Jerome Township (part 13 of 19)

W'illiam Staley is the owner of a fine farm of one hundred acres located on the Jewell and Blue pike, about three miles from ^Marysville, but is not engaged in active work on the farm now. Having served his day and generation in active work, he is now living in honorable retirement at the home of his son-in-law, Harrison Enix, content in the consciousness of a life's work well done and in the assurance of the high esteem he so richly <leser\"es of the community which has been so long honored by his citizenship. Mr. Staley is an honored member of the Methodist Episcopal church and has been a consistent follower of his Master for many years. A life consecrated to such devotion and such sen-ice is a blessing and a benediction to any community. During his life he has been chosen to several public offices, among" them was a membership of the school board and township assessor. His political affiliations have always been with the Republican party, ha\-ing voted for that party's candidates for President from the time of its organization, in 1856, when John C. Fremont was the candidate. Mr. Staley is a nienil)er of the Masonic order and has the distinction of being" the oldest member of that order in Union countv.

Colonel William L. Curry

[The publishers of this work feel that Col. William' L. Curry has been among the best equipped historians they have employed in all of the years they ha\e been in this business. The fact that his grandfather came to- the county in 181 1 at the very beginning of its history and took a very prominent part in its organization, serves to identify the family with the growth and development of the county during its whole career. As the author of the complete military history of Union county as well as Jerome township. Colonel Curr}' is without question the best man who could have been chosen for editor-in-chief of this history of his county. The Archaeological and Historical Societv of Ohio has given signal recognition of Colonel Curry's al)ilitv as a historian by selecting him to write the history of Ohio in the Ci\il ^^'ar. the work on which he is now engaged. It seems, therefore, considering the long connection of the Curry family with Union county, its active participation in its growth for more than a century together with the personal record of Colonel Curry iiimself along official, military and literary lines, that he is in all respects the best man in the county who could have been selected editor-in-chief. - The Pulilishers. ]

The Currv family are of Irish Presbyterian ancestry and came to America about the middle of the eighteenth century. Col. James Curry, the g-rand father of CrL W. L. Curry, was born in Belfast, Ireland, January 29. 1752. He was the oldest child of James Curry, a prosperous Irish farmer

Col. William L. Curry

When a lad of ten years Col. James Curry came to America with his parents, the family coming on the sailing vessel, "Good Return," the long voyage consuming" about fifteen weeks. There was much sickness on the ship and four of the Curry children died and were buried at sea. When the family landed at Philadelphia, there were but three of the seven children left. They immediately proceeded to Virginia and there James Curry, father of Col. James, settled down as a planter. When only fourteen years of age. Col. James Curry began to teach school during the winter season and so continued until he was grown. ?Ie then joined a volunter regiment called out Lord Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, to suppress the Indians, who were causing trouble along the Ohio river frontier, and was severely wounded in the battle of Point Pleasant, Virginia, October lo, 1774. When the Revolutionary War came on Col. James Curry was commissioned a lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment of \'"irginia Continental Line, and served with this rank from 1777 until 1779, at which time he was commissioned captain of the Fourth \'irginia Regiment. During most of the remainder of the war he served on the staff of his commanding officer. Nathaniel Gist. The maternal great-grandfather of Col. W. L. Curry, Capt. Robert Burns, also ser\-ed in the Revolutionary War.

It was as a result of his services in the Revolution that the Curry family eventuallv became residents of Ohio. The land patent dated March 16, 1816, shows that Col. James Curry was given one thousand acres of land in part pavment for six years and a half ser\-ice as a captain, although this was only a portion of the ser\-ices he rendered liis country in that struggle.

It is not necessary to follow the details of the life of Col. James Curry further in this connection, since his interesting career is set forth elsewhere in this volume. It should be mentioned, however, that he was married on November 20, 1784, to Marie Burns, the daughter of Capt. Robert Burns, of the Pennsylvania line. To this union were born four sons: Otway, who, during his day. was probably the most noted poet of his country west of the Alleghanies. Robert Burns and Stephenson, who became the father of Col. William L. Curr\\ with whom this historv is directly connected. Capt. Tames A. Curry, the oldest son, served in the War of 1812. Col. William L. Currv, the son of Stephenson and Sarah D. (Robinson") Curry, was born Tune 2t, 1839. in L^nion county. Ohio. His father was born at Greenfield, Highland county, Ohio, December 3, t8oi, and died at his home in LTnion countv April 2. 1861. His mother, Sarah D. Robinson, was a daughter of (56)

James and Jane (Morrison) Robinson, and was bom in Darby township, Union 'county, Ohio, April 14, 1806, dying November 11, 1881. Stephenson Curry and wife were the parents of seven children: Louisa, deceased; Otway, deceased; Mrs. Jane Randall, Plain City, Ohio; John W., Collinsville, Oklahoma; Rev. James, of Newark, California; Mrs. Mary Gill, Union county, Ohio, and Col. William L. Curry, Columbus, Ohio.

Colonel Curry received his education in the public schools of Jerome township and in Otterbein University, Westerville, Ohio. He was reared on his father's farm in Jerome township and was still on the farm at the opening of the Civil War. Colonel Curi-y enlisted for three months' service, April 24, 1 86 1, but his company did not leave the state. He enlisted a second time, September i, 1861, as a private in Company K, First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and, upon the organization of the company, was appointed first sergeant. His successive promotions were as follows : Second lieutenant, June 16, 1862: first lieutenant, March 3, 1863; captain, December 14, 1864. Upon the expiration of his second enlistment he re-enlisted as a veteran at Pulaski, Tennessee, January 4, 1864. He was finally discharged December 30, 1864, at Nashville, Tennessee, as a result of injuries received by being thrown from his horse at Louisville, Kentucky. The regiment of Colonel Curry was in fifty-one different battles and skirmishes. Among the battles in which the regiment participated were Shiloh, Stone's River, Perryville and Chickamauga. His regiment was in the "one hundred days under fire" from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and two colonels were killed in battle. The First Ohio Cavalry was in all of the liattles, skirmishes and marches of the Army of the Cumberland and never failed to acquit itself creditably. Colonel Curry was captured at Courtland, .Alabama, July 25, 1862. and remained a prisoner until exchanged in February, 1863.

In the military chapter of the county it was stated that Colonel Curry was instrumental in organizing what was known as the "Curry Cadets." The local company, organized at Marysville, became a part of the Fourteenth Regiment of Ohio National Guards and he was the lieutenant colonel of this regiment from 1877 to 1882. He was the assistant adjutant general of Ohio under Governor William Mclvinley from 1892 to 1896. He was commissioner of soldiers" claims of the state from 1900 to 1910, and from 1910 to 1913 was United States pension agent of Ohio, being appointed to this position bv President Taft. He has always been active in the Grand Army of the Republic post and served as commander of the Marysville Post from 1881 to 1884. Lie has engaged extensively in historical writing and is at present writing a history of his state in the Civil War. He is the author of "Four

Years in the Saddle;" "History of the First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry;" "Cavalry Raids of the Army of the Cumberland," and a "Reference Book of Revolutionary Soldiers." In addition to his historical writing he has written a number of patriotic poems.

Colonel Curry was married in Union county, Ohio, December 21, 1865, to Martha Jane Robinson. She was born in Jerome township April 12, 1843, and is a daughter of James D. and Martha Eliza (Mitchell) Robinson. Her parents reared a family of eight children, Georgiana, James Edgar, Thomas L., Albert VV., Henry, Ida, Myrtle and Martha Jane. Colonel Curry and his wife have had three children, Don Grant, Ivaloo and Lucille C. Don Grant was born February 22, 1868, and died September 27, 1870. Ivaloo was born March 3, 1874, and was married to Lorin Hord November 22, 1904. Mr. and ;\Irs. Hord are residents of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Lucille C. was born June I, 1881, and married Frederick C. Jeannot May 4, 1904. They have three children: Mary, born July 13, 1905; Martha, born March 17, 1907; William Curry, born January 29, 1910. Mr. and Mrs. Jeannot reside at Wilmington, Ohio.

Colonel Cury has always been identified with the interests of the Republican party and has taken an active part in the welfare of his party. He served as auditor of Lhiion county for three terms, from 1875 to 1882. The family have, for several generations, been active members of the Presbyterian church. The fraternal relations of Colonel Curry are with the Knights of Pythias and the Loyal Legion of Ohio. He is also the registrar of the Sons of the American Revolution of Ohio. After the close of the war. he was in the mercantile business in New California until 1869 and the ne.xt two years was a merchant in Plain City.

From 1871 to 1875 he was a resident of Richwood and for the next quarter of a century resided at Marysville. For the past fifteen years he has been living in Columbus, and he is now working on the Civil War History of Ohio.

Simon St Ally

Simon Stalev is one of tlie large landowners and one of the most extensive farmers in Union county. He owns a farm of two hundred acres of fine land located on the gravel road al)nut three and a half miles northwest of Marysville, and farms about six hundred and seventy-five acres altogether, all in Paris township. On his farm he has a fine home and commodious and well-arranged barns, etc., with all the modern improvements and

Simon Staley first saw the Hght of day November 15, 1858. He is the son of William and Roxie (Amrine) Staley, both natives of Ohio. William Staley. father of the subject, were born in Greene county, near Xenia, Ohio. The paternal grandfather was Samuel Staley, who came from Pennsylvania in an early day and settled in Greene county, where he lived for some time. He then came to Union county and engaged in farming here the remainder of his life. He was buried in Amrine cemetery, located in this neighborhood. William Staley, father of the subject, came to Union county with his parents when he was a boy and spent his early youth working on the home farm. He learned the blacksmith trade and worked at that business for some time. When he quit the blacksmith trade he returned to the farm and devoted his time to farming for the remainder of his active years. He is now retired and living with his son-in-law, Harrison Enoch. His children were : Julia, who married Mr. Turner; Josephine, deceased; Simon, the subject of this sketch; Walter; Harriet; George; Nettie, who married Harrison Enoch; Jennie, who married William Vliet.

