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CRUMBACKER 259 96 1 Apr 1858 PENNOCK, Isaac m Jemima DENNIS; Aff. #9 John Hart made oath as to age of bride and groom and he signed its PENNOCK, Miss Mary see Hezekiah PYLE PENNOCK, Miss Mary Adaline see Alonzo DEFORD 262 96 24 June 1858 PENNOCK, Pusey m Sarah WILSON 306 96 8 Apr 1860 PENNOCK, Roland m Miss Elizabeth J. SHAW 176 24 9 Apr 1855 PENNOCK, Rowland m Miss Eliza Marian

175 22 Jan 1856 PETERSON, John m Miss Emily DANIEL Cert. 289 25 Aug 1864 PETERSON, William m Miss Elnor Jane MILNER; Aff. #139 William Peterson saw John C. Miller sign an oath giving consent for his daughter to marry.

Miller

243 17 Mar 1864 RINEHART, James H. m Miss Sarah Ellen MILLER; Aff. #125 George Rinehart made oath he heard Dovill Rinehart, father of James give consent to marry; Certificate

Marshall

191 17 Mar 1864 RUSSELL, Jackson m Miss Sarah Ruth BEAMER; Aff. #124 William Cassidy made oath that Jackson Russell has the consent of his father.

West

SMILY, Miss Mary Jane see William GOLDEN 32 4 Mar 1864 SMITH, Andrew Lt. Com. JG Co. I - 13 Regt OVI m Miss Anne Jane MOORE; Certificate reads Ann; married in Harrison Co., and asks to have a notice published in our county paper. SMITH, Anne see Gabriel JACKSON

Shepherd

TELFER, Elizabeth G. see Samuel DAVIS 87 8 Apr 1852 TELFER, John M. m Miss Nancy WATSON; Cert. TELFER, Rose Ann see Andrew SHEPHERD 5 14 Aug 1851 TELFER, Samuel J. m Mary Ann FIELDS; Cert. 151 4 Dec 1863 TELFER, William M. m Miss Margaret J. KEAN; Aff. #116; He is not 21 yr. of age but has his father's consent; Certificate reads KEIN

Hatch Moore

THOMPSON, Mrs. Elisabeth see William RISOR 288 26 Dec 1863 'THOMPSON, Elisha A. m Miss Susana ROUSE; Aff. #99; Elisha possibly Elmer; Certificate reads Susan and 25 Dec 1862

Walker

THORLY, Miss Phebe see Daniel SUITER pie. 13 May 1854 TIDBALL, Abraham m Miss Eliza Jane TIDBALL; Cert.; Assent - Abraham Tidball of Millersburg, Holmes, Co., OH; father of Eliza is J. B. Tidball

Morledge, Tillett Workman

397 191 30 Sept 1864 TIPTON, Samuel E. m Hester Ann BEAMER; Aff. #143 Note on marriage record states names in error and cites Journal 3, P. 151; Affidavit both names crossed out. Certificate reads Esther Anne.

40 es 6 Nov 1850 TOBAN, Asberry m Sarah Ann BURGET; Cert.; Assent by George and Mary Burget; not named as parents but give permission; Witness Jonah Queen.

309 160 16 Aug 1860 TOLSON, John m Miss Elizabeth C. TAYLOR; Aff. #46 William Withrow made oath that Elizabeth is not 18 and the father of said Elizabeth gave his consent to the marriage and Wm. Withrow signed it.

Tope

TREEP, Sarah A. see Otas G. STAUB 305 211 31 May 1860 TRESSEL, Levi m Miss Phebe A. DAVY; Aff. #45 T. H. Davy made oath that Phebe is not 18 yr. of age and that Edward D. Davy, the father of said Phebe, is willing to the marriage.

122 29 Mar 1855 TRITT, Henry m Miss Mary L. HOLE Cert. 20 13 Aug 1854 TRUE, John m Miss Ann Eliza BEAN Cert.; Assent John True of Tuscarawas Co.; father of Ann Elizabeth Beans is John F. Beans of Norristown; Witness: Thomas Beary and Charles W. Beans

SNIVELY; Aff. #176 Elias Fisher made oath they were of age. TURNIPSEED, Lydia Ann see Thomas MARSHALL 272 15 Oct 1863 TURNIPSEED, Samuel m Miss Ester Anne LEYDA

Martin

24 11 Sept 1853 WHITACRE, Salathiel m Sarah BAKER; Not recorded; Cert. returned; assent by mother Susan Whitacre; witnessed by William Deford and George Milner WHITACRE, Miss Sarah see Philip WINTERS

Morrow M. Elliott

Cert. reads LINDSEY On 29 Oct 1856 WILSON, Joseph S. m Miss Sarah Jane PRICE; Certificate reads Joseph WILSON and on reverse Asseneth Sutton, Philip F. Price, Hester A. Thomas, Green Co. & Jefferson Co.

Source changes here: from History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, by H. J. Eckley, William T. Perry, published 1921; 574,748 words in this source stream.

Harrison Township

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Biographical

Hon. Rupebt Beetham, president of the Fourth National Bank of Cadiz, and representative from Harrison County, has been closely identified with the business and civic affairs of Harrison County for twenty years, having located in Cadiz in September of 1900. He was born at Greensburg, Trumbull County, Ohio, on August 29, 1877, and is the son of the Rev. John and Mary (Rennison) Beetham, natives of northern England, who came to America In 1867.

Rev. John Beetham was a member first of the Erie Conference and later the East Ohio, that finally merged into the North-East Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He served many pastorates during his more than thirty years of active ministry, namely, North Jackson, Windom, Talmadge, Bedford. Niles, Hopedale, Gnadenhutten, West Lafayette. Leesville, Vienna, Jewett, Canton, Thompson and Somerton. He was a strong and vigorous preacher, and in the majority of his appointments he served the time limit for pastors then in vogue. He came of a family of musicians and was himself a noted singer as well as being accomplished on the piano, pipe organ, violin, cello and flute. His "ditties" like "Mary and Martha" and "The Spider and the Fly" were great favorites wherever he resided. Mary Rennison Beetham, though the mother of seven children, was always active in church work, and was one of the district officials of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society for many years. She was declared, by one of the prominent Methodist ministers to be "a gifted woman, of keen intellect, remarkable memory, and an eloquent speaker."

Uhrichsville, Ohio; John S., supervisor of agents, Lake Shore Railroad, Cleveland, Ohio; William N., superintendent of schools, Wellsburg, West Virginia; Alfred C., a practicing physician of Bellaire, Ohio; R. Emory, pastor of the Oakland Methodist Church, Shenley Park, Pittsburg; Rupert Rennison, the subject; Charles S., of Jewett, Ohio, traveling salesman for the Twin City Grocery Company. Thus seven members of the family, all born in different towns, chose different vocations and located in different places. Rev. Beetham died at Jewett in December, 1905, the mother having died at the same place in October, 1890. Both are buried at Gnadenhutten Ohio.

Rupert Beetham as a boy attended the various schools where his father was located in his ministry. He completed his high school course at Canton after spending one year at Scio College, and later completed his law course at the Ohio State University, paying his own way from money earned in teaching school in Short Creek Township, this county, during the winters of 1917-19. In school he was ever an active member - always taking part in the literary societies, the debating teams, the baseball, football and track teams. He played football two years at Canton High School and one year at Ohio State, and was never on the losing side of a contest in this sport. He received a number of medals for track victories while in high school and there made records of twenty feet for the broad jump and over forty feet for the hop, step and jump. He played baseball for many years and was a member of the Scio College team of 1895 that went through the season with seventeen victories.

He was admitted to the bar in 1900 and immediately entered upon the practice of the profession in Cadiz in partnership with Judge W. T. Perry. In the same month - September - he was married to Crete McLaughlin, of Short Creek Township. As a candidate for prosecuting attorney in 1905 he was defeated by E. S. McNamee. In December, 1905. he was appointed postmaster of Cadiz by President Roosevelt, upon the recommendation of Congressman Weems, though the appointment was without solicitation on the part of Mr. Beetham. He was re-appointed by President Taft in 1910, and served until April 1, 1914. During his term of office city delivery was established, the postoffice moved into new quarters, and an additional rural route added to the office. In August, 1914, he was nominated for representative by the republicans and elected by a majority of about 600; two years later he was re-elected, and in 1918, elected for a third term, he had a majority of over 1,000, while in 1920, elected for the fourth time, he had a majority of nearly 2 ,500, woman suffrage increasing the county vote.

It is as a representative that Mr. Beetham is most widely known. Always a hard worker in the Assembly, he became one of the best posted members of that body and few measures were ever before it that he could not give an inquiring member information thereon. In his third term he was elected speaker pro tem and republican floor-leader. The Ohio State Journal, commenting on the caucus, stated : "Mr. Beetham became the almost unanimous choice of his colleagues for speaker pro tem and majority floor-leader, though he was not a candidate for. the position. Many voted against him for speaker because they wanted to see him in the other position. He is the logical man for floor leader, having a good voice, command of language and being a ready debater." His task as floor-leader was a difficult one by reason of the fact that the governor and the Assemniy were of different political parties. Many times strife ran high when matters of great importance were before the Assembly, and the division of the tax schools added to the party division.

