Harrison Township (part 35 of 37)

William Gotschall, as a citizen of sterling character and as a successful exponent of farm industry, left a benignant impress in the county which represented his home during his entire life and in which he was a scion of an honored pioneer family whose name has been most worthily linked with the civic and material development and upbuilding of Carroll County. He was born in this county in the year 1822, a date that clearly denotes that his parents, John and Mary (Polen) Gotschall, were numbered among the very early settlers of the county, where the mother remained until her death, the father, when venerable in years, having gone to California, where his death occurred. They became the parents of a fine family of ten sons and three daughters. William Gotschall was reared under the conditions and influences that marked the pioneer era in Carroll County, where he gave a due part of his youth to pursuing his studies in the primitive log schoolhouse. As a youth he had ample experience in connection with the work of clearing and reclaiming new land, and It was his portion to have split many fence rails, at the rhte of one dollar a hundred. Eventually he became the owner of a farm of forty acres, in Lee Township, and he passed the closing days of his life in the home of one of his daughters, Mrs. Sadie Gantz, in Center Township, where he died November 30, 1907, at the venerable age of eightyflve years. The maiden name of his wife was Rebecca Drake and she wrns born in Lee Township, this county, in 1843, a daughter of Simeon and Annie (Scarlett) Drake, pioneers of that township, where they remained during the rest of their lives, their children having been six in number - John, William, Oliver, Anna, Rebecca and Catherine.

William Gotschall was always ready to support measures and enterprises tending to advance the welfare of his home community and native county, was a staunch democrat in politics and was an earnest member of the United Brethren Church, as was also his wife, whom he survived by more than thirty years, her death having occurred in 1873. They became the parents of seven children : Alvina is the wife of Elmer Dickerhoof, of Canton, and they have no children. Anna Mary became the wife of John W. Gotschall. Harry Sherman, who was bora in Lee Township, March 18, 1865, will be more definitely mentioned in a subjoining paragraph. Margaret Belle and Sarah Elizabeth, twins, were bora July 21, 1868. the former being the wife of Frank Lotz. and their four children being Foster, Raymond, Mary and Martha. Sarah Elizabeth was united in marriage on the 25th of January, 1895, to Maurice Gantz, who was born in Union Township, Carroll County, May 21, 1866, a son of John and Mary Ann (Moody) Gantz, who were pioneer citizens of this county at the time of their death. Maurice Gantz was afforded the advantages of the public schools of Carroll County, and as a youth he was for some time employed at the butcher's trade in the City of Cleveland. Later he conducted a meat market at Carrollton for several years, and here his death occurred on the 11th of November, 1915. He was a republican, was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, and he held membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church, as does also his widow. They became the parents of three children: Paul W., who was bora in the City of Cleveland, June 17, 1896, and who completed his studies in the Carrollton High School, Is a tire-builder by vocation and resides at Carrollton, he having entered the nation's military service September 6, 1918, at Camp Sherman, and having their remained until the signing of the armistice brought the war to a close, his honorable discharge having been received In December; Ariel Margaret, born April 26, 1900, has been given the advantages of the public schools of Carrollton, where she remains with her widowed mother; and Mary Ann, born November 23, 1902, is a member of the class of 1923 In the Carrollton High School.

Harry Sherman Gotschall received his youthful education in the public schools and after learning the trade of blacksmith he continued to follow the same, in Lee Township, until 1916, since which time he has lived retired in the home of his sister, Mrs. Sadie Gantz, at Carrollton. The maiden name of his first wife was Margaret Palmer, and they became the parents of three children, Roy, Z. Ralph, and Archie McKinley, of whom only the second Is living. As his second wife Mr. Gotschall married Miss Lura Harolet, and no children were born of this union. The political allegiance of Mr. Gotschall is given to the republican party and his religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

George W. Manftjll has not found it necessary to pass from the borders of his native county to find a stage for his successful work in connection with agricultural and live-stock industry, but is numbered among the substantial farmers and highly esteemed citizens of Augusta Township, Carroll County, where he is the owner of an excellent farm. He was bora in Washington Township, this county, on the 16th of January, 1865, and is a son of William E. and Martha (Crawford) Manfull, the former a native of Washington Towmship and the latter of Augusta Township, this county, where the respective families were founded in the pioneer days. James and Jane (Earp) Manfull, grandparents, were venerable citizens of Augusta Township at the time of their deaths, Mr. Manfull having been born in Nottinghamshire, England, and having been a boy when his parents came to the United States and established their home in Carroll County.

close and effective association with farm enterprise. He has remained on the old home farm which became his place of residence after his first marriage, and he has shown the energy and good judgment that make for maximum success in the important industries of agriculture and stock-raising. His political support is given to the republican party and he is an elder and a trustee in the United Presbyterian Church at Mechanicstown.

June 14, 1888, recorded the marriage of Mr. Manfull to Miss Martha Marsh, who was born in Bast Township, this county, a daughter of Reuben and Mary Marsh. One child was bom of this union. Mrs. Manfull died about a year after her marriage and in April, 1895. Mr. Manfull wedded Miss Cora Crawford, who was born In Washington Township, this county, a daughter of William S. and Mary (Maple) Crawford. There are two children : Pearl, the wife of Earl Cameron, of Augusta Township, and Emmett. Mrs. Cora Crawford Manfull died May 1, 1891, and Mr. Manfull was married to Etta Lomiller in 1900. Emmett Manfull is a student at Union College and his sister, Pearl, studied music at the same place. The father studied the violin at Union College and taught it for a number of years as a side line, but farming Is his regular vocation.

Emerson R. Rainsberg. Every man who Is engaged in farming is not making a success of his work, but there is a reason back of his failure, and it is generally a lack of efficiency. There is no excuse in these days of progress and access to sources of information for the man who cannot make his land yield him a sufficient income to justify his remaining on it. Fortunately these cases of failure are few, especially in an agricultural region like Harrison County, which excels in the number of its finely cultivated and improved rural properties. One of the modem farmers of today is Emerson R. Ralnsberg, who, with his brother, T. Herman Rainsberg, is engaged in agricultural activities on an extended scale and according to the latest approved methods, with a success that must be gratifying and is certainly an incentive to others to do likewise, and their fine farm of 207 acres of land is one of the show places of Franklin Township.

Emerson R. Rainsberg was bora in Union Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, July 9, 1885, a son of Isaac T. Rainsberg. Emerson R. Rainsberg attended the public schools of his native township, and those of Franklin Township, Harrison County, and lived at home until his marriage, after which he was engaged In farming for himself in Franklin and Monroe townships, Harrison County. In 1919 he moved to his present farm, where he and his brother are carrying on general farming and stockraising in partnership. Their land is fertile, well cultivated, and they have a full equipment for doing their work expeditiously and thoroughly. Their buildings are modern, convenient and thoroughly sanitary, and the entire premises are kept in such good order that anyone can easily see that expert farmers own the place. Their farm is conveniently located on the Ocean to

In August, 1915, Emerson R. Rainsberg was married to Lenora Cummings, a daughter of W. L. Cummings. Mr. and Mrs. Rainsberg are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Plum Run. Mr. Rainsberg belongs to Tuscarawas Lodge No. 15, Knights of Pythias. Although they have not lived in this locality for very long, the Rainsbergs have already made their influence felt, and are recognized as very valuable additions to the neighborhood, and have gained the friendship of a circle of congenial people.

John Vickers. Many years ago when Franklin Township was still In an undeveloped state, a young Englishman, John Vickers by name, came to Harrison County, and finding here conditions to suit him, entered land from the Government, his grant to the land bearing the signature of President Andrew Jackson. This parchment is among the most cherished possessions of John Vickers, his son, now one of the dependable men and successful farmers of Franklin Township.

John Vickers, the elder, was bora In England in 1791, and he was twice married, the first time to a Miss Carnes, by whom he had five children, namely : Cornelius, Mary Ann. Asenith, Isaac and Ruth. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Vickers was married to Anna Bridgeman, born in Franklin Township, Harrison County, Ohio, a daughter of Philip and Sarah (Carnes) Bridgeman, and their children were: John. James and Thomas, of whom the last named died when very small. Brought up in the faith of the Society of Friends, later on in life Mr. Vickers joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. After locating in Franklin Township, he continued to live In it the remainder of his life. A man of unusually fine character he made his mark in his neighborhood, and his advice was sought by many who learned to rely on his judgment.

John Vickers, whose name heads this review, was given such educational advantages as the district schools of his native township afforded until he reached the age of thirteen years, when he began to earn his own living by working for others, doing as a general thing carpenter work. Until he was married Mr. Vickers continued iu this line, but after he had assumed new responsibilities he began to want a farm and in 1887 bought his present property of ninety acres, moving to it from Harlem Springs in Carroll County where he and his wife had been living. Mr. Vickers has put all of the Improvements on his place, including the present buildings, and the premises show that the owner takes a pride in having everything in first-class order. Since buying his place Mr. Vickers has been a general farmer and stockralser, but does not specialize on any one thing, finding it more profitable for him to follow his present lines.

On February 19, 1885, Mr. Vickers was united in marriage with Margaret E. Arbaugh. a daughter of William and Anna Arbaugh. There are no children. Mr. and Mrs. Vickers belong to the Presbyterian Church of Deersville, Ohio.