Simon Staley was born in one of the first of the old frame houses erected in the township, and afterwards went to a new double-log house such as was common in those times. The log houses built by the pioneers who settled in tiie woods were not constructed according to plans and specifications prepared by an architect. But the arrangement for the comfort and convenience of those who occupied these primitive log houses could not be improved by any of the modern skilled architects. The skill of the pioneer woodsman who hewed the logs and the men who fitted the logs in the corners in the construction of the house is not equalled by any of the present day mechanics, with all their improved tools which were unknown to the pioneer builders. The subject received his education in the country schools and worked on the farm during all his school period. When he was nineteen years old he started out to make his own living. He found employment in a mill, where he continued for some time. His inclination, however, was for agricultural pursuits, for which he had training and experience from early youth. So he went back to the farm and took up farming as his life vocation. Mr. Staley is the largest feeder of live stock in this part of the state, buying thousands of bushels of grain besides what he raises. Sheep and hogs have been his specialty, liut lie also feeds cattle.

Mr. Stalev was thrice married, first to Jennie Bumes, and to this union one child was born, which is deceased. His second marriage was to Lilly

Thompson, to whom two cliildren were l^orn, Dana and Howard. His tliird marriage was to Ahna Watkins, wlio is still living and the two children of this union are William and Gertrude, both at home.

Air. Staley is not identified with any church, but is liberal in contributing to the support of the church, believing that all churches have an influence for good in the community. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party.

Harry L. Agner

It is a well known fact that public opinion really rules this country. It was the insistent cry of the public which forced through the last two amendments to the Constitution of the United States, and it was this influence which led President Wilson to insist upon the reduction of the tariff and the passage of the new monetary bill through Congress. Public opinion, however, would be useless without it had the opportunity to find expression. There is no way by which public opinion can find its full expression except through the newspapers. For this reason it is not too much to say that the newspapers of our country are the real rulers, but they have more power in controlling the destinies of our nation than Congress itself. Congress can do no more than voice the will of the people as expressed in the newspapers. There are few towns in Ohio today which do not have a publication of some kind, and each paper exerts an influence in its respective community which is hard to calculate.

Harry L. Agner has been in the newspaper business since he was sixteen vears of age, beginning his trade in the Marysville Tribune office. He was born in New Moorefield, Ohio. March 29. 1868, and is the son of William H. and Alargaret H. (Burns) Agner. natives of Virginia and Ohio, respectivelv. His parents reared a family of four children : Arthur Joseph Burns Anger, who died at the age of twenty-seven; Angle L., wife of John O. Fleck, of Marysville; Harry L., of Milford Center; and Ada M., wife of Thomas N. Brown, of Franklin, Ohio.

William H. Agner was reared in A'irginia by an uncle and came to Ohio when a young man. and located in New Vienna, Clark county, where he engaged in the cooperage business. From New A'ienna, Mr. Agner went to New Moorefield. where he followed the same business for several years. Later he engaged in the mercantile Inisiness in New Moorefield, and was postmaster there at the same time. In 1879 he moved to Marysville and

Operated a fish market, later engaging in the grocery business, which he was following when he died in 1908, at the age of seventy-three. His wife died in 1895, at the age of fifty-nine. William H. Agner and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

The paternal grandparents of Harry L. Agner were early settlers of Clark county, Ohio, where they lived the remainder of their days. His grandmother lived to be more than ninety years of age.

The maternal grandparents of Harry L. Agner were Joseph and Emeline Burns. His grandfather, on his mother's side, was a distant relative of Robert Burns, the Scotch poet.

Harrv L. Agner was twelve years of age when he moved with his parents to Marysville, and in that village he grew to manhood. He left school at the age of sixteen to enter the office of the Marysville Tribune, where he learned the trade of a printer. He moved to Milford Center, Ohio, in April, 1910. where he purchased the Milford Center Ohioaii, an independent weekl_v newspaper, which he is now publishing. In addition to publisb.ing tlie newspaper weekl_\','he does a general job printing business. Mr. Agner is a practical newspaper man, devoting his life to the profession, and since taking charge of the paper at Milford Center he has increased its circulation as well as the general quality of the paper.

Mr. Agner was married July 4. 1894, to Catharine Christine Lachennner, the daughter of George Lachenmier and wife. To this union two children have been born, William Edward and Margaret Louise.

Mrs. Agner was born and reared in Marysville. Her parents were natives of German}- and came to America and located in Columlms, later moving to Marysville, where her father died in 1894 and her mother in 1874. There were four children bom to ^Nlr. and Mrs. Lachenmier, Tillie, Louise, Lizzie and Catharine. The father of Mrs. Agner married the second time, his second wife being Margaret Smith and to this union five children were born, I-'rank. I-'ritz, Flora, Joseph and Martine.

.Mr. and Mrs. .\gner are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pvtliias. In ]iolitics, be is a stanch Republican and has always been one of the leaders of his party. in his couimunit}'. At the present time he is serving as mayor of ]\lilford Center and giving conscientious service to his fellow citizens in this capacity. He is a man of genial disposition and, although he has been a resident of Milford Center but a few years, he has already won a large circle of accjuaintances throughout the community.

Bex'Jamix Harrison Turner

The younger generation of farmers, of wliich the subject of this review is one, can have hut sHglu conception of the advantages the\- enjo\- compared with the advantages afforded tlie farmers of the pioneer times. In the early times farming was very much of a drudgery, witli incessant and arduous toil and an expenditure of muscle and brawn, with little opportunity for the cultivation of the mental faculties or the enjoyment of the social amenities of life. Fifty years ago the science i)f agriculture was in its infancv, in fact it was nut generally regarded as a science. For one to suggest the idea at that time that a scientific course in cnlleg'e was essential to qualify a man for a successful farmer, would have subjected the person making the suggestion to ridicule. But toda\- there are schools and colleges in everv state teaching agriculture as a science and are turning out thousands of young men well trained in the scientific methods of farming, and these young men are forging to the front in e\'ery agricultural community. Farmers of the younger generation who h;,\e not had the advantage of a college scientific training ha\e caught the s]>irit of the times and have 1)ecnme well informed on modern methods bv intelligent reading and studv of literature dev(^ted to scientific farming. So that now farming has risen to a place of dignity, of which it is well worthy, among the industrial activities.

Benjamin Harrison Turner was born on a farm on which his parents were li\'ing, one mile north of Marysville, September 15, 1888. He is the son of Solomon and Julia fStaley) Turner. The father was born in Sheffield, England, in 1847, and came with his parents to this country on a sail boat when he was young. The grandfather of the subject was Edmond Turner. Coming with liis family from England, he settled in Union count}", Ohio, and engaged in farming, following this occupation the remainder of his life. He had a faniilv of six children, Harriett, Edward, Solrnnon, Stephen, Samuel and Richard. Stephen and Samuel were soldiers in the Civil AA'ar and were both killed in battle.

Solomon Turner, father of the subject, commenced farming in Paris township and has lived here all his life. He was twice married, first to Armintha Amrine and to this union the following named children were born: Edward, Joseph. Charles. Hallie. Minnie and Smith. His second marriage was to Julia Stalev and to this union were born the following children : Benjamin Harrison, Flazel and Ralph.

District No. 5, and aftenvards the Alarysville high school. During all his school period he worked on his father's farm, making a full hand in the busy season. He was married January 16, 1910, to Florence Hoover, daughter of Frank and Lucy (Pollett) Hoover. The}' came from Pennsylvania and bought a farm in Paris township. Union county, where they are both still living.

After his marriage Mr. Turner moved to his father's farm of one hundred acres, located about three and one-fourth miles northwest of Marysville, and engaged in farming and stock raising, in which he has been cjuite successful. Mr. and Mrs. Turner have two children, Geneva B. and Mildred C. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and are both highly esteemed in their church relationship and among the large circle of friends in the community in which they are so well known. That Mr. Turner is a Republican may be easily surmised from the honored name which he bears. It may also be easily surmised that his father before him was a Republican at the time of the birth of the subject, 1888. Benjamin Harrison, a native of Ohio, and afterwards a distinguished citizen of Indiana, was nominated and elected President in 1888, as the Republican candidate, and filled that high office with unusual abilit)' and honor to himself and his countr}'. The name is one of signal honor and the one who bears it may well take pride in the fact, and find in this an inspiration to emulate the example of his distinguished namesake.

Robert Lawsox Woodburn

In contemplating the many estimable equalities of the late Robert Lawson Woodburn, of Marysville, Ohio, integrity and industry appear as prominent characteristics. Born in this county he spent his whole career here with the exception of the time he was at the front during the Civil War. For many years he was identified with the legal profession of the county, and here he attained high rank. The fact that he was recognized by his fellow citizens as a man of ability is shown by the fact that he was elected to the legislature of his state, while his career in that law-making body was such as to justify the trust reposed in him. Mr. Woodburn had the greatest sympathy for his fellow men and was always ready to aid and encourage those who were struggling to assist themselves. Always calm and straightforward, never demonstrative, his life was a steady effort for the worth of Christian doc-

Robert Lawson Woodburn was born in Jerome township, Union county, Ohio, November 26, 1843, and died at his home in Marysville, Ohio, September 19, 1910. He was a son of Samuel B. and Levinnia (Henderson) Woodburn. His father \\as born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, January 21, 1812; moved to Gallipolis, Ohio, in 1816: to Greene county, Ohio, in 181 7; and to Union county, Ohio, in 1S41. In 1876 Samuel Woodburn located in Marysville, where he lived until his death. May 22, 1900. Levinnia Henderson, the wife of Samuel B. Woodburn, was born November S, 1820, and died in Alarysville February 11, 1897. Ten children were born to Samuel B. W'oodburn and wife, all of whom are deceased but three. Cloy is Heber, Florence A. and Lieuella. The other children were Robert Lawson, Hamer, Eugene, David Henderson. Emma A., Josie and Maude. iMaude, the youngest child, married Mr. Sharrer, and left one daughter, Ruth, at her death. Ruth is now living with her two aunts, Florence A. and Lieulla Woodburn.

