Harrison Township (part 7 of 37)

Robert L. Timmons

Janaary, 1818. he became a member of the Twenty-third Regiment of Engineers, in which he was made sergeant of the first class and also duty sergeant, and with which he saw twenty months of active service in France. He participated in the great campaigns of the Argonne Forest and the St Mlhiel sector, his regiment having been engaged in building roads for the artillery while moving along with the advance lines of infantry, and its position having been constantly one of great hazard. He sailed for France March 30, 1918, and landed at Brest on the 13th of the following month. On the 11th of May his command reached the front line of the Bachera sector, and remained with that sector until September 18. It was then assigned to the Argonne Forest sector and was behind the lines the morning the great drive started. He remained in that sector until the signing of the armistice, and his regiment was under fire for six months to the day. He received his discharge at Camp Sherman, Ohio, June 19, 1919. Robert Lacey Timmons, Jr., went to Camp Sherman on September 2, 1918, with the limited service men, and was discharged from the service on December 11, 1918. Harry Howard, Forney Wellington and Robert Lacey, Jr., were all identified with their father in business, and since his death they have carried on the business successfully. At this writing they are completing a large road-building contract in Belmont County, Ohio, which was begun during their father's life

James C. MoClister, M. D. Properly numbered among the Mependable and skilled men of his profession, Dr. James C. McClester, of Harrlsvllle, is enjoying a large practice and is worthy of the confidence which is placed in him, not only by his patients but others in his community who recognize the inherent worth of the man. He was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, February 3, 1869, a son of John and Margaret (Clark) McClester, both natives of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, the latter being a daughter of James Clark. Her mother's maiden name was Staddart.

John McClester was for some years a farmer of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, but later moved to Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, and established himself in business as a merchant. He conducted a similar establishment at Sewickley, Pennsylvania. With the exception of a few years spent in Logan County, Ohio, and Beaver County, Pennsylvania, he passed his life in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. He died at Shadyside, Belmont County, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Will Hoskinson, In October, 1918. His wife has also passed away. Their children were as follows: James C., whose name opens this review; Lydia, who was second in order of birth; Clara, who married W. J. Stevenson, an attorney of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Jennie, who married W. L. Hoskinson, a merchant of Bellaire, Ohio; Margaret, who was graduated as a nurse from the Ohio Valley General Hospital ; and three others who died in infancy.

Doctor McClester was graduated from the Huntsville High School of Logan County, after which he matriculated at the Ohio Medical University, from which he was graduated in 1894, and on August 16th of that year settled at Harrisville, Harrison County, Ohio, and entered upon the duties of a general practice. With the exception of three years spent in practice at Malvern, Ohio, Doctor McClester has remained at Harrisville during his professional career.

In 1914 he was united in marriage with Margaret Toland, a daughter of William and Elizabeth Toland. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Harrisville. For some years Doctor McClester has belonged to the Harrison County Medical Society. For eight years he has been on the village board of Harrisville, and has given his community the benefit of his knowledge of sanitation and awakened It to its responsibility with reference to public health. The Doctor was a member of the Reserve Medical Corps of the United States Army, and was in camp at Camp Greenleaf, Fort Oglethorp, Georgia, from July 5, 1918, in training three weeks, and was then sent to Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, South Carolina, where he was honorably discharged on October 10, 1918, with the rank of first lieutenant.

Walter N. Hall. The mercantile Interests of Harrisville are admirably conserved by some of the most enterprising men in this part of Harrison County, and their progressive spirit has resulted In the bringing to the community a desirable line of trade from the outlying districts and the establishment of a reputation of fair dealing and sound business methods. One of these merchants who has borne his part in the bringing about of the above mentioned results is Walter N. Hall.

Mr. Hall was bora in Mount Pleasant Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, September 8, 1874, a son of Josiah and Deborah W. (Wilson) Hall, and grandson of Nathan Hall. Nathan Hall was born in Mount Pleasant Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he was married to Maria Smith, and they had one son, Josiah. By a former marriage he had a son William, who was known as "Big" William Hall. On account of his size Nathan Hall was known as "Big" Nathan Hall, and he was a man of powerful strength. All of his active life he was engaged in farming in his native township. He and his family belonged to the Society of Friends.

Josiah Hall was bora in Mount Pleasant Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and his wife was born at Smyrna, Guernsey County, Ohio, a daughter of Joseph and Eliza (Branson) Wilson. Joseph Wilson was a prosperous farmer of Guernsey County, Ohio, and he and his wife had the following children: Benjamin, Lindley, Martha, Maria, Miriam and Deborah W., of whom all grew to maturity with the exception of Lindley, who died in infancy. The Wilsons were also Quakers in their religious belief. All of his life Josiah Hall was engaged in farming in Mount Pleasant Township, and was held in high esteem in his neighborhood. Both he and his wife belonged to the Society of Friends. They had the following children: Abbie, who married Thomas Starbuck and lives at Colders, Ohio; Elma, who married Edwin Hall, a son of Parker Hall, and lives at Pasadena, Cali- fornia; Alice, who married Herman Meislahn, and after his death, Charles Koontz, and lives at Los Angeles, California ; Walter N., who was fourth in order of birth; and Miriam, who married Dean White and lives at Colders, Ohio.

Walter N. Hall attended the neighborhood schools of Mount Pleasant Township and a Friends private school in the same township. Still later he was a student at a boarding school at Bamesville for a year, leaving it to enter a Friends boarding school at Westtown, Pennsylvania. In order to gain a practical knowledge of the fundamentals of business, he subsequently took a commercial course at Scio, Ohio. Mr. Hall then put to use his knowledge thus gained, and for some time was in an insurance business at Cleveland, Ohio, but when his father died he returned to Mount Pleasant Township and for three years was engaged in conducting the farm. In about 1904 Mr. Hall bought a mercantile business at Harrisville, but sold it in 1908 and bought a farm of forty acres adjoining Harrisville, on which he erected a modern residence, where he still lives. This is a beautiful place, supplied with all modern conveniences and equipment. In 1912, however, Mr. Hall once more entered the mercantile field and has continued in it ever since, his store being one of the leading ones in this part of the county. For the past three years he has been a director of the Peoples National Bank of Adena, Jefferson County, Ohio.

On October 9, 1901, Mr. Hall was united in marriage at Harrisville, Ohio, with Loretta M. Lewis, a daughter of John G. and Emma Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. Hall have two sons, Walter Myron and John G. In their religious connections Mr. Hall and his wife maintain membership with the United Presbyterian Church of Harrisville. Mr. Hall is a Blue Lodge and Chapter Mason, belonging to both organizations at Cadiz, Ohio. He is a man who displays in his life and business efforts that stability and strength of character which work to bring about a proper balance in a man, and the esteem which he inspires is well founded and deserved.

Theodore Dickerson. The name Dickerson is associated with the early history of Harrison County, and Theodore Dickerson, of Cadiz Township, who has always lived where he was born, June 26, 1856, has pride in bringing the family story up to date in the forthcoming Carroll and Harrison County History. His father, Joshua Dickerson, was born in the same community, the Dickerson Church neighborhood in Cadiz Township, November 9, 1808.

Thomas Dickerson, great-grandfather of Theodore, came into what is known as Harrison County on Christmas day, 1800, and settled on land immediately surrounding this landmark church, clearing and planting some of it before it was on the market as Government land, and as soon as it was open for settlement he secured title to an entire section. Combined with making a farm in the wilderness he was a frontier blacksmith. Before there were machine shops in the towns the blacksmith was the most necessary man to community development, and Thomas Dickerson was a man of influence in the beginning of Harrison County civilisation. He came from Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where he married Mary Curry, who came with him into the frontier community. There were ten children born to them. One son, Baruch, was born in Pennsylvania and came with his parents to Harrison County. Through Baruch Dickerson comes the line of descent, his son Joshua being the father of Theodore Dickerson. Baruch Dickerson worked with his father as a blacksmith. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of William Holmes. She was born and lived near Wellesburg, West Virginia.

Elizabeth Holmes came to Harrison County to care for a brother who was working as a blacksmith with Thomas Dickerson. When he contracted a fever he sent for his sister, and thus was brought about an acquaintance that later ripened into friendship and marriage. They lived in different places, finally settling down in Harrison County. In 1822 Baruch Dickerson was elected sheriff of Harrison County,- and at that time he moved to Cadiz. While he was performing the duties of his office a notorious band of horsethieves and counterfeiters infested the whole country from Wheeling, West Virginia, to Lake Erie, and as sheriff Mr. Dickerson was forced to deal with them. While in northern Ohio securing depositions he contracted a fever and died from it.

The children of Baruch Dickerson were Joshua, Susannah, Polly, Thomas, Polly (the first child named Polly died and, as used to be the custom in many families, another was given the same name), Jane, William Wilson and Elizabeth. Baruch Dickerson was a whig, and besides serving the county as sheriff he also served as county commissioner. He was a marksman of ability, and was captain of the first rifle company.

Joshua, the oldest son of Baruch Dickerson, was sixteen years old when his father died, and a year later he went to the home of an uncle, Aaron Mercer, in Short Creek Township, where he worked in a woolen factory and in a flouring mill, remaining there four years. The capacity of the flouring mill was 1,300 barrels and it was all consumed in the Immediate community.

