Jefferson Township (part 8 of 15)

When the congregation was organized, David Brown, grandfather of Xenia's e.xpostmaster. Thomas Brown: James Moore, father nf the late Dr. Daniel D. Moore; James Irvin and Col. John Duncan were elected ruling elders. A tide of emigration flowed into the congregation, many coming from N'irginia, some of whom had been micmbers of Dr. Heron's charge in that state and these were followed in some cases !iy hangers-on and dependents, and these tw'o distinct grades O'f society came in at once. Samuel Bromagen did the stone work of the h<vuse and also the brick work, and I think that John and William Bradfute did the carpenter work. Colonel John Dunkin was wonderfully lively with a tinge of eccentricities in his character that made him more interesting. The first time I ever saw David Brown he was in search of a cow. As John Watt was township clerk and knew the earmarks, he called on him. John asked him the appearance of the cow. 'A\"e!l, John, she's na a black coo, but she's a w hite coo; but she's na a large coo, but she's na sma coo, and she's a pretty coo." As the Scotch dialect was music to me J enjoyed the description of the cow mucli better than I did the sermon. Some Scotch shepherds moved into the congregation, among them a married man and his wife and two bachelor brothers. Mr. Brown said he would go around with them and arrange work, as nearly e\er\- farmer would make rails in preference to shearing sheep and they could get all their rails made. "We will make our own rails." said the eldest cif the three. "But ye can na do it," said Mr. Brown. "Ycm lie, you dog: we mjade twa apiece yesterday." was the promipt reply.

Dr. Heron gave a cmu'se of expository lectures o^n the propbecies of Isaiah, a paraphrase of a psalm, or part of it, and the lecture took up the forenoon. Next we hail a recess of fifteen minutes in winter and fortv-fi\-e in summer, in which we partook of the basket or, with the most of us. a pocket dinner. A sermon took up the afternoon, and most of us got home at sundown, even in winter. The service began the same hour the year round, and ele\-en did not mean twelve by Dr. Heron's watch. Once he began with mty brother Hugh and myself present, and not many were late the next Sabbath. Dr. Heron, with his comrse of lectures, went through the book of the prophet Isaiah, and in reading this book in after vears when I came on a chapter I had lieard bim expound I seemed to have found a bright place. The last time I laughed aloud during religious service was in the old meeting house. The hoiuse was very full, when a big woods beau with his red

Iiair, freckles and very tall diilciner came late. By packing twu pews already full room was made for them by the usher, but not in the saniie pew. He sat to my right and she directly in front of him. Narrow lace collars were worn by ladies then, but slie had a broad lace cape that extended well down her back over a dress still whiter than her cape. One oif her long red hairs had strayed from its comrades and was resting m the cape. The contrast of color was loo' painful for Joshua, and he made several attempts to remove the hair without attracting attention. I came toi the conclusion, as 1 knew he was near-sighted, that iie did not know that it still had its natural attachment, and felt that if he would snatch it <'i.nd she wnuld jump 1 would have to laugh. To enforce sobriety on myself I thought C'f death, fire and lJrin^stone, a reproof ivoim the minister, a relnike from my parents, the teasing of my conn^ades, the embarrassment of the young lady. After I liad suspected the red hair had been abandoned to its fate, and when the pastor was in the midst ui an eli:(|uent declamation, Joshua grabbed it. The red head shot u|) like a-rocket, a wild yell of alarm came from somewhere up there, and after an e.x'plosion of laughter I subsided and was too miserable to- remain fiir the afternoon service, and the v&\ hairs were carefully taken home as well.

The ne.xt day I met Dr. Heron and asked him to scold me. "T'or what?" said he. "For laughing aloud in church yesterday," said I. "But scnjding is one of the exact sciences," said he, "and you miust tell me all aljout it, so that 1 can projierly adapt the penalty." After Iiearing me through he said, "Well. I am glad I did not see it. tV.r a laugh in the ])nl])it might have dune more harm than a laugh in the pews." 1 felt better, and had the kindest feelings for the Dcctor as long as he lived. 1 had the satisfaction cf hearing the last senncju he e\er preached.

Andrew Heron was born in Scotland, October ii, 1788. He first came to the United States ( as he says in his application toi become a citizen of this country in 1840) in the year 1807. He was nineteen years of age. He remained a while at Cambridge, Xew Y'lrk, where he studied theology and was licensed to preach by the Associate church. For a number of years he acted as missionary, tra\'eling on horseback through Pennsylvania, ^laryland, Virginia and the Carolinas, and preached to the congregations in those states. In 181S he was settled in Rockbridge county, \'irginia, where he remained thirteen }-ears. During this time he acted for a while as professor of languages in Washington College at Lexington, the same o\-er which General Lee presiiled at the time of his death. In 1831 lie removed with a consideralile part ^if his congregation, and formed what was known as the Caesarscreek congregatiori. near Jamestown, Greene county. Ohio. Here he remainetl until 1844, when he was displaced Ijy the disruption in the Associate church. His next charge was in Indiana, where he remained, however, only a few years. Yielding to the infirmities of age. he returnetl to this coinitv and Ijecame a resident of Cedarville. He received the degree of D. D. from Washington College, Virginia. In familiarity with the Scriptures he had few e(|ua!s, and his retentive memory enalded him ti; (piote scripture while preach- ing, with peculiar fitness. He was twice marrieil. By his lirst wife he had one son, Rev. John Heron, who^ is yet (1900) living in Jamestown, Ohio. Dr. Andrew Heron (hed August 30, 1873, in his eighty-fifth year, and is buried in Woodland cemetery, Xenia, (Jliio.

Presbyterian Church

It appears that it dates its origin back to 1S04. In that year James Miller and family frmn .Scotland, and David Mitchel and wife from Kentucky, settled on Clarkes run, and these two- families organized the first ijraying band of this congregation and were for some }-ears the only miembers. In the spring of 1808 James Reid and family came and settled in the same neightorhood ami to-ok an active interest in the society organized. In the fall of r8o8 William Moreland and family found a home here and identified themselves wdth the society. The first Refomied Presbyterian preaching in the hounds of this congregation, and perhaps in the state of Ohio, was in the fall of 1809, bv Rev. Tbomas Donnelly and Mr. John Kell. then a licentiate. Mr. Kell ])reached in the moniing and Mr. Donnelly in the afternoon. Soon after this Rev. John Black, of Pittsburg, visited the little society, constituted a session and received James Reid and wife as the first accessions to the church. At this time there were nine or ten members in the congregation. The ne.xt Sabbath Mr. Black preached in a log caljin on the farm on which ^Mr. Dallas formerly lived. On that day the ordinance of baptism was administered for. the first time in the congregation. Tbc parties baptized were William and Joseph Reid. In the ne.\t few years some eight or ten families were added tu the congreg-ation. For a time the supplies were very limited. The congregation built its first church edifice in 1812, on James Miller's farm. The first church edifice was a rude structure, twenty-two feet sc^uare, built of round logs, the cracks closed with clay, the roof of clapboards four feet long, fastened down with weight poles. Tins was used for a place of worship for twelve years. The first preacher the church ever engaged was Rev. John Kell. whot administered tO' them about onefourth of his time, from 1810 to 1816. The first pastor was Rev. Jonathan Gill in 1816 who remained until i8_'3, when at his own request the pastoral relations were dissolved. From' 1823 to the spring of 1828 Rev. Gavin McMillan preached about onefourth of his time for the people.

In 1824 a new house of worship was built on the bank of Massies creek six miles from Xenia, it being a stone building thirtysix by forty feet. The fall oi 1828 the Rev. Hugh :\Ic^Iillan assisted the Rev. Gavin ^McMillan in the dispensation of the Lord's Supper. They were so well pleased with him that they gave liim a unanimons call to become their pastor. The call was accepted in April, 1829, and the Rev. Hugh Mc- ]\Iillan returned from South Carolina and was s<X)n after installed their pastor, which relation he sustained until his death in i860. At the time the Rev. Meridian became pastor there were sixty-six members in the church. A large number of his members came with him from the south, so that in a few years they formed the larger part of the congregation. In the time of the division in 1833 the congregation numbereil

In 1839 tlie congregation built a new church on a lot near the old one, of brick, forty-five by fifty-five feet. In 1848 the members living around Xenia and vicinity asked for a distinct organization which \vas granted. The Xenia congregation took ofif fifty members, and they made a call for the Rev. Hugh Mc^Iillan to become their pastor. l)Ut he declined and remioved to Cedarville. where he continued to work and labor till his work on earth was ended. In 1853 the (Id brick church was pulled down and rebuilt in Cedarville. being a more central ix>int. In it is material from the old church of 1824 and also from that of 1839. Tlie congregaticni was without a pastor from October, i860, until May. 1863. There were in the congregation at this time about one hundred and sevent\- members. In the fall of 1862 a unanimous call was made for Rev. J. F. Morton, and by him accepted. In May, 1863, Rev. J. F. Morton was ordained and installed as pastor of the congregation and still (1899) sustains that relation. At that time there were nine members of the session, but five of that number have gone to their rewards, viz. : R. C. Reid. James McCnllum. William Harbison, John Orr and William Reid. At present there are eight, three having l^een added in 1871. During the last twenty years there lia\e been two hundred and twenty accessions, fort}-fi\e dismissed by certificates, one hundred and thirty baptized and one hundred deaths including adults and children. The jiresent membership is about two hundred.

1803. Clerk uf court, John Paul; county recorder. John Paul : sheriff, Xathan Lamme, from May lo, 1803, to December 7, 1803, when he resigned and ^^'illiam Maxwell was elected : county surveyor, James Galloway Jr. : prosecuting attorney, Daniel Symms; associate judges, Benjamin W'hiteman. James Barrett and William Maxwell.

1804. Clerk I if the court. John Paul; county recorder, John Paul ; sheriff, \\"illiam Maxwell ; county commissioners. Jacob Smiith, James Snowden and John Sterritt : county surveyor, James Galloway : pr( ?secuting attorney, .\rthur St. Clair ; associate judges, Benjamin W'hiteman and James Barrett.

1805. Clerk of court. John Paul; county recorder. John Paul ; sheriff. William ^laxwell : county comanissioners Jacob Smith, James Snowden and John McLane ; county sur\eyor. James Galloway : assc-ciate judges, Benjamin Whiteman and James Barrett; ccroaier. James Popeni»e.

1806. Clerk of court. Ji»hn Paul; county recorder. John Paul ; sheriff. William Maxwell; county commissioners, James Snowden. Jolm McLane and \\'illiam A. Beatty ; county treasurer. James Galloway, Sr. ; county surveyor, James Galloway, Jr. : associate judges. David Huston. James Bar- v rett and Josiah Grover; coroner, James Popenoe.

1S08. Clerk 1)4" court, John Paul: recorder, J. lin Paul: sheriff. James Collier; treasurer. James Galloway. Sr. ; commissioners, J(,hn McLane, Andrew Read and James Mcrrcw ; surveyor, James Galloway, Jr.: ])rosecuting- attorney, John Ale.xander. associate jutlges. vDavid Hustwi, James Barrett and Josiah r.rover; coroner, James Po-penoe.

1809. Clerk of curt. Jisiah Grover; recorder, Josiah Grover; sheriff, James Collier; treasurer, James Galloway, Sr. ; C( nnnissioners, Andrew Read. James Morrow and William Buckles; surveyor, James Galloway, Jr. ; prosecuting attorney, Joihn Ale.xander ; 'associate judges, David Huston. James Barrett and James Snowden ; coroner, William Campbell.

1810. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover; recorder, losiali Grover; sheriff. James Collier: treasurer, James Grdloway. Sr. : conmiissioners. James Morrow. William Buckles and John Haines ; surveyor, Samuel Kyle : prosecuting attorney, John Alexander; associate judges, ^^^ David Huston, James Snowden and Samuel Kyle : cori>ner, William Cam]jbell.

181 1. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover; reci rder. Josiah Grover: sheriff", James Collier; treasurer. James Galloway, Sr. ; commissioners, William Buckles, John Haines and Sanniel Gamble : surveyor. Samuel Kyle ; prosecuting attorney, John Alexander ; associate judges, John ^IcLane and Samuel Kyle; coroner, William! Campbell.

Thomas Ifunter and Peter Pelliam; surveyor, Samuel Kyle; prosecuting attornev, Ji hn Alexander: associate judges, John McLane, Samuel Kyle; coroner, \Villiam Campbell ; sheriff, James Collier.

1813. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover; recorder. Jcsia'h Grover; sheriff', Joihn Hivling; treasurer, James Galloway, Sr. ; commissicmers, Thomas Hunter, Peter Pelham and Benjamin Grover ; surveyor. Samuel Kyle; prosecuting attorney. John Alexander; associate judges. Jacob Haines. Samuel Kyle; coroner. William Toavnsley.

1814. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover; recorder, Josiah Grover; sheriff, John Hivling; commissioners, Benjamin Grover, Thcmas- Hunter and Peter Pelham; surveyor. Samuel Kyle: prosecuting attorney. \\"illiam Ellsberry; associate judges. Jacob Haines and Samuel Kyle: coroner. William Townsley.

1815. Clerk of court. Josiah Grover: reci;rder. Josiah Grover; sheriff. James Po:peno.e: treasurer, James Galloway. Sr. ; cotmmissioners. Benjamin Grover, Thomas Hunter and Peter Pelham : surveyor. Samuel' Kyle: ])rosecuting attornev. William Ellsberry : associate jtidges. Jacob Haines,

1816. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover; recorder ; Josiah Grover : sheriff, James Popenoe ; treasurer, James Gallo^way, Sr. ; commissioners. Thomas Hunter, Samluel Gamble and John^ Haines : surveyor. Moses Collier; prosecuting attorney, Joshua Collett ; associate judges, Jacob Haines. Samuel Kyle and^avid Huston ; coTCiier. James Collier.

comniisioners, Tlionias Hunter. John Haines and David Conley : suneyer. Muses Collier; prosecuting attorney. Joshua Collett ; associate judges. Jacob Haines. Samuel Kyle and David Huston ; coroner. James Collier.

