Harrison Township (part 34 of 37)

In his individual service in causing^ the earth to bring forth its increase Frank Jenkins has effectively supplemented and extended the work of his honored father and grandfather. He was reared on the old home farm and gained his youthful education in the schools of Washington township. He has lived continuously in his native township, has been associated actively with farm enterprise from his boyhood days, and since 1912 he has owned and resided upon his present well improved farm. He is found aligned in the ranks of the republican party and he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church.

In 1909 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Jenkins to Miss Mabel L. Mallernee, daughter of J. G. and Alice (Hefling) Mallernee, and the four children of this union are: Merle. Edith,

E. Ross Mattebn, one of the hardworking, steady and reliable men and successful farmers of Harrison County, is the owner of sixtyfour acres of well developed farm land in Archer Township. He was born in Archer Township on April 27, 1872, a son of John Mattern and his wife Margaret (Leas) Mattern, grandson of Abraham and Mary (Brown) Mattern, and great-grandson of John and Nancy (Tipton) Mattern, the latter being pioneers of Archer Township, Harrison County, Ohio, to which locality they came from Maryland.

John Mattern, the father of E. Ross Mattern, was born in Green Township. Harrison County, on July 12, 1837, and his wife, also a native of Green Township, was born on May 12, 1859, a daughter of George and Mary (Bream) Leas. In 1866 John Mattern moved to Archer Township. where he and his wife have continued to reside ever since, their farm being one of the excellent ones in this neighborhood, and comprises 120 acres. John Mattern has always been interested In general farming and stockraising. His children, living and dead, are as follows: J. Finley, a sketch of whom appears was third in order of birth; Mary Etta, who married William Beaty; E. Ross, whose name heads this review; and John H. Mr. and Mrs. Mattern are devout members of Bethel Methodist Church of Green Township, and have been connected with it for about fifty-eight years, and are still active in its good work.

E. Ross Mattern attended the district schools of Archer Township, and was brought up to habits of usefulness and thrift. He remained at home with his parents until his marriage which occurred on November 1, 1899, when he was united with Flora C. Robb, a daughter of Samuel and Mollle O. Robb, since which time he has been residing on his present farm. Mr. Mattern has erected all of the present buildings and made the other improvements and is naturally proud, as he ought to be, of the manner in which he has increased, through his own hard work and effective planning, the value of his property. Here he carries on general farming and stockraising.

Mr. and Mrs. Mattern have one daughter, Mary Margaret. Mrs. Mattern belongs to the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz, but Mr. Mattern does not belong to any religious organization, although he was reared a Methodist

Thomas F. Reppart concentrates his activities as a productive exemplar of farm industry on one of the fine farm properties of his native township and is a representative of a sterling pioneer family of Harrison County. He was born in Short Creek Township, this county, on the 13th of November, 1858, and Is a son of William S. and Nancy (Smith) Reppart. the former of whom was born in Short Creek Township, in 1830, and the latter in Tuscarawas County, this state, a daughter of John Smith. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Reppart was solemnized November 15, 1855, and they became the parents of three children - John S.* Thomas F. and Junius L. William S. Reppart passed his entire life in Harrison County and In the house which was the place of his birth, his death occurred in November, 1898, his widow having passed to the life eternal on the 25th of February, 1903, and having been a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

William S. Reppart was a son of Daniel Reppart, who was born in Wales in the year 1778, and who was a young man when he came to America and established his residence in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where his first marriage occurred. He and his wife, with their four or more children, were living at Redding, that state, when there came a visitation of yellow fever, of which the wife and all except one of the children were victims, the one surviving child. Frederick Jesse, having remained In Pennsylvania when the father came to Ohio, and trace of him having been lost in later years by the Ohio representatives of the family. In 1825 Daniel Reppart married Miss Hannah Stephens, who was born July 26. 1786, and within a short time after their marriage they came to Ohio and numbered themselves among the pioneer settlers of Harrison County, where they passed the remainder of their lives, Mr. Reppart having died December 10, 1858. and his wife on the 23d of the preceding May. They became the parents of two sons - David, who was bora in 1826 and whose death occurred May 28, 1887, and William S., who was the father of Thomas F. of this sketch.

William S. Reppart was reared uncta* the conditions marking the pioneer era in Cne history of Harrison County, and profited duly by the advantages offered in the common schools of the period. As a young man he learned the trade of stone mason, and as a skilled workman at the same he assisted in the building of the various bridges of the old-time plank road from Cadiz to Adena. He found much demand for his services as a mason, but his major occupation was that of farming and he was the owner of the fine old homestead farm on which he was born and on which his death occurred, as previously noted. He was reared in the faith of the United Presbyterian Church.

Thomas F. Reppart looked with a characteristic boyish favor, or disfavor, upon the enforced work which he did in the district schools of Short Creek Township, but he made good use of the advantages of the same and laid the foundation for the broad and valuable knowledge which he has later gained in connection with the practical duties and responsibilities of a busy and successful career. When he was a lad of thirteen years he began working by the month on a neighboring farm, and he continued to be thus employed until he was about twenty-two years of age. when he initiated his independent career as a farmer. His experience and his alert mentality have enabled him to direct his farm operations with marked success and he is today the owner of a well improved farm of 145 acres, in Short Creek Township. On this attractive homestead he erected the present modern house, which is supplied with hot and cold water, the water being piped from a sparkling hillside spring on the farm. He is one of the progressive agriculturists and stock-growers of his native county and is one of the substantial and public-spirited citizens of Short Creek Township. He and his family hold membership in the United Presbyterian Church at Cadiz.

On the 9th of August, 1883, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Reppart to Miss Anna M. Morgan, a daughter of Dr. John and Martha E. (Yost) Morgan, of Short Creek Township, where Doctor Morgan was for a number of years engaged in practice as one of the able physicians and surgeons of the county and where, in later years, he gave his attention principally to the management of his farm. Doctor Morgan died in the year 1904 and his widow remains on the old home farm. Mr. and Mrs. Reppert became tbe parents of nine children - Lena E., Kate L., Carrie Ellen, John W.. Leslie S.. Frank T., Ralph G.. Roy A. and Feme E. Lena E. Is the wife of John K. Cummins; Kate L. is the wife of George A. Hilligas; Carrie Ellen, who became the wife of Oliver Haverfleld. died in 1914; John W. married Miss Helen McCoy; and Leslie S. married Miss Ruth Johnson. The four younger children remain at the parental home. John W., the eldest son. was one of the loyal sons of Harrison County who represented Ohio in the nation's military service in the late World war. He initiated his training October 6, 1917, at Camp Sherman, where he remained until the following May, when he left the camp with his command and crossed the Atlantic Ocean to Join the American Expeditionary Forces in France. He landed in England on the 1st of June, 1918, * and thence proceeded to France, where he was in service with the Three Hundred and Eighth Motor Train until he returned to his native land, his arrival on American soil having occurred in July, 1919, and his honorable discharge was granted within a short time thereafter, at Camp Sherman.

Samuel P. Dunlap, one of the progressive farmers of the younger generation in Athens Township, Harrison County, is a son of William Finley Dunlap, of whom individual mention is made on other pages of this work, so that a repetition of the family record is not here required. He whose name initiates this paragraph was born on his father's present homestead farm, in Athens Township, December 15, 1887, and his youthful education was obtained chiefly in the excellent school of District No. 16 in his native township. He continued thereafter to be associated In the operations of his father's farm until his marriage, in 1915. since which time he has successfully conducted independent operations as an agriculturist and stock-grower on rented land in Athens Township. He is a democrat In his political allegiance and he and his wife hold membership In the Presbyterian Church at New Athena

March 9, 1915, recorded the marriage of Mr. Dunlap to Miss Pearl J. McFadden, daughter of Joseph McFadden, a representative farmer in Cadiz Township and of this union have been born three children - Francis Clark, Neil McFadden and Edwin Dean.

William J. Baxter, deputy clerk of the probate court of Carroll County, is a popular scion of a family that was founded in this county In the year 1810. He was born in Center Township, this county, January 11, 1857, a son of William and Catherine (Albaugh) Baxter. His paternal grandparents, Richard and Elizabeth (Comley) Baxter, came from Kentucky to what Is now Carroll County, Ohio, In 1810, their one child at the time having been a daughter, Hannah. Settling in the midst of the forest that then marked Center Township, Mr. Baxter secured a tract of Government land, near the present fair grounds of the Carroll County Agricultural Society. His first log house was destroyed by fire, as was also the second, and he then erected one of the first brick houses in the county, the same being still in excellent preservation and being now occupied by Frank True. In this home Richard Baxter passed the remainder of his life, and his widow was a resident of Carrollton at the time of her death. In the home of one of her daughters. Of the children, as previously noted, Hannah was born in Kentucky, and the others were bora on the old homestead in Carroll County - Joshua, William. Mary. Edith. Edmund and Ellen (twins), end John C. Joshua died in early childhood, and records indicate that he was the first child to be interred in the cemetery at Carrollton. The maternal grandparents of the subject of this sketch were early settlers of Carrollton, to which place they came from Baltimore, Maryland. They made the long overland trip with team and wagon and continued to reside at Carrollton until their deaths.