In 1834 Joshua Dickerson married Elizabeth Crumley, who died childless, and his second marriage was with Mary Jane Elliott. She was a daughter of Samuel and Nancy (Grimes) Elliott, of Belmont County. Eight children were born to this union: Aaron (deceased), Baruch (deceased), Thomas, Sarah, Theodore, Samuel (died in Infancy), Hiram (died in 1920) and Charles. While the history of the Dickerson family was identified with the whig political party, Theodore Dickerson was born the year the whig party was swallowed up by another and he has been a republican. His father was a member of the whig party but when it had served its time he became identified with its successor, the republican party.

When a family has lived long enough in one community that a rural church has borne its name through successive generations it has perpetuated itself, and such is the history of the Dickerson family in Harrison County. Theo- dore Dickerson began farm activities on the old homestead of his father and he lives there today. On April 15, 1896, he married Ella Haverfield, a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Barr) Haverfleld. Their children a re : Floyd H. and Hartzell Paul Dickerson, both living with their father. The mother died January 29, 1916, and on March 3, 1920, Mr. Dickerson married Margaret J. McFadden, daughter of Thompson and Elizabeth (Dickerson) McFadden. The church relation is with the Dickerson Methodist Episcopal Church in the community.

Theodore Dickerson has served as a member of the board of trustees and as treasurer of the Dickerson Methodist Episcopal Church for more than thirty years. He has been school director and a member of the local school board for more than twenty years. "By their fruits ye shall know them/' and it is the part of good citizenship to serve one's day and generation.

Chablss Phillips. The family story of Charles Phillips of Cadiz Township reverts at once to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where he was bora August 19, 1857, a son of William S. Phillips. Pennsylvania means "Woody land of Penn," and the Phillips family have been Quakers, William Penn having offered special inducements to settlers of that faith in the colony founded by him. W. S. Phillips was born there May 12, 1828, and he married Ruth Swan, of the same community. Her father, Richard Swan, was a farmer of Fayette County. Their children are: Presley, Charles, Alfred, Ruth, Sarah and Emily. -

W. 8. Phillips was a son of Ellis Phillips, grandfather of the Cadiz Township citizen. He was bora October 12, 1798, in Washington County, Pennsylvania. His wife, Phoebe (Lilly) Phillips, was ten years his Junior, born April 1, 1806, and they married and lived on a farm in Fayette County. Their children are Ruth, born July 23, 1826; William S. ; Solomon, bora September 25, 1830; Thomas, February 17, 1835; James Alfred, December 15, 1839; Ellis, August 31, 1843; Martha Jane, August 26, 1845. The wife and mother died February 27, 1850, and the father died January 9, 1878, their lives having been lived under different conditions from the civilization of today when the high cost of living enters into it. William S. Phillips, who always lived in Fayette County, was a school teacher for three winters in his young manhood, and the remainder of his life was spent as a farmer. As in the previous generation the family are Friends.

In his boyhood days in Pennsylvania Charles Phillips, of Cadiz Township, attended the common schools of Fayette County, and later he was a student in the Pennsylvania State Normal at California, Pennsylvania. He also took a commercial course at Iron City, Pennsylvania. While he had unusual educational advantages, he did not quit the farm for business opportunities. The day of the educated farmer was at hand, and Mr. Phillips was ready for it.

On January 25, 1890, Mr. Phillips married Elizabeth D. Elliott. She is a daughter of James and Jane (Dixon) Elliott. In the following year he bought his Harrison County farm and moved to it. It is on the Cadiz and Steubenville pike, and he has made of it an attractive farmstead. There are 181 acres of land, with good buildings on it. Mr. Phillips combines livestock industry with farming, and his specialty is Shorthorn cattle.

Mr. Phillips has given educational advantages to hi 8 children, the son, William, born October 2, 1891, is a graduate of Ohio State University at Columbus in the class of 1915, and Helen Annabelle, born August 22, 1898, Is a graduate of Wilson College at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, class of 1916. In this instance the Phillips family are Presbyterians. There is an old saying: "Once a Friend always a Quaker," but Friends are unknown in some communities.

The Elliott family also lived In Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Phillips having been bora there. James Elliott was a Fayette County farmer, and his wife, Jane McKee Dixon, was a daughter of Nathan and Elizabeth (Forsythe) Dixon. Their children were: Josephine, bora July 23, 1849; John, March 17, 1852; Edward, September 24, 1854; Elizabeth, September 1, 1857; Harvey, January 27, 1863; Annabelle, November 1, 1866.

The father of James Elliott was William and his mother was Ruth (Crawford) Elliott. William Elliott was a captain In the Revolutionary war. The Phllllps-Elllott family have a fine historical background in colonial days in America.

John W. Whitcraft succeeded his father as owner of the substantial lumber and planingmill business which the latter had long conducted at Carrollton, and has secure status as one of the representative business men of his native city and county. He Is a scion of the fourth generation of the Whitcraft family in what is now Carroll County, with whose annals the family name has been worthily linked for more than a century. His great-grandfather, John Whitcraft, was bora and reared In Ireland, and in 1814 he and his wife, whose family name was Harper, became residents and pioneer settlers of that part of Harrison County that is now comprised in Carroll County. They came to Ohio soon after their immigration to America, and Mr. Whitcraft became one of the honored pioneer farmers of Carroll County, where he reclaimed his land from the forest, the original deed to the property having been signed by President James Monroe and being still preserved as a family heirloom. This deed was for the last land taken by this sterling pioneer, and the tract that It conferred is situated abotit four miles distant from Leesville, Carroll County. Here John Whitcraft died in 1854, his wife having passed away In 1834. Their son John H. was born within the limits of the present Harrison County but was reared to manhood in Carroll County. In 1834 he married Mary, a daughter of William Alban, of Stark County, and they established their home on a farm four miles distant from Leesville - the old homestead previously mentioned. In 1863 Mr. Whitcraft was elected sheriff of the county, which office he retained four years. He was a presidential elector from Ohio at the time when Rutherford B. Hayes was elected president, and he was one of the vigorous and successful men of affairs in Carroll County until his death in 1884, at the age of seventy-two years. His wife survived him by several years, and both were earnest members of the Presbyterian Church. Of their children the eldest, Matilda, widow of Capt. Isaac Ulman, is still living, at a venerable age, and resides at Massillon, Stark County; Elizabeth died in 1858; William Alban met his death in the Civil war, having been killed in action while serving as lieutenant of Company A, Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Henry H. was a father of John W., immediate subject of this review ; Amanda died at the age of ten years; James P. was in railroad service many years prior to his death; and Mary Martha, wife of William W. Cressinger, still resides in Carroll County.

John W. Whitcreft was born at Carrollton on the 8th of October, 1§72, and is a son of Henry H. and Nancy (McLaughlin) Whitcraft, whose marriage was solemnized in 1868 at Carrollton. Henry H. Whitcraft was born in Monroe Township, this county, November 30, 1840, and his wife was born in Fox Township In 1844, a daughter of the late Judge James McLaughlin, a representative of another well known pioneer family of Carroll County. Henry H. Whitcraft was reared on his father's farm and received excellent educational advantages. He was teaching school at the time of the Inception of the Civil war, but promptly subordinated all other interests to tender his aid in defense of the Union. On the 7th of November, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Eightieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, of which he was made sergeant. In the battle of Iuka, September 19, 1862, his left arm was disabled by a musket ball wound, and In February, 1863, he received his honorable discharge. A few months later, however, he was given a position in the commissary department of the army, and he thus continued in service until the close of the war. For one year thereafter he taught school and also gave supervision to his farm in Carroll County, and thereafter he served as assessor of internal revenues until 1875, when he established himself in the lumber business at Carrollton. With this business he continued his association until his death in 1910, since which time the enterprise has been continued by his elder son, to whom this review is dedicated. Mr. Whitcraft was a staunch republican, held church membership and was affiliated with the Grand Army of the Republic. A man of sterling character, he held inviolable place in the confidence and esteem of all who knew him. His widow still resides at Carrollton, and of their children the eldest is Mary, who is the wife of William M. Shepherd, of Carrollton; Alice is the wife of William F. Forsythe, of Carrollton; John W., of this sketch, was the next in order of birth; Mrs. Emma Sterling likewise resides at Carrollton; Grace is the wife of U. O. Deford, of Youngstown, Ohio; and James H. Is a practicing physician at Wilkln8burg, Pennsylvania.

Business College in the City of Poughkeepsie, New York, and upon his return to his native place became associated with his father's lumber business, with which his active connection has continued during, the intervening years and of which he came into full control after the death of his honored father, on the 6th of December, 1910. The Whitcraft lumber business at Carrollton has long been the most extensive and important enterprise of the kind in Carroll County, and its history has been one of admirable service and fair and honorable dealings - covering a period of fully forty-five years. Mr. Whitcraft is one of the progressive business men and liberal and public-spirited citizens of Carrollton, is a republican in politics, but has never been an aspirant for public office, Is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, and both he and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian Church.

In 1896 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Whitcraft to Miss Daisy McGuire, only daughter of the late Frank W. and Clara Belle (Hoops) McGuire, of Carrollton. The elder of the two children of this union is John Henry, who was born January 15, 1906, and who is, in 1920, a member of the freshman class of the Carrollton High School. Catherine, the younger child, died at the age of two years.

William J. Carson. Industriously engaged in the prosecution of a calling upon which the support and wealth of the nation largely depends, William J. Carson, of Stock Township, holds an assured position among the enterprising and prosperous farmers of Harrison County. He was born January 6, 1871, in Nottingham Township, Harrison County, Ohio, which was also the birthplace of his father, Albert Osborne Carson.

