Jerome Township (part 12 of 19)

John K. Boerger, the father of Carl .N.., was born in Germany, ^lay 3, 1841, and in 1843 came to America with his parents and located in Columbus, Ohio. In 1848 William and Elizabeth B. Boerger, the parents of John K., located in Darl)\' township, Uiudu count\', Ohio, where thev lived until 1S61 and then mo\ed to Union townsliip, where Mrs. Boerger died September II, 1870. John K. Boerger was the voungest of fi\'e children bi:)rn to his parents and when fifteen vears of age began to learn the brickla}-er's trade with George A. Fox, of Marvs\'ille. After following this trade for three }-ears, he engaged in farming and made this his life's work, residing on his fann in Paris township until 1912, when he moved to Marysville.

John K. Boerger was twice married, first, on October 18, 1866, to Maggie Magerlein, a native of Germany, who came to this country with her parents. Leonard and Eve Magerlein, when a chikl. To this first marriage were bom seven children, six of whom are still living; John F., a Lutheran min- ister of Racine, Wisconsin; John Leonard, of Madison county, Ohio; William T-. a fanner of Madison county: Mary, the wife of George Rausch, of Darby township: Lena, the wife of George Rausch, of Mill Creek township; George Emanuel, a farmer of Union township: and Charles C, who died in infancy. The mother of these seven children died August 20, 1882, and, on Xovember 8th of the following year, John K. Boerger married Matilda Pfeififer, who became the mother of Carl A., with whom this narrative deals.

Carl A. Boerger was educated in the schools of Union township and has been farming with his brother, Paul G., since 1912. The brothers own the old home place of one hundred and seventy-four acres and are engaged in general farming and stock raising.

Car! Boerger, as are the other members of the family, is a member of the Gennan Lutheran church, tie is still unmarried and makes his home with his brother, Paul G. Boerger and familv.

The whole career of William D. Blue has been spent in Union county, Ohio, and since reaching his majority he has engaged in general farming and stock raising in Jackson township. The Blue family were early settlers in Union county and its various members have always been prominent in the various phases of LTnion county's history. Mr. Blue started in an humble manner as a farmer, but by good management and ceaseless industry he has accumulated a fine farm of two hundred and forty acres. He has taken an active i)art in the civic life of his comnnmity and has held various official ])iisitii)ns with entire satisfaction to all concerned.

William Dowling Blue, the son of Adam and Malissa (Price) Blue, was born in Jackson township, Union county, Ohio, November 18, 1857. His father was born in Ross county, Ohio, in 18 18, and his mother was born on Blue's Creek, Leesburg township, this county. His parents were married in this county and lived here until their death, the father dying July 8, 1890, and the mother passing away November 10, 1905. Adam Blue was a veteran of the Ci\il War, enlisting on September 12, 1864, in Company L One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Oliio Regiment, from which he was honorably dischargefl June 28, 1865.

.\dani Blue and wife were tlie parents of eleven children, eight of whom are still living: John, who lives in Marion, Ohio: ^Michael, of Wood county,

Ohio ; Henry, of Essex, Ohio ; Harvey, a farmer of Jackson township ; Levi, deceased, who left a widow and three children; Anna Bell, the wife of Alfred Jones, a farmer of Marion county, Ohio; Sterling-, also of Marion county, and Wilton, of Marion county; Mary E., who died in 1873, at the age of seventeen; William Dowling, of Jackson township; Isabel, the wife of A. S. White, of Richwood; Nellie, the widow of H. S. Moore, of Richwood, a soldier of the Civil War, who died in 1910; Edith, the wife of Michael W. Cronley. of Alount Victory. Ohio; Clara AI.. the wife of George W. Manley, now deceased. Michael Blue enlisted on Februarv 2"], 1864, in Company F, Thirty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantiy, and was discharged July 20, 1865. John Blue was a member of Company G, Eighty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, enlisting on February 29, 1864, and receiving his discharge on July 24, 1865.

William D. Blue was educated in the common schools of Jackson township and remained at home until his marriage in 1880. He then rented land for about eight }'ears, after which he bought fifty acres in the fall of 1888. He had accumulated enough so he could make a small payment on a farm and in 1890 he added twent}--five acres more; in 1896 sixty acres miire. and in 191 1 he bought the thirty-acre tract where he built his beautiful countiy home. This thirty acres was originally purchased by his grandfather, Samuel R. Sanders, and has been in the family many 3'ears, In 1905 he bought fift_vfour acres and in 1914 fifty acres more, making a total of two hundred and fortv acres. Since then he has sold thirty acres of his farm, but still retains two hundred and ten acres, which lie northwest of Essex about two and onehalf miles. He has placed all the improvements upon this farm and now has a beautiful country Imme. a convenient and commodious barn and all of the modern conveniences which are demanded by the twentieth-century farmer. He keeps a high grade of cattle and hogs and gets the major portion of his income from the sale of live stock each year.

Mr. Blue was married November 10, 1880. to Mary Emma White, a daughter of Jesse A. and Angeline ( Dysart ) White. ]\Ir. and Mrs. Blue have no children of their own. but have reared the nephew of Mr. Blue, Llovd ]M. ^lanley, who is now li\-ing in Claibourne township. Also they raised \\'inuie J. Blue, the orphan, who married George C. Halt. They live 'on a farm in Jackson township and they have three children. They also raised a nephew. Harr\- G. Blue, from ten years of age and who is still with them.

Indiana. .-Vugust 31. 1828, a son of Albert R. and Amy White, both of whom are deceased. When he was five years of age Jesse A. White mo\-ed with his parents to Union county, Ohio, wiiere lie was reared on the fami and received a good common school education. He taught school for two years and was married April 10, 1851, to Angeline Uysart, a daughter of John and Mary Dysart, and to this union were born four children, John D., Charles A., Mai-y E. and Anna M. Mr. White was a successful farmer and at the time of his death, June 12, 1901, owned a well improved farm of one hundred acres. His wife died Februarv' 28, 1889. He was prominent in the civic life of his community, serving as trustee, clerk and treasurer of Jackson township at various times, and for twenty years was recording steward of the Bush Creek circuit of the Methodist Protestant church, to which denomination he and his wife both belonged.

Air. and Mrs. Blue are loyal members of the Methodist Protestant church at Essex. Mr. Blue united with the church in 1884, while his wife has been a member since she was fifteen years of age. In politics. Mr. Blue gives his hearty support to the Democratic party and has been one of its leaders in local affairs. He was elected trustee for the first time in 1898 and served one term. In 191 3 he was elected again and is now filling this position with eminent satisfaction to his fellow citizens. He has served as school director for a number of years and in every capacity where his labors have found him he has never been lacking in those rare qualities of good American citizenship.

Christopher L. Koerner

.\n enterprising farmer of German descent who is now making his home in Jerome township, where he was born, is Christopher L. Koerner, who owns the old Koerner homestead of one hundred and seventy-six acres, Iving about two and one-half miles from New California. His parents were iioth born in (jcrmany, but were married after coming to this country and liis fatlier Ijecame one of tlie most substantial fanners of Jerome township.

Christopher L. Koerner, the son of John Hemy and Elizabeth (Kaininger) Koerner, was born May 9, 1870, on the farm where he is now living. His parents, both of whom were born in Germany, were residents of this country before the Civil War. His father came to America in 1843, being ai)out seven vears of age at the time. His mother came here in 1836, stop- ping for a short time in Cdlnmbns, Oliio, and then going on to Union connty. where she located with her parents. John H. Koerner and his wife were married in FrankHn county, Ohio, in 1858, and to them were born eiglit children, six of whom are now living: Maiy, the wife of Justus Scheiderer, of Columbus, Ohio; Margaret, the wife of John Assman, of Marysville; Anna, the wife of John Scheiderer, a fanner of this county; Veit, who died in 1894; C. L.. of Jerome tnwnshi]); George, who died in 1894; Catherine, who is li\-ing with her mother in Marysville; Elizabeth, the widow of Edward Scheiderer, who is now making her home with her mother in Marysville. John H. Koerner died in June, 1886, and his widow is now residing in Marvsville with her two daughters, Catherine and Elizabeth.

John H. Koerner has a well impro\ed farm of one hundred and seventyfive acres. He was a prominent man in the affairs of Jerome township, serving as township trustee for a number of years and also as member of the school board.

Christopher L. Koerner was reared and educated in the schools of Jerome township, and remained at home until his marriage at the age of twentytwo. He then began fanning the old home place and now owns the farm on which he was reared. He has placed many extensive improvements on the farm and has built a new barn and a silo in the past two years. He is an extensive stock raiser and keeps onl_\' the best grade of stock on bis farm.

Mr. Koerner was married October 13, 1892, to ^largaret Rausch, a daughter of John and Caroline ( Horch ) Rausch. To this union have been born six children: Josephine, born July ti, 1893, the wife of Theodore Kuechle, of Columbus, Ohio; Louis, who died at the age of three; Clara. born August 4, 1899; Amelia, born -\ugust 6, 1902. and two who died in infancy.

The father of Airs. Koerner was born in Darby township. Union county, and her mother was a native of Germany. Her father was a life-long farmer and a prominent citizen of the community where he lived. He died in 1886, and Mrs. Rausch died Septemlier iq, IQ07.

Mr. Koerner is a member of the Democratic party and has been frecjuently called upon by liis party to fill resi)onsible positions. He has served as township trustee for four years, ser\e(l as a member ni the township school board and also as director of his home school district for a long time. In every capacity, Mr. Koerner has measured up to the high standard of the good American citizen and his whole life has been such that he merits the hisfh esteem in which he is held.