1818. Clerk of court. Josiah Grover; recorder. Josiah Grover; sheriff. James Poj)enoe ; treasurer. James Galloway. Sr. ; commissioners, Thomas Hunter. Da\'id Conlev and Peter Pelham : siu'veyor. Moses Collier; prosecuting attorney. John Alexander; associate judges. Jacob Haines Samuel Kyle and .David Huston ; coroner. James Collier.

1819. Clerk of court. Josiah Grover; recorder. Josiah Grover; sheriff'. John Smith; treasurer, Ryan Gowdy; commissioners. David Conley, Peter Pelham and John Sterritt; surveyor. Moses Collier; prosecuting attorney. John Alexander; asstKiate judges. John Clark. Samuel Kyle and . David Huston ; coroner, James Collier.

1820. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover; recorder, Josiah Grover; auditor. Peter Pelham; sheriff, John Smith: treasurer. Ryan Gowdy; commissioners. Da\i(l Conley. Peter Pelham and John Sterritt ; surveyor, Moses Collier; prosecuting attorney, John Alexander; associate judges, J(vhn Clark, Samuel Kyle and. David Huston ; coroner, David Conley.

182 1. Clerk of court. Josiah Grover; recorder, Josiah Grover; auditor, George Townsley ; sheriff, John Smith ; treasurer, James Gowdy; commissioners. David Conley, John Sterritt and William Buckles : surveyor, Moses Collier; prosecuting attorney, John Alexander; associate judges, John Clark, Samuel Kyle and David Huston ; coroner. Tames Collier.

1822. Clerk of court, Ji>siah Grover; reci'rder. Josiah Gri\er: auditor. George Townsley ; sheriff', John Smith ; treasurer, James Gowdy; commissioners, David Conley, John Sterritt and Stephen Bell ; surveyor, Moses Collier : prosecuting attorney. Jiihn Alexander; associate judges, John Clark, Samuel Kyle and --David Huston ; coroner, James Collier.

1823. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover: recorder, Josiah Grover : auditor. George Townsley ; sheriff. John Smith : treasurer, James Gowdy: commissioners, John Sterritt. Stephen Bell and Samuel Shaw : surveyor. Moses Collier; prosecuting attorney. John Alexander; associate judges. John Clark. Samuel Kyle and -David Huston : coroner James Collier.

1824. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover: recorder, Josiah Grover; auditor, George Townsley ; sheriff'. James Popenoe ; treasurer. James Gowdy : commissioners. John Sterritt. Stephen Bell and Samuel Shaw ; surveyor. !Moses Collier; prosecuting attorney. John Alexander ; associate judges. John Clark. Sanniel Kyle and David Huston : coroner. James Collier.

1825. Clerk of cuurt, Josiah Grover: recorder. Josiah Grover; auditor. George Townsley; sheriff. James Pt>penoe; treasurer. James Gowdy; commissioners. Samuel Shaw. Stephen Bell and William Buckles: surveyor. ]\Ioses Cullier; prosecuting attorney. John Alexander ; associate judges. John Clark. Samuel Kyle and David Huston ; coroner, James Collier.

1826. Clerk of court. Josiah Grover: recorder. Josiah Grover ; auditor. George Townsley; sheriff'. James Popenoe; treasurer. James Gowdy; commissioners. Stephen Bell. IMathias \Vinans and William Buckles ; surveyor. Moses Collier : prose-

1827. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover; recorder. Josiah Grover: auditor. George Townsley : sheriff, James A. Scott; treasurer, James Gowdy; commissioners. William Buckles, ]\Iathias Winans and Simeon Dunn: surve}'or, Moses Collier; prosecuting attorney, John Alexander; associatejudges, Joihn Clark, Samuel Kyle and Da\itl Huston, coroner, James CciUier.

i8j8. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover; recorder, Josiah Gro\-er; auditor, \\"illiam Richards; treasurer, Samuel Newcomh; commissioners, William Buckles, Siinleon Dunn and Mathias \\'inans ; surveyor, Moses Collier; prosecuting attorney, John Alexander: associate judges, John Clark, Samuel Kyle and David Huston : inlirmarv directors, George Townsley, William McKni.ght and Geor.ge Galloway ; coroner, JauTCS Collier; sheriff. James A. Scott.

1829. Clerk (if court, Josiah Grover; recorder, Josiah Grover: auditor. William Richards: sheriff. James A. Scott; treasurer. Sanuiel Newcomh: comtmissioners. Willianii P.uckles, Saniuel Gowdy and John Barber; survevor. Mouses Collier; coroner, lames Collier; infirmary directors, George Gallc'way, Samuel Gowdy and Abraham Larew ; prosecutin.g attorney, John Alexander: associate judges, John Clark, Samuel Kyle and David Huston.

1830. Clerk oi court. James L. Grover: rec(>rder, John H. McPhersoat: auditor, William Richards.; sheriff. James A. Scott; treasurer, Sairuuel Xewcomb : commissioners. William Buckles, Samuel Gowdy and Joihn Barber; surveyor, Robert Watson: coroner, James Collier ; infinnary directors, George GalloAvay, George Townsley and

1831. Clerk of court, James L. Grover; recorder, John H. ^IcPherson: auditor, William Richards ; sheriff", James A. Sccitt ; treasurer, Samuel Xewcomb ; commissioners, William Buckles, Samuel Gowdy and John Barber; survey(;.r, Robert \\'ats<)n: coroner, James Collier; infirmary directiirs, Geor.ge Galloway, George Townslev and J. Davison: pri.secuting attorney, John Alexander: associate judges, John Clark, Samuel Kyle and David Huston.

1832. Clerk of court, James* L. Gnn-er; recorder, John A. Mcpherson; auditor, William Richards; sheriff", Ames Quinn ; treasurer, Samuel Xewcomb: coroner, James Collier ; commissioners, William Buckles, John Barber and John Fudge; surveyor, Robert Watson: infirmary directors, George Galloway, George Townsley and Josiah Gro\-er : prosecuting attorney, C. Clark; assi.iciate judges, John Clark, Samuel Kyle and David Huston.

1833. Clerk of court, James L. Grover; recorder. John H. McPherson; auditor, Williann Richards ; sheriff", Amos Quinn; coroner. James Collier: treasurer, Samuel X'ewcomb : commissioners, William B^uckles, John Fudge and Ryan Gowdy; surveyor, Robert Watson ; infirmary directors, George Townsley, Samuel Gowdy and Josiah Grover; prosecuting attorney, C. Clark; associate judges, Sinneon Dunn, Samuel Kyle and David Huston.

1834. Clerk of court, Janies _ L. Grover: recorder, John H. McPherson; auditor, Williani Richards : sheriff', Amos Quinn ; treasurer, Samuel Xewcomb : commissioners, \\'illiam, Buckles, Jolm Fudge and R\-an Gowdy; coroner, John Schnelily: biir\e}( r, Muses Lillier: inhrniai)- ilirecturs, George Townsley, Samuel Gowcly and Jcsiah Grcver: prcsecuting attorney. Cornelius Clark; associate judges. Simeon Dunn. Samuel Kyle and David Huston.

1835. Clerk of court. James L. Grover; recnrder. John H. McPherson ; auditi-r, Williami' Richards : sheriff. Amos Ouinn; treasurer. Samuel Xewcomb; coroner, John Schnebly: commissioners. John Fudge, Ryan Gowdy and Timothy G. Bates; surveyor. Moses Collier: infinnary directors, Samuel Gowdy, John Ankeney and Josiah Grover : prosecuting attorne\-. Cornelius Clark; associate judges. Simeon Dunn. Samuel Kyle and David Huston.

1836. Clerk of court. James L. Grc.ver: recorder. John H. McPherson ; au|ditor, Williami Richards ; sheriff. Amos Ouinn; coroner. William Cobum Robinson; treasurer. Samuel Xewcomb; commissioners. Juhn Fudge. Ryan Gowdy antl Timothy G. Bates; surveyor, Moses Collier: intirmary directors. Samuel Gowdy, John Ankeney and Sanmiel Cnnnbaugh ; prosecuting attorney, William Ellsberry : associate judges. Simeon Dunn. Samuel Kyle and David Huston.

T837. Clerk of court, Thornton Marshall ; recorder. John H. McPherson ; auditor. Thomas Cc^ke Wright: sheriff'. Amos Quinn ; coroner, W. C. Robinson ; treasurer. Samuel Xewcomb; connnissioners. Ji hn Fudge. Daniel Lewis and Ebenezer Steele; infirmary directors, Samuel Gowdy, John Ankenev- and Samuel Crumljaugh ; prosecuting attorney, \\'illiam Ellsberry; associate judges, Simeon Dunn, SannieJ Kyle and .David Huston.

auditor, Thomas Coke Wright: sheriff'. James A. Scott ; coroner, Casper L. Merrick ; treasurer. Samuel Xewcomb ; commissioners. John Fudge, Daniel Lewis and Ebenezier Steele ; surveyor. Moses Collier ; infirmary directors. Samuel Gowdy, John Ankeney and Samnel Cnnnbaugh ; prosecuting attorney, R. C. Poland: associate judges. Simeon Dunn. Sanuiel Kyle and David Huston.

1839. Clerk of court, Thixnton Marshall ; recorder, John H. McPherson ; auditor. Thomas Coke ^\'right ; sheriff. James A. Scott; coroner. Casper L. Merrick; treasurer. Sanniel Xewcomb; commissioners. John Fudge, Daniel Lewis and E. Steele; surveyor, Moses Collier; infirmary directors, Samuel Gowdy. John Ankeney and Samuel Crumbaugh ; prosecuting attorney. R. C. Poland ; associate judges. Simeon Dunn, Samuel Kyle and David Huston.

1840. Clerk of court. Thornton Marshall: recorder, John H. McPherson: auditi-r. Thomas Coke Wright ; sheriff'. William) Coburn Robinson ; coroner, Juhn Duncan; treasurer. Alfred Trader; commissioners, John Fudge, Daniel Lewis and Bennet Lewis ; surveyor. Closes Collier : infirmary directors. Samuel Gowdy, Jolm Ankeney and Samuel Crumbaugh : prosecuting attorney, R. C. P<.iland : associate judges. Simeon Dunn, Sanmiel Kyle and David Huston.

count}- records, concerning the war with Great Britain. Tlie roster of the soldiers in that war has I)een taken from the booiks on file in tlie adjutant general's office in Columlxis, and by incjuiry and researches in different t(nvnshii)s in the county. And after the lapse o'f over three-fourths of a centiu'v if some names ha\'e been omitted, or if in putting ihe names in correct al[)habetical order, it has iwt been done according" to Webster. I am in hopes it will be overlooked.

In June. 1S12, the United States declared war against Great Britain. In this war the west was a principal theater. Defeat, disaster and disgrace marked its opening scenes, but the latter extents O'f the contest were a series of siilendid achievements. Crogan's gallant defense of Fort Stevenson; Perry's victory upon Lake Erie; the total defeat by Harrison, of the allied Britisb and savages under Proctor and Tecumseh on the Thames ; and the great closing triumph of Jackson at Xew Orleans, reflected the most brilliant luster upon the .-Vnierican arms. In every vicissitude of this contest the conduct of OhiO' was eminently patrii)tic and honorable. \\"Iien the necessities oif the national go\-ernment compelled congi'ess toi resort toi a direct tax, Ohio, for successive years cheerfully assumed and promptly paid her quota out of her state treasun,-. Her sons volunteered with alacrity their sen-ices in the iield, and no tnx)ips more patiently endured hardships or performed better service: hardly a battle was fought in the northwest in which suiue of the brave citizen soldiers did not seal their devotion to their country with their blood.

called upon f(;r services, generally of a ver\- difficult and dangerous nature. The companies composing these expeditions at times were of a very singular elen^ent, most of the privates being men high in military title and rank embracing in its ranks such men as Alajor James Galloway, Captain Ct^nstant, Captain Robert Gowdy, Colonel Robert Buckles, Captain George Junkin, .\djutant \\'illiam Rogers, and others. One company so constituted was placed under the command' of Captain James ^lorrow ; another company under Captain Samuel Herrod, of Ross township. The object of the latter was to guard a train of pack-horses (no use for the aniiy wagon in those days) from Fort McArthurt to Fort Finley, a very dangerous enterprise it may well be supposed, considering the hostile nature of the country, swarming with savage Indians. On this expedition, wihen near Fort Mc- -\rtluu-, they were met by an express or messenger, who told them that the fort was surrounded by savages, and of course they would have to fight their way intO' it. The news served only to- hasten their progress, but on arriving at the fort they found the report of the express e.xaggerated. The Indians were in the vicinity it was true, but they exi>erienced no difficulty in making their way into the fort.