A son of William and Betsy (Wells) Carson, pioneers of Harrison County, Albert Osborne Carson spent nearly the whole of his life In Nottingham Township, where his death occurred May 14, 1903. He was a tiller of the soil, and with the exception of nine years that he was engaged in agricultural pursuits in Cadiz Township, carried on general farming in his native township. He married Lydia Ellen Milliken, who was born in Nottingham Township, on the parental homestead, a daughter of Mark and Joanna (Smith) Milliken, who reared five children, as follows : Lydia Ellen, James G., Clifford J., Harvey H. and Anna May. Mr. and Mrs. Milliken were members of the Minksville Christian Church. Mr. and Mrs. William Carson were the parents of nine children, namely : Zella May, wife of Robert M. Smith: Nannie May, wife of John Fitzgerald; William J., of whom we write; Myrtle, who married William Lee; James L. ; Emma, wife of William K. Milliken ; Eva, wife of George Dunlap; Lloyd, who married Julia Fulton; and Guy, who married Kate Rolands. Mrs. Carson survived her husband a number of years, passing away April 4, 1913.

Having acquired a good common school education in his native township William J. Carson began his life as a farmer in Cadiz Township, remaining there a few years and then returning to Nottingham Township, where he continued as a tiller of the soil seven years. Moving to Stock Township in 1912, Mr. Carson assumed the management of the farm belonging to E. M. Long. Buying this farm of 180 acres in 1914, he has since been busily and successfully engaged in general farming. He also takes great interest in the raising of fine stock, meeting with success in this as in his other branches of industry.

Mr. Carson married November 3, 1896, Anna Ball Hammlll, who was bom In Washington Township, Harrison County, Ohio, a daughter of John and Angeline (Robison) Hammlll. Into the household thus established eight children have made their advent, namely: Charles Raymond, living in IThrichsville, Ohio, married Gertrude Robson; William Fred, at home; Nellie L., wife of Clarence Bigger, of Cadiz; Alma Florence; Estella Belle; Howard H., Elizabeth B.; and Elma Lloyd. Mr. and Mrs. Carson are devout members of the Christian Church at Minksville. and liberal contributors towards Its support. For four years Mr. Carson, who is especially Interested in the education of the children of this generation, served as a member of the local school board.

Habrt H. Whittakeb. A live, wide-awake agriculturist of Stock Township, full of vim and energy, Harry H. Whittaker is numbered among those sturdy, energetic and progressive farmers of Harrison County who thoroughly understand the vocation which they follow and are carrying it on with both profit and pleasure. He was bora August 26, 1886, in North Township. His paternal great-grandfather, James Whittaker, a native of Ireland, immigrated to America when young, settling as a pioneer in North Township, Harrison County, Ohio, where he continued a resident until his death.

Harry H. Whittaker attended first the rural schools of North and Stock townships, later continuing his studies for a year at Scio College in Scio, Ohio, and then spending a year at the Ohio State University In Columbus. A youth of energy and ambition, possessing excellent business ability, he subsequently bought a tract of land adjoining his father's farm, which he manages in conjunction with his own, and has since been prosperously engaged in agricultural pursuits. In addition to carrying on general farming he makes a specialty of stock raising, breeding a pure strain of Aberdeen Angus cattle.

Mr. Whittaker married in February, 1912, Virginia Harrison, a daughter of John and Euphemia (Patterson) Harrison, of North Township. Religiously Mr. Whittaker supports the Pleasant Valley Methodist Episcopal Church. Fraternally he is a member of Scio Lodge No. 587 Free and Accepted Masons; and of Cadiz Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. He is a past master of Valley Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, is a republican in politics and a member of the Harrison County Agriculture Society.

Samuel Poole, senior member of the firm of Poole & McLaughlin, which conducts a well equipped hardware store in the city of Carrollton, has gained secure place as one of the progressive and representative merchants of his native county. He was bora in Carrollton, Carroll County, May 23, 1874, and is a son of Andrew J. and Mary (Baxter) Poole, the former of whom was born in Stark County, this state, in 1839, and the latter was bora in Carroll County in 1838, a daughter of William and Catherine (Albaugh) Baxter, honored pioneers of whom more specific mention may be found on other pages of this volume. Andrew J. Poole was a son of Thomas and Sarah (Berger) Poole, who came from Pennsylvania and established their home near Waynesburg, Stark County, Ohio, in the early pioneer days, the father having been a native of Virginia and a representative of a family there founded in the colonial period of our national history. His wife was born in Pennsylvania, and there their marriage occurred. From Stark County they finally removed to Carroll County and established their home at Carrollton, where they passed the remainder of their lives. Thomas Poole was a molder by trade, and while the War of 1812 was In progress he was detailed by the Government to service in the manufacturing of cannon balls near Lisbon, Columbiana County. The cannon balls which he thus molded were In part transported overland to Lake Erie, and were used by Commodore Perry In his naval operations on that inland sea. Mr. Poole was a democrat in politics, and his wife was a communicant of the Lutheran Church.

Andrew J. Poole was a child at the time of the family removal to Carrollton, where he received his early education In the common schools of the period and where he learned the molder's trade under the effective direction of his father. He continued to follow his trade during the major part of his active career and continued to maintain his home at Carrollton until his death, which occurred when he was about sixty years of age, his venerable widow now having a home with their only surviving child, Samuel, subject of this sketch, the other two children having died in Infancy. Mr. Poole cast his first presidential vote for Stephen A. Douglas, and thereafter he transferred his allegiance to the republican party, in the ranks of which he continued to be staunchly aligned during the remainder of his life. He held membership In the Reformed Church, as does also his widow.

Samuel Poole continued his studies in the public schools of Carrollton until his graduation from the high school, and thereafter he was for a short time engaged in teaching in the district schools. Then he found employment In the hardware store of Andrey J. Stoody, of Carrollton, where he also learned the tinner's trade. Later he served effectively as a clerk in the offices of the county auditor and coVmty treasurer, and in this service he continued until 1907, when he entered into partnership with Charles McLaughlin and engaged in the hardware business under the firm name of Poole & McLaughlin. The firm has a large and well appointed store in which is to be found a complete stock of heavy and shelf hardware, stoves, ranges, etc., and a well equipped tin shop is maintained In the establishment, with facilities for producing the best kind of tinware, as well as the handling of job work in metals. The partners are vigorous and progressive business men and their enterprise has been distinctively successful under their able management

Though never a seeker of political preferment Mr. Poole gives a loyal allegiance to the republican party, and he is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, including the commandery of Knights Templar in the City of Canton, Stark County, and the Consistory of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite in the City of Cleveland, where he also holds membership in the Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is affiliated also with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

In the year 1912 was recorded the marriage of Mr. Poole to Miss Cree Butler, a daughter of Joseph Butler, of whom specific mention is made on other pages of this work. Mr. and Mrs. Poole have no children.

James Murray. In his youth this sterling citizen, who is now living retired at Minerva, was admirably equipped for the battle of life, as he was possessed not only of an alert mentality but also of splendid physical powers, and it was given him to achieve substantial success as a vigorous representative of farm industry in Carroll County, where he continued his activities as an agriculturist and stockgrower until 1902. He then removed from his farm to Minerva, where he has served two terms as mayor and been otherwise influential in civic affairs.

Mr. Murray was bom in Columbiana County, Ohio, on the 16th of September, 1840, and is a son of James and Sarah (Washburn) Murray, the former of whom was bom in County Donegal, Ireland, in 1800, and the latter was bora in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in 1803. James Murray, Sr., was a youth of sixteen years when he left the Emerald Isle and came to America, and after remaining for a time in New Jersey he established his residence at Pottsville, Pennsylvania, in which state his marriage was solemnized and In which he continued his residence until the later '30s, when he came with his family to Ohio and engaged in farming in Columbiana County. There he remained until 1849, when he removed to Carroll County and purchased a partially improved farm in Brown Township, near Minerva. He became one of the substantial farmers and highly esteemed citizens of that township, where he continued to reside until his death in 1856, when fifty-six years of age. His widow survived him by nearly two score years, attained to the remarkable age of ninety years and remained on the old home farm until her death, which occurred In January, 1893, both having been earnest communicants of the Catholic Church. Of the children the firstborn was Margaret, who died at the age of three years; and those who attained to adult age are here named in respective order of birth - Mary Ann, Elizabeth, Charles, Frank, Sarah Jane, James and John.

He whose name initiates this review was nine years of age at the time of the family removal to Carroll County, where he was reared on the old home farm, the while he profited duly by the advantages afforded in the local schools of the period. After the death of his father he remained with his widowed mother on the old homestead, of which he eventually became the owner, and at the time of his retirement from farm enterprise, after many years of successful activity, his landed estate comprised 132 acres - a property which he still owns and which is one of the valuable farms of Brown Township.

At Minerva, a thriving little city situated about one-half mile distant from his farm, but in Stark County, Mr. Murray has an attractive home, and he has been one of the liberal and progressive citizens of this place, where, as previously stated, he iserved two terms as mayor and where he was a member of the Board of Education for nine years, - 1884- 1893. In 1886 he was elected county commissioner of Carroll County and served three years. Mr. Murray is a staunch advocate and supporter of the principles of the democratic party, and in his religious views is Catholic. He has remained a bachelor,# but his venerable mother presided graciously over their rural home on the old farm until the time of her death and received from him the utmost filial devotion.

Wesley Browning Hearn. The late Wesley B. Hearn, long an able editor and leading citizen of Cadiz, was bora on a farm in Jefferson County, Ohio, on October 6, 1840, and died at his home in Cadiz April 29, 1915.

