Harrison Township (part 36 of 37)

Abraham Wyandt passed his entire life on ttie old homestead farm which was the place of his birth, and for a long term of years followed the shoemaker's trade in connection with his farm enterprise. He and his first wife were zealous members of the United Brethren Church. Their children were three in number, Amadilla, Martha Ann and Miriam Jane. After the death of his first wife Mr. Wyandt married Margaret Ann (ramble, and they became the parents of three children - Webster, Amelia Alice and Orpha Olive.

Mr. and Mrs. Long have three children. Emerson Ward Long married Miss Alberta Birney, and they have three children - Esther, Hugh McLauren and Edwin Birney. Alfred Curtis Long married Anna Ilaverfield. who is deceased and who is survived by one child, Emmett Edwin. Alfred C. Long volunteered and entered the nation's military sendee in connection with the World war. He entered Fort Benjamin Harrison. Indiana, on the 13th of July, 1918, and was assigned to the Tenth Infantry Band. In the latter part of the same month he accompanied his command to Camp Custer at Battle Creek. Michigan, where the regiment became a part of the Fourteenth Division, and he was assistant dim-tor of the Regimental Band at the time of receiving his honorable discharge January 13, 1919, at Camp Custer. Iva Jane, the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Long, is the wife of Harry I). Smith, a well-known dentist of Cadiz, Ohio, and they have one child, Marian Jane.

Frank Smith. A farmer of well-known ability, whose extended practical experience has made him an authority on this branch of industry, Frank Smith owns and occupies a well-cultivated and well-managed farm in Stock Township, which has been his home for thirty or more years. A son of the late William H. Smith, he was born April 2, 1851, in Nottingham Township. Harrison County, Ohio, of Irish ancestry.

William H. Smith was born in Ireland. Coming to the United States in early life, he subsequently met and married Julia E. Hedges, who was a native of Virginia.

William H. Smith was five years old when his parents came over from Ireland, and six years old when the family settled in Nottingham Township of Harrison County, where both he and his wife died.

Acquiring his early education in the rural schools of his native township, Prank Smith later attended the public schools of the village of Deersville, near by. Throughout his early manhood he assisted his father on the home farm, remaining an inmate of the parental household until his marriage. He subsequently continued his agricultural labors in Nottingham Township for a period of fifteen years, after which he lived for a short time in Deersville. Coming from there to Stock Township, Mr. Smith lived on one farm for a quarter of a century, but for the past five years has occupied his present farm. He has 165 acres of rich and fertile land, on which his labors have proved remunerative, and Is carrying on general

Mr. Smith married, March 6, 1876, Sarah E. Johnson, who was bom in Moorefleld Township, Harrison County, Ohio, a daughter of John Wesley and Elizabeth (Ruby) Johnson. Three children have been born of their union, namely: Myrtle O. B., wife of Dempsey S. Hines; Nannie E., wife of Lester Pugh, who is engaged in farming with Mr. Smith; and Fannie E., twin sister of Mrs. Pugh. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are valued members of the Deersville Methodist Episcopal Church.

Jamks Bibney Rogers. The Rogers family history as represented by James Birney Rogers, of* Cadiz, Harrison County, is contemporary with statehood in Ohio. John Rogers came from Hartford County, Maryland, in 1802 and married Nancy Lemasters, of Harrison County. He settled in Cadiz Township, and was one of the pioneer farmers of Harrison County. A son, William Rogers, was born to him December 14. 1817. The Rogers ancestry came from England in an early day to Maryland. William Rogers, who owned farm land in both Maryland and Pennsylvania, was later a manufacturer of combs. On July 30, 1752, he married Susanna Barrett, and eleven children were born to them, one of them being John Rogers. On July 4, 1776, when the Declaration of Independence came into existence. William Rogers was cradling rye in Maryland.

John Rogers was eight years old when his parents came to Ohio, and the Lemasters family, whom they found In Ohio, had been one of the first to cross the Ohio River, building their log cabin in what seemed to them the far west, and the maternal grandfather was killed by the Indians. When John Rogers married Nancy Lemasters they made their home in Cadiz Township on land entered by his father. William Rogers, where their son William was born and grew to manhood, receiving his education in the stone school house. lie loved books, and the end of his school days was not the end of his study.

On June 21, 1838. William Rogers, son of John Rogers, married Mariah Adams, a daughter of Thomas and Charlotte (Blair) Adams. Mr. Adams was a farmer and miller, and was among the early settlers of Harrison County. The daughter Mariah was the oldest child. Her brothers and sisters were: Percival, Matthew

B.. Isabelle, James N., Albert G.. William B., John W. and Sarah Ellen. William Rogers died August 15, 1808, being more than four score years old and having always lived in one community. The children born to him are: James

Birney, born July 21. 1830. and named in honor of a i>olitienl leader in the Liberty party of the day, John T.. Isabelle J., William P.. Albert I/., Nancy E. and Bailey S. Rogers.

All through its history members of the Rogers family have been political leaders, being affiliated with whigs, freesoilers and republicans, and in the family there was always a strong anti-slavery sentiment. In 1885 William Rogers identified himself with the prohibition party, being among the first to espouse the cause that has gained universal favor today. Although urged to allow his name to appear on election tickets, he always declined to assume the resj>onsibility of political office - the office at that time seeking the man, while In modern politics the man seeks the office. In its church relations the Rogers family has been Wesleyans and Methodists, always abreast of moral movements.

James B. Rogers grew up on the farm In Cadiz Township, and combined the carpenter's trade with farming, but on December 24, 1863, he enlisted as a mechanic in Company K, One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and on July 31. 1865, he received his discharge from the Union army. After his return to Harrison County Mr. Rogers combined school teaching with farming for a number of years, later operating a saw mill in the community. In 18S3 he started a general merchandising business in Cadiz, continuing it until 1907, and since then he has been a carpenter. He is a director in the Cadiz Electric Light and Power Company, superintending the construction of the new building in 1916 now occupied by the plant. Since December 1, 1918, he has been the day engineer, furnishing the electric current to consumers in Cadiz. Few men of his age are more active than Mr. Rogers.

On October 16, 1861, James B. Rogers married Mattie M. Merryman. a daughter of John and Mary Merryman, who were also pioneer residents of Harrison County. Their children are: Herman A., who died January 9, 1917 ; Jasper C., Clarence S. and Angella Estelle, the wife of S. W. Means, of Pittsburgh, a lumber dealer. While the early Rogers family were Methodists Mr. Rogers is a member of the Christian Church, and Mrs. Rogers is a Methodist. For twentyeight years Mr. Rogers has served as quartermaster in the J. S. McCready G. A. R. Post of Cadiz. From its organization he has affiliated with the prohibition party in Harrison County, and he has lived to see the temperance question a live political issue - economic rather than moral and yet as a wheel horse of the party he rejoices in the victory.

John G. Roof, of Loudon Township, Carroll County, has so directed his energies as to gain maxi mum returns from his vigorous activities as an agriculturist and stock-raiser and aside from his personal standing and achievement special interest attaches to his career by reason of the fact that he is a representative of one of the honored and well-known pioneer families of this county. He was born in Loudon Township, on the old home farm in section 2, and the date of his nativity was April 8, 1850. He is a son of John Perry Roof and Elizabeth (Albaugh) Roof, the former of whom was born in Loudoun County. Virginia, and the latter in Loudon Township. Carroll County. The paternal grandparents. John and Elizabeth (Long) Roof, were Iwmi and reared In Loudoun County. Virginia, which was their home during life.

The maternal grandparents, William and Catherine (Simmons) Albaugh, were born in Maryland. From Frederick County, that state, William Albaugh came to Ohio in the year 1805, in company with his father, John Peter Albaugh, whose brother Morris was the first settler in wlm t is now Ixmdon Township. Carroll County, which was still a part of Jefferson County when he here established his home in the forest wilds, in 1802. In that same year Jacob Gotschall likewise settled in the township, and these two pioneers became the founders of the township. William Alba ugh and his wife passed the remainder of their lives in Carroll County, and the family name has been one of special prominence in the civic and industrial development and upbuilding of this now opulent section of the Buckeye State.

After their marriage John 1*. Hoof and his wife settled on the farm in I/nidon Township which continued to be their home during the remainder of their long and useful lives. There they took up their abode on the loth of November. 1853. and Mr. Itoof developed the place into one of the valuable and well-improved farms of the county. He was an honored and influential figure in community affairs and served as township trustee and for many years was steward in the Methodist Kp isoopal Church : t Kilgore. His death occurred January 14, 1907, his devoted wife having passed away on the 12tli of September. 1897. Their eldest child. Alice, is not married and she still maintains her home in Loudon Township; Alma is the wife of John Shultz, of Canton. Stark County; Jane remains with her sister Alice; Mary is the wife of Albert Gibson, of Kilgore, this county; Margaret, the third of the maiden sisters, resides with Alice and Jane on the fine old homestead farm that was obtained by their maternal grandfather in INI 5 : Elinor is a farmer in reunion Township; and John G., of this review, was the fourth in order of birth.