S4S Union County. Ohio Louis Clemens Beem

The ancestral line of Louis Clemens Beem runs back into Germany, and it is an ancestry for which no apology is needed. This country owes more, perhaps, to the German immigrant than to any other, because the German has brought here qualities that have made for thrift, industry, stability, and a love of music and art. The German is a home-maker and a producer and among the best of our substantial, law-abiding citizens.

Li 1760 Richard Beem, the founder of the Beem family in America, left his home in the Fatherland and came to this coimtry with his wife and three children, landing at Baltimore. One of his sons, Michael, enlisted in the Revolutionary ^\'ar and was an active participant in the long struggle for independence. The three children of Richard Beem were Richard, Michael and Elizabeth. With his wife and this family he located on a timbered tract of land on the summit of the Alleghany mountains. Here he established a home, and with much labor converted forests into cultivated fields, and in time had a farm of three hundred acres of tillable land. He and his wife died there at an advanced age. Michael Beem. the second son of Richard Beem. li\ed on his father's farm until he was grown and contributed his share of the hard work required of the pioneer starting life in the woods. On arriving at manhood years Michael took unto himself a wife in the person of Elizabeth Greene and came with his wife to Licking county, Ohio, and was among the pioneer settlers of that count}^ He died there at an old age, Michael Beem was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and was a warm personal friend of General Washington and was one of the General's bodyguard. He often talked of his personal association with Washington and of the many times in which they engaged in play and sports together. Alichael Beem and wife had a family of eleven children, all of whom grew up, married and had families of their own. The names of these eleven children were Richard, Andrew, .\nna, Phoebe, William, Michael. John. Benjamin, Daniel. Elizabeth and Jacob.

Jacob Beem, the youngest son of Michael, was the father of the subject of this sketch. He was born in jNlaryland and came with his parents when they mo\ed to Licking county in 1S12 and settled near the present town of Jersey. There he grew to manhood and married, and three of his children were Ijorn there. He bought a tract of land consisting of fifty acres, covered with timlier. wliich he cleared and improved and on which he built a comfortable home Tn 1S32 he came to Richwood to visit two of his nephews and

Louis C. Beem

-\vas so well pleased with this county and the opportunities afforded for farming that he decided to locate here. So he sold his farm in Licking county and bought a farm of two hundred acres located two and a half miles east of Richwood. In 1833 he moved here with his family and took up his residence on this farm. Here he lived and reared his family, and here he died in 1878. aged seventy-nine years. His wife died in 1892 at the age of eighty-three years. They were both members of the Christian (New Liglit) church.

Jacob and Phoebe (Rose) Beem. the parents of our subject, had a family of ten children, namely : Milton, Orin, Newton and Albert, deceased ; Jacob, of Claibourne township ; Perry and Gilbert, were both soldiers in the Civil War and both died in the serxice. the former died of disease and the latter from wounds received in battle. The other children of the family were as follows: Araminta. deceased, who was the wife of A. D. Morrow; Louis C, of Richwood; and Benjamin. All of this family were married except the two sons who enlisted in the army.

On the maternal side, the grandfather of our subject was Philip Rose and his wife was Ruth ( Talkington) Rose, pioneer settlers in Licking county, Ohio. The grandfather died there well along in years. His widow came to Union county and made her home with her daughter, Phoebe Beem, for a time, and then moved to Iowa, near Chariton, where she died at the age of about ninety-six years. In the Rose family were the following named children : Aaron, Philip, Gilbert, Sarah, Phoebe, Elizabeth, Mille and Miriam, who died at the age of thirteen years : and some who died in infanc}'.

Louis C. Beem was reared on his father's farm near Richwood, and received his elementar_\- education in the district schools, suplenienting this with advanced studies in the Prospect high school. After leaving this school he taught school for one term. He then engaged in the saw mill business extensively from May 4, 1871, to July 10, 1909. In 1873 he came to Richwood and enlarged his business, dealing in manufactured lumber, supplying the market in wholesale and retail orders. He was also engaged in the marble and monument business for about one year, and for the past twentyfive years he has been interested in farm lands, and is the owner at the present time of considerable real estate in the county, as well as his home on South Franklin street in Richwood.

On Alarch 24, 1881, l\Ir. Beem was united in marriage with Margaret Graham, daughter of Patterson and Mary (Miller) Graham. Four children were born to that union, namelv : Lena, a teacher in Arizona ; Perrv, who is (54) engaged in tlie rice industry in Arkansas; Ada and Jessie, who died in infancy. :Mrs. Beem, the wife of our subject, died July lo, 1895, aged thirty-eight years. She was a member of the Methodist Protestant church and was bom in Claibourne township. Union county. Her parents were early settlers here but removed to Illinois, where they died. The four children in the Graham family were Lou. ^Margaret, Thomas and Clara. The paternal grandfather of J\Irs. Beem was Samuel Graham and the maiden name of his wife was Butterfield. The maternal grandfather was Henry Miller.

Mr. Beem was married a second time, February 14, 1899, to Emma B. Tavlor, daughter of Benjamin and Amelia J. (Baker) Taylor. His second wife was born in Champaign county, Ohio, which was also the birth place of her mother. Her father was a native of Maine. The paternal grandfather oT Mrs. Emma Beem was Cyrus Taylor and the maiden name of his wife was Abigail Woodward, a native of New Hampshire; the grandfather was born in Maine. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Beem was John Baker and his wife's maiden name was Ann Matilda Henderson. He was a native of Germany and came to America when a small boy and grew to manhood in this country. After marriage he first settled near Alexandria, in Virginia, and came from there to Champaign county, Ohio, among the first settlers of that county. He died there in 1840 at the age of forty-six years; the death of his wife occurred in 1883 at the age of seventy-eight. Their family consisted of seven children, na?nely: Charles A., Margaret, Robert B., Amelia J., Sarah Josephine, and Joseph, who died in infancy.

Mr. and Mrs. Beem are members of the Methodist Protestant church and contribute liberally to its support. Fraternally, Mr. Beem belongs to Mount Carmel Lodge, No. 303, Free and Accepted Masons ; also to Rising Sun Lodge, No. 71, Knights of Pythias. Politically, he believes in the principles advocated by the Republican party and gives his active support to the candidates of that party.

Malcolm M. Cameron

A highly respected citizen of Claibourne township, LTnion county, Ohio, is Malcolm M. Cameron, who has lived his whole life in this county. He is essentially a self-made farmer and his well improved farm of seventy-one acres is the direct result of his own hard work and good management. He ranks among the leading farmers and stock raisers of his township and yet has found time to take an acti\"e part in the civic hfe of the community. In the various official positions where he has heen found he has proved faithful to the trust reposed in him and in every way merits the high esteem in which he is held hy those who know him.

Malcolm M. Cameron, the son of Alexander and Martha L. (Johnson) Cameron, was born in York township. Union countv, Ohio, February 8, 1857. His father was born near Montreal, Canada, and his mother in Union county. Alexander Cameron came to Union county, Ohio, about 1851, and was married here the same year to Martha Johnson. Alexander Cameron was a farmer and stock dealer and died in this county in 1906. His widow is living now with one of her sons near ]\Iarysvil!e. Alexander Cameron was a Republican in politics and an active citizen of the community where he resided.

Alexander Cameron and wife were the parents of nine children, seven sons and two daughters: John A., a patient of the hospital in Gallipolis, Ohio; Malcolm M., of Claibourne township; Mary E., who married D. H. Mulvaine, and has two children. Fay and Delmer; Samuel J., who lives in Union county near ?\Iarysville ; Ida E., the wife of Fred Dillsaver, of Richwood; Colon A., who died at the age of seventeen; Birchard H., who resides in Marysville ; G. R., of Cleveland, Ohio, and Chester H., of Richwood.

Malcolm M. Cameron received his education in the common schools of this county and started in to work for himself when he was twenty-one years of age. He was married at that time and settled down to the life of a farmer. Through his own exertions and the aid of his good wife, he has a fine farm of seventy-one acres on which he has placed all of the improvements. He has a fine country home and his bams are models of convenience and usefulness. He raises pure bred Jersey cattle and registered O.xford sheep, and has unusual success in handling his live stock.

Mr. Cameron was married A])ril 18, 1888, to Emma B. JoUiff. a daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth ( Cassidy) Jolliff. Her parents were early settlers in Union county. To this marriage was bom one sijn, Charles Lawrence, who died at the age of eight months. The first wife of Mr. Cameron died July 5, 1891, and on June 13, 1894, he married ]\Irs. Mary A. (Wurtsbaugh) Bacon, a daughter of David H. and Lucinda Wurtzbaugh. She was the widow of P. A. Bason and tn her first marriage was born one son, P. G., who is now an auctioneer of York township. To the second marriage of Mr. Cameron have been born seven children; Luella Mae (now Mrs. J. .'\. Vanatta), Delia Marie, Minnie Irene, Lela Xaomi, Marion B., Harold R. and Stanlev S.

Mr. Cameron has taken an active part in the political life of his township and county and has been one of the leaders of the Republican party in local affairs. He has served as supervisor of Leesburg township and as school director in Claibourne township. He was elected as assessor of his township and took the examination and was appointed under the civil service. He is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry at Claibourne. Airs. Cameron is a member of the Methodist Protestant church. Mr. Cameron is a man of decided ability and has always conducted his affairs and those of stations to which he has been elected in such a manner as to meet with the hearty approbation of his fellow citizens.