The Hearn'family, which has been in America since 1765, is of English-Scotch stock. Lancelot, father of Wesley B., was born in Baltimore In 1794, and came to eastern Ohio in 1815. He was a farmer and miller, and at one time was a manufacturer of woolens. He married Barbara Sutherland Urquhart, a daughter of Alexander and Frances (Tucker) Urquhart. She was born in Charleston, West Virginia, then Old Virginia, and came with her parents to Harrison County in 1813, the family locating south of Cadiz. Alexander Urquhart was a Scotchman and served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war.

Wesley B. Hearn was a boy of nine years when his parents removed to Cadiz. He attended the common schools and when a boy entered the office of the Cadiz Sentinel as "printer's devil." Later he went to work as a printer in the office of the Cadiz Republican, with which paper he was to be associated practically all the rest of his life. For a time he was employed as compositor by a Boston Publishing House and for a time he was a school teacher, but with those exceptions he was associated with the Republican, and for pver forty years was its publisher and owner, he having purchased the paper In April, 1869. As an editor Mr. Hearn was forceful, aggressive and progressive, and his editorial writings were an inspiration to his readers. Thus his influence was strong and. far-reaching, and as he was always on the right side of all momentous questions of the day his prticles did much to mould public opinion and incline It towards what was right and good for the community. He was an anti-saloon man, and through his paper be fought the battles of the crusaders through all the years of the fight on liquor waged by its enemies during the years following the Civil war. And while he was what was termed a "hard-hitter" in his editorials, yet he was fair, honest and conscientious in his writings and always held at least the respect of those with whom he associated through his paper. He was a just man and wrote from an unbiased point of view, and never descended to personalities. He assailed the principle at issue rather than the men who supported the principle. Thus Mr. Hearn came to be regarded as one of the really able editors of eastern Ohio, if not of the entire state.

Mr. Hearn was also active in civic and public alTairs generally. He served as a member of the County Board of School Examiners for a time, served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Cadiz Public Library, and in 1889 he was elected a member of the Sixty-ninth General Assembly, serving during the session of 1890-91.

Mr. Hearn was a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and for years sang in the choir of that church. He was deeply interested in Sunday school work and served as teacher and as superintendent of the Sunday school. His entire life was atune to church work and its kindred interests. He was charitable, benevolent and ready at all times to do all In his power to promote the church and the welfare of the entire community.

Mr. Hearn was always a student, and he collected one of the finest private libraries to be found in this section, and in this library and in his home he found his greatest pleasures and comforts.

Mr. Hearn was an able editor, a staunch church man and a good citizen. He was endowed with a kindly nature, a love for. all humanity and a great desire to assist his fellow creatures. He was a noble man and a good American.

On July 30, 1868, Mr. Hearn was united in marriage with Miss Jennie C. Beall, daughter of Dr. John C. and Agnes Tate (Vincent) Beall. To their marriage was born one daughter, Emma Beall Hearn, who married John N. Carnahan, of an old Cadiz family, and now superintendent of a silver mining company in Mexico. He and his wife make their residence at Monterey, Mexico.

Dr. John Beall, father of Mrs. Hearn, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, in 1809, the son of James and #Jane (Baird) Beall, who came from Virginia. He was of Scotch Presbyterian stock, his American ancestor, Ninnian . Beall, having come over from Edinboro in 1636 and settled first at Annapolis, Maryland. Doctor Beall was educated in the public schools and at Franklin College. He conducted a drug store and a book store in Cadiz for many years. He served as postmaster at Cadiz during the administration of President James K. Polk. He was twice married, his first marriage being with Sarah Heald, who bore him two children, Amanda and William. His second marriage was with Agnes Tate Vincent, who was born at Beech Springs, Harrison County, the daughter of Thomas C. and Jane (McCurdy) Vincent To the second marriage of Doctor Beall the following children were born: Jennie C., Mra Hearn, Mary I., Albert, deceased, Ida F., Laura A., Emma B., Anna B. and John A.

Thomas C. Vincent and his wife, Jane McCurdy, were Harrison County pioneers. The Vincent family is of French Huguenot stock. The family fled from France upon the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, going to Ireland and then to the United States. Thomas C. was ten years old when he came with his parents to America, and was a young man when he came to Harrison County, locating first at Beech Springs and later in Cadiz. He was the second man elected county clerk, and later he was elected to the Ohio Legislature.

Gen. Thomas McCurdy Vincent, son of Thomas C., was graduated from West Point Military Academy and was serving as professor of astronomy at the Academy when the Civil war came on. He was commissioned brigadier general and was at the first battle of Bull Run, where his horse was shot under him. He was recalled to Washington by Secretary Stanton, and during the remainder of the war he was on duty at the War Department with Stanton. To him was given the demobilizing of the troops after the war, and he marched at the head of the parade at the Grand Review in Washington City. Like Stanton, he was a close friend of President Lincoln, and both of them were with the President during his last hours, ministering to and comforting the stricken man; and it was General Vincent who closed the eyes of the dead martyr when the end came.

Samuel H. Giffen. The GIffen family Is one of the old and respected ones of Harrison County, and is also equally well known In Belmont and surrounding counties, where representatives of the name are displaying the balance, stability and strength of character which belong to the best regulated men and women. One of those bearing the name with dignity and honor is Samuel H. Giffen, a retired merchant of Harrisville. He was born near Glencoe Station, Belmont County, Ohio, April 26, 1840, a son of William Giffen, and grandson of John Giffen.

John Giffen came from Glasgow, Scotland, where he was born In 1765, with his parents to the United States in 1769 and the family settled in New York State, but later moved to Ohio County in what Is now West Virginia. There John Giffen was married to Elizabeth Morrison, born in Ohio County, West Virginia, a daughter of Robert Morrison. They became the parents of the following children: Robert, Mary, William, John, Samuel, Joseph, Morrison, Jane Ann, Elizabeth and Sarah Ann. When they came to America the Giffens were Co venters, but later became members of the United Presbyterian Church.

William Giffen was born in Ohio County, West Virginia, in 1802, and died In 1878. In 1826 he was married to Helen Grayham, born In Claysville, Pennsylvania, a daughter of James and Mary (Marshall) Grayham. The children born to William Giffen and his wife were as follows:

James G., who was bora In 1828; John M., who was bora in 1830; Elizabeth, who was born in 1832, married Elisha Oxley; Samuel H., who was bom in 1840; and Margaret, who never married, lives in Montana. The family were strong church people, very religious and conscientious members of the United Presbyterian Church. With the exception of one year spent in Iowa, William Giflfen passed his life in Belmont County, and directed his efforts to farming, becoming a prosperous man.

Samuel H. Giffen attended the district schools of Belmont County at Cherry Hill, and later was given the advantages of a course in Cunningham's Academy In Belmont County. Ohio. When he was seventeen years old he came to Harrison County, and during the fall of 1858 became an apprentice in his uncle's general store at Harrisville. His contract required him to serve three years, and during that period he lost but seven days, which he made up. In the spring of 1862 Mr. Giffen went to Wheeling, West Virginia, where he became a member of Harper Brothers Company, dealers at wholesale In hats, caps and straw goods, and maintained these connections until 1870, when he dissolved them. In partnership with Charles Cessna, Mr. Giffen established the wholesale firm In connection with which he did business along the same lines until 1873. He then left Wheeling and went to Johnson County, Kansas, and conducted a grocery for a year, but, preferring Ohio, returned to Harrisville and opened a grocery, later branching out as a general merchant. After fifteen years In mercantile life he went into the manufacture of cigars and carried that on for ten years. Although he has transacted business which necessitated his being at Wheeling more or less at different periods, Harrisville has continued his permanent home since he returned from the west, and his interests are centered here. About 1919 Mr. Giffen retired, and is now enjoying the comforts his industry and good business management have secured for him. For a period of twenty-one years he served as mayor of Harrisville, and he has also held every village office, the people having such confidence in him and his ability that they have been eager to thrust responsibility upon him. He assisted in making West Virginia a commonwealth, and he served two years in the West Virginia State Guards.

On August 26, 1859, Mr. Giffen was united in marriage with Mary J. Bleakmore, born at Harrisville, Ohio, a daughter of George W. and Sarah (Miller) Bleakmore. George W. Bleakmore came to Harrisville from Moundsville, West Virginia, in 1834, and was engaged in conducting a hotel at Harrisville the remainder of his life. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Bleakmore had the following children : Marissa, Mary

A., who died in 1888; James F., who was second In order of birth; Samuel H., Jr., who died In 1914; Helen Jane, who married Robert S. Ball, lives at Great Falls, Montana ; Gussie T., who married Edwin French, became a physician, and she is engaged in practice at Detroit, Michigan;

John B., who is a merchant of Harrisville; and Anna M.. who married Leonard Burdick and lives at Detroit, Michigan. Mrs. Giffen died in 1883. On December 31, 1891, Mr. Giffen was married to Mrs. Sarah J. Morgan, widow of George Morgan, and a daughter of John and Mary (King) Parterfleld. By her marriage with Mr. Morgan Mrs. Giffen had six children, five of whom lived to reach maturity, namely: Mary C., who married William Watson; Clara Bell, who married George Webster; Anna B., who married Dr. George Furby; Lola, who married Grafton Stephens; and George P., who married Jeanette Beck. Mr. and Mrs. Giffen belong to the United Presbyterian Church, and are active in its good work.