John G. Roof is indebted to the district schools and Harlem Seminary for his youthful education, which was supplemented by his attending the Northern Ohio University at Ada for two terms. On the 4th of April. 1NS1. he began his career as a teacher in the district schools, and he has continued his effective service in the fiedagogic profession during the long intervening years with the sole exception of the winter of 1012-115. After the death of his father he purchased the old home farm of eighty acres, and in the operation of the same his son Foster is now his able assistant. His service as a teacher has been principally given during the winter terms, so that he has found ample opportunity to supervise the work of his farm, as well as that of Ids maiden sisters, which cone prises sixtv-two acres. In his career as one of the successful and popular teachers of his native county Mr. Itoof taught a number of years in the public schools at Harlem Springs and at Kilgore, and for three years in the schools at New Humley. He is a staunch republican, well fortified in his political views and his opinions concerning economic and governmental policies, and while he has had no ambition for public office his civic loyalty was effectively shown in his two terms of service as township clerk of Loudon Township. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Kilgore. and he holds in the same the office of st ('ward.

On the 8th of May, 1889, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Roof to Miss Rada Cooper, who was born and reared in Perry Township, this county, and who is a daughter of William and Jane (Hill) Cooper, the former a native of Harrison County and the latter of Guernsey County. Mr. Cooper was born August 27, 1834. and now resides at IJgonier, Pennsylvania, his wife being deceased. Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Hoof the eldest. Wilma, is a popular teacher In the public schools of the city of Canton, Stark County, as is also her next younger sister, Mabel : Fannie is the wife of IJoyd George, of Carrollton, and she likewise had been a successful teacher; Olin died at the age of ten years; Everett, who was the musician of the family, died at the age of eighteen; Foster is as§oci, ted with his father in the management of the two farms mentioned in a preceding paragraph; Ha I lie. a stenographer and bookkeeper, resides in the city of Canton; and Ruth and John are. in 1921, students in the high school at Carrollton. Mr. and Mrs. Roof have two fine grandchildren. Kay Erskine George, son of Loyd and Fannie (Roof) George, and Carl Dean Roof, son of Foster and Mae (Maple) Roof.

John Witten. Owning a finely improved farm of 122 acres of land, John Witten, of German Township, has fairly earned the high position he occupies in the esteem of his fellow citizens through his own industry, thrift and g«>od management, and is rightly numbered among the sound and sensible men of Harrison County.

John Witten was born in Wetsel County. West Virginia, September 4. 1863, a son of Philip Witten, grandson of John Witten, and great-grandson of Philip Witten, the latter being a native of Maryland. Leaving his native state, Philip Witten accompanied his father-inlaw, Noah Dickerson, down the Ohio River as far as Ixniisville, Kentucky, but then, not finding conditions to his liking there, retraced his way up the Ohio River and finally located in Monroe County, at what later came to be known as Witten's Landing. A post office was also named in his honor, and he became one of the leading men and representative farmers of his day.

John Witten was born October 29. 17N3. and died of typhoid fever October 11, 1827. By his first marriage he had two children, twins. Joseph and Nancy, who were born June 2, 1810. After the death of his first wife, on November 2.1. ini 3. John Witten was married to Susannah Roby, who was born September 16, 1792. Their children were as follows: Philip, who is mentions! below ; Owen R., who was born July 2. 1816; K. D.. who wTas bom April 11. 1817; Ruth I)., who was born February 22, 1819; Mary Ann. who was born January 16, 1821 ; William, who was born May 26, 1822; John, who was born April 29, 1825: and Leander. who was born September 22. 1826. Mrs. Susannah Witten died March 27, 1862. having survived her husband for many years.

Philip Witten w-as born in Tyler County. Virginia. January 20, 1S15. and his wife, Ann Gard. was bom in 1S32. After he reached manhood he moved into what is now West Virginia, and con- tinued to live there until his death, which occurred September 2, 1876, being all of that time engaged in farming. His wife passed away October 10, 1016. Their children were as follows: John, Theresa and Owen, of whom the daughter is deceased.

John Witten attended the schools of his locality, and began farming in West Virginia, where he continued to live until 1908, when he came to German Township, Harrison County, and bought 122 acres of land on which he has since resided. Here he is carrying on a general farming and stockraising business, and takes pride in keeping his property in first-class condition.

On November 17. 1KN7. Mr. Witten was married to Amanda Leggett, a daughter of Robert D. and Mary (Birch) Leggett. Mr. and Mrs. Witten lost their only child. Bessie, when site was four and one-half years old. the little one dying of scarlet fever. Mrs. Witten is a consistent member of Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church. Both she and Mr. Witten have many friends here as well as in their old home in West Virginia.

Allen L. Adams. It is said of Allen L. Adams, the Cadiz insurance man, that when he was treasurer of Harrison County he was the youngest man to be elected to that office. lie was elected in 1910 and re-elected in 1912, showing that the people of Harrison County had confidence in his executive ability, notwithstanding his youthfulness. Before his election as county treasurer Mr. Adams had served six years as postmaster at Laeeyville. He was born November 5. 1879, in Nottingham Township, and has always lived in Harrison County.

Allen L. Adams is a son of Albert B. and Emily J. (Crawford) Adams, the father a native of Stock and the mother of Franklin townships. She is a daughter of Edward Crawford, of Franklin. Percival Adams, the grandfather, was born September 10, 1820, in Harrison County, but his father, Thomas Adams, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1790, and always lived near Pittsburgh until 1815, when he located in Harrison County. Thomas Adams married Charity Blair, and that was the beginning of the Adams family in Ohio. On March 27, 1845, Percival Adams married Mary J. Downs, a daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (McKinney) Downs. Mr. Downs was a native of Carroll County, while his wife came from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Their children are John F., Albert B.. Richard W., Thomas B., James B., Eliza J. and Margaret B. Adams.

In its early history the Adams family were Methodists, and they were given the educational advantages of the day. Albert B. Adams spent his entire life as a farmer in Stock Township. Ilis children are: Harry E.. Allen L.. Mary J.

(wife of Joseph Walker) and Cloyde P. Adams. A. L. Adams supplemented his common school education with five years of study in Seio College. and for a few years was a teacher in public schools. In the meantime he completed a course of study in a business college, and was employed for some time in Pittsburgh.

Since completing his service as treasurer of Harrison County Mr. Adams has remained in Cadiz, where he conducts a general insurance business, dealing in stocks and bonds and doing something with real estate. His experience as county treasurer gave him a wide acquaintance with the citizens of Harrison County. On September 10. 1913, Mr. Adams married Rosa Belle Pettay. a daughter of Elihu and Mary Jane (Rowland) Pettay. Their children are Allen I>eslie and Sterling Pettay. They are members of the Methodist Church in Cadiz.

Charles D. Snyder, deceased, was one of the representative farmers of German Township, where he owned and occupied the pleasant old homestead house in which he was born on the 30th of October, 1859. and in which he died on June 8. 1929. He was a son of Adam and Mary M. (Angel) Snyder, the former of whom was born in Maryland December 25. 1790. and the latter was bom in Rumley Township. Harrison County, in the year 1827. John Lawrence Snyder, grandfather of him whose name initiates this pa nigra ph, made the long overland trip from Maryland to Ohio in the early days, the original journey having been made by him on horseback, and he became one of the pioneer settlers and farmers of German Township, Harrison County, where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives, their children having been seven in number -Henry, George. Samuel. Adam, Anna. Elizabeth and Mary. Adam Snyder gained experience in connection with pioneer life in Harrison County and became one of the substantial fanners and representative citizens of German Township, where he owned an excellent farm of 140 acres at the time of his death. June 14. 1808. The family name of his first wife was Shuss, and they had six children

George. Jeremiah. Catherine. Mary Ann. Sarah and Margaret, the last named having died in early childhood. After the death of his first wife Adam Snyder married Miss Mary M. Angel, who survived him by a number of years and passed away in about 1879. aged fifty-nine years. The names and respective dates of birth of their children are here recorded: John L..

September 29, 1840: Hiram. February 2, 1845; Samuel. November 1. 1851 : James H.. August 5, 1853: Josephus. April 10. 1850: Charles D.. October 30, 1859: Maria, date of birth not entered on family records: Eliza Jane. October 7. 1841: Matilda. April 29, 1850; Amanda, December 24. 1842 (died in early childhood) : and William, who was l>orn February 2. 1844, and died as a small child. Of these children it was given to John L. to render gallant service as a soldier of the 1'nion in the Civil war. Tie enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he continued in active service three years and took part in many engagements. Including the battles of Antietam. Cold Harbor and the Wilderness.

Charles D. Snyder gained his youthful education in the district schools of German Township and save for a period of nine years, during which he resided In the village of Germano, this county, he remained continuously on the old homestead farm which was the place of his birth and of which he owned seventy acres, his brother Josephus owning and occupying the adjoining seventy acres, likewise a part of the original farm. He was always ready to give his loyal support to measures advanced for the wellbeing of his native township and county, was a republican in political affiliation, was a member of the German Reformed Church at Germane, and his widow holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church.