George Hill, Jr

A farmer and stock raiser of Union township, Union county, Ohio, who has li^-ed in this county all of his life, is George Hill, Jr., whose parents were earlv settlers in Lhiion county. Mr. Hill has made farming his life work and is now operating a fine farm of two hundred and fifty-one acres about one mile east of Milford Center.

George Hill, Jr., the son of George J. and Susan (Baker) Hill, was born in Liberty township, Union county, Ohio, April 15, 1866. Both of his parents were natives of Ashland county, Ohio, and early settlers in Union county, where his father was a prominent stock raiser. George J. Hill, Sr., handled French Clydesdale and Belgium horses and was known as one of the most prominent horsemen of this section of the state. He died in 1901 and his widow passed away about 1904. Seven children were born to George J. Hill, Sr., and wife: Sedelia, the wife of William Cahill, of Marysville; Emma, the wife of J. Hartshorn, of Newark, Ohio; Charles, a farmer of Paris township; Weldon, who died at the age of thirty; Frank, a farmer. of this county; Cora, the wife of Lewis Amrine, a farmer of L^nion county living north of Maiysville; George, Jr., and one who died in infancy.

George Hill, Jr., was reared on his father's farm in this county and received a good, common school education. He remained at home until his marriage and then began farming for himself in LTnion township, where he has since resided. In addition to the farm of two hundred and fifty-one acres on which lie lives he owns forty-seven and three-fourths acres two miles soutli of Milford Center. He gives most of his attention to stock raising and raises liiLih ijrade stock of all kinds.

Mr. Hill was married January 8, 1891, to May Shanks, a daughter of Joseph and Jennie (Hammond) Shanks, both of whom were natives of Union county, and to this union five children have been born; four of whom are now living: Florence, a stenographer at Columbus, Ohio; Augusta H. ; Jennie; Etta and George J. The three younger children are now attending the high school at Milford Center.

The parents of Mrs. Hill were born and reared in Union county, and her mother lived here until her death. May 2, 1897. After her mother's death her father married hdnra Barker, and moved to Kenton, where he died March 28, 1908. Mrs. Hill's parents had three children: May, the wife of Mr. Hill; Ella, the wife of Frank P. Miller, a farmer of Union township, and Clinton, who married Sallie Skiles, and now lives at Mechanicsburg, Champaigi: county, Ohio.

Politically, Mr. Hill is a Republican, although he is not by any means a partisan. He casts his ballot for the best men in local affairs, irrespective of their politics. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias at Milford Center.

John Jolliff

The oldest living married couple in Claibiiurne township. Union county, Ohio, is John Jolliff and his wife, who have been married for fifty-five years. Mr. Jollifif came to this county with his parents in 1850, and is now living on the next farm east to that which his father settled on in that year. He has engaged in farming and stock raising all his life, although he is now retired from active work.

John Jollifif, the son of Lewis and Mary Catherine (Swartz) Jolliff, was born in Holmes county, Ohio, August 7, 1837. His father was born in Stark county, Ohio, while his mother was a native of Wayne county, their marriage occurring in the latter county. Five children were born to Lewis Jolliff and wife, two of whom are living: George W., deceased; Eli P., deceased; John, of Claibourne township ; Isaac, also living in Leesburg township, and Barbara, who died in infancy.

Lewis Jolliff followed farming in Holmes county, Ohio, until 1850, and in that year mo\-ed to Union county and located in Claibourne township, on the farm just west of his son, John. At the time Lewis Jolliff came to this county Claibourne township was practically a wilderness and he literallv had to carve a home for himself and family nut of the virgin forest.

The wife of Lewis Jolliff died shortly after the family moved to this county and he later married Hannah Pennypacker, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Pennypacker, old settlers of Union county. There were no children born to his second marriage. Lewis Jolliff died in 1882, and his widow is now living with J- D. Jolliff in York township, this county.

lohn lollitT received a good common school education and when the Ci\il War broke out he enlisted as a member of Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-iirst Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was mustered into the service in August, 1862, and served for three years. He was with Sherman on his famous march through Georgia to the sea, and for a period of one hundred and sixty days was under fire practically all of the time. He was wounded at Peach Tree Creek and was always ready for duty when duty called.

After the close of the war ]\lr. Jolliff returned to L'nion county and resumed farming on the old Sidle homestead. He later bought a small piece of land and owned two hundred acres when he sold out in 1873, having lived there onlv eighteen months, then returned and bought his present farm of fiftv-six acres and later added to it until he has a farm of one hundred and fifty acres, now one of the best improved in the county.

Mr. Jollift' was married December 23, 1858, to Mary Sidle, a daughter of Jacob C. and Jilizabeth (Hamilton) Sidle. Her father was born February, 1812, and her mother was born in March of the same year, both being natives of Aluskingum county, Ohio. They were married in that county and arrived in Union county, November 18, 1S46, and settled on a farm in Claibourne township. Mr. Sidle died June 10, 1877, and his widow passed away November 2y. 1889.

Mr. and Mrs. Jollift' are the parents of six children, all of whom are still living: Sarah E., born July 24, i860, the wnfe of Isaac N. Gibson, of Claibourne township: John D., born May 27,. 1863, a farmer of York township: W. T. S., born Julv 21, 1866, a resident of Claibourne township: ^lartha A., born January 31. 1870, the widow of William Cunningham, now living with lier parents. Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham were the parents of five children, Estella, Zella, J. W.. Harry and Edward. Eva C, the fifth child of Mr. and Mrs. Jolliff, was born May 8, 1873, while Charles E., the youngest, was born March 13, 1876.

Mr. Jolliff retired from active work in 1907, but still makes his home on the old farm. He and his wife are not only the oldest living couple in Claibourne townshi]), but one of the oldest in the county. The 23d of Decem- ber, 1914, was the fifty-sixth anniversaiy of their marriage. They are loyal members of the Methodist Protestant church at Bethlehem and have always been interested in its welfare. Mr. Jolliff has always given his hearty support to the Republican party, but has never taken an active interest in ])olitical matters. Mr. and Mrs. JollifT are most estimable okl people, and are highly esteemed in the commnnit_\- where they have spent so many years together.

Forrest E. Mosher

An enterprising merchant of Essex, Jackson township. Union county, Ohio, is Forrest E. Mosher, who has been engaged in business in that village since 1909. Previous to that time he had engaged in general farming and stock raising in the county and was meeting with marked success in that line of acti\-ity. He has been no less successful in his business venture in Essex, and has built up a large and lucrative trade in the northeastern corner of the county.

Forrest L. Mosher, the son of George and Emily J. (Lampson) Mosher, was born in York township, Union county, in 1879. His parents were both born in Licking county, Ohio, and were married there. They came to Union county about forty years ago and located in York township, where George Mosher followed farming until his death in 1904. He was a member of the Seventy-sixth Regiment Ohio Ynlunteer Infantry, and served three and unehalf years. His widow is still li\-ing in that township. He was a Democrat in politics and ser\-ed as road superx'isor in his township for many years. Both he and his wife were earnest members of the Friends church at Somerville. George Mosher and wife were the parents of five children, all of whom are still living : May. the wife of William Sanders, of Richwood ; Gary, a farmer of York township; Ella, the wife of Sherry Temple, who died about 1900: Jennie, the wife of Elmer Malone, a farmer of this county, and Forrest E., of Essex.

Forrest E. Mosher received a good common scIkioI educatiim and started for himself in 1902. For seven }'ears lie engaged in fanning in ^'ork township with a success which demonstrated that he had those cpialities which characterize the successful farmer. In 1909 he located in the village of Essex in Jackson township, where he bought a store of general merchandise goods. In addition he has since put in a complete line of farming imple-

Air. Alosher was married February 24, 1902, to Effie Wells, a daughter of Jay and Jane (Morrison) Wells. Her parents came to Union county early in its history and made this county their home for the remainder of their lives. Mr. and Mrs. Mosher have four children, three of whom are living: Bernice, born in September, 1905; Mildred Vaughn, born December 18, 1907, died in February, 1908; Byrle, born in September, 1910; Garld, born in 1912.

Mr. Mosher is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, holding his membership in the lodge of Richwood. He is a stanch Republican in politics, but has never taken an active part in the affairs of his party. He is a capable man and the success which has attended his efforts during the short time that he has been in business indicates that he has a prosperous career before him.

Eli Joseph Morris

The life and business career of Mr. Morris, who, with limited opportunities in his younger years, and with environments that were not always calculated to offer encouragement to a young man seeking to make his way in the world, furnishes an example and an inspiration to those in like circumstances. This is only one case of many that illustrates and emphasizes the possibilities afforded every young man, who is inspired with a will and determination to succeed. It exemplifies the opportiuiities of American youth under the benign influences of American institutions and educational advantages.

Eli Joseph Morris was born July 24, 1877, in Franklin county, Ohio. The place of his birth was about eight miles from Columbus. His parents were Joseph Morris and Mary (Griffin) Morris, both of whom were natives of Ohio. The father, a son of Henry Morris, was a native of Lancaster, Ohio, and the mother was born in Lancaster county on a farm near Mount Victorv. They had a family of seven children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the second. The other members of the family were as follows : Henry, who died in infancy; Edward Franklin, Marysville. Ohio; Ambrose, of Lima, Ohio; Torrence. deceased: Ralph, of Round Head, Ohio: Almeda, deceased, who was the wife of Thomas Buchanan.