For twelve years Mr. Vickers was a trustee of Franklin Township, and he was also on the township school board for six years, in both offices giving the people of Franklin Township a faithful service, and safeguarding their interests. While he Is deeply Interested in the advancement of this community he does not favor any wasting of the taxpayers' money in forwarding movements which do not insure permanent and safe results, and he can always be depended upon to weigh both sides carefully before coming to a decision on public matters.

Fremont Shotwell. The permanent value of this publication as a vehicle for the perpetuation of personal records of those who have played worthy part in the development and upbuilding and the continued progress of the counties represented, is enhanced specially by the fact that within its pages is given consideration to so goodly a percentage of the present-day farmers in the two counties. In Freeport Township, Harrison County, an enterprising husbandman who well merits such recognition is Fremont Shotwell, who was bora in Washington Township, this county, August 5, 1856, and Is a popular scion of a family that was founded in this county In the year 1813.

Mr. Shotwell Is a son of Arrison and Mary (Dickerson) Shotwell. the former of whom was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1812, and the latter in Short Creek Township, Harrison County. Ohio, a daughter of Barrick Dickerson, who was a member of one of the best known pioneer families of the county, as records of other representatives will show by referring to other pages of this work. Hugh Shotwell, grandfather of him whose name Introduces this review, was born at Rahway, Union County, New Jersey, In which commonwealth the original American progenitors settled as early as 1665, upon immigration from England. The family were members of the Society of Friends, and though this organiaztion has ever been opposed to war it is a matter of family tradition that Hugh Shotwell was a soldier In the War of the Revolution, while he further transgressed the ancestral faith by marrying outside the Society of Friends, the family name of his wife having been Arrison. For this action he was not only dismissed from the religious organization mentioned but was also disinherited by his father. In 1792 he settled at Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1813, when he came with his family to the wilds of Harrison County, Ohio, and purchased land five miles west of Cadiz. There he continued as a pioneer farmer until 1828, when he removed to Washington Township, where his death occurred In 1863, his wife having passed away in 1837. Hugh Shotwell took up Government land, the deed to which, bearing the signature of President Madison, is still in the possession of the family. His remains rest beside those of his wife, in the cemetery of the Corinth Baptist Church, situated on a part of the old homestead farm which he obtained from the government.

where he was reared under the conditions of the pioneer era, and where he eventually engaged in farming, in Washington Township. In 1861 he removed with his family to Franklin, Pennsylvania, but five years later. In 1866, he returned to Ohio and established his home in the city of Cleveland, where he continued to reside until his death, in 1893, his widow passing away in the following year and both having been earnest members of the Baptist Church. They became the parents of six children : Elizabeth, who was bora In 1836, died in 1903 ; Victoria was bom in 1839 ; Andrew J., John T., and Austin are deceased; and Fremont, who Is the only survivor.

Fremont Shotwell was a lad of about ten years when the family home was established in the city of Cleveland, and thus was afforded the advantages of the excellent public schools of the Ohio metropolis. As a young man he engaged in market gardening and fruit growing near that city, and with this enterprise he was successfully associated until 1902. During the ensuing two years he was not actively engaged in business, but in the spring of 1904 he returned to his native county and established his home on his present fine farm, comprising 145 acres of the productive land of Freeport Township. He has made many modern improvements on the place, including the remodeling and enlarging of the most of the buildings, and In connection with his well-ordered agricultural enterprise he makes a specialty of breeding and raising Holstein cattle and Duroc-Jersey swine. Mr. Shotwell has had no ambition for political activity but gives his support to the cause of the republican party. He Is a bachelor.

Simpson H. McCausland, who is now approaching the age of three score years and ten, is a resident of Lee Township, Carroll County, within whose borders he was born October 6, 1851, and he and his sister Sarah M., who was never married, live upon the old homestead farm, he having returned to ttfiis farm In 1919, a number of years after the death of his wife. He is a representative of a family that was founded in Carroll County In the year 1807, and his grandfather, Joseph McCausland, became one of the first settlers in Lee Township, which was then included within the limits of Har rison County.

Joseph McCausland was bora in County Tyrone, Ireland, where he was reared to manhood and where was solemnized his marriage to Mary Lindsey. In the year 1796 the young couple severed the ties that bound them to their native land and embarked on the old-time sailing vessel which in due course of time enabled them to land on the shores of America. They disembarked at Wilmington, Delaware, In which state they remained about one year. Thence they removed to Washington County, Pennsylvania, and from the old Keystone State they came to Jefferson County, Ohio, in the first decade of the nineteenth century. It was in the year 1807 that they established their home in what is now Lee Township, Carroll County, and here, In the midst of the untrammeled forest, Mr. McCausland erected the pioneer log cabin which was the original family domicile - primitive in design and equipment but pervaded by a spirit of generous hospitality. Joseph McCausland labored early and late in reclaiming his land from the wilderness, and as his sons grew to adult years they aided materially in the arduous work of developing and cultivating the land. On this old homestead Joseph McCausland died in December, 1845, his wife having passed away in October, 1842, and the names of both merit high place on the roster of the honored pioneers of this section of Ohio. They were earnest members of the United Presbyterian Church and in politics Mr. McCausland supported the principles of the old-line Whig party. Mr. and Mrs. McCausland became the parents of eight children - Lindsey, George, John, Joseph, William, James, Sarah and Thomas, and all are now deceased.

William McCausland, father of Simpson H. McCausland, passed his entire life in Carroll County and became one of the substantial farmers and influential citizens of Lee Township, where his home farm, of 100 acres, in sections 17 and 18, represented land which he had inherited from his father's estate. He served in various offices of local trust, including those of township trustee, road commissioner and school director. He was about seventy years of age at the time of his death, April 2, 1876. Mr. Mc- Causland gave his political allegiance to the republican party and he and his wife were earnest members of the United Presbyterian Church. Mrs. McCausland survived her husband by more than a score of years and passed to the life eternal on the 17th of April, 1899. They became the parents of eight children - Joseph, Mary Ann and Thomas are deceased; Miss Sarah M. remains on the old home farm; Margaret Jane and William John are deceased; Simpson Henry, of this sketch, was the next in order of birth ; and Adeline is deceased.

Simpson Henry McCausland was reared on the old home farm and is indebted to the district schools of Lee Township for his early education. In his long and active career in connection with the productive affairs of life he never found It a matter of expediency or desire to sever his allegiance to farm industry, in connection with which he found his well ordered efforts rewarded with due success. After his marriage, in 1889, he settled on a farm of about thirty acres, in section 11, Lee Township, and to this nucleus he later added until he became the owner of a well-improved and valuable farm property of 180 acres, which he still retains In his possession and to which he continues to give his supervision, as does he also to the old home farm, where he has resided with his sister Sarah M. since the year 1919. His wife died on the 12th of February. 1900, and no children survived him. Mr. McCausland has taken loyal Interest in those things which make for the general good of the community and has been unswerving in his support of the cause of the republican party. He has served as school director of his district, and his religious faith is that of the United Presbyterian Church, of which his wife likewise was a devoted member, ns is also his sister Sarah M. Miss Sarah M.

McCausland was bom February 27, 1842, and as a young woman she received the advantages of Harlem College, at Harlem Springs. Thereafter she taught school one term, and she remained with her parents on the old home farm until the close of their lives, cared for her venerable mother with affectionate devotion, and since the latter's death she has remained on the old home place, which is endeared to her by many hallowed memories and associations.

On the 1st of January, 1889, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. McCausland to Miss Margaret J. Smith, who was bom in Guernsey County, this state, and who was a daughter of Archibald and Nancy (Moore) Smith, the former a native of Ireland and the latter of Lee Township, Carroll County. Mrs. McCausland was forty-four years of age at the time of her death, which, as already noted, occurred in the year 1900.

Stephen G. Deckman, who owns and conducts a well-appointed furniture and undertaking establishment in the village of Malvern, Carroll County, is a son of the late George Deckman, who here established himself as a manufacturer of furniture nearly sixty years ago, and who long held precedence as one of the successful and representative figures In the manufacturing circles of this section of the state, as he built up a substantial and prosperous industry and contributed much to the civic and material advancement of Malvern.

Stephen G. Deckman was bom at Malvern January 20, 1867, and is a son of George and Mary Barbara (Young) Deckman, the former of whom was born in Prussia, Germany, May 7, 1833, and the latter was a daughter of Jacob and Margaret (S'wigart) Young, who came from Pennsylvania and became pioneer settlers in Stark County, Ohio. George Deckman was the second of the eleven children bora to Solomon Charles and Wilhelmina (Miller) Deckman. and was a child of three years at the time of the family immigration to the United States in 1836. The home was established in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the father followed the trade of shoemaker until 1854, when he came to Ohio and engaged In farm enterprise in Stark County, where he also worked at his trade. In 1864 he removed to Steuben County, Indiana, where he passed the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 1886 and his widow* surviving him by several years. Four of their sons were gallant soldiers of the Union in the Civil war, and all were members of Ohio regiments - Conrad, William, John A. and George.