William Baxter passed his entire life in Carroll County. He was born in Center Township, in 1812, and his wife was born in Frederick County. Maryland, in 1813. He became one of the prosperous farmers of his native township, was a republican in politics from the time of the organization of the party, his wife having been a birthright member of the Society of Friends. William Baxter was one of the venerable and honored citizens of his native county at the time of his death, in 1891, and his widow passed to eternal rest in 1894. They became the parents of eleven children - Harriet, Mary. Hannah. Edmund, Richard, Sarah, Elizabeth, Edith, Margaret, Emeline and William J. Of the children only Mary, Elisabeth, Edith and William J. are living.

William J. Baxter remained on the home farm until he was sixteen years of age. He was afforded the advantages of the public schools of Carrollton, and as a youth learned the trade of telegrapher, as a representative of which he became the first operator for the Wheeling A Lake Erie Railroad at Carrollton, where he continued his services in this capacity for six years, in the meanwhile having been elected township clerk, of which position he continued the incumbent ten years. Thereafter he served a number of years as treasurer of the Village of Carrollton, and for three successive terms he held the office of county recorder. For four years thereafter he was assistant cashier of the private bank of L. D. Stockon and since 1902 he has served continuously as the efficient and popular deputy clerk of the probate court of the county. He is a staunch advocate and supporter of the principles of the republican party, is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and holds membership in the Reformed Church. Mr. Baxter is still found arrayed in the ranks of eligible bachelors in his native county.

James R. Hill, an efficient member of the staff of rural mail carriers from the Carrollton postofflce. is well known and held in high esteem in his native county, and he is entitled to special recognition in this publication. He was born in Lee Township, Carroll County, October 20, 1857, and is a son of Cheesman D. and Eliza J. (Bothwell) Hill, the latter a daughter of George Bothwell, an honored pioneer. The paternal grandparents were John and Rebecca (Drake) Hill. John Hill was a son of James Hill, who was a soldier in the War of 1812, and he became a pioneer settler of Carroll County, where he and his wife. Nancy, remained until their deaths. John Hill became the owner of the old homestead farm of his father and on this place he and his wife passed the closing years of their lives. Cheesman D. Hill, father of James R. of this sketch, died on the old homestead, in 1860, when but twenty-eight years of age. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, in the faith of which he was reared. His wife likewise held membership in thfts church, and she was eighty-one years of age at the tiife of her death, in 1915. Of the two children James R. is the younger, his sister, Mary, being the widow of James Ballentine and maintaining her home at Sebring, Mahoning (bounty.

James R. Hill was not yet two years old at the time of his father's death and remained on the old homestead of his paternal grandparents until he had attained to the age of thirteen years. His widowed mother then became the wife of James Shepherd. After her second marriage the mother of Mr. Hill took him into her new home, where he was reared to adult age. Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd became the parents of three children: Emma became the wife of Hiram Scott and Is now deceased; Margaret is the wife of James H. Roudebush, of Carroll County; and Miss Jane Shepherd resides at Carrollton.

The public schools of his native county afforded James R. Hill his early education, and as a young man he was engaged in farm enterprise, in Center and Lee townships. Thereafter he spent seven and one-half years as a farmer in the State of Nebraska, and upon selling his property in that commonwealth he returned to Carroll County, where, in 1907, he became a carrier on one of the rural mail routes from Carrollton, a service in which he has since continued. He owns and occupies a good residence on Main Street In the City of Carrollton, is a republican In politics and he and his wife hold membership In the Methodist Episcopal Church.

To Mr. Hill and wife eight children were born. John A., who is now retained in the position of wool specialist in connection with the agricultural department of the University of Wyoming, married Miss Evelyn Corthell, and they have four sons - Robert, John, Ross and Nellis. John A. Hill enlisted in 1917 for service in the World war, was sent to an officer's training camp in the State of Washington, and was made captain, he having continued in service eighteen months. Alva L., who is clerk in one of the leading mercantile establishments of Carrollton, married Myrtle McCausland, and they have one son, Donald. Mabel is deceased Robert, a bachelor, is engaged in farming in Carroll County. Harry H., who is employed as a Government chemist in the State of Oklahoma, married Miss Natalie Berry. Elizabeth was graduated In the domestic science department of the University of Ohio, and is now taking a course in the training school for nurses maintained in connection with a leading hospital in the City of Jacksou. Michigan. Inez remains at the pn tenia 1 home and holds a position as operator In the telephone office at Carrollton. Scott M., who holds a position with one of the leading manufacturing concerns in the City of Canton, Ohio, enlisted in the Marine Corps of the national service in 1917, and continued in service somewhat more than two years, within which he accompanied bis com-

Charles C. Jackson was bora at Carrollton in April, 1845, son of Isaac and Julia (Adams) Jackson. The Jacksons were among the early settlers of Carrollton. Isaac Jackson was a carpenter and contractor and did much of the early building in this section. He and his wife were devout Methodists. Their children, all now deceased, were Marion, Martin. Mason, Charles, Theresa and May Jane. Of these Mason was in the Civil war with the rank of captain and major, and his body now rests in the National Cemetery at Arlington, D. 0.

Charles C. Jackson was reared and educated in Carrollton, learned the trade of carpenter, and at the beginning of the Civil war he and his father were engaged in a contract for the making of coffins at Washington, District of Columbia. He soon went into the army as a carpenter and subsequently went out as a substitute in Company K of the Seventy-first Ohio Infantry. When the war was over he returned to Carrollton and was an honored and useful resident of the city until his death on June 10, 1911. He was also active in the Methodist Church.

In 1871 he married Miss Mary Hardesty, who was born in Carroll County January 21, 1849, daughter of William and Priscilla (Kirkpatrick) Hardesty, the former a natlVe of Maryland and the latter of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The Hardestys when they came to Carroll County remained only a short time and removed to Wooster, Ohio, but subsequently returned and William Hardesty bought and operated for many years the flouring mills at Carrollton. He died at the age of sixty-eight and his wife at sixty-seven.

Charles C. Jackson is survived by his widow, and by two daughters, Jessie and Louise. Jessie, who graduated from the Carrollton High School, attended Scio College, and for nine years was a teacher in Carrollton and since then has been one of the prominent educators of Cleveland, being now principal of the Roosevelt Schools at Warren. Louise, who is also a graduate of the Carrollton High School, taught in her native city, took a business course at Cleveland and taught a year in business college, and is now the wife of Fred H. Nash, of Cleveland. To their marriage were bom two children. Louise, who died at the age of four months, and Marjorie. Marjorie Nash, now ten years of age, received an unusual degree of fame by her astonishing accomplishment of being able to read at the age of three years. Newspapers all over the country carried a report of her achievement and her pictures.

Harry C. Jenkins has been a resident of Washington Township, Harrison County, from the time of his birth, which occurred on the 13th of March, 1889, and as a citizen and vigorous exponent of farm industry he is well upholding the honors of a family name that has been identified with the history of Harrison County for more than a century. William

Jenkins, founder of the family in this county, was born in Nova Scotia, Canada, and in 1814 he and his wife, whose maiden name was Nora Morris, settled in Washington Township, Harrison County, where he instituted the reclamation of a farm in the midst of the forest wilds. On this homestead the devoted wife, who had become the mother of seven children, died in the year 1842, and Mr. Jenkins set forth for California in 1849, at the time of the discovery of gold in that state, but he Succumbed to an attack of cholera within a short time after initiating his journey to the New Eldorado. His son James B., who was bora in Washington Township December 5, 1819, started with the father for California, and after the latter's death he continued the long and weary journey across the plains. He was successful in his gold-seeking operations, but lost his accumulations after returning to Ohio, through unfortunate business enterprise. He went again to California, remained four years and again met with substantial financial success. Upon his return to Harrison County he purchased a large tract of land in Washington Township, where he Improved one of the fine farm estates of the county. Here his death occurred November 6, 1885, and his widow, whose maiden name was Nancy Wright, survived him by several years, both having been earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of their eight children John A. B. was the seventh in order of birth. He was born in Washington Township on the 7th of November, 1863, and from his youth to the present time he has maintained active alliance with farm industry in his native township, where he is the owner of a valuable farm property of 240 acres. He is a stalwart advocate of the cause of the republican party and he and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

On the 22d of December, 1887, was solemnized the marriage of John A. B. Jenkins to Miss Margaret Watson, who was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, a daughter of Richard and Mary (Randall) Watson, both likewise natives of that county. Mr. Watson was one of the representative farmers of Perry Township, Tuscarawas County, at the time of his death, on the 17th of April, 1902. and his widow still resides in that county, she being a member of the Presbyterian Church, as was also her husband. Of their children Mrs. Jenkins is the eldest; Della resides with her widowed mother; and Arthur is a resident of the City of Denver, Colorado. Mr. and Mrs. John A. B. Jenkins have six children - Harry C., Hallie M., Roy, Ralph E., Azalia O. and Clyde. Hallie M. is the wife of John Craigo, a farmer in Tuscarawas County, and they have one child, Lewis. Roy married Miss Laura Hunt and they reside at Newport, Tuscarawas County, their one child being a son, Ray. John A. B. Jenkins has been a citizen of prominence and influence in his native county, and is now serving as township trustee, a position of which he became the incumbent in January, 1920, and in which he had previously served four years - 1908-12. His son Ralph E. was one of the young men who represented Harrison County in the nation's service

In the late World war. He entered the service In -September, 1917, and at Camp Sherman was assigned to the Three Hundred and Eighth Army Corps. He sailed for the stage of warfare in June, 1918, and in France his corps was in active service as a part of the Thirtyseventh Division. After the signing of the historic armistice he passed nine months in Germany, as a member of the army of occupation, and after his return home he received his honorable discharge,* in October, 1919.