Eli J. Morris

riage, and it may be taken for granted that the boys of the family who were of sufficient age to assist in farm work were never without an occupation. After several years engaged in farming the Morris family removed to Columbus, where the father was engaged in business until the time of his death, August 3, 1890, at the age of forty-one years. The mother died December 12, 191 1, at the age of fifty-three years. Both were faithful members of the Catholic church.

During the days of the Civil War the father of the subject of this sketch responded to the call of his country in defense of the ilag. It was during the Morgan raid, when the citizens of Ohio. Indiana and other Northern states were greatly alarmed because of the aggressive movements of the daring Confederate raider north of the Ohio river, and they rallied in great numbers for the protection of their homes and property. In response to the call of the governor of his state, Mr. Morris enlisted as a private in the onehundred-days service, and contributed his part of faithful service for the period of enlistment. If there be those who are disposed to regard lightly the service of the hundred-day soldiers they should be reminded that they did their part in the great drama of the Civil War, and contributed in no small measure to the work of the veteran armies in the field in bringing that war to a successful conclusion.

As before stated, Eli Joseph Morris was born in Franklin county, Ohio. He lived on the farm until he was eight years old. He then went to Columbus and worked in difi^erent shops until he was fifteen. Even thus early in life he had acquired industrious habits and a disposition to turn his hand to anv kind of work that was offered. His early life on the farm was conducive to well rounded physical de\'elopment, and accustomed as he was to the habits of industry incident to farm life, he grew up with well defined ideas of the responsibilities of life, and the necessity of dependence on one's own resources to achieve success in life.

His next move was to Hardin county, where he found a home with some of his uncles and aunts, and found work with Charles Richler in a grocery store at McGuffey, Ohio. After a short time in this store he found employment in the store of F. M. Sams and he remained in his employment for about two years. From this place he went to East Liberty, remaining there a short time, and then to Kenton, where he found employment in a restaurant. Here he remained for a little over two years. These various moves were not without advantage in the experience gained and in the knowledge of business, and business opportunities, in dififerent localities. But this sort of experience is not usually conducive to the acquirement of wealth.

It was in 1898 that Mr. Morris came to Marysville, where he has since made his abiding place. . His first employment here was with Mr. Henderson in the Oakland hotel. He remained in this employment for a year or more and then was employed for eleven years in John Auer's grocery store. It was in this line of business that he first found employment in McGuffey, and at various times after that, and it seemed to be the line of business that appealed to him, and to which he was best adapted. So. in 1909 he formed a partnership with Adrian C. Turner and they bought a grocery store of their own. This partnership continued for a little over a year. Then Mr. Morris bought his partner's interest and has since conducted the business alone. He is doing a large and a successful business, carrying a large and well selected stock of everv'thing in the grocery line, catering to the best trade.

On December 12, 1902, Mr. Morris was married to Bertha Brown, a daughter of Joshua and Sarah INI. (Dixon) Brown. Mrs. Morris was born in Union county. Ohio, eight miles north of Marysville. Her parents were natives of Union county. Her mother died May 20, 1914: her father is still living. The living children are George, Elmer, Bertha, William and Effie.

As already intimated, Mr. ]\Iorris has made his own way in the world from the time he was a small boy, and lie is now recognized as one of the substantial business men of Marysville. He is industrious, enterprising and public spirited, and well deserves the large patronage he receives. He belongs to the Maccabees, and his political afiiliations are with the Democratic party, but prefers to vote for the man rather than the party nominee, in case the part}' nominee does not measure up to his standard.

.A. pioneer farmer of Clailxiurne township, L^nion county, Ohio, is Cornelius I). Sidle, who has been a life-long resident of that township. The Sidle family were early settlers in this county and have always taken an active part in advancing the educational, moral, material and religious welfare of the community wliere they resided. l\lr. Sidle is a man of high integrity and excellent lousiness abilit}', as is shown by his well improved farm of two Inindred and two acres in Claibourne and Leesburg townships. He has won his success Iw hard and faithful \A-ork and well merits the prosperity which has attended his efforts.

was born in Claiboume township, Union county, Ohio, 2\Iarch 17, 1848. His parents were natives of Muskingum county, Ohio, and came to Union county about 1846, where his father died on June 10, 1877, and his mother on November 27, 1889.

Cornehus D. Sidle was educated in the common schools of his county and before he had reached his majority had branched out into business for himself. He bought and sold horses and had already accumulated considerable money before he was married, at the age of twenty-one. He has bought and sold several ditterent farms and has alwa_\-s made it a ])oint to improve his different farms and sell them at a good profit. He is a man of excellent judgment and his investments ha\-e always been such as to yield a handsome return on the mone_\' in\'ested. As a farmer he has long ranked as one of the leaders of his community, although he has now practically retired from acti\'e work.

Air. Sidle was married April 18, 1869, to Anu"et F. Wood, a daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Hunt) Wood. Her mother was a nati\e of \'irginia and came to Union county earl_\- in its histor}-. Mr. and Mrs. Sidle are the parents of five children, all of whom are still lix'ing: Lura, the wife of D. G. Burgner, a clothing merchant of Paulding Cit}-. Ohio: Ci:)rnelius D., Jr., who lives on the home farm with, his ]iarents ; Jacol) P., who is a farmer living in Claibourne township, near Richwood : John \A'., who is still at home, and George E., who is an instructor in industrial arts in the schools at Salem, Columbiana county, Ohio.

Mr. Sidle holds the honor of being the first delegate to the State Grange Ci:)n\'ention from Union county. His wife is also a mem].)er of the Grangers and the_\- ha\-e always taken a great deal of interest in the work of this organization. Air. Sidle is a member of the Free and Accepted Alasons and has attained tii all of the degrees, including that of Knight Templar. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, holding his membership in both lodges at Richwood. He and his wife are members of the Daughters of Rebekah, the Pythian Sisters and the Order of the Eastern Star. The famil\- are memliers of the Alethodist Protestant church, of Claibourne.

The mother of Mrs. Sidle died in March. 1865, her father ha\ing passed away in Xoxember, i860. Benjamin Wood, the father of Airs. Sidle, was liorn in Xew Jersey of English descent, and Mr. and Mrs. Woml were married in Clark county, Ohio, and shortly afterwards came to Union count}'. Air. AVood was a blacksmith by trade anil followed this occupation in connection with his o'eneral farmino-.

Charles E. Blain

The present surveyor oi Union county, Ohio is Charles E. Blain, who was elected to this responsible position in the fall of 1914. He has been a resident of this county since 1883, and before assuming the office of county surveyor he taught school, farmed and followed his profession of civil engineering. He is a young man who has taken advantage of his opportunities and his election as sur\-eyor of his county is a tribute to his ability as a civil engineer and to his worth as a citizen.

Charles E. Blain, the son of Edward VV. and Catherine (Keneaster) Blain, was born in Pickaway county. Ohio, November 11, 1871. His father was a native of Pickaway county and the mother of Eayette county, Ohio. They came to Union county in 1883 and located on a farm five and one-half miles west of Richwood, and lived in that neighborhood for more than thirty vears. Edward W. Blain and wife were married at Jackson Center, Shelby county, Ohio, September 18, 1870, and Charles E. is their only child. Edward W. Blain owns a fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Jackson township and made this his home after coming to the county until 1913. In that year he bought a fine home in Richwood and he and his wife are now living there. He was a member of Company G, One Hundred Thirteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was only four months past sixteen years of age when he enlisted. Pie served eleven months and ten days.

Charles E. Blain was educated in the common school of Pickaway and Union counties, and later graduated from the normal school at Ada, Ohio, completing the civil engineering course in that institiition in 1892. After his return home he taught two years and then farmed until 1903. In that year he took up his profession as a civil engineer and followed that until his election as county sui-veyor November 3, 1914. In the administration of the affairs of this office he is proving an efficient and painstaking servant of the ])eople, and it is safe to say that no man has ever entered his office with better r|ualifications.

Air. Blain was married Decemlier 15, 1894, to Mary M. Doner, a daughter of Christian and Mary (Davidson) Doner. Her father was a native of l''airfield county, Ohio, and lier mother of Pickaway county. The Doner family moved to Union county in 1881. and located on a farm in Jackson townshi]), where Mr. Doner died in 1907. His widow passed away four years later. .Mr. and Mrs. Blain ha\e two daughters, Ethel E., born July 30,

Mr. Blain is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he and his wife are both members of the Daughters of Rebekah. Mrs. Blain is a member of the Women's Relief Corps at Richwood. Mr. Blain owns a well improved farm of eighty-nine acres in York township, but has not lived on it for the past two }'ears, having made his home in Richwood for about two years. In the spring of 191 3 he moved to Richwood in order to devote his entire time to his engineering duties and give his children the ad\-antages of the Richwood schools.

William H. Sidle

A pioneer farmer of Claibourne township. L'nion ci)unt_\-, Ohio, is William H. Sidle. He came to this county with his parents in 1846, and has lived here ever since, with the exception of one year which he spent in Kansas. He has lieen a life-long farmer, and he and his wife now have a wellimproved farm of two hundred and twent_\'-three acres, where they make their home. He was in the Civil War and made a creditable record in that conflict and, returning from the war, settled down to the life of a farmer in Claibourne township.

William H. Sidle, a son of Jacob C. and Elizabeth (Hamilton) Sidle, was l)orn in Muskingum cnunty. Ohio, X'ovember 18. 1839. His father was born in the same county in February, 1812, while his mother was born in the same county in ^Nlarch. 18 12. His parents were reared and married in ]Muskingum county, and lived there until 1846, when they came to Union county and here lived the remainder of their lives. Jacob C. Sidle was a minister of the Methodist Protestant church and was held in high esteem by every one who knew him. He died June 10, 1877, and his widow passed away November 27, 1889.