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making the task an unusually hard one. One jmper in commenting on the situation stated : "Beetham is a man of action. When the time comes to move he is for going. He is aggressive." When the ratification of the dry amendment of the Federal Constitution was before the House the wet leaders sought to delay action, but the result is described editorially by the Martins Ferry Times: "Obstructionists methods were squelched under the able leadership of Representative Beetham of Cadiz, floor leader of the Republican majority, and long before the sun waned ratification had been formally recorded. Harrison County and the state at large have just cause today to congratulate Representative Beetham to whom the public at large owes a debt of gratitude." The Legislative reporter at the close of his stormy session commented upon Mr. Beetham's work as follows: "Representative Beetham of Harrison County is the recipient of unusual praise and favorable comment ns the result of his work as Republican floor leader of the House. * * * This season closes with Beetham possessing the liking, confidence and esteem of the House, every newspaper man and every employee. He is not a large man physically, but otherwise he is large. He is quiet, courteous and square. Beetham was a good floor leader. He would make a good senator, or a good member of Congress." The Steubenville Herald-Star stated: "Mr. Beetham was the republican floor leader of the House during the last session and showed himself to be masterly in that capacity."

At the republican party caucus held in Columbus on December 15, 1920, Representative Beetham was, without opposition, chosen the .party candidate for speaker of the House, and on January 3d following was elected to fill that .place. The press of the state commended the selection. The Cleveland Leader stated "that with his selection the party has started to carry out an efficiency program." The Ohio State Journal commended some of the Speaker's proposed innovations in the Assembly, among them being the shifting committee to be established with a view of eliminating useless, silly jind duplicated bills, and editorially stated: "This committee probably would do the state more actual service than any other standing committee * * We are for it." The Cleveland Plaindealer stated "that the new Speaker had given his doctrine that the 'way , to be a good republican is to be a good citizen,' .and the way to 'play politics' is to perform the .task assigned us." The Uhrichsville Chronicle .stated: "He has become so well and favorably known throughout the state that he stands in the front ranks of Ohio republicanism, and it is not all an unreasonable prediction that within the next few years he is likely to be governor of the Buckeye State."

Senator Harding had an early booster In Mr. Beetham. It was while floor leader in January, 1920, that he introduced the resolution inviting Senator Harding to address the Assembly on Roosevelt's birthday. This address was widely distributed. At the early meeting of republicans in Steubenville Mr. Beetham declared that "Harding will make a great president. He will not attempt to do it all, but will gather about him one of the greatest of cabinets." Three times during the campaign he was a visitor at Marion.

Rupert Beetham has been a member of the Cadiz Board of Education since his election In 1904, and has always taken a keen interest in the school management. He has served as a director of the Chautauqua Association since its organization, and been the platform manager since 1914. When the Red Cross was organized In 1917 he was elected the chairman, and in 1919 was chairman of the drive for the Salvation Army.

"Methodist born and Methodist bred" Mr. Beetham has been a member of the Official Board of the Cadiz Methodist Church since coming to Cadiz. He has served as church treasurer, Sunday school teacher and superintendent. In 1908 he was an alternate delegate of the East Ohio Conference to the General Conference held in Baltimore, and in 1912 attended the General Conference in Minneapolis as a delegate.

After serving several years as a director of the Fourth National Bank he was in January, 1918, elected president of the institution and has since given his time to this bank, though he still owns and operates hlS farm in Short Creek Township.

In September of 1900 Mr. Beetham was united in marriage to Miss Crete H. McLaughlin, daughter of Hon. Samuel K. and Belle (Snyder) McLaughlin, of Short Creek Township. Mrs. Crete Beetham was educated in the country school near Hurford and the Hopedale Normal College. She was a lady of admirable traits of character, being known among her friends as one unusually kind. She died on August 28, 1918, leaving four children, namely; Mary Isabelle, now a sophomore at Ohio Wesleyan University; Samuel McLaughlin, a senior in high school ; Rupert Rennison, Jr., and Charles Jonn.

Hon. David Adams Hollingsworth. One of the notable men of Ohio in the present generation is David A. Hollingsworth, lawyer and statesman, of Cadiz, who has won an enviable place in the annals of the state and now, after his long, active and useful public career, enjoys the full confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens in business and private life.

Mr. Hollingsworth is a native son of Ohio and is descended from a family which has been identified with the history of the country since pre- Revolutionary days, and through succeeding generations has played useful and ofter Important part in the nation's affairs, and has furnished soldiers for every war in which the colonies and the United States ha^fe been engaged. The family line of descent, briefly, is as follows: (1) Valentine, Sr.; (2) Thomas; (3) Thomas; (4) Thomas; (5) Levi; (6) Elihu; (7) David A.

The original American ancestor, Valentine, Sr., was born in Cheshire, England, of Saxon stock, about 1630 to 1640, and married (first) Catherine, daughter of Henry Cornish, High sheriff of London; his second marriage was with Ann Calvert, a near relative of Cecilius Calvert (Lord Baltimore). Valentine, Sr., came from England with William Penn in the good ship "Welcome" in 1682, and in the same year he established his family-seat on the west side of the Brandywine, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was prominent in his county, and was its representative in the Assembly in 1683, 1687 and 1605.

Levi Hollingsworth, son of Thomas (4), was probably the first of the family to settle in Ohio. He was bom in April, 1764, and on May 28, 1789, he was married to Mary Harry in Friends Meeting at Rennet, Pennsylvania. He removed to near Flushing, Belmont County, Ohio, in 1804, and died there on June 11, 1829. Elihu Hollingsworth, son of Levi, was born at Flushing, Ohio, on January 12, 1813, and died on November 17, 1807. He married on July 11, 1839, Lydia Ann Fisher, who was born in Virginia and was descended from early American immigrants of a distinguished German family. Her father, Barak Fisher, was bom in October, 1766, and died in Virginia on December 3. 1831. He was an influential land owner in Virginia, but was unalterably opposed to the institution of slavery, and always cultivated his plantation with free labor. After his death his widow, Rhoda. removed with her five childrqji to Belmont County, Ohio.

David A. Hollingsworth, son of Elihu, was born at Belmont, Ohio, on November 21. 1844. His boyhood days were spent under the parental roof at Flushing, Ohio, dividing his time when old enough between school and assisting in his father's store. In his sixteenth year, though under lawful military age, young Hollingsworth enlisted in 1861 in Company B, Twenty-Fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and saw about two years of hard service as a private soldier. He was then honorably discharged on surgeon's certificate of disability and returned home, but soon afterward was commissioned a lieutenant in the Ohio State Militia by Governor Tod, and was for a time engaged in drilling and preparing reserve state forces for active field duty. Later he entered Mount Union College, where he prepared himself to begin reading law. He was admitted to the Ohio bar September 17, 1867, and in March, 1880. was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States. He entered the practice of law at Flushing, of which, town he was soon afterward elected mayor. He located In Cadiz in 1869. and since that time has been engaged in the practice of his profession In Harrison and adjoining counties, a period covering over half a century. He was elected prosecuting attorney in 1873 and re-elected in 1875.

Mr. Hollingsworth entered the domain of state* politics in 1870, in which year he was elected as a Republican to the Ohio State Senate from the Harrison-Belmont County District, and was re-elected in 1881. His record while serving in the State Senate was notable, especially so In committee work. As chairman of the judiciary committee he rendered invaluable assistance to the Senate in its work, and in so doing distinguished himself as an able lawyer. Upon the resignation of Atty.-Gen. George K. Nash in 1883, Governor Foster appointed Mr. Hollingsworth to fill the vacancy, and he resigned as senator to accept the office, and served until January 14, 1884, when, declining to be a candidate for the position, he returned to his private practice at

Cadiz. Of his service as a state senator thebook "Biographical Sketches of Prominent Representative Citizens of Ohio" (1884) presented the following:

"In the Senate he (Mr. Hollingsworth) took a leading part, serving as chairman of the committees on judiciary, on Federal relations, on privileges and elections and on railroads, turnpikes and telegraphs. In the last mentioned position he was especially vigilant in guarding the interest of the people against the powerful railroad and other corporation influences of the state." A writer at this time in one of the leading newspapers of the state, said: "Senator

Hollingsworth's voice and vote are always felt in favor of the common people as against corporate monopolies, and the journals of the Senate will show his active and intelligent support of all measures intended for the benefit of the working class, such as those to provide for the safety and ventilation of mines, to require railroad companies to construct fences, crossings and cattle-guards at their own expense, to give labor a prior lien for wages in the construction of railroads, to prevent families of railroad employes from being deprived of the benefit of the homestead and exemption laws of Ohio by the attachment of their wages in other states, to prohibit members of the Legislature and other state and county officials from accepting from railroads free passes, to prevent gambling in grain or cornering the provision markets, to preserve the purity of elections, and to prevent speculation or graveyard insurance, which has been completely broken up In this state by what is known as the 'Hollingsworth Law,* a measure introduced and successfully championed by him against powerful and determined opposition."

Mr. Hollingsworth was also watchful of the agricultural interests of the people, and he was the first member of the General Assembly to call attention to the threatened reduction of the wool tariff in 1883, which he did by securing the adoption of a joint-resoltition opposing the recommendation of the tariff commission on that subject. This resolution was afterward presented to the United States Senate by Senator Tohn Sherman.