At this time occurred the death of a ^Ir. Cunningham, of Bellbrook, who' was shot through the body by Indiau bullets. Captain Robert McClellan, of Sugarcreek township, Greene county, was then in comniiand ol" Fort McArthur with his company from said township. Our old and respected friend Thonias Coke Wlright (deceased), gave the following account of this sad event : "Captain Robert ]\IcClelIan, w-ho recentlv died in Greene countv, was brave even t(> rashness. While lie Cdiiinianded at F(.)rt Art-Arthur (ine ol' his men went a short distance In mi the walls fnr the [mrpose of ]ieeliiig bark. While he was engaged on a tree he was shot twice thnmgh the l)od_v by a couple of Indians in ambush, whose ritles went off so near together that their reports were barely distinguishable. Ik- uttered one piercing scream of agony and ran with alnmst superhuman speed, but fell before he readied the fort. An instant alarm was spread through the garrison, and the thought was no doubt entertained that this was the commencement of a general attack, which had long l>een e.xpected. Instead ol shutting the gates to keep out danger, McClellan seized his ritle and calling on some of his men tO' folloAV (of which few obeyed ) lie hastened to the jjlace of ambush and made diligent search for the eiiemv, who liy an instant and ra])id retreat had effected their escajie : nor did he return until he had scoured the woods' all an.iund in the vicinity of the fort. The site of Fort Mc.\rtliur was about three miles southwest of Kenton. Hardin county." Two sons of the old hero. Cajitain Robert McClellan, namely: ])avi<l and William Mcriellan. are yet (1901) living west of .\enia, beside other descendants.

But to resume the story r;f Captain Samuel Herrod's ccnnpany. a.v tnld l)y David M. Laughead. wlm was alnng with this expedition. "The ciimpany reached its destination without mishap, and returned soon after. When near Crliana. on their returii, they were met liy (icneral I'enjamin Whiteman and Dr. Joshua Martin, wh(i informed them that the citizens of Xenia were excited over a runn r that the whc;le company except three had been murdered by the Indians and that thev had been clu'sen to' advance into the enemy's cnuntry and ascertain the truth of the report. The meeting-, under the circumstances was a joyful one. and the members of the company breaking ranks made their way to Xenia, arriving on Sabbath morning, when the citizens were wending their way to church."

An act had been passed authorizing the president to detach one liuirdred thousand militia fur si.x months also fi.;r organizing the regular army. The same month a requisition was made by the president upon Ohio for twelve hundred militia, in obedience to which Governor Meigs issued orders to the major generals of the middle and western cli\-ision of the state to' meet in Dayton with their respective (pii;tas April 2gth. With an ardor and lo\-e of country unsurpassed, many more than were wanted tendered their services, and the best citizens docked in from Greene, Montgomery, Warren and Miami literally contending with each other as to who should go iirst. The officers for the three regiments formed were respectively, Duncan McArthur. colonel ; James Denney and William A. Trimble, majors of the First Regiment. James Findle\', ci'lonel: Thiimas Moore and Thomas B. VanHorn. majors of the Second Regiment. Lewis Cass, colonel : Robert Morrison and J. R. ]\lunson, majors of the Third Regiment.

On the 25th of May, 1812, they were formally put under the command of General Hull, governor of the territory, and su];erintendent of Indian aft'airs. Speeches were made by Governor Meigs, Colonel Cass and (leneral Hull and the fire of patri- (.itism and military ardi.M" burned bright in every bosom, and all things looked Auspicious. June 1st the arniy marched up the Miami to Stanton in Miami county, where they halted until their baggage came up the river in boats, on the arrival of which they cuntinued their iniarch to L'rbana, about thirty miles east of Stanton, where on the Sth they were informed that thev would lie reviewed by the governor and some Indian chiefs. June 15th the armv broke camp and miarched for Detroit, on their \\a_\' wading through a swamp knee deep fi.r over f(.'rty miles. On Saturda}-. Septem'ber 22nd. news reached Dayton that Hull had surrendered at Detroit August 16th. This created intense excitement and consternatii n along the frontier counties, and steps were taken at once to organize the militia. There were over forty thousand dollars' worth of stores at l'i(|ua, and the Indians who had assembled there at the grand co.uncil were still hanging aromnd. Hand bills were distributed calling upon all able Ijrdicd citizens to meet with arms at Dayton immediatey, to march to the relief of the frontiers. On Sabbath moming before seven o'clock a comjiany o^f seventy men was raised, and under marching orders for Piqua in a few hours, led by Captain James Steele, at that time a resident of Sugarcreek township, Greene county. Before the morroiw seven other companies were raised from the surrounding coiuntry, with Captain Caldwell's troop O'f horse and Johnson's Rifle Company, from Warren county, which later, in company with Captain Davis' battalion, left on Mt)nday. General Benjamin Whiteman. of Miami count}-, marched with nearly a full brigade.

The list that lias been prepared will further along show who many of these Iira\-e boys were and where they belonged, although for years they have been in their

The governor gave General Munger command at Picpia and had the stores remo\-ed to Dayton. The whole country was thoroughly aroused to a sense of the eminent danger that threatened, the frontiers. Troops were rapidly pushed forward toi resist the expected attack of the Englisih and Indians, led by tlie infamons Proctor and Tecmnseh, in the main, whose scattering bands were infesting the isolated settlements. The excitement was intense ; all men capable of bearing arms were scouting or in the army. The women and children were huddled together in lilock-houses. In this connection we submit the following from Hug"h Andrew, who is still rem'?mbered Ijy manv persons living today. He says :

"Idull, who surrendered at Detroit, was coniimander of all the northwestern arnuies, except a few companies of rangers quartered in block-houses. Prirr to his defeat he was encamped at Dax'tin, and I was then a private. 1 was on duty during a greater portion of the war, but did not engage in any active battle. My company was encamped some time on the Sandusky river. One night I was detailed for guard dnty : nothing unusual occurred until the dawning of the morning, when I heard the rustling of the thicket a short distance fror.i my post ; peering through the semi-darkness, I saw a dark object approaching, could not discern its features, but concluded naturally that they were those of an Indian. It came yet a- little closer and stopped. I brought my gun to my shoul- (der and took aim and fired. A loud report and all was silent, and when the sni'oke hiid cleared a\\a_\- 1 jjerceixed the (hject liad vanished. Upmi I)eing relieved I went to the spot where 1 had seen the Indian (as I supposed), saw spots of blood, by which 1 tracked him to^ the rear of the guard house, thence farther beyond the limits of the camp where I discovered the carcass of a hog. that had strayed from some settlement. Thus ended my experience in Indian killing.

"The announcement of Hull's surrender reached Xenia on the Sabbath day. while the people were attending worship. They were panic stricken as it was considered that we were on the frontier and liable t'.- be invaded Ijv the British armies without a moment's warning. Simultaneously with the news of the surrender an order was issued requesting the First Regiment, composed partly of Greene county men, to report at Yellow Springs on the following morning ( Monday) at ten o'clock. I was then in my eighteenth year, in the vigor of youth, and mounting my Iiorse, rode to Xenia. Here we equipped ourselves with the necessaries- of war, and were on the ground at the appointed time. \\'e did camp duty that night, and on the morrow marched to Urbana, where we remained several days. A large concoin-se of people had -been gathered here from all parts of this section. \vho were willing and anxious to answer the country's call. After several days' delay, and a protracted discussion, it was decided that a portion of the First Regiment would proceed northward, while all others should return to their homes and await further orders. In 1813 Fort ]\Ieigs was beseiged by the British and Indians. A call was made for a volunteer regiment of mounted militia. I volunteered with about seven hundred from this countv. \\"e were out a short time, and then (jrdered to go back to Xenia. On our return we were met by a call for vi^ilunteers to be stationed at Fort McArthur, until the arrival of a drafted company. I volunteered again, and at the expiratiiin of twenty days we were relieved by a company in clfarge of Captain Robert ^IcClellan. from Sugarcreek township, Greene coimty.

"In the miiuth of August, 1813, there was an urgent call for a company of \'olun - teers tOi guard a train of proA'isions which was being con\'eyed from Fort ]\Ic.\rthur to Fort Finley. Tiigether with fifty-one others I answeretl the call. The train consisted (f pack-horses loaded with bacon, to secure the safe deliverv <.)f which it was necessary to provide a strong guard. The service was performed successfully, and the companv' voted to join a detachment near Upper Sandusky. Upon our arri\'al it was whispered that the camp was surrounded by Indians. At night the fires were put o-ut, the sentry called in, and arrangements made to march to an open plain, where we cmild more successfully defend ourselves, which place was reached in safety. We waded the river and took possession of Fort Wall, then unoccupied. On the following" day we marched to Upper Sandusky.

"During the battle of Lower Sandusky (or Fort Stephenson) our forces were commanded by General Corwin. He took possession of the fort. Imt was ordered by General Harrison to evacuate the same. Harrison was well aware that the enemy far exceeded the American forces in point of numl>ers, and concluded that the latter must withdraw at once to avoid overwhelming defeat. Corwin was loath to leave Ijehind him the provisions and equipments.

and (lisol)eye(l orders. Under his direction a number of men were detailed to strengtlien the tort, and dig a trencli around the same. On top of the wall was placed a huge cannon, charged with log chains. \\'hen the British began to storm the furt they descended to the ditch. Here they were charged upon and slain by the hundreds and ere long beat a hasty retreat, leaving behind a number of prisoners. Corwin was promoted on the spot, and remained in the regular service until the commencement of the Civil war, at which time he died in Xew Orleans."'

.Sugarcreek township was well represented in the war (^f 1812. Captain Ammi Maltbie of that to\vnshi[) had the honor of erecting a block-house at what was called McPherson's Station. There were several stations in I.ogan county, namely: Manarv'-, McPherson's, \'ance's and Isaac Zane's. .Manary's was built by Captain Tame> Manary. of Ross county, and was situated three miles north of Bellefontaine. ' n the farm of John Laney. McPherson's, a-s has lieen stated, was built by Captain Ma'tbie and his men. and was situated three-fourths of a mile n<irth\vest of Bellefontaine. X'ance's. built l)y Ex-Governor Aance. then captain of a Rifle Company, stood i.n a high Ijluff . m the margin of a prairie, about a mile east of Logansville. Zane's was at Zanesheld. This Isaac Zane deserves more than a passing notice. In tiie first organization of (jreene c< unity Isaac Zane's name appears upon the enumeration list of Bea\-ercreek township, one of the four townships into which Greene county had been diyi'led. His name also appears among sundry court papers, where he had business with the courts of this countv wliile he was a citizen of the countv.

He was born about 1753, south of the Potomac in \'irginia. and at the age of nine years was taken prisoner by the W'yandots and carried to Detroit. He remained wit! his captors until the age of manhood, when like must prisoners taken in youth, he refused to return to his friends and home. He married a Wyandot woman front Canada, of half French blood, and took nO' part in the war of the Revolution. After the treaty of Greenville in 1795. he bought a tract of eighteen hundred acres on the site of Zanesfield. where he lived until his death in 18 iG. .\t the breaking out of the war many Inmdred friendl}- Indians were collected and stationed at Zane's and AlcPherson's block-houses, under the protection of the governm-ent who for a short time kept a guard t^f soldiers over them. It was at first feared that they would take up arms against the Americans, but subsecpient e\-ents dissipating their apprehensions they were allowed to disperse.

Major James Galloway was up in that part r;f the country in 1800, and there is no doubt but that he was well acquainted with Zane. McPherson and other noted pioneers of that section. Vears afterward he ga\-e from miemory his recollection of that pa-'t which had been formerly Greene countv. Major James Galloway was on the River Raisin under General Tupper in the defense of the frontier, being appointed to the position of major and in tiiat capacity he served during the campaign. Little can be found among the records of our county in reference to the war oi 18 12. Among Major Galloway's private papers can be found here and there indications rf his serx'ices as majcr in the First Regimeni. which was called into the ser\'ice of the United State-; during the war. Receipts had Ijeen given by ihe live captains \vh) were uniler Iiim iur tlie supplies that were needed in tiie service. The first one was for ten blankets for the company of Captain Samuel Black, date, November 6. 1812. place, Camp McArthur. Under the same date and place and for same supplies, signed Captain Jacob Shingledecker. Captain Martin Armstn ng. John Owens and James Redding. Same place, date and supplies, and again later, January 30, 1813. received of Major Galloway one comniion tent, and ime.camp kettle. Signed J. Taylor. And again February 27, 1S13 to Major Galloway, one wall tent and camp kettle. Signed. C. S. ]\Iur : place, Miami Rapids. Fnim the above receipts we would infer that Captains Samuel Black. Jacob Siiingledecker. Martin Armstrong, James Redding and J. Taylor were the commanders of companies under Major Galloway.

Another instance brings to our recoillecticn that grand old ])ioineer preacher, the Rev. Robert .\rmstrong. wlio was the pastor of Massiescreek congregation! ( Stevenson's) for seventeen years. It is said of him that once during the war of 1812 word came on the Sabl)ath while they were congregated f(-r worship that the Indians were expected to show hostilities immediately. The people were dismissed in the midst of his sermon and the preacher and his duck returneil tn tlie nearest house and began molding bullets and otherwise preparing for war. and not far away was heard the sound of the hammer in a blacksmith's shop of parties engaged in making knives, tomahawks and other articles tliat could lie used in a hand-to-hand contest, but fortunately no violence was attempted amo.ng them.

war there were so many recruits raised in the neighborhorxl of Clark's Run. and the old church yard, for in it lie buried some twenty-fi\e or thirtv of those who participated in the War of 181 2. And besides tliese there ''re also some nine or ten who were soldiers in the War of the Rexolution. the ancestors of the "Boys in Blue." "Blood is thicker than water, and will tell." a sa\ ing that was manifest in the recruits of the late war to a remarkable extent.

That part of Xeuia township lying nortli and west of the Little Miami river, embracing one school sub-district and a fractional part of another, contained, during the Civil war, i)etween twenty-five and thirty voter? : it.s enthusiasm was so great that it furnished thirty.-se\en recruits for the army, a matter perhaps unparalleled in the whole Union. About one-third were boys under twenty years of age.