John B. Giffen. One of the leading business men of Harrisville is John B. Giffen, who for the past fifteen years has been conducting one of the leading mercantile houses and restaurants of this part of the county. He was bora at Harrisville, October 26, 1875, a son of Samuel H. and Mary J. (Bleakmore ) Giffen, grandson of William Giffen, and great-grandson of John Giffen.

The Giffen family originated in Glasgow, Scotland, where John Giffen was born in 1765, and when he was four years old his parents came to America. William Giffen was bora in Ohio County, West Virginia, to which locality his father had moved from the initial settlement in New York State, and he went on westward into Ohio, locating near Glencoe Station, Belmont County, Ohio, where his son Samuel H. Giffen was born in 1840.

Leaving the home of his father, Samuel H. Giffen traveled about for some years, living at Harrisville, Ohio, Wheeling, West Virginia, and Johnson County, Kansas, and then settled permanently at Harrisville, where he is now living in honorable retirement. In the preceding sketch will be found the biography of Samuel H. Giffen and his first wife, the mother of John B. Giffen, as well as other matters of family history. Mrs. Giffen was bora at Harrisville, Ohio, a daughter of George W. Bleakmore.

John B. Giffen attended the public schools of Harrisville and In 1890 went to Wheeling, West Virginia, to visit relatives, and while there attended school. He was also employed in a music store of that city. Going to Cleveland, Ohio, in search of a wider field, he was employed by the Kimball Piano Company of that city for two years, but in 1897 returned to Harrisville, where he has continued to live. For the past fifteen years he has concentrated his efforts upon making his store and restaurant paying enterprises, and has succeeded In an admirable manner.

On April 14, 1904, Mr. Giffen was married to Hattie I. Watson, a daughter of J. W. and Mary Catherine (Morgan) Watson. Mrs. Giffen was a graduate nurse, having taken her course in the Old Wheeling Hospital at Wheeling, West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Giffen have no children. Although brought up in the United Presbyterian Church, Mr. Giffen does not belong to it, but his wife does. He is a member of Saint Clairsville Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and also be- longs to the Knights of Pythias of Harrisville. In addition to his other interests Mr. Glffen is a director of the Adena Commercial and Savings Bank of Adena, Jefferson County, Ohio, and in every line he Is displaying excellent business ability, and discharging the duties assigned to him in a wholly efficient and praiseworthy way.

Jesse C. Ruff, whose effective administration in the office of postmaster marks him as one of the leading citizens of the thriving village of Minerva, was born in West Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, September 5, 1857, and in addition to receiving the advantages of the public schools of his native county his ambition to gain a liberal education resulted in his attending Mount Union College in the years 1871 and 1872. At the age of seventeen years he engaged in teaching in the district schools, and he continued successfully to follow the pedagogic profession until 1886, after which he was engaged in farm enterprise for six years. In 1892 he became associated with the operation of a brick yard at Pekin, Carroll County, and with this enterprise he continued his alliance twenty years. For the ensuing three years he was employed at the warehouse of L. Dennis at Minerva, and in 1916 he received appointment to the office of postmaster of this village, a position in which he has since continued to give most effective and popular service, besides which his civic loyalty has been further shown in his service as a member of the Board of Education of the village, of which he was president fofr some time. He is a staunch advocate of the principles of the democratic party and has been active in the promotion of its cause, both he and his wife being members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.

On the 20th of March, 1881, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Ruff to Miss Mary M. Harsh, daughter of Isaac and Barbara Harsh, of Carroll County, and a granddaughter of the late Lewis Harsh, one of the sterling pioneers of this county. To Mr. and Mrs. Ruff have been bom seven children: Charles resides at Malvern, this county; Homer, who is a resident of the state of California, married Miss Minnie Henry, of Malvern, and they have one child, Don; Wade, who resides in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, married Miss Olive Ruff, and their one child Is a daughter, Betty; Mary died at the age of sixteen years; Emma is the wife of Otto Mount, of Cambridge, Guernsey County, and they have one son, Dick Wilson; John resides at Minerva, the maiden name of his wife having been Cleo Rue, and their one child being a fine little son, John, Jr., more familiarly known as "Jack;" and Goldie is the wife of J. D. Herr, of Chicago, Illinois.

James W. Wilkin. Among the well-known farmers of Freeport Township, Harrison County, whose industry, energy and good management have placed them In comfortable circumstances and gained for them a reputable standing among their townsmen is James W. Wilkin, who has successfully pursued his vocation on his present property for twelve years. Mr. Wilkin was bom in Belmont County, Ohio, July 31, 1860, a son of Thomas and Mary (Griffin) Wilkin.

The pioneer of this branch of the Wilkin family in Ohio was Archibald Wilkin, the grandfather of James W., who was bora in Pennsylvania and in young manhood removed to Guernsey County, this state, where he followed farming during the remainder of his life. He was the father of the following children: Andrew, William, James, Archibald, Mary Jane, Catherine and Rebecca. Thomas Wilkin was born in Pennsylvania and as a young man adopted the pursuits of the soil for his life work, subsequently following farming and stock raising in Guernsey and Belmont counties during the remainder of a long and honorable career. His death occurred in 1891. Mr. Wilkin married Miss Mary Griffin, who was born in Belmont County, Ohio, a daughter of James and Hannah Griffin, natives of Ireland. She died December 9. 1920. They had nine children, as follows: Margaret; Elizabeth, who died as a child; Hannah; Harriet; Martha; James W. ; Thomas Henry; John A., who died as a child; and Rebecca, deceased.

James W. Wilkin was given the advantages* of attendance at the district schools of Guernsey County and resided on the home farm untill his marriage, in 1891, to Miss Lizzie Bond, a? daughter of Joshua and Susanna ( Huffman)' Bond. Following their marriage Mr. Wilkin? started farming in Belmont County, where he' remained until 1906, then removing to Scior Ohio, where he resided for four months. At that time he made his advent in Harrison County, which has since been his home, and during the past twelve years has lived on Us present farm of 160 acres in Freeport Township. He carries on general farming and stock raising, and his labors have been attended with gratifying success, he being Justly accounted one of the substantial men of his section. As a citizen he has given his moral and material support to worthy measures, and while he has never sought office or public honors has endeavored to assist in the securing of good officials and proper legislation. Mrs. Wilkin is a member of the Methodist Church. They have no children.

Thomas Henry Wilkin, a brother of James W. Wilkin, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, January 15, 1864, and received his education in the public schools in the vicinity of the home farm. As a young man he started farming in his native county, where he became the owner of 160 acres, but in 1906 disposed of his holdings and moved to his present farm in Moorefleld Township, Harrison County, where he owns a valuable and productive property, consisting of ninety-three acres.* He does general farming and stock raising, in which he has achieved success, and since his arrival has made numerous improvements, including the building of a new barn. In 1895 Mr. Wilkin married Iona Campbell, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Donley) Campbell, and four children were born to this union : Dorothy Blanche, who married Worthy Milliken and has one son, Harry Raymond; an infant who died unnamed; and Freda May and Ralph Raymond, who reside with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Wilkin are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Piedmont.

David A. Kean. In ascribing the distinction of pioneer ancestry to citizens of the present generation in Carroll County more than ordinary prestige must be accorded to David Addison Keanf who is a native of Lee Township, this county, and who is one of the progressive farmers of this township. The original representative of the Kean family in this section of the Buckeye State was John Kean, who was born and reared in Ireland and who received a liberal education. After his marriage he served about three years in the English army, his repugnance to this enforced military service finally resulting in his deserting from the ranks and making his way to the United States, he having first located in Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in teaching school. In 1814 his wife joined him in this country, and soon afterward they came to Ohio and established their residence at Salem, Jefferson County. There they remained but a short time, and they then came to what Is now Washington Township, Carroll County, where Mr. Kean took up a tract of wild land and Instituted the reclamation of a farm, besides which he became one of the first school teachers within the limits of the county as now constituted. After here remaining several years he returned to Jefferson County and located near Bergholtz, where he passed the remainder of his life. Both he and his wife were of venerable age at the time of their deaths. They became the parents of the following children: Mrs. Jane Kelly, Mrs. Rosanna Sweany, John, Mrs. Mary A. Miller, Francis, Mrs. Isabella Fulton, Mrs. Matilda Wallace, Daniel and William. 'Of the above named children John was the grandfather of him whose name initiates this review.

David Addison Kean was bom in Lee Township, Carroll County, on the 28th of July, 1870, and is a son of Francis and Sarah (Hunter) Kean, the former a native of Jefferson County, this state, and the latter of Washington County, Pennsylvania, whence her parents, John and Christiana (George) Hunter, came to Ohio in the pioneer days. Francis Kean was reared and educated In this section of the Buckeye State and after his marriage he settled in Lee Township, Carroll County, where he continued as one of the substantial citizens and representative farmers of the county until his death, on the 18th of March, 1800. The family name of his first wife was Hoobler, and of this union were bora eleven children. After the death of his first wife he married Miss Sarah Hunter, and they became the parents of two sons and five daughters. Mrs. .Kean survived her husband fourteen years and entered into eternal rest on the 9th of May, 1904, both having been earnest members of the United Presbyterian Church.