On the paternal side of the family the Woodburns trace their ancestry back to the Scotch-Irish co\enanters. The first member of the family to come to the United States was Robert Woodburn, who located about 1775 in Carlisle, Pennsyh'ania. There he married Mary Laidley, a native of Kentucky, who died, leaving her husljand with three sons. This Robert Woodburn again married, his second wife being Sarah Barr, of Washington county, Pennsylvania, and to this union ten children were born, one of whom, Samuel B., was the father of Robert Lawson W^oodburn.

Robert L. Woodburn was educated in the common and high schools of his home county. When he was nineteen years of age he enlisted for service in the Union army in June. 1863, in Company B, Eighty-sixtli I^egiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged in Februar}-, 1864. He was the first corporal of his regiment. After the close of the war he returned to his home in this county and graduated from Ohio Weslevan L^ni\"ersity in 1869. H^ t'ls" entered the law office of Robinson & Piper, and was admitted to the bar in 1871. He entered into partnership with J. A\\ Robinson, one of his preceptors, and this firm continued in partnership until the death of Mr. P^obinson. :\fter that Mr. Woodburn continued to practice alone until his death, in 1910. He was prosecuting attorney of L^nion countv from 1877 until 1 88 1, and a few years afterwards was elected to the legislature of Ohio.

intelligent interest in the welfare of his party. He was active in church work and was an earnest worker in the Presbyterian church all of his life. He organized the tirst teachers" association of this county, and was a member of the board of county examiners and clerk of the board for many years. He was one of the founders of the building and loan association at Marysville, and one of its officers until the close of its successful career. Fraternally, he was a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. As a Mason he had taken all of the degrees, including the thirty-second, belonging to the consistory at Cincinnati.

Mr. W'oodburn was a successful man of affairs and became one of the substantial citizens of his town. .He left a fine farm of more than two hundred acres, besides city property and bank stock. His fine home at Marysville is now occupied by his two sisters, Florence A. and Lieulla. Mr. Woodburn was an intensely philanthropic and charitable man, as is shown by the fact that he donated a large number of volumes to the free public library at Marysville, and also set aside a considerable fund to be used in the purchase of books for the library in future years. His life was a busy one, but he never allowed anything to interfere with his Christian obligations or the faithful performance of his church duties. He was proud of Marysville and of the great state of Ohio and zealous of their progress and prosperity. He was a man who in every respect merited the high esteem in which he was universally held, for he was a man of public spirit, intelligent attainment and exemplary character.

George R. Gum

It is the highest humir to ha^-e ser\'ed in the great Ci\'il War which was fought in the sixties. One of the yoimgest, if not the youngest soldier Uj enlist in the Ci\il War in the state of Ohio was George R. Gum, who enlisted when he was only thirteen )-ears of age, although he was not mustered in until later. As a matter of f;<ct, he was so anxious to ser\-e his country that he enlisted no less than six times before he was fifteen _\'ears of age, and was mustered into the ser\-ice January 20, 1864, four months before he was sixteen years of age. Such patriotic zeal was uncommon for boys of his age, but it is certainh* a tril)ute tii his com"age and (le\-otion to his countrv. He was one of the thousands of Ohio l)o\-s who left their homes

George H. Gum, the present clerk of Clairbourne townshi]). Union county, Ohio, was born in West Liberty, Logan county, Oliin, May 22, 1848. His parents, Jacob M. and Mary (Martin) Gum, were natives of this state and reared a family of three children: George R., with whom this narrative deals; Elizabeth, the wife of J. E. Howe, of Richwood, and one who died in infancy.

Jacol) Al. Gum was reared in Logan county, Ohio, and was a merchant tailor at West Liberty, and his death occurred in 1850 in Iowa, where he died of the cholera while lonking up a location in that state, and was (.)nl}- twentv-eight ^-ears of age at the time of his decease. His wife, who never remarried, still sur\ives him. and is now past her ninety-second birthday. She is remarkably well preser\-ed for a woman of her age and is still a steady reader. She enjoys the society of young people as well as she e\'er did. She has been a loval and consistent member of the Methodist church all her life, as was her husband.

The paternal grandj^arents of George R. Gum were George and Elizabeth Gum, pioneers of Logan county, Ohio. The name "Gum" was formerlv spelled "DeGomme," and shows tlie French ancestry of the family. George Gum, grandfather of (leorge R. Gum, had a family of four children, Jacob ]\L, John W., Helen and Mary.

The maternal grandparents of George R. Gum were George and Llannali (Wall) ^.lartin. natives of Kentucky, of Scotch-Irish ancestry. It is interesting to note that Wall street, in Xew York city, was named from one of the heads of this family. George Martin was a millwright and came to Champaign countv. Ohio, in his early manhood, where he married Hannah \\'all. George ^Martin was married three times. By his first marriage he had eight children, Rachel, Mary. Ellen, George, Elizabeth. Hannah, Daniel and Benjamin. Hannah is still living and resides in Indianapolis. Indiana, and, although slie is eiglity years of age, .she still enjoys remarkably good health. Longevity has l)een one of the chief characteristics of the W^alls and Martins. In the Wall family there were fifteen children, all of whom lived to maturity, and in the Martin family there were ten children, whose ages before the death of any of them aggregated eight hundreil ami twentv vears, an average of eighty-two years each. The great-grandfather of George R. Gum on his mother's side was a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

George R. Gum was reared in Logan county. Ohio, and received a limited common school education in the district schools of his neighborhood. As has been before stated, he enlisted in the Civil War at the tender age of thirteen, but failed to get mustered in on account of his age. He enlisted six times before he was fifteen, but it was not until January 20, 1864, that he was finally mustered into the service, as a member of the Tenth Ohio Independent Battery of Light Artiller}-. He was mustered in at Todd's Barracks, at Columbus, but on Ma\- 28, 1864. he was discharged on account of his age. It was through no fault of his that he failed to serve his country, for it is probably true that no other lad in the state of Ohio of his age tried as hard to serve his country as did George R. Gum.

This fifteen-year-old boy returned home after having been told that he was too young for the ser\ice, and found work on a farm in Logan count}', leaving this place to enter the employ of Gen. A. Sanders Piatt in a sawmill, where he remained for two years. He then went to work again on the farm and a year later went to Indianapolis, Indiana, to learn the trade of plumbing, heating and gas fitting. A year afterwards he returned to Ohio and went to work in a woolen factoiw in East Liberty. In the spring of 1870 he came to Richwood, in the employ of Loveless & Howe, dealers in wool, hides and furs, and afterwards became a partner in the firm. For the next thirt3'-five years Mr. Gum followed this business, but in 1905 he was compelled to retire on account of deafness.

Mr. Gum is a stanch Republican in politics and has been frequently honored by his party. For six years he was a member of the village council and for four years was treasiu"er of Richwood. Since September, 1902, he has been clerk of Claibourne township and has administered the onerous duties of this office to the entire satisfaction of the citizens of the township, irrespective of their party affiliations.

Mr. Gum was married January 20, 1872, to Jennie E. ]\Ioore, the daughter of Thomas H. and Elizabeth. (Boyd) Moore, and to this union two children have been born, Donn, who died in infancy, aiul Inez Victoria. the wife of Dr. W. D. Cheney, of New Boston, Scioto county, Ohio.

Mrs. Gum was born in Lickmg county, Ohio. September 16, 1849. Her ])arents were natives of Pennsylvania, of English descent, and early pioneers in Licking county, Ohio. Both died in Richwood after reaching the age of sevent\'. I'our children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Moore, Sarah A., Jennie E., I'"r;inklin an<l Willis S.

]\Ir. and ]Mrs. Gum are members of the ^Methodist Episcopal cluircli. ]\Ir. Gum has the honor of beini^" tlie onlv living charter member of Rising Sun Lodge Xo. 71, Knights of Pythias. When the lodge was instituted there were nineteen members who signed the hrst charter, and they have passed away one by one until Air. Gum is the Duly one left. He is a man of irreproachable character and has sd lived as ti) win the high esteem of the citizens of his communit\-.

Joseph Embrey

For the past thirty-six years Joseph Embrey has been engaged in the jewelry business in Richwood, Union county, Ohio. His father was a jeweler before him and all of the sons followed the same trade. Mr. Embrey has been'engaged in the jewelry business for a total of forty-three years, and has been in the same building in Riclnvood fur the past twenty-six years. He has the honor of conducting the oldest continuous business in Richwood, a fact which speaks well for his stability as a business man and his upright manner of dealing with his customers.

Joseph Embrey, the son of Lewis and Margaret (Bell) Embrey, was born in East Libertv, Logan county, Ohio, Jul}' i. 1S55. His father was a native of Virginia, while his mniher was born in Scotland. They came to Licking county, Ohio, in 1837, were married in Brownsville in 1842 and in 1844 removed to East Liberty. Lewis Embrey was a watchmaker and jeweler at East Liberty, and li\ed there until his death, in 1SS7. at the age of seventy-nine. His wife died in 1904. at the age of eighty-three. Lewis Embrey was a member of the famous "Squirrel Hunters" brigade in the Civil War. Six children were born to Lewis Embrey and wife: George, deceased: Maggie, who is living in the old home at East Liberty: John, deceased: \'ictoria, deceased, who was the \y\(e of Doctor Emmons, of l^ewisburg-, Ohio: Joseph, of Richv.-ood, and Robert, deceased.