Harry C. Jenkins is indebted to the public schools of his native township for his youthful education and has not faltered in his appreciative allegiance to the great basic industries of agriculture and stock-growing, of which he is now a successful and progressive representative in Washington Township, as the owner of a well improved farm of 127 acres. He takes a loyal interest in community affairs of public order, is a republican in political adherency and both he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Tippecanoe.

In 1910 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Jenkins to Miss Elizabeth Van Fossen, daughter of John and Belle (Persons) Van Fossen, of Washington Township, and the five children of this union are: Carl, John, Lucile, Harry C., Jr., and Earl.

Casper Motter, a prosperous farmer of Rose Township, has spent a large share of his life on the farm of eighty acres he now owns, having been engaged in agricultural pursuits since he was old enough to take any active part in helping to carry on his father's work, and at the same time he has been engaged in carpentering. He was bom in Rose Township, on a farm of 30 acres, March 2, 1860. a son of Michael and Catherine (Brankle) Motter. Michael Motter was born in Wiersheim, Alsace, France, and was twenty-two years old when he came to the United States. By trade a cabinetmaker, he learned this trade in his native land. He was the youngest of eleven children, and when his father died in Alsace, he returned to his old home for his mother, whom he brought back to a farm in Harrison Township, Carroll County. When he was twenty-eight years old he was married to Catherine Brankle, of Rose Township, and then moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he worked at his trade for a year. For the next year he continued working at his trade at Cape Girardeaux, Missouri, and then moved to Waynesburg, Stark County, Ohio, but after a short period returned to Carroll County, and settled on a thirty-acre farm in Rose Township. This continued the family home for eleven years, when removal was made to another thirty-acre farm in another part of the same township. At the expiration of ten years and ten months he bought eighty acres in Rose Township, now occupied by his son, and here he died in May, 1897, aged seventy-seven years, his wife having passed away in November, 1896. They had eleven children, namely : Casper, who was the seventh: Clara Catherine, the youngest, who was born January 8. 1868, has never married and keeps house for her brother, Casper, who has also never married;

Casper Motter attended the local schools of Rose Township during the winter terms until he was nineteen years old, and then learned the carpenter trade, at which he worked until 1894, at which time he located permanently upon the homestead and began to put to prac tlcal use the lessons in farming his father had taught him during his boyhood and youth. His farm is one of the well improved ones of the township, and he takes a pride in keeping his buildings in good condition and modem in every respect. He has been very successful in his operations and is a man of ample means.

Miss Clara Catherine Motter attended the school in District No. 3, Rose Township, until she was twenty-one years of age. She learned to weave carpet and manufactures all of the carpets for the house, all of them being marvels in workmanship. She is a very industrious person, and is noted for her housekeeping. Mr. Motter is a democrat. He belongs to the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Morges, and his sister is a member of the Altar Society of that church. They are held in the highest esteem in their neighborhood, where they have a number of warm, personal friends.

John Henjiy Nape. With land at present-day prices in Carroll County, the man who owns a farm is fortunate Indeed, for he has a property which is bound to increase in value while at the same time it is yielding him an income. John Henry Nape is one of these enterprising men, and his farm of 102 acres is located in Centre Township. He was bora in this township, near Carrollton, January 24, 1851, a son of Frederick and Julia (Morgan) Nape, and grandson of Christian Nape, who was born in Germany in a colony which included the Lutz. Coons, Strayer families, all of whom came to the United States and settled in Carroll County. Ohio. Frederick Napes was also bora in Centre Township, where he spent his life, and he died near Carrollton, in 1900, having always been a farmer. Hip wife survived him and died in 1914. Of the four children bora to them, John Henry Nape was the eldest.

John Henry Nape had but few educational advantages for the only school he attended was one held in a "mud" schoolhouse four months of the year, and he left this school, poor as it was, at the early age of sixteen years, in order to assist his father in conducting the homestead of eighty acres. From then on to the present day he has been a hard worker, and the success which has come to him has been won entirely through his own efforts.

In 1880 Mr. Nape married and moved on his present farm, where he has since been engaged in raising a general line of crops. He has made excellent investments and is a stockholder of the Farmers Exchange at Carrollton, Ohio. In politics he is a democrat, but confines his participation in public life to casting his vote for the candidates who meet with his approval. For many years he has been one of the sincere

In January, 1880, Mr. Nape was married to Belle Long, a daughter of Jacob and Nancy (Hibbs) Long, of Union Township, Carroll County, who came of English and Pennsylvania- German stock. Mrs. Nape was the sixth of their seven children. Until she was sixteen years old, she attended the Staith School. Mr. and Mrs. Nape became the parents of four children, namely: Dr. Frank LeRoy, of Canton, Ohio; Stella Grace, who died in 1884 when seven weeks old ; and Sarah Gretchen, who married John Frank Miller, of Harrison Township, died in 1918, at the age of thirty years, leaving one son, John Henry; and Harry Milford, who is at home.

Dr. Frank LeRoy Nape was married first to Maude Morgan, of Carrollton, Ohio, and they had two children, namely: Naomi Isabelle, and Beulah May. The first Mrs. Nape died in 1918, and Doctor Nape was married second, in 1919, to Ada Zerbe, of Canton, Ohio. Mrs. Zerbe had one daughter, who is the same age as Naomi. Doctor Nape was graduated from the Western Reserve Medical College of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1901, and for three years thereafter was engaged in practice at Mineral City, Ohio, but then moved to Canton, Ohio. He is an airplane enthusiast, and learned to fly in 1919 with a Curtis plane but now has a De Havelind, and often flies from Canton to his father's farm in twenty minutes, making his landing on the farm adjoining. Doctor Nape finds it convenient to make a number of his professional calls with his plane, and although he has been in the air many hours, has never had an accident. It is interesting to contrast this mode of travel with the power employed by his great-grandfather when he first came to this region, for he used cows to draw his plow and rude wagon. Doctor Nape feels confident that the day is not far distant when his example will be followed in a large measure, and that then airplanes will be as numerous as automobiles are today. Without doubt this is a changing age.

Andrew Phillips. When it is stated that Mr. Phillips was born on a farm in section 3, Loudon Township, Carroll County, on the 24th of June, 1840, it becomes evident that this is a heritage of pioneer distinction in this favored section of the Buckeye State, and it is specially pleasing to record that he owns and still resides upon the fine old homestead farm which was the place of his birth. To the family name and its association with Carroll County he added new honors by his gallant service as one of the valiant soldiers of the Union in the Civil war. and the same spirit of loyalty has characterized him in all of the relations of his long, industrious and useful life.

Mr. Phillips is a son of William and Mary (Simmons) Phillips, both likewise natives of Loudon Township, where the respective families were founded when this section of the state was little else than a forest wilderness. John and Priscilla Phillips, grandparents of the subject of this review, came from Maryland to this section of Ohio In the year 1807. The grandfather took up Government land in what is now Carroll County, here reclaimed a productive farm, and here he and his wife passed the residue of their lives. The maternal grandparents, Adam and Mary (Springer) Simmons, natives of New Jersey, likewise came to this section of Ohio about 1807, and Mr. Simmons obtained Government land and instituted the development of the farm on which he passed the remainder of his life, in Loudon Township. Upon his death he bequeathed ninety acres of land to his daughter Mary and her husband, William Phillips, and on this homestead Mr. Phillips continued his vigorous and successful enterprise as a farmer until about fifteen years prior to his death, the closing period of his life having been passed in the Village of Kilgore, this county, where he died about the year 1893, his wife having been comparatively a young woman at the time of her death, about the year 1854. Of their children the first three - Sarah Ann. Mary and Maria - are deceased; Andrew, of this review, was the next in order of birth and Is the only son; Catherine is deceased; and the three surviving daughters are Elizabeth, Belle and Martha.

The district school at Simmons Ridge provided to Andrew Phillips his early educational advantages, and he continued his active alliance with farm industry in his native county until the outbreak of the Civil war roused his youthful patriotism to responsive protest and resulted in his enlistment, on the 5th of December, 1861, as a member of Company D, Eightieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was assigned to the Army of the Tennessee and the valiant record of which, marked by participation in many of the Important campaigns and battles of the great conflict, virtually constitutes the history of his military career, as he continued in active service with bis regiment until the close of the war. He participated in the Grand Review of the victorious troops in the City of Washington, and received his honorable discharge on the 13th of August, 1865. In later years he has vitalized bis interest in his old comrades and perpetuated the more gracious memories of his military career by maintaining affiliation with the Grand Army of the Republic, at Harlem Springs, of which he has served as commander.