David A. Kean remained on the old home farm until the death of his father, and in the meanwhile he had profited by the advantages offered in the Pleasant Hill district school, which he continued to attend at intervals until he was eighteen years of age. After the death of his father he assumed active management of the old home farm, and here he continued to care for his widowed mother with deep filial devotion until she too passed away. He then came into possession of about ninety-two acres of the original farm of his father, in section 4, Lee Township, and there he continued his residence until July, 1919, when he sold the property and purchased his present well Improved farm of 150 acres in the northwest corner of Lee Township. Here he has a splendid field for his vigorous and progressive activities as an agriculturist and stock-grower, and in all of the relations of life he is well upholding the prestige of the honored family name. In addition to the home place he owns also another farm of 160 acres, this being likewise in Lee Township and being used largely for pasturage and the raising of fodder crops. Mr. Kean gives special attention to the raising of cattle, sheep and swine, and in this department of farm enterprise his operations are carried on upon a somewhat extensive scale. His home farm was owned in the pioneer days by a man named Wolf, who here maintained an old-time tavern and stage coach station for the accommodation of travelers passing along the road between Steubenville and Canton, the farm being about midway between these no attractive cities. In the old Wolf Tavern were held pioneer court proceedings, and It was the stage also of public meetings of both political and social order.

Mr. Kean is a staunch supporter of the cause of the republican party, Is aflaiiated with the Carrollton camp of the Modern Woodmen of America, and he and his wife hold membership in the United Presbyterian Church at Carrollton, In which he is serving as an elder.

On the 14th of November, 1901, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Kean to Miss Anna Allmon, who was bora and reared in Fox Township, this county, a daughter of John and Lydia (Dennis) Allmon, and a granddaughter of Preston and Elizabeth (Woods) Allmon, who were early settlers in Jefferson County. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Kean were John W. and Rebecca (Hart) Dennis, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and of Carroll County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Kean have four children: Mary B., John F., David R. and Martha Lydia.

Emmett Thompson. There are families who continue through succeeding generations in one community, and Emmett Thompson, of Cadiz Township, was bora March 6, 1857, on the same farmstead where his father before him, Joseph L. Thompson, was born February 16, 1826. Thomas Thompson came to Cadiz Township in 1816, and for more than a century the Thompson family has gone in and out in the community.

In 1849, Joseph L. Thompson married Mary Conoway. She was bora February 28, 1831, in Archer Township. She was a daughter of Charles and Frances (Arnold) Conoway. Her father was one of the pioneer farmers of Archer Township. In 1868 he removed to Richland County. The Conoway children are: Benjamin, John, Michael. Charles, Enoch, Sophia, Elizabeth, Mary (Mrs. Thompson), Rachel, Susan and Jane. Michael and Enoch were Civil war soldiers, Enoch being killed at the battle of Pittsburg Landing. The Thompsons and Conoways were

Reverting to the Thompson lineage, Thomas Thompson, who planted the family tree in Harrison County, was bom, September 8, 1779, within the Revolutionary war period. He was ten years old when George Washington became president of the United States. On May 3, 1804, he married Mary Weston, of Huntington County, Pennsylvania. When they came to Cadiz Township, Harrison County, they located on a farmstead, where they lived the remainder of their days. He died there January 17, 1875. The children in the pioneer Thompson family are: Nancy, bora September 25, 1806; John, August 13, 1808; Sarah, October 19, 1811 ; Thomas, June 20, 1814; Mary, February 9, 1817; Catharine, June 22, 1819; Elijah, December 4, 1821; Joseph, February 16, 1826, and Rachel, June 28, 1828. The early Thompsons were Methodists.

Joseph L. Thompson was born, lived and died where the son Emmett Thompson was bora. After the death of his father, Thomas Thompson, he bought the homestead of 180 acres and spent all of his life there. The children in his family are: Elosia, wife of Emery Birney;

Rachel, deceased; Emmett, the subject of this review; Jennie, widow of Oscar Sparrow; Junletta, who died in infancy; Mary, wife of Joseph B. Dunlap; and Eleanor, wife of Frank Drum. The mother died June 9, 1907, and the father died January 25, 1908 - less than one year later.

There has been a genealogist abroad in the early Thompson family records, the family annals showing that the great-grandfather of Emmett Thompson, the line coming down through Joseph from Thomas back to Thomas Thompson, was bora December 7, 1744, in Center County, Pennsylvania, and that on August 23, 1768, he married Eleanor Lindsay who was born May 4, 1747. The Thompsons of that day and generation were: William, bora April 1,

1769; Thomas, who died in infancy; Elizabeth. April 26, 1773; Abraham, December 6, 1775; John, bora February 6, 1777; Thomas already mentioned, bora September 8, 1779. the child having the name given the second son who died, this one founding the family history in Harrison County; Isaiah, bora August 25. 1781; Amos, October 20, 1783; Nathan, July 8, 1785; Mary, September 6, 1787; Jonathan, August 5, 1790, and Joseph, November 25, 1792. The entire Thompson family were Methodists.

Emmett Thompson who looks back over such a long line of American ancestry, was educated in public school at Cadiz. He always farmed with his father and in 1888 he bought sixty acres adjoining the family homestead. He inherited seventy acres and now owns 130 acres with substantial improvements on it. On August 30, 1888, Mr. Thompson married Abbie Busby. She is a daughter of Martin V. and Melinda (Hailey) Busby. Their children are: George B., who married Erma Cramblet, and their children are George Lawrence, Charles Edward and Helen Marie; Oscar V. married Marie Lockhart and they have a son, Robert; Clara Is a teacher in the public schools at Kent, Ohio; Joseph L. married Bessie Stamm, and

As a slight resume, the Thompson family is Scotch Irish, the emigrants coming from Scotland and locating in Center County, Pennsylvania, in the eighteenth century. Few families continue longer in one community than the Thompsons of Harrison County. It is written in the Bible that the* places that know us now shall soon know us no more forever. Few other families have the heritage of more than a century in one community, the land titles always remaining in the same name, changed only by inheritance from father to son, and now there are Thompson children in the fifth generation.

James W. Newlin, while residing in Cadiz, judicial center of Harrison County, where for the past quarter of a century he has been engaged in the manufacturing of ice cream on a modest scale, still gives his active supervision to his well Improved farm of seventy acres in Short Creek Township, about two miles distant from Cadiz.

Mr. Newlin was bora in Jefferson County, Ohio, January 24, 1858, and is a son of James P. and Elizabeth (Cochran) Newlin, the former of whom was bora in Jefferson County in December, 1817, and the latter was bora in Harrison County, a daughter of Martin Cochran and a representative of one of the well-known pioneer families of this county. James P. Newlin became a skilled workman at the carpenter's trade, to which he gave his attention during the major part of his active career, in the meantime having developed an appreciable business as a contractor and builder. He continued his residence in his native county for many years and then removed to Belmont County, where his death occurred in 1881, and where his wife died in 1873. They were consistent members of the United Presbyterian Church. Of their children the eldest was William A., who entered the service of the Union at the beginning of the Civil war and who was killed while participating in the historic battle of the Wilderness; Margaret A. became the wife of Samuel Patterson, and both were residents of Kansas at the time of their deaths; Martha Jane became the wife of Rev. D. M. Sleeth, and both are now deceased; Emma, the wife of Charles Balch, died in Kansas; Elizabeth became the wife of Rev. John Giffen, and accompanied him to Egypt, where he was in service as a missionary; and James W., of this review, is the youngest of the number.

James W. Newlin gained his early education In the public schools of Belmont County, and later attended a high school in West Virginia for two years. As a young man he initiated his Independent career as a farmer in Belmont County, where he remained until 1886, when he came to Harrison County and engaged in the same line of industrial enterprise in Short Creek Township, where he still retains and manages his excellent farm of seventy acres, though he and his wife have maintained their home in the village of Cadiz since 1905. He is a loyal supporter of the principles of the repub-

December 30, 1884, recorded the marriage of Mr. Newlin to Miss Elizabeth A. Davis, daughter of Alfred and Sarah Davis, of Belmont County. Mrs. Newlin passed to the life eternal in 1909, and of their three children two are living: Gertrude M. is the wife of Rev. William Brainard Jamison, a clergyman of the United Presbyterian Church, and they are in active missionary service in Egypt, as successful workers in that ancient land, their one child being a son, Wallace Newlin Jamison ; Roy died at the age of two years ; and Mary is an official in the Young Men's Christian Association at LaCrosse, Wisconsin. In July, 1911, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Newlin to Laura May Holliday, who was born and reared in Harrison County, a daughter of Eldred G. and Mary (Cunningham) Holliday, both likewise natives of this county and both representatives of early pioneer families that settled in this section of Ohio more than a century ago. Eldred G. Holliday was long numbered among the representative farmers of his native county, where he and his wife continued to reside until their deaths, when venerable in years, their children having been seven in number: John became a distinguished clergyman of the Presbyterian Church ; Robert took charge of the old home farm in Harrison County upon which his great-grandfather settled in the early pioneer days; George likewise became a prosperous exponent of farm industry in this county; David became a leading member of the bar in the state of Kansas; Rev. Thomas E., a clergyman of the United Presbyterian Church, went as a missionary to India; Laura May, wife of Mr. Newlin of this review, completed her education in the college at Monmouth, Illinois, and is an active participant in the work of the United Presbyterian Church at Cadiz ; and Nancy Bell, the youngest of the children, is Mrs. Nancy Wortman. Mrs. Newlin is the popular chatelaine of the attractive home at Cadiz and makes it a center of gracious hospitality.