The paternal grandparents of Joseph Embrey were George and Elizabeth (Walker) Embrey, natives of Virginia, and pioneers in Licking and Logan counties. Ohio, the grandmother being a daughter of Solomon Walker, who served seven years in the Eirst \"irginia Regiment in the Revolutionary War. George Embrey died at the age of sixty, and his wife passed awa\' in middle life. Several children were born to George Embrev and wife, among them being Samnel, Ephraim, Newton, Jane and Enoch. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Embrey were John and Margaret (McGhie) Bell, natives of Scotland, and early settlers in Licking county, this state, ^Margaret being a daughter of John McGhie, of Highton Hall. John Bell died in Licking county, and his wife's death occurred in Logan county. They reared a family of se\en children, James, Andrew, John, Robert, Alexander. Margaret and Catherine.

Joseph Embrey was reared in East Liberty, Ohio. Before beginning to learn the watchmaker's trade at the age of sixteen, he had spent three years working in a woolen mill. He learned the watchmaker's and jeweler's trade with his brother George in Morrow, Ohio, and has made this his lifelong occupation. He arrived in Richwood May 29, 1878, and established a watchmaking and jewelry business on the west side of Franklin street, at the northwest corner of Ottawa street. He moved to his present place on the east side of Franklin street in 1888.

\[r. Embrey was married November 11, 1883, to Clara Bowers, a daughter of Lewis and Emma (Butler) Bowers, and to this union two sons have been born, Morrow Lewis and Edward Maxwell. Morrow L. is a meclianical engineer in Milwaukee and superintendent of a power plant in that city. He married Ina Killips and has one daughter, Jean ]\Iargaret. Edward M.. the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Embrey, is a watchmaker and works for his father.

]\Ir. and Mrs. Embrey are valued members of the Methodist Episcopal church and have always taken a deep interest in all church work. Mr. Embrey was church trustee and treasurer for fifteen years. He belongs to Mount Carmel Lodge No. 303, Free and Accepted Masons, and to Marion Chajjter Nn. 62, Royal Arch Masons. He is also a member of the Rising Sun Lodge No. 71, Knights of Pythias.

Politically, Mr. Embrey has been a life-long Republican, but has never been active in political matters. The family have a beautiful home on East Ottawa street, which Mr. Embrey erected in 1895.

Mr. Embrey has so conducted his business affairs in Richwood as to win the esteem and warm friendship of a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Tt is proba])ly safe to say that he is the best known business man in the ccjmnnuiitw and the years of his residence here have but served to make bini one nf tlie most higlily respected and honored citizens of the community. His ilaily life lias lieen such that it should be an inspiration to those who are entering npnn life's work, for his whole career has been marked by the exercise of industry, honesty and uprightness in everything.

John R. Wile

Witliin the last few years stock raising has become a prominent industry among the farmers of Union county and it has proved to be a very profitable industry, adding a very considerable revenue to the products of the farm received from other sources. A farm well stocked with fine cattle, sheep, hogs and other animals is an evidence of the intelligent and progressive spirit of the owner. It is e\idence that the farmer realizes that the grazing of stock adds to the producing value of the land and furnishes consumption for products of the farm that otherwise would be a waste or of little value. The farmer also finds that feeding stock is the most convenient and profitable way to market his farm products, and so it is not strange that so many of the upto-date. progressi\-e farmers hax'e turned their attention so largely to stock raising. It is not strange that stock raising is largely the occupation of the farmers of Union county, a county in which the progressive farmer is especially in evidence.

A list of the progressive farmers of Union county, who are engaged in farming and stock raising e.xtensixely, and who lia\'e made a success of the business, would not be complete without the name of the gentleman whose sketch is the subject now undertaken.

John R. \\'ile was born February 7, 1859, in Ashland cciunty, Ohio, and is the son of Christian and Fdizal.ieth ( (iaru ) Wile. The father of the subject was b<irn in \Vest Virginia, and came with his parents, John and Marv Wile, to Ohio, and settled in \\'ayne county. The elder Wile purchased land in that county and engaged in farming, whicli he continued during life. He li\'ed to the extreme age of ninety-fom^ years, Ijeing the oldest citizen of the county at the time of his death. He reared a famih' of seven children, namel_\- ; Jacob: Samuel; John; Plulip; Christian, father of the subject; Elizabeth, who married Mr. Nave; Susan, whr) married Dentler. Christian, the father of tlie subject, was educated in Ohio. He was a large laud owner and engaged in farming and stock raising in W'a\'ne count\', Ohio. His family consisted of the following namerl children; Alorgan, Howard, John R.. Elza, Har\-ey, Myron, and Jennie, who became Mrs. Hawk.

John R. Wile received his early education in the scho(-")l in the country, wdiich he attended in his younger years, but the most of his education was received at the Bunker Hill school, in Wayne county. Like the average countrv bov of his time, his attendance at school was somewhat irregular on account of his services being required on his father's fami. But his scliooling was sufficient to give him a fundamental education, which he supplemented with intelligent reading and study, and applications to the practical affairs of life. He worked on the farm until he was twenty-two years old and then began work at the carpenter's trade. He followed this trade continuously for nearly twenty-two years, working in his home county for aliiiut six years: he then went to Wyandot county, where he worked for about two years, and then to Sydney, Ohio, where he remained for about fourteen years. He then came to Union county and bought a farm and went to farming and stock raising.

In 1882 Mr. ^^"ile married Lottie Peters, who died a few years later and was buried in the cemetery at Reedsburg, Wayne county. Ethel, the one child born to this union, married Freeman Van Wagner, and has three children, John, Lottie and Bertha. Mr. Wile was married the second time, in 1892, to Jennie Scott, daughter of Absalom and Lienor Jiams. of Auglaize county. Ohio. The two children bom to this union are Walter, who married Nellie Moore, and Mildred, at home. Mr. Wile owns a fine farm of two hundred and fourteen acres, located on the Newton road, about two miles and a half northwest of Marysville. On this farm is a fine house, furnished with everything that will contribute to the comfort and convenience of a home. His commodious and conveniently arranged barns and other farm buildings, his neatly kept fields and fences, and everything about the farm, are indicative of the enterprising and progressive spirit of the owner.

Mr. and Mrs. Wile are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and are actively interested in things pertaining to its welfare and in every cause that has for its object the uplift of humanity and the betterment of the community. "Mr. Wile holds a membership in the Odd Fellows order, of Sidney. Ohio, and liis political affiliation is with the Democratic party.

Charles D. Hoopes

In the earlv history of Ohio, when this state was young and thinly settled, the riches of the earth seemed inexhaustible. After the arduous labor of clearing away the grand old forests which covered so much of the ground was accomplished, the pioneer farmer found the land fallow and fertile, ready to produce bountiful harvests without the necessity of specialized training in farming. Gradually, however, the magnificent tracts of forest land became more and more scarce, and as population increased, more was demanded of the soil. Agriculture has now become a science in itself, and men of high intelligence and broad education find here a profession worth)' of their utmost efforts. An enterprising and progressive farmer of Do\er township, Union county, Ohio, is Charles D. Hoopes, who has been successfully tilling the old Nathan Hoopes estate of one hundred and fortythree and three-quarter acres in this township for the past twenty years.

Charles D. Hoopes, the son of Nathan and Elizabeth (Todd) Hoopes, was born January lo, 1862, in Morgan county, Ohio. His father was a native of Harrison county, Ohio, the son of Joseph and Abigail (Cope) Hoopes, natives of Chester county, Pennsylvania and Loudoun county, Virginia, respectively.

Nathan Hoopes moved to Morgan county, Ohio, with his parents when he was a small boy, learned the gunsmith trade, and worked at this occupation for a number of years. After following the carpenter trade for several years he went to Kansas and worked for the Santa Fe Railway Company. Later he located in Champaign county, Ohio, with his son, Charles D., and operated a blacksmith shop for two years. He next went to Oregon, where he remained a short time, but finallv returned to Laiion county and located with hi? son. Charles D., where he lived until his death. Six children were born to Nathan Hoopes and wife, William, Rachel, Susannah, Lydia, Charles D. and .Vrthur. Of these children Susannah and \\'illiam are deceased, while the others are still living. Lydia is the wife of William Epps.

Charles D. Hoopes received a good common school education and worked on the farm during his earlier boyhood days. After leaving school he learned the trade of a blacksmith with his unde in Morgan county, and soon became an expert horseshoer. He worked at this trade from the time he was nineteen until he was thirty-four, a period of fifteen years, most of which time he had a shop of his own in Marysville, Ohio. In 1895 Mr. Hoopes came to Dover township and settled on his father's farm of one hundred and forty-three and three-quarter acres of fine land on the Thompson pike, about a quarter of a mile from Xew Dover. After the sale of the old homestead recenth-, ^Ir. Hoopes bought forty-seven acres just east of New Dover.

Mr. Lloopes was married July 2. 1896. to Sarah N. Shuler, the daughter of Daniel and Mary (Loring) Shuler. Mr. Shuler was a blacksmith in New Dover and an influential man of the village. His father was one of the first settlers in New Dover. Mr. Hoopes anrl wife are the parents of four children, Helen, Cecile, Martha and Rachel.

has held all of the chairs of his lodge in New Dover. He is also a member of the Patrons of Husbandry. Politically, he is a Republican, and has always been active in local political matters. He has been constable and a member of the school board. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at New Dover. He is well deserving of the success which has attended his efforts, having started in with nothing and risen to his present position of affluence solelv through his own unaided efforts.

Edward F. Southard

A man who has been long connected with the business and commercial interests of Marysville, Ohio, is Edward F. Southard, a merchant, banker and landowner who has taken a prominent part in the business life of the county for many j-ears. He has spent most of his life in this county, his father coming here when a small lad with his parents. The father of Mr. Southard was a \eteran in the Civil War, and one of the highlv respected citizens of JNIarysville, where he now resides.