After the close of the war Mr. Phillips resumed his association with farm enterprise In his native county, and after his father moved to the Village of Kilgore the son assumed the active control and management of the old home farm, which has continued to be his place of residence to the present time, though he has lived virtually retired since 1910, when he turned the farm over to his youngest daughter and her husband, Lewis Slates, the latter having since been the active manager of the place.

December 5, 1867, recorded the marriage of Mr. Phillips to Miss Mary Seaton, who likewise was born and reared in Loudon Township, and who was a daughter of Samuel and Nancy (Jackman) Seaton. The supreme loss and bereavement in the life of Mr. Phillips came when his loved and devoted wife was summoned to eternal rest, on the 27th of January, 1893, she having been a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which Mr. Phillips has long held membership and in which he is now serving as a trustee. He has been unwavering in his allegiance to the republican party and in past years was active and influential in community affairs, as shown by his having served one term ns trustee of his native township. In conclusion is entered brief record concerning the children of Mr. Phillips: Margaret is the wife of George Smith, of Kilgore, this county : Helen remains at the paternal home; Nancy Jane is the wife of George Parks, of Rocky River, Cuyahoga County; Howard married Miss Carrie B. Smith and they reside at Youngstown, Mahoning County; Mary is the widow of Charles Smith and maintains her home in the City of Cleveland; Minnie is the wife of Clyde Scott, of Harlem Springs, Carroll County ; and Carrie is the wife of Lewis Slates, who has the management of the old homestead farm of her father, as previously noted in this context.

Florents Steinbach is a man who has never permitted himself to become discouraged, but has kept right along and as a result is now recognized as one of the best business men and farmers of Carroll County, and his valuable farm of eighty acres in Rose Township is one of the well-developed rural properties of his neighborhood. Mr. Steinbach was born on his present farm, September 8, 1871, a son of Frank and Mary (Weimer) Steinbach. Frank Steinbach came from Germany to the United States in young manhood, and met his future wife, who was born in Baden, Germany, at Steubenville, Ohio, where he worked in a paper mill for seven years. After they married the parents came to the farm now owned by their son, the original purchase comprising but forty acres, to which twenty acres were later added, and still later, twenty acres more. Here the father carried on general farming, and was active until his death, which occurred in 1800. His widow survived him until 1902. Of their five children, Florents Steinbach was the youngest, and of this family four are still living.

Growing up in his native township, Florents Steinbach acquired a knowledge of the fundamentals of an education at district school Number 5, Rose Township during the winter months until he was eighteen years old, and during the rest of the year was taught practical farming under his father's watchful supervision. He was then employed for five years on construction gangs hewing wood ties for the Pennsylvania Railroad, following which for two years he cut timber for George Clutz. For the next two years he was engaged in cutting and selling timber on his own account. His next occupation was that of a coal miner at the Lindentree Mine in Carroll County, but on July 2, 1018, he was very badly burned on the arms and breast by a premature "shot" which caused an explosion a half-mile back from the mine entrance at the James Mine, Lindentree, and as a result he was incapacitated for six weeks. In 1805 Mr. Steinbach located permanently on his present farm, where he carries on general farming, and has been very successful. A hard worker, he has spent much time during the winter months in the mines, and has never spared himself, but has done everything he could to increase his income.

In 1895 Mr. Steinbach was married to Carrie Zangler, a daughter of James and Mary (RIcard) Zangler of Morges, Rose Township. Mr. Zangler was a stone mason by trade, and died in 1894, his widow surviving him until 1899. They had seven children, of whom Mrs. Steinbach was the youngest. She attended district school Number 6, Rose Township, until she was seventeen years old. Mr. and Mrs. Steinbach have no children, but adopted John O'Brien, when he was twelve years old and he made his home with them until he was married to Ida Rinehart in 1910. They have one son, William Richard. In politics Mr. Steinbach is a democrat. St. Mary's Catholic Church of Morges, Rose Township, holds his membership. Since his injury Mr. Steinbach employs a man to assist him in running the farm during the busy season.

William R. Thompson. The one thing really significant and important in the scheme of human existence is worthy achievement, for this represents the concrete evidence of resolute thought and action. The life of the farmer offers much to the man who is willing to apply himself and has the good judgment to avail himself of proper methods and business principles. Such a representative of farm industry In Carroll County is William R. Thompson, of Lee Township, who has been a resident of the county from his boyhood and who has proved himself resourceful and persistent in the carrying forward of his activities as an agriculturist and stock-grower, with the result that he has achieved prosperity and made for himself a place as one of the substantial and highly respected citizens of the community.

Mr. Thompson was born at Richmond, Jefferson County, Ohio, on the 25th of June. 1840, and is a son of John and Eliza (Wilson) Thompson, both likewise natives of that county, where the respective families were founded in the early pioneer days. In 1852 John Thompson came with his family to Carroll County and engaged in farm enterprise in Lee Township. He and his wife passed the remainder of their lives in this county and were residents of Augusta at the time of their deaths.

William R. Thompson was about twelve years old at the time of the family removal to Carroll County, and here he gained full fellowship with the work of the farm and profited by such advantages as were afforded him In the local schools. He remained at the parental home until he had attained to the age of twenty-four years, and for eighteen years thereafter he was employed by the year at farm work, on various farms in this section of the Buckeye State. At the expiration of this period he was so fortified as to be Justified in the purchasing of a farm in Lee Township. On this place he continued his productive labors twenty-three years, and he then sold the property and, in the autumn of 1914, purchased his present farm, of seventy acres, in section 4 of the same township. Bringing to bear the energy and good judgment that are characteristic of the man, and profiting by former experience, Mr. Thompson has brought this farm up to an excellent state of productiveness, the place having been distinctly in a rundown condition when he purchased the same. In his work of revitalizing and improving the farm Mr. Thompson has had the effective aid and cooperation of his son, who is still associated with him in the work and management of the farm.

Mr. Thompson takes loyal interest in community affairs, is a republican in his political adherency, and he has served with marked efficiency as road supervisor. He and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church.

The year 1877 recorded the marriage of Mr. Thompson to Miss Margaret Fawcett, who was bom in Union Township, Carroll County, a daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth (Brooks) Fawcett, who were born in the vicinity of Enniskillen. County Fermanagh, Ireland, the former in 1803 and the latter in 1807. Mrs. Fawcett was a small child at the time when her parents embarked on a sailing vessel and set forth to establish a new home in America. The father died on the voyage and was buried at sea. The widowed mother continued her sad journey and eventually became a resident of Ohio, where she passed the remainder of her life. The parents of Alexander Fawcett immigrated to America about the same time as did the Brooks family, and they became pioneer settlers in Union Township, Carroll County. Alexander Fawcett became one of the prosperous farmers of his day and he and his wife remained in Carroll County until the close of their lives, their daughter Margaret having been the youngest in a family of thirteen children. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have two children: Marietta, who was bom August 2, 1878, is the wife of Henry Davis, of Perry Township, this county, and they have one child, Hazel, bom in June, 1902. John M. was bora October 2, 1880, and is associated with his father in progressive farm enterprise. He married Eliza Johnson, and their only child Is a daughter, Ila Martha, who was born February 22, 1918.

David Marion Gamble. "Back to the farm" was the call heard by David Marlon Gamble after he had been an industrial worker for some years, and on the land and in the environment of his early youth he finds profit and satisfaction in the ownership and the products of his 100 acre farm in Rose Township of Carroll County In the Sherrodsvllle community.

Mr. Gamble was bora in Rose Township February 23, 1873, son of Albert and Rebecca (Thorley) Gamble. His grandparents were Solomon and Anna (Young) Gamble, who came at an early day from Washington County, Pennsylvania, and settled in Harrison County, and when their son Albert was eight years of age moved to Rose Township, where they spent the rest of their years. Albert Gamble was fourth among eight children, gave his life to agricultural pursuits and died in 1897, his widow surviving him and residing at Dellroy.

David Marion Gamble is one of six children, and as a boy he lived on the farm and attended No. 4 District School in Rose Township. His education was continued through winter terms until he was twenty, but the balance of the year helped perform the various duties of the farm. Like most young men not being satisfied with the meager prospects of a farmer's career, he left home and for eleven years was employed in the steel mills at New Philadelphia, Ohio. Then taking a new view of a farmer's life, he returned to the country and in 1911 bought the old homestead farm of 100 acres and since then has devoted his best efforts to general agriculture and livestock growing.