On the 16th of June, 1881, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Snyder to Miss Martha Jane Harding, who was born in Carroll County, Ohio, a daughter of Philip and Mary (Lucas) Harding. Philip Harding was born in Carroll County May 26. 1 832. and his wife was born at Kilgore, that county, January 18, 1828, their marriage having occurred February 19, 1857. Mr. Harding was engaged in farm enterprise in his native county up to the time when he tendered his service in defense of the Union. He enlisted in 1863, as a member of an Ohio regiment, and was still in the service at the time of his death, July 29. 1865. about the time when the great Civil war came to its close. His widow survived him by a quarter of a century and was sixty-two years of age at the time of her death, July 3, 1890. Tlieir two children were John, deceased, and Martha Jane (Mrs. Charles D. Snyder). Adequate data concerning the Harding family and its connection with the pioneer annals of Carroll County appear in connection with the personal sketch of Ralph M. Harding on other pages of this work, so that repetitions is not required in the present review. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder became the parents of seven children - William O.. Jesse Philip, Mary, Emmett, Earl E., Helen and Wilma. William O. married Miss Minnie Roberts, and they became the parents of three children, Harry. Frank and Lena, the first named having died in early childhood. Jesse Philip Snyder married Miss May Slater, and they have four children - Ruth, Martha, Leona and Dorothy. Mary, the eldest daughter, is the wife of Earl McCombs, and they have one child, John Allen. Earl E. Snyder married Miss Minnie Winnings and they reside on the home farm, and have a son, Charles Alben. Earl served as one of the gallant young soldiers who represented Harrison County during the nation's participation in the great World war. He entered the service on the 5th of October, 1917, and was stationed at Camp Sherman until the following February, when he was transferred to Camp Forrest, Georgia. In the following April he proceeded with his command to New York City, and on the 19th of that month he sailed for France. With the American Expeditionary Forces in France he served in Company A, Sixth Infantry, Fifth Division, and he gained his full quota of experience at the front. In the battle of Verdun he was wounded in the right thigh, and his injury necessitates his remaining in hospital for some time. He arrived in his native land December 24, 1919, and he received his honorable discharge at Camp Sherman on January 27, 1920.

Josephus Snydeb, brother of Charles D., whose personal sketch immediately precedes this, with due record of the family history, owns and resides upon seventy acres of the old homestead farm upon which he was born, in German Township, Harrison County, the date of his nativity having been April 16, 1856. He profited by the advantages offered in the district schools of the township and his entire adult life has been marked by close association with agricultural and live-stock enterprise on the old homestead, of which he owns seventy acres, as above noted, his farm having been greatly improved under his direction, including the erection of good buildings. He has shown no desire for political activity or office, but is a loyal advocate of the prii^ciples for which the republican party stands sponsor, and he and his wife are zealous members of the German Reformed Church at Germano.

In 1877 Mr. Snyder was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Lanora Smith, daughter of Henry and Sarah (Stenger) Smith, both natives of Loudon Township, Carroll County, and the latter a daughter of George and Sarah (Harner) Stenger. From his native county Henry Smith finally came to Harrison County, where he became one of the successful farmers of Rumley Township, his children being five in number - Emma J., Sarah Lanora, Monroe, Jacob Heber and George Henry. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder have a fine family of nine children: Charles Ross married Miss Bernice Berry, and they have one child. Martha Marie: Edna P. is the wife of Ralph Smith, and they have one child, Mildred Isabelle; Elmer H. married Miss Frances Howart, and their four children are Emma Maude. Sarah Lanora, Mildred M. and Joseph; Glenn married Miss Odessa McConahey, and their one child is Dorothy E. ; Merton H. wedded Miss Emma Yenna. and they bnve two children. Harold E. and Thelma; Keller married Miss Maude Wagner, and their one child is Wayne Kenneth; Raymond married Miss Nora Thompson, and they have a son, Loren ; Ermil married Miss Goldie Cox, and they have one child, Ileen; and Anna Marie, who is the wife of Ward Bower, has one son, Ward Keith, and a daughter. Kathlyn Fae.

Samuel L. Crissinger has resided for nearly half a century in his present attractive home in the village of Malvern, Carroll County, where he is now living retired, after having been a successful contractor and builder of this community for forty-five years, with standing ns one of the skilled carpenters of his native county. Special honor is his also by reason of the service which he gave as one of the brave defenders of the Union in the Civil war.

Mr. Crissinger was born in Brown Township. Carroll County, May 16. 1842, a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Lindersmith) Crissinger, who settled as pioneers in that township upon coming to Ohio from their native state of Pennsylvania. The father developed a good farm of eighty acres, and here he remained until his death in 1884, at the age of eighty years, his wife having passed to eternal rest in 1862. He was a republican from the time of the party's organization until the close of his life, was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his wife held membership in the Presbyterian Church. They became the parents of ten children - George, Wilson. Eliza, Cecily, Julia, William. Samuel L.. Gerion, Polly and Elizabeth.

Samuel I*. Crissinger remained on the old hom£ farm until he was nineteen years of age. and in the meanwhile profited fully by the advantages afforded in the common schools of the locality, besides which he attended the high schools at Malvern. He was nineteen years old when he left the parental roof to respond to President Lincoln's first call for troops to aid in the preservation of the Union. In 1861 he enlisted in the Third Battery of Ohio Light Artillery, with which gallant command he served nearly four years and took part in many im- ]>ortant engagements, including the battle of Pittsburg Landing, the siege and capture of Corinth, the various battles of the Vicksburg campaign, the almost continuous fighting in the Atlanta campaign during a period of nearly three months, the battle of Nashville, and the resiling of Hood's invasion of Tennessee. He continued in service until the close of the war, duly received his honorable discharge, and arrived at the paternal home on the 1st of August, 1865.

Mr. Crissinger is a republican of unswerving loyalty, and has served as a member of the village council end also of the school board of Malvern. He is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias. has been for fifty-two years a member of the 1 ndei>endent Order of Odd Fellows, and is an appreciative and valued member of McKinnney Post. Grand Army of the Republic, in the city of Canton. He and his wife hold membership in the Christian Church.

In 1865 Mr. Crissinger was united in marriage to Miss Sarah A. Reed, who was bom in Carroll County June 10, 1842, a daughter of Robert and Mary (Baughman) Reed, early settlers of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Crissinger have two sons : Lorenzo Edwin, who is associated with a leading industrial corporation at Malvern, married Miss Leona Tolton. and they have two children - Esther and Carl. Loren, the younger son, who was afforded the advantages of the Northern Ohio University at Ada, is a skilled chemist and pharmacist and is now superintendent of the Columbus Pharma cal Company in the capital city of Ohio. The maiden name of his wife was Jennie Capper.

Clyde E. Warren is claimed by his native county as one of its vigorous ami successful younger exponents of farm enterprise, and in January, 1619, he established his residence upon bis present well-improved farm of 101 acres in Cadiz Township. Harrison County. Here he is giving his attention to diversified agriculture and the raising of approved types of live stock, and on his farm he erected his present commodious and attractive residence, which is of the bungalow style of architecture and which adds to the picturesqueness of the countryside in Cadiz Township. Mr. Warren takes a lively in terest in all things pertaining to the communal welfare, is affiliated with the I/>dge of Free and

Clyde E. Warren was born in Franklin Township, Harrison County, on the 20th of January, 1883, and is a son of James and Elizabeth (Havnar) Warren, both likewise natives of this county and the latter a daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Mitchell) Havnar. Joseph Havnar was bom in Monroe Township, this county, a son of Dominic Havnar, who came from Pennsylvania and became an early settler in Harrison County, he and his wife having been residents of Monroe Township until their deaths. Joseph Havnar followed the carpenter's trade and also became a successful farmer in Cadiz Township, where he and his wife died, both having been members of the Presbyterian Church. Their children were seven in number.

James Warren was bora in Green Township, Harrison County, a son of James and Eliza Jane (Emfleld) Warren, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Harrison County, Ohio, where their marriage was solemnized. Janies Warren, Sr., was a physician by profession and became a pioneer practitioner in Jefferson County, Ohio, as did he later in Harrison County, where he and his wife passed the rest of their lives. Their son James was reared and educated In Green Township, and eventually became the owner of a fine farm of 212 acres in Cadiz Township, where he continued as one of the representative farmers and honored citizens of his native county until bis death in 1918, his wife having passed away in 1902. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church, from which in later years he transferred his membership to the Methodist Episcopal Church. They became the pa rents of seven children: Craig W., Individually represented on other pages of this work ; Clara, wife of William C. Edwards; Carrie, wife of Howard Ileaston; Laura and John, twins, the latter of whom died at the age of twenty-one years; Clyde E., the immediate subject of this sketch; and Harry H.. the maiden name of whose wife was Martha Dickerson.

Clyde E. Warren acquired his youthful education in the district schools of Franklin and Short Creek townships, and he continued his association with farm activities until 1910, when he became a mail carrier on one of the rural routes extending from Cadiz. He continued in this branch of the Government mail service until the 1st of September, 1918, and in January of the following year, as previously stated in this article, he established his home on his present farm.

On the 22d of October. 1902, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Warren to Miss Ella Holmes, daughter of George B. and Ada (Meek) Holmes, of Harrison County, and the one child of this union is a fine little son, Clyde Spencer.

Leonard Stubbins. In his long and successful career as an exemplar of farm industry Mr. Stubbins has applied himself vigorously and closely, with full recognition of all that is implied in the ancient aphorism that "he who by the plow should thrive, himself must either hold or drive.'' lie is now the owner of a fine lit- tie farm of seventy-five acres In Monroe Township, Harrison County, and in addition to his farm activities he operated for thirty-one years a threshing outfit in this section of the county. He has worked at the blacksmith trade to a greater or less extent, has been associated with operations In various oil fields, and after having served as a valiant young soldier of the Union during the Civil war was for twelve years in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, his position having been that of section foreman during three years of this period. Thus it becomes evident that his career has been active and productive in the fullest sense, but with advancing years he is abating his active labors and enjoying the rewards of former years of earnest endeavor, his attractive home being situated on the Ocean to Ocean Highway.