Edward F. Southard, the son of John Wesley and Elizabeth ( Penhorwood) Southard, was born in York township, this county. His parents reared a family of four sons, Edward F., Sylvester F., Burleigh J. and Milton A. John W. Southard was reared in York township, this county, as was his wife. He was a merchant in early manhood and later engaged in farming. For many years he was superintendent of the county infirmary. At the opening of the Civil War John W. Southard enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment Ohio V^jlunteer Infantry and served for two years, being mustered out of the service on account of disability arising from sickness. After his marriage in 1865, John \\'. Southard moved to Wellington and later to Summer\ille, Ohio, where he engaged in the mercantile business for several years. He moxed from the farm to the county infirmary and at the expiration of his term of office moved to ^Marysville, where he has since resided.

The maternal grandparents of Edward I*". Southard were Sylvester and Reljecca ( Tilton ) Southard, nati\'es of Xew Jersey, of English descent. He was a farmer, teacher, stock buyer and Methodist Episcopal minister. They were pioneer settlers in Union county, Ohio, ant! lived there until their death. Sylvester Snuthard and wife reared a family of several children: Mrs. Mary Stamates, Mrs. Emily Lanstaff, Frank, John W., Mrs. Caroline Reams, Leonidas H., Mrs. Martha Hicks, Mrs. Annabel Duffy, Mrs. Elizabeth Se- ran, and one who died in infancy. The maternal grandparents of Edward F. Southard were John and Ehzabetli ( L\le ) Penhorwood. natives of England and early settlers in Uni(in count)', Ohio. They had the follcjwing children: John H., Elizabeth, William, Mary, Anna and Ida.

Edwarfl F. Southard was reared (^n his fatlier's farm in York town ship, Uninn county, and attended the district schools, where he recei\-ed his elementary education. He later attended the graded schools at Lewisburg, and tinalh' comi)leted his education by taking a business course at Delaware, Ohio.

After finishing the course at the business college at Delaware Air. Southard went to work in the shoe store of Mr. McCampbell in Marys\-ille, and later entered the employ of Colonel Robinson. He and his brothers now own the store of Colonel Robinson, although he did not buy an interest in it until several years afterwards. After buying the store of Colonel Robinson he remained here several years, then interested his brothers in this business and then went to Columbus, Ohio, and became interested in the Wolf Brothers Shoe Company, and remained there for ten years. Before leaving the company he was vice-president of it and left it to join the Columbus Merchandise Company as president. He is also president of the Union Banking Company, of Marysville, and the Deposit Bank, at Raymond. The Marys- ^'ille store of Mr. Southard is a large department store.

Mr. Southard was married June 26, iqo(), to Anabel Schoedinger. the daughter of Philip and Catherine ( Krabil ) Schiedinger, and thev have three children, Frances. Catherine and Margaret.

Airs. Southard's parents were natives of Ohi(-) and now live in Columbus, where her father is a bookkeeper. Airs. Southard has one brother, Russell. The paternal grandparents of Airs. Southard were Philip and Elizabeth (Lintner) Schoedinger, of Columbus, Ohio. Philip Schoedinger and wife were the parents of several children, George, Philip, Elizabeth, Edward, Lena, Oscar, .\lbert and Frederick. All of these children are still living with the exception of Edward and Frederick. Philip Schoedinger was the owner of the Ohio Furniture and Undertaking Company at Columbus. The maternal grandparents of Airs. Southard were Jacob and Alary (Alathias) Krabil, natives of this state, and the parents of eight children, Louis, Alargaret, Caroline, Catherine, Henry, Elizabeth, Ida and Jacob.

Politically, Air. Southard is a Re]3ublican. but his extensive i:iusiness interests ha\-e been such tliat he has nex'er licen an active participant in iiolitical matters. He and his wife are consistent members of the Alethodist Episcopal church.

Emery M. Coe

The Coe family, worthily represented in Union county, Ohio, by Emery M. Coe, have an unbroken history of the family running back to the year 1596, a period of time covering eight generations. The family have been residents of the United States since 1634 and some members of the family were living in Ohio before the end of the eighteenth century.

Robert Coe. the first member of the family concerning whom definite information has been preserved, was born in 1596 in Long jMilford, Suffolk county, England. His first wife, Anna, was born in England in 1591 and died some time prior to 1674. There were at least three sons born to this union of whom something is known: John, Robert and Beniamin.

Robert Coe sailed from Ipswich, England, on the last dav of April, 1634, and arrived in Boston, ^lassachusetts, in June, 1634. The records show that he was made a freeman on the 3(1 of the following September. He settled first in Watertown near Boston and in the following spring remo\-ed to the present site of Wetherfield, Connecticut, and was the first settler in the \illage. Here he lived until April, 1641, when he went to the present site of Stamford, Connecticut, and was the first white man to locate on the site. In Stamford he took a leading part in the civic life of the community and became the assistant judge and deputy to the general court at Xew Haven. Robert Coe seems to have been oF a roving disposition, for we next find him a resident of Hempstead, Long Island, New York, where he ap]:)ears as the first English settler in the spring of 1644. Before finally locating in Jamaica. Long Island, he lived for a time at Newburn on Long Island. Some time later he remo\-ed to Jamaica, Long Island, New York, where he appears on the records as a citizen in the spring of 1656 and in this place he lived until his death. He took a prominent part in the life of community and held various official positions. He served as magistrate and high sheriff of the riding, which consisted of Long Island, Staten Island and Westchester county, holding the latter position from 1679 to 1682. He was also a judge of the local court and a deacon in the church. His second wife was prol>aljly Jane Smith, although there is some doubt of this. She may have been his third wife since there are three Coes appearing in the records who seem to have been his children, .\ndrew, Hannah and ISIargaret. The reason for supposing that these children are by a second wife whose name has been lost is the fact that they were well advanced in years before he married Jane Smith. Robert Coe died after 1687. at which time

The third son, Benjamin, became the progenitor of the line of which Emery M. Coe is a direct descendant. Benjamin was bom in 1629, five years before his father. R(.)l)ert, came to .America fr(im England. Benjamin settled in Jamaica, Long Island, New Y(.)rk, where he followed fanning and milling. His father befcire him had been a miller and from him he had learned the trade. He became an assistant judge and town clerk of Jamaica. His wife was Abigail (born in 1635), the daughter of John Garman and to this union were born four sons, Daniel, Bei>jamin, John and Joseph, and some daughters. Benjamin, Sr., died in Jamaica in 1700 and two of his sons died in early manhood at Jamaica, leaving families of their own.

Joseph Coe is the grandson of the first Robert Coe to come to America and the ancestor of the branch of the family rejiresented by Emery M. Coe. Joseph Coe remo\-ed from Jamaica to New Jersey and located near i\Iorristown. Joseph Coe anil his family were members of the Presbyterian church and he was elected a deacon in his church on March i, 174S, met with the sessi(Mi o{ his denomination on November 8, 1759, and probably died soon after. Juseph Coe, so the family history records, was a noted Indian fighter. Just how many children were born to Joseph Coe is not on record but one son, Benjamin, became the direct progenitor of Emery M. Coe.

Benjamin Coe, the fourth in direct descent from Robert Coe, and the great-great-grand fatlier of Emery M. Coe. was Iwrn about 1718 and married Rachel Prudden, the daughter of Joseph Prudden. in 1742. His wife died December 2, 1776. and the last record of Benjamin notes that he was dismissed to the Presbyterian church in Pennsylvania, on September 12, 1777. Again the records fail to show how many children were bom to Benjamin Coe, but one son, Moses, is the great-grandfather of Emery M. Coe.

Moses Coe was baptized October 7, 1750. and was married in 1778 to Sarah Howell. She was the daughter of Benjamin PLiwell and was born October 18, 1753, and died in \\'ashington county, Pennsyhania. April 6, 1 813. ]\Ioses Coe was a farmer and miller and died in Washington county, Pennsylvania, on r\Iarch 26, 1817. Pie was an elder in one of the churches in Washington county liefore J 791. He had a mill and became a large landholder by 1793. He also owned a large tract of land in Jefferson county, Ohio, which he divided between his sons, Benjamin and INIoses. He had another son, Daniel, who was born March 3, 1801, was married April 11, 1822, to Mar Munn, the daughter of Joseph Gladden and Hannah Munn. To this

Moses Coe. Jr., the sixth in direct line from Robert Coe and the grandfather of Emery M. Coe, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, married Esther How^ell and remo\'ed to Jefferson county, Ohio, about 1795. To this union were born several children, Moses, Andrew, Philip L., Sarah, Margaret. Martha, Mary and Elizabeth.

Of the group of children, Philip L. is the seventh in direct descent from Robert Coe and the father of Emery M. Coe. Philip L. Coe was born in Jefferson county, Ohio. "November 20, 1828, and removed to Union county, Ohio, and located in Milford Center in 1852. He was married January 30, 1855, to Clara Ne\ers Durkee. She was born in Geauga county, Ohio, December 17, 1836, the daughter of Marcus and Sophronia Durkee, of Brighton, Clark county, Ohio. She died February 17, 1886, and is buried in the Milford Center cemetery. To the first marriage of Philip L. Coe and wife were born four sons, Milton Delmar, Clinton Howard, Emery Miles and Byron Moses. On October 18, 1893, Philip L. Coe w-as married to Flora Dugan, who was born January 30, 1864. The death of Philip L. Coe occurred October 9, 1906, and he was buried at the Milford Center cemetery.