While serving as attorney-general of the state. Mr. Hollingsworth demonstrated his ability as a sound judge of law in his handling of the difficult legal questions which claimed his official attention, among which were two of unusual importance, involving, as they did, the public revenues of the state. One related to the validity of an act passed by the General Assembly providing for the taxation of monies, credits and personal property converted during the year into "greenbacks," or other nontaxable securities for the time the owner might hold such money, etc., during the tax year. His opinion in support of the act happened to be the first one he was called to write after his appointment, and it naturally aroused the opposition of a number of the wealthy men of the state who had previously been in the habit of avoiding such taxation by ignoring the law as unconstitutional. Many of the ablest lawyers at the bar also questioned his opinion, and it was promptly taken into court for adjudication. After a number of contrary decisions in the lower courts it finally reached the United States Supreme Court, where it was successfully argued by General Hollingsworth and sustained by the court. The other question grew out of the enforcement of what was known as the "Scott Liquor Tax Law." The constitutionality of the law was questioned, saloon keepers resisted the collection of the tax, and the matter was brought before the State Supreme Court. General Hollingsworth presented and argued the case on behalf of the state, and the court sustained the law. However, in 1884, the provisions of the law were nullified by a partisan decision, after the personnel of the court had changed. But this latter decision was never accepted as sound law, either by the people or the bar of the state, and soon afterward the General Assembly substantially re-enacted the law in the form now found on the statute book and known as the "Dow Law," and its validity has long since ceased to be questioned.

On the same day upon which Attorney-General Hollingsworth completed his term the "Ohio State Journal" said editorially : "Attorney-General Hollingsworth, after a busy term of eight months, today retires from office, leaving a clear docket for his successor. Besides attending to the usual number of trial causes in the Supreme and other courts on behalf of the state, he has officially rendered exactly two hundred written opinions and has collected and paid into the state treasury the sum of $40,662.76. He will return to Cadiz and hereafter devote his attention exclusively to private practice." Years afterward these official opinions of General Hollingsworth were printed in book form and kept in the attorney general's office as authoritative references on the subject. They substantially cover all the angles of the many-sided temperance and prohibition questions in th£ state during the last half century, which finally resulted in the recent sweeping prohibition amendments to the State and Federal Constitutions, and it is said by lawyers that not one of these opinions has ever in principle been reversed by the courts.

Always a teetotaler in practice, Mr. Hollingsworth was an early and bold advocate of general prohibition, but always insisted on opposition being strictly confined to the forms of law, so long as the traffic was recognized as legitimate by the state. In 1881, as shown by the journal of the Ohio State Senate of that year, Senator Hollingsworth offered for adoption a joint-resolution proposing an amendment to the State Constitution providing for state- wide prohibition, probably the first ever offered in the state, but only three senators voted with him on the resolution. Again, as chairman of the State Republican Convention in 1882, Mr. Holliugsworth openly declared himself in favor of a plank in the platform calling for prohibition, and in his speech before that convention he urged the adoption of such a plank. And afterward, in the halls of Congress, Mr. Hollingsworth continued his support of prohibition until nation-wide prohibition came in 1919.

In 1908 Mr Hollingsworth was elected a member of Congress and thereby attained a long cherished ambition. In that year he was elected a member of the Sixty-first Congress, as a Re publican from the Sixteenth Ohio District; in 1914 he was elected a member of the Sixtyfourth Congress from the Eighteenth District (the district having been changed in the meantime), and in 1916 he was returned to Congress, receiving In the latter election a plurality double that of his former election, though the national and state Republican tickets were both defeated that year. After serving three terms, Mr. Hollingsworth retired from Congress, having declined to receive a re-nomination.

Mr. Hollingsworth's career in Congress was at once a credit to himself and an honor to his constituents, as well as to his state. Even as a new member he gained early recognition, if not prominence, by his stand on the question of abrogating "one man" power in the House, by having the committee appointments made by the House itself instead of by the Speaker. His action in assisting, if not in really initiating the above movement, stamped him as a member of independent thought, also as a man of much resourcefulness and native ability as a legislator, and soon the attention of the natidn was attracted to him. He was in reality an independent but by no means an insurgent, and generally he supported the measures proposed by his party, but not until after he had pointed out any defects in the proposed measures, if defects there were, as he saw them. He supported by speech and vote a protective tariff ; he supported all just claims of Union soldiers and their dependents; he favored neutrality until German aggression forced war upon this country and then voted for a declaration of war and for war measures generally: he favored a volunteer army: he voted and spoke for the "Roosevelt Division" and offered his services to accompany It, and received a personal letter of appreciation from Colonel Roosevelt: he opposed a great increase of big battle ships, but favored submarines. submarine destroyers and other small naval craft. On many of the above measures Mr Hollingsworth delivered concise, forceful and eloquent addresses, and his speeches won for him a reputation as an orator and a keen and ready debater. For many years Mr. Hollingsworth has been in demand as a public speaker, and he has delivered many addresses on state occasions, not alone at home but at different parts of the state.

Mr. Hollingsworth was one of the organizers of the Ohio State Bar Association, and in 1908 acted as its chairman, and delivered the annual .address at the meeting of the association at Put-iu-Bay In that year. He is a Methodist, a Mason, an Elk. a Knight of Pythias, and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. No man in Harrison County holds higher standing as a lawyer, as a public servant, as a citizen and as a man than does Mr. Hollingsworth. His life has been one of consistent progress from the time he was a struggling young attorney until he voluntarily retired from Congress at the Psalmist's age of "three score and ten." and although active in his profession he has well earned the rest and quiet life he is now enjoying.

in g physician of Cadiz and Harrison County, and a native of Scotland. His father, a member of the McBean clan, married Jeane Campbell, of the Campbell clan. To the marriage of Mr. Hollingsworth two sons were born, Henry and Donald, both of whom died in early childhood. The wife and mother died March 30, 1918, at the family homestead in Cadiz.

James Huston. A publication of this order exercises one of its most consistent and important functions when it enters memorial tribute to honored pioneer citizens whose lives and labors have lent dignity and honor to the communities which the publication represents. Thus there is special satisfaction in being able to present a review of the career of the late James Huston, who was one of the sterling pioneers and early merchants of Carroll County and whose character and ability made him a worthy leader in community affairs.

Mr. Huston was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, on the 17th of April, 1813, and was a son of John and Rachel (McNaughton) Huston. In the old Keystone State he received his youthful education and he was seventeen years of age when he accompanied his parents to Carroll County, Ohio, where the family home was established on a pioneer farm near Mechanicstown, his parents having there passed the remainder of their lives. In the earlier period of his residence in Carroll County James Huston was engaged in farm enterprise in Fox Township, where later he engaged in the operation of a grist mill. Finally he established a general merchandise business at Mechanicstown, where he continued the successful enterprise until 1863, when he engaged In the same line of business at Carrollton, the county seat There he developed a large and representative business In the mercantile line, besides becoming a leading grain dealer of the county. In 1868 he purchased a hardware store at Carrollton, and this he conducted in partnership with his son Vincent E., under the firm name of J. Huston & Son, until 1886, when he retired from active business, his death having occurred on the 2d day of January, 1887, and in his passing the county having lost one of its most honored and revered pioneer citizens. Originally a democrat in politics, Mr. Huston was among the earliest and most loyal supporters of the cause of the prohibition party, and in all of the relations of life he exemplified the finest sense of personal stewardship and the finest type of character. Through his own ability and efforts he achieved substantial and worthy success, and no one man had more influence in furthering the business prosperitv of Carrollton than did he. For the accommodation of his mercantile business he erected the store now occupied by the Carrollton laundry, and later he erected the substantial and attractive brick block which perpetuates his name and memory. In addition to his alliance with the hardware and general merchandise business he was associated with James Hayes In the ownership of a well equipped clothing store. His old home in Carrollton was situated on the lot on which his daughter Emma (Mrs. Fawcett) later erected one of the finest modem houses in the city, the sa me being her home at the present time. Mr. Huston took loyal interest in all things pertinent to the communal welfare and was liberal and progressive in his civic attitude. Both he and his wife were zealous members of the Presbyterian Church.

In the year 1838 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Huston to Miss Christine Emsley, who was bom in England, on the 2d of January, 1819, a daughter of Thomas Emsley, who came with his family to America and remained for some time in Washington County, Pennsylvania, whence he finally came to Carroll County, Ohio, and engaged In farming near Mechanicstown, where he passed the remainder of his life. Mrs. Huston passed to the life eternal on the 31st of December, 1881, and her memory Is revered by all who came within the sphere of her gentle and gracious influence. Mr. and Mrs. Huston became the parents of three children: Amanda became the wife of Cyrus A. Shober and was a resident of Carrollton at the time of her death, September 4, 1868, her only child, Emma, having become the wife of a Mr. Kuhnian and having become the mother of one daughter, Harriet, who is the wife of Charles H. Woodworth/ and who has one daughter, Jannet Ruth. Emma, the second daughter, was reared and educated at Carrollton and after the death of her first husband, J. V. Cellars, she became the wife of Robert Crozier Fawcett, who was long associated with Vincent Huston in the hardware and clothing business at Carrollton and whose death here occurred in 1910, his widow remaining in the fine home which she erected, on Second Street, southwest, and having long been a gracious figure in the representative social life of the community in which she has resided during the greater part of her life. Vincent Emsley Huston, only son of the subject of this memoir, well upheld the honors of the family name in connection with civic and business affairs, and was one of the leading merchants of Carrollton, as senior member of the firm of Huston & Fawcett, at the time of his death, March 26, 1894.

Andrew H. Baker. Residing on the old Baker homestead in Archer Township, Andrew H. Baker is proving his worth to his community as a farmer and good citizen. He was born on his present farm October 10, 1867, a son of Martin V. Baker, who was also born on this homestead. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Sarah J. Henderson, was born in German Township, Harrison County, a daughter of Andrew Henderson. Until 1886 Andrew Henderson, who was one of the pioneers of German Township, continued to be one of its progressive agriculturalists, but In that year he moved to Iowa, taking all of his family with him with the exception of Mrs. Baker, and there he spent the remainder of his life. The children born to Andrew Henderson and his wife were as follows: Robert, Samuel, William, James, Rebecca, Sarah, Mary, Susan and Elizabeth. He belonged to the Presbyterian Church.