Mr. Stubbing was born at West Chester, Harrison County, Ohio, on the 20th of October, 1848, and is a son of Rev. George W. and Elizabeth (Clifford) Stubbins, his father was born in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, and became a pioneer clergyman of the United Brethren Church in Ohio, besides having followed the trade of blacksmith, at which he was a skilled workman. He passed the major part of his life in Harrison County, and here his death occurred in 1865, his wife having survived him by a number of years. Their children were seven In number - Thomas Benton, Rachel, Urtbie, Adaline, Leonard, James and George.

Leonard Stubbins was a child at the time when the family home was established in Harrison County, and his early educational advantages were those afforded in the common schools of the period. He was but sixteen years old when he manifested his youthful patriotism by enlisting for service in the Civil war In 1864. He became a member of Company H, One Hundred and Seventy -eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he took part in the battles of Murfreesboro and Nashville, Tennessee, and Kingston, South Carolina, as well as numerous skirmishes and other minor engagements. He continued in service until the close of the war and received his honorable discharge in July, 1865. After the close of this military service in defense of the Union Mr. Stubbins returned to Monroe Township, Harrison County, but soon afterward entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, as noted in the opening paragraph of this article. The greater part of his active career has been given to farm enterprise, and his only son now assumes the greater part of the active supervision of the home farm, on a part of which he resides. Mr. Stubbins is a republican in politics, and is an appreciative and honored member of the post of the Grand Army of the Republic at Bowerston.

The year 1868 recorded the marriage of Mr. Stubbins to Miss Isabel Cornelius, daughter of the late Richard and Maria (Tinney) Cornelius, of Harrison County, and the one child of this union Is Frank, whose home is on the old farm, as previously noted. Frank Stubbins married Miss Rebecca Wolfe, and they have four children - Walter. Joseph. Vernie and Frederick.

Herbert C. Close, one of the prosperous general farmers of Rose Township, Carroll County, deserves special credit for his success, for he has earned it through his own efforts. As a youth he learned the carpenter trade as well as farming. and has relied upon his diligent work in both occupations to rear and provide for his family and achieve home and property.

Mr. Close was born near Dellroy in Monroe Township February 29, 1872, son of Thomas and Susannah (Wilkins) Close. His grandfather was James Close, an early settler in Carroll County, who was both a farmer and carpenter. He married a Miss Thorley. and they had four sons and five daughters. The oldest son was Thomas Close, who spent his active life as a farmer in Carroll County but is now living retired at Moultrie in Stark County. His family consists of five sons and one daughter, third among them being Herbert C. Close.

Mr. Close during his youth attended school regularly, although he also worked on the home farm. His first school was in district No. 4 of Rose Township, but after the age of twelve and up to eighteen he attended the Oneida School. Having a genius for mechanics, he readily acquired a practical knowledge of the carpenter trade, and he has done a great deal of building work in Carroll County, and when the duties of his farm are not too heavy he occasionally responds to the call for a firsbclass carpenter.

In 1904 he married Miss Rose Davy, daughter of A. G. and Sarah (Little) Davy. After his marriage he lived in Dellroy a year, worked steadily at Ids trade, and his first independent farming was done on a rented eighty acres in Rose Township. In 1909 he acquired sixty acres, constituting his well improved and valuable homestead today, and has farmed with profit and success. He has acquired some other business interests and is one of the dependable, uprieht and industrious citizens of his community. Mr. Close votes for the man rather than the* party, and is a member of the Emanuel Lutheran Church of Rose Township.

Gkoboe Whittaker. The late George Whit taker, of Stock Township, was one of the extensive and well-to-do agriculturists of Harrison County. A son of the late William Whittaker, he was born in North Township, March 6, 1857, of Irish ancestry.

His paternal grandfather, James Whittaker, was born and bred in the Emerald Isle. Immigrating in early life to the United States, he came directly to Harrison County, Ohio, and. settling in North Township, entered a tract of Government land and soon began the pioneer labor of improving a farm from the wilderness, in his labors meeting with good success. To him and his wife, whose maiden name was Arabelle Patterson,^ five children were born, as follows: William. Thomas. James, Jane, who married William Scott, and Christiannn, who became the wife of Joshua Jackson. Both parents were members of the Methodist Church.

in 1899. He succeeded to the occupation of his father, and was engaged in agricultural pursuits during his active career. He married Elizabeth Fisher, who was born in Rumley Township, Harrison County. Ohio, a daughter of George Fisher, a well-known farmer. George Fisher was twice married, by bis first wife having nine children, William. James, George, John. Agnes, Temperance, Susan, Martha and Elizabeth. By his second marriage he had two children. Thomas I). and Rebecca J.

deceased: Mary, who died in childhood; Arabella. and Leota. deceased; George, the special subject of this brief biography; Thomas, deceased. and Oscar. Both of the parents were devout members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Brought up in North Township. George Whittaker received his early education in the district schools, and there began bis career as an agriculturist. Moving to Stock Township in 1890. be bought the farm of 227 acres which he occupied at the time of his death, and in its improvement he tailored diligently, the larger part of it being under cultivation and yielding abundantly of the crops common to this section of the country. Mr. Whittaker was prominent in public affairs of Stock Township, and served as trustee, clerk and assessor.

He was twice married. lie married first. November 4, 1879. Amanda V. Spiker. a daughter of Henry and Arabelle (Fowler) Spiker. She died April 7, 1907, leaving two children. Harry H., who now manages the farm of his father as well as his own, married Virginia Harrison; and Wilmina Belle, wife of Le Roy Cramblett. On February 1. 1912, Mr. Whittaker married for his second wife Nannie E. Haverfleld. daughter of James N. and Eliza Jane (McDougal) Haverfleld. Mrs. Whittaker is a most estimable woman, and an active member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Whittaker died November 2, 1920.

William Henby McFadden. The McFadden family have played an important part in the history of Harrison County from pioneer days down to the present time. John McFadden, the great-grandfather of William H.f was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1740. He came to America when he was nineteen years of age (1759), and settled first at Hickory on Buffalo Creek in Washington County. Pennsylvania. He became acquainted with Col. George Sharp, who later served under Washington in the Revolutionary war. When it came time for Colonel Sharp to leave home for the war he hired young McFadden to take care of his farm and look after the family. So faithfully did the young man perform Ills duties that Colonel Sharp gave him the hand of his daughter Margaret in marriage.

In 1800. in company with Colonel John Jameson. a Revolutionary soldier, John McFadden came to what is now Cadiz. Harrison County (then in the Steubenville land division), and filed, on the "credit system," on a full section of land (section 4), and on this section he made his home and died in 1839. In the spring of 1801 his family joined him. The children of John and Margaret McFadden were Samuel, George. John, Joseph, Mary and Margaret. Mary married James Sharp and Margaret married Edward Lafferty.

John McFadden, grandfather of William H. McFadden, was bora in Pennsylvania, in 1788, and died in 1851. ne married Mary, the daughter of Adam and Rebecca (Work) Dunlap, and their children were; Margaret, Adam. Rebecca, Mary, John. Jr.. Sarah, Samuel R., Elizabeth, George, Esther and Rachael.

George McFadden. the father of William H., was born on the old parental homestead September 15. 1829. On March 29, 1860, he married Mary R. Croskey, who was born in Green Township of Harrison County August 5, 1831, the daughter of William and Mary (Crabb) Croskey. The Croskeys are of Scotch-Irlsh and the Crabbs are of German descent. George Mc- Fadden passed away on the 31st of March, 1909, end his loved and devoted wife soon followed him to eternal rest, her death having occurred on the 14th of September of the following year, and both were earnest members of the First Presbyterian Church of Cadiz. The political allegiance of Mr. McFadden was given to the democratic party, and loyalty and progressiveness characterized him as a citizen. Of their children William H., the immediate subject of this review, is the eldest, his birth occurring March 29, 1861; Mary Elizabeth was born October 25. 1863: and Emma was born January 29, 1867, and there was also one other child in the family, which died in infancy. Adam Mc- Fadden. brother of George, never married, and he likewise remained on the old home place until his death, July 17, 1873, at the age of fiftyeight years.

William H. McFadden attended in his youth the district school known as the Irish Ridge School in Cadiz Township, and he has continuously remained on the old homestead farm, of which he assumed the active management when he was a young man, he being the only son of his parents. Here he is now the owner of a well-improved and valuable estate of 200 acres, constituting one of the finest farms in Cadiz Township and situated about two miles distant from Cadiz, the county seat. He has had fellowship with farm enterprise from his boyhood days, and is at the present time a leading exponent of this line of industry in his native township and county, with secure place in the confidence and good will of the community that has always represented his home. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party, and lie and his wife hold membership in the First Presbyterian Church at Cadiz.

February 15, 1906, recorded the marriage of Mr. McFadden to Miss Anna Grace Dickerson, daughter of William and Virginia (Rickets) Dickerson, of Athens Township, and they have five children, whose names and respective dates of birth are here designated; John R., bora September 5, 1907; Mary Virginia, April 20. 1909; Margaret Helen, December 9, 1910; Frances Gwendolyn. December 29, 1913; and George

William II. Vickers, who is serving in 1921 as trustee of Nottingham Township, is one of the representative farmers of this favored section of Harrison County, and special interest attaches to his career by reason of his being a native son of the county ami a scion of one of its sterling pioneer families. lie was born in Franklin Township May 28, I860, and is a son of Isaac and Rachel (West) Vickers, both of whom likewise were born and reared In this county. Isaac Vickers was born in Franklin Township, where his father, John Vickers, a native of England, settled in the early pioneer days, secured Government land and developed the productive farm on which he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. His first wife became the mother of seven children : .Mary Ann Vickers Cams, Elizabeth Vickers Envin, Cornelius, Asiena Vickers McGonagle, Isaac. Ruth L. and Thomas. After the death of his first wife Mr. Vickers contracted a second marriage, and of this union were bom two children, John and James.