A brief genealogical summary of the three brothers of Emery M. Coe is here given. Milton Delmar was born January 16, 1856, and was married on December 30, 1881, to Anna Wood. She was born May 13, 1864, ^"d to this union there have been two sons born, Chester Aaron, born March 30, 1889, and Robert Llewellyn, born January 30, 1897. Chester A. Coe was married December 7, 1910, to Carrie Colflesh and to this union there- was born on Januar}- 30, 19 14, a daughter, Helen Doreen. Clinton Howard, the seccjnd brother of Emery M. Coe, was born November 13, 1857, and was married December 22, 1887, to Myrtle Abernathy. To this union two children have been born, Paul H., born January 23, 1889, and Ada ]\I., born December i, 1890. Clinton H. Coe removed to Warren, Pennsylvania, in the spring of 1902. Byron Moses Coe, the youngest brother of Emery M. Coe, was born July 12, 1875, and was married April 6, 1894, to Carrie Stillings. Til this union have been born three children: Adale Reneua, born Deceniljer 2, 1896; Morris Stillings, born ['>bruary 22, 1899; Margaret Elisabeth, born June 12, 1914. In 1908 Byron Moses Coe removed to California where he is still residing.

Emery M. Coe, the third son of Philip L. Coe and the eighth in direct descent from Roljert Coe. the first to come to America, was born November 2, 1861, three and a half miles west of Milford Center. He was reared on the farm and was married March lo, 1892, to Lottie M. Marsh, who was born February 14, 1867. To this union have been born five children: Dana Griswold, born February 10. 1893; Gladys, born July 29, 1S94, and died January 8, 1895; Glenn E., born March 13, 1896; Marian, born June 21, 1898, and died Septemlier 22,, 1900; Loree, born December 21, 1904. Dana and Glenn are attending the State University at Columbus.

In 1852 the father of Emery M. Coe moved to a farm three and onehalf miles west (if Milford Center, where Emery was born, and in 1866 they moved to the subject's present place of one hundred and eighty-five acres of land, about one and one-half miles west of Milford Center. His fami is well impni\e<I and one of the most attractive farms in the county. Mrs. Coe has a farm of twn hundred and eigiit}'-(_)ne acres two and one-half miles from Milford Center. He is an extensive breeder of hogs and sheep and has long ranked as cjne of the leading stock raisers of his county.

Politically, Mr. Coe is identified with the Republican party antl has served on the school board of his township with credit to himself and satisfaction to his fellow citizens. Fie also served as assessor under Cox. In all measures of public welfare he has always been on the side of good government and gi\-en his hearty support to such mo\'ements as he felt wouhl be of benefit to his communit}-. He is strictly temperate and an advocate of temperance, hax'ing been a worker along that line.

Tohx Schmidt

It is safe to say that tliere have been no citizens of this countv who have come here from Germany who ha\-e not made a success in whatever line of activit}- they have chosen to follow. It has often been said that no German in this country e\er died in the poor house and certainly there are none in Union count}', Ohio, who will ever be candidates for the poor house. One of the ]3rosperous farmers of German descent of Union township, in this county, is John Schmidt, who lias been a resident of this county since 1888.

John Schmidt, the son of Lawrence and Mary (Snees) Schmidt, was born September 9, 1865, in Germany. He was educated in his nati\'e land and came to the Lhiited States alone in August, 1888. He arrived in Union county in the fall of the same year without any resources whatever and began to work out bv the dav on farms in this countv. With true German thrift, he saved every possible cent and five years after he came to this county he was able to buy a farm of one hundred and one acres in Union township. In 19 13 he bought seventy-three acres adjoining his farm on the south and now has one hundred and seventy-four acres, all of which is in a high state of cultivation. Such, in brief, is the record of a poor German youth in this county and shows what can be accomplished when a man is determined to succeed.

John Schmidt was married November 24, 1895, to z\nna Lena Loschky, the daughter of Mathias and Barbara (Jordon) Loschky, natives of Germany. To this union ten children have been born, Fred, Gustave, Alfred, Elsie, William, Charles, Leo, Edward, Lawrence and Thomas. All of these children are still li\-ing except Lawrence and Thomas. Lawrence was the first born and died at the age of nine, and Thomas passed away in infancy.

Political]}', Mr. Schmidt has been identified with the Democratic party since coming to this country, but has never taken an active part in the councils of his party. He and his family are loyal members of the German Lutheran church and generous contributors to its support. Mr. Schmidt is an honest and industrious man who is held in high esteem by his neighbors.

George B. Hush

The career of George B. Hush began in Union county three score years ago. When he reached his majority he went to Minneapolis, where he lived for nearly twenty-five years, being engaged in the banking business most of that time. For the past ten years he has been the cashier of the Deposit Bank, of Raymond, L'nion county, Ohio, so that practically his whole life has been engaged in banking.

George B. Hush, the son of Peter and Eliza (Beal) Hush, was born in Dover township, L'nion county, Ohio. September 9, 1855. His parents reared a family of eight children, Basil B., Valentine G., Alfred B., George B., John Henry and three who died in childhood.'

Peter f-lush was reared in Pennsylvania and came to Licking county, Ohio, in 1839. In 1853 he came to Union county and located in Dover township, where he bought a farm of one hundred and thirty acres, on which he li\ed until about a year before his death. He then moved to Marysville and died there in June, 1865, at the age of about sixty. His wife died in jcjQ] , at the age of seventy-eight. Both were members of the Congregational church. The paternal grandparents of George B. Hush were Valentine Goldsmith and wife. nati\es of Pennsylvania, and the parents of a large family uf children, anic mg whom were Axie and Peter.

George B. tlusli was reared in Dover township on his father's farm and attended school in an old log cabin school house. Before reaching his majority he went to Delaware, Ohio, and took a course in a business college. Upon reaching his majority he went to Minneapolis. Minnesota, and started to work in the bank of his brother, A'alentine B., and lived in that city for twenty years. He then went into the real estate, fire insurance, loan and collecting business in Minneapolis, and followed that line of Ijusiness for a few years in Minnesota. He then returned to Union county, Ohio, to take care of his mother in her declining years. When the Spanish-American Wiiv opened, he joined Company B, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered in as a private. Before the expiration of his enlistment he was made commissarv sergeant of his company. Mr. Hush organized Company E, Fourth Ohio National Guard, in 1902. He was chosen lieutenant, served one \ear and then resigned. This company has performed guard duty on several occasions and during the flood of 191 3 was called out to guard pr()])ert}- endangered by the flood.

.-\fter the close of the Spanish-American War. ]\Ir, Hush returned to I'nion countv, Ohio, and remained with his mother until her death, in 1901. He then went to Marysville, in this county, and spent a little over two years in the bank at that place. In March. 1905. he became cashier of the Deposit Bank, of Raymond, this bank having been organized on December 26th of the previous year. For the past ten years he has had active charge of the bank and has so conducted its affairs as to win the approval of the directors and the confidence of its patrons.

Mr. Hush was married February 24, 1903, to Kate Guy. the daughter of Delmor and Olive (Pyers) Guy. and to this union one son. George G.. was born. April i. 1905.

^Ir. Hush is a member of the Congregational church, while his wife and son are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Fraternally, he is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and the Knights of Pythias. Mrs. Hush was born in ]\Iarion county, Ohio, and her parents were natives of Union countv. 'Slv. Mush has been identified with the Republican party for many vears. laut has ne\ er taken an acti\e part in ])<:ilitical affairs. He alwa}-s stands for the liest interests of his community and has ne\-er failed to give his hcartv support to all measures which are proposed for the betterment of the localitv in which he lives.

Elias Hathaway

The honor which should always be accorded the brave sons of the North who left their homes and peaceful pursuits to give their services and their lives if need be, to preserve the integrity of the American Union, is certainly due Elias Hathaway, who left this countv at the age of eighteen to serve his country, to pro\-e his l()\'e and loyalty to the government on the long and tiresome marches in all kinds of situations, exposed to summer's withering sun and winter's freezing cold, and before his final discharge had been captured b_\- the Confederates and was a prisoner for a short time. He was also wounded at the battle of Atlanta in the summer of 1864, vet he is still living today to tell the story of that terrible conflict. During the half centur\- which has elapsed since the close of the war he has been engaged in farming antl with a success wdiich speaks well for his efforts.

Elias Hathaway, the son of Ebenezer and Mary A. (Hopkins) Hathaway, was born January 26. 1844, about three miles from ^lilford. Union ciiunt\", Ohii.i, on the farm where he is now li\'ing. Ebenezer Hathaway was born in Massachusetts, and came to Union count}', Ohio, with his parents. Dr. Nicholas and Lenoria Hathaway, when a small child. His father settled here in early pioneer times, entered a large tract of land and here made his hnme the rest of his days. E. P. Hathaway and wife reared a family of eight children, Anna, Maria, Helen, Martha, Elias, Benjamin, ^laiy and Percy. Of these children, all are dead with the exception of the subject. Ebenezer Hathaway went to California in 1849, and while he was successful in finding gold, he was unfortunate in losing his life and died in San Erancisco, buried there. His widow reared the children and never remarried.

Elias Hathawav recei\ed a meager common school education in the old log school house which stood in his immediate neighborhood. From his earliest boyhood days he was accustomed to hard work on the farm and at the age of fifteen began working for himself. He enlisted at the age of eigliteen in .\ugust, 1862, as a memlier of Ciini])any B, Thirty-second Regiment Ohio A'olunteer Infantry, and served from that time until the close of the war. He was with General Sherman on his memorable march through Georgia to the sea and was severely wounded at the battle of Atlanta.

Immediately after leaving the army in the spring of 1865, Mr. Hathaway returned to his home in Union county and resumed farming. Upon liis marriage in 1867 he mo\-ed on to his present farm of four hundred acres on the Connor and Hathaway road about three miles from Milford Center, and here he lias since continued to reside. He has been unifomily successful in all of his agricultural operations, and now has one of the best improved and most highly productive farms of the county.

Mr. Hathaway was married in 1867 to Huldah Bland, who is now deceased. To this union were born four children, Edwin R., Helen M., John C, and Lucile, who married Roy Woods, who has charge of the home place.

