excellent Improvements. Including the partial remodeling of the substantial old brick house that has long stood on the place. He is numbered among the vigorous and successful exponents of agricultural and live-stock Industry in his native county. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and while he has had no ambition for public office his civic loyalty has been shown in his effective service as a member of the school board of his district. He is affiliated with the local Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry and holds membership In the United Presbyterian Church, as did also his wife, who passed to the life eternal on the 28th of October, 1912.

The year 1891 recorded the marriage of Mr. Maple to Miss Rena Maude George, who was born and reared in Lee Township and who was a daughter of James L. George, a representative of another of the sterling pioneer families of Carroll County. Mrs. Maple Is survived by five children : Mearle is the wife of Albert R. Rutledge, of Lee Township; Martha Is the wife of James Ohler. of East Palestine. Columbiana County; Nellie is the wife of Oscar Ohler, of Fox Township, Carroll County ; and James Harry, and Wilda remain at the paternal home.

Frank Jenkins Is one of the vital and progressive young men who are making splendid record in connection with farm Industry In Harrison County, and the stage of his activities being an excellent farm of 153 acres, In his native township of Washington. * He was born on his father's farm in Washington Township on the 13th of October, 1889, and IS a son of James A. and Emma Linda (Davidson) Jenkins, the former of whom was born In Washington Township on the 4th of February, 1868, and the latter in Freeport Township, a daughter of Bartlett and Mary Jane (Baker) Davidson. Mr. and Mrs. James A. Jenkins reside on the old homestead farm of the former's father, in Washington Township, where he Is the owner of a valuable landed estate of about 900 acres and where he has long held prestige as one of the representative agriculturists and stockgrowers of his native county. He is a republican in political allegiance and he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of their children Frank is the eldest; Nannie is the wife of Dent Webb and they reside at Akron, Summit County; Alice is the wife of Paul Mallernee, of Harrison County; and Frederick M. and Clarence W. remain at the parental home. Clarence W. Jenkins represented this honored family and his native county as a gallant young soldier of the nation in the late World war. On the 26th of December, 1917, he enlisted in the aviation service, and was sent to Kelly Field, in the state of Texas. Later he received two months of technical instruction in Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after which he returned to Kelly Field, where be remained until May 25, 1918. In the following month he sailed for England, where he landed. In the port of Liverpool, on the 6th of July. He passed six weeks at Winchester, England, and then proceeded to France, where he was assigned to service as a mechanician with the Twentieth Air Squadron of the American Expeditionary Forces. With his squadron he was in active service In connection with operations at the front during a period of four and one-half months, and was actively concerned with the great offensive movements of St MIhiel and Argonne sectors. After the signing of the armistice brought the war to a close he remained In France until April 22, 1919, when he sailed for home. At Camp Sherman, Ohio, he received his honorable discharge on the 24th of May, 1919.

James B. Jenkins, grandfather of him whose name Initiates this review, was born in Washington Township, Harrison County, December 5, 1.819, and here his death occurred on the 6th of November, 1885. He was a son of William and Norn (Morris) Jenkins, who came from Nova Scotia, Canada, to Ohio and who established their home on a pioneer farm In Washington Township. Harrison County, In the year 1814. They became the parents of seven children. In 18-19. "t the time of the memorable discovery of gold in California, William Jenkins, in company with his son James B., set forth with a party to make his way across the plains to the new Eldorado, but while en route he succumbed to an attack of cholera, which was then epidemic, his wife having passed away on the 8th of November. 1842. James B. Jenkins continued his way to California after the death of his father, and was successful in his quest for gold. Upon his return to Ohio he engaged In business, but one misfortune fallowed another and he lost all that he had made In his California operations. Under these depressing conditions he again made his way to California, where he remained for four years and effectively recouped his fortune. Upon his return to Harrison County he purchased a large tract of land, and this he developed into one of the valuable farm properties of the county. He passed the remainder of his life on his home farm and his death occurred about one month prior to his sixty-sixth birthday anniversary. He was a staunch republican, a man of impregnable integrity, a loyal and progressive citizen, and an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Tippecanoe, in which his widow likewise maintained membership until her death. On the 13th of February, 1845, Mr. Jenkins wedded Miss Nancy Wright, of Tuscarawas County, and they became the parents of eight children - Luira, Margaret J.f Alice E., Sarah, Hannah, James A., John A. B., and Emma L.