Isaac Vickers passed his entire life as a farmer in Franklin Township, where he was the owner of a farm of fifty-five acres at the time of his death, February 2, 1890. Ills widow, who is now a resident of Deersville, Ohio, is a daughter of the late Albert West, who was an early settler and prosperous farmer of Harrison County. Ills children were ten in number - Rachel, Harriet, Esther, Anderson, Pinkney, Fletcher, Lee, Hannah, Sarah and Martha Jane. Isaac and Rachel (West) Vickers became the parents of three children : Harriet Amanda, who became the wife of Thomas Coleman, and her death occurred in 1892; William H., the immediate subject of this sketch: and Otto, who died at the age of two and one-half years. Mr. Vicker was a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as is also his widow, and his political attiliation was with the republican party.

William H. Vickers remained on the old home farm until the time of his marriage, and in his youth was afforded the advantages of the public schools of Brownsville. In 1898 he married and for four years thereafter continued to be engaged in farming in Franklin and Nottingham townships as a renter. He then, in 1903, purchased his present fine farm of 195 acres in the latter township, besides which he is the owner of the old homestead farm of his father in Franklin Township, the same comprising fifty-five acres. In his well ordered operations as a progressive agriculturist and stock grower Mr. Vickers utilizes an aggregate area of about 400 acres of land, and he brings to bear the best modern methods and facilities in connection with his vigorous farm enterprise. He is a stalwart supporter of the principles of the republican party and has served as trustee of Nottingham Township since 1917, besides which he was for four years a member of the school board of this township. He and his wife are zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal

In IMIS Mr. Vickers was united in marriage to Miss Iiaura Jane Donahoo, daughter of Shannon and Mary (Hall) Donahoo. her father having been a successful farmer in Guernsey County and later In Harrison County. Mrs. Vickers is the eldest in a family of three children, the other two being Bingham and Luella. To Mr. and Mrs. Vickers have been born eight children : Verna Viola, who graduated from the Freei>ort High School and was an ambitious and popular student in Scio College at the time of her death. September 30, 1919; Hazel Marie. Goldie Margaret. Fairy Dale, Elizabeth Luella, Lila Florence. William (died in infancy), and Dallas Wayne.

Henry A. Heisler is another native son and representative farmer who has an heritage of pioneer honors in Harrison County, and in German Township he owns and resides upon a well improved farm of 105 acres, the most of the present buildings m»on the place having been erected by him and giving evidence of his thrift and progressiveness as a successful exi»onent of agricultural and live-stock industry.

Mr. Heisler was born in German Township, on the 5th of December, 1871, and is a son of William and Sarah (Maple) Heisler. the former of whom was born March 23, 1834, on the ancestral farmstead now owned and occupied by his son Henry A., of this review. In 186S was solemnized the marriage of William Heisler to Miss Sarah Maple, who was born in Ross Township, Jefferson County, this state, in the year 1831, her father, Aaron Maple, having been an early settler in that county. William Heisler was a son of John Heisler, who was born on the same homestead farm as his son and whose pa rents, Henry and Catherine Heisler. were numbered among the very early settlers in German Township, where their farm was reclaimed by them from the forest wilds. Henry Heisler became the owner of about one section of Government land in this township, and was one of the substantial and influential pioneer citizens of Harrison County. His son John was born July 6, 1806, on the pioneer farm on which his parents settled upon coming to Harrison County from Pennsylvania. John Heisler passed his entire life in German Township, where he became the owner of an excellent farm of 160 acres, upon which he continued to reside until his death, when well advanced in years, as did also his wife, whose maiden name was Anna Maria Bear and who was born October 25. 1809. The names and respective dates of birth of their children are here recorded : Henry. April 1, 1827 ; Jacob. April 15. 1829; Susan, February 15, 1831; William, March 23. 1834: Elizabeth. March 21, 1838; John Thomas. April 25, 1S43; Margaret, May 23, 1846; and Lucinda, June 12. 1849.

As a successful farmer and sterling citizen of German Township William Heisler well upheld the high prestige of the family name, and there he became the owner of a valuable farm property of .'137 acres. He was one of the most vigorous and progressive representatives of farm industry in his native township, commanded unqualified popular esteem, and both he and his wife re -mained on the home farm until their deaths. Their religious faith was that of the Lutheran Church. Of their five children the two daughters died at birth; John T. is individually mentioned on other pages of this volume; Henry A. is the immediate subject of this review ; ami James died when about eighteen months of age.

Henry A. Heisler gained in his youth a full amount of practical experience in connection with the work of the home farm, the while be did not neglect the advantages afforded in the district schools of his native township. He has continued as a valiant exponent of farm industry during the intervening years, and on the old home farm he has erected excellent buildings, though he still occupies the substantial and commodious house that was erected by his father. He is a democrat in ]x>litlcs and as a citizen lias shown loyal interest in community affairs, the while his secure standing in popular confidence and esteem is shown in his having retained the office of township trustee from January, 1915, to January, 1020. While the incumbent of this position he exerted strong influence in the furtherance of progressive measures that inured greatly to the benefit of his native township. He and his wife are active communicants of the Lutheran Church.

On the 7th of March. 1895, Mr. Heisler was united in marriage to Miss Nora B. Hess, daughter of William and Sarah (Palmer) Hess, the former a native of Monroe Township, Harrison County, and the latter of Perry Township, Carroll County, where they now maintain their home and where Mr. Hess is a prosperous farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Hess are members of the United Brethren Church. They became the parents of six children: Anna May, deceased, was the wife of Elmer E. Slates; Nora is the wife of Henry A. Heisler, of this sketch; Mary K. is the wife of Jasper Dodd; Bessie Pearl is the wife of William Epley; Oma E. died in early childhood; and Hazel remains at the ini rental home. Mr. and Mrs. Heisler have three children - Orrin Mitchell. William Howard and Goldie Belle, the latter two remaining at the parental home and Orrin M. being now a resident of Unionport, Jefferson County. The maiden name of his wife was Louise Shields, and their children are Virginia Rose and an unnamed infant son. Orrin M. Heisler represented Harrison County in the nation's military service in connection with the great World war. He entered service August 29, 1918, and was sent to Camp Taylor, Kentucky, where he was assigned to a battery of light artillery. Later he was transferred to West Point, Kentucky, where he was assigned to the Fourth School Battery, in which he there served until December 10, 1018, when he received his honorable discharge.

Sami kl J. Gkoruk is well known throughout Carroll County as a good citizen and experienced farmer, and his valuable farm in Fox Township shows that he understands his business, and the stock he raises commands banner prices because of Its excellence. He was born in Fox

Township. August 10, 1850, a son of Andrew and Eliza (Graham) George, the former of whom was also a native of Fox Township. The paternal grandparents, Robert and Sarah George, were born in Ireland, and they, and the maternal grandfather, Nathaniel Graham, were early settlers of Carroll County, the former entering land from the Government in Fox Township.

Andrew George was a widower when he married Eliza Graham, his first wife having been Ann Robins, and they had four children, namely: Wilson, who lives at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : Michael, who died during the war of the TiOs; Sarah, who is Mrs. T. G. Donaldson of Kcroggstield. Ohio; and Jennie, wrho is the widow of J. M. Stevenson of Cadiz, Ohio. By his si>cond marriage Andrew George had the following children : Samuel wiiose name heads this review; David N.. who lives in Fox Township: Ida, who is Mrs. William Stevens of Alliance. Ohio: Ella, who lives in Fox Township. Mary, who is Mrs. Elza Robbins of East Liverpool, Ohio: and Robert, wTho lives in Fox Township. Andrew George died in Fox Township, January 1, 1000. and his widow passed away in 1008.

Samuel J. George attended the district schools of Fox Township, and for one term taught the Hoi»edale School. With the exception of that period and a year he worked in a sawT-mill, Mr. George has devoted himself to agricultural pursuits. Some years ago he bought 174 acres in Fox Township, and later sold four acres of It to the railroad. He has erected all of the present buildings and otherwise improved the place, making it one of the most desirable properties in this part of the county. Here he is carrying on general farming, and raising horses, cattle, sheep and hogs.