The paternal grandfather, Otha Baker, was bom in Maryland, and his second wife, who was the mother of Martin V. Baker, bore tne first name of Mary. They had the following children : Oth a, Sheridan, Evan, Martin V., Abraham and Elizabeth, and they, with their parents* all belonged to the old Bethel Methodist Church of this neighborhood. Coming to Harrison County at an early day, Otha Baker was one of the pioneers of Archer Township, where he entered 320 acres of land from the Government, and this land is still owned by his descendants.

Martin V. Baker was reared on this homestead entered by his father, and became the owner of 280 acres of it, and here he rounded out his useful life. He and his wife became the parents of the following children: Andrew H., whose name heads this review ; Jennie, who married Charles Thompson ; and Mary, who died at the age of nineteen years. Mr. and Mrs. Baker early connected themselves with the old Bethel Church.

Andrew H. Baker was sent to the schools of his home district and the Brown School on the edge of Green Township. Remaining at home and assisting his father in operating the homestead, he inherited it and now owns 272 acres of as valuable land as can be found in the county, and on it he is raising diversified crops and livestock, and Is doing a large and profitable business.

In 1892 Andrew H. Baker was united in marriage with Frances Kent, a daughter of Dr. W. W. Kent, and they have two children, namely: Donald C., who married Virginia Hanna, lives near his father and is giving his attention to farming a portion of the homestead ; and Isabel Frances. Like the other members of the family, Mr. Baker, his wife and children, belong to the old Bethel Methodist Church, which has for them all so many memories connected with their family and others, some of whom have become members of the Eternal Church.

Charles M. Busby. Rumley Township, Harrison County, claims Mr. Busby not only as one of its native sons but also as one of its progressive and representative business men. He owns and resides upon his farm of 125 acres near the village of Jewett, and is a director and vice president of the Jewett Creamery Company and has been an active member of The Harrison County Fair Board for many years.

Abraham Busby, Sr., grandfather of Charles M., was born eighteen miles distant from the city of Baltimore, of English and Scotch descent. The Busby family is an old one in England, where many men of the family were prominent in the law and in educational matters. Dr. Richard Busby, of this family, was for years head master of Westminster Schools, serving in that capacity under two kings and under Cromwell, and, next to Arnold, of Rugby School, he was regarded as England's most famous schoolmaster. His bust is in Westminster Abbey. The family in England were members of the Friends' Church, and the American ancestors of the family came to this country to escape religious persecution. They settled in Baltimore, where the great-grandfather Busby acquired land, part of which later became the site of the Court House.

Abraham Busby, Sr., married in Maryland in 1815, Deborah Kemp, who was born in Maryland, of English descent The Kemps in England were also members of the Friends Church and, like the Busbys, came to America seeking religious liberty. The Busby family stood for the union of states as against secession and slavery, and in politics were democrats. Abraham Busby, Sr., served as captain in the War of 1812, and for his services as an officer in that war acquired a land grant in Archer Township, Harrison County, upon which he settled soon after the close of hostilities between the United States and England. After coming to Harrison County he and wife became members of the Methodist Church, and worshipped at Bethel M. E. Church in Green Township ana at Jewett, Ohio. Abraham, Sr., served for many years as a justice of the peace in Archer Township, and became prominent, locally, as a composer of music. He and wife became the parents of the following children: Joshua, Sheridan, John, Elizabeth, Amanda, Benjamin, Abraham, Jr., Deborah, Edward, Shadwick and Van Buren, all of whom are now deceased with the single exception of Abraham, Jr., who is now in his ninety-sixth year.

Abraham Busby, Jr., was born in Archer Township on January 28, 1826. He has spent all of his life in Archer and Rumley townships, and now, and for the last twenty years has made his home with his son, Charles M. He married Sarah, the daughter of William Stahl, a pioneer of Rumley Township. She was born in Rumley Township on December 25, 1829, and died May 5, 1900. She was a member of the Lutheran Church, while her husband is a member of the Methodist Church. To them were bom the following children: Susanna, who married Albert Royer, a retired farmer now residing at Greenville, Pennsylvania; James William, a carpenter, residing at Kissimmee, Florida, since 1913; Prof. Elmer D., who has been an instructor in different prominent colleges for over thirty years, and is still engaged in educational work, residing at Minneapolis, Minnesota ; and Charles M., the subject of this sketch.

Charles M. Busby was bora In Rumley Township on the 22d of May, 1867. Hie was reared on the home farm in Rumley Township, a ad gained his early education In the district schools, after which he attended the high school at Jewett and was for one year a student In Scio College. He taught school one year and thereafter was engaged in farm enterprise In Rumley Township until about the year 1893, when he established his residence in the village of Jewett and engaged in the manufacturing and sale of ice cream. He continued the enterprise until 1917, when the business was reorganized and became the Jewett Creamery. Mr. Busby was one of the organizers and incorporators of the new company and is its vice president at the present time. For fully a quarter of a century he has purchased concessions for the serving of food and beverages at picnics held within a radius of twenty miles of his home, and has had similar concessions at various county fairs. Thus he has gained specially wide acquaintanceship in this section of Ohio, and his popularity is of unstinted order. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party and he is chairman of the County Central Committee. He and his wife are communicants of the Lutheran Church at Jewett.

On the 14th of August, 1889, Mr. Busby was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Rutledge, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Lewis) Rutledge. Benjamin Rutledge was born in the State of Maryland February 2, 1822, and his wife was bom in Cadiz Township, Harrison County, on the 5th of February, 1826. Benjamin Rutledge was a child at the time his parents established their home in Harrison County in 1828, and here he followed for many years the trade of wagon-maker, his home having been on a small farm in Green Township. His children were as follows: Mary Margaret, Sarah Ella and Henry Parker died in childhood; James and Frank were the next two in order of birth and Martha was the seventh child; Milton was bom June 18, 1860; May Bell, March 22, 1862; Samuel, September 21, 1864 (died in childhood) ; Ella, September' 14, 1866; and Minnie (Mrs. Busby), March 7, 1867. To Mr. and Mrs. Busby have been bom five children, all of whom are living except the eldest, their names being here entered in the respective order of their birth: Harry R., Myrtle Marie, Sarah, Paul and Carrie. Harry R. Busby entered the nation's military service at Camp Sherman on the 1st of September, 1918, and there he contracted influenza, which resulted in his death on the 1st of the following month. Myrtle Marie Busby became the wife of Roy Dennis and they have three children - Margaret, Charles and Florence.

Junius C. Febrall. In every cursory survey of the activities of those who have wielded large influence in the furtherance of the civic and material advancement of Carroll County and its attractive Judicial center, the vigorous little city of Carrollton, it becomes evident that few have exerted so strong and benignant progress-making influence as Judge Ferrall, whose loyalty has been not merely that of sentiment but also that of constructive action. His interests have been varied and important and as one of the leading citizens of Carroll County, as well as a scion of an honored pioneer family of this favored section of the Buckeye State, he is entitled -to special recognition in this publication.

Judge Junius C. Ferrall was born in Harrison Township, Carroll County, on the 6th of December, 1851, and is a son of Edwin and Mary A. (Huston) Ferrall, the former of whom was born at Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, December 29, 1821, and the latter of whom was bora May 6, 1831. The parents were residents of Carrollton at the time of their death, the father having passed away March 7, 1913, and the mother on the 6th of August, 1918. Hon. Edwin Ferrall was nine years of age at the time of the family removal from the old Keystone state to Carroll County, Ohio, Where he was reared to adult age and where his early education was obtained In the common schools. He was a son of James Ferrall, who was bora at Lynchburg, Virginia, and who later became a resident of Pennsylvania and whose first visit to the Ohio wilderness was made on a hunting expedition, in which he gained trophies of deer and other wild game. After returning to Pennsylvania he there married Susanna Snyder, and it was the year 1829 that they established themselves as pioneers on a farm near the present village of Mechanicstown, Carroll County, Ohio. From this place, in Fox Township, they later removed to Harrison Township, and there they passed the remainder of their lives, Mr. Ferrall having been a prominent pioneer merchant and farmer in this section of the state. James Ferrall was a staunch democrat and served as a member of the first board of commissioners of Carroll County, besides having been otherwise influential in community affairs. He had four sons and two daughters, and the names of the sons were Edwin, Calvin, John and George.

Edwin Ferrall was reared on the pioneer farm in Carroll County, and as a youth he here proved his constructive energy in connection with the basic industry of agriculture. In 1850 was solemnized his marriage to Miss Mary A. Huston, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Howey) Huston, who established their home In Carroll County in 1828. Mr. and Mrs. Ferrall became the parents of four children, of whom Judge Junius C., immediate subject of this review, is the eldest, the other children being Robert Lannes L. and An9on E. Edwin Ferrall became a man of prominence and distinctive influence in Carroll County, and as a young man, in 1857, he was elected sheriff of the county, an office In which he served two consecutive terms. In 1873 he was elected to the state senate on democratic ticket, was prominent democrat and was one of the most venerable and highly honored citizens of Carrollton at the time of his death in his 92d year.