George Deckman acquired his early education in the schools of Philadelphia, where at the age of sixteen years he was indentured to learn the trade of wood, bone and ivory turning. He served an apprenticeship of five years, and in 1854 entered service on the United States war vessel "Independence," on which he cruised In the Pacific Ocean and visited among other places the Sandwich Islands. After serving three years and four months he received his honorable discharge, and in 1858 he joined his parents in Stark County, Ohio. At Canton, the county seat, he worked at his trade a few months, and in 1869 established his residence in the village of Minerva, Carroll County, where he remained until 1862 and where he had established a modest furniture manufactory. In 1862 he transferred his business headquarters to Malvern, where he erected a factory and began the manufacturing of furniture upon a substantial scale and with a force of eleven employes. Himself a specially skilled artisan, he produced in his factory furniture of the highest grade and the business prospered, even under the depressed conditions incidental to the Civil war. In May, 1864, Mr. Deckman subordinated his personal interests to tender his aid in defense of the Union. He enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was organized at Camp Chase and which shortly afterward reported to General Wallace at Baltimore, Maryland. It was assigned to the command of General Tyler, and a few weeks later it was assigned to guard duty over the large body of military prisoners at Fort Delaware, where it remained until the expiration of its term of enlistment, the regiment having been mustered out at Camp Chase, Ohio, September 2, 1864.

Upon his return to Malvern Mr. Deckman resumed charge of his furniture factory, and with the passing years he developed this into one of the substantial and important industrial enterprises of Carroll County, his connection with the business having continued until shortly before his death, October 1, 1901. His wife passed away a few years later. In the Deckman factory was manufactured much of the furniture for the present courthouse of Carroll County, and the products of the establishment are to be found also In many of the homes of this section of the state, the concern having always maintained its reputation for the manufacturing of high-grade furniture of the staunchest type and of all kinds.

George Deckman was a man of fine character and distinctive ability, and none commanded a more secure place In popular esteem. He served as township trustee and township treasurer of Brown Township, and also gave characteristically loyal service as a member of the Village Council and the School Board. He was affiliated with David Reed Post No. 142, Grand Army of the Republic, at Malvern, and also with the local organization of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Both he and his wife were earnest members of the Presbyterian Church. They became 'the parents of eight children, namely: Mary E., Charles J., William II.. Elizabeth M.. Stephen George, Kittle A., John E. and Arthur W.

Stephen G. Deckman gained his early education in the public schools of Malvern, and as a youth he began work in his father's furniture factory. He familiarized himself with all departments of the work, his initial experience having been gained when he was a boy of ten years, and with the passing years he became his father's valued coadjutor in the management of the business. September 19, 1900. he became associated with his father-in-law in the purchase of the retail furniture and undertaking business which had been established by his father, the furniture factory having been sold to a stock company after the death of his father and the enterprise being continued undfr the corporate title of the Deckman Furniture Company. Stephen G. Deckman is a stockholder of this company and continued as general manager of the business for several years. His attention is now given almost exclusively to the management of his large and prosperous retail furniture business, in connection with which he maintains an undertaking department with the most modern facilities and service. This business has been owned individually by Mr. Deckman since 1915, his father-in-law and partner, John M. Swisshelm, having died in 1908, but the firm name of Deckman & Swisshelm was thereafter retained until Mr. Deckman purchased the interest represented in Mr. Swisshelm's estate and assumed full control of the business in 1915.

Mr. Deckman gives unfaltering allegiance to the republican party. He has served as a member of the Village Council and also as clerk of Brown Township. He was appointed to fill out the unexpired term of J. M. Telfer in the office of clerk of the Common Pleas Court, and by election he continued the incumbent of this office for a full term thereafter. He is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and he and his wife hold membership in the Christian Church in their home village.

August 29, 1889, recorded the marriage of Mr. Deckman to Miss Emma J. Swisshelm. daughter of the late John M. Swisshelm, of whom mention has been made In a preceding paragraph. Mr. and Mrs. Deckman became the parents of five children, of whom one son died at the age of seven months: Iva L. was graduated from the Malvern High School, and in May, 1920, was graduated as a trained nurse, after completing a thorough course in the training school for nurses maintained In connection with the St. Luke's Hospital in the City of Cleveland; Fred H. was graduated from the University of Ohio as a member of the class of 1919. and now holds a position in the offices of the Cleveland Illuminating Company in the City of Cleveland; and Clarence and Emil are still students in the public schools of Malvern, the former being, in 1920. a member of the freshman class in the high school.

John L. Snively. No man in Washington Township is more substantially and honorably identified with the agricultural development and prosperity of this part of Carroll County than John L. Snively. Opportunity in the environment of this thrifty farmer has never been allowed to knock twice at the door, but has been turned to the best possible account from lK>th a personal and community standpoint. From small beginnings and without the encouragement of money or Influence he has come to be the owner of 200 acres of land in Washington Township and 160 acres In Harrison Township.

John Snively, was born in Pennsylvania, where he married a Miss Rlngle, and became an early settler of Washington Township, where he was engaged for many years in agricultural pursuits. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Snively, Jacob and Elizabeth (Kail) Grumler, were born in Switzerland and were also early settlers of Carroll County. Following their marriage Joseph and Susan Snively settled in their native towuship of Washington, where they lived on his father's farm. In 1860 they moved to Brown Township, to a farm of 110 acres given to Mr. Snively by his father, but in 1875 traded that property for a farm in Washington Township, on which they spent the remainder of their useful and honorable lives. Mr. Snively passed away September 26, 1905, and was followed in death by his widow in January, 1910. They were the parents of four children: Mary C., the wife of Lewis Castleman, of Washington Township; John L. : Ida M.. the wife of William Dewell, of Harrison Towuship: and Laura V., who died as the wife of Edward Wherry.

John L. Snively attended the district school adjacent to his father's farm and resided under the jNirental roof until 1891, In which year he purchased ninety-one acres of land from his father in Harrison Township. He made that property his home until 1901, when he moved to his present farm of 200 acres, which he rented for about eight years before purchasing it, and here his activities have been centered ever since, although he also owns and operates 160 acres in Harrison Township. His farm Is located in a very desirable locality, about four miles north of Carrollton, and Mr. Snively has installed numerous modem improvements and erected substantial buildings. That he has been a shrewd investor and practical manager is patent to all who note the general prosperity which surrounds his estate. In addition to raising all the standard products of the region he is a breeder and shipper of registered Shorthorn cattle and a good grade of horses, and raises about 200 sheep each year. He has been prosperous in his affairs, and his standing in business circles is that of a man of the highest and strictest integrity. He belongs to Liberty Hall Grange No. 2020. and in his political affiliation is a democrat.

Mr. Snively was married March 19. 1887. to Miss Frances FI etcher, a graduate of the normal school at Augusta, Ohio, and three sons have been born to them : Joseph E., born June 2*1, 1890, who served eight months during 1918 at Camp Sherman training for the World war, and he is a graduate of the Auctioneer Academy of Chicago; Thomas B., born August 25, 1895: and John A., born September 3, 1902. All the sons reside at home when not in school, and are assisting their father in his agricultural work.

Wimu'k B. Birnky has found in liis native county an excellent stage for his successful activities as an agriculturist and stock-grower, and he is now one of the progressive exponents of farm industry in Archer Township, where he owns a well improved place of 163 acres of the splendid land of Harrison County. He was born in German Township, this county, on the 26th of May, 1881, and is a son of Oliver Birney, a sketch of whose career appears on other pages of this volume. The district schools of his native township gave to Wilbur B. Birney his early educational training, and from his boyhood until his marriage he continued to be associated with the work of his father's farm. In 1906 he bought one of the old Birney estate farms - a tract of 124 acres in Green Towuship, and here he and his wife maintained their residence ten years. In the spring of 1917 he sold this property, and thereafter he passed one year on another farm in the same township and the following year on a farm in Cadiz Township. In the spring of 1919 he purchased and removed to his present farm, which is one of the excellent places of Archer Township and on which he gives his attention to properly diversified agriculture and to the raising of live stock of good types. He is loyal and liberal in citizenship, with deep appreciation of the attractions and advantages of his native county; is a democrat in i>olitical affiliation, and he and his wife hold membership in Asbury Chapel, Methodist Episcopal, in Cadiz Township.

November 15, 1906, recorded the marriage of Mr. Birney to Miss Phoebe A. Heavilin. daughter of Henry Heavilin. Mr. and Mrs. Birney have six children, whose names and respective dates of birth are here noted: Dorothy Marie, June 27. 1908; Beulah Elizabeth, August 6, 1910; Elmer Wayne. March 27. 1912; Carl Henry, November 20, 1913; Irene Frances, May 4. 1916; and Roy Wendell, November 23, 1918.

IIknry Hkayimn has been a resident of Harrison County from the time of his birth, which occurred in Stock Township August 3, 1849, and he is a son of Isaac and Susannah ( Brickcr) Heavilin, sterling pioneers concerning whom adequate record is given on other pages, in the sketch dedicated to Frank M. Heavilin. He whose name introduces this paragraph was reared to the sturdy discipline of the farm, and in his mature years he has not severed his association with the great basic industries of agriculture and stock-raising, of which he continues a successful exponent as the owner of one of the valuable farm properties of Archer Township. His initial experience in independent farm enterprise was gained in Cadiz Towuship. in the rural schools of which he acquired his youthful education. Id 1878 he removed to his present homestead farm, which comprises 184 acres, and the many improvements which he has made on the place, including the erection of the commodious and attractive house and other farm buildings, give evidence of the thrift and prosjierity that have attended his well ordered activities as one of the substantial farmers of his native county. ITe has always shown loyal interest in and given support to measures and enterprises advanced for the general good of the community, and while he has had no ambition for political activities or public office he is aligned as a staunch supporter of the cause of the republican

The Centennial year, 1876, was that which marked the marriage of Mr. Ileavilin to Miss Hannah E. Palmer, daughter of Michael and Phoebe (Campbell) Palmer, then residents of Archer Township and both now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Ileavilin have six children: Susan is the wife of George Shultz and they have three children - Rosa, Ralph and I^eona. Michael l\, who resides at Scio, this county, married Miss Jane Gotschall. Phoebe is the wife of Wilbur R. Birney. Ora is the wife of John McCullough, and their three children are Chester, Duane and Beulah. Isaac E. married Miss Delma Salmon, and their one child is a daughter, Pauline. Martin A. married Miss Eva Dutton, and they have one child. Clyde II.