On April 25. 1874. Mr. George was married to Anna M. Ramsey, who was horn in Fox Township, a daughter of R. G. and Margaret CMcl/aughlin > Ramsey, natives of Pennsylvania and Fox Township, respectively, and granddaughter of Mitchell and Ann (George) Ramsey. natives of Ireland, and Robert and Margaret Ann (Wilson) McLauglin. also natives of Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. George became the parents of the following children: Anna, who is Mrs. Robert McAllister* of Fox Township; Lydia, who is Mrs. John Barber of Fox Township; Robert A., who lives at Grover, Colorado; Porter, who died at the age of ten years: Vern, who is Mrs. Bert Crabb of Jefferson County, Ohio: Lloyd M.. who lives at Bergholtz, Ohio; Margaret, who is Mrs. Walter Robbins of Alliance, Ohio: David, who died December 24, 1017. aged twenty-seven years; John W.. who lives at Bmekenridge, Texas, saw service in France and was a corporal of the Eightieth Division during the World war: Jay, who lives at Grover, Colorado, is also a veteran of the World war. was in the One -Hundred and Thirtieth Division: and Samuel L., who is at home. Mr. George belongs to the United Presbyterian church of which he is an elder. A republican, he has served on the school board and also as township trustee. In every relation of life

Harvey Wood, who is now living virtually retired, in the city of Carrollton, is still the owner of one of the fine farms of Carroll County, and is a representative of an honored pioneer family of Eastern Ohio. He was born in North Township, Harrison County. Ohio, August 23, 1*53, and is a sou of John and Margaret (Fry) Wood, the former of whom was born in that county, in 1*14, and the latter of whom was a native of Pennsylvania. John Wood was a son of Zachariah and Mary Wood, who were bom and reared in the old Keystone State, where their marriage occurred and whence they came to Ohio and numbered themselves among the very early settlers of Harrison County, where Mr. Wood reclaimed a farm from the forest wilds and where lie and his wife passed the remainder of their lives, both having attained to venerable age and Mrs. Wood having been ninety -eight years, seven months and fourteen <lays of age at the time of her demise. Both were earnest members of the United Brethren church. Margaret (Fry) Wood was bom in one of the Southern States, where her father was a prosperous planter and slave-owner in the i>eriod long prior to the Civil War.

John Wood was reared to manhood on the pioneer farm in Harrison County, where eventually he became a substantial and successful cxiionent of indefiendent farm enterprise and where he was influential in community affairs, his jiolitical support having been given the Democratic party and he and his wife having been originally members of the United Brethren church, but later uniting with the Christian Union church near their home, he having contributed liberally to the erection of the church building. They became the parents of four children - Zacbariah. Jonas, George and Harvey.

Harvey Wood 7>asscd the period of his childhood and youth on the old home farm and was afforded the advantage of the public schools of his native county. He became a progressive and successful farmer and stock-grower and continued his activities in this field of industry until 1914, when he removed to Carrollton, wiiere he has since lived retired. He gives his allegiance to the Democratic party and is liberal in his religious views.

As a young man Mr. Wood married Miss Caroline Uogan, who was born and reared in Carroll County, and of this union have been horn eiirht children -Harry. Jasper. Emerson, l^o ren. Ulysses, Orville. Annie and Bessie. Emerson and Boren were in the national military service in the late world war, the former having serve* 1 fourteen months, eleven of which wore passed in France, and the latter having been stationed at Fort Thomas. Kentucky, during the major ]>art of his ten months* service.

Haknky J. Eoki.ky. judge of the Common Pleas Court of Carroll County, began the practice of law at Carrollton more than fifty years ago, and has achieves! much of the honor and

Judge Eckley was bom at Carrollton, October 29, 1845, and is a son of the late General Epliraini R. Eckley and Martha L. (Brown) Eckley. Eckley is a German name, but the family has been subject to the infusion of English and American influences for centuries. In Colonial times John Eckley immigrated from England to America, first living in New York and then in New Jersey. He had five sons, all of whom were soldiers at the time of the Revolution. These sons were Barnabas, who subsequently built up a large mercantile business in Boston; John, who was chief justice of the courts of Pennsylvania ; Ephraim, who during the Revolution was hanged in Long Island by the Tories, but left descendants who spell the name Akley. Peter, direct ancestor of the Carroll County branch of the family; and Joseph who served in the Revolution under Washington and later joined the expedition against the Sandusky Indians under Crawford and lost his life in that fateful enterprise.

Peter Eckley was wounded during his Revolutionary service. Peter Eckley after his marriage for some years lived in Western Pennsylvania and about 1800 came to Ohio, then part of the Northwest Territory. They spent their last years in Richland County, where Peter died at the age of eighty and his wife at ninetytwo.

The oldest son in their family of eleven children was Ephraim Eckley, grandfather of Judge Eckley. He grew up on his father's farm in Pennsylvania but came to Ohio Territory before his parents. lie was a river trader, and made no less than twenty-two trips to New Orleans. His home for many years was in Jefferson County, Ohio, but late in life he moved to Illinois, where he died in 1803 at the age of eighty-four. His wife was Sarah Van Gilder, who died at the age of ninety. She was a descendant of the old Dutch family of Vau Gilders, ship builders at Cape May, for whom a square in New York is named.

General Ephraim R. Eckley was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, December 9, 1811, and lived to the venerable age of ninety-seven. He was the last living congressman of the Congress that served under President Lincoln. His early life was one of typical pioneer environment and influences, including the traditional log schoolhouses of the time. He came to Carroll County in 1833, taught school for a time, read law, and subsequently did some surveying in Northern Ohio around Mansfield. He returned to Carrollton in the fall of 1836 and that city remained his home the rest of his long and eventful life. He began practice in the fall of 1*37, and prior to the war served as a member of the State Senate and also of the Lower House. He was a leader in the Whig party, and was a delegate to the convention which nominated Fremont in 1 *56 as the first Republican candidate for President. Early in the Civil war lie was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the 26th Ohio Infantry, later was promoted to Colonel of the ISth Reg-

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1mentf and was In active service with his regiment in Kentucky and Tennessee until the spring of 1863, when he resigned his commission and returned to Carrollton. In the fall of 1863 he began his first term in Congress, and was in Congress six years, including the last three years of the war and four years of the important reconstruction era. Of his five children Judge Eckley is the only surviving son. One of the sons died in infancy, and the other William, served as a captain in the Civil War, and later while a lieutenant in the Regular Army died In New Mexico in 1867.

Harvey J. Eckley as a boy at Carrollton was deeply impressed by the great events of the war period. He finished his education at Washington and Jefferson College in Pennsylvania, graduating A.6. in 1868, and since his admission to the bar has practiced at Carrollton. He served as prosecuting attorney during the years 1877-80, was elected a member of the State Senate serving from 1890 to 1893, and for a time was a member of the board of trustees of the State Hospital at Massillon. He was appointed judge of the Common Pleas Court in 1915 and was elected for a full term in 1916.

Judge Eckley for a number of years was associate editor of the Carroll Free Press with John H. Tripp. He Is a director of the Cummings Trust Company, is a Republican, has held all the chairs of the Masonic Order, is a member of the Rotary Club and the Presbyterian Church.

July 10, 1879, at Carrollton, he married Anna M. McCoy, daughter of Judge and Mrs. William McCoy of Carrollton. Her father though for several terms Probate Judge of Carroll County was best known as an educator, being founder of the college at Harlem Springs, Ohio. Judge and Mrs. Eckley have two children. The daughter, Gretchen McCoy, is the wife of Fred G. Craig of Cambridge. Ohio. The son, Frederick It. Eckley married Mary May of Columbus, Ohio.

John E, Ebebsole. The Eber9oles have been in Carroll County for twelve decades. They came here before the first state was created from old northwest territory, and the succession of their lives has been impressed by and in turn has impressed all the events and developments of the county.

The founder of the family was John Ebersole. a name that has been repeated through three successive generations. John Ebersole, a native of Pennsylvania, about 1800 brought his family to Carroll County. He entered land in Washington Township, and either by entry or otherwise acquired more than a section. He was a real pioneer and besides improving his land hel fieri to shape other affairs in his community. including the construction of roads and the establishment of churches and schools.

Of the second generation, Judge John Ebersole was bom near Humbelstown, Daphln County, Virginia, February 13, 1793, and was about seven years old when he came with his parents to Carroll County.

His boyhood was spent on the Ebersole homestead, and from early manhood he was associated with his father in his various interests. On October 22, 1822, he was united in marriage with Mrs. Pamelia Brown of Hanover, O. They located in Cleveland. O., and conducted a hotel where the American Hotel now stands. His wife only lived a little over a year, and on account of her death, and the failing health of his father, he returned to the farm and assisted his father until his death. His mother made her home with him during the remainder of her lifetime. On August 1, 1827, Judge Ebersole was married to Miss Adaliza Carmen of Augusta, O. Three children were bora to this union : Elizabeth, who died In early womanhood ; Margaret, who became the wife of Noah Westfall of Washington Township, and Milton, who died in infancy. At the death of his father Judge Ebersole inherited one hundred and sixty acres or more of the homestead. He then purchased enough adjoining land to make four hundred acres. On this he built a fine two-story brick residence, a large commodious barn, a grist mill, carding machine, carriage house and other buildings and improvements, making it the best equipped farm in the community. His barn was conceded to be the best barn in Carroll County. Today this barn stands the same and, in a splendid state of preservation, on the farm now owned by John Snively. and although built almost one hundred years ago, is still considered among the best in the county. Again death entered the home and claimed the wife and mother. May 22, 1834, Judge Ebersole was married to Susannah Hewett, who was bora July 8. 1811, near Washington, Pa., and in early childhood came with her parents, George and Anna Dager Hewitt, who were among the pioneers coming from Pennsylvania and locating in Washington Township, Carroll County. Of his third marriage there were six children: Isabel (deceased), who was the wife of Wayne Amos of Carrollton; George Hewett, who enlisted in the Union army August 15. 1861 (he was a corporal in Company F. Thirty-second Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was drowned May 1, 1863, at Vicksburg, while on duty as engineer on the steamer Horizon ; John Etter. of a following paragraph; Anna, wife of D. Oliver Rutan of Carrolton; Millie, who married Richard Baxter of Carrollton, and after his death married George Spooner of Cleveland, both now deceased ; and Cora, wife of Joseph Butler of Carrollton.