Mr. Gamble's first wife was Anna Fisher, daughter of Joshua and Susan Fisher, of Jefferson County, Ohio. She died in 1904, the mother of eight children: Iva May; Neva;

In 1907 Mr. Gamble married Myrta Drusilla Barrick, daughter of W. C. and Mary Margaret (German) Barrick, one of the old and notable families of Carroll County, living members and relatives of which hold an annual reunion that is one of the social events of the year. Mr. and Mrs. Gamble have three children: David Ray,

Mr. Gamble is an Independent democrat and several times has given his active support to the prohibition ticket. He was elected one term of two years as township clerk. He is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church at Union Valley.

Thomas J. Long is one of the progressive farmers of the younger generation in Carroll County, where he is the owner of a well-improved farm of seventy-three and one-half acres. In Union Township and four miles distant from Carrollton, the county seat, with service on rural mail route No. 4 from that city.

Thomas Jefferson Long was born in Union Township, this county, on the 17th of March, 1884, and is a son of George W. and Isabella (Scott) Long. Alexander Long, grandfather of Thomas J., was born and reared in County Donegal, Ireland, and upon coming to the United States he first settled in Pennsylvania, whence he later came to Ohio and engaged in farm enterprise in Union Township, Carroll County. He became one of the prosperous farmers and honored citizens of Union Township and there he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives, he having been venerable in years at the time of his death, in 1894. Of the twelve children one son and two daughters are now living.

George W. Long was born on the old homestead farm in Union Township and there he was reared to manhood. He eventually became one of the successful farmers of that township, where he and Thomas J. Long, his twin brother, were the owners of a well-improved farm of 160 acres at the time of his death, in 1915, his widow still remaining on the old homestead and being an active member of the Methodist Episco-

Thomas J. Long early gained practical experience In connection with the activities of the home farm and his youthful education was obtained in the district schools of his native township, where he remained until he was twenty years of age. For one year thereafter he was a clerk in William M. Shepherd's store at Carrollton, and during the ensuing years he was employed by the Standard Oil Company as driver of a tank wagon. Thereafter he passed one year at The Timken Manufacturing Company in the city of Canton, and upon his return to Carroll County he was for some time engaged on the farm of Chalmers H. Long, in Harrison Township. For ten years thereafter he conducted a general store at Tabor, this county, and he served ten years as postmaster of that village, under the administration of Presidents Taft and Wilson. In 1917 he established his residence upon his present farm, and in connection with its operations he has developed a prosperous business in the buying and shipping of live stock, the most of which he consigns to the Pittsburgh market. Mr. Long is a staunch democrat and is liberal and progressive in his civic attitude. He and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church.

In 1906 Mr. Long was united in marriage to Miss Mary K. Long, daughter of Chalmers and Jane (Marshall) Long, of Harrison Township, Carroll County, and the four children of this union are Joseph Kermlt, Chester Alexander, June Maxine, and Helen Louise.

John W. Reed passed his entire life in Carroll County, became one of its representative farmers and highly honored citizens and a part of his old home farm is now comprised in the village of Malvern, in Brown Township. He was a scion of a prominent pioneer family of the county and through his worthy life and service added honor to the name which he bore. Mr. Reed was bom in Brown Township, this county, on the 26th of February, 1834, and here his death occurred on the 8th of November, 1873. The widow of Mr. Reed now maintains her home at Malvern and is one of the venerable and revered women of Brown Township. She and her children still retain ownership of the old home farm, of ten acres, and she has resided at Malvern for twenty-two years. The year 1920 records the eighty-eighth anniversary of the birth of Mrs. Reed.

John W. Reed was a son of Robert and Mary (Banghman) Reed, both of whom were born and reared in Brown Township, where they passed their entire lives, Robert Reed having been a son of John and Nancy (Woodward) Reed, who were numbered among the early settlers of Carroll County, the father having been a native of Ireland. John and Nancy Reed became the parents of five children - James, William, Robert, David, and one daughter, who became the wife of Matthew Ayers. Robert Reed continued his association with form industry in Brown Township until his death and was one of the influential men of his community, both he and his wife having attained to advanced age. They became the parents of a fine family of thirteen children - Nancy, Jesse, Elizabeth, John W., Mary, David, Robert, Jr., Rachel, James, Sarah, William, Ellen, wife of Walter Clark Lewis, and Lewis, a resident of Bayard. Columbiana County. Ellen and Lewis are the only surviving members of this family. All of the sons except John W. and Lewis were soldiers of the Union in the Civil war.

John W. Reed was reared on the old homestead farm which was the place of his birth and gained his early education in the common schools of the locality. He inherited a part of the large tract of land accumulated by his father, who gave to each son a farm of forty acres. John W. purchased an additional tract of eighty acres, besides the forty acres which he eventually gave to Thomas Tool, who has been reared in his home. Mr. Reed became a stalwart supporter of the cause of the republican party, though his father had been a democrat, and he gave liberal support to the Lutheran Church, of which his venerable widow has been a lifelong communicant.

On the 2d of April, 1862, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Reed to Miss Nancy Miller, who was born in Monroe Township, Carroll County, October 26. 1832, a daughter of Jacob and Jennie (Morley) Miller. Mr. Miller was born in Pennsylvania, in 1796, and his wife was bom in the state of New York, in the same year. He was a son of Abram and Rebecca ( Sprite) Miller, natives of Germany and pioneer settlers in Pennsylvania. Jacob Miller and his wife came to Carroll County about the year 1824 and he took up government land in Monroe Township, where he reclaimed a productive farm from the forest wilds, the old place being now known as the Scott Wright farm. On this old homestead Mr. Miller died in 1857, his wife having passed away in 1854. Both were zealous communicants of the Lutheran Church. They became the parents of nine children: Mary married a Mr. Lewis and was the mother of Walter Clark Lewis, mentioned elsewhere in this work; Abram. Isaac, Jacob, Andrew, Ruth. Jane, Sarah, and Nancy, the last named being the only one of the number now living.

and they now reside in the state of Colorado, their two children being Ethel and John, the latter having been in the nation's military service in the late World war and having been with the American Expeditionary Forces in France from September 18, 1918, until the summer of 1919. Ruth is the wife of William Dieringer, and they have one son, Herman. Flora is the wife of Dr. Albert E. Wagner, of Paris, Ohio: Miss Margaret remains with her widowed mother; and Laura is the wife of John Buck, of Union Township, Carroll County, their one child being a son, Charles.

Henry Buel, an honored member of one of of the sterling pioneer families of Carroll County, has resided at Malvern from the time of his birth and is now nearing the age of three score years and ten, so that it is evident that few citizens of the village at the present day can claim so prolonged and continuous residence here. For thirty-six years Mr. Buel was associated with the operations of the planing mill and business owned and conducted by his brother Frederick, and he is now living retired, save that he finds recreation and vitalizing energy through his application each season to the fine gardens which he maintains on his home property, which comprises about four village lots and which has been his place of residence fully forty years. He is a son of the late David Buel, and adequate record concerning the family is given on other pages of this volume.

Henry Buel was born at Malvern on the 16th of November, 1845, and here he received his early education In the schools of the period. As previously intimated, the major part of his active career was marked by tils association with the industrial enterprise conducted by his brother, and he has always taken lively interest in everything touching the welfare and advancement of his native village and county. His political support is given to the republican party and his religious faith is that of the Lutheran Church, of which his wife likewise is an earnest communicant.

Mr. Buel was too young to be eligible for military service at the Inception of the Civil war, but before its close he had opportunity to manifest effectively his youthful patriotism. On the 11th of January, 1862, he enlisted In Company A, Eightieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and his total period of service covered about eighteen months. His assignment was changed from Company A to Company K, of the regiment above mentioned, and with the latter he served until the expiration of his term of enlistment. Later he re-enlisted In Company A. One Hundred and Ninety-Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, this company having been tbe last to leave Ohio prior to the close of the war. Mr. Buel took part in the siege of Corinth and a number of skirmishes and other minor engagements. and remained with his last regiment until victory had crowned the Union arms and the war came to Its end. He has long maintained active affiliation with the Grand Army of tbe Republic.

April 14. 1868, recorded the marriage of Mr. Buel to Miss Almira H. Liggett, who was born in Harrison Township, Carroll County, September 28. 1845, a daughter of Nathan and Winifred (Masters) Liggett, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Liggett came to Carroll County in the pioneer days, and here he died about the year 1855. aged thirty-eight years, his widow having long survived him and having been seventy-one years of age at the time of her death, in 1864. They became the parents of six children - Mary Jane. Ellen, Almira H., Hannah, Amanda, and Samantha. Of the number only Mrs. Buel and her sister Amanda are living at the time of this writing, in 1620. Mr. and Mrs. Buel have one daughter, Winifred, who was born February 1, 1866. and who is the wife of Herbert A. Coomb, their home being in the city of Chicago, Illinois. They have two children - Ray Willard, and Lucille, the latter being at the parental home; Ray W. married Frances Frey and they have a little daughter, Madaline.