John Alvin Mooke owns and resides ui>on the tine old homestead farm, in Moorefield Township, Harrison County, that figures as the place of his birth, the date of his nativity having been July 31. 1872. His secure hold upon popular confidence and esteem in his native county is well vouchsafed by the fact that he is serving as township trustee, the duties of which office he assumed ou the 1st of January, 1920. He is a son of Albert and Sarah (McFadden) Moore, the former of whom was born July 7, 1841, and the latter May 13, 1844, she having been a daughter of Samuel and Margaret McFadden. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Moore was solemnized June 13. 1867, and they became the parents of three children, of whom John A. of this review is the youngest; Margaret, who was born May 4, 1868, is the wife of John A. Barrieklow, of Flushing, Belmont County; and Mary F., who was born December 2, 1869, died on the 31st of May of the following year.

Albert Moore was reared to manhood on the old homestead farm now owned by his only son, and passed his entire life in Harrison County, where he became one of the representative farmers and citizens of Moorefield Township, held various local offices of public trust and was influential In community affairs. His death occurred January 27, 1901, and his widow passed away on the 13th of January, 1907. both having been earnest members of the Presbyterian Church and having commanded secure place in popular esteem. Albert Moore was a son of Johu and Elsie (Johnson) Moore, and was a representative of a sterling pioneer family of Ohio. John Moore was born in Jefferson County, this state. August 4, 1809, and his parents, Robert and Mary (Armstrong) Moore later came to Harrison County, where they passed the remainder of their lives. John Moore was reared under the conditions of the pioneer days - in Jefferson and Harrison counties - and hi* wife, who was born October 6, 1811, was a daughter of William Johnson, who was a very early settler in Moorefield Township, Harrison County. John and Elsie (Johnson) Moore be came the parents of three children: Mary (Mrs, Jackson Ray), Johnson and Albert. After his marriage John Moore purchased the farm now owned and occupied by his grandson, John A., subject of this sketch, and here the family home was maintained several years in a pioneer log house, which he later replaced with a substantial brick house. This latter building, with all its contents, was destroyed by fire in 1866, and in the same year Mr. Moore erected the commodious and attractive house which now* stands on the place, which is know'll as Grand View Farm and wiiicli contains 158 acres. Here John Moore remained until his death, on the 14tli of May. 1874.

John Alvin Moore attended in his boyhood and early youth the Science Hill District School, in Moorefield Township, and he has remained continuously on the ancestral farmstead, which has brought forth its increase from year to year under the ownership of three generations of the Moore family and which be himself has maintained as a center of progressive and successful enterprise in the important domain of agricultural and live-stock industry. He has kept the farm up to high standard and has made numerous improvements on the place since it came into his i»ossession. He lias taken loyal interest in everything pertaining to the well being of his native township and county, is liberal anil progressive in his civic attitude, lie is a democrat in politics and is serving as township trustee as noted in the opening paragraph of this review. Both he and his wife hold membership in the Nottingham Presbyterian Church.

June 11, 1896. recorded the marriage of Mr. Moore to Miss Estella Fulton, who likewise was born and reared in Harrison County, and of the four children of this union three are living - Norris Paul F. and Sarah Martha. Stanley, the second child, died when wilsnit sixteen months old. Mrs. Moore is a daughter of John C. and Sadie (Cordner) Fulton, the former of whom was born in Nottingham Township. Harrison County, May 16, 1840, a son of William Fulton, the family name of whose w ife was Pugh. Mrs. Sadie (Cordner) Fulton was born in Belmont County. Ohio. May 16. 1840. a daughter of John Cordner. who owned and operated a pioneer woolen mill in that county. John C. Fulton secured his early education in the common schools; but he was a close student and great reader all his life and secured a well selected library and he became a remarkably well-educated man. During his early manhood he taught school for many years, and even after he was engaged in farming he taught a number of terms. During the last few years of his life Mr. Fulton lived retired, in the City of Cadiz, where his death occurred October 2, 1919. his wife having passed to eternal rest on the 1st of November, 1898. They became the parents of four children - William E., John E.. Duel la and Estella. The elder son, William Iv. was killed by a falling tree. wrhen he was eighteen years of age.

Leonard R. Copeland was -born in Franklin Township. Harrison County, Ohio, on the 10th of October, 1850, is a representative of a family that was founded in this state in the year 1805 and the name of which has been concerned with civic and industrial affairs ip Harrison County for fully ninety years. In his vocation as a farmer in his native township Mr. Copeland is in every sense upholding the high standard of the family name, and his homestead farm comprises 1G0 acres of the excellent land of Franklin Township.

James Copeland, father of him whose name initiates this sketch, was born in the State of Maryland, August 7, 1801, and in 1805 his father. John Copeland, came to Ohio and purchased a small farm property in Jefferson County, where he reclaimed his land from the forest and where he continued to reside until his death, in 1840. his widow, whose maiden name was Isabelle Leach, having survived him by a number of years and their children having been nine in number. They held membership In the old-time Seceder Church and in I>olitics John Copeland was a democrat. James Copeland was reared on the pioneer farm in Jefferson County and there he continued his active association with agricultural pursuits until 1830. when he came to Harrison County and established his residence on a farm in Franklin Township. There he resided until 1854, when he removed with his family to a farm in Washington Township. Here he develoiHHl his farm into consistent productiveness and became one of the substantial men of the township. His death occurred April 30, 1859, and bis widow was one of the most venerable pioneer women of this township at the time of her death, in 1904. John Copeland, father of James, was a native of Ireland and he and his wife were sterling pioneers of Jefferson County, Ohio, where they remained until their deaths, their children having been John, Samuel, William, Thomas. Joseph. Archibald, James. David and a son who died in infancy. James Copeland came to Harrison County in company with his brother Thomas, and they purchased and began the reclamation of eighty acres of land, in Franklin Township, their association in farm enterprise having continued until they married and established individual homes. James Copeland, a man of strong mentality and well, fortified opinions, was a staunch advocate of the principles of the democratic party, and both he and his wife were zealous communicants of the United Brethren Church.

In 1837 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Copeland to Miss Mary Ann Walters, who was horn in Carroll County. Ohio, a daughter of Leonard and Rachel (Ruby) Walters, who removed in an early day from Jefferson County to Carroll County, their children having been Thomas. Joseph, Mary Ann. Catherine, Martha and Maria. Mr. and Mrs. James Copeland became the parents of nine children: Thomas W.. who was born in Franklin Township, August *Jo. 185s. married Mary E. Ramsey, and they became the parents of six children. He was one of the representative farmers of Franklin Township at the time of his death. He served as a member of Company C. One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil war. was wounded in action at the battle of the Wilderness, was captured by the enemy and was held as a prisoner of war until December 25. 1894. when he was released, the following April having been marked by his return to his home. Matilda, the second child, died young. John C. enlisted in response to President Lincoln's first call for volunteers, in 1861, and became a member of the Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he continued in active service, with the Army of the Cumberland. until he was captured by the enemy, on the march to Atlanta. He was held in Andersonville Prison until the close of the war and uj>on his return to Camp Chase, at Columbus, Ohio, he was struck down, supposedly by a highway robber, his injuries being such that he died soon after his insensible body was found, his remains being interred In the National Cemetery at the Ohio capital. The names of the other children are here recorded: Rachel E., Maria. Isabel, Leonard Samuel S. and Nancy Elizabeth.

Leonard R. Copeland found his early youth diversified by work on the home farm and attendance in the district schools of Franklin and Washington Townships. He remained at the parental home until his marriage, in 1884. when he engaged in farming in Tuscarawas County, which continued as the stage of his activities until 1904, when he returned, with bis family, to Franklin Township. Harrison County, where he has since been a successful agriculturist and stock-grower, his present farm having come into his ownership in 1914. He is a republican in politics and his wife is an active member of the United Presbyterian Church. They gave three of their sons to the nation's service in the late World war. and each of these fine young men saw service over sea s.