Judge Ebersole was a man of sterling character: he made the most of his education, which was the best the country afforded at that time. In boyhood he manifested high ideals of manhood and a marked business and executive ability. He took great pride in his home and surroundings, and in the personal appearance of himself si ml family. They were well and neatly dressed, the Judge always wearing a silk hat for dress, which was exceptional in those days. His personality was such as to create respect wherever he went, and with his keen sense of honor and justice, won for him the name of "Gentleman John Ebersole," by which he was known until he became associate judge of Carroll County, in which capacity he served for a number of years. He was in the advancement and good of the community, was one of the first men to advocate the erection of Carroll County, and in 1832, in company with Isaac Atkinson and others, rode horseback through to Columbus to intercede for its creation, and it was largely through their influence that the bill passed the legislature, December 25, 1832, creating Carroll County, with the seat of justice at Centerville, and later changed the name to Carrollton. Judge Ebersole prospered in his business affairs. He dealt largely in stock of all kinds, but particularly in horses, buying and driving them through the country (then largely woods) to market at Old Philadelphia. On his various trips to this and other cities he had the opportunity of purchasing many things for the home and family which could not be purchased in smaller towns. They possessed the first wool carpet in this community, the universal floor covering being the old-fashioned rag carpet. On one of these trips to Philadelphia, Judge Ebersole purchased what is yet sicken of by older citizens, who remember it. as the finest carriage ever seen in the county. It was a highly finished closed carriage, with folding steps, beautifully upholstered and with draperies of pearl gray satin and heavy fringe. A team of fine horses, for which the Judge was noted, and a set of silver-plated harness, completed the turnout, which attracted much attention and admiration. Judge Ebersole and wife were both among the early members of the Carrollton Presbyterian Church, the Judge serving as elder from 1*53 until his death in 1S(»1>, and all their children became members of this same church. In 1*58 Judge Ebersole retired from the farm and with his family moved to Carrollton. He purchased the brick residence on North Lisbon Street, now the John Wright residence. He also purchased thirty-five acres of land on the op]*>site side of the street from his residence, and which extended from North Lisbor Street over to the railroad and as far north as what is now the Fair Grounds. On this land was a nice grove, known as "Ebersole Grove.*' where many of the celebrations, public meetings ami picnics were held. This land is now the site of the Albright Chinn Pottery. L. & M. Rubber Works. Carrollton Novelty Works and many residences.

In 1851). when the Carroll County Railroad was sold at sheriff's sale. Judge Ebersole bought one-fourth of the road. Henry A. Stidger onefourth. and James Huston. James Cummings. Jacob Helfrich and James Cameron the other half. The new company oik* rated under the name of the Carrollton & Oneida Railroad, and was operated by horse power until !*(;<;. when a charter was taken out. and the road repaired

In 1873 the Ohio & Toledo Railroad Company made proposals to extend the track into the new coal fields, equip the road with "T" rails and put on first-class rolling stock, with the ultimate purpose of building on to Toledo or other Luke Erie i>ort, providing the new company were given the old roadbed as it stood, and the people of Carrollton donate $45,UOO. In 1874 the citizens subscribed $32,000 and the Carrollton & Oneida Railroad Company donated its track and right of way to the Ohio & Toledo Company, receiving no return therefor. The one-fourth interest of Judge Ebersole being donated by his widow, Susannah liewett Ebersole, who died February 2, 1884, and was laid to rest by the side of her husband, Judge Ebersole, in Grandview Cemetery, Carrollton.

John Etter Ebersole, sou of Judge John and Susannah liewett Ebersole and grandson of John and Elizabeth Etter Ebersole, was born in Washington Township. Carroll County, January 25, 1841, and grew up in the environment with which the associations of the Ebersole family have been so long identified. He received his early education in what was known as "The Prick," the only brick schoolliouse in the county.

At the age of seventeen he moved to Carrollton with his parents and entered McCoy's private academy. Alter completing his education, for a short time he assisted his father, who owned a fourth of the Carrollton & Oneida Railroad and was freight agent of same. A few years previous Hesikiah 1-ong purchased the Cochran dry goods store, which was located in a large frame building which stood on the present site of the Wheeling & Like Erie depot. Judge Ebersole going bail for Mr. Ixmg. Being a fine mechanic, Mr. Lmg also opened a cabinet shop in the same building, making all kinds of furniture. About 1801 Mr. Long failed in business. and Judge Ebersole was compelled to take the business, which he turned over to his son, John E. Ebersole, who closed out the store, but continued the making of furniture until August 1, 1802, when Mr. Ebersole left a growing business and entered the war, enlisting in Company I of the Ninety -eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Captain R. F. Williams, and was made a sergeant of his company. He received his honorable discharge while in a hospital at Quincy. 111., April 10, 1803. on surgeon's certificate of disability. About the close of the war Mr. Ebersole was appointed to enroll Rose and Brown townships. Strong objection was made in Rose and part of Brown, but Mr. Ebersole was equal to the occasion and carried out bis task in spit e of threats against his life. After the war he engaged in the hardware business with his brother-in-law, Wayne Amos, tinder the name of Amos & Ebersole. On October 22. 1.833, Mr. Ebersole was married to Miss Nancy Jane Lyons, the ceremony being performed in the Presbyterian Church in Carrollton by Rev. Mr. Swaney. Mrs. Ebersole was the eldest daughter of Thomas and Eliza Ann Kyle Lyons. Thomas Lyons was born in Pennsylvania in September, 1790. In early manhood he came to Ohio and settled in Harrison County, near Conotton. On January 1, 1811, he was married to Menie Lowrie, who was born in 1788. To this union there were eleven children, as follows: Jane. John. William,

Katharine, Mathew, Margaret, Walter, Thomas, Mary Ann, Cyrus and Elizaelen. who died at the age of six years. Menie Lowrie Lyons died October 0, 1837, and on February 19, 1839, Mr. Lyons was married to Eliza Ann Kyle, who was born November 14, 1811. Four daughters were born to this marriage. Nancy Jane (Mrs. Ebersole) was born January 20. 1840. The other daughters were Elizaelen. who still lives in Carrollton; Amanda, the widow of Clark Harter, of East Liverpool, and Emma, who died at the age of one year. In 1850 Mr. Lyons retired from the farm and moved to Carrollton, where his three daughters entered Mrs. Swaney's private academy. Mr. and Mrs. Lyons and their three daughters were all members of the Presbyterian Church at Carrollton. Mrs. Lyons died in 1863. Mr. Lyons was a veteran of the War of 1812. He lived a retired life in Carrollton until his death in 18 - . Roth are buried in Grandview Cemetery, Carrollton. Mrs. Ebersole was one of the most popular young ladies in social, musical and religious circles. She was a teacher in the Sabbath school, she possessed a splendid voice, and both she and Mr. Ebersole were members of the Presbyterian choir for many years. In 1865 Mr. Ebersole bought* a farm of eighty acres in ('enter Township. one-half mile west of Carrollton. Mr. and Mrs. Ebersole had a host of friends and their country home was always one of gracious hospitality. and in the culinary art Mrs. Ebersole was conceded to have few equals.

whose life' appears at the close of this history: Frank Kyle. John Alvernon (deceased) and Thomas Edgar, all of whom sketches appear elsewhere in this edition (that' of John Alvernon. in the sketch of liifc widow).

Elbert Lyons, who married Miss Henrietta Welch of Ilornelsville. X. Y., was for a short time prior to his marriage associated with his brothers. F. K. and J. A. Ebersole, in the brick business in Boone. Ia. Since their marriage they have resided in Cleveland and Canton. O., residing at the latter city at the present time. For many years he was on the road, erecting ice machines for the Arctic Ice Machine Company of Canton. O. For several years he was sales manager of the Reo Motor Sales Company. and since disposing of his interest in this firm about two years ago is proprietor of a battery shop and auto repair in Massillon. O. Xanetta. the only (laughter, lives with her father at 505 Main street X. W. She is a graduate of the Carrollton High School and was a milliner for several years. While active in social and musical circles, she is best known for her church and patriotic service. She has been a leader in Christian Endeavor work, has served as a county C. E. officer, and has represented the society in county, state and national conventions. She was patriotic instructor of the Sons of Veterans Auxiliary from its organization until she resigned, being unable to attend on account of her father's illness. During the World war she was appointed l\ S. Marine Corps recruiting agent for the district of Cincinnati. and had the honor of being the most successful lady recruiting agent in that division. Since her father's affliction, almost four years ago. Miss Ebersole has devoted her entire time in caring for him in the home.

Mr. Ebersole' s enterprise readily took him into other occupations besides- farming. He raised some of the best horses in Carroll County, taking many first premiums at different fairs over the state. He was a dealer in live stock and wool with I). (). Kutan. Operated a coal mine on his farm for about fifteen years. In 1880, associated with Edward Hays and John Keeton of Harlem Springs. Mr. Ebersole began the manufacture of hand-made brick on his farm, making the brick for the fine large residence of Hon. Isaac Taylor (now the residence of George J. Butler, Main Street). In 1881 they purchased one of the first dry press brick machines made, making the dry press brick for the handsome residence of the late Dr. Samuel Stock en (now the residence of Thomas J. Saltsman of the Cummings Trust Company). In 1882 they moved this brick machine to Harlem Springs, making the brick for the Methodist Church of that place. From there they moved to Amsterdam, where they made the brick for the Presbyterian Church, after which they returned to the Ebersole farm. In 1884 James Daniels purchased the interest of Messrs. Hays and Seaton, and under the firm name of Ebersole & Daniels they erected a factory in Carrollton on the present site of the ice plant and creamery. In 1886 they purchased an Auger brick and tile machine. At this plant they made the brick for the Carroll County jail, anil those used in the Court House, the Presbyterian Church. I idled Presbyterian Church ami many other principal brick buildings in the town. This plant was operated until the death of Mr. Daniels, in 1902. Most of the young men about Carrollton earned their first dollar at the Ebersole & Ihmiels brick and tile plant, it being the* only factory n the town for many years. When the old Court House was sold. Mr. Ebersole bought and razed it. using the material for various uses. In 1903 Mr. Ebersole retired from the farm and moved to Carrollton, purchasing his present residence at 505 Main street.