David O. Rutan, who is now living retired in the city of Carrollton, has long been one of the influential and honored citizens of his native county, of which he has served as treasurer and which he has represented in the lower house of the state legislature. He has been active not only in public affairs but has also contributed his quota to the advancement of farm industry in Carroll County, and for many years he was one of the leading buyers and shippers of wool from this part of the state,

Mr. Rutan was born In Perry Township, Carroll County. August 16, 1843, and is a representative of a family whose name has been identified with thfc history of this county for more than a century, his paternal grandparents, Peter and Elizabeth Rutan having settled in the southern part of the county in 1818, in the portion of the county that was at that time included In Harrison County. Of their six children Alexander A. was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and was a boy at the time of the family removal to Ohio. He was reared on the pioneer farm of his father, in what is now Carroll County, and eventually he came Into control of the old home farm, on which he remained until his death, In 1881, when seventy-five years of age. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Wortman, was born in New Brunswick, Canada, and was a girl when she accompanied her parents to Carroll County. She survived her husband by several years and was a resident of Carrollton at the time of her death. Of the eight children David O., of this sketch, was the fifth in order of birth.

The rural schools of his native township afforded Davod O. Rutan his preliminary education, which was supplemented by his attending Rural Seminary, at Harlem Springs, and Scio College. In 1864 he enlisted, for a term of 100 days in Company I, One Hundred and Fifty-S'eventh Ohio Infantry, of which he was made a corporal, an office in which he served until he was mustered out, September 2d of the same year. In January, 1865, he re-enlisted, in Company A, One Hundred and Eighty-Sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he continued in active service until the close of the war, the regiment having been a part of the Army of the Cumberland. His brother, James S. was first lieutenant in a Pennsylvania regiment In the Civil war, and thereafter served as a member of the Pennsylvania senate, as United States marshal and as collector of the port of Pittsburgh. He was tendered, by President Grant, appointment to the office of United States consul at Florence, Italy, but declined this honor. Another brother, Samuel M., was a sergeant in the Ninety-Eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and in the battle of Chicka manga received a severe wound.

After the close of the war David O. Rutan resumed his active association with farm enterprise in Carroll County, and he developed and improved one of the model farms of Perry Township, where he remained until his removal to Carrollton. He became one of the most extensive and well known buyers and shippers of wool In Ohio, In which field of enterprise he initiated his activities in 1871, and his operations In the succeeding years having Involved the handling of fully 15,000,000 pounds of wool. He still continues his association with this important line of business, in connection with which his reputation has ever been of the highest.

Mr. Rutan has been an active and influential figure in the councils and campaign service of the republican party in this section of .the state and became specially zealous In the furtherance of candidacy of late President William McKinley when the latter made his Initial campaign for Congress. In 1880 Mr. Rutan was elected treasurer of his native county, by a splendid majority, and in 1807 he was elected to represent the Carroll-Harrlson district in the Ohio legislature. Mr. Rutan was one of the executors of the estate of Samuel J. Cameron, in which connection he had financial control of the Carroll Republican from the time of the death of Mr. Cameron until the property was sold to the Standard Publishing Company. Later he purchased the Carroll Free Press, of which he retained control three years, at the expiration of which he sold the paper and business to the Standard Publishing Company. He is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity and with McAllister Post, No. 212, Grand Army of the Republic, at Carrollton. Both he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian ChurclJ in their home city and he has given many years of service as a member of its board of trustees.

September 6, 1870, recorded the marriage of Mr. Rutan to Miss Anna H. Ebersole, who likewise was bora and reared in Carroll County and who is a daughter of the late John Ebersole and Susan (Hewett) Ebersole. Mr. and Mrs. Rutan have three children - Arthur A., Helen F. and Sarah O. Helen is the wife of James C. McKalip.

Henry Clark Gamble. Among breeders of pure-bred livestock in Carroll County, Henry Clark Gamble ranks as one of the leaders. Some years ago he ceased handling grade stock altogether, and believes that the best pleasure and the best profit can be derived only from handling the best of pure-breds and his farm records for several years are convincing proof of the soundness of his judgment.

Mr. Gamble, whose home is in Rose Township, was born on the homestead where he now lives March 23, 1867. His people have lived In this section of Ohio since pioneer times. His grandfather Solomon Gamble came from Pennsylvania to Harrison County, Ohio, where he married Anne Young. Their son Solomon Young Gamble was born in Harrison County, and was thirteen years old when the family moved to Carroll County and located on a farm of 163 acres, where the grandfather died in February, 1880, and the mother in 1879. Solomon Young Gamble is still living and has been a prosperous farmer all his life. His wife died February 8, 1894. The family consisted of three sons and three daughters, Henry C. being the third in age.

During his boyhood he was permitted to attend the winter sessions of school District No. 1 in Rose Township, and he learned farming by practical experience at home. He finished his school work at the age of eighteen, and since then has been engaged in farming either for himself or for others.

January 13, 1805, he married Miss Mary Hannah Wear, daughter of Cyrus and May Wear of Mapleton. She died December 25, 1807, leaving one son, Charles Clark Gamble, who was born in 1896 and is now living at Canton, Ohio. On March 1, 1809, Mr. Gamble married Emma Burke, daughter of William and Susan (Shaffer) Burke. Mr. and Mrs. Gamble have seven children: John Desmond, born in 1899; Ralph Bryan, bora In 1901 ; Floyd S.. born in 1904 ; Mary Myrtle, bora in 1907 : Alice Winona and Annie Laurie. The son, John Desmond, married Hazd FfAber. of Lindentree, Rose Township, and has a daughter Hazel Marie.

After his first marriage Mr. Gamble rented a quarter section of land in Rose Township, but after farming that for two years returned to the old homestead in 1898 and now owns 140 acres, divided into two farms. He has been singularly successful as a stock farmer, and is regarded as one of the largest breeders in the county. His stock consists of pure-bred Berkshire hogs, Jersey and Short Horn cattle, and Delaine registered sheep. He is a member of the National Delaine Sheep Association and a member of the National Grange at Atwood. He is now central committeeman of the democratic party, and is in his third consecutive term as township trustee. He was also elected four terms for a term of three years each as a member of the Carroll County Fair Board. He is a director of the township school board.

Robert A. McLaughlin, whose death occurred July 29, 1909, was a representative of one of the well-known and highly honored pioneer families of Carroll County and in his earnest and well-ordered life he well upheld the prestige of the name which he bore. As a native son of Carroll County and as a man of sterling character and worthy achievement, he merits a memorial tribute in this history.

Mr. McLaughlin was bora in Lee Township, Carroll County, June 22, 1859, and is a son of William L. and Jane (Anderson) McLaughlin, the former of whom was bora on the old homestead farm. In Lee Township, January 12, 1823, and the latter was also born and reared in Carroll County. James McLaughlin, grandfather of William L., was a native of Scotland and came to America about the middle of the eighteenth century, the remainder of his life having been passed in Washington County, Pennsylvania. He married Margaret Mitchell and they became the parents of nine children. James McLaughlin took part In the French and Indian war and also the War of the Revolution.

Robert McLaughlin, father of William L., was born In Washington County, Pennsylvania. February 16, 1782. and there, in 1810, was solemnized his marriage to Nancy Lindsay, who was born December 19, 1786. They became the parents of eleven children, all of whom were bora in Carroll County, Ohio, where the parents established their home in 1810 - the year of their marriage. Robert McLaughlin reclaimed a farm from the virgin forest and became one of the honored and influential citizens of Carroll County, in the organization of which he assisted. He served in various local offices, united with the republican party at the time of its organization, and did well his part in the initial stages of development and progress in this section of Ohio. He was one of the honored pioneer citizens of Lee Township at the time of his death, February 5, 1869, and his widow passed away on the 24th of February of the following year.

That William L. McLaughlin profited fully by the advantages afforded in the primitive pioneer schools is shown by the fact that at the age of twenty- two years he became a teacher in the local schools and that he succesfully followed the pedagogic profession five years. He finally came into ownership of the old homestead farm on which he was born and there he continued his well ordered activities as an agriculturist and stock-grower during the remainder of his active career. He was of venerable age at the time of his death, as was also his wife, and of their ten children, Robert A., of this memoir, was the eldest. William L. McLaughlin married, in 1854, Miss Elizabeth McAllister, whose death occurred May 1, 1858, and who was survived by one daughter, Elizabeth. October 13, 1858, recorded the marriage of Mr. Mc- Laughlin to Miss Jane Anderson, and of their children nine are now living, Robert A., Ambrose Sheridan B., Horace T., James R.. Samuel C., William D.. Viola J., Ella F. Both Mr. and Mrs. McLaughlin were earnest members of the United Presbyterian Church and in politics Mr. McLaughlin was a staunch republican, he having served In various local offices, including that of township trustee.

Robert A. McLaughlin passed the period of his childhood on the old home farm which had originally been owned by his paternal grandfather, and there he continued to reside until he had attained to the age of twenty-five years, his educational advantages in the meanwhile having been those of the public schools of Lee Township. He learned the carpenter's trade, and to this he gave his attention until he was chosen manager of the Bergholz Telephone Company at Carrollton, a position of which he continued the efficient incumbent until his death. His political allegiance was given to the republican party and he was an earnest member of the United Presbyterian Church, as is also his widow, she having been chief operator in the Carrollton office of the Bergholz Telephone Company since October. 1904.