As a boy, In 1862-3, Judge Junius O. Ferrall gained an appreciable experience In connection with the newspaper business, as he was employed within these years In the offices of the Carroll County Union, the Carroll Union Press, the Carroll Free Press, and the Carrollton Courier. For a short time thereafter he was a clerk in the mercantile establishment of Isaac Crumrine, and later he held a similar position In the general store of McCullough & Ferrall, of which firm his father was Junior member. The father finally purchased his partner's interest in the enterprise, which was thereafter continued under the title of E. Ferrall & Son until the autumn of 1872, when Junius C. Ferrall, the junior member of the firm, went to Rockyford, Colorado, and became bookkeeper in a general store which supplied the requirements of men on neighboring cattle ranches. In 1874 Judge Ferrall returned home, but soon afterward he accepted a position as traveling salesman for the wholesale mercantile house of C. Atwell & Company, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He remained thus engaged until the spring of 1879, when he returned to Carrollton and formed a partnership with James T. Smith, with whom he was associated in purchasing the general merchandise business here previously conducted by Charles Rukenbrod, James T. Smith and John Couch. The firm of Smith & Ferrall continued the business until the autumn of 1880, when Mr. Ferrall purchased his partner's in- terest and assumed full control. He continued the enterprise until 1887, when he was elected judge of the probate court of Carroll County, a a candidate on the democratic ticket. To insure the proper management of his mercantile business he at this juncture admitted William M. Shepherd to partnership, and after having served two terms as probate judge he purchased his partner's Interest in the business, of which he continued the executive head until March, 1898. As a leader in the local ranks of the democratic party Judge Ferrall was a candidate for presidential elector in 1884, and in 1897, he again led a "forlorn hope," as democratic candidate for state senator.

Judge Ferrall virtually initiated his special activities in the furtherance of the industrial and commercial advancement of Carrollton when he became one of the organizers of the Carrollton Granite Brick Company, and later his progressiveness and liberality were further shown by his becoming one of the incorporators of the Carrollton Electric Light Company, of which he continues the active general manager to the present time. He was one of the promoters of the first telephone line established in Carroll County, in 1898, and became an official of the Carroll County Telephone Company. In 1899 the company sold its equipment and business to the Bell Telephone Company. Judge Ferrall is vice president of the Cummings Trust Company and a director of the Scio Bank Company, of Scio, Harrison County. He has shown marked initiative and administrative ability, as well as liberality, in the promotion of measures and enterprises that have been of great value in furthering the progress of his home city and county, and has been one of the most enthusiastic in the promoting of the "Greater Carrollton." His enthusiasm has been potent in the commercial awakening of Carrollton, and he well merits the unqualified esteem in which he is held in his native county. Member of United Presbyterian Church and Knights of Pythias Lodge.

On the 27th of September, 1877, was solemnized the marriage of Judge Ferrall to Miss Emma M. Simpson, daughter of Alexander and Eliza (Latta) Simpson, of Carroll County. In conclusion is entered brief record concerning the children of Judge and Mrs. Ferrall : Ida A., who was born February 9, 1880, is the wife of Harvey S. Allen, of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, and they have three children - Alary M.. James F. and Ralph W. Edwin S.. who was born in June, 1881, is now executive head of the E. S. Ferrall Company, wholesale and retail dealers in grain, feed and building supplies, at Canton, Ohio; he married Miss Vern Beatty and they have had four children - Emma Elizabeth, Junius B., Robert and John Edwin, the last mentioned being deceased. Esina A., who was born in March, 1885, is the wife of George Spanagel, of Canton, Stark County, and they have four children - Marian Elizabeth, Emma Louise, Jane Fredericka. and Pauline Ethel. Mary Latta is the widow of John H. Ransberger, late a member of the firm of McCarty, Armstrong & Ransberger, of Canton, Ohio.

Hon. Robert G. Kean. Standing prominent among the eminently capable and intelligent men who have been active in the administration of the public affairs of Carroll County in the past Is Hon. Robert G. Kean, a valued and highly esteemed resident of Carroll, now living retired from all business or political cares. A native of Carroll County, he was bom, April 25, 1844, in Washington Township, a son of John Kean, Jr., and grandson of John Kean, Sr.

Born and reared in Ireland, John Kean, Sr., married in early manhood, and soon after that important event was Impressed into the British army. After serving therein for two or three years, he deserted, and came on a sailing vessel to America, the land of promise. Locating m Washington County, Pennsylvania, he taught school for awhile, and there. In 1814, was rejoined by his wife and children. Migrating with his family to Ohio, he lived a short time in Salem, from there coming to Washington Township, Carroll County, where he leased a tract of land, and in addition to farming taught school, having the distinction of being the first teacher in the county. Subsequently moving to Bergholz, Jefferson County, he resided there the remainder of his life. He was a democrat in politics, but not an office seeker. To him and his wife, whose maiden name was Mary McNlel. nine children were born, some in Ireland and some in Ohio, their names being as follows: Mrs. Jane Kelley, Mrs. Rosanna Sweany, John. Jr.. Mrs. Mary A. Miller, Francis, Mrs. lsaoel Fulton, Mrs. Matilda Wallace, Daniel, and William.

John Kean, Jr., was born In County Antrim, Ireland, came with his mother to America, and after joining his father in Pennsylvania came with his parents to Ohio. Growing to manhood in Carroll County, he was educated in the rural schools, and while assisting In the pioneer task of redeeming a farm acquired a thorough knowledge of the various branches of agriculture. After his marriage he lived on rented land until 1832, when he purchased the 160 acres of land subsequently owned by his son John, and the 160 acre tract in section 2 now owned by his son Robert, both tracts bei#; located in Washington Township, Carroll County, where he resided until his death. September 19, 1847. He was a republican in politics and a member of the United Presbyterian Church.

John Kean, Jr., married, in 1827, Jane McMaster. who was bom in Washington County, Pennsylvania. December 5. 1809, and died on the home farm, in Washington Township, Carroll County, Ohio. March 4. 1906. Her parents, George and Elizabeth (George) McMaster, came to Ohio in pioneer times from Washington County, Pennsylvania. Ten children were born to John Kean, Jr., and his wife, namely: James, Mrs. Mary Donaldson, Mrs. Elizabeth McClellan. Mrs. Christian Stephenson, Mrs. Matilda George, Mrs. Hannah Crafts, Mrs. Isabel Carey, John, a farmer in Washington Township, and Robert G., the subject of this brief sketch, and William, who became a Presbyterian minister.

tion. Enlisting for service in the Civil war in 1862, in Company H, Ninety-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he was subsequently promoted, being discharged as sergeant of his company. Having acquired title to 160 acres of land in Washington Township. Carroll County, he was actively and profitably engaged in general farming for a number of seasons. In 1903 he sold a part of his land, disposing of the remainder of the tract In 1903, and has since lived retired In Carrollton, where he bought his present home property, at 527 North Lisbon Street.

Influential in public affairs, Mr. Kean served as Justice of peace for nearly half a century, first in Washington Township, and later in Carrollton. In 1889 he was elected to the State Legislature, going as a representative of Carroll County, and was re-elected in 1891, when he represented both Carroll and Harrison counties. He introduced the bill that resulted in the building of the courthouse at Cadiz. Harrison County, the bill being bitterly opposed, but being finally passed by act of the Legislature.

Mr. Kean married. March 30, 1869, Sarah McBurney, who was born in Monroe Township, Carroll County, Ohio, March 10, 1847. Her parents, Samuel and Sarah Jane McBurney, were pioneer settlers of that township and wellto-do farmers. Mr. and Mrs. Kean have no children. Politically Mr. Kean supports the principles of the republican party. Religiously lie and his wife are active members of the United Presbyterian Church.

Homer J. Richards. For over twenty years Mr. Richards' activities have made him a factor in the business affairs of Carrollton, where he is looked upon as one of the men of enterprise and distinctive leadership. For the past ten years he has been one of the partners and manager of the L. & M. Rubber, now The Tuscan Rubber & Tire Company (see history of the company).

generations of the family have lived in the county from pioneer times to date. His paternal grandfather, Otho Richards, came to Carroll County at a very early time and married Miss Elizabeth Little. He spent his life as a farmer and died in this county. John Richards, father of Homer J., was horn In Carroll County in 1842 and soon after completing his education in the common schools he enlisted in 1861 in the Eightieth Ohio Infantry. He was in service until wounded at Corinth, after which he was granted an honorable discharge, but subsequently reenlisted in the One Hundred and Ninetieth Ohio Infantry and served to the end of the war. He was also captain of a company of Home Guards. He was an active republican, a member of the Masonic Order and he and his wife were Methodists. John Richards married Mary Hayes, who was born in Carroll County in 1843. Her father. Richard Ilayes, and wife were natives of Ireland, but spent their active lives in Carroll County. Mrs. Mary Hayes Richards is still living in Carrollton.

youth, and in addition to the advantages of the local schools attended Scio College one year. As a young man he received a good commercial training in his father's store, and when the family moved to Carrollton in 1897 he engaged in the hardware business and was an active merchant here for about ten years. Following that he assisted in the organization of the Carrollton Savings Company and remained with that institution as its cashier for a year and a half. He and his brother Howard Richards and Doctor Williams then bought out the L. & M. Rubber Company in 1910 and since that date Mr. Richards has been the moving spirit in that well known business.

Politically a republican, he has never sought the cares and responsibilities of office. He is a Knight Templar Mason and a member of the Methodist Church. In 1904 he married Miss Martha Lawler, a daughter of J. V. Lawler. The Lawler family is one of prominence in Carroll County and more is said of them on other pages. To Mr. and Mrs. Richards were born six children : John ; Emma, who died at the age of seven years; Joseph; Mary; Thomas, and Martha.

John W. Welling has been a resident of Harrison County from the time of his birth, has been associated with progressive farm industry in the county and since 1902 he has been successfully established In the lumber business at Scio, a thriving village in North Township.