October 9, 1884, recorded the marriage of Mr. Copeland to Miss Isabel Carson, who was born in the City of Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania, and who was about one year old at the time of her mother's death. She was then taken into the home of her aunt. Mrs. Jane Moore, residing near Tippecanoe. Harrison County. Ohio, where she was reared to adult age and was given the advantages of the public schools. Mrs. Copeland is a daughter of Joseph and Jane (Hamlin) Carson, who were natives of Ireland, where their marriage was solemnized. Upon coming to America the parents established their home at Pittsburgh, where Mr. Carson engaged in the mercantile business in a small way. he having been a resident of Uhrichsville. Ohio, at the time of his death, and his children having been three in number - John. Catherine and Isabel. Mr. and Mrs. Copeland have eight children - William Harvey, George M.. Marietta. Oscar Thomas. John C., Cleda Ethel, James Alexander and Idella May. William Harvey Copeland, who is engaged in farming in Monroe Township, married Miss Laura Conaway, and they have three children - Margaret. Wilma and Lloyd. George M. Copeland, who is now at the parental home, entered the nation's service May 30, 1918, and was stationed at Camp Gordon until the 27th of the following July, when he sailed for France. There he served as a member of Company I, Sixteenth Infantry. First Division, with which he participated in the historic battles of Saint Mihiel. September 12-19. 1918: and the engagements of Meuse-Argonne,

September 30 to November 9. With the same division of the American Expeditionary Forces he later served as a member of the army of occupation in Germany. He landed on the shores of his native land September 5, 1919, and with his command participated in the reviejv of the overseas troops in the City of Washington, District of Columbia. At Camp Meade, Maryland, he received his honorable discharge September 24, 1919. Marietta, the eldest daughter, is the wife of Harry Patterson, of Harrison County, and they have one child, Ethel. Oscar Thomas Copeland, who married Miss Hattie Ynrnell and now resides in Tappan, likewise gave gallant service in connection with the World war. lie entered service April 29,

1918, and at Camp Sherman. Ohio, was assigned to Company C of the Three Hundred and Eighth Engineers, Eighty-third Division. With his command he sailed from Hoboken, New Jersey, on the 4th of the following month, and the disembarkment occurred in the i>ort of Liverpool, England, his arrival in France occurring June 18. With his original organization be lived up to the full tension of the great conflict, as he took part In the great battles of the Aisne-Mnrne offensive, July 29-August 6: those of the Vesle sector, August 6-18; Oise-Aisne, August 18-September 9; and the Meuse-Argonne offensive, from September 26 until November 11. After the signing of the armistice he was with his command In Germany from December 13, 1918, to May 4, 1919, and on the 13th of July, 1919, he sailed from France for the United States, his honorable discharge having been received at Camp Sherman, on the 7th of July. John C. Copeland, who is now associated once more with the affairs of the home farm, entered military service July 24, 1918, and thereafter he was stationed at Camp Sherman, as a member of the Three Hundred and Thirty-sixth Infantry, Eighty-fourth Division, until October 20, 1918, when he sailed with his command for the stage of war. He was with his command in camp at Liverpool, England, at the time when the historic armistice was signed, and he arrived in a home port on January 31,

1919, his discharge having been given, at Camp Sherman, on the 14th of the following month. Idella May, the youngest daughter, married Frank Anderson, of Uhrichsville, and now resides at Dennison, Ohio. Four children of Mr. and Mrs. Copeland are at the parental home.

Samuel Garfield Hitchcock. After making a variety of experiments a number of the more progressive farmers of Harrison County have found it more profitable to specialize on certain strains of stock, and concentrate their efforts to produce extra fine quality, rather than to strive for quantity. One of these men is Samuel G. Hitchcock, of Franklin Township, who has made a well-deserved reputation for himself as a breeder of Poland-China hogs and blooded Shorthorn cattle.

Samuel Garfield Hitchcock was born on his present farm, June 14, 1881, a son of Samuel Hitchcock, and grandson of John Hitchcock. The birth of John Hitchcock took place in Cadiz Township. He was married to Sarah

Kelly, born in Moorefield Township, this county. After their marriage they began farming in Cadiz Township, but while his children were still small, he moved to Franklin Township, Harrison County, and bought the farm now owned by his grandson, Samuel Garfield Hitchcock, and there he lived until his death. His children were as follows: Samuel, Johnson, Mary and Isabel, the last two being deceased.

Samuel Hitchcock was born in Cadiz Township, Harrison County, Ohio, on April 28, 1840, and was brought to the farm in Franklin Township when a child of two years. There he did general farming and stockraising, and owned 241 acres of land. His children were as follows; John S., who is deceased; Samuel Garfield, whose name heads this review; Olga Mabel, who lives with her father; and Ernest, who lives at Levettsburg, Franklin County, Ohio. Mrs. Hitchcock died in 1901 firm in the faith of the Christian Church, of which she had long been a devout member, and her husband and children also early united with this church. She bore the maiden name of Nancy ,1. McGill, and was a daughter of John and Nancy (Auld) McGill. Mrs. McGill was a da lighter of Stewart and Rebecca Auld, and Mr. McGill was a son of Thomas McGill, who si>ent his life in Ireland. John McGill, also born In Ireland, came to the United States in young manhood, and located on a farm in Franklin Township, Harrison County, Ohio, which comprised eighty acres, all of which were covered with heavy timber when he bought it. His death occurred on this farm in 1869. The children of John McGill and his wife were as follows: Thomas, who died March 18, 1920; Sarah, who was second in order of birth; Nancy J.. who was Mrs. Samuel Hitchcock; Robert, who Is a farmer of Franklin Township: and Stewart, who lives in Oklahoma. The McGills were Presbyterians.

Samuel Garfield Hitchcock went to the Weaver School in Franklin Township, and learned to he a farmer. Since 1917 he has owned the 241 acre homestead, and on it he is doing a general farming and stockraising business, and as before stated is giving special attention to breeding pure bred Poland-China hogs and blooded Shorthorn cattle.

In 1906 Mr. Hitchcock was united In marriage with Lura M. Price, a daughter of Benjamin F. and Mary (Barkley) Price. A complete sketch of the Price family is given elsewhere in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Hitchcock have three children, namely: Mary O., Samuel B. and Mabel E. The Hitchcocks are members of the Christian Chapel Church, and take an active part in its good work.

Sherman W. McKibben is a representative of a sterling pioneer family of Moorefield Township. Harrison County, where he Is now a progressive young agriculturist and stockgrower, as the owner of a well improved farm of 100 acres. He was born In this township, on the 24th of September, 1894, and Is a son of William and Lydia S'. (Porter) McKibben, both likewise natives of Harrison County. George McKibben, grandfather of William, was one of the most venerable citizens of Moorefleld Township at the time of his death and had been a resident of that township for many years, he having there developed a good farm. He was born in Jefferson County, Ohio. September 15, 1804. but was reared principally in Belmont. He was a son of Richard and Sarah < Broca w) McKlbben. Richard McKlbben was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in 1742. and was there reared to manhood, his father having there settled upon immigrating from Ireland, his native place. About the year 1790 Richard McKibben came with his family to Ohio, and after remaining a short time in Jefferson County he removed to Belmont County, loiter he resided for a time in Harrison County, and he was a resident of Morgan County at the time of his death, in 1825. Upon condng to Ohio he entered a large tract of land, and he and his family had a full share of experience in connection with life on the frontier. The family name of his first wife was Coulter, that of his second wife was Robinson, and Sarah Broca w became his third wife, eight children having been born of the last union, namely: Richard. Joseph, Samuel, Thomas, William, Rebecca. Jane and George.

George McKibben was reared under the conditions of pioneer life In Ohio and In 1S2S he married, the family name of his wife having been Brashers and she died within a short time after the birth of their only child, Jesse, who eventually established his home in the State of Illinois. In 1830 Mr. McKibben wedded Miss Martha Brocaw, and they became the parents of two sons, George and John. .Mrs. Me- Kibben died within a comparatively few years after her marriage and for his third wife Mr. McKibben chose Miss Eleanor Morrison, who became the mother of three children - William. Eleanor and Richard. After the death of his third wife Mr. McKibben married Jane Bealle. who died in 1887.

John McKibben. son of George and Martha (Brocaw) McKibben, was born In Athens Township. Harrison County, January 27, 1833. January 3. 1856, recorded his marriage to Miss Isabel le McMillan, who was born in the same township, October 6, 1829, a daughter of Charles and Rosanna (Gilmore) McMillan, who came from Ireland to America in 1S06 and who became pioneer settlers in Harrison County, Ohio. Two years after his marriage John McKibben removed to Moorefleld Township, where he became the owner of a farm in section 31 and where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives, both having been members af the Nottingham Presbyterian Church and his political support having been given to the republican party. John and Isabelle McKibben became the parents of six children - George. John C., Mary E., Sarah B., William and Thomas C.

^ Sherman W. McKibben gained his early education in the public schools of his native township and he remained on the old homestead farm of his parents until his marriage, since which time he has been engaged in independent farm enterprise in his native township, where he is the owner of an excellent farm of 100 acres, as previously stated in this context. His IKditical allegiance is given to the republican party and he and his wife hold membership in the Nottingham Presbyterian Church.

On the 30th of June, 1915, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. McKibben to Miss Jennie Hamilton, daughter of Salathiel M. Hamilton. Mi*, and Mrs. McKibben have four children - ^-* Sherman, Esther, Ernest and Helen. - P £

Robert E. McCauley. In the sketches of Smylie F. and Robert Forbes McCauley appear adequate date concerning the sterling pioneer family of which Robert Emmett McCauley is a popular member of the younger generation in Harrison County. He was born in Monroe Township, this county, May 26, 1878, and, with the exception of one year passed in the Village of Jewett, this county, he has been continuously identified with farm Industry in his native township from the time of his boyhood He is a brother of Smylie F. McCauley, in whose individual record Is given due information concerning their honored father, the late Booth McCauley.

Robert E. McCauley did not lack for invigorating discipline in connection with the activities of the home farm, in the work of which he began to aid when he was a boy, and to the public schools of Monroe Township he renders tribute for his early education. Since his marriage he has become an independent exponent of farm enterprise and is the owner of fiftythree acres, his attention being here given to properly diversified agriculture and to the raising of good types of live stock. He is a democrat in politics and his appreciative loyalty to his native county is shown in his liberal and progressive civic attitude.