J. Osborn Cope is the owner of one of the well improved and ably managed farm properties of his native county, 104 acres of the tract being in Cadiz Township and seventy-three acres in Nottingham Township, with the dividing line between the two townships thus traversing the farm. He is a representative of one of the old and prominent families of Harrison County, the lineage being traced back to English origin and the founder of the family in America having been Oliver Cope, who came from Wiltshire, England, and settled in Pennsylvania in 1687. One or more of his descendants became residents of Virginia, and it was from that state that John Cope came to Ohio in 1812, and after remaining about a year in Belmont County came to the present Harrison County, where the family^name has been one of prominence during the long intervening period of more than a century. In sketches appearing cm other pages of this work will be found adequate data concerning the earlier members of this representative family in Harrison County.

J. Osborn Cope was born in Nottingham Township, Harrison County, October 1, 1876, and is a son of Jacob and Amanda R. (Rose) Cope, both likewise natives of this county, the former a son of Samuel Cope, who was a farmer in Nottingham Township, and the latter a daughter of Hugh Rose, another sterling pioneer of the county. Jacob Cope was for a few years a resident of Illinois, but all of the remainder of his life was passed in his native township of Nottingham, where he was a successful farmer and highly honored citizen at the time of his death, in 1897, his widow still maintaining her home in this county and being a devoted member of the Christian Church, in which he likewise held membership. Their children are seven in number - Ida May, Nancy Emma, J. Osborn, Thomas Blaine, Lucy Lucretla, Walter Milo and Denver Lyle.

J. Osborn Cope acquired his early education in the public schools of his native township and was also afforded advantages for the cultivation of his exceptional musical talent. As a young man he devoted six years to the successful teaching of music in the public schools of Cadiz and Nottingham townships, and since 1900 he has resided upon and given his close attention to his present excellent farm which is given over to diversified agriculture and the raising of live stock, with preference given to sheep. He also owns fine residential property in the city of Cadiz. A republican in politics, Mr. Cope has been influential in community affairs, he having served two terms as trustee of Cadiz Township. Mr. Cope is a member of the Christian Church and Mrs. Cope is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

July 24, 1897, recorded the marriage of Mr. Cope to Miss Ida E. Blair, who was born and reared in Harrison County, as were also her parents, Albert and Hannah R. (Hines) Blair, whose marriage was solemnized June 4, 1871. Mr. Blair was born in Cadiz Township in 1838, and his wife in Nottingham Township in 1843, she being a daughter of Abraham and Hannah (Carson) Hines. Mr. and Mrs. Cope became the parents of three children, Alberta Estelle, Dorothy Beryl and Helen Irene, the last named having died in infancy. Albert Blair, a son of William and Sarah (Day) Blair, was the owner of a farm of 180 acres in Cadiz Township, and there he died on the 22d of March, 1882, when still a young man. His widow still resides in Harrison County. Of their children Mrs. Cope is the younger, and the firstborn, Mary Me, died in early childhood.

Walter C. Toland has built up a prosperous business as a painter and paper-hanger in his native village of Harrisville, Harrison County, where he also gives attention to expert electric wiring service. He was bom on the 1st of February, 1871, and is a son of Michael H. and Julia Ann (Dowdell) Toland. Michael H. Toland was bom in Mount Pleasant Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, a son of Hugh and Mary Toland, his father having been a millwright by trade and vocation and having settled in Jefferson County in an early day. He was a native of Ireland, and both he and his wife con- tinned their residence in Jefferson County until their deaths. In his youth Michael H. Toland learned the shoemaker's trade, and as a skilled workman he engaged successfully in the work of his trade at Harrisvil1ey Harrison County, where he maintained his home many years, commanded unqualified esteem and where he died at the age of seventy-three yeara His wife died in 1880. He held membership in the Union Church of Harrisville, and his wife held to the faith of the Methodist Protestant Church. Their eight children were: Alfred W., Catherine A., Lindley M., Edgar Alien, Walter C., John, Samuel and Isabel. John, Samuel and Isabel are deceased.

The public schools of Harrisville afforded Walter C. Toland his early educational advantages, and at the age of seventeen years he entered upon an apprenticeship to the printer's trade. The first year found him in service in the office of the Ohio Valley News at Martin's Ferry, Belmont County, and the remaining three years of his apprenticeship were marked by his connection with the Martin's Ferry Times, beginning with the latter paper when it was established. Thereafter he continued in the work of his trade about one year, and he then returned to Harrisville, where he has since maintained his home and where he has been definitely prospered in his chosen business. During this time he published a weekly newspaper, "The Independent,'' for six years. He is a republican in politics and he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church in their home village.

March 30, 1897, recorded the marriage of Mr. Toland to Miss Ada Morris, daughter of Samuel T. and Laura (Hicks) Morris, and the one child of this union is a son, Donald C.

David M. Robb was one of the representative farmers and highly honored citizens of Green Township, Harrison County, at the time of his death. May 23, 1916, and this memorial tribute to a man of sterling character and worthy achievement is accentuated by the fact that he was a native son of Harrison County, his parents, Joseph and Mary (Porter) Robb, natives of Ireland, having come to America and having established their residence in Green Township, Harrison County, Ohio, more than sixty years ago. It was about the year 1853 that Joseph Robb thus engaged in farm enterprise in Green Township, where he continued to maintain his home until his death, he having been killed in an accident while driving a pair of colts in August, 1850, and his wife having survived him by more than thirty years. She was born in 1815 and passed to eternal rest April 3, 1893, both having been earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Their children were nine in number: Robert, Samuel, William, David M., John, Joseph, James, Craig and Mary.

David M. Robb was born in Green Township, Harrison County, May 3, 1852, and was about seven years of age at the time of the tragic death of his father. His widowed mother remained on the home farm, and there he was reared to adult age, his educational advantages having been those afforded in the district schools of his native township. His initial activities as an independent exponent of farm Industry were staged in Green Township, where he remained until about the year 1871, when he went to Iowa and found employment at farm work and where he also became associated with his brothers Samuel and John in the ownership and development of a tract of land. He remained in the Hawkeye State three years, and he then returned to his native county and resumed farm operations in Green Township. About 1885 he here purchased eighty acres of land, to which he later added an adjacent tract of 120 acres and thus became the owner of a valuable farm estate of 200 acres. With characteristic energy and discrimination he so ordered his operations as to make his place one of the model farms of his native township, the same having been devoted to diversified agriculture and the raising of live stock. During the last forty years of his life he controlled also a prosperous business in the buying and shipping of cattle. His political support was given to the democratic party, and he was a member of the Presbyterian Church, as are also his widow and their only daughter. His life was guided and governed by high principles and ideals, and he commanded the unqualified confidence and respect of his fellow men.

On the 20th of August, 1891, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Robb to Miss Martha Elizabeth Caldwell, who likewise was born and reared in Green Township, and after his death she remained on the old home farm until 1917, when she sold the property and purchased the old Thompson McFadden farm of 206 acres in Cadiz Township, where she and her daughter, Mina May, the only child, now maintain their home, this being one of the valuable and attractive farm estates of Harrison County.

Mrs. Robb is a daughter of Ankrum and Eleanor (Reed) Caldwell, whose marriage was solemnized in January, 1849, and both of whom were natives of Harrison County, the father having been born in Green Township July 23, 1823, and the mother having been born August 22, 1828, a daughter of Thomas and Nellie ( Stone) Reed, pioneers of this county. Ankrum Caldwell was a son of John Caldwell and his second wife, Sarah (Reed) Caldwell, the former of whom was born June 1, 1780, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania* and the latter of whom was bom in March, 1797, in Harrison County, Ohio, her father, Robert Reed having been one of the very early settlers of this county. John Caldwell learned in his youth the trade of blacksmith, to which he applied himself in the old Keystone State until 1808, when he came to what is now Harrison County, Ohio, and settled in the midst of the forest in Green Township. Here he erected a rude blacksmith shop, in which he applied himself vigorously, besides which he cleared and reclaimed a small tract of farm land. He died on his farm near Hopedale, this county, at the patriarchal age of eightyeight years and honored as one of his sterling pioneer citizens of the county. His widow survived him and died February 16, 1871. He was a democrat in politics and served in various local offices of public trust, including those of township trustee, county commissioner and justice of the peace, in which last mentioned po- gition he served many years. Both he and his wife were members of the United Presbyterian Church. John Caldwell first married Miss Elizabeth Birney, who died a few years later, the only child of this union having been Robert Reed Caldwell, who was a resident of Wood County, this state, at the time of his death, when seventy-five years of age. Of the second marriage were born ten children: Samuel M., who removed to Clarke County and there established his home and is now deceased ; Elizabeth Ray, deceased, who became the wife of James Davidson; Ankrum, father of Mrs. Robb of this review; William H., deceased, who became a prosperous farmer in Cadiz Township; John, deceased, who removed to the state of Kansas; Isaac Shannon, who died in youth; Martha Mccrea, deceased, became the wife of James English; James, deceased, established his home at Fort Wayne, Indiana; and David Hilbert and Albert Hamilton, both of whom became residents of Guernsey County, Ohio, and both are deceased. Ankrum Caldwell passed his entire life in Green Township, where he became a successful farmer and a man of prominence and influence in community affairs. There he died on the 8th of December, 1883, and his venerable widow, revered by all who knew her, passed away January 18, 1900, both having been earnest members of the Presbyterian Church. Of their children the eldest Is Sarah, wife of Smiley Mc- Bride, of Guernsey County; Martha Elizabeth is the widow of the subject of this memoir ; John T. is a resident of the state of Oregon; and Miss Ella M. resides with her sister, Mrs. Robb.

Since the death of her honored husband Mrs. Robb has shown marked discrimination and ability in the management of her farm and business interests, and in her native county she has a 1 wide circle of loyal and valued friends.