On the 30th of September. 1884, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. McLaughlin to Miss Sarah Jane Scarlott, who likewise was born in I>ee Township and who is a daughter of Stephen and Letitia (Fawcett) Scarlott. both natives of Lee Township, where the respective families settled in the pioneer days. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. McLaughlin were William and Elizabeth Ellen Scarlott, and her maternal grandparents, Alexander and Bessie

(Riley) Fawcett, were natives of Ireland, they having been well known pioneer citizens of Carroll County at the time of their deaths. In conclusion of this memoir is given brief record concerning the children of Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Laughlin: Lela J. is the wife of Ernest Favrl, of Carroll County, and they have five children - Herman, Harry, Sarah, Helen, and Robert. Bessie is the wife of Roy George, and they have two children - Ralph and Leonard. Grace remains with her widowed mother in their pleasant home at Carrollton. Harry F., who was bom in Fox Township, Carroll County, October 6, 1895, was graduated in the Carrollton High School as a member of the class of 1913. In the same year he took a position in the offices of the Cummings Trust Company, of Carrollton, and he was thus engaged until October 6, 1917, when he was called into the nation's service in connection with American participation in the great World war. He was assigned to the medical detachment of the Three Hundred and Thirty-second Infantry, and was at Camp Sherman. Ohio, until June, 1918, when he went with his command to New York City, where, on the 13th of June, he sailed for France. He landed in France on the 23d of the same month, and previously had received warrant as a sergeant first class. Medical Department. On the 22d of November, 1918, he was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Sanitary Corps, and he remained In active service in France until July, 1919, the 15th of that month having recorded his arrival in the port of New York City. On the 5th of the following month he received his honorable discharge, and on the 1st of September, 1919, he was made secretary of the Cummings Trust Company. In which position he served up to September, 1920, when he was elected cashier of The First National Bank of Carrollton, which Is rapidly growing with success. He is independent In politics and is affiliated with the Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities. July 28. 1917, recorded the marriage *of Harry F. McLaughlin to Miss Florence E. McCully, daughter of P. O. McCully, of whom mention is made on other pages. Of this union two children were born, Harry, Jr., who was born September 1, 1918, while his father was in service in France, and whose life shall constitute a memorial to the loyalty and patriotism of his youthful sire, and Retha Virginia, born August 7, 1920.

J. Madtson Long, one of the leading farmers of Carroll County, owns a fine farm of 213 acres of land in Center Township. He is recognized as one of the practical agriculturists of this part of Ohio and many of his operations are watched with interest, and his methods are adopted by those less progressive than he. Mr. Long was horn in East Township, Carroll County, March 29, 1860. a son of John and Angeline (Heston) Long, and grandson of Martin Long, bom in Washington County, Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio at an early day and settled in Augusta Township. He was married to Elizabeth Harsh and they became the parents of three sons and four daughters, of whom John Long was the eldest. Martin Long died in 1888, his wife liav-

Ing passed away in 1884. The family have been associated with farming interests for generations. John Long was born in Augusta Township, in a little log cabin, but came to East Township after his marriage. He and his wife had eleven children, of whom all but one are now living, and of them all J. Madison Long was the second in order of birth. John Long died in 1910, but his widow survives him. She was born In 1840.

Growing up on the farm, J. Madison Long assisted his father in operating it and during the winter months attended the country schools in District No. 6, East Township. When he was nineteen years old he left school and devoted all of his time to the farm until he reached his majority. He then began working for himself. and for the next nine years received an average of $16 per month, and of that time only, was idle for two weeks, and of that period was sick for one week. He was ambitious and managed to attend high school for a year. Mr. Long then entered a different field of action and for five years and three months was engaged in clerking in a men's furnishng store at Augusta.

In 1888 Mr. Long was marred to Flora 8. Crawford, a daughter of John T. and Hannah (Shaw) Crawford, and they became the parents of three chldren, namely: John C., who is at home; Lawson C., who is at home; and Angeline, who Is Mrs. Frank Johnson, of Carrollton. After his marriage Mr. Long settled on a farm of eighty acres in Center Township which he had previously purchased, and added to it two and one-half acres. Subsequently he made several purchases of thirty, twenty-five and onehalf and seventy-five acres, and now has 213 acres all in one piece. His first wife died in 1905 and Mr. Long was married to Mary Leeper, a daughter of William and Margaret (Masterson) Leeper, of Leesvllle, Ohio.

In addition to general farming, in which he has been very successful, Mr. Long has other interests and is a stockholder of the Farmers Exchange of Carrollton. Very active In the democratic party, he served as trustee of Center Township for two years and as a member of the Board of Education for fifteen years. In 1920 he ran for representative of his district on his party ticket, but was defeated, although he ran 1,500 votes ahead of his ticket on account of his personal popularity. Long a member of the Presbyterian Church of Carrollton, he is now an elder of It. All that Mr. Long possesses today he has made himself, and he deserves great credit for his perseverance and industry. While he has achieved a very gratifying success, he has accomplished that which is much better, won appreciation from his fellow citizens because of his many praiseworthy characteristics.

Georoe Thompson is one of the oldest residents of Carroll County, and still lives on a fine farm which his energies developed near Jewett in Loudon Township.

He was born in Harrison County, Ohio, February 23. 1833, son of Andrew and Jane (Sloan) Thompson. His father was born In County Armagh, Ireland, of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and was brought to America by his widowed mother, who settled with her family In Harrison County, Ohio, in 1830. Jane Sloan was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, daughter of William and Mary (Sloan ) Sloan. William Sloan made two trips to the United States, first locating at Smithfield. Ohio. After being there a few years he went back to Ireland for the purpose of getting the money due him for several years of service in the English navy, but was unsuccessful, and soon returned to America and settled in Harrison County and later in Loudon Township of Carroll County, where he died. Andrew Thompson and wife after their marriage lived for a year near North Rumley, Ohio, and then bought land in Loudon Township, where he lived until his death on February 14, 1864, and she passed away February 10, 1853. Of their children George Thompson Is the oldest ; Mary, deceased, was the wife of William Waggener ; Sarah died at the age of eight years; Elizabeth, of Harrison County, is the widow of Joseph Barr; and William, Robert and Andrew are all deceased.

George Thompson grew up in a pioneer district, acquired his education in Loudon Township, walking two miles between home and school. In 1856 he married Hannah Rutan, who was born in Loudon Township in July. 1832, and died in March, 1903, after nearly half a century of married companionship. She was a daughter of Daniel and Margaret (Carr) Rutan, the former a native of France and of Huguenot ancestry, while her mother was a native of Ireland. After his marriage George Thompson moved to an eighty acre farm given him by his father in Loudon Township. Four years later he sold that and bought a place in Harrison County. After living there twelve years he sold and bought 248 acres of improved land in section 10 of Loudon Township. Not until 1920 did the infirmities of age cause Mr. Thompson to give up his active supervision of his farming interests, though since 1911 he has rented out most of the land. For years he made a specialty of raising Delaine sheep. Mr. Thompson is an independent in politics and has been a lifelong member of the United Presbyterian Church. He was a member of the local church of that denomination until it was disorganized in May, 1919.

Of his children the eldest is John, a resident of Stark County, Ohio. The second, Margaret, died at the age of sixteen. Andrew, also deceased, left two children, Agnes, a school teacher, and Andrew, who died at the age of twenty-one. Elizabeth, the fourth of Mr. Thompson's children, died at the age of twenty-seven. Miss Sarah is his housekeeper. Robert is a minister of the United Presbyterian Church, pastor of the First Church at Des Moines, Iowa, and has three children named Samuel. George and Dorothy. The next child, Clarence, died in infancy.

David McBurney came with his young wife to Carroll County, Ohio, from their native county In Pennsylvania, and they established their home in a primitive log house in Center Township, where Mr. McBurney became the owner of a partially reclaimed farm that rep- resented land previously secured from the Government, by a man named Pugh. It was in the year 1832 that this sterling young couple thus made the overland journey from Washington County, Pennsylvania, to Ohio, in the year of their marriage, Mrs. MoBurney riding the entire distance on horseback and her husband driving a team that transported the covered wagon containing their meager outfit of household goods. In their log cabin Mr. and Mrs. McBurney installed one of the first cook-stoves brought into Center Township, and the neighbors in the pioneer community came for miles to view the new device. The young couple bravely faced the vicissitudes and manifold labors of pioneer life, and the domestic economies of the cheery little home included Mrs. McBurney's application to the spinning of flax and wool to be used in making clothing for the family, while in 1844 Mr. McBurney erected on his farm a substantial brick house, the third to be erected in all of Carroll County. In this comfortable dwelling the fine family of children were reared to maturity, and the old house still stands, as one of the landmarks of Center Township. Mr. McBurney brought his farm under effective cultivation and In the passing years his earnest labors were rewarded with a generous measure of prosperity. He was a man of vigorous mentality, well fortified in his opinions, true and loyal in all of the relations of life, and his course was guided and governed by lofty Integrity and a fine sense of personal stewardship. Without ostentation, he aided those who were in affliction or distress, and he was a staunch supporter of measures and enterprises tending to advance the general well being of the community. He was a vigorous abolitionist in the period leading up to the Civil war, and was one of only six to vote the abolition ticket in Carroll County. He was thereafter affiliated with the whig party until the organization of the republican party, when he transferred himself to the ranks of the latter, of whose principles he continued a loyal supporter until his death. He and his wife were loved and influential members of the Scroggsfleld United Presbyterian Church, in which he served many years as ruling elder. His death occurred October 27, 1878, and his widow, surviving him by nearly a quarter of a century, remained on the old home farm until her death, March 27, 1901, at the venerable age of nearly eighty-nine years, her birth having occurred in Washington County, Pennsylvania, May 16, 1812.