January 8, 1S99, recorded the marriage of Mr. McCauley to Miss Ida F. Bower. She was born and reared in Harrison County and Is a daughter of Stanton and Catherine (Fierbaugh) Bower. Mr. and Mrs. McCauley's attractive and hospitable rural home is brightened by the presence of their four children - Robert Wayne, Ralph Vernon, Charles Hamll, and Emmet Lloyd. Ethel Lucille, the first child, died at the age of thirteen years.

Isaac T. Rainsbebg. One of the men who lias long been associated with the agricultural activities of Harrison County is Isaac T. Ralnsberg of Monroe Township, where he owns 124 acres of valuable land. He was born In Tuscarawas County, Ohio, April 21. 1857. a son of Adam and Mary (Wells) Rainsberg. and grandson of Jacob Rainsberg, a native of Pennsylvania. who came to Ohio at an early day and settled In Tuscarawas County. The family is of German descent.

Adam Rainsberg was a stone mason of Goshen and Union Townships, Tuscarawas County, and he also was engaged In farming to some extent. He died in Tuscarawas County, where he was bora, passing away, January 6, 1889. His wife was born near Baltimore, Maryland. and was a daughter of Philip Wells, who married a Miss Whitten. The children born to Adam Rainsberg and his wife were as fol- lows: Theodore; Freeman; Philip W. ; Anna, who married Kennedy Herron; Margaret E., who died unmarried; Isaac T. ; George W. ; Hannah, who died when small ; and William A. Both Adam Rainsberg and his wife were consistent members of the United Brethren Church, and people of upright Christian character.

Isaac T. Rainsberg attended the Windy Ridge District School of Union Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and lived at home, working on his father's farm until his marriage, after which he began farming on his own account and continued to live in Tuscarawas County. In the spring of 1901 he came to Harrison County, and located on a farm in Franklin Township now occupied by his son. This continued to be his home until in March, 1919, when he moved to his present farm, and here he has since carried on a general line of farming and stockraising.

Isaac T. Rainsberg was married to Mary A. Kaderly, born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, March 20, 1858, a daughter of Jacob and Catherine (Marty) Kaderly, and they became the parents of the following children: Mary Catherine, who married Ross Bernard, lives near Hale, Michigan, and has two children, Edith Lauretta and Charles Ross; Emerson Roy, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work ; and Edith Grace, who married Robert H McDevitt, lives at Uhrich8ville, Ohio, and has two children, Helen Marie and Hazel Jane; Therman married Olive Gatchell. daughter of Elias Gatchell, and has one daughter, Alta Elaine. Mr. and Mrs. Rainsberg are members of the Plum Run Methodist Episcopal Church in which they are valued forces. Both in Tuscarawas and Harrison counties Mr. Rainsberg has done his part in the constructive work of the neighborhood, and has earned the reputation he bears of being an excellent farmer and worthy citizen.

Matthew Law is in the most significant sense progressive and vigorous as a representative of farm industry in his native township and county and was born on the farm which is now his place of residence. In Monroe Township, Harrison County. Here he was born on the 7th of August, 1869, and he is a son of John and Sarah Jane (Trimble) Law, both representatives of honored pioneer families of the county, as may be seen by reference to the personal sketch of their son William B., on other pages of this work, where is given ample record concerning the Law family.

Matthew Law gained his early education in the Havner School In his home district, and he has remained continuously on the old homestead farm from the time of bis birth, while for the past fifteen years he has here been carrying forward Independent operations as an agriculturist and stock-grower, with special attention given to the raising of cattle and sheep of approved types. He not only has active charge of his father's old home farm, of eighty acres, but Is individually the owner of a well Improved landed estate of 337 acres, so that it may well be understood that in his native township he finds ample scope and opportunity for successful farm enterprise upon an extensive scale, as gauged by the standards of the locality. Mr. Law gives his political support to the democratic party and is loyal and public-spirited in his civic attitude. His name is still enrolled on the roster of eligible bachelors In Harrison County.

A. Chalmers Wallace is a scion of the fourth generation of the Wallace family in Harrison Couuty, where he is a successful representative of farm enterprise in his native township of Moorefield. Here he was born on the 26th of September, 1871, a son of Elijah R. and Elizabeth S. (Brokaw) Wallace. Elijah R. Wallace was born in Moorefield Township, this county, on the 16th of March, 1828, and here his death occur red December 23, 1910. He was a son of Allen and Mary (Brown) Wallace, the former of whom was born In Pennsylvania, April 15, 1793. a son of John and Margaret (Anderson) Wallace, who were bom and reared In York County, that state, where they remained until about the year 1804, when they removed to Washington County, Pennsylvania, but in 1805 they came to Ohio and became pioneer settlers in Pitney Township. Belmont County. There they remained until 1822, when they came to Harrison County, where John Wallace purchased 160 acres of wild land. In section 5. Moorefield Township, where he Instituted the development of a pioneer farm and where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives, their four children having been William. Allen. Nancy and Jane. Allen Wallace was about twelve years old at the time of the family immigration to Ohio, and was reared to manhood in Belmont County, where his marriage was solemnized and where he remained until 1822 when he came to Harrison County and purchased the farm, of 160 acres, which later came into the ownership of his son Elijah R., and which continued to be his place of residence until his death, February 21. 1880, his wife having passed away April 12. 1874, and both ha vine been zealous members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he served many years as an eider. They became the parents of eight children - John. Andrew, William, Mary. James. Elijah R.. Anderson and Samuel.

Elijah R. Wallace passed his entire life In Moorefield Township, where he eventually came into possession of the fine old home farm on which he was born and on which he remained until the time of his death, his political allegiance having been given to the democratic party and both he and his wife having been zealous members of the Nottingham Presbyterian Church. January 23. 1868. recorded the marriage of Elijah R. Wallace and Miss Elizabeth S. Brokaw. and after his death she remained on the old homestead until she too passed to the life eternal, on the 23rd of February. 1917. Mrs. Wallace was born March 25. 1842. and was a daughter of Abraham and Mary (Guthrie) Brokaw. both of whom passed their entire lives in Ohio, where the respective families were founded in the pioneer days. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace became the parents of six children : Samuel Vincent married Miss Luella

Hayes and they reside in Jefferson County; A. Chalmers, of this review, was the next in order of birth; Mary M. remains with her brother Chalmers on the old homestead; Plummer W. died in infancy; Clara A. died in July, 1893; and Lena B. is the widow of Joshua A. Wallace, who died February 18, 1914, and she still remaining on their old home farm, in Moorefield Township, and her children being four in number - Clara M., David B., William C. and Dean E.

A. Chalmers Wallace is indebted to the public schools of the Village of Moorefield for his early educational discipline, and save for brief intervals he has remained continuously on the old home farm, where he is now conducting a substantial and prosperous enterprise as an agriculturist and stock-grower, with a finely improved farm property of 170 acres, owned jointly by him and his sister Mary M., who presides over the domestic economies and social affairs of the attractive home, both she and her brother being unmarried, and both holding membership in the Nottingham Presbyterian Church. In politics Mr. Wallace holds affiliation with the democratic party and as a citizen he takes deep interest in all things touching the welfare of his native township and county.

Jacob M. Long has contented hiniself with the opportunities that have been offered in his native township and has not been denied a generous measure of success in connection with his well ordered service as an agriculturist and stock-grower, of which fundamental industries he is a popular and effective exemplar in Lee Township, Carroll County. Further interest attaches to his career by reason of the fact that he owns and has always resided upon the fine old homestead farm which was the place of his birth and in the upkeep of which he has shown marked energy and good judgment On his present farm Mr. Long was born November 2, 1864, the farm being situated in section 20, Lee Township. He is a son of Samuel and Margaret (Ames) Long, the former of whom was born in Jefferson County. Ohio, and the latter in Lee Township, Carroll County, on the farm now owned by Jacob M. Long. Samuel Long was a son of Jacob Long and the family name of his mother was Slates. Jacob Long was born in Virginal and became a pioneer settler in Jefferson County, Ohio. Margaret (Ames) Long was a daughter of William and Priscilla (Shultz) Ames, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Harrison County, Ohio. William Ames was one of the pioneer settlers of Lee Township, Carroll County, where he developed a productive farm which is kept to a high standard by his grandson, Jacob M Long. It was on this farm that Samuel Long and his wife established their home soon after their marriage, and here they passed the remainder of their lives, secure in the high esteem of all who knew them. Mrs. Long having inherited the old Ames homestead, of 180 acres. She was one of the venerable native daughters of Lee Township at the time of her death, in December, 1917, her husband having passed away on the 26th of April, 1891. Of the children it may be recorded that Mary Jane is the widow of Frank Busier and resides in Lee Township; William H. Is one of the substantial farmers of this township; Eva A. is the widow of John Burrier and resides at Carrollton; and Jacob M., of this review, is the youngest of the children.

The district schools of his native township afforded Jacob M. Long his youthful education, and he has continuously been associated with farm enterprise on the old home place, 100 acres of which he purchased from his widowed mother. The farm is notable alike for -its superior buildings and for the excellent productiveness that gives evidence of careful and progressive management. Mr. Long has taken deep interest in all things pertaining to the civic and material welfare and advancement of his home community and native county, is a democrat in politics but has had no desire for the honors of public office of any kind.