Jacob C. Sidle and wife were the parents of seven children, including three pairs of twins. These children in the order of their liirth are as follows: John, ^lary and Martha. William H. and Hannah Ann, C. D. and Sarali Rebecca. John died in Champaign county, Ohio, at the age of sixtyeight. He had lived in Illinois, but returned to Champaign county about a month before he died. He was in business in Chicago up until the time he took sick. Martha, who died in 1867, was the wife of Dr. A. J. Irvin, who died during the Civil War. He was an assistant surgeon in the One

Hundred and Second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and afterwards became the surgeon of the Second Tennessee Infantry, dying at Paducah, Kentucky, while on the way to join his regiment. Mary is the wife of John ToUiff, a farmer of Claiboume township. Hannah Ann, deceased, was the wife of George W. Tanner, also deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Tanner both died in Kansas. C. l>. is a farmer of Claibourne township, while Sarah R., his twin sister, died when she was about twelve years of age.

\\'illiam H. Sidle was about se\en years of age when his parents located in Claibourne township on a farm. The family arrived here on November 1 8th of that year, and here his parents made their home the rest of their lives. His father was prominent in the civic life of the township and held a number of offices. He was justice of the peace for many years, and also served as township trustee. From March, 1873, to October, 1874, the family lived in Kansas. ^Yilliam H. Sidle received a good common school education and in August, 1862, enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged on the 8th of of the following year. He was in the battle of Perrysville, Kentucky, which was fought October 8, 1862, and soon afterwards contracted' illness, which ultimately resulted in his disability and discharge for that reason.

After he was mustered out of the army Mr. Sidle returned to Union countv, and was married in 1865. He at once settled down to the life of a farmer and has (le\'oted his life since that time to agricultural pursuits. Mr. Sidle was married January 5, 1865, to INIalissa A. Kenney, who died April 26, 1873. leaving her husband with two children, Jacob C, who died September 20. 1874. in Lincoln, Nebraska, and Anna E., born October 28, 1874, and now the wife of Roy M. Pence, of Wauneta. Nebraska.

Mr. Sidle was married a second time October 11, 1877, to ]\Iartha A. Dilsa\-er. a daughter of Adam and Mary A. (Thresher) Dilsaver, of Delaware county, Ohio. Her mother died in that county and her father later moved to Richwood, this county, with his family, and lived there until his death in 1908. Mr. Dilsaver was born Janaury 3, 181 7. To this second marriage of Mr. Sidle has been laorn one son, Frederick C, who was born September 18, 1878. He graduated from the Richwood high school and later attended the Ada Normal School for three terms. He is now assisting his father in the management of the home farm. Mr. Sidle owns one hundred and twenty-six acres, while his wife has ninety-seven acres. He has placed all the iin]jrovements on the farm, and has a fine country home and excellent barns and outlnhldines.

Mr. Sidle has made his home in Union county since liis marriage, a lialf century ago. with the exception of ahout one year which he spent in Kansas. He went there in the spring of 1873 and returned in December of the following year, not finding tliat state to be all that he had imagined. He has been a memlier of the Masonic fraternity for more than fifty-three years, and now lias tlie honor of being one of the oldest Masons in Union county. He is a memljer of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Richwood. and also a member of tlie Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. Sidle is a stanch Republican and has served two terms as trustee of Claibourne township. He has also been a member of the school board of his township for several years.

John M. Gunder

A well remembered citizen of a ]3ast generation is John M. Gunder, who lived in Union county from the spring of 1875 until his death in the fall of 1910. He was essentially a self-made man and accumulated a fine farm on which he and his wife reared a large family of children to lives of usefulness and honor. He was a man of fine character, kindly in manner and charitably disposed toward those less fortunate than himself.

The late John M. Gunder was born in the state of Maryland on October 18, 1833, and died at his home in Union county, Ohio, August i, igio. When he was about one ^^ear of age he came with his parents. Abraham and Magdalena Gunder. to Marion county, Ohio, and shortly afterwards the family moved to Crawford county, remaining there several years. E\-entually thev mo\ed to Wyandot count}', where .Abraham Gunder and wife lived until her death in 1868. He then came to Union county, where his death occurred in Julv, 1878. The following" children were born to" Abraham Gunder and wife: Jonthan, John M., James M., Daniel H., Nancy J., and Julia.

John M. Gunder received such education as was afforded in the rude district schools of his boyhood days. After his marriage, in the spring of 1859 in Wyandot county, he went to farming there and remained in that countv until the s])ring of 1875. In that year he moved to Union county and settled in York township. He did not have a dollar with which to begin housekeei)ing. but by economy. ]3erseverance and well directed effort he became the owner of a well improved farm of four hundred and twenty acres- in York township. In the truest sense of the word he was a self-made

John M. Gunder was married February lo, 1859, to Phoebe A. Brooks. She was born November 26, 1840, and is a daughter of Joseph S. and Phoebe (Swisher) Brooks. Her parents were natives of New Jersey and they came to Ohio and located in Columbus for a short time. They moved from that city to Wyandot county, where they both lived the remainder of their days. Her father was a carpenter by trade and followed that line of effort until his death about thirty-five years ago. Her mother died about 1886.

]\Ir. and Mrs. John M. Gunder were the parents of ten children, six of whom are living: Charles E., who died at the age of forty-one; P. B., of Kansas City, Missouri: John B., of Marion, Ohio: Z. E., also a resident of Marion, Ohio: H. O., who lives on the old homestead in York township; M. H., of Marion, Ohio: O. H., who died at the age of twenty-six: James Blaine, of Richwood, and two others who died in childhood.

Mr. Gunder was a valued member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Somerville, and his wife is a member of the same denomination. He never took an active part in politics, although he was always concerned with those efforts to benefit the general welfare of the community. His widow moved to Richwood in 1908, where she is now living a retired life.

Albert Burnham

For more than sixty years Albert Burnham has been a resident of Union township, Union county, Ohio. He has been a prominent citizen of his township and county for many years. He is a college man and taught in the public schools of this county for many years before turning his attention to farming.

Albert Burnham was born in the township where he is now living, July 3, 1853, and is the son of Nicholas and Emmeline E. (Hopkins) Burnham. His father was born November 22i. 1823, the son of Jacob and Eliza (Meacham) Burnham, who were married March 20, 1823. Jacob Burnham was born October 27, 1794, and died April 23, 1866. Eliza (Meacham) Burnham was born May 30, 1802. Jacob Burnham and wife were the parents of four children: Nicholas H., born November 23, 1823; Albert H., born November 18, 1825 and died April 10, 1844; Hiram Guy, born June 23, 1828. and married December 30, 1838, to Jane Reed; and Eliza Ann, born May 25, 1834, and married February 24, 1859, to Simeon D. Fairchild.

Nicholas H. Burnham was married February 13, 1851, to Emmeline Hopkins and to this union four children were born : Albert, with whom this narrative deals; Elizabeth, born July 16, i860, and now a resident of Springfield, Ohio; Harriett, born November 5, 1862, and now the wife of Aaron F. Robinson, of Milford Center, Ohio; and Simeon F., who was born April i, 1868, and married Maud Martin. Nicholas H. Burnham, the father of these four children, died in August, 1903, and his widow passed away in 1908.

Albert Burnham received his elementary education in the schools of Union county and then entered Oberlin College, where he attended two years, having previously attended Delaware College one year. In 1880 he became the superintendent of the Milford Center schools and continued in that capacity until 1884, when he decided to leave the schoolroom and engage in farming. He now owns a tine farm of one hundred and fifty-three acres, one mile northeast of Alilford Center. He gives his particular attention to the rearing of Holstein dairy cattle and has a fine herd on his farm all the time. He has fine cement floor barns and is one of the few farmers in the county using milking machines.

Mr. Burnham was married October 16, 1890, to Jennie Robinson, a daughter of John W. and Sarah (Coe) Robinson, both natives of Union county. To this union two children have been born and one daughter, Helen, is now living. Helen was born January 4, 1893, and after graduating from the high school at Milford Center, attended two years at Wooster University. She is now teaching in the primary department of the Milford Center schools.

Politically, Mr. Burnham is a Republican and has served as a member of the board of education of his township for nine years. The family are members of the Presbyterian church at Milford Center and deeply interested in its welfare. Fraternally, Mr. Burnham is a member of the Free and Accepted Alasons at Alarysville, while he holds his membership in the commandery at Urbana. He also belongs to the Patrons of Husbandry at ]\IiIford Center.

John George Case

A well remembered man of a past generation is J(.ihn George Gase, who was a prosperous farmer of Union township. Union county, Ohio. He was a man who won the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens bv his upright life, and the clean and wholesome manner in which he conducted his e\-ery- day affairs. He was devoted to his family, faithful to his friends and a man who always took an active interest in the life of his immediate community.

The late John George Gase was born on April 25, 1863, ^^^ clied October 24, 1892. He was a son of Christopher and Barbara (Rausch) Gase, both of whom were natives of Germany. He was reared to manhood ahd after his marriage, at the age of twenty-one, he located in Union county, Ohio, where he followed farming until his heath. He was a very successful farmer and accumulated an estate of two hundred and fifty-six acres by hard work and good management. Since his death his widow has built two fine homes, one for her son and the other for herself. The home farm is located about two miles northeast of Milford Center.