David McBurney was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, September 25, 1813, the seventh in order of birth of five sons and four daughters of John McBurney, who was born in Ireland and who was a young man when he came to America and settled in Pennsylvania, where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. David McBurney was reared under the pioneer conditions in Pennsylvania, where he received the advantages of the common schools of his native county; where also he gained his initial experience in the basic industry of agriculture. On the 5th of January, 1832, he was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Lyle, and in the following March they set forth on the long and tedious journey to Ohio, as noted in the preceding paragraph. Mrs. McBurney was a daughter of James and Mary (Campbell) Lyle, the Lyle family, of Scotch-Irish lineage, having been founded in Pennsylvania prior to the War of the Revolution, and having there become one of prominence and influence. Aaron Lyle, grandfather of Mrs. McBurney, represented his district In the United States Congress for a number of terms.

Mr. and Mrs. McBurney became the parents of nine children, concerning whom brief record is given In conclusion of this memoir: Mary Ann married George Barry and she remained in Carroll County until her death, July 7, 1908. John married Miss Martha Burson, of Columbiana County, and has been for many years a resident of that county. Sarah Jane hever married and she remained on the old homestead until her death, October 12, 1899. Elizabeth Ellen died, unmarried, December 2, 1916. Margaret. wife of Andrew J. Russell, died October 26, 1884. Esther, in company with her sister, Martha, removed from the old home to Carrollton in the year 1908. and here her death occurred in 1913. Kate remained with her sisters on the old homestead until her death, July 2, 1908. Louella, the youngest of the children, became the wife of a Mr. Harvey, and her death in 1855 was the first break in the family circle. Martha remained with her sisters at the fine old home in Center Township until after the death of her sister, Kate, in 1908, and she and her sister Esther then removed to Carrollton, as previously stated. Here she has since maintained her home, and she is now the only surviving member of this honored pioneer family remaining in Carroll County. Miss McBurney not only owns her attractive residence, on South Lisbon Street, but also the valuable old homestead farm on which she was born, the place comprising 196 acres and being one of the fine landed properties of Center Township. She has witnessed the various stages of development and progress in her native county and her memory links the pioneer days with the present period of opulent prosperity, the while she is favored In being surrounded by a goodly company of friends who are tried and true. She is a zealous member of the Presbyterian Church of Carrollton and Is active in its work.

Thomas E. Epfrsole has been a resident of Carroll County from the time of his birth, is a representative of a well known pioneer family of the county and is now a progressive and successful exponent of farm enterprise in Brown Township. He was born on the 1st of December, 1871, and is a son of John E. Ebersole, of whom individual mention is made on other pages of this volume, by reason of which fact it Is unnecessary here to offer further data concerning the family history.

Thomas Edgar Ebersole early learned the lessons of practical industry, in connection with the activities of the home farm, and in the meanwhile made good use of the advantages offered by the public schools, including the high school at Carrollton. His independent career has been marked by close and effective Identifl- cation with agricultural and live-stock industry and his well improved farm comprises 146 acres, upon which, in 1912, he erected his present modern and commodious residence. For a number of years Mr. Ebersole gave special attention to the raising of the best type of Berkshire swine, but after about fourteen years of specializing in this line of stock-breeding he gradually reduced his operations. He still raises a due quota of live stock on his farm and has attained marked success also in the raising of pure-bred Minorca poultry. His political support is given to the republican party and he and his wife hold membership In the Presbyterian Church.

On the 7th of September, 1892, Mr. Ebersole married Miss Ella Miller, who was born in Washington Township, this county, April 13, 1870, a daughter of Henry W. and Sarah ( Stray er) Miller, both likewise natives of Carroll County, where the former was born, in Harrison Township, July 4, 1842, and the latter on the 14th of May, 1845. Levi Miller, grandfather of Mrs. Ebersole, was a young man when he came to Carroll County, where he became a pioneer farmer, and who later conducted a grocery business at Carrollton. His first wife, whose maiden name was Julia A. Riley, died when about thirty years of age, and both he and his second wife, whose maiden name was Mary Houck and the name of whose first husband was Buck, were residents of Carrollton at the time of their deaths, both having been communicants of the Lutheran Church. Levi Miller was bom in w'hat is now Monroe Township, Carroll County. November 11, 1808, and was a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Reader) Miller, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Washington County, Pennsylvania, where their marriage was solemnized, and whence they came to Ohio and settled in what is now Carroll County in or somewhat prior to the year 1807. They lived up to the full tension of frontier life and Mr. Miller served as a soldier of the War of 1812. He and his wife here passed the remainder of their lives and of their six children Levi was the eldest.

Levi and Julia A. (Riley) Miller became the parents of five children, and of the number Henry W. was the only one who attained to venerable years, he having come into possession of his father's old homestead farm, in Washington Township and having developed the same Into one of the valuable properties of the county. He married Miss Sarah Strnyer, a daughter of John and Ruth (Johnson) Strayer, who were pioneers of Carroll County and here remained until their death.

Mrs. Ebersole was afforded the advantages of the Liberty Hall School, in Washington Township, and has a wide circle of friends in her native county, so that her pleasant home has become known as a center of gracious hospitality. Mr. and Mrs. Ebersole became the parents of two children: John William, who was born May 18. 1894, died at the age of nine weeks. Henry Miller Ebersole was bom November 7. 1S(K». and his early educational advantages included those of the Carrollton High School and a course in a business college in the City of Canton. He now holds a responsible clerical position in the office of the Otis Company, an important investment-banking concern in the City of Cleveland. In May, 1918, he entered the nation's military service in connection with the World war, and his service, of about seven months, was at Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Jacksonville, Florida. The maiden name of his wife was Minnie Shaffer.

James Tarbebt. Noteworthy among the active and thriving agriculturists of Moorefleld Township, Harrison County, is James Tarbert, a son of the late Albert Tarbert, who, since the death of his father, has managed the parental homestead with the same vigorous ability and skill that characterized his father. He was bom, September 18, 1885, In Freeport Township, this county.

His paternal grandfather, Andrew Tarbert, a son of James Tarbert, a pioneer of Nottingham Township, Harrison County, spent his entire life in that township, during his years of activity having been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He married Margaret Wilson, a native of Belmont County, Ohio, and to them four children were born, George, Albert, Nancy and Mary. They were both of a deeply religious nature, and were prominent members of the Nottingham Presbyterian Church.

Albert Tarbert, the second son in succession of birth of the parental household, was bora on the old homestead in Nottingham Township, September 17. 1852. Engaging in agricultural pursuits when young, he was first a tiller of the soil In his native township, from there coming to Moorefleld Township, where he continued in his chosen work for quite a while. He subsequently followed railroading for fifteen or twenty years, and on retiring from that employment again settled in Moorefleld TWnship. where he resided until his death, June 27, 1994. He was held In high respect as a man and a citizen, and was a worthy member of the Presbyterian Church. He married Mary Elizabeth Parmer, who was born in Nottingham Township, April 28, 1855, a daughter of John Parmer.

John Parmer was born, November 23, 1828, in Ohio, near Coshocton, of thrifty Scotch ancestry. A pioneer of Harrison County, he became widely known as a farmer and stock drover, operating first In Nottingham Township, and later in Freeport Township, residing in the latter place until his death. November 18. 1905. He married Rachel Tool, a daughter of Thomas Tool, who located in Nottingham Township in early pioneer days, and there entered Government land, from which he reclaimed a homestead. She was born December 22. 1836. and died September 29, 1919. at an advanced age. Of the union of John and Rachel (Tool) Parmer the following children were born, namely - Mary Elizabeth and Martha J., married Siemens Rowland.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Tarbert reared four children, namely: John Elmer: James: Bessie A., wife of W. S. Kildow. has two children. James Albert and Lester Wayne: and Blanche M. James Tarbert was educated in the schools of Nottingham and Moorefleld Townships, and since arriving at man's estate has devoted his time and energies to general farming. He has never married, but is living on the Clendening farm with his widowed mother, while his sister, Blanche, married E. D. Clay, of Piedmont. Possessing a practical knowledge of the various branches of his chosen occupation, James Tarbert is carrying on general farming in a highly satisfactory manner, his labors being ajnply rewarded by the abundant crops he harvests each year.