Elmeb Coulteb is found aligned with the sterling yeomen who are upholding the precedence of Harrison County in the d<main of farm industry and is one of the representative agriculturists and stock-growers of Short Creek Township.

Mr. Coulter was born in Wheeling Township, Belmont County, Ohio, on the 17th of December, 1866, and is a son of James S. and Hannah A. (Henderson) Coulter, both likewise natives of the county, the latter having been a daughter of Alexander and Hannah (Hawthorne) Henderson. Alexander Henderson was a young man when he came from Pennsylvania to Belmont County, Ohio, where he continued for many years to be successfully engaged in farm industry, the last five years of his life having been passed at Harrlsville, Harrison County. His children were eight in number: Andrew, William, James (captain of his company in an Ohio regiment in the Civil war), Alexander Y., Martha, Mary Jane, Elizabeth and Hannah A.

James S. Coulter was born In Belmont County in the year 1841 and was a son of Thomas and Mary Ann (Sloan) Coulter, the former a native of Ireland and the latter of Belmont County, Ohio, where her parents settled in the early pioneer days. Thomas Coulter was a child at the time of his parents' immigration to the

United States, and he was but nine years of age at the time of his father's death. He was indentured, or "bound out," to a man named Smith in Belmont County after the death of his father, and in that county he was reared to manhood. There he continued his association with farm enterprise until 1845, when he came with his family to Harrison County and settled in Short Creek Township, where he developed a productive farm and where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. They became the parents of seven children: James S., Sarah Jane, Robert, Angeline, John R., Thomas and Laura Bell.

James S. Coulter was about four years old when his parents came from Belmont County to Harrison County, and he was reared on the old home farm in Short Creek Township. After his marriage he removed to Wheeling Township, Belmont County, but after having there been engaged in farming for two years he returned to Harrison County, where he followed the same vocation during the remainder of his life, his death having occurred in February* 1916, and his widow having passed away on the 14th of August, 1918. In 1866 they became members of the United Presbyterian Church at Harrlsville, and they maintained their active affiliation with this church until they passed from the stage of life's mortal endeavors. Of their two children Elmer, of this review, is the elder, and Miss Mary B. resides in the village of Harrlsville.

Elmer Coulter is indebted to the district schools of Short Creek Township for his early education, and from his youth to the present time he has been actively identified with agricultural and live-stock enterprise in this township, where he is the owner of a well-improved farm of 170 acres. Upon the death of their parents he and his sister inherited the old home farm of 145 acres, and this property they sold in 1919. Mr. Coulter is vigorous and enterprising in both the agricultural and live-stock departments of farm industry and is one of the substantial men of the township in which the major part of his life has thus far been spent He is a republican in political allegiance and he and his wife are zealous members of the United Presbyterian Church at Harrlsville, in which he has served as trustee and also as an elder.

On the 29th of October, 1902, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Coulter to Miss Anna M. Ferguson, daughter of James P. Ferguson, of Belmont County. Mr. and Mrs. Coulter have three children, whose names and respective dates of birth are here designated: Alma

Thomas H. Cunningham. When Harrison County was still In its formative period there came to this region a physician, Dr. William Cunningham by name, who built a house in what is now New Rumley and entered upon the practice of his profession. His skill and kindly sympathy made him the friend of all with whom he was brought into contact, and he earned and held the respect and confidence of the people of the county. With his location here the family of Cunningham was established in Harrison County, and his descendants have lived up to the standards he raised, one of the most representative of them being Thomas H. Cunningham, a farmer of Rumley Township, although he lives at New Rumley in the same house his grandfather built so many years ago. Doctor Cunningham continued in active practice until his death, and for some years after he came here was the only one of his profession in the county. His wife's first name was Nancy, and they had the following children: Thomas

Thomas H. Cunningham, of the above mentioned family, and father of the Thomas H. Cunningham, whose name heads this review, was born at New Rumley, but not in the house erected by his father. When old enough to support himself he became a clerk in a store, and in time owned and conducted a store of his own at New Rumley, and was a merchant of the place for half a century, being actively engaged in this line of business at the time of his death in 1906. He was married to Elisabeth McGavran, a daughter of Stephen and Julia (Haines) McGavran. Stephen McGavran came from Stark County, Ohio, where Mrs. Cunningham was born, to Harrison County, Ohio, and located in the village of New Rumley, where he worked as a carpenter and cabinetmaker. In the early days when the necessity arose for a coffin the cabinetmaker would be called upon to make it, and Stephen McGavran furnished these last coverings for many of the early settlers who passed away after his advent in the neighborhood. He and his wife had two children : John and Elizabeth. The children born to the elder Thomas H. Cunningham and wife were: John, who lives in Kansas City, Missouri ; William E., who lives at Scio, Ohio ; Elsworth, who is deceased ; George A., who is mentioned further on in this article; Thomas H., of whom we write; and Myram, who married C. W. Got shall.

Thomas H. Cunningham, the younger, was born in his present house March 12, 1869. He was reared at New Rumley, where he has spent his life, and his education was acquired in its schools. From the beginning of his career he has been Interested In fur buying and farming, and now owns seventy acres of land in Rumley Township.

On October 30, 1896, Mr. Cunningham was married to Jennie Graham, a daughter of John and Lydia (Amos) Graham. Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham have two sons, Stephen Merle and Dwight.

Stephen Merle Cunningham is one of the veterans of the World war, having entered the service in September, 1918, at which time he was sent to Oberlin, Ohio, and was beginning his training when the signing of the Armistice made it unnecessary for any further sending of troops abroad, and he was discharged December 28, 1918. He was graduated from the Scio Normal College, and is now engaged in teaching school, being principal of the public school at New Rumley. Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham are members

George A. Cunningham, a brother of Thomas H. Cunningham, is another solid and reliable member of the Cunningham family. He was born at New Rumley February 25, 1866, and attended its public schools. When he reached young manhood he learned to be a painter and paperhanger, and has been engaged in these lines of work all his life. He has made New Rumley his place of residence, but oftentimes has contracts in territory outside the village.

In 1891 George A. Cunningham was married to Valeria Shuss, a daughter of John and Mary Jane Shuss, and they have two children, namely : Ethel Fay, who married Robert Montgomery, has a daughter, Eileen; and Nellie May, who married William Vanfossen, and has a child, Lamoin. George A. Cunningham and his wife both belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church of New Rumley, In which he has been a member since reaching man's estate, and he has also been superintendent of the Sunday School.

Lemuel W. Fisher. Some of the most progressive men of Harrison County are those who own and operate farm land within its confines, and through them and their efforts many new methods are being adopted and improvements made which are proving of general benefit to all. Lemuel W. Fisher, of Freeport Township, is one of these energetic men of affairs who has not confined his efforts to agricultural matters, but has been connected with a number of other undertakings of his neighborhood.

Lemuel W. Fisher was born in Londonderry Township, Guernsey County, Ohio, March 26, 1869, a son of Edwin and Sarah (McGuire) Fisher, and grandson of Perry G. and Mary E. (Williamson) Fisher. Perry G. Fisher was one of the early farmers of Belmont County, Ohio, and he and his wife became the parents of the following children : John, George, Perry, Edwin, Sarah J., Lecretia, Keziah, Eliza and Mary. They were religious people and worshiped and worked In connection with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which they were consistent members.

Edwin Fisher was born in Flushing Township, Belmont County, Ohio, In 1828, and his wife was bora In Londonderry Township, Guernsey County, Ohio, in 1826. She was a daughter of John and Mary (Fulton) McGuire. During the greater portion of his life Edwin Fisher was engaged in farming In Belmont County, Ohio, and died there in 1901, his widow surviving him until 1911. Their children were as follows: John M., who lives in North Dakota; Mary J., who was second in order of birth; Lemuel W., whose name heads this review; and Lafayette, who lives at Belle Center, Logan County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher and their children all joined the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Although the family lived In Belmont County, the children all went to school in Londonderry Township, Guernsey County, Ohio, and later Lemuel W. Fisher became a student of the normal college at Lebanon, Ohio, leaving that institution after a year to study for another year at Mount Union, Stark County, Ohio. For fifteen years he was engaged in teaching school, and during that period did a large amount of reading and kept himself posted upon current matters, and has never lost the habit of going into a subject thoroughly before he makes a decision. Leaving the educational field, he became a farmer, and in 1894 moved to Freeport Township, Harrison County, Ohio, and now owns 140 acres in his homestead and fifty acres more not far away in the same township. Here he is engaged in raising a general line of crops and stockraising, specializing on breeding Durham and Holstein cattle. Mr. Fisher and his sister Mary J. have always lived together, and she looks after the affairs of the household, making a pleasant home for the two. He was appointed war food and crop commissioner of Harrison County by Governor Cox, and served as such during the period of the war. From 1909 to 1913, Mr. Fisher was a commissioner of Harrison County, and is now a member of the Harrison County Board of Agriculture. Since its organization as a state bank he has been the president of the Piedmont State Bank. Both he and Miss Mary belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church of Smyrna, Ohio, and their fellow members look to the Fishers for effective work no matter what may come up to receive attention, and are never disappointed of generous assistance from both. For some years Mr. Fisher has been a trustee of the church.

Francis A. Hilligas. The family name borne by this sterling citizen of Short Creek Township, Harrison County, is one that has been of significant influence in connection with the civic and industrial development and progress of the county, which has represented his home from the time of his birth and with the history of which the family name has been identified since the early pioneer days.