John George Gase was married April 16, 1884, to Mary Nicol, the daughter of Conrad and Lena (Colbacher) Nicol, natives of Germany, and to this union were bom three children: William Michael, a farmer in Union township; Magdalena, born October 18, 1889. the wife of Edward Scheiderer, a farmer of Darby township, this county, and Christena, born May 2, 1892.

Artemus R. Klipstine

One of the college trained men who are in business in Richwood, Ohio, is Artemus R. Klipstine, the proprietor and manager of the Richwood Lumber Company. Mr. Klipstine is the son of Louis and Isabella (Kinney) Klipstine, and was born near Versailles, Ohio, in Darke county, August 21, 1883. His parents were both natives of Ohio. Louis Klipstine was twice married. His first wife was Isabella Kinney, and her death occurred in 1885, at the age of twenty-nine years, when Artemus R. was only about two years of ag-e. She was a member of the German Reformed church. The second wife of Louis Klipstine was Minnie liowman. For several years Louis Klipstine was a farmer and later was auditor of Darke county for six years. He is now president of the People's Banking Company, at Versailles, Ohio. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Ivnights of Pythias.

The paternal grandparents of Mr. Kli])stine were William and Louise (Haack) Klipstine, both natives of Germany and early settlers of Darke county, Ohio. William Klipstine came to that county when he was six years of age with his parents and grew to manhood in that county. He made an overland trip to California and returned by way of the Isthmus of

Panama and New York city. He died in Darke county in 1896, and his wife passed away several years later. Ten children were born to William Klipstine and wife, Louis. John, Caroline, William, Clara, Amos and four who died in childhood.

The maternal grandparents of Mr. Klipstine were Robert and Rebecca (Olentine) Kinney, natives of Ohio. Mr. Kinney was a farmer and an early settler in Darke county, Ohio, where his death occurred at the age of seventytive. Nine children were born to Robert Kinney and wife, Ann, Louise, Etta, Rebecca, Isabella, and fuur who died in infancy.

Artemus R. Klipstine was only about two years of age when his mother died and he was then taken by his grandparents Kinney, and remained with them until he was eleven years old. .Vfter their death he went to live with his grandparents Klipstine, and after his father's second marriage he went to live with him. He was reared to manhood on the farm and attended the country schools and taught school three years, after which he entered the Ohio Northern Normal at Ada, Ohio. Later he attended the Ohio Wesleyan Universitv at Delaware and graduated from that institution in the spring of 1908. Immediately after leaving college he took some preliminary training in the lumber business at Sidney, Ohio, and in 1909 came to Richwood and took charge of the Richwood Lumber Company. In addition to carrying a large stock of lumber, the company operates a planing mill and carries all kinds of building supplies.

Mr. Klipstine was married November 2t,. 1909, to .\lta Roop, the daughter of Henry and [Melissa (Goodall) Roop. Mrs. Klipstine was born on a farm near Fort Laramie, Ohii.i. and her parents were both natives of this state. Her father was of Dutch "descent and her mother of English ancestry. Her father died in 1885, and her mother is still living at V^ersailles, Ohio. Three daughters were born to ^Ir. and Mrs. Roop, Ada, Bess and Alta. Her father had been previously married, and by his first marriage had two daughters, Anna and Minnie.

Mr. and Mrs. Klipstine are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Fraternally, Mr. Klipstine belongs to Mount Carmel Lodge No. 303, Free and Accepted Masons, and to Rising Sun Lodge No. 71, Knights of Pythias. In politics, he is a Democrat, but liis business interests have been such that he has not had time to engage in political campaigns. Howe\-er, he gi\-es his hearty support to all measures of good government and is interested in every measure which ])romises to be of general benefit to his communitv.

George W. Cowgill

A highly respected citizen of Union county, Ohio, who has passed to his reward is George \\\ Cowgih, who spent his whole career of sixty years within this county. He was not only a successful farmer and man of affairs, but alwaA's took an active part in the civic life of his community. For more than a score of 3'ears he served his township and county in one official capacity or another, and during all of this time gave his fellow citizens faithful and efficient service. The Cowgill family were early settlers in this county and have always been prominent factors in its history from the beginning. Not only has Mr. Cowgill passed to his reward, but his wife has also passed away. They left a family of seven children, all of whom are still living.

George W. Cowgill, the son of George W. and Mrs. Elizabeth (Robinson) Cowgill, was born in Claibourne township. Union county, Ohio, September II, 1854, and died at his home in Jackson township on the ist day of October, 19 14. His mother was the widow of the late J. Robinson, of Logan county, Ohio, and to her first marriage were born three children, Marion, Reuben and George W. The parents of George W. Cowgill, Sr., were Alexander and Mary Cowgill. Alexander Cowgill came to Union county at the age of fifteen with his parents and located in Leesburg township, near what is now called Magnetic Springs. He was first married in 1835 to Susan Smart, and to this union five children were born, three of whom are living, Isaac, Sarah and Martha. Shortly after mo\ing to this county in 1835 he purchased a farm of two hundred acres on Fulton creek in Claibourne township, where he resided until 1876, when he moved to Jackson township. His wife died in March, 1849. Later George W. Cowgill, Sr., married !Mrs. Elizabeth Robin.son. George ^^'. Cowgill, Jr., was reared and educated in the township where lie was born. He located on a farm after his marriage in April, 1881, and was successful in all his agricultural operations. At the time of his death he owned three hundred and sixtv acres of fine land in the county.

Mr. Cowgill was married .\pril 12, 1881, to Liez Harraman, a daughter of Lafayette and ^Martha Harraman, and to this union were born seven children: Ira E., born January 5, 1882: Elva G., born April 12. 1884. the wife of J. A. ?i[cDaniel, fit Jackson township: Elmer E., born January 16, 1886: Sherman, bom .\ugust 7, 1890; Oliver P., born July 29, 1891 : Eva M., born Decemlier 2, 1894: Marie, liorn Februaiy 4, 1897. The mother of these children died August 8, 190S.

Mr. Cowgill was a stanch Democrat in politics, and was elected commissioner of Union county in 191 1 and served until the first of June, 1914. At that time his health failed and he resig-ncd his position on the board. He was a member of the school board of his township for seventeen years. Both Mr. and Mrs. Cowgill were loyal members of the Finley Chapel Methodist Episcopal church.

Byron L. Talmage

A veteran of the Civil W'ar and a banker of Richwood, Ohio, for more than forty years, Byron L. Talmage richly deserves the success which has attended his efforts. Those who faced every danger and death itself upon the battlefields of the Civil War and bore suffering and made sacrifices for their countr}-'s sake are especially deserving of mention in these annals. The younger generation should never forget that to them is due a debt of gratitude that can never be repaid.

B\'ron L. Talmage, the son of Byron and Abby (Jackson) Talmage, was born in what is now the eastern part of Morrow county, Ohio, May 19, 1 841. Four children were born to Byron and Abby Talmage: Columbus, deceased; Clarinda, deceased; Harriet, deceased, who was the wife of Edwin Breese, and Byron L., of Richwood.

Byron Talmage, Sr., was the son of Joseph and Catherine (Beers) Talmage. pioneers in Kno.x county, Ohio, and later residents of Alarion county. Jose])h Talmage was one of the prominent farmers of his community and one of the most substantial citizens of his county. He was a cattle dealer and collected large herds of cattle and drove them from Ohio to Philadelphia, where he sold them. He was a stockholder in the first bank established in ]\lount \'ernon. Ohio. He lived to be well along in years, and his wife li\-ed to tlie age of ninety-two. Four children were born to Joseph Talmag-e and wife, Byron, Phoebe, Nancy and Ezubie.

Byron Talmage, Sr.. was reared principally in Knox count}- and was a life-long farmer. After his marriage he located in ^lorrow county, where he liad a farm of one hundred acres, whicli he cleared, impro\-e(l and lived upon until his death, in 1842. his wife dying in 1845. The maternal grandparents of B_\'ron L. Talmage were pioneers in Knox county, Ohio.

Byron L. Talmage was reared in Morrow county, at ]\ft. Gilead, and received his education in the public schools of that place. He fitted himself for a bookkeeper, but before he had a chance to follow his chosen work the Civil War came on apace and he offered his services for his country. He enHsted in 1861 in Company C, Fifteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and sen-ed a little more than three years. He was in many of the hardest fought battles of the war. Being a good penman and bookkeeper, he was detailed as a clerk in the brigade cjuartermaster's office, and continued in this capacity until he was discharged in 1864. Upon returning home he was given a position in the office of a provost marshal at Lima and remained in this place until the close of the war.

After leaving the office of the pro^'ost marshal Mr. Talmage came to Richwood, Ohio, and opened a grocery store, which he operated for nine months. In the following spring of 1867 he helped to organize the Bank of Richwood, and was made cashier of this bank, a position which he held until 191 1. For more than forty years he served the bank faithfully in the capacity of cashier, and it is safe to say that he is as well known as any man in the community. He retired from the bank in 191 1, but still retains his interest in the bank and continues as a director in the Richwood Banking Company.