Mr. Ebersole is a Republican and had a long and competent record of service in the City Council, was trustee of Center Township, and was one of the trustees when Grand View Cemetery was laid out. He was one of the organizers of the Carroll County Fair, and a member of its board when the Fair Grounds were bought. While on the farm he was in the dairy business for ten years. For more than twenty years he was a member of the Soldiers' Relief Board, and for about fifteen years was a member of the County. Board of Charities and Cor-

On October 22, 1913, Mr. and Mrs. Ebersole celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a dinner at noon to the family and relatives, with the exception of the bridesmaid* and her husband and another guest at the wedding fifty years ago, being guests of honor. In the evening Mr. and Mrs. Ebersole held a public reception in their home, no invitations being issued. About one hundred and fifty friends assembled to extend congratulations and refreshments were served to all.

There are three grandchildren, Dorothy, daughter of John Alvemon (deceased), and Grace Cameron Ebersole. Miss Ebersoie assists her mother in her ladies' furnishing store which she conducts in the block she recently built on the square adjoining the Cummings Trust Company. Harry M. Ebersole, son of Thomas and Ruth Miller Ebersole, who did service in the World war at Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Jacksonville, Fla., and is now holding a responsible position with Otis & Company, investment bankers, of Cleveland, O. Carl H. Ebersole, son of Dr. William George Ebersole (deceased) and Ora Stem pie Ebersole, and who served two yeurs in France with the Lakeside Hospital Unit, the first of the A. E. F. to enter the World war. He is now with the Clark Publishing Company and at present located in Detroit. There is one great grandchild, Harold Hainan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ebersole of Cleveland.

About fifteen years ago Mr. Ebersole suffered a stroke of paralysis, affecting the entire left side, and for sometime was bedfast, but gradually through perseverance he became able to go about again, but with little use of his left hand and arm. On July 19, 1916, Mrs. Ebersole was suddenly stricken, losing consciousness in a few minutes, from which she never rallied, and {Kissed awTay July 25, 1916. Hers was a life of service and devotion to her home, family, friends and church, and her sudden death caused much sorrow wherever she was known. She was a member of the Carrollton Presbyterian Church for fifty-five years. She was laid to rest in the mausoleum in Grandview Cemetery.

In September, 1917, Mr. Ebersole suffered another stroke of paralysis, and since that time has been bedfast, unable to feed himself or change his position, but through it all his mind has remained good and he Is ever patient and cheerful, always glad to meet and greet his friends. Altogether, Mr. Ebersole is the type of citizen worth most to any community, interested not only in his private affairs, but in every cause of good and advancement.

Dr. William George Ebersole. M. D.. D. D. S., eldest son of John E. and Nancy J. Lyons Ebersole. died October 6. 1920, in his home, 1894 Koxbury Road, East Cleveland, after having been a patient sufferer from complications caused from an operation for appendicitis about eight years previous. Three subsequent operations only afforded temporary relief. Dr. Ebersole was born at Carrollton, November 18, 1864.

His early education was received in the Carrollton schools. At the age of eighteen he became superintendent of the Ebersole & Daniels brick and tile plant at Carrollton. In his twenty-first year he entered Ohio Northern University, at Ada, spending three years there. In 1887 he took up the study of law with the firm of Fimple & Holder, at Carrollton. On December 17, 1890, he was married to Ora Stemple, eldest daughter of Levi and Mary Gearheart Stemple, of Carrollton. The ceremony was performed by Rev. James H. Hawk, who also officiated at his funeral at Carrollton. Later he took up the study of medicine and dentistry, and by carrying double work graduated from Western Reserve Dental College, at Cleveland, in 1896, and from the same medical college in 1897. Shortly after the completion of his studies he was made professor of oral surgery in Western Reserve Dental College, and served in that capacity for several years, when he resigned to devote his entire time to his practice, which at the time of his death was one of the largest, most successful and thoroughly ethical practices iu the country. He was the originator of humanitarian dentistry and the method of transplanting teeth, an organizer of the National Mouth Hygiene Association, and established the first clinic in the schools of Cleveland for the treatment and preservation of the teeth of school children. So successful were these clinics that his assistance was sought to establish similar clinics in many cities throughout the United States. Being a recognized authority, he was sought to lecture at most of the state and national dental conventions, aud was also the author of many articles published in the dentil 1 journals which attracted wide attention. In 1910 the doctor was elected president of the Cleveland Dental Society, and in 1911 was elected president of the Northern Ohio Dental Association, the second oldest dental association in the world. In 1909 he was elected chairman of the Oral Hygiene Committee of the National Dental Association, aud in 1912 secretary and treasurer general of the National Mouth Hygiene Association. Dr. Ebersole was several times honored by his profession in recognition of his service to his profession and to humanity. One token which the doctor prized very highly was a beautiful gold pin which the Cleveland Dental Society had especially designed for him a few years before his death. This pin contained a large diamond set in gold, and underneath, in platinum, was a figure presenting the Good Samaritan giving the cup of cold water, and the words, "In His Name," while on the other side was engraved. "Presented to Dr. Ebersole by the Cleveland Dental Society, in recognition of his service to humanity." At the doctor's death this same organization begged leave to have a wax mask taken, that they might have a bronze bust made of the doctor.

Funeral service in Cleveland was held at the Windemere Presbyterian Church, of which Dr. Ebersole was an elder. Rev. Ruff, his pastor and close personal friend, officiating. The Cleveland Dental Society attended in a body. Something of the high esteem in which the doctor was held by all who knew him was evidenced by the large assembly* at the church, the beautiful personal tribute paid to him by his pastor and church, and the overwhelming number of beautiful floral offerings from all parts of the country. The body was brought to Carrollton and, on account of illness of his father in the home, was taken to the home of his brother, F. K. Ebersole, where service was held, after which he was laid to rest in the mausoleum at Grandview Cemetery, Carrollton. He is survived by his wife and son, Carl H. Ebersole, Cleveland; his aged father, John E. Ebersole, and one sister, Miss Nanetta, with three brothers, Frank K. and Thomas E. of Carrollton, and Elbert L. of Canton. Dr. Ebersole' s life was a model of marked devotion and service not only to his family and friends, but to humanity.

Thomas E. Ebersole has been a resident of Carroll County from the time of his birth, is a representative of a well-known pioneer family of the county and is now a progressive and successful exponent of farm enterprise in Center Township. He was born in Center Township, on the 1st of December, 1870, and is a son of John E. Ebersole, of whom individual mention is made on preceding pages of this volume, by reason of which fact it is unnecessary here to offer further data concerning the family history.

Thomas Edgar Ebersole early learned the lessons of practical industry, in connection with the activities of the home farm, and in the meanwhile made good use of the advantages offered by the public schools, including the high school at Carrollton. His independent career has been marked by close and effective identification with agricultural and live stock industry, and his well improved farm comprises 14(1 acres, upon which, in 1012, he erected his present modern and commodious residence. For a number of years Mr. Ebersole gave special attention to the raising of the best type of Berkshire swine, but after about fourteen years of specializing in this line of stock breeding he gradually reduced his operations. lie still raises a due quota of live stock on his farm and has attaint'd marked success also in the raising of pure-bred Minorca jxmltry. His jKditical support is given to the Republican party and be and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian Church.

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

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

Mrs. Ebersole was afforded the advantages of the Liberty Hall School, in Washington Township. and has a wide circle of friends in her native county, so that her pleasant home has become kuown as a center of gracious hospitality. Mr. and Mrs. Ebersole became the parents of two children: John William, who was born May IK, 1894, died at the age of nine weeks. Harry Miller Ebersole was bom November 7. 1806. and his early educational advantages Included those of the Carrollton High School and a course in a business college in the city of Canton. He now holds a responsible clerical position in the office of the Otis Company. an important investment banking concern in the city of Cleveland. In May. 1918, he entered the nation's military service in connection with the world war. and his service of about seven months was at Camp Joseph E. Jolmston, Jacksonville. Florida. The maiden name of his wife was Minnie Shaffer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Shaffer, of Cleveland. Ohio.

Frank Kyle Emersolk. Frank Kyle Ebersole. one of the Advisory Board of the publication of the History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, has been closely identified w'ith the business and civic progress of Carrollton for over twenty years.

He was born in Carrollton March 6. 1867, son of John E. and Nancy J. Ebersole. He was reared and educated in Carrollton and in 1888. at the age of twenty-one. engaged in the livestock and machinery business. In 1893 he moved to Iowa, and for two years was in the brick making business at Boone, while from 1895 to 1898 he was associated with his nrother. J. A. Ebersole. in the hardware business at DesMoines.