Mr. Welling was bom in Athens Township, this county, November 14, 1858, and is a son of David and Mary Elizabeth (Black) Welling, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania, where was solemnized his first marriage, of which six children were born. From the old Keystone State he came as a pioneer to Harrison County, Ohio, where he endured the full tension of arduous toil involved in the reclaiming of a farm from the forest, and wThere he eventually gained a substantial prosperity as an exemplar of agricultural industry. He was one of the honored pioneer citizens of the county at the time of his death, in 1864. Soon after his arrival in Ohio his first wife died, and later he married Mary Elizabeth Black of Guernsey County, where she was born and reared. She survived her husband about eight years and was summoned to the life eternal in the year 1872, both having been devout members of the Presbyterian Church and numbered among the organizers of Nottingham Church of this denomination. In politics Mr. Welling was a democrat. David and Mary Elizabeth (Black) Welling became the parents of seven children : Margaret Jane became the wife of Finley S. Butler and is now deceased; William Wallace is deceased : Nancy Jane, deceased, was the wife of Walker Hollowell : Martha A. is the wife of Joseph White; George W. was a prosperous farmer in Washington Township and is now living virtually retired at Freeport. Harrison County; Harriet Caroline is the wife of John Cubitt, now residing in Iowa; and John W., of this sketch, is the youngest of the number.

at the time of his father's death and fourteen years old at the time of his mother's death. He early began to lend his constructive aid in the work of the home farm and the basic industries of agriculture and stock-raising long engaged his attention after he had initiated his independent career. His marriage occurred in 1S79, and thereafter he was actively identified with farm industry in Morefleld and Nottingham townships until 1902, when he removed from his farm to the village of Scio, where he has since developed a prosperous business in the handling of lumber and builders' supplies. He is one of the progressive and public-spirited ditizens of the village and has served as president of its Board of Trustees since 1918, with effective administration of the municipal government. His political support is given to the democratic party; he is affiliated with the Scio Lodge, F. & A. M., Cadiz Chapter No. 171 Royal Arch Masons, and also with the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Steubenville. In his home village he is a member also of the lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. He and his wife are earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in their home village, and he is serving as a steward of the same.

On the 18th of December, 1879, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Welling to Miss Sarah A. Bartow, daughter of Elijah and Margaret Bartow, of Harrison County, and the children of this union are five in number: Cora is the wife of John C. Moore, of New Philadelphia, Ohio ; Mary is the wife of Rev. George W. Strothard, a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and at the time of this writing they reside at Cuba, New York, where Mr. Strothard has a pastoral charge; Grace is the wife of Rev. Harry L. Dunlavy, now pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Coltauer, New York; Neva is the wife of Buford C. Windom, who is engaged in the drug business at Russell, Kentucky ; and Virginia remains at the parental home. Of Rev. H. L. Dunlavy It may further be stated that when the nation became involved in the great World war he went to Europe for service with the Young Men's Christian Association. He was stationed In Russia several months, later passed three months in the city of London, and held the position of secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association during the period of his earnest service abroad.

George D. Custer, M. D., has been engaged in the successful practice of his profession at Scio, Harrison County, since 1892, and has gained secure vantage-ground as one of the able and representative physicians and surgeons of his native county, with the additional prestige of being a scion of one of the prominent pioneer families of this favored section of the Buckeye state.

Doctor Custer was born in Washington Township, Harrison County. November 10, 1851, and is a son of Robert F. and Margaret (Baker) Custer, the former of whom was born at New Rumley, this county, and the latter near the village of Tippecanoe, same county, she having been a daughter of George and Jane (Birney)

Baker and her father having been one of the sterling pioneers of Washington Township, where he and his wife continued to reside until their death. Mr. and Mrs. Baker were active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in the faith of which they reared their eight children, namely : Mary, Elizabeth, Birney, John, Margaret, Sarah and Deborah.

Robert F. Custer was a son of Jacob and Sarah (Webster) Custer, with whose names shall ever remain pioneer honors in this section of Ohio, the latter having been a daughter of William Webster, who came to this part of the state in a very early period. Jacob Custer was born at Jessups, Maryland, where his father, Emanuel Custer, died when somewhat more than 100 years of age. At an early period in the history of Ohio Emanuel Custer made a visit to this state, where he took up a section of government land, - a property which he later gave to his daughters, his children having been six in number: Jacob (the Harrison County pioneer), John and Emanuel (died in Maryland), Charlotte (Mrs. James Cummings), Susan (Mrs. John Hendricks), and Mary (Mrs. Joseph Cummings).

Reared and educated in his native state, Jacob Custer there learned In his youth the trade of blacksmith. He was a young man when he came to Ohio and settled in Rumley Township, Harrison County, where he took up wild land and instituted the development of a farm. He reclaimed his land to cultivation, and in the meanwhile continued to follow his trade to a greater or less extent He was the founder of the village of New Rumley. which he platted, and after a number of years had passed he removed to Jefferson County, though he eventually returned to Rumley Township, where he died in the year 1862, when seventy- two years of age. his wife having died In 1830, at the age of thirty-seven years. He was a brother of John Custer, who was the father of Gen. George A. Custer, the gallant officer and intrepid Indian fighter who met his death in the historic massacre which perpetuates his name. Jacob and Sarah (Webster) Custer became the parents of eight children : William Webster, M. D., was for nearly half a century engaged in the practice of his profession at Scio, Harrison County, and his nephew, Dr. George D. Custer of this sketch, became his virtual successor; Alexander died at the age of four years; Stewart F. was a resident of Conotton, Harrison County, at the time of his death ; John M. and Henry L. established their home in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio; Robert F. became a merchant at Scio, Harrison County; Isaac N. became a representative dental practitioner at Westerville, Franklin County, Ohio; Vincent died at the age of seven months. Jacob Custer and his wife were devout communicants of the Lutheran Church and he was one of the founders of the New Rumley Church of this denomination.

Robert F. Custer was for some time engaged in the mercantile business at Perrysville, Carroll County, and in 1874 he established at Scio, Harrison County, the general merchandise business which continued to engage his attention during the remainder of his active career, his death having here occurred on the 5th of January, 1909, and his wife having preceded him to eternal rest. Both were zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of the lour children Dr. George D., of this review, is the eldest; Sarah J. was the wife of Dr. G. M. Weller and later Joseph Phillips; Mary Belle died in chidhood ; and Rev. Addison R., a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church, resides in the city of Dayton, Ohio.

Dr. George D. Custer gained his preliminary education in the public schools of Perrysville, Carroll County, and Scio, Harrison County, in which later village he also attended Scio College. In preparation for his chosen profession he entered Columbus Medical College, in the capital city of his native state, and there he continued his studies two years. He completed his technical course in the celebrated Starling Medical College, now the medical department of the University of Ohio, in which institution he was graduated as a member of the class of 1879. In 1880, after thus receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine, he entered upon his professional novitiate at Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas County, where he developed a good practice and where he remained until 1892, since which year he has continued In active general practice at Scio, with a business whose scope and Importance attest alike his professional ability and zeal and his secure hold upon popular confidence and esteem. In 1902 he opened a well equipped drug store, which he has since conducted in connection with his professional work. The Doctor is affiliated with the Harrison County Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. He has had neither time nor inclination for special political activity, but Is a staunch supporter of the principles of the republican party and is loyal and progressive as a citizen. He and his wife hold membership In the Methodist Episcopal Church of their home village and he has served twenty years as a member of Its boa ul of trustees.

On the 10th of September, 1871, was solemnized the marriage of Doctor Custer to Miss Jennie C. Kirby, who was born and reared in Carroll County and who is a daughter of John and Sarah Kirby. Doctor and Mrs. Custer have two children: Earle E. is the wife of Ross It. Mortland, of Scio, Ohio, and they have two children, Paul Custer and George A. ; Layke K , now a resident of the city of Detroit, Michigan, married Miss Anna Dickey and their one child is living. A daughter, Lyllian Earle, died, aged one year; a son, George D., named in honor of his paternal grandfather.

James E. Morrison was a resident of Harrison County from his boyhood until his death, and left upon the community the impress of strong, noble and useful manhood. He became one of the representative farmers of Freeport Township, and upon his fine old homestead form he continued to reside until his death, on the 23d of March, 1908. Since that time his widow and sons have effectively continued the management of the farm, which comprises 161 and 35/100 acres and which Is devoted to diversified agriculture and stock-raising, with

James E. Morrison was born in Washington County. Pennsylvania, on the 30th day of August, 1856, was about nine years of age at the time of the family removal to Harrison County, Ohio, in 1864, and he was reared to manhood in Freeport Township, the while he was given excellent educational advantages, as gauged by the standards of the locality and period. The genealogy of the Morrison family of Harrison County traces back to John Morrison, who was born and reared in County Antrim, Ireland, where he became a farmer and where he also followed the trade of stone mason. There he married Miss Nancy Taggart, and they became the parents of five children - James, Mary, John, Nancy and Rachel. Soon after the death of their parents Mary and John came to America. In the late '30s James Morrison married Mary Ervin, of County Antrim, her parents, John and Jane (Wallace) Ervin, having been of Scotch ancestry and their religious faith having been that of the Seceder Church, as it was then known. In the year 1847 James Morrison came with his family to the United States and established his home in Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in farming and where he also followed the trade of stone mason. Tn September. 1864. he came with his family to Harrison County, Ohio, and purchased the farm in Freeport Township that later was owned by his son, James E., the subject of this memoir. Here he continued his activities as a farmer during the remainder of his active life, and here his death occurred October 19, 1886, his widow passing away December 13, 1889. Both were earnest members of the Covenanter Church, and his political views were in consonance with the tenets of the republican party. They became the parents of nine children, and the four who attained to years of maturity and survived the honored parents were Samuel W., Nannie C. (Mrs. William J. Blackwood), Jennie A. (Mrs. Marshall McCall) and James E.