In the following list we give the name of the so>ldier. with the tow nsliip from w hich he enlisted, followed h\ the name of the caj3- tain of the company, with remarks accompanying where something was learned of the ])erson :

Anderson. William, Xenia : James Morrow, captain; son-in-law of Joseph Kyle, Sr. ; died September, 1853. aged seventy-eight; buried in Massie's Creek churchyard.

.\llen. Joseph, Sugar Creek; John Clark, captain; grandfather of John C. Tanner : buried in Caesar's Creek graveyard, two miles southwest of North Burlington.

Barnes. Henry. Sr.. Xenia ; John Davis. L. D.. captain; from West Chester, Virginia, to Kentucky. 1794. to Ohio. 1807; buried in Woodland: died .August 2. 1856. aged seventy-five.

Butts. Samuel, Beaver Creek; J. Shingledecker. captain ; buried in Beaver Creek cemetery, near .Wpha; died February. 1827, aged sixtv-one years.

Beall. George. Beaver Creek; J. Shingledecker. captain; born October 12, 1791, died May i. 1874. buried near Painterville. Xew Hope churclivard.

Buckles, John, Sugar Creek : .\mmi Maltbie. captain ; died 1870. as'ed eighty-one ; buried Middle Run churchyard (Bellbrook) ; son of William Buckles, Sr.

Burrell. John D., Caesar's Creek; Ammi Maltbie, captain ; buried in Baptist graveyard, between Jamestown and Jasper ; died May 16. 1864. aged eighty-one years.

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tain : removed to Montgomery countj, buried at Cetiterville. Bingamon. Thomai;. Sugar Creek : Robert McCIellan. captain : buried at Waynesville. Ohio. Bingamon. Lewis. Sugar Creek: Robert IMcClellan.

captain : buried at Bellbrook. Ohio. Blue. Samuel. Miami ; James ^^orro\v. captain. Baldwin. David. Miami: James Morrow, captain: buried at Bloxsonis. near Sclma : died December II. 1831. aged forty-two. Barnes. John. Miami : James Morrow, captain : buried in Clark county. Bishop. Solomon. Miami : James Morrow, captain : died in 1839 : August 19. 1814. married Elizabeth Forbes. Bull, John. Xcnia ; Charles Wolverton. captain : supposed to have been murdered at New Orleans, in iS.?4. Bull. James. Xenia ; James Morrow, captain : died JS72. aged ninety-six, buried in Massie's Creek churchyard. Bull. Richard. Xenia : James Morrow, captain ; died in 18,^4. aged fifty-two: buried in Massie's Creek churchyard. Bull. Thomas. Xcnia : Charles Wolverton. captain ; removed to Owen county, Indiana. Beatty. William A.. Xcnia: James Morrow, captain : kept first tavern in Xenia, died in Jackson county. Indiana, in November. 1821. Buckles. William. Sugar Creek: Ammi Maltbie. captain : died March 29. 1846. aged seventy-nine, buried in Middle Run graveyard. Buckles. Robert. Sugar Creek : Ammi Maltbie. captain : died December 25. 1850, aged eighty, buried in Middle Run graveyard. Bales. John. Caesar's Creek: Joseph Lucas, captain: died March 11. 1864. aged seventy-five, buried in Taber churchyard. Jasper township. Barker. Joseph. Xenia : Robert Finley. captain, also Martin Shuey : 1812 substitute for Henry Hypes: buried in Woodland, Xenia. Bell. George. Xenia: Robert Buckles, captain; buried in the Bell graveyard, southeast of Xenia. Bildcrback. Gabriel, Xenia : James Galloway, captain : died in Ross township in 1823. Berry, William. Xenia : James Galloway, captain. Brown. David. Ross : Samuel Herrod. captain : died March 8, 1866, aged seventy-five years, buried in Clifton cemetery. Blair. Thomas. Xenia : Samuel Herrod. captain : died in 1834, buried in Massie's Creek (Stevenson) graveyard. Bozarth, Thomas. Ross ; Samuel Herrod. captain : buried one mile west of Selma in Bloxsom graveyard. Baker. Joshua. Vance ; Samuel Stewart, captain : died December 22. 1838. aged fifty: buried in Clifton cemetery. Baker. George. N'ancc : Samuel Stewart, captain : reverted to Clark countv Ohio.

captain. Bell, Joshua. Caesar's Creek : Joseph Lucas, caplain ; moved to Iowa, buried near Des Moines. Iowa: died July i. 1856. Black. William. Ciesar's Creek : Joseph Lucas captain: died in 1815. Bray. Josejili, C.-csar's Creek: Joseph Lucas, cap-

Bell. Stephen, Sugar Creek ; Robert McClellan, captain: removed to Springfield in 1839; died November 14. 1852. One of the founders of Bellbrook. Ohio.

Corry, Matthew. Miami ; born in Pennsylvania. February 16. 1793; died May .i, 1864, aged seventyfive, buried in Woodland, Xenia. Collins, Archibald, Xenia: came from Pennsylvania; died May 5, 1864, aged seventy-one, Duried in Woodland, Xenia.

Chambers. William. Bath : J. Shingledecker, captain ; came to United States in 1800; died in 1848, aged sixty-six years; buried in Bath churchyard, west of Mad river.

Carman, Rev. Joshua, Sr., Sugar Creek; Ammi Maltbie, captain; died December i. 1844, aged eighty-five, buried in Baptist graveyard, one mile southwest of Bellbrook.

Casbolt, Robert, Sugar Creek : Robert McClellan, captain : soldier of the Revolution, also of War of 1S12, built the Dr. Samuel Martin house in 1S14.

Confer. George, Miami ; Robert McClellan. captain : died March 16, 1857. aged seventy, buried in Union cemetery, near Byron. Bath town.ship.

Chambers. David, Xenia ; Robert McClellan, captain : died September 20. 1829, aged sixty-one, buried in Massie's Creek churchyard ( Stevenson's).

Compton. Amos, Sugar Creek : John Clark, captain ; died September 14. 1824. aged fifty-four, buried in Caesar's Creek graveyard, two miles southwest of New Burlington.

Davis, Lewis. Miami; Samuel Stewartt. captain; son of Owen Davis, the "Old Miller," and brother-in-law of General Whiteman, buried near Bellefontaine. Ohio.

Drumtnond, George, Bath; John McCullough, captain : buried in Knol) churchyard in Clark county, Ohio. Durnhaugh, John. Beaver Creek: Zach. Ferguson, captain : buried in Mt. Zion churchyard, in Beaver Creek township.

Fudge. Jacob. Xenia : captain second regiment mounted volunteers from Warren county ; died December 8, 1830, aged thirty-three, buried in Boots graveyard, near Jasper.

Folck. Jacob, Bath; J. Shingledecker. captain: from Pennsylvania, born January 27, 1798. died September 24. 1866, buried in Folck graveyard.

Falace. I?aac. Sugar Creek: Robert McClellan. captain: from Shenandoah. Virginia: died ^larch 9. 1858. aged seventy-nine, buried at Falace graveyard. Bellbrook.

Foster. Alexander, Vance : Samuel Stewart, captain : died November 21. 1828. aged fifty-nine, buried at Massie's Creek (Stevenson's) grave- ' yard.

Gordon. George, Xenia: served a tour of duty from Franklin to Fort Wayne; died December 10, 1879, aged ninety-three, buried in Woodland. Xenia.

Gowdy, James, Xenia; Daniel Reeder, captain; died December 24 1853, aged seventy-six, buried at Associate Reformed graveyard. East Third street, Xenia.

Gibson, Andrew, Xenia; Charles Wolverton. captain; September 18, 1806. married Jennie Stevenson; died July 13. 1851, aged seventy-three; buried in Massie's Creek (Stevenson's) graveyard.

Hoop, John A., Xenia; Robert Gowdy, captain; born January 11, 1758, died' February I, 1841. aged eighty-three, buried on Harbison's lot. Woodland, Xenia.

Hamill. Joseph. Xenia; John Davis, captain; born in McConnellstown, Pennsylvania, Deceiirber 10, !778. died in Xenia, March i, 1838, buried in Woodland. Xenia.

James, John. Sugar Creek: John Clark, captain: died September 18. 1841. aged sixty-seven, buried at Middle Run churchyard, southwest of Bellbrook. Ohio.

Johnson. James. Batli : William Stephenson, captain : died X'ovember 22. 1857. aged eighty-four, buried in Muddv Run gravevard. Clark countv. Ohio.

Kendall. John. Xenia: James Morrow, captain; born in Georgetown. Kentucky; dii'd February 21, 1849. aged fifty-one. buried in Woodland. Xenia.

McDonald. John. Xenia: Robert Gowdy. captain: died August 29. 1831, aged eighty-five, buried in Associate Reformed churchyard. East Third street. Xenia.

McKnight. William. Sugar Creek; John Clark, captain : died January 16, 1S53, aged seventy-six, buried in McKnight graveyard, near Spring Valley, Ohio.

McFarland. Robert. Xenia; Lieutenant in War of 1812; came to Greene county in 1806. died August 2Z, 1869. aged eighty-five, buried in Baptist graveyard near Cedarville.

Mercer. John, Ross; Samuel Herrod. captain; born September 14. 1/89. died June 28. 1880, aged ninety-one ; came from Frederick county, \ ir-

Mercer. Edward, Sugar Creek ; John Clark, captain ; died February 5. i8.^7 aged sixty-seven buned in Mercer graveyard, four miles .south ot Aenia.

Moody, Robert, Miami; James Morrow, captain; died in Xenia, August 24, 1872, aged ninety-six, buried in Massie's Creek graveyard (Stephenson's).

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Perry, Ebenczer. Silver Creek ; John Watson, captain ; died June 4, 1855, aged seventy-five, buried two miles west of Bowersville, road to Paintersville,

Robinson. Edward. Sugar Creek; John Davis, L, D., captain; died October 17, 1845, aged seventythree, buried in Pioneer graveyard, Bellbrook.

Smith. Hon. Jacob, Beaver Creek ; J. Shingledecker, captain ; died in 1819. buried on the Harbine farm, near Alpha, reinterred in Woodland, Xenia.

Smith, Matthias, Esq.. Bath ; John McCullough. captain ; died August 6. 1823. buried in Foick graveyard ; his widow married Abram Hivling. Sr.

Smith. John. Beaver Creek ; Zach. Ferguson, captain ; son of Jacob. Sr. ; was sheriff of Greene county from i8ig to 1824; came to Beaver Creek township in 1801. died at Springfield May 4- 1852, aged seventy-two, buried at Springfield, Ohio.

Stanfield. A\'illiam. Sugar Creek ; Robert McCellan, captain ; died May 22, 1842, aged seventy-two, buried on the Smith Stow farm, south of Xenia.

Snyder. Jonathan. Beaver Creek ; Zach. Ferguson, captain ; died December. 1858. aged seventy-eight, buried in Beaver Creek cemetery, near Alpha ; came from Washington. Maryland.

Stailey. Daniel, Beaver Creek: Zach Ferguson, captain; born February. 1782, died April 16, 1829, aged forty-seven, buried in Marshall graveyard on the little Miami river.

Saum, Jacob,'' Beaver Creek ; Zach. Ferguson, captain : Irorn January 2. 1777. died September 5, J858, aged eighty-one, buried in Beaver Creek cemetery, near Alpha.

Williams, John. Xenia ; Atruni Maltbie. captain ; died April 6. 1826, aged forty-three, born in Kentucky .\pril 4. 1783. buried in Woodland, Xenia.

Virginia, captain: buried in Woodland. Xenia. Wright. Merrit. Xenia; Berry Applewhite, of Virginia ; buried in Woodland. Xenia. Wright. Lewis. Xenia; Berry Applewhite, of Virginia, captain; buried in Woodland. Xenia. Wright. Jesse. Xenia; buried in Woodland. Xenia. Wamble. Edward. Xenia; Robert Gowdy, captain; captain. Wilson. Jeremiah. Bath ; J. Shingledecker. captain. Wilson. William. Bath; J. Shingledecker, captain. Wilson. John. Sugar Creek: Martin Shuey. captain. Wilson. Joseph. Caesar's Creek; Robert McClellan. captain ; died December 28. 1872. aged eightyfive, buried in Baptist graveyard, between Jasper and Jamestown. Wilson. George. Sugar Creek ; James Morrow, captain. Wilson. John. Jr.. Miami: Samuel Stewart, captain. Wilson. Spencer. \'ance ; Samuel Stewart, captain. Wilson, John. Bath ; James Galloway-, captain. Wilson. Joseph. Silver Creek: John Watson, captain: died March 11, 1823. aged sixty-nine, buried in Jamestown cemetery. Wilson. James. Bath: William Stephen.son, captain. Wilson. Jacob. Miami : buried in the Clifton cemetery. Westfall. Jonathan, Bath : J. Shingledecker, captain ; died in Bath township in 181.^. Webb, James, Sugar Creek; Ammi Maltbie, captain. Webb. Henry. Sugar Creek: Robert McClellan. captain. Whicken, Matthew, Sugar Creek, .\nimi Maltbie.

3. 1852. aged eighty-three, at his home near Clifton. Ohio: buried in Clifton cemetery. Whiteman. Henry. Xenia : Samuel Herrod. captain. Whiteman. (ireenbury. Xenia; buried in Massie's captain ; buried in Mitman graveyard, east of Osborn, Ohio. Worton. John. Caesar's Creek: Joseph Lucas, captain. Wikle. Philip. Silver Creek; Joseph Lucas, captain ; died in 1888, aged eighty-five, buried at Port William, Ohio. Worrel, John, Caesar's Creek : Joseph Lucas, captain.