Politically, Mr. Hathaway has always been identified with the Repub-. lican party and has given it his hearty support for half a century. He is a loyal member of the Grand Army of the Republic and is deeply interested in evervthing pertaining to the welfare of the "boys in blue." Mr. Hathaway has now reached the alli:)tted age of man, and yet he bears his three score and ten vears lightlv cimsidering the terrible experiences through which he passed in the Civil War. He is well kurnvn throughout the county and highly respected by all who have come in touch with him. During his career of seventy years he has seen this county emerge from a wilderness, and has watched its growth until it UdW ranks as one of the most progressive counties of the state.

George Nelson Morse

A red-letter day in the hi.story of the Morse family is April 17th. for on that date in the year 1838 the great-grandfather of Gecirge Nels(_)n Morse drove into Union ci.iunty, Ohin, with his family to make his permanent home. Since that time the IMorse family ha\e been prominent members of the various communities in this count}- in which they have lived, and have contributed in no small measure to the general advancement of its welfare along all lines. On that date Joseph and Renua Morse, the oTcat-grandparents of George Nelson Morse, came to Union county with their familv of nine children, making the long overland trip from Rhode Tsland in a wagon. The trip took forty-nine days and many hardships were endured before the family finally reached their destination.

George Nelson ^lorse, the son of John P. and Mary J. (Mitchell) Alorse, was born in Union t<nvnship. Union county, Ohio, September 14, 1872. His parents were l.)oth natives of Union county, Ohio, his father being the son of Ray G. and Sarah ( Parthemore) Morse. Ray G. Morse was born in Rhode Island, November 16, 1808, and was one of the nine children who made the long overland trip with Joseph Morse and wife in

1838. These children are as follows: Renua, Asenath, Joseph, Ray G., Alford, Pennelia, William, Isaac and Archibald. Two of the children, Caleb and Betsey, remained in Rhode Island, but later came to Union county, Ohio. Ray G. Morse worked for two years in a cotton factory in Rhode Island, wliere lie learned to spin. Later he learned the blacksmith trade and followed it for fi\e years, receiving only his board and clothing. He began life with a capital of seventy-five cents and a suit of clothes worth three dollars. He rented a set of blacksmith tools and set up his first shop in Milford Center, in which venture he prospered from the start. Six children werf born to Ray G. ^lorse and wife: William A., deceased, formerly a fanne: living in Madison county, Ohio ; George Xelson, who died in Union township in 1874; Clara J., deceased, who was the \vife of David McCInud; Joseph, of Santa Ana. California; John P.. deceased, and Ray G., of Marysville. The father of these children died December 10. 1893, at the age of eighty-five years and twenty-four days.

John P. Morse, the father of George Nelson Morse, was married to Mary J. Mitchell, November 28, 1870, and to this union six children were born. fi\-e of whom are still living: George N., with whom this narrative deals: Renua. the wife of Fred Burns, of Darby township: Dr. John, of Resacca, Ohio: Ruby, the wife of Thomas Creamer, of Union township; William C. of Union township, and one who died in infancy. John P. Morse served his country during the Civil War, being a member of Company B, Eighty-sixth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry. John P. ]Morse learned the blacksmith trade with his father and carried on farming in connection with his farming operations until his death, June 20, 1913. Ray G. Mnrse. the father of John P.. bought one liundred and seventeen acres of land in this county in 1839. for which he paid five dollars an acre, and soon afterwards bought sixty-three acres for se\'en dollars and twelve and one-half cents an acre, to which he later added another tract of one hundred acres, l)a\ing ten dollars an acre for it. The last one hundred acres which lie bought in this county cost him tliirty-five dollars an acre, so that at his death he was the owner of six hundred and forty acres' of land in Union county, Ohio, and one hundred and sixty acres in Illinois.

George Nelson Morse was reared on the farm which his grandfather jjought in 1S39. and was educated in the schools of this county, and remained at home until his marriage. He was married March 28. 1904, to .Maljtl lierne Geyer, the daughter of Samuel and Mary E. (Newell) Geyer, natives c,f .Meigs county, Ohio, and residents of Union county from 1893 to 1908, wiien tliey mr)\ed to Clark county. Ohio. ]\Ir. and Mrs. Geyer were the parents of eight children, seven of whom are still living : Edgar, of Springfield. Ohio; Clarence, also living in Springfield; Mabel, the wife of Mr. Morse; Ida. the wife of Sylvester Crow, of Springfield. Ohio; Maud, the wife of Edmond Wolf, of Springfield; Carrie, the wife of Claud Starrick, of Springfield, and W'ilber. who lives with his parents in Clark countv. Ohio, and one who died in infancy.

Mr. Morse and his wife are the parents of three children: Kermit. born January 12, 1905; Mary, born September 10. 1906. and 1 )nr(ith_\-. born May i-j, 1908.

Mr. Xelson now has a well improved farm of forty-seven acres east of Milford Center, about four miles, and di\'ides his attention between general farming and stock raising in such a way as to get the l)est results from his farm. In politics, he has allied himself with the Republican party, and has taken an acti\-e part in local political matters. He is now a member of the school board of his township and is ser\"ing his second term. He is a man of strict integrity and honesty, and has won the esteem of his fellow citizens b}- the upright conduct of his life.

Simon Hall

Among the prominent farmers and stock raisers of Liberty township. Union county. Ohio, is Simon Hall, who has been a resident of this county since 1863. His tine farm of one hundreil and ninet_\"-two acres and a half, one-half mile south of Ravmiind. shows that he has had a successful career as a farmer, and the high esteem in which he is held bv his fellow citizens, indicates that he has li\-ed a life of consistent worth and high ideals.

Simon Hall, the son of \\'illiam and Sarah (Coder) Hall, was born in Clinton county. Ohio. February 10. 1855. His father was l)orn in the state of Xew York and came to Ohio at the age of sixteen with his parents and located in Clinton county, where he grew to manhood ;nid m;irrieil Sarah Coder, who was born in Union county. Ohio. William Hall and his family lived in Clinton county until 1863 and in that year came to Union countv. where he lived until his death. He was prominently identified with the history of the county for man_\- years. He and his wife reared a family of nine children, four of whom are still living: ]\Iary. the wife of James Powers, of Hillard. Ohio; Simon, of Liberty township; George, of Paris township : Frank, of IMarysville.

Simon Hall was ten years of age when his parents moved from Clinton county to Union county and. consequently, his education was received in the schools of this count}-. After completing his schooling in Union county he remained at home until his marriage at the time of his majority and then hegan farming for himself in Paris township. Some years later, he moved to Liberty township, bought his present farm and has since l^een identified with the agricultural interests of Union county. He is an extensive stock raiser and markets several car loads of stock annually.

]\Ir. Hall was married January i. 1874. to Julia A. Parker, the daughter of Andrew and .Alzira ( Fr\- ) Parker. Mrs. Hall was reared in Noble county, Ohio, and married in Union county. Four children have been born to Mr. Hall and wife: Delia, the widow of Frank Finley, of Peoria, Ohio; Ada, the wife of Harry Orahood, a farmer of York township; Lottie, the wife of Edward Hering, of La Grange, Indiana: and Edward, who married Blanche Thompson, and now lives with his father.

The father of Mrs. Hall, Andrew Parker, was born in Marsdand and his wife in Louden county, Virginia, near Harpers Ferry. After their marriage, j\Ir. and Mrs. Parker hjcated in Noble county, Ohio, but a few vears later permanentl}' settled in L^nion county. ]Mrs. Hall was seventeen \-ears of age when her parents finally settled in this county. There were seven children Ijorn to Andrew Parker and wife: Isaac, Mrs. Martha Fry, Mrs. Hannah Deal, Mrs. Julia A. Hall, Mrs. ]Mary E. Heath, Thomas and Mrs. Isophena Hall.

Mr. Hall and his son are both Republicans and Edward is now clerk of Liberty township. Both father and son are members of the Knights of Pythias and Mr. Hall is also a member of the Free and Accepted Masons. Mrs. Hall is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Raymond and interested in e\er}thing pertaining to its welfare.

Francis H. Smart

A sterling representative of the citizenry of Liberty township. Union countv, Ohio, is Francis H. Smart, a farmer and stock raiser, who has spent his whole career of forty years in this county. He is a man of education and has alwavs taken a prominent part in the life of his township and countv. [lis wife is a cultured woman, a musician of ability and has been a teacb.er of music for manv vears. Thev have an interesting family of four children, to whom they are giving the i)est of training in order tliat tlie\' ma}' become useful members of society. In every respect, Air. Smart measures up to the highest standard of American citizenship, and for this reason merits inclusion among the representati\-e men of his township and county.

Francis H. Smart, the son of Joseph E. and Susan ( Morrison ) Smart, was born in Mill Creek township. Union count}', Ohio, February 28, 1874. His parents, Ijoth of whom are still living, have reared a family of five children, four of whom are still living; Lewis E.. a resident of Si:Hith Bend. Indiana: Francis H.. of Libert}" township: Ophelia, wife of Pearl Middlesworth, of \'ork t(.)wnship ; Edith, wife of Lewis Jones, of Claibourne township.

Francis H. .Smart was reared in Mill Creek township until he was seven \'ears of age and then mo\-ed with his parents to Liberty township, where he has since resided. After completing the common and high school courses provided in the schools of his county, he became a student in the Ohio Normal College at Ada, but finally decided to engage in agricidtural pursuits rather than lead a professional life. After his marriage at the age of twenty, he began farming in Logan county, but two years later returned to Union count}' and located on his present farm of one hundred and seventythree acres in Libertv township, which lies four and one-half miles southwest of Ra\'mond. He gi\es much (jf his attention to stock raising and is a large producer of Poland-China hogs, Holstein cattle and standard bred road horses. He takes an acti\'e interest in the welfare of his community, and his high standing is shown 1)}' the fact that in 1914 he was nominated for county comnhssioner b}' the Democratic party. However, the Republican partv had a large majorit\- in the count}' and Mr. Smart was defeated with the rest of his ticket.