.James E. Morrison was a loyal and publicspirited citizen, was a republican in his political sentiment, and was a zealous and influential member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church at Londonderry, in which his widow and sons likewise hold membership. On the 12th of November. 1887. Mr. Morrison wedded Miss Jennie M. Forsythe, who was born and reared in Freeport Township, this county, and who Is a daughter of Wiliam and Rose A. (McKeown) Forsythe, the latter a daughter of Alexander McKeown. who was an honored pioneer settler of Harrison County. William Forsythe was one of the representative farmers of Freeport Township at the time of his death, in August, 1871. and his widow's death occurred In February of the following year, both he and his wife having been earnest members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, in which he served as an elder. Of the children of William and Rose A. Forsythe the following brief data Is available: Jennie M.. widow of the subject of this memoir, was born September 20. 1863: Arthur M., who liecame a prosperous farmer in Guernsey County, was born June 13. 1865; Nannie M.. who was born March 26, 1867, married David

0. Sleeth, of Guernsey County, now deceased, her second marriage being to George Rapp, a contractor of Cleveland, Ohio; and William A.t who was bora January 29, 1869, is now (1921) superintendent of the city schools of Canton, Ohio. William Forsythe was a son of Matthew and Margaret (Glenn) Forsythe, natives respectively of County Antrim and County Derry, Ireland. Their marriage was solemnized in Pennsylvania, whence they came to Ohio *n October, 1840, the closing years of their lives having been passed in Harrison County, where Mr. Forsythe died in 1874, his wife having passed away in 1872, and both having been members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church. Their children were three in number - William, Jane (Mrs. Jesse Alexander), and Margaret (Mrs. James Alexander).

Mr. and Mrs. James E. Morrison became the parents of three children - Samuel W., James R. and Ralph M., the last named having died on the 6th of June. 1918, and the two surviving sons being associated in the management of the old home farm.

James R. Morrison was born on the farm which is now his place of residence, and the date of his nativity was December 12, 1889. His native county must ever honor his name by reason of the gallant service which he gave in connection with the nation's participation in the great World war. He entered service October 6, 1917, and thereafter was stationed at Camp Sherman until the 10th of December, 1917, when he was transferred to Camp Hancock, Georgia. There he was assigned to Company H of the First Motor Mechanics Regiment, with which he embarked February 8, 1918, on the Government transport "President Lincoln" and sailed for France. It is worthy of incidental note that on a later return trip this vessel was sunk by the enemy. Mr. Morrison landed with his command at St. Nazaire, France, and there he was stationed during the entire period of his active service in France. He was granted furloughs on three occasions, and on one of these passed ten days in the city of Paris, besides which he availed himself of the opportunity of visiting the great battlefields of Rheims, Chateau Thierry and Soissons. On the 26th of June, 1918, he sailed for home, and shortly after his arrival he received his honorable discharge, on the 14th of July, 1919, at Camp Sherman.

The Morrison family are members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, the members of which denomination do not vote, for the reason that Christ is not acknowledged in the Constitution of the United States as King of Nations, or the Bible accepted as the Supreme Law of the land.

John Ross Rutledge. Representing one of the older families of Carroll County, John Ross Rutledge, though he grew up at the old homestead in Union Township has found his work chiefly in Carrollton, where for several years past he has been in charge of the shipping department of the Tuscan Tire & Rubber Company.

(Buchanan) Rutledge. His maternal grandparents were John and Mary Buchanan, the former born in 1807 and the latter in 1809. They reached Union Township at an early day, and lived out their lives in the county, Mary Buchanan dying in Union Township, while he passed away in Loudon Township. The paternal grandparents of Mr. Rutledge were Robert and Jane B. Rutledge, who early founded a home in Union Township and lived there, useful and honored members of the community the rest of their daya William Rutledge was bora in Union Township in 1846, and spent practically all the days of his life on the home farm. Educated in public schools, he lived the life of a quiet and industrious farmer, and died honored and respected in 1907. Susannah Buchanan, his first wife, died in 1884. He was a republican in politics and an active member of the Methodist Church. They were the parents of four children : Charles W. ; Mary J., wife of Cornelius Brackin; John Ross; and Ira Lee. For his second wife William Rutledge married Lydia M. Tope, who is still living, the mother of one child, Frank H. Rutledge.

John R. Rutledge grew iip on the homestead and made the best possible use of the advantages of the public schools. For several years he followed farming, but in 1907 came to Carrollton and for a number of years was an express agent, at first with the Pacific Express and later with Wells Fargo & Company. Following that for three years he was a clerk for A. J. Stoody, and in 1917 took up his present duties In charge of the shipping department of the Tuscan Tire & Rubber Company. Mr. Rutledge is a republican and a member of the Methodist Church.

In 1897 he married Miss Eva E. Tripp, daughter of Sylvester and Mary Tripp, who belonged to the era of early settlement in Carroll County. Her father is still living, at the age of seventyeight years. Mr. Rutledge had the misfortune to lose his wife January 9, 1917, the year in which they would have celebrated their twentieth wedding anniversary. Two children were born, Sylvia Ann and Ralph McRae. The son is in the seventh grade of the Carrollton schools. The daughter, who finished her education in the Carrollton High School, became the wife of Clarence Gotschnll. Mr. Gotschall responded to the draft in 1918, but a short time after he began training at Camp Sherman was stricken and died with the influenza. He is survived by one son, Homer.

Peter A. Cbumrine. The attractive little city of Carrollton, judicial center and metropolis of Carroll County, naturaly has made distinct appeal to many of those native sons who have here gained substantial success in connection with farm industry and who have finally been justified in retiring from the labors and exactions of the farm. Thus the city has gained a goodly quota of sterling retired farmers, and among the number is he whose name introduces this paragraph.

Mr. Crumrine was born in Perry Township, this county, July 16, 1856, and is a son of John and Margaret (Blnger) Crumrine, both of whom were born in Pennsylvania. Peter and Elizabeth

Crum rlne, grandparents of the subject of this sketch, came from the old Keystone State to Carroll County in the pioneer days and settled in Lee Township, where they effected the development of a productive farm and where they passed the remainder of their lives. They became the parents of six sons - John, Isaac, Henry, Peter, David and Madison, and also of one daughter, Mrs. Brown.

John Crumrine was a boy at the time when the family home was established in Carroll County, and here he eventually became a successful farmer, as the owner of one of the excellent farms of Perry Township, but for more than a quarter of a century he devoted his attention to the operation of what was known as the Dawson Mill in that township, this grist mill having been operated by water power. In Perry Township he and his wife continued their residence until the time of their deaths. Both were originally communicants of the Lutheran Church, but later united with what is known as the Christian Union Church in Perry Township. Mr. Crumrine was in the 100-days' service as a soldier in the Civil war, and in later years maintained active affiliation with the Grand Army of the Republic. His political support was given to the republican party. It should be recorded that the paternal and maternal great-grandparents of Peter A. Crumrine were bora and reared in Germany and immigrated to America about the year 1812. John and Margaret (Binger) Crumrine became the parents of nine children - Mary, Jane, Frank, Emma, Spencer, Peter A., Elizabeth, John and Belle.

Peter A. Crumrine found his childhood and youth compassed by the influences of the home farm and profited duly by the advantages afforded in the public schools of his native township. He has been specially vigorous and progressive as a farmer, his first farm, of ninetyfour acres, having been in Loudon Township, and later his operations having been continued on a farm of 108 acres east of Carrollton m Center Township. He also became the owner of property in the city of Carrollton. He finally sold his farm in Center Township and thereafter resided at Carrollton about four years. He then purchased a tract of thirty-five acres in Center Township, and this property he Improved by the erection of a modern house and other good farm buildings. On this model little farm he continued to reside until 1920, when he sold the property and purchased his present attractive residence at 434 South Lisbon Street, Carrollton, where he is now living retired. He is a staunch democrat, and while residing in Loudon Township he served several terms as township trustee. Both he and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in their home city.

October 14, 1875, recorded the marriage of Mr. Crumrine to Miss Martha M. Abel, who was bom in Perry Township, this county, May 28, 1853, a daughter of Nathan and Ruth Ellen (Crim) Abel, both likewise natives of Carroll County. Conrad Abel, grandfather of Mrs. Crumrine, was one of the pioneer settlers in Loudon Township, where be and his wife continued to reside until their deaths. The maternal grandparents, Charles and Christens (Abel) Crim, likewise became early settlers of Loudon Township, where they passed the residue of their lives. Nathan Abel remained on his farm until his death and was one of the substantial farmers and influential citizens of Loudon Township. His political allegiance was given to the democratic party, and both he and his wife were communicants of the Lutheran Church. Of their eleven children William and Emeline died In infancy, the names of the other children being here entered in respective order of their births: Margaret, Angeline, Minerva, Martha Ann, Jacob, Ruth Ellen, Laura, George and Florence Olive. Mr. and Mrs. Crumrine have no children.