Adams. Martin. Xenia. 1817; son of Thomas; from Kentucky: died December 30, ,870. aged seventyfour, buried in Massie's Creek cemetery (Tarbox).

1825. married Margaret Stotler. Addison, John, Beaver Creek, 1840. Adsit. Hiram. Caesar's Creek, 18.33; son of Elias; from New York ; born June 4. 1807. died September 7. 1847. aged forty. Adsit. Elias, Sugar Creek, 18.30; from England, died November 30. 1859. aged eighty-two. buried in Woodland, Xenia. Aken. James, Xenia, 1829; died September 6, 1855,

Alexander, Hon. John. Xenia, 1804: from South Carolina, born April 16. 1777 ; first lawyer to practice in Xenia ; died June 28. 1848. aged seventy-two : buried in Woodland, Xenia.

Alexander. Wm., Jr.. Xenia. 1816; from South Carolina, brother of Hon. John, born July 9. 1785, died June 3. 1824; buried in Woodland, Xenia.

Alexander. John A., Miami. 1817: died in Miami, township in 1870: ex-sheriff of Clark county, Ohio. Alexander. Jacob. JNIiami. 1819: died March 27. 1837, aged seventy-five, buried in Massie's Creek (Stevenson's) cemetery. Allen, Levi, Sr., Sugar Creek, 1819; buried in Caesar's Creek churchyard, two miles south of New Burlington. .Allen, Joseph, Sugar Creek, 1812- buried two miles south of Burlin.gton. Ohio. Allen. Benjamin. Sugar Creek. 1812; soldier in War of 1812. died -April 15. 1868, aged eighty-three, buried in Woodland, Xenia.

June 28. 1810. married Mary Beason. Allen, Levi. Jr., Sugar Creek. 1815; died December 23, 1873. aged eighty-six. buried in Preble county. Ohio. Allen. John C. Sugar Creek. 1817: son of Benjamin; tanner : died July 4. 1800 aged seventy-five, buried at Woodland. Xenia. Allen, Joseph. Jr.. Sugar Creek. 1827; April 28, 1815, married Elizabeth Caldwalder. Allen, Jeremiah. Sugar Creek. 1827: May 13. 1829. married to Hannah Bellsford ; buried at Centerville, Ohio. Allen, Matthew. Beaver Creek. 1814. Allen. James. 1804; December 29, 1831. married

Moodie. Allen, Davis, Xenia, 1814: from Shenandoah county, Virginia, born October 25. 1765. died April 13. 1818, aged fifty-two, buried on the old Allen farm, near John B. Lucas's farm. Allen, Reuben. Xenia, 1814; son of Davis: buried on the farm of Lydia Peneweight. Allen. Davis, Jr.. Xenia. 1814; from Virginia; January I. 1818, married. Allen. John, Xenia, 1814 ; son of Davis, died August 6. 1864, aged seventy-two, buried in Woodland, Xervia. Allen, ©bed. Xenia. 1814; son of Davis, moved to Rochester. Indiana. February 8, 1821, married Rebecca Byrd. Allen. Homer, Xenia, 1814; son of Davis; moved to

Allen, Jackson, Xenia. 1814; son of Davis; died September 15. 1857. aged forty-five, near Topeka, Kansas. Allen, John. 1814; November 6. 1817, married Susanna Kirkpatrick. Allen. Wm., Sr., Beaver Creek. 1803; on the first grand jury held in Greene county in the house of Peter Borders. Allen. William. Jr.. Beaver Creek. 1803. Allen. Nathan. Beaver Creek, 1803. Allen. George. Beaver Creek. 1813; October 15. 1817,

Allen. Matthew, Sugar Creek, 1840; son of Benjamin; died 1871, aged fifty: buried in Woodland, Xenia, Ohio. Allen, Levi. Jr.. Sugar Creek. 1S40; son of Benjamin, buried in Woodland. Xenia. Ohio.

19. i88g. aged seventy-five ; buried in Woodland. Anderson. Joseph W.. Caesar's Creek, 1839; November 28. 1833, married Mary Ann Faulkner. Anderson, John F.. Xenia. 1806: died May i, 1885,

Anderson, William, Xenia. 1804; from Kentucky; son-in-law of Joseph Kyle, Sr. ; a soldier of 1812; died September, 1853. aged seventy-eight, buried in Massie's Creek (Stevenson's) cemetery.

Anderson'. James. Xenia. 1804; from Perthshire. Scotland; died November 8, 1874, aged sixTy-nme, buried in Massie's Creek (Stevenson's) cemetery.

Anderson. John. Xenia, 1810; from Perthshire. Scotland; died January 11, 1862. aged ninety-three, buried in Massie's Creek (Stevenson's) cemetery.

cemetery; married Lydia Knott. Anderson. David, Miami, 1829; soldier of 1S12, buried in Clifton cemetery. Anderson, Wm. A., Silver Creek, 1839; died August ville, Tennessee: died ^^arcll 30. 1824. aged seventy-two, buried in Massie's Creek churchyard (Stevenson's) ; soldier of 1812. Andrew, James. Beaver Creek, 1807; son of James, Sr. ; died February 7. 1849, aged sixty-five, buried in Woodland. Andrew, William, Beaver Creek, 181 1 ; son of James,

Sr. Andrew, John. Beaver Creek, 1812 ; son of James, Sr. Andrew, Ebenezer, Beaver Creek, 1821 ; son of James, Sr. ; died in Bcllbrook. May, 1881, aged eighty-two, buried at Bellbrook. Andrew, George, Beaver Creek, i8i6: born March I, 1786, died April 24. 1868. aged seventy-two, buried in Woodland. Andrew, Thomas, Beaver Creek, 1835 : son of James,

Sr. : died June 8, 1888, buried in Woodland. Andrew. Hugh A.. Beaver Creek. 1816; born in Orange county. North Carolina, died March 15, 1881. aged eighty-six, buried in Woodland. Andrew, William P., Bath, 1819; died in Bath township in 1832. Andrew. Hugh. Bath. 1810; died in Bath township

Andrew. H. M.. Xenia. 1840; merchant tailor, of the firm of Moore & .\ndrew ; died at the Soldiers' Home. Dayton. Ohio. August 31, 1899. Andrew. Harrison. Ross. 1840; died September 3, 1884. aged sixty-six, buried in Baptist graveyard, near Ccdarvillc. Ankeney. David. Beaver Creek. 18.50: died November 2. 1830. buried in Woodland, aged forty-one. Ankeney. Henry. Sr., Beaver Creek. 1806; soldier of 1812. died May 18. 1850. buried in Union cemetery. Byron. Ankeney, Theobold. Beaver Creek. 1818; born January 29. 1797. died March 6, 1846. buried in Beaver Creek churchyard. Ankeney. John. Beaver Creek. 1818: died April 15,

1872, aged seventy, buried in Woodland. Ankeney. Samuel. Beaver Creek. 1839: died December 20, 1867. aged sixty, buried in Beaver Creek cemetery. Ankeney. John. Beaver Creek. 18.39: died February

10. 1847. aged fifty-four, buried in Woodland. Ankeney. Henry, Jr.. Beaver Creek. 1839; died March 7. T870. aged sixty-seven, buried in Beaver Creek churchyard. Alpha. Ankeney, Henry. Jr., Beaver Creek, 1830: born in Washington. Maryland. February 17, 1813. died March 7, 1880, aged si.xty-seven : son of David. Ankeney. John. Beaver Creek. 1840: died June 11, 1869. aged fifty-nine, buried in Union graveyard, near Byron. Appleton. William. Xenia. 1840.

1828, married Susanna Graham. Arnett. Edward. Caesar's Creek, 1830. Arnett, Thomas, Caesar's Creek. 1830: minister of the Society of Friends at Jamestown and elsewhere ; died at the age of ninetv : married Mary A. Topett. Arnett, Alexander, Bath. 1821. Arnett, Seth. Mad River. 1803. Arnest, John. Beaver Creek, 1840: July 4. 1816,

Miami county. Indiana. Arnest. Samuel. Beaver Creek, 1840. Ary, Joel, Caesar's Creek, 1840 ; died July, 1880, buried in Woodland ; soldier of late Civil War, Capt. Company H. One Hundred and Fiftyfourth. Ary. John Csesar's Creek. 1810: died November 10, 1869. aged seventy-five, buried west of Bowersville, Ohio. Ary, William, Silver Creek. 1818: died May 5, 1857, aged fifty-five, buried two and one-half miles west of Bowersville. Ary, Charles, Silver Creek, 1829: one of the heirs

Archer. Ebenezer. Xenia. 1828 : born August 13, 1806. died, 1886. buried in Tarbox cemetery, aged eighty-six. Armstrong, Alexander. Sugar Creek. 1803; died June 4. 1828, aged sixty-four, buried north of Bellbrook. Armstrong. John. Sugar Creek. 1816; .May 12. 1825, married Elizal>eth Sampler. Armstrong. William. Sugar Creek. 1818: son of died August. 1828, aged forty, buried in Pioneer graveyard, Bellbrook. Armstrong. Rev. Robert, Sugar Creek. 1804; died in 1821. buried in Massie's Creek (Stevenson's) cemetery, aged fifty-five. Archer. Samuel. Sugar Creek. 1840: died February 6. 1891. aged seventy-five. Armstrong. James. Miami. 1840: died near Yellow

Bain, James, Sugar Creek, 1804 ; first school teacher of Sugar Creek, soldier of 1812, died August 9, 1832, aged seventy-five, buried in Pioneer graveyard, Bellbrook; sold the land for that purpose to the association.

Baker, George. Xenia. 1813 ; from Chester county, Pennsylvania; died in 1817, aged si.\ty-two,, buried at Clifton; father of Brinton Baker, of Xenia.

Baker, Brinton, Xenia. 1829; son of Thomas; born in Chester county. Pennsylvania. July 5, 1807, died December i. igoo. aged nireety-three years.

Baker, Joshua. Miami. 1817; soldier of 1812; son of Thomas, buried in Clifton: died December 22, 1838. aged fifty. Baker, Napoleon. Miami. 1817.

Baker! Reuben. Miami. 1840: father of Barney; carpenter; died May 17, 1862. aged fifty-six, buried in Woodland. Baker, Nayl Miami. 1818; son-in-law of Jacob Mills, son of Thomas; born May 25. 1795, died in 1865. buried at Clifton. Ohio. January 6, 1825. married Hulda Mills. Baker. Phebe. Miami. 1819: daughter of Thomas, married Simon Kenton, nephew of Simon Kenton, Sr. Baker. Milton G.. 1840: from Mason county. Kentucky; died September 26. 1884. aged sixty-eight. Baker. Isaac. Miami. 1829; died March 7. 1882. aged seventy-three, buried at Yellow Springs, Ohio; son of George. Baker, Richard, Miami. 1820; son of Thomas; removed to Fayette county. Baker. Matthias' Silver Creek. 1829; from Bourbon county, Kentucky; died October 17. 1892, aged eighty-six. buried at Jamestown, Ohio. Baker. M. \V.. Silver Creek. 1830; son of William. Baker. William. Silver Creek, 1828; 'father of Matthias; born May 10. 1781. died May 26, 1838, aged fifty-six. Baker, Wm. G.. Silver Creek. 1831: from Kentucky; born May 28. 1814; son of William. Baker, Douglass. Silver Creek. 1840. Baker. Wm. H.. Silver Creek. 1840; son of Thomas; removed to Fayette county; died December 19, 1891, aged seventv-eight. Baker. John W., Silver Creek. 1828; from Kentucky; son of William. Sr., and father of W. R. Baker, ex-auditor of Greene county. Baker, C. H.. Xenia. 1840. Bates Conrad. Miami. 1840; died aged seventy-five.

buried at Rockafield graveyard. Fairfield. Ohio. Bates John. Bath. 1840: son of Conrad: died August 8. 1854. aged sixty, buried at Union, near Byron, Ohio. Bates, Conrad. Jr.. Bath. 1833; son of Conrad,

1834; son of Conrad Bates, Sr. Bates Jacob S.. Bath. 1820; son of Jacob; buried at Aley: March 31. 1825. married Margaret Shingledeckcr. Bates, Lewis G.. Bath. i8.:o. Bates, David. Bath, 1826; died in 1890. buried at

Creek township in 1831. Bates, Timothy. Miami. 1821 ; son of Judge Bates, of West York ; died January 5. 1847. at St. Mary's; one of the original owners of Clifton, Ohio. Bayliflfj Tliomas. Caesar's Creek, 1821 ; from \'irginia ; died in Caesar's Creek township in 1832. Bayliff. Joshua, Caesar's Creek, 1830; from Virginia; soldier of 1812; removed to Auglaize county; died June, 1839. Bayliff. Daniel. Silver Creek, 1825 ; born May 22,

1816, at Paintersville; son of John, Sr. Bayliff. Abel. i82g; October 16. 1830. married Lucretia Stull. Bales. Jonathan. Cssar's Creek. 1806. from Pennsylvania : died November 6. 1861. aged seventy-nine, buried in Woodland, Xenia; son of Elisha. Bales. Elisha. Sr., Caesar's Creek. 1806: a native of Pennsylvania; died in 1828; July 25, 1816. married Elizabeth Shook. Bales. John, fcaesar's Creek. 1806; son of Elisha; born March 6, 1789; soldier of 1812 ; married Sarah Lucas in 1813; died March 11, 1864, aged sixty-five, buried at Tabor churchyard. Bales. Elisha, Jr.. Caesar's Creek. 1807; son of Elisha; born October 17. 1796, died May 12, 1872, buried in Woodland. Bales. Jacob. Sr.. Caesar's Creek, 1810; son of Elisha ; died May 29. 1862, aged seventy-one, buried in Shook graveyard. Bales. Solomon, Caesar's Creek. 1819. Bales, Silas, Caesar's Creek, 1805 : son of John : born June II, 1814, died July 15, 1882. aged 68. buried at Tabor, near Jasper, Ohio ; married Elizabeth Smith. Bales. Moses. Caesar's Creek. 1827; September 6,

Baum. David C. Beaver Creek. 1830 ; died in Beaver Creek township in 1839. Baughman. Andrew. Beaver Creek. 1827; a native of Maryland, born in 1807. died Septem1)cr 7. 1881. aged eighty-four, buried in Woodland; son of Andrew. Sr. Babb. James W.. Caesar's Creek. 1815; soldier of 1812. buried in Babb graveyard. Caesar's Creek. Babb. "Thomas. Caesar's Creek. t8i6; son of Henry Mercer Babb. of Pennsylvania, died March 3, 1858. aged ninety-two. buried in Babi) graveyard. Babb. Abner. Caesar's Creek. 1840: father of Wm. Babb, resided on Sander's farm : removed to Cass county. Indiana. Bal)b. James H.. Xenia. 1829; died at Burlington, Iowa. 1850.