Mr. Talmage was married in November, 1867, to Clara C. Doherty, whose parents died of cholera when she was an infant. A daughter, born to Mr. and Mrs. Talmage, Ethel, died at the age of twenty-nine. She had prepared herself for teaching music and was a very accomplished musician, but never devoted much of her time to teaching. The first wife of Mr. Talmage died on the 4th day of March, 1907, and on September 10, 1913, Mr. Talmage married Mrs. Georgiana Curry, the widow of Otway Curry. She is a daughter of James Dixon and Martha Eliza ( ^Mitchell) Robinson, and was liorn in Columbus, Ohio. Her parents were natives of this state and early settlers in Union county, living at New California and Marysville. The mother of Mrs. Talmage died in 1850, at the age of thirty, and her father died at the age of eighty-four. Four children were born to James D. Robinson and wife: Martha Jane; Sarah Jane, deceased wife of Col. W. L. Currv, who is the editor of the liisturical portion of this work; Georgiana, the wife of Mr. Talmage. and Fulton, deceased. Mrs. Talmage had two children by her first marriage, Ernest S. and Lena T. Ernest S. Curry is in the undertaking and furniture business at Wadsworth, Ohio. He married Delia Rickert. Lena T. is the wife of A. V. Horn, of Plain City, Ohio, and has one child, Ernestine.

.Mr. Talmage is a Republican in jiolitics and has always been more or less interested in local political matters. He served as township trustee for nine years and gave excellent satisfaction to his fellow citizens during his incumbency. Mr. Talmage is a man of quiet and unassuming demeanor and has always stood for those measures which he felt would be of benefit to his village and countv.

John Martin Coleman

There are several hundred citizens of Union county, Ohio, who are descended from early German settlers in this county, and among them John Martin Coleman, a prosperous farmer of Paris township, occupies a prominent place. His father came from Germany with his parents and located in Union county upon coming to America and lived here the remainder of his days. ?klr. Coleman is one of the most enterprising and successful farmers of his township, as is shown by his well-improved fami of two hundred acres one mile southeast of ^larysville.

John M. Coleman, the son of George and Mary (Miller) Coleman, was born Jul}' _'i, i<S7i, on the old Coleman fann in Paris township, and is one of a large family of children born to his parents.

George Coleman was born in Germany and came with his parents, John Coleman and wife, to America in his boyhood days. George Coleman was reared to manhood in Union county and married Mary Miller, a native of this county.

John M. Coleman was educated in the district schools of his township and also attended the German school at Marysville for a time. From his earliest boyhood days he worked on his father's farm, and at the age of twenty-one he received the paternal estate of one hundred acres, thirty-five acres of which has been cleared by I\Ir. Coleman since that time. He has made all of the improvements which are now upon the farm and has since added to it until he is now the owner of two hundred acres of excellent land. He de\'otes his attention to general farming and stock raising with a success which stamps him as one of the most enterprising and progressive farmers of the county.

Mr. Coleman was married December 24. 1S93, to Maggie A. Weaver, the daughter of Calvin L. and Maggie A. ( Schalip) Weaver, and to this union four children have been born, Leo L., Carl L., Dana and Martina M.

]\Ir. Coleman and his family are consistent members of the Lutheran church, in whose welfare the}' are deeply interested and to whose support they are generous contributors. Politically, he has always been identified with the Republican party and has served as assessor of Paris township. Mr. Coleman is a man who has always made his influence felt for good in his community, and his life has been closely interwoven with the history of the township where he has spent his entire life. He has so lived as to gain the respect and admiration of his fellow citizens, and by his genial and unassuming manner, he has won and retains the confidence and good will of all with whom he has come in contact.

The History Of The Robinson Eamily

The ancestors of the Robinson family were French Huguenots who escaped to London, Great Britain, after the massacre of Saint Bartholomew, August 23, 1572, and after the re\'ocation of the Edict of Nantes (a proclamation by Henry IV, King of Navarre and France, in 1598, giving to the Protestants religious freedom) by Louis XIV, King of France, in 1685, at which time five hundred thousand Protestants took refuge in foreign countries. A great many of them found friendly refuge in England.

Among their first efl^orts was the establishment and endowment of a college known as the Huguenot, or French school. Many of these refugees were men of wealth, literary men, artists, ministers, lawyers, and men of many other vocations who were amply able, they thought, to endow a college to give their descendants an education and teach them trades or fit them for business, boarding and clothing them till they were fourteen years old. This school was so carried on till the middle of the nineteenth century, when such institutions, of which there were many in London and vicinity, endowed by public spirited individuals and societies, were all wiped out of existence, the funds thus obtained going into the general school fund. So passed out of existence the old Huguenot school at which many of England's prominent men of the last century received their first education. Among others were Sir Robert Peel, Lord John Russell and Lord Palmerston who went to the schof)l by permission to begin their education, and were school mates of John Robinson hereinafter mentioned.

carver and gilder to the crown by Charles 11 (which position was held byseveral of Robson's descendants), was born in London, on February 6, 1799. He was married in London, in All Hallows church, to Mary Taylor of Oxfordshire, England. She was of an old English family who were freeholders, owning four hundred acres close to the village of Faringdon in Oxfordshire.

To William D. and Mary (Taylor) Robinson were born William Daniel, December i, 1799: John, March 21, 1802; Samuel, January 16, 1805; Elizabeth, September 15, i8'o6; Anna, December 3, 1807; Edward, March 29, 1810 (died in 1813) ; Frances Johanna, November 15, 1813. All these children were born in Saint Ann Court, Great Russell street, London, Great Britain.

William Daniel, Jr., was reared and educated by his grandmother on the farm in Oxfordshire. His grantlfather, who was a captain in the British navy, was killed during the Revolutionary War with the American colonies. William D., Jr., was married to Rebecca Lewis and to this union several children were born, only three living to maturity, William D., John and Gilbert. He emigrated to America, landing in New York in September, 1832: in June, 1834, he came to Concord township, Delaware county, Ohio, where he lived a happy and contended life, dying in his seventy-sixth vear.

John Robinson, the son of William D. and Rebecca (Lewis) Robinson, was reared by his parents, his father dying at the age of forty-four years, and his mother dying Ijn iken hearted at the loss of her husband a few months later, thus leaving the children orphans. They struggled through childhood. Johanna died young: the other girls married, one marrying John Landon, the other Edward Foot, both men of business in the city of London.

John and Samuel became experts in the art of wood carving and also in car\ing molds for making composition ornaments for picture frames, finishing the frames and gilding them. They established a factory for carrvingon that business, of which they had a large auKiunt to do. ship])ing quantities of picture and mirror frames to the eastern cities of the United States of America. They also did a large amount of the ornamental work in \^^indsor palace, when that royal mansion was remodeled during the years 1826 and 1 83 1. Early in 1832 the factory was set on fire by a discharged employee and was totally destroyed. The insurance expired a few hours before the fire was discovered. The whole business was a total loss. They had some little savings with which they thought to start again, John to go to New York and start in a small shop and build up as business should warrant. Samuel

John Robinson (then in his thirty-second year) was married, August 13, 1833, at Box Hill, county of Surrey, England, to Elizabeth Hayes, who was born April 7, 1812, near to the city of Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. She was brought up and educated by her half sister ( her father having been married twice), who had married a wealthy shipbuilder of Bristol by the name of Richard Teast. They lived in Soho Square, London. After their marriage John Robinson and his wife sailed from London October 28, 1833, for New York, and after a voyage of some weeks arrived in that city December II, 1833.

In March, 1834, after looking over the prospect of building up his old business in the New World, and things not appearing favorable, the idea struck him that he would buy a farm. So after looking over a number of farms on Long Island and not being suited, he determined to go farther west and see if he could find something more pleasing to his artistic eye. He packed a knapsack and started out on foot to take a look at the country and find a farm. He walked across New Jersey and Pennsylvania into Maryland, where, resting one Sunday in a place called Hagerstown, he that day, the first time in his life, saw colored people sold at auction as slaves. From there he walked through western Pennsylvania into Ohio, where after many weary tramps he found, on the west side of the Scioto river, about seventeen miles north of Columbus (then a village - Franklinton was then capital of Ohio), a tract of wild forest land possessed of enough sylvan picturesqueness to suit him. Ne\-er thinking of the hardships and labor he would have to go through before he could make a farm of it, he purchased four hundred acres of ^Villiam S. Sullivant, paying t\\eh'e hundred dollars for it. Then he walked liack to Brooklyn, Long Island, \vhere he had left his wife and l>r(ither, \\'illiam, and his wife and their two children.

When he returned to Brooklyn in May, he found a three-pound son had been born to him. So insignificant a piece of humanity was it, that it never cried till seven weeks old. This baby was born on the nth day of April, 1834, and after much care and anxious attention they succeeded in rearing it to maturit}-. The mother and fathei- devoted every moment they could spare fn)m the incessant labor of making a home in the wilderness to the education of their infant son, and they proved to be very successful in their efforts, \()V that son (who is the writer of this fanu'ly history) has everv reason to feel grateful to them for the liberal education they gave him.

clearing away the forest and preparing land to grow some grain to give them something to live upon (of meat there was plenty running wild in the woods), lay stricken by malaria fever for months, \^'hen he did get up, the strong man was a mere wreck of his former self, totally unfitted for the labor which lay before him. He succeeded, In- hiring some of the neighbors, in clearing about thirty acres, when he had to give up that kind of work. He was forced to do something else to earn a living, as during this time the small sum of money he had brought with him had been expended in building him a house. It was a large two-story structure, furnished with furniture and pictures he brought from London by water all the way to Columbus - by sea to Xew York ; Xew York to Buffalo by canal ; Buffalo to Cleveland on Lake Erie by vessel ; Cleveland to Columbus by canal ; Columbus to Dublin and thence to the new house by an ox-team.

He was badly in ilebt. Get out he must or lose what little he had, so he tried carving butter molds and other things, but they did not bring in any money. In 1839 he found by trying with his family that he could take portraits of his neighbors, sketching with pencil, then coloring them with water colors. They became \-ery popular and for miles people came to have their pictures made at one dullar apiece. .After a time all those people who felt able to aft'onl such luxuries were supplied and he had to look farther afield.