Mr. Smart was married June 18, 1894, to Maidie Harington, who was born in Libert}' township in 187O. Mrs. Smart received a good common and high school education to which she lias added lier musical training. They ha\'e an interesting family of four children: Lewis E., born December 8, 1896, a graduate of the Ra}'mond and ]Marys\'ille high schools and now a junior in the State University at Columbus: Ralph H., born July 24, 1898, a senior in the Raymond high school: Dana H., born February 24, 1900, a student in the high school at Raymond: Evelyn Lav(;in. Ixjrn July 2-], 1908. One daughter, Helen, is deceased. The three sons are fine instrumental musicians.

j\Ir. Smart was superintendent of the Sunday school. He and his wife take an active part in church and Sunday school work, as well as in all of the acti\ities of their community which make for better citizenship. The Democratic party has always had the support of ^Ir. Smart and he has been one of its leatlers for many years.

Charles Fremont Gill is a native-born Buckeye and has no reason to make apologies, either for the state of his birth or for having remained a citizen of the state all the years since. To be a native-born citizen of Ohio, and privileged to be a resident of that state for so many years, is a heritage which one may regard with a large measure of pride. It is a heritage and a citizenship that one would not care to exchange just now, or at any other time, with the kings and potentates of the leading countries of Europe. A great (irator of olden times once said, "To be a Roman citizen is greater than io be a king," l:)Ut that was before America had been discovered and before the honor and privileges of American citizenship were known.

Charles Fremont Gill was born in Richwood June 9, 1856. If the year of his birth was not given it might be easily surmised, as well as the political faith of his father, by the suggestion of his middle name. John C. Fremont Avas the Republican candidate for President in iSsTi, and a multitude of the looys who made their achent tliat year, and whose parents were admirers of . Fremont, were honored with his name. His parents were Joshua and Eliza ( Haines ) Gill ; the father being a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and the mother of Virginia. They had six sons: Lewis T., deceased; Henry D., of Richwood: Joshua S., of Columbus, Ohio; Thomas J., of Columbus; Charles F.. the suljject of this sketch, and Edwin S., of Seattle, Washington.

The father of Charles F. Gill was born and reared in Baltimore and there he received his elementary education. When a young man he came to Ohio and obtained advanced education in Zanesville. He supplemented this with medical studies and became a physician, locating for practice in Richwood when there were only about a dozen houses in the town. He found a good opportunity for practice and a constant demand for his professional services among the early settlers of the county. He continued in the practice for several years. After giving up the practice he turned his attention to the manufacture of wooden bowls and continued in this business until his death, March 9, 1880, at the age of sixty-two years. His wife survived him and died in 1898, aged seventy-three years. They were both members of the Methodist Protestant clnirch. He was justice of the peace in Richwood for many years.

The paternal grandfather of Charles F. Gill was Selmon Gill; he and his wife were natives of Maryland and came west in early times. Joshua was one of three children by the first marriage, the others being Henry and Edward. The grandfather married the second time and there were four children born to that union, namely, James, Ellen, Margrete and Henrietta. The maternal grandfather was J. B. W. Haynes, and his wife was Susan Haynes, natives of Virginia, and early settlers in Newark, Ohio. In Virginia the grandfather was the owner of slaves. He came to Richwood in the early history of the town and became one of its leading citizens. In young manhood he was engaged for some years in teaching school. When the Mexican ^^'ar opened, he entered the service and held a commission as colonel in command of a regiment. In the later years of his life he was justice of the peace in Richwood. He and his wife died here well along in years. In their family of children were Eliza, Susan, Benjamin, Richard and Thomas.

Charles F. Gill was born and reared in Richmond and received his education in the public schools of this town. In 1880 he opened up a business as dealer in coal and building supplies in Richwood and has been engaged in that business continuously ever since. On October 25, 1894, he was united in marriage with Eleanor Xorris, a daughter of Edwin and Martha (Wren) Norris. This union was soon broken by the death of his wife, on January II, 1896. Mr. Gill was married a second time, in 1900, to Mrs. Alma M. Burson, a daughter of John W. and Augusta (Moe) Martin. One daughter, Eleanor Pauline, was born to this union, which was again broken by the death of the wife and mother, October 25, 1902. On April 20, 1905, Mr. Gill was married to his third wife. ]Mary Adella Logue, a daughter of George A. and Emma C. ( Xiseley) Logue. The children of this union are Mary Azile and Charles Franklin.

I\lr. and Mrs. Gill are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and active in the support of all church affairs. In fraternal matters, Mr. Gill holds a membership in Mount Carmel Lodge, No. 303, Free and Accepted Masons : ^Marion Chapter, No. 62, Royal Arch Masons ; Marion Commanderv. No. 36, Knights Templar, and in Antioch Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Dayton, Ohio. He is also a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite (58) iJason and belongs to the Scioto Valley consistory. In political matters Mr. Gill is in accord with the principles advocated by the Republican party and gives his influence and support to that party.

]\Irs. Mary Adella Gill was bom in South Vienna, Ohio. Her father died when she was a child ; her mother is still living. There were four children in this family, Howard, Mary Adella, Edgar and Myrtle. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Gill were Edward Logue and wife.

Edward Andrew Schambs

One of the leading citizens of Richwood, Ohio, is Edward Andrew Schambs, who is the proprietor of the Richwood Light, Heat and Power Company. He comes from sterling German ancestry, and those characteristics which have made the Germans such excellent citizens of the United States have contributed in no small measure to the success which has attended his efforts. He is a man who is deeply interested in the welfare of Richwood and gives his hearty support to all measures of public welfare.

Edward A. Schambs, the son of Mathias P. and Mary C. (Birkdoll) Schambs, was born in Wauseon, Fulton county, Ohio, September 6, 1869. His father was a native of Germany and came to America with his parents when he was a young lad. He was blind until four years of age, when hi<! eyesight was restored. Mathias P. Schambs located with his parents first in Cincinnati, and later moved to Mansfield, Ohio, and there permanently settled. In that city Mathias Schambs grew to manhood and after his marriage moved to Wauseon, where he engaged in the furniture and undertaking business for several vears. He then enlisted in the cavalry branch of the Union army and served for three months, after which he re-enlisted and served three years longer, being discharged from the service on account of wounds received in battle. After leaving the service Mathias C. Schambs went to Huntington, West Virginia, and engaged in the furniture business there for several years, after which he removed to Mansfield, Ohio, and lived until 1908. Since that vear he has lived in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma, where he looks after his extensive real estate interests. He was reared a Catholic, but he and his wife are now members of the English Lutheran chtn-ch. Six children ha\-e been born to Mathias C. Schambs and wife: George M., of Cardington, Ohio; Edward A., of Richwood, Ohio ; Bertha, single, of Portland, Oregon ; Mary, the wife of Clayton Hildun, of Xew York city: Beulah, the wife of George Tobias, of Portland, Oregon, and one, the first born, who died in infancy.

The paternal grandparents of Edward A. Schambs were natives of Worms, Germany, who came to America and located in Mansfield, Ohio, where they died at an ad\'anced age. They reared a large family of children, among them being Mathias, George, John, Magdalena and Christina. The maternal grandparents of I\Ir. Schambs, Barkdoll by name, were of English descent,' and early settlers in Maryland. Later they came to Ohio and located at Mansfield, where he lived to an extremely old age and his wife nntil the age of seventy. Mr. and Mrs. Barkdoll reared a family of seAen children, George, Peter, Daniel. Joseph, IMagdalena. Susanna and Mary C.

Edward A. Schambs was reared in Wauseon, Ohio, Hunting, West \"irginia, and Mansfield, Ohio. He graduated from the high school at Mansfield, Ohio, and then secured a position in the ticket office of the Erie railroad at Mansfield, but remained there onlv a short time. He then went witli the Hicks-Brown Milling Company as bookkeeper, and two years later was made cashier of this company, holding this position for two years. W^ishing to engage in business for himself, he became interested in the manufacture of furniture at Mansfield, Ohio, and later engaged in the electrical business, building the electric li.ght plant at New Lexington, Perry county, Ohio. In 1899 he went to Richwood, Ohio, and built the electric light plant in that place. The Richwood Light, Heat & Power Company is capitalized at twenty thousand dollars and is giving excellent service to the village of Richwood. In addition V> his interest in the light, heat and pnwer plant. Air. Schambs is \icepresident and a director in the First National Bank, of Richwood. and also operates a farm of one hundred and eighty-five acres through C. W. Fisher.

His wife died in January of the following year. Later Mr. Schambs was married to Mary [Margaret Beer, of Bucyyrus, Ohii), the daughter of ^\'illiam C. and Mary (Swingley) Beer, and to this union six children have been born, Edward A., Marion Paul, Dorothy, George, Margaret and Cyrus. Edward A. is attending the nii!itar\- acedemy at Staunton. A'irginia. and the other children are attending the public schools of Richwood.

]Mrs. Schambs was born in Bucyrus. Ohio, and her parents are both natives of this state, her mother's birth also occurring in Bucyrus. Her father died and her mother is still living in Bucyrus. Three children were born to Mr and Mrs. Beer: Frederick T., deceased: William C. and Mary Margaret, the wife of Mr. Schambs.

j\lr. Schambs is a member of the Lutheran church, while his wife holds her membership in the Presbyterian church. Fraternally, Mr. Schambs is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and has attained to all the degrees in the York Rite, including the Knights Templar degree. Politically, he is a Republican with progressive tendencies, but owing to his extensive business interests, he has never been active in political matters. The family residence is on South Franklin street, Richwood, Ohio, where they have a beautiful home and where they entertain their many friends.