Babb, James M.. Xenia. 1840; from Frederick county. Virginia: born January 17. 181 1, died March 27. 1876. aged sixty-four, buried in Woodland.

Baynard, Jobn, Caesar's Creek, 1827: died Septeipber 25, 1866, aged seventy-five, buried in Baptist graveyard four and one-half miles south of Xenia.

Baldwin, Henry, Xenia, 1807. ^Baldwin, David. Xenia, 181 1: from Virginia; home was near Old Town, soldier of 1812. father of John, who was born August 23. 1823 : died December II, 1821, aged forty-two.

Barber, John, Sr., Xenia, 1816; son of William, from Washington county, Pennsylvania ; father of John A., of Cedarville. died April 30. 1848, aged sixty, buried in Cedarville cemetery. Cedarville.

born in 1796. died August. 1875. aged seventyeight, buried in Spring Valley. Barnes. James. Sugar Creek. 1803 ; soldier of 1812. Barnes, .\lexander. Sugar Creek. 1803 Barnes. Thomas. Sugar Creek. 1805; died in Miami churciliyard. Barr, James S.. Beaver Creek. 1840. Barr, John, Bath, 1840 ; died in Bath township November 13. 1843; buried in Folk graveyard. Barr, John D., Bath, 1840; died in Greenfield, Indiana, March, 1881 ; buried in Woodland.

Batdorft. Peter. Bath. 1834: born 'in Berks county, Pennsylvania; died April 10, 1880; aged seventyfive; il)uried in Mitman gravevard, Fairfield, Ohio.

Banks. Dr. Wni, Y.. Miami, 1840: from South Carolina; died November 17. 1854, aged forty-five; 1)iiricd in Woodland. Baynian. Charles. Ros-s. 1812. Haienrove. Charles. Ross. 1818. Kadgley. Moses. Ross. 1819; died in Ross township

June 9, 1806, married Betsey True. Beck, John, Sugar Creek, 1805; removed to Centerville, Montgomery county, Ohio. Beck, Joseph, Sugar Creek, 1812; died in Sugar

Creek township in 1857. Beck. Henry. Sugar Creek. 1810; soldier of 1812. Beck, William. Sugar Creek. 1840; married Sarah, sister of William Snodgrass. of Sugar Creek town.sihip. Beck. James. Bath, 1807.

Season. Thomas. Caesar's Creek. 1803; soldier of 1812: died December 26. 1856, aged si.\ty-six ; buried at Baptist graveyard. Beason. .Ainaziah. Sugar Creek. 1806; buried in Hicksite graveyard, near Selma. Clark county, in 1821. Beason. Isaac. Sugar Creek. 1806 ; December 26,

1812; Captain Robert McGellan. Beason. William. Xenia. 1811 ; emigrated from South Carolina to Tennessee, thence to Kentucky, thence to Ohio; soldier of 1812; died January 18. 1853. aged' si-xty-six ; buried in Baptist graveyard, near Jasper. Ohio. Beasom, Mercer. Sugar Creek. 1803 ; came front Uniontowm, Pennsylvania; grandfather of David Turner. Beasom. Messer. Caesar's Creek. 1813 ; died in

Caesar's Creek tovvu'ship in 1823. Beason. Margaret. Caesar's Creek. 1813. Beason, Joseph. Caesar's Creek. 1817; died November 30. 1839. aged fifty-eight ; buried in Zoar chuiLhyard; son-in-law of Balentine Bone. Beason. Mercer. Jr.. Caesar's Creek. 1819. Beason. Henry. Silver Creek. 1820; son of Mercer. Beason. John' Silver Creek. 1820; son of fiercer; Septentber 18. 1828. married Elizabeth Lee.

Benham, Peter, Sugar Creek, 1S14; horn near Cincinnati, 1797; brother of John; buried at Mt. Zion ; aged eighty-seven. Berryhill. William T.. Sugar Creek, 1814; died .April 27. 1874, aeed eighty-four; buried at Bellbrook, Ohio; second son of Alexander. Berryhill. Alexander. Sugar Creek. 1815; a resident of Virginia; born in 1748; died, 1823; aged fiftynine : buried in Pioneer graveyard, Bellbrook, Ohio; soldier of Revolution. Berryhill. James. Sugar Creek. 1818; eldest son of Alexander, and son-in-law of William Turner, who married Esther, his daughter. Beryhill, John. Sugar Creek. 1818; third son of .Alexander; soldier of 1812; married Rachel James. Berryhill, Alexander, Jr., Sugar Creek, 1820; fourth son of Alexander ; removed to Miami county, Ohio. Berryhill. Samuel. Sugar Creek. 1820; fifth son of Alexander; died in 1840; buried in Bellbrook. Ohio. Berryhill, .Archibald, Sugar Creek, 1826; si.xth son of Alexander; died July 7, 1877; aged seventyfive; buried at Bellbrook. Ohio. Berryhill, Matthew. Sugar Creek. 1828; seventh son of Alexander: born in Angusta county. Virginia, January 7. 1807: (lied September 25. 1898; aged ninety-two: buried at Bellbrook. Berryhill. Franklin. Sugar Creek, 1832; eighth son to Indiana: son-in-law of James Currie, Sr. Bell. Stephen. Sugar Creek. 1812; soldier of 1812; one of the founders of Bellbrook. Ohio: died November 14. 1852; buried at Springfield. Ohio: Hannah, his wife, died May 2.?. 18.3Q. aged sixty-three : buried in Pioneer graveyard. Bell. John S.. Sugar Creek. 1818: son of Stephen: carding mill at Bellbrook. Ohio ; firm name. Bell & Saver. Bell. William. Dr.. Sugar Creek. 1820; son of Stephen: married a daug'hter of Wm. Tanner; buried in Woodland. Bell, Charles, Sugar Creek. 1824: son of Stephen. Bell. Aaron. Sugar Creek, 1826: son of Stephen. Bell, Samuel. Miami, 1840: died in Miami township

February 27. 1840, married Lydia Peneweight. Bell. Joshua. Xenia. 1807: frotn Harford county, Maryland: kept the first public house at Caesarsville : soldier of 1812 : removed to Henry county, Iowa : died July I. i8.^6. Bell. John. Xenia. 1807: died in 1809. near White

Chapel : buried on his farm. Bell. Nathaniel J. D.. Xenia. 1807: died June 6. 1830. aged eighty-one: buried on the old homeplace, southeast of Xenia. Bell. David. Xenia 1807: pioneer school teacher of

New Jasper : removed to Jay county. Indiana. Bell. Bobert. Bath, 1807 : born in Nelson county, Kentucky. May i. 1793; died August 2, 1849; buried in Yellow Springs. Ohio. Bell. George. Xenia. 1807: from Baltimore county. Maryland: soldier of 1812: born in 1779. died April 18. 1840: aged sixty-one: buried on the old homcplace. Bell. Elisha Bales. Xenia, 1810: born in Caesarsville, March 26, 1808: removed to Tippecanoe county, Indiana: died in 1864 at Lewis, Cass county, Iowa. Bell. Daniel. Xenia. t8ii : soldier of 1812. Bell. Nathaniel. Xenia. 1812: soldier of 1812: died January .s, 1847. aged sixty-six, buried in Bell gravevard. south of Xenia. Bell. Joseph. Xenia. 1819: died .Jiugust 25. 1824. aged fiftv-six: buried at Massie's Creek (Stevenson's.) Bell. William. Silver Creek. 1820: from Kentucky; died .Mav II. i860, in Miami township.

in Kansas ; body sent home. Bell. Freeborn. Xenia. 1840: grandson of Nathaniel; died in Indiana in 1875. aged fifty-eight; buried in Woodland. Bell. Franklin George. Xenia. 1840: borrl March 3. 1824: died in Xenia. February 23, 1899; aged seventy-five : buried in Woodland. Beer. David. Miami, 1813. Beer, Hudson. Miami, i8ig. Bctchell. Daniel, Miami. 1818: died in Sugar Creek in 1834: buried at Bellbrook, Ohio. Betchell. Jacob. Sugar Creek. 1820: died November 27. 1855. aged seventv buried in Bellbrook cemetery; married Elizabeth Klontz. Betchell, Samuel. Sugar Creek, 1840. Betchel. James. Sugar Creek, 1840. Betchell. William. Sugar Creek. 1840: died in 185 1 ; buried at Bellbrook, Ohio; July 4, 1839, married Catharine Byrd. Beall. John B., Caesar's Creek, 1813 : buried in Woodland; September 7, 1822, married Sarah Mercer. Beall, George, Caesar's. Creek, i8n : soldier of 1812; born October 12. 1791 : died May I. 1874; buried at New Hope church. Paintersville. Ohio; son of Israel. Beall. James, Xenia, 1810.

buried in Woodland ; son of John B. Beall. Lewis H.. Xenia, 1813: son of John B, ; from Maryland: died March 12, 1863: aged sixty; buried in Woodland. Beall. John S.. Xenia, 1828. Beall. Frederick, Xenia, 1830. Beall. William P.. Xenia. 1830; died January 19,

1886. aged eighty-eight : buried in \\"oodland. Beall. John J.. Xenia. 1830: from Virginia; died April 9, 1862; buried in Woodland; son of John B. Beall. George T., Xenia, 1840.

Beall, Alexander B.. Xenia, 1840: son of John B. ; died December 14. 1871, aged sixty-two; buried in Woodland: saddler by trade. Beall, Charles P., Xenia, 1840: died in Cincinnati December 17. 1841, aged twenty-seven; son of John. Beall. Eli R.. Xenia. 1840: son of John B. ; died in Bath township, buried in Folck graveyard. Beall. Isaac. Sr.. Beaver Creek. 1806: father of Isaac, Jacob. Lena, .\aron. Jonathan. George and Polly Beall : his wife. Mary, died in 1819. Beall. Rev. Isaac J.. Beaver Creek, 1840: son of Isaac : died .-Xugust 27. i860, aged thirty-seven ; buried in Fairfield cemetery. Beall, Aaron, Beaver Creek, 1806 : son of Isaac, Sr. ; settled in Greene county in iSoi ; he it was who whipped the dhampion of Green county, Ben Kiser. in 1806; died July, i860, aged seventyseven ; buried near Byron.

Beatty. William A.. Xenia. 1801: from Georgetown, Kentucky; soldier of 1812; kept the first hotel in Xenia in 1804; died in Jackson county, Indiana. November. 1821.

Bender. John , Beaver Creek, 18.30 ; from Berks county. Pennsylvania; born September 13. 1794; died October 20. 1849; buried in Aley churchyard.

Beveridge. Rev. Thos.. Xenia. 1820; from Pennsylvania; professor in Xenia V. P. Theological Seminary ; died May 30. 1878 ; buried in Woodland.

Bigger. John, Sugar Creek, 1808; died December ,?o, 18,31; buried in Pioneer graveyard, Bellbrook; Mary, his wife, lx)rn in 176.3, died in 1844.

Black, Winston. Xenia, 1840: from Pennsylvania; worked for years with Brinton Baker ; died October 30, 1892, aged seventy-six; buried in Woodland.

Blessing. John. Sugar Creek. 1812; from Virginia; soldier of 1812; died July 30, 1828. aged fiftyeight ; buried in Baptist graveyard, Bellbrook, Ohio. Blessing. Reuben, Sugar Creek, 1826 ; removed to Indiana: December i, 1825, married Elizabeth Coffield. Blessing. Marcus. Sugar Creek. 1828; died October 9. 1863. aged fifty-five; buried in Woodland; September 15. i82g. married Maria Crumley. Blessing, .\braham. Sugar Creek, 1830 ; removed to Fayette county in 1847; June 17, 1824, married Phebe Mock. Blessing. Nancy. Beaver Creek. 1830 ; died April 6. 1879. aged eighty-nine; buried in Mt. Zion churchyard. Blessing. Elizabeth, Beaver Creek, 18.30; daughter of Lewis; died December, 1900; buried in Woodland. Blessing, Josiah. Sugar Creek, 1840; October 15,

1840, married Lucy Lannne. Blessing. .A.mos. Sugar Creek. 1840 ; from Virginia ; died July 12, 1872, aged fifty-five; buried; in Woodland. Blessing, John. Xenia. 1821 ; son of Lewis; soldier of 1812; died Decen>ber 2, 1864, aged seventyone ; buried in Woodland. Blessing, Lsaac, Xenia, 1840 ; removed to the south. Blessing, Mark, Xenia, 1840 ; buried in Woodland cemetery. Xenia. Blessing. .\l)salom, Beaver Creek, i8.?o ; from Virginia; died November 28, 1881, aged seventyfour ; buried at Mt. Zion. Blessing, Lewis, Sr.. Beaver Creek, 1821 ; born in 1765; died in Beaver Creek township in 1825; buried in Woodland ; aged si.xty years. Blessing, Jacob. Beaver Creek. 1821 ; son of Lewis ; died in Beaver Creek township in 1825, June 13; aged thirty-three years. Blalock. George. Caesar's Creek, 1807 ; November i,

Blain, William, Sr.. Silver Creek. 1819; died December 21. i86r. aged eightv-six ; buried at Jamestown. Ohio. Blain. William. Jr.. Silver Creek. 1840; born September 25. 1808; died December 21, 185 1 ; buried at Jamestown, Ohio. Blizzard. George W,. Bath, 1840; April 18, 1839, married Rebecca Flatter.