N. A. Smith owns and resides upon a well improved farm of 105 acres in Cadiz Township, and in Stock Township he owns also one-half of the old homestead farm of 120 acres, on which he was bora, the date of his nativity having been February 15, 1857. He is one of the popular representatives of a family that was founded in this county nearly a century ago, and is a son of John P. and Anna (Welch) Smith, the former of whom was bora in Stock Township, on the same farm that later figured as the birthplace of his own children, and the date of his birth was February 22, 1822. His wife was born in Franklin Township, a member of another of the sterling pioneer families of Harrison County. John P. Smith was a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Perl go) Smith, whose marriage was solemnized In the State of Maryland. Daniel Smith was born in the year 1774, either in Germany or Maryland, from which state he finally removed to Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1818. when he came with his family to Ohio and settled In Jefferson County, whence in 1821 he came to the present Harrison County and entered an entire section of Government land in Stock Township, where he and his sons reclaimed much of the tract from the forest and developed productive farms. He was one of the organizers of the First Methodist Episcopal Church in his township and was zealous and libera] in its support, as well as one of its influential members. He was a staunch democrat in politics, and as an enterprising and forward-looking citizen he contributed much to the initial development of Hhrrison County along both civic and industrial lines. He died on the 14th of July, 1856, and his remains were the first to be interred in the cemetery at Pleasant Valley. The names of Daniel Smith and his wife have high place on the roll of the honored pioneers of this now favored section of the Buckeye State. They became the parents of ten children: William P., Joab, Maria, Harriet, Millie, James, Joel Jesse, Nathan and John P.

John P. Smith remained on the old home farm until 1858, when he removed to an adjoining farm, which continued to be his place of residence during the remainder of his signally active and useful life. He became the owner of a valuable landed estate of 475 acres, the greater portion of which he retained until his death, and he was one of the leading farmers and influential citizens of Stock Township, where he served several years as township trustee. Both he and his wife were active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Pleasant Valley. They became the parents of ten children: Margaret E. became the wife of Lewis Brown; William K. became a successful physician and surgeon at Deersville, Harrison County; Susan is the wife of B. W. Havener; Mary Jane married Samuel Miller; Edna is the wife of John Logan; Amanda was the next in order of birth ; N. A. is the Immediate subject of this sketch; McKinney resides In Harrison County; Martha is the wife of William E. Cramlet; and David is engaged in the practice of medicine at Newark, Licking County.

In Stock Township N. A. Smith profited fully by the advantages afforded In the public schools, and his entire active career has been marked by close and successful association with farm industry in his native county. He continued a farmer in Stock Township until 1892, when he purchased and removed to his present well improved farm in Cadiz Township. The house on the place was erected before he came into possession of the property, but the other excellent farm buildings have been erected by him and indicate his progressiveness as well as the prosperity that has attended his well directed activities as an agriculturist and stock grower. As before stated, he also owns a part of the old home farm on which he was born, in Stock Township, Mr. Smith has a I wavs taken a loyal interest in community affairs, though never a seeker of official preferment, his political allegiance being given to the republican party, and he and his wife being members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

In December, 1883, Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Kate McGuire, a daughter of Sampson McGuire, of Stock Township, and they became the parents of three children: Carl C.. Mary and John. Carl C. Smith was one of the gallant young Americans who sacrificed their lives in the great World war, and the name of this patriotic young man shall ever be held in high honor In his native county and state. He entered service in July, 1917, and was made first lieutenant in the medical corps with the Thirty-seventh Division of the American Expeditionary Forces In France, where he was in active service in the sanguinary campaigns of the Argonne Forest and the St. Mihiel sector. He died in France February 17, 1919, and the grief of his parents, his young wife and his many friends is tempered by the memory of his heroic service and tragic death in the cause of humanity. He went with his command to France in July, 1918, and there remained until his death. His body lies interred in the bloodstained soil of heroic France. He married Miss Lottie Punteny, who remains in Harrison County, and is survived also by their two children, John P. and Martha C. Mary, only daughter of the subject of this review, is the wife of John E. Warren. John, the surviving son. remains at the parental home.

Liverton O. Snyder, whose whole life has been spent in Harrison County, where, beginning at the bottom of the agricultural ladder, he has progressed through his innate qualities of industry, perseverance, economy and integrity to the ownership of a highly productive farm in Freeport Township and the position of a substantial, influential and useful member of the community, was born in Nottingham Township, Harrison County, November 7, 1862, a son of Levi and Rhoda (Bell) Snyder.

George Snyder, the paternal grandfather of Liverton O. Snyder, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, whence he moved with his wife, Polly, to Coshocton County, Ohio, when his family was still small, and there passed the rest of his life In farming. He and his worthy wife were consistent members of the Presbyterian Church and the parents of five children : Levi, Samuel, Margaret, Hannah and another daughter. Levi Snyder was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and was still a child when taken by his parents to Coshocton County, Ohio. There he secured his education in the public schools and carried on farming until his marriage, following which he moved to Nottingham Township, Harrison County, and took charge of his father-in-law's farm. There his wife died In 1875, and in 1876 he returned to Coshocton County, Ohio, for one year, after which he came back to Harrison County, settling in Freeport Township, where he was engaged in farming until his death. He died in 1891, In the faith of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Snyder married for his first wife Miss Rhoda Bell, who was born in Nottingham Township, Harrison County, a daughter of Alexander Bell. Mr. Bell was one of the pioneers of Nottingham Township, to which community he came alone and settled on a tract of land on which but two acres had been cleared. Here he erected a small log cabin, and then returned to his eastern home and brought back his wife and two children, and settled down to agricultural pursuits, in which he was engaged during the remainder of ms life. He was one of the substantial men of his community and a faithful member of the Presbyterian Church, having helped to build the first church of that faith in his adopted township. He and his worthy wife were the parents of seven children : Alexander, Liverton, Colmer,

J. E. Lafferty; Anna Bell, who married M. M. Richie, Liverton, Ohio; and Leora, who married Boyd Kerr. After the death of his first wife Mr. Snyder married Julia A. Moore.

Liverton O. Snyder attended the public schools of Nottingham township and Freeport township, and as a young man engaged in agricultural pursuits on his own account. On October 22, 1891, he was united in marriage with Laura A. Longsworth, daughter of Warren and Mary (Smith) Longsworth, natives of Guernsey County, and granddaughter of Basil and Elizabeth (Boyer) Longsworth and John and Elizabeth (Edwards) Smith. Warren Longsworth was born in l«S3i, and spent his entire life in agricultural operations on the farm on which he was bom in Washington Township. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Protestant Church and the parents . of the following children: Laura A.. Tlysses S. Grant, John W.. El wood R..

and Mary Elizabeth. During the first year after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Snyder moved to Guernsey County, where they spent one year, then returning to Freeport Township, Harrison County, where they have continued to maintain their home. During the past twenty-five years they have resided on their present well-cultivated farm of 144 acres. Mr. Snyder has met with success in his farming and stock raising operations, his good management and modern methods having combined with his industry to bring him prosperity. He is well known throughout his section of Harrison County, and w'itbin his wide circle of acquaintance enjoys the reputation of an intelligent, upright, publicspirited and well-disposed citizen.

of Freeport Township. He married Miss Belle Cummins and has one child, Ruth Marian. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder are consistent members of the Presbyterian Church at Freeport, the movements of which they have supported liberally. Having managed his own affairs so capably, he has been called upon by his fellow-citizens to manage public matters, and during a period of seven years was a member of the Board of Trustees of Freeport Township.

Mahlon Shaw. In the vigorous little industrial city of Minerva, situated on the line between Carroll and Stark counties, is essentially one of the most influential citizens and men of affairs, as he is here vice-president of the Minerva Savings & Trust Company, one of the substantial financial institutions of this part of the state, and is also vice president of the Owen China Company, a substantial manufacturing concern.

Mr. Shaw was born in Washington Township, Carroll County, Ohio, August 23, 1844, and is a representative of a prominent and honored pioneer family of this county. He is a son of Josiah C. and Maria (Walton) Shaw, the former of whom was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, October 30, 1816, and the latter was born in Augusta Township, Carroll County, August 6, 1823, a daughter of Gabriel and Mary (Townsend) Walton.

Josiah C. Shaw was a son of Nathan and Ruth (Crawford) Shaw, whose names have high place on the roll of the sterling pioneers of Carroll County. Nathan Shaw and his wife were both natives of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where the former was born June 17, 1777, and the latter July 25, 1782. their marriage having there been solemnized on the 15th of May, 1802. Nathan Shaw was for a time engaged in boatbuilding on the Monongahela River in Pennsylvania, and it was in the early part of the nineteenth century that he came with his wife to Ohio and settled In Jefferson County, and when a few years later they came to the present Carroll County and numbered themselves among the earliest settlers in Washington Township, which was at that time an untrammeled forest wild. Mr. Shaw reclaimed a farm from the forest, and concerning him the following statements have been written: "Nathan Shaw was one of the best farmers of his section and time. He took great pride in fruit-growing and developed one of the finest pioneer orchards in Carroll County. The public road through his premises was lined with black-morella cherry trees, and his apple orchard consisted of numerous varieties of the choicest kinds." Mr. Shaw's death occurred October 28, 1853, his wife having passed aw'ay October 13, 183G, the remains of both being interred in the Herrington Cemetery in Augusta Township, where the first grave was that of their son-in-law, George Long, who was accidentally shot and killed in October, 1823, while hunting deer in that township. Mr. and Mrs. Shaw became the parents of one son and six daughters: Mary became the wife of George Long, mentioned above, and after his tragic death she finally married John Morgan, with whom she removed to Scioto County, where she passed the remainder of her life; Cassandra married Simeon Westfall, and both were residents of Carroll County at the time of their deaths; Elizabeth became the wife of Robert Denniston. and her remains rest in Corinth Cemetery at Mechanicstown; Christena, the wife of Joseph Caskey, remained in Carroll County until her death; Margaret, wife of Silas Caskey, likewise died in this county : Josiah C., the only son, was the next in order of birth; and Mary, who first married Peter Abrahams and after his death became the wife of Henry Pedler, was a resident of Columbiana County at the time of her death.