On the 4th of October, 1900, Mr. Long wedded Miss Margaret Harple, who likewise was born and reared in Carroll County and who is a daughter of Peter and Isabel (Young) Harple. Mr. and Mrs. Long have one child, Charles D., who remains at the parental home.

Ralph V. Wiiittakkr. In this post-war period of general unrest, disturbed economic and industrial conditions, and exaggerated cost of living, the one class of citizens who may well consider themselves favored are the producers iu the ever important domains of agriculture and live-stock industry. In all times the vocation of the farmer has been one of signal inde- Iiendenee, and at no period in the world's history has this fact become so significantly emphasized as in this opening period of the second decade of the twentieth century. Harrison County rests its prestige and prosperity mainly upon its fine farms and the productive industries which they represent, and among the many sterling citizens who are effectively upholding tills basic industry in the county is Ralph Y. Whittaker who is one of the progressive farmers of the younger generation in North Township. Here he was born on the 22d of November, 1884, a son of Thomas A. and Martha Florence (Anderson) Whittaker, both likewise natives of the Ohio district to which this history is dedicated and both representatives of sterling pioneer families of Harrison County. Thomas A. Whittaker was born in North Township, this county. May 5, 1859, and his death occurred August 22, 1914. His wife was born in Perry Township, Carroll County, December 30, 1856. and she was about thirty-two years of age at the time of her death, February 17, 1888. Mrs. Whittaker was a daughter of Robert and Esther (McCullough) Anderson, the former of whom was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, October 11, 1815, a son of Samuel and Catherine (Forbes) Anderson, who came from the old Keystone State and established their home in Harrison County, Ohio, in 1838. In Stock Towmship Samuel Anderson purchased a farm, on w'hlch were a grist mill and a saw mill, and here he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. He died February 22, 1866, in his eighty-third year, his wife having passed away October 16, 1847, in her fifty-fourth year. Samuel Anderson was a man of liberal education and did successful service as a teacher and surveyor. He was first a Whig and later a republican in politics, and both he and his wife were devout members of the Presbyterian Church. They became the parents of seven sons and one daughter, and Robert was the eldest of the number. July 1, 1840, Robert Anderson wedded Miss Esther McCullough, of Archer Township, and thereafter he operated his father's two mills for seven years. He then rented a farm in Archer Township for three years, at the expiration of which he purchased land in Perry Township, Carroll County, where he developed a productive farm. In the spring of 1860 he sold this property and returned to Harrison County, where he purchased the farm, in North Township, on which he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives, both having attained to venerable age and both having been earnest members of the Presbyterian Church. Thy became the parents of nine children, of whom Martha Florence, mother of Ralph V.. was next to the youngest. Ralph V. Whittaker was but four years old at the time of his mother's death, and the other two children were but five days old at the time of her death. They were twin daughters, Martha Anderson and Lucy Florence, and the latter died in October, 1888, surviving the mother by about nine months. Martha A., who was born February 12, 1888, is the wife of D. D. Fierbaugh, and they reside in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Thomas A. Whittaker passed his entire life in Harrison County and was one of the substantial farmers and representative citizens of North Township at the time of his death, which occurred in 1914, as previously noted. He was a brother of George Whittaker.

Ralph V. Whittaker gained his preliminary education in the public schools at Hanover, and thereafter was for three years a student in Scio College. In 1909 he went to Akron, Ohio, where for five years he was in the employ of the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company, and in 1914, owing to the falling health of his father, he returned home and assumed the management of the farm, a part interest in which came to him by inheritance at the time of his father's death, while in 1915 he assumed full ownership of this excellent farm of 139 4-5 acres, by purchasing the interest of the other heirs. His political allegiance is given to the republican party, he is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in the city of Akron, and he and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian Church at S'cio.

October 19, 1915, recorded the marriage of Mr. Whittaker to Miss Elizabeth Louise Garman, daughter of George W. and Cynthia Hall (Baird) Garman, of Summit County, Ohio, and the one child of this union is a winsome little (laughter, Dorothy Louise, born May 29, 1918.

Harry M. Birney. Adequate record concerning the honored pioneer family of which Mr. Birney is a popular representative in his native county is given on other pages of this work.

in the sketch of the career of his brother James Earl Birney, while other personal reviews in the volume likewise give interesting data concerning the family.

Harry M. Birney, a son of James N. and Auna (McFadden) Birney, was born in Washington Township, Harrison County, on the 19th of January, 1882, and in addition to availing himself of the advantages of the public schools of his native township he completed a course in the business or commercial department of Scio College, at Scio, this county. He remained on the old home farm until his marriage, May 23, 1906, to Miss Ella L. McClintick, daughter of Thomas C. and Rebecca (Easlick) McClintick, and he then engaged in independent farm enterprise in his native township, where he continued his activities until the autumn of 1917, when he purchased his present fine farm estate, of 268 acres, in Franklin Township. Here he has since found ample scope for his vigorous and progressive achievement in connection with agricultural and live-stock enterprise, and he is one cf the representative farmers of the younger generation his native county, where he and his wife have a circle of friends that Is limited only by that of their acquaintances. Both hold membership in the Presbyterian Church, and in politics he gives his allegiance to the republican party. Mr. and Mrs. Birney have two children - Forrest E., who was born December 7, 1907, and Anna Rebecca, who was born February 5, 1918.

Thomas C. McClintick, father of Mrs. Birney. was bom in Franklin Township, Harrison County, December 23, 1844, and was the youngest member of a family of five children. lie is a son of Jonathan and Sarah (Carruthers) Mc- Clintick, who, In 1840, left their old home in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and came to Harrison County, Ohio, where the father purchased a farm in section 9, Franklin Township, where he remained until his death, February 6. 1889, his devoted wife having passed away on the 4th of March, 1885, and both having been earnest and influential members of the Presbyterian Church at Feed Springs, in which ho served more than thirty years as superintendent of the Sunday School, besides holding other .official positions In the church.

Thomas C. McClintick was reared and edn cated in Harrison County and here he became the owner of a valuable farm of 300 acres, in Franklin Township. He was a staunch supporter of the cause of the republican party and he and his wife held membership in the same Presbyterian Church as did his parents. He died November 27, 1920. December 24, 1868, marked the marriage of Thomas C. McClintick to Miss Rebecca Easlick, daughter of Pasco Easlick, of Franklin Township, and of this union were bom eight children - Etta (Mrs. James Downs), Lillie Dale, John C., Jesse A., Eva M.. Ella L. (Mrs. Harry M. Birney), Bert E. and Edna Feme.

John P. Rocjkrs. Thoroughly acquainted with the art and science of agriculture as carried on at the present day. John P. Rogers, who owns a well-kept farm in Stock Township, has attained a noteworthy position among the active and thrifty farmers of Harrison County, his diligent toil and judicious management of his affairs having won him assured success in his undertakings. A son of Welch Rogers, he was born February 24, 1876. in Cadiz Township, Harrison County, Ohio, of pioneer stock.

His father, Welch Rogers, has for many years been superintendent of the Harrison County Infirmary. The history of this old and honored family in Eastern Ohio begins with Joseph Rogers, who came from Maryland early in the nineteenth century and developed a farm in Cadiz Township. His children were named Warren. Joseph, William, Barrett, Elijah, Lydia and Mary Ann. The next generation was represented by his son William Rogers who was born in Maryland on November 30, 1798, and married Susan Carson, a native of Harrison County, Ohio, and daughter of John Carson, pioneer. William Rogers' career as a farmer was spent in Cadiz or Nottingham Township. His children were eight in number, their names being Qjndinia, John B., Jesse, Nancy, Hannah, Frank. Calvin and Barrett.

John B. Rogers, grandfather of John P. Rogers, was born in Cadiz Township, and died February 7, 1875, after an active career as a farmer. His wife was Rosanna Keckler, who was born near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and lived until March 14, 1917. Her parents, John and Susan (Gordon) Keckler. came to Harrison County about 1840 and about fifteen years later moved to Crawford County, Ohio. Their children were Josiah, Mary Ann, Martha, Rosanna and Melinda Keckler. The eight children of John B. Rogers and wife were: Welch; Alwibla who became the wife of George D. Barger and both are now deceased: John O. who was drowned May 31, 1872. at the age of eighteen : Nancy Margaret who became the wife of Elmer Barger: Susanna Melinda who married Bartley Slater: J. Gordon who married Mary Dickerson; Rosa who became the wife of L. H. Smith: and Nora, wife of Emmett Nash.

Elsewhere in these pages is given a brief sketch of the business career of Welch Rogers, who was born in Cadiz Township September 5, 1851. and on May 20, 1875. married Eliza Jane Adams, daughter of Percival and Mary Jane Adams. She died November 14, 1887, and of her three children John P. Rogers was the oldest.