Bowen. Ephraim. Sugar Creek, 1803 ; from Kentucky; soldier of 1812; removed to Randolph county, Indiana, in 1814. Bowen, Solomon. Sugar Creek, 1808. Bowen, David, Sr., Sugar Creek. 1810; died July 17, 1846, aged eighty-three; buried in Sugar Creek township. Bowen. Lott, Beaver Creek, 1813; from Franklin county, Pennsylvania ; married to Anna Wallingsford May 2r, i8oi, by Rev. Carman. Bowen. David. Jr.. Beaver Creek, 1815; son of David; died June 10, 1879; buried in Mt. Zion churchj-ard. Bowen. Samuel J.. Beaver Creek, 1819; son of David; soldier of 1812; born in 1773; died September 26. 1864; buried at Mt. Zion churchyard. Bowen, David, Jr., Beaver Creek. 1828. Borders, Peter, Beaver Creek, 1803 ; kept the first public house, and the first courts of Greene county were held in tliis house; removed to Manard county. Illinois, near Irish Grove; in 1852 was still living, then eighty-four years old. Borders, George, Beaver Creek, 1806; soldier of 1812,

Capt. Robert Gowdv. Borders. Peter, Jr., Xenia, 1828; April r, 1829, married Nancy Richards ; removed to Logan county, Ohio. Boston. Jacob, Sugar Creek, i8t6. Bonner, James. Caesar's Creek. 1803. Bonner. Isaac. Caesar's Creek. 1803. Bonner, Frederick, Sr., Xenia, 1803; from Dinwiddle county, Virginia ; born September 4, 1738; died in 1830, aged seventy-one; buried in the Bonner Graveyard. Bonner. David. Xenia 1805. Bonner. David S.. Xenia, 1805; son of Fredrick, Sr. ; soldier of 1812. Bonner, David J.. Sugar Creek, 1812. Boimer, Fredrick. Jr.. Xenia. i8i6' died March 26, i860, aged eighty-four; buried in the Bonner graveyard; married Elizabeth Mercer. Bonner. Chapel H.. Xenia. 1808; son of Fredrick, Sr. ; soldier of 1812; died in Van Buren, Iowa, November, 1873. aged eighty-seven. Bonner. Stith. Xenia. 1812; son of Fredrick, Sr. ; died September 5, 1873, aged eighty-three ; buried in Bonner graveyard. Bonner. Chapel. Xenia. 1817; October 12, 1809, married Polly Davis. Bonner. Philip D.. Xenia, 1840; died September 15, 1850. aged forty; November 21, 1832, married Mary Frances Heath.

Bonner. Rev. James R.. Xenia 1840: pastor of the Associate Reformed (now ist U. P.) church. Xenia. in 1840: died at Sydney. March 8, 1870, aged sixty-three.

Bone. Jacob. Caesar's Creek. 1803 : son of Valentine ; wife was Martha: he died in 1806; administrators of his estate were John Lucas and Joseph Turner.

Bone. Samuel. Caesar's Creek. 1803 ; born in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania ; moved to Maryland, thence in 1795 to Columbia, and in 1803. to Ohio: died October 10. 18=5. aged seventy-seven; buried in McDonald graveyard.

Boots. .\dam. Xenia. 1817: born July 19. 1767; died March 7. 1839. aged seventy-one : buried in Boots' graveyard ; his wives were Hannah and Elizabeth.

Bowmaster, Peter, Silver Creek. 1810: from Westmoreland county, Pennsvlvania : died November 3, 1859, aged seventv-two : buried in Bowersville cemetery: soldier of 1812.

Brown, William. Sr.. Xenia. 1830; a native of Alyth, Perthshire. Scotland; brother of James, and father of John. Revs. James and Thomas Brown ; was married to Margaret Hain ; buried in Woodland.

Brown. Rev. Thomas, Xenia, 1835 ; born in Alyth, Perthshire, Scotland. September 6. 1814; married Elizabeth Hamill. February 20. 18.^8. at Xenia; died January 18. 1892. at Welda, Kansas.

Brown, James. Xenia, 1830; killed in gravel pit June 4. 1849, aged seventy-three, buried in Woodland. Brown. James, Caesar's Creek, 1830: June 2, 1842, married Rachel Powers. Brown, Abijah, Xenia. 1830; from Washington county, Maryland: died January 27, 1861, aeed eighty, buried in Woodland. Brown, John, Xenia, 1830: a Scotchman, brother of James; removed to Monmouth. Illinois; naturalized in 1832, Brown, Samuel, Beaver Creek, 1806; March 15.

1821. married Margaret Snip. Brown. William. Beaver Creek, 1820; died November 15. 1864. aged sixty-eight, buried at Hawker's church. Beaver. Brown. PhiliD. Beaver Creek. i82g; born May 11, 1798. died January 13. 1877, aged seventy-eight, buried at Mt. Zion churchyard. Brown. William. Sugar Creek. 1809; from Augusta county. Virginia; son of John; soldier of 1812; died February i. 1816. aged forty-six, buried in McKnight cemetery. Brown. .\!exander. Sugar Creek. 1813. Brown. David, Xenia, 1840; died April 27. 1873.

aged eighty. Brown, James. Sugar Creek. 1815; died February 5, 1892. aged seventy, buried in Bellbrook cemetery. Brown. Thomas. Sugar Creek, 1820; plasterer in Xenia in 1827; removed to Dayton; died past the age of ninety. Brown. Jacob, Sugar Creek. 1826; from Loudoun county. Virginia ; died at .-Mpha. April 6. 1885. buried in Beaver Creek cemetery. Brown. Mahlon. Sugar Creek, 1827; died in Xenia in 1848. Brown. George. Sugar Creek. 1824- son-m-law of Arthur Johnson ; died December 3. aged sixtyseven, buried in Mt. Zion. Brown. David W.. Sugar Creek. 1824; died November 3. 1848. aged forty-nine, buried in Bellbrook cemetery. Brown. Samuel. Sugar Creek. 1824; son of George;

Brown. Brown, Godfrey, Caesar's Creek, 1830; a Baptist preacher; died January 3, 1843, aged ninety, July 17, 1828, married Keziah Smith. Brown. Richard, Caesar's Creek, 1830; died December 2Q, 1878, aged seventy-nine; February 6, i8.?4. married Sidney Hamton. Brown. Samuel. Caesar's Creek. 1830; died in Caesar's Creek township in 1869: January 6. 1840, married Eliza Lucas. Brown. .Mien W.. Caesar's Creek. 1830; buried in

Salem graveyard, south of Paintersville. Ohio. Brelsford. James. Sugar Creek. i8n ; soldier of 1812; died near Bellbrook in 1886; February 17. 1825. married Nancy Bigelow.' Brelsford. William. Sugar Creek, 1826; died in

Hannah, married Jeremiah .Allen. Brazelton. Samuel. Caesar's Creek, 1805. Breakfield, Elias, Silver Creek. 1840; born in Berkeley county. West Virginia. August 31. 1806. Browder, Thomas, Sr., Silver Creek. 1807; one of

Ross township in 1830. Browder. William. Silver Creek, 1807, Browder, Jesse F.. Silver Creek. 1840. Browder. James. Silver Creek, 1821 ;died at Columbus. Ohio, in 1835; July 4, 1816, married Betsey Hays. Browder, James, Sr., Silver Creek, 1809; soldier of 1812; died February 12, 1872; buried at Jamestown. Ohio. Browder. James, Bath. iSog. Browder. William. Bath, 1810. Browder. William. Jr.. Silver Creek. 1814. Browder. Fletcher. Silver Creek, 1840: died April

1812; died in Ross township in 1835. Browder. Jonathan. Silver Creek. 1813. Browder. Wesley. Silver Creek. 1817. Browder. Hector S.. Silver Creek. 1840: died September 19. 1856. aged forty-two ; buried in the Jamestown cemetery, married Catharine Hixon. Browder, Parks S.. Silver Creek, 1840. Bryan. James. Silver Creek. 181 1; soldier of 1812; died .April, 1874; May 2, 1813, married Polly Johnson. Bryan. Morrison. Silver Creek. i8ii ; soldier of 1812; died in 1822; buried at Jamestown. Ohio; August 23. 1837. married Catherine Turner. Bryan. Alonzo. Jr., Silver Creek, 1840. Bryan. Nero. Silver Creek. 1840. Bryan. Lycha A.. Silver Creek. 1840. Bryan. William. Silver Creek. 1S40; May 21. 1840,

Nancy Sheeley. Bruin. Martin. Caesar's Creek. 1827. Bromagem. Elias, Xenia, 1803; his wife was Martha ; he died in 1828. Bromagem. Simon. Xenia. 1810; son of Elias; died September 26. 1823. aged thirty-four; buried iii Baptist graveyard. Cedarville. Ohio.

Brewington, Daniel R., Xenia. 1826; born in Worcester county. Maryland. March 27, 1798; removed to Delaware county, Indiana, in 1835: (lied October 24, 1870, aged seventy-three.

Bryson, Robert. Xenia, 1834; native of Scotland; removed to Cumberland county, Pennsylvania : thence to Ohio: died December 15. 1876; buried in Massie's Creek cemetery. Cedarville.

Brewer. John G., Miami, 1817; soldier of 1812; from New Jersey; born August, 1794; died in 1886, aged ninety-six; buried in Woodland; March, 1823, married Sarah Miller.

Braley. Samuel. Miami. 1840: born January 21. 1769: died October 11, 1841, aged seventy-two; buried in Clifton; February 12, 1818, married Caroline Knot.

married Mary Mullen. Brooks. John. Silver Creek. 1826. Broz. -Alexander. Silver Creek. 1840. Brickie. John, Sr., Silver Creek, 1840; died July 25. 1854, aged sixtv-four ; buried in Jamestown cemetery. Brickie. Jacob. Silver Creek. 1838; from Pennsylvania; born February 25, 1815, in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania. Brockow, Isaac, Silver Creek. 1840. Bride. John M.. Xenia. 1830; married Mary, daughter of Samuel Gowdy ; died and is buried on East Third street, Xenia. Bunnel. Daniel. Xenia. 1811 ; died in Warren county. Missouri. September 10. 1876. aged eighty ; had resided in Xenia seventy-one years or more. Bunnel, Samuel, Xenia, 1840; September 24, 1839.

Bunnel, Thomas. Xenia. 1840; removed to Champaign county, Ohio. Buckles. Robert. Sr.. Sugar Creek, 1803; came from Virginia in 1797; soldier of 1812; born August 6, 1770; died December 25, 1850, aged eighty; buried in Middle Run churchvard, Bellbrook, Ohio. Buckles, William, Suear Creek, 1803 ; soldier of 1812; born March 25. 1766: died March 29, 1846, aged seventy-nine; buried in Middle Run, Bellbrook, Buckles, James. Sugar Creek, 1803 ; son of William,

Sr. ; (October 13, 1818. married Sarah Perkins. Buckles. John. Sugar Creek, 1803; son of William; soldier of 1812; died in 1870, aged eighty-one; buried in Middle Run, Bellbrook. Buckles. David. Sugar Creek. 1810; soldier of 1812;

September 2. 1819. married Hulda Gerard. Buckles. Henry. Sr.. Sugar Creek. 1812; son of William, Sr. ; April 2$. 1816. married Elizabeth Heaton. Buckles. Robert. Jr.. Sugar Creek, 1812; son of Robert ; died in 1829. aged thirty-four ; buried in Middle Run. Bellbrook. Buckles. Evan. Sugar Creek. 1816; a single man ; born at Columbia, near Cincinnati, July 7, 1797; died July 10, 1880, aged eighty-three; buried in Middle Run ; when one year old was brought to Sugar Creek by his parents. Buckles, Jacob, Sugar Creek, 1819; died March 31,

Sr. Buckles. George W.. Sugar Creek. 1840. Buckles. .Abner. Sugar Creek. 1840; buried in Middle Run churchyard. Buckles. Girard. Sugar Creek. 1840: September 30. 1830. married Rebecca Hawkins; .son of William, Sr. ; died .August 20. 1889. aged seventy-nine; buried in Middle Run.

Buckles. Henry S.. Xenia, 1835; born in 1815. died in 1897, aged eightj--one; buried in Woodland; Noveniber 4, 1854, married Eleanor Thomas.

Bull. William. Sr.. Xenia, 1803 : from Virginia; .soldier of the Revolution; died October 31, 1811, aged seventy-one: buried in Massie's Creek (Stevenson's.)

Bull. Richard. Xenia. 1S03. son of Williani, Sr. ; soldier of 1812. died October 31. 1834. aged fifty-two; buried in Massie's Creek (Stevenson's).

Bull, William H.. Xenia. 1827; December 22. 1836, married -Abigail R. Kyle ; son of James ; born in 1805: died February i, 1867; buried in Massie's Creek.