In the fall of i8'4i he prepared a lot of stretchers - small wooden frames with muslin stretched over them and with white paper glued on that to paint on. Then he started in a one-horse wagon on a trip through the Southern states. He worked through Kentucky, Tennessee, and part of Alabama, coming home in April, 1842. So successful was the venture he determined to repeat it the following autumn and this time went as far south as Tuscaloosa, Alabama. -\t the latter place, in the latter part of Februar\', 1S43. he learned that a daughter had been born to him on the eleventh of the month, whom he named Mary Charlotte Tuscaloosa. There also he learned that portrait painting was about to come to an end for the Frenchman, Daguerre, had perfected his process of producing a picture on a prepared plate in a camera, thereby knocking the portrait painter out of business. But he returned in April, 1843, with enough money to pay oft" his debts and have some left.

About this time William S. Sullixan an<l others of a scientific bent determined to make a study of the cryptogamia (non-flowering plants) of the L'nited States, make drawings and describe their habitats and manner of growth. John Robinson, owing to his education and artistic ability, was chosen a fitting member of the association. While thus engaged much time was used in observing the growth of very dehcate mosses which found a convenient location in a deep ravine made by the run, which came from the west through the home farm and made its junction with the river. By the frequent visits he and I (E. H. Robinson, Sr.) made to this secluded spot we aroused the curiosity of some of the neighbors. They could not understand why we would go to so uninteresting a place (to them), so we were watched, and various were the stories told of treasure the old Britisher had buried somewhere near there. Several excavations were made by them without any satisfactory results, and all the explanations would not satisfy them.

February 13, 1845. Edward Robinson was born to John and Elizabeth (Hayes) Robinson. On the twenty-tirst of the following month the home with all it contained was completely destroyed by fire and, unfortunately, there was no insurance on the house. The savings of years all gone and six half-clad youngsters (for that day was warm, so coats and shoes were in the house) went to the home of my uncle William. In a few days a log cabin was built. The morning after the fire my father, going to Columbus to get some things to furnish his cabin and clothe his family with, met William, Joseph and Michael Sullivan. When he told them of the disaster, William handed him a check for fi\e hundred dollars. \\'hen father asked him, "When shall I pay tiiis?" he answered, "\Vhen I ask for it." Thus it was father was enabled to pay the men (they were all poor) for helping him build our home - and arouse fresh wonder as to where the old Britisher got his money. The house was rebuilt on the old foundation that summer and we lived in it the next winter. My mother for years after moving into the new liouse, suffered from inflammator}- rheumatism, sometimes being as helpless as an infant. After the house was burned and the cellar was filled up with the debris which was never cleared out, she never had the rheumatism again and became a healthy woman.

Many and terrible were the hardships and pri\ations this couple of untrained pioneers (John Robinson and wife) had to struggle through in providing food and clothing for so many. The people, who were few and far between, were perfect strangers in every way, in education, habits, and mode of thinking and living. Father had never seen a tree cut down. He had never seen an American a.xe, much less did he know how to use one. but he was an apt scholar and soon picked up knowledge of woodcraft. The most difficult task was to get an understanding of the people. Several of the neighbors had been soldiers in the war with England of 1812 and looked upon an Englishman with aversion and suspicion almost amounting to hatred. Wild animals were numerous and sheep and other small domestic animals had to be housed every night. Even children were not safe far from the house during the day, for wild hogs and wolves were always prowling through the woods.

By letting twenty-acre pieces of land by leases to different men who were to build each a cabin, clear and fence the land, and by so doing to have use of it for seven years, about sixty acres of the original farm were cleared. Father still was engaged with the mosses till 1848, when Sullivan .determined to build a house in Columbus to live in (he had always lived in the country.) He wished to have it finely finished with a liberal use of wood carving. His e.xample was followed by others building fine houses and, consequently, father had all the carving to do. People in many other cities also had work done. Many opportunities came to him to do ornamental work for public buildings. Ohio's state capitol has many pieces of carving in stone, copies after models made by him.

During the years 1847, ^'^^ '49- '50 and '51 father made a very full collection of the fungi of Ohio, making water color pictures of them and also described their growth and habits. The work was sent to Germany to be published, was completed and started for America in 1855, b"*^ the vessel with all on board went to the bottom. There never was a reprint made.

In March, 1852, he (John Ro])inson), sold the farm to Luther and I'ranklin White who. with their brother-in-law, Alvah Smith and family of Springfield, [Massachusetts, moved to the farm in April, 1S52. The Whites sold the farm in January. 1S33. to John Courtwright and wem Ijack to Massachusetts. Their business was making daguerreotype i)ortraits. The Smith family moved into the city of Delaware in April, 1853. Our fannly occupied part of the farm during the summer of 1852 while father looked for another home. After a long search he found a farm on Little Mill creek belonging to Jonathan Burroughs, which he purchased and the fannly moved on to it March 21, 1853. This is the home of Guido Robinson now and has been in the family ever since purchased in i8'53. He improved the place bv building an addition to the house and several outbuildings, thereby making a commodious and comfortable home. Here he spent his declining years in favorite pursuits, reading. car\'ing and painting, doing some car\-ing for public buildings, some for private houses, and doing far more for him-

Mav lo, 1879. his wife, my mother - one of the best women who ever graced this earth - died. With her went out his better half, his life was but a wearv vigil until the end which came November 27, 1893.

The children of John and Elizabeth Rolainson were Edwin Hayes, born in Brooklyn, Long Island, April 11, 1834; Alfred John, July 24, 1836, in Delaware county, Ohio; Rubens William, April 8, 1839, same county; Arthur Samuel, November 9, 1841 ; Mary Charlotte Tuscaloosa, February 11, 1843; Edward, February 13. 1845; Guido, March 17, 1848. All grew to maturity.

Guido Robinson has a fine farm of one hundred and thirty-five acres, known as the "Locust Grove Stock Farm," in Dover township at the junction of the Drv Run and Springdale roads about eight miles northeast of Marysville. He began farming for himself at the age of twenty-two by renting his father's farm of two hundred acres in this township. He rented for a few years and then bought his present farm on which he has since resided.

}ilr. Robinson was married in 1873 to Laura J. Andrews, the daughter of William and Efifie (Welch) Andrews. To this union were born five children, Girrard E., Beale A., Ellis A. and Grace. Hayes, a twin of Grace died at the age of six months. Girrard first married Edna Green and later Lucille Jefferson. To his second union were born two daughters, Dorothy F. and Mary P. Beale married Florence Plank and has two children, Alice E. and Beale A., Jr. Ellis married Laura Brown. Grace, deceased, was the wife of William Mackan and left her husband with two daughters, Elsie B. and Laura L. The mother of these five children died in 1884.

Mr. Robinson was married a second time November 12, 1885, to Dora C. Brucker, the daughter of Michael and Elizabeth (Freimetzer) Brucker. Her parents were natives of Bavaria, Germany, and on coming to America first located near Columbus, Ohio, later settling in Richwood in this county, where thev spent the remainder of their days. To this second marriage of ^Ir. Robinson was born one daughter, Inez F. She married Walter F. Cody and had children, Esther J. and Guido \\'., twins. The son died in infancy. Fraternally, Mr. Robinson is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and has been identified with this fraternity for the past fortyfive years. Politically, he is a Socialist and has always taken an intelligent interest in the welfare of his party.

William Stalky

The history of the man whose name heads this sketch has been closely identified with the history of L^nion county for the remarkable period of four score years. Coming- to this county when a mere infant in arms, he spent his early youth and grew t(_) manliood here. Beginning his acti\-e career in the pioneer period, in all the subsequent years he has been closely allied with the hardy and industrious pioneer settlers whose arduous labors have changed forest into cultixated held and made "the wilderness to blossom as the rose." In the arduous work of this primitive period the subject contributed his full share. His life has been one of untiring activity and his labors ha\'e been crowned with a degree of success commensurate with his efforts.

\\'illiam Staley, the subject of this brief review, was born near Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, October 17, 1833. He is -a son of Samuel and Catherine (Hall) Stale}', who came frcjin Penns}-lvania and settled in Greene county in tlie early period. In the early thirties the Staley family removed to Union C(junt}' and this has Ijeen the home of the familv since that time. The children of this family were; Mary, deceased; Peter, deceased; So- ])liia, deceased; h'annie, deceased; W'illiam, subject of this sketch; Isaac: Sarah, -who is now Mrs. Keightley. The sul)ject was a baby when he came to this county with his parents and has no personal recollection of the journey from Greene county nor the condition of things in this countv at that time. He remembers that as soon as he was (jld enough there was no occasion for him to be idle because of lack of work. As a boy he helped to clear the land of timber, worked in making rails, building fences, plowing ci:>rn among the stumps and the various other kinds of labor reciuired in the development of a farm in the woods and also blacksmithing, which trade he learned at Marysville, when a young man. In the winter season, when farm work was not so urgent, he attended the schools in the neighliorhood and (jbtained such education as was afforded by these primiti\-e institutions of learning. He learned the blacksmith trade and followed that occupation for some time after he was grown. He was married Xo\"ember ji, 1855, to Roxie Jane Emrine, daughter of John and Xanc)- ( ^lillen ) lunrine, and to this union the following children were born : Julia, now }ilrs. Salem Turner; Simon; Josej^hine, deceased; Walter M.; Harriett C. Hurliert; ( ieorge W. ; -Annette; Enix T., and Jennie W. \'liet.