Receiving good educational advantages when young John P. Rogers attended the rural schools of three townships, Cadiz. Nottingham and Stock. As a young man he turned his attention toward agriculture, which has since been his principal industry. Beginning as a farmer in Cadiz Township he remained there a few seasons and later continued his operations in Green Township for a period of two years. Coming then to Stock Township, Mr. Rogers bought his present property of ninety-eight acres, which is located along the Ocean to Ocean Highway, and in its management has displayed sound judgment and acknowledged ability, his farm in regard to its appointments comparing favorably with any in the neighborhood.

the business department of Scio College: Thomas, born March 13, 1901, died July 19, 1909: and Harold, a pupil in the Cadiz High School. Mr. Rogers, although not an office seeker, has served two terms as trustee of Stock Township. Both Mr. and Mrs. Rogers are consistent members of the Pleasant Valley Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

Clarence A. Bargar. As one of the many enterprising men actively engaged in agricultural pursuits in Harrison County. Clarence A. Bargar. of Stock Township, brought to his calling excellent judgment and good business methods, and in the prosecution of his chosen work he met with signal success. A native of Stock Township, he was born July 22, 1883. a son of James C. Bargar, a grandson of Jacob Bargar, and great-grandson of Peter Bargar, one of the very early settlers of Cadiz Township, this county. Jacob Bargar married Abigail Mary Campbell, whose parents were James and Lydia (Shrieve) Campbell. James Campbell was a pioneer of Stock Township, Harrison County. In recounting these genealogical facts it will be seen that Clarence A. Bargar was a lineal descendant of at least two pioneer families of this section of the state.

James C. Bargar. a prosperous farmer of Stock Township, was born here February 22. 1848, and has spent his entire life in this township. He married, November 22, 1877. Anna N. Rogers, and Into their home five children were born, namely: Ix)uie A.; Violet: Clarence A.,

Completing his early education in the rural schools of Stock Township, Clarence A. Bargar acquired a practical knowledge of the art of farming under his father's tuition, and remained a member of the parental household until establishing a home of his own by taking unto himself a wife. Purchasing at that time his farm of ninety-seven acres, he brought It under an excellent state of cultivation, and as a fanner and stock raiser met with satisfactory results, year by year adding to his wealth, at the same time establishing himself more firmly in the esteem and confidence of his neighbors, and adding to his usefulness and value as a member of the community.

Mr. Bargar married, June 25. 1912, Lydia Phillips, a daughter of William Phillips, a prosperous farmer of Gilmore Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. William Phillips has been twice married. By his first wife, whose maiden name was Mary Keefe, he had eleven children. Elroy. Martha, Wesley, William, Jacob. Lillie. Philip, Logan, George, Homer and Lydia. Of this union with his second wife. Mrs. Penina Darling, one child was born. Edwin Phillips. To Mr. and Mrs. Bargar five children were born, namely : Mary Anna, born August

9. 1913; Ruth Phillips, born September 10, 1914; Dora Esther, bom November 23, 1915: and James William and Martha Elizabeth, twins, born May 20. 1919.

Greatly interested in public affairs, Mr. Barpar rendered excellent service as a trustee' of Stock Township from 1918 until his death. He was a conscientious member of the Pleasant Valley Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was a trustee, and his wife is also a member of that church. Clarence A. Bargar died February 24. 1920.

Edwin Marion Lonc. In a log cabin situated in Monroe Township. Harrison County, Ohio, there was born on May 17, 1851, a child who was destined to become the founder and executive head of one of the most prosperous industrial enterprises of the county: and that child, reared and educated in this county, grew to be the vigorous business man whose name introduces this review and whose administrative ability is attested in the broad scope and importance of tlie business controlled by the present firm of E. M. Ixmg & Sons at Cadiz. The story of Mr. Long's career offers both lesson and incentive, and in connection with his successful activities there has been a reflex in the furtherance of the general business and industrial progress of his native county. The firm of E. M. Bong & Sons has built up an important wholesale and retail business in the handling as well as the manufacturing of lumber and builders' supplies, with a general plant that is of the most modern type, with mills and warehouse of large capacity, and with two garages that are models in structural plans and equipment in all departments for the handling of all kinds of automobile supplies and accessories.

Edwin M. Long was born in Monroe Township. Harrison County, as noted above, and is a son of William E. ami Mary Ann (Slonaker) I/>ng. the former of whom was born in Columbiana County, this state. December 7, 1822, and the latter in Monroe Township. Harrison County, where her parents, James and Nancy Slonaker, were pioneer settlers. Their children were seven in number. Matilda, Sarah, Rebecca. Susan. Eliza. Elizabeth Jane and Mary Ann. William E. I/>ng was a son of James and Elizabeth (Eversole) Long, and the former's father, James Long. Sr., was born in Ireland, the original spelling of the name having been Lang. James I /mg (Ling), Sr., was a leading pioneer clergyman of the Presbyterian Church In Pennsylvania, where he was pastor of a church at Fallen Springs for more than a quarter of a century. While pastor at this place he preached a memorial sermon on the occasion of the death of General George Washington, and this sermon is still preserved In the archives of the church.

Janies I/mg, grandfather of Edwin M. of this review, was a pioneer in Columbiana County, Ohio, where he passed the greater part of hi#* life, though he wns a resident of Harrison County for several years prior to his death, his vocation having been that of a carpenter. He and liis wife became the parents of a family of twelve children - William E., John, James, Henry. Hezekiah. George. Louisa, Mary, Sarah. Rachel Ann, Elizabeth and a daughter who died young.

years followed this trade in Harrison County, where* he maintained his home in Monroe Township. He was known as a skilled and conscientious artisan and developed a representative business in the erection of buildings and bridges in this county. He was venerable in years at the time of his death in 1909, his wife having passed away in 1894.

They were members of the United Brethren Church. They became the parents of eight children. of whom Edwin M., of this sketch, was the second in order of birth, the names of the other children being as follows: Nancy Jane,

To the rural schools of Monroe Township -Edwin M. I/mg is indebted for his early education, and when he was a lad of fourteen years he began a practical apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade under the direction of his father. When but eighteen years of age his skill at his trade was such that he was made foreman of the carpenters engaged in completing the dwelling house of John McCauley on Plum Run, this county, and he continued to give his wages to his father until he attained to his legal majority, tills having been in accordance with the custom of that day. At the age of twenty-one Mr. Long married and began his independent career at his trade. In the initial stages of his career as a contractor and builder he took great pride In making every detail of workmanship of the highest grade, and thus his reputation grew apace and resulted in his being awarded many important contracts, in oach of which he manifested the same fidelity to plans and specifications. In Harrison County today are many ImjHirtant buildings that stand as monuments to his ability as a contractor, and in this field of enterprise he became a leader in the county. In 1889 he secured the contract for the erection of the Harrison County Children's Home: In 1893 he assumed the contract for the erection of the County Court House: and among other notable buildings erected by him are the county jail and sheriff's residence, the Harrison County Infirmary. the building of Franklin College, the Cadiz High School, the Fourth National Bank building In Cadiz, the Wood & Wright building, as well as many other business and residential buildings of the best type. About the time of assuming the contract for the erection of the county Court House Mr. Long purchased the Crew & Hanna lumber yard at Cadiz, besides which he admitted to partnership his elder son, Emerson W.. and about 1900 the younger son became a member of the firm, whose title was then changed to the present form. Emerson W. T/mg has charge of the local yards and retail business of the firm, and the younger son, Alfred C., has the management of the extensive wholesale department of the enterprise, in connection with which shipments have been made as far south ns Florida, north into Canada, east to the Atlantic coast and west into Kansas ami Iowa. Two traveling representatives are retained by the firm, which makes a specialty of shipping in mixed carload lots, and a substantial wholesale business is controlled by the firm in furnishing supplies to several of the largest railway systems in the United States and Can- a (la, the while the various specialties manufactured or handled by the firm are sold also through jobbers in leading cities, including Chicago, Cleveland, Toledo, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Cincinnati and Columbus. Since discontinuing the contracting department of the business the head of the firm has acted principally in an advisory capacity only, and devotes his attention principally to the very extensive farm industry conducted in the firm's name near Cadiz. In the handling of its extensive wholesale trade the firm justly claims many advantages that are not to be had in the metropolitan trade center, and the wonderful expansion of the enterprise testified to trade appreciation of this fact. The garages of the firm are modern buildings of fire-proof construction with a capacity for storing about one hundred and twenty-five cars on the main floor, and the repair department is modern in every detail of equipment. Here are handled all lines of automobile supplies and accessories, and gasoline and oils, the latter purchased by the firm in tank car lots.

The splendid farm property to which Mr. Long gives his personal supervision comprises 771 acres and is situated in Stock Township. The farm is a model In equipment and management, is devoted to diversified agriculture and stock-raising, and in this connection the following estimate Is worthy of reproduction in this review : "Because of the fine grade of stock kept, its excellent care, and the systematic and economic attention to all details of crop raising. the management of this farm has set a new pace in this locality, and has stimulated a pride in that most useful and necessary of all callings - a pride not hitherto seen in this excellent community. The demand of the times is for better farming and more of it. This will solve the problems of rural schools and the rural church, and of keeping the boys and girls on the farm, and keeping the nation secure in morals, culture and patriotism."

In 1869 Mr. Long became a member of the United Brethren Church at Bowerston, but he and his wife now hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Cadiz. He is a republican and prohibitionist in politics, and his civic liberality and loyalty have been on a parity with the distinctive success which he has achieved in business.

In the year 1872 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Long to Miss Amadilla Wyandt, who was born and reared in Monroe Township, this county, a daughter of Abraham and Roxana (Dunlap) Wyandt, both of whom were likewise bom in Monroe Township. Abraham Wyandt was a son of John and Amelia (Snyder) Wyandt. John Wyandt was bom in Maryland, later established his home in Washington County. Pennsylvania, and thence he finally came to Harrison County, Ohio, where he obtained an entire section of land in Monroe Township and developed one of the best pioneer farms of that part of the county. He was a member of the United Brethren Church in this county and built the first church of this denomination at Tunnel Hill in Monroe Township. His children were John. Jacob, Mary. Daniel and Abraham.