1840; Februar)- 24. 1820. married Bethsheba Allen- Bush, Richard, Beaver Creek. 1807. Bush, William, Beaver Creek, 181 1. Bush. Henry, Sugar Creek, 1813. Bussel; Samuel, Beaver Creek. 1808; removed to the

East; soldier of 1812. Bussel. John. Sugar Creek. t8ii. Bussel, Jacob, Beaver Creek, 1840. Burgan, John. Xenia. 1806; left his estate to his

Buck. Henry, Beaver Creek, 1840 ; a native of Shepherdstown, Virginia, born October 20, 1791 ; died October 10, 1864, aged seventy-two; buried in Hawker's churchyard.

Butclier, Joseph. Ross. 1806; from Virginia; soldier of 1812: died October 28, 1865, aged eightyfour; buried in Bloxsom graveyard, Selma. Ohio.

Burrous, James, Beaver Creek, 1810; son of William ; from Washington county, Maryland ; removed to Fulton county, Iowa ; died October 28, 1851, aged fifty-three.

Byrd, Andrew, Sr., Sugar Creek, 1810; soldier of 1812; died in 1834; buried in New Hope, Baptist churchyard, Bellbrook. Ohio ; born in \'irginia.

Carman, Jfishua. Sugar Creek, 1803 ; pioneer preacher; soldier of 1812; died December i. 1844. aged eighty-five; buried one mile south of Bellbrook, Ohio.

Carman, Josiah, Jr., Sugar Creek. 182 1 ; son of Joshua. Sr. ; died November 7. 18.SQ, aged sixtysi. x ; buried at Middle Run churchyard. Billbrook, Ohio.

i888,aged ninety-three ; from Ireland. Cannon. Samuel. Xenia, 1813 ; soldier of 1812; wheelwright. Cannon. Thomas, Xenia, 1828. Cassel, James, Xenia, 1830; January 3, 18.33, mar-

Charters. John. Sr.. Xenia. 1818; a native of North Brittain ; died February. 1821. aged seventy-seven; buried at Massie's Creek (Stevenson's).

Bartlett, September 28, 1826. Chinowith, William. Beaver Creek, 1803; from Kentucky ; a blacksmith by trade ; came to Montgomery countv in 1876. Chinowith. Abraham. Sugar Creek. 1820 ; died in

Chalmers. David. Xenia. 1816; native of North Britain ; soldier of 1812 ; died September 20. 1829, aged sixty-one; buried at Massie's Creek (Stevenson's).

Chalmers. Adam, Bath. 1820: from Ireland; came to United States in 1800; .son of William; soldier of 1812; buried in Bath Churchyard, west of Mad River.

Chalmers, William. Bath. 1816; from Ireland; came to the United States in 1800; soldier of 1812 ; died in 1848. aged si.xty-six ; buried in Bath churchyard; son of William; married Elizabeth Kirk wood.

Clark. George C, Sugar Creek, 1825 : a native of Augusta county, Virginia; died at Spring Valley. March 8. 1873. aged sixty-four; father-in-law of William Luce.

Clyed, Peter, Xenia, 1830 ; had a son, George ; removed to Miami county in 1832 or 1833; sold to Rev. Samuel Wilson lot No. 94, where now is located the first U. P. church, Xenia.

Cline, Jacob, Caesar's Creek, 1830 : from Virginia : died May 16, 186=;. aged .seventy-three: buried in old Baptist churchyard, west of Bow-ersville, Ohio.

died July 21, 1849, aged forty-five; buried in Woodland. Clemens, Job. Xenia, 1807. Clemens, Isaac. Bath. 1817. Clemens, Joshua, 1830: April 13, 1834, married Rachel

Roberts. Clemens, Rev. Hezekiah, Bath. 1820 ; died in Jamestown, Ohio, at the age of ninety-two. Clemens, John, Ross, 1828; son of Hezekiah, Clemens. John. Jr.. Ross. 1830.

Clemens. William. Ross 1840: died November 10, 1877. aged seventy-one : buried in Woodland ; December 7. 1827, married Jane Barnes. Clemens. Hamilton. Ross. 1840; son of Hezekiah;

CIciiien<, George. Silver Creek. 1827; brother of John G. ; died in 1898; buried at Jamestown, Ohio. Clevenger. Joseph. Miami. 1809. Clevenger. Elias, Ross, 1810. Clevenger. .\mos. Bath. 1828; September i. 1805.

Climpson. James. Beaver Creek. 1827; died March 3. i8q2, aged eighty-six: buried in Woodland; February 18. 1827, married Harriet Staley. Clapin. Henry. Xenia. 1827. Clcnester. Daniel. Beaver Creek, 1840. Classmire, Abraham. Bath. 1S07. Clayton. Thomas, Bath, 1811: died January i, 1813, aged sixty-five; buried in Cost graveyard, near Fairfield, Ohio. Clayton, Jonathan, Bath, 181 1: died October 18,

1848. aged sixty-five ; buried in Cost graveyard. Clayton. William. Bath, 181 1; died in 1816. Clryton. Maxon. Bath, 181 1: soldier of 1812, tnider

Capt. Wm. Stephenson. Clayton, Reuben, Bath. 1820: .-\ugust i;. i8ig. married Elizabeth Low. Clayton. John. Bath. 1826; soldier of 1812; March kept tavern on the site of Clifton in 1814. Clopes. Frederick, Miami, 1840. Clearwater. Reuben, Ross, 181 1. Clnrd. Richard. Ross, 1840. Clonts, Jacob, Ross, 1840.

Collier, James, Xenia, 1803: from Rockbridge county. Virginia; soldier of 1812: died .\pril 17. iS.st. aged seventy-seven ; buried in Woodland. Collier. Moses. Xenia. 1805: from Virginia; soldier of 1812; died November 28. 1861 ; buried in Woodland, aged seventy-eight. Collier, Thomas, Miami, 1813; son of Moses. Collier, Franklin, Miami, 1840; son of Moses; .^pril

Yellow Springs. Collier, Theodore, Miami, 1840: son of Moses; soldier in the Third New York Cavalry, Civil War. Compton. Henry. Sugar Creek. 1804 ; son of Stephen ; born in 1798, in North Carolina, died November 20. 1880. aged eighty-two. Compton. William. Sugar Creek, 1804 ; removed to Montana.

Compton, Samuel, Sugar Creek, 1804 ; soldier of 1812; brother-in-law of John Sexton, died 1850, aged eighty-two, Compton, Joseph, Sugar Creek. 1808; soldier of

1812. Compton, Stephen. Sugar Creek, 1804; brother of Amos, soldier of 1812, under Capt. John Clark, died July 14, 1862, aged eighty-seven, buried in Friends churchyard, south of New Burlington, Ohio. Compton. Amos. Sugar Creek. 1809; from South Carolina; his w-ife was Rebecca; soldier of 1812, died September 14, 1824, aged fifty-four, buried in Friends churchyard. Compton. Samuel. Sugar Creek. 1826 ; son of .^mos. Compton, Samuel, Jr., Sugar Creek, 1830; died in

Spring Valley Township in 1861. Compton, Seth, Sugar Creek, 1840; son of Samuel, died January 24, 1887, aged seventy-two, buried in Friends churchyard near New Burlington, Ohio. Compton, Matthew, Sugar Creek, 1803; September

I, 1803, married Rachel Campbell. Compton. John, Caesar's Creek, 184a; son of Amos, died March 26, 1870, aged eighty-six, buried in Friends churchyard. Compton, Aaron, Bath, 1805; from Somerset county. New Jersey, died January 6, 1834, aged forty, buried in Fairfield cemetery. Commack, James, Sugar Creek, 1806. Commack. John, 1813; soldier of 1812. buried in

1812 ; June 9, 1828. married Susanna Ogan. Cottrell, Lemuel, Sugar Creek, 1820. Cottrell, Lorenza D., Sugar Creek, 1829; married Mary, daughter of Jacob Darst, removed to Dayton, Ohio. Cottrell, John, Beaver Creek. 1803. Cottrell, Wm.. Sr., Bath. 1806; died in Bath township in 1815. Cottrell. Wm.. Jr., Bath, 1807. Cottrell, Thomas, Bath, 1806; .soldier in war of

February 12. 1792. died June 5. 1861. aged sixtynine, buried in Woodland; married Isabella Currie. June. 1835. Collins. William, Sr.. Beaver Creek. 1812 ; died in

Cox. Samuel W., Sr., Bath, iSri ; born in Bucks county. Pennsylvania. July 7. 1797, died May 22, 1873, aged, seventy-five, at Yellow Springs.

Cox. David. Bath. 1820; born in Pennsylvania; came to Ohio in t8oi. to Greene county in 1807, settled in northwestern corner of Greene county; died July 22. 1876. aged eighty-three.

Cooper. Rev. Ebenezer. Xenia, 1840; from South Carolina; father of J. H. Cooper; born in 1792, died November 12, 1858. aged sixty-three ; buried in Massie's Creek cemetery.

Corry. Matthew. Xenia, 1830; from Northumberland, Pennsylvania; born February 16, 1793; soldier of 1812 ; died May s, 1864, aged seventyone, buried in Woodland.

Conwell, Stephen, Xenia. 1809; brother of Abraham: soldier of 1812 : died March 27, 1881 aged fifty-five; buried in Woodland; married Martha Mills May 30, 1816.

Conwell. Elizabeth, Xenia. 1807; from Winchester, Virginia; widow of William. Sr. ; died in Xenia December 28, 1838 ; aged ninety-two years and eleven months.

Connelly. John, Xenia, 1818; from Augusta, 'Virginia; born March 5. 1770: died October 8. 1830; aged sixty ; buried in East Third street .\. R. graveyard.

Conna'ble. Joseph. Xenia. 1837: from Massachusetts; died October 11. 1849. aged sixty-seven; buried in Woodland. Connable, E, J., Xenia. 18.^0: eldest son of Joseph:

Coy. Jacob. Sr.. Beaver Creek. 1807; from Frederick county. Maryland: soldier of 1812: died December I. 1832. aged ninety-three; buried in Coy graveyard.

Coy, Adam, Beaver Creek, 1800: soldier of 1812; born X'ovember 20. 1783: died December 5. 1862, aged seventy-eight: buried at Mt. Zion; father of Abraham.

Coy, Peter S., Beaver Creek. 181 1: son of Adam; committed suicide: died Julv 9. 1845. aged fiftyeight : buried in Aley churchyard : married Mary Tingley.

Aley churchvard. Cover. John. Beaver Creek, 1840. Cost. Joseph. Bath. 1840; removed to Indiana. Cost. John, Sr.. Bath. .1817: buried in Cost graveyard ; died March 28. i8sO. aged sixty-nine. Cost. Peter. Bath. 1820: son of John. Sr. Cost. Anthony. 1840; October i, 1840, married Ann Guisinger.

-Cost, Philip P.. Bath, 1817: son of John ; from FrcdericU. Maryland ; born October 10. 1809 ; father of George T. ; died February 11, igoo, aged ninety.

Creamer. John. Sugar Creek, 1806; from Maryland; died November 22. 1845. aged seventy-five: buried in Baptist graveyard, one mile south of Bellbrook, Ohio.

Creamer, Thomas, Sugar Creek. 1826; son of John; born in Kentucky in 1805 : died September. 1871, aged sixty-six; buried in Bellbrook, Ohio.

Creamer. Isaac, Sugar Creek, i8jo; son of John; died August 2,^. 1876, aged sixty-three; buried at Bellbrook. Ohio ; married Jane Daugherty.

Crowl. William H.. Sugar Creek, 1840; from Penn- .sylvania; born .\ugust 16. 1817. in Oxford, Pa.; died September i^ i860; buried in Bellbrook, Ohio.

Crowl, Henry. Xenia. 1816; from Washington county, Maryland; in 1870 he paid a visit to his old home in Xenia ; at that time he was eighty-one years old.

Crumley. William. Sugar Creek, 1819; died February 4. 1889. aged sixty-nine; buried at Xenia; son of .>\aron M. ; married Minerva Stanfield.

Critchfield, John. Sugar Creek. 1813; born May 20, 1771, died .August 20, 1836, aged sixty-five; buried one mile south of Bellbrook, Ohio; wife, Catherine : son. .Andrew.

Beaver Creek churchyard. Crawford. .Abel. Xenia. 1830. Crawford. John, Caesar's Creek. 1827; died in Cedarville township .August 5. 1863; aged sixty-one;

Crawford. John. Ross. 1828; January 20. 1820. married Agnes Miller': died in Cedarville township in i8()3; has a son. James, of Monmouth. Illinois.

Creswell. Samuel, Jr.. Xenia. 1841; son of James; died February 2^. 1850. aged seventy-eight; buried in Baptist graveyard. Cedarville. Ohio.

Creswell. James, Xenia. i8to; from Pennsylvania, thence to Kentucky, thence to Of io ; died August 21. 1866, aged seventy-seven; buried two miles west of Jamestown.

Creswell, Lancelot, Ross, 1836; son of James; died July ag, 1885, aged sixty-six; served two years in Civil war; removed to Barnesville, Indiana.

Crumbaugh. Samuel, Sr.. Xen.ia. 1817; born August 29. 1 791 ; died September 6. 1876, aged eightyfive; soldier of 1812: helped to organize the Reformed Church in 1833 ; buried in Woodland.

Crumbaugh. Samuel. Xenia. 1840: from Maryland: died March 16. i89g. aged seventy-seven: sheriff of Greene countv from 1858 to 1862; buried in Woodland.

Currie, James, Sr.. Miami. 1808; from Virginia; born in 1773. died November i. 1843: buried in Massie"s Creek cemetery (Stevenson's); .settled on the present site of Anti(K;h College, Yellow Sqrings.