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]\Ir. Reynolds was married January 17, 1877, to Alae Stokes, the daughter of Hiram and Clara (Chapman) Stokes. To this union one daughter has been born, Edna L.. who is the wife of Dr. F. D. Burnham, of Linden Heights, Ohio. Mrs. Reynolds was horn in Milford Center, and her parents were early settlers in this count}'. Her father was a general merchant and also handled grain extensively. He owned a fine farm adjoining Milford Center, the same farm now uiwned b\' Cone Howard. Airs. Reynolds' father died in 1887 and her motlier in 1874. I'our children were born to the parents of Mrs. Reynolds: Mae, Clara, John C. and Bertha.

Politically, ]\lr. fveynoUls is a Republican and has always taken an intelligent interest in political matters. As an indication of the high esteem in which he is held by his fellow citizens, he was elected treasurer of his township, holding this office for fifteen years. Mrs. Reynolds is a member of the Catholic church. Fraternally, Mr. Reynolds belongs to the Free and Accepted Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. He is a man of quiet and unassuming demeanor and has always so conducted himself and his affairs as to win the unqualified indorsement of those with whom he has had any dealings. He is a fine type of the .\merican citizen, who believes in good judgment, good citizenship and a high standard of civilization.

Francis M. Whips

A veteran of the Civil War, a highly respected citizen of Washington township and a farmer for the past half century, Francis Alarion W^hips is eminently entitled to representation in the history of his county. Mr. Whips had two brothers in the Civil War and he himself was badly wounded on two different occasions in the fearful struggle.

Francis AI. \\'hips, the son of ]\Iathias and Cinderilla (Chaney) Whips, was born in Perry county, Ohio, February 9, 1846. His father was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, and his mother in Pennsylvania, while his parents were married in Licking county, Ohio, where his father died. After the death of her husband, the widow of Mathias Whips came to Marion county to live. She died in Marion county, Ohio. There were thirteen children born to Mathias Whips and wife, four of whom are still living : William, a soldier in the Seventy-sixth Regiment Ohio \'olunteer Infantry ; George W., a soldier in the same regiment with his brother; Francis AL, of Washington township, and Joshua, a painter living near Carbondale, Indiana.

Francis ]\I. \\'hips was reared in Perry county, Ohio, and when a small bny went with his parents to Wisconsin, but remained there only a short time, returning to Ohio and living in Licking county until the opening of the Civil War. In February, 1863, the month he was seventeen years of age, he enlisted in Company H, Thirty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He was in the Army of the Cumberland and participated in the battles of Stone's Ri\er, Lookout ^Mountain, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain and all of the battles wliich Sherman fought on his march through Georgia tn the sea. He was wounded in the left leg at Resaca. and shot through the right shoulder in another engagement. The wound in his leg was never satisfactorily healed and this still gives him trouble. He has always been deeply interested in the Grand Army of the Republic, and was a charter member of Cooper Post, Marion Ohio.

After the close of the Civil War, Mr. Whips returned to Licking county, Ohio, where he lived until 1866, when he came to Marion county to make his home in Marion township. He is now living on the Oglesbee farm, two and one-half miles north of Byhalia. He has engaged in general farming and stock raising, but has now practically retired from active work on the farm.

Mr. Whips was married in 1878 to Caroline Doebert, a native of Crawford county, Ohio, and to this union have been born six children, four of whom are now living: Hiram, who is em]iloye(l in the Mallealile Iron ^^'orks

.Mr. Whips is a Democrat in politics, l)ut has never taken an active part in political affairs. He is a memher of Richwood Lodge Xo. 147, I>>ee and Accepted Masons, and has been a member of the .Masonic fraternitv for man_v years.

John T. Dr.Vke

The si.xty-one years covering the career of John T. Drake have all been spent in Union county, Ohio, where he was born. His parents were early settlers in this county and contributed in no small measure to the advancement of the community in which they lived. Mr. Drake has been active in furthering the interests of the county in everv way, and bis wdiole life has been such as to bring him the heart}- commendation of his fellow citizens. In his younger manhood he taught school for one term and later engaged in farming, and has made this his life work. His present farm of two hundred and two and one-half acres in York township and in Logan county bears am])le witness to his success as a tiller of the soil.

John T. Drake, the son of Francis M. and yinry (llarriman) Drake, was born on the farm where he is now living Octi^lier i, i<S53. His father was born in Warren county, Ohio, the son of Chord}- antl Sarah J. Drake. He came from Warren county, Ohio, ti:) Logan county in 183 1. Chordy Drake spent his declining years at the home of his son-in-law. Thomas Skidmore, and died there June 8, 1878. Llis widow^ also spent her declining years at the home of her son-in-law, Thoiuas Skidmore, and died there on July 6, 1880. There were eight children born to Chordy Drake.

Francis AT Drake grew- to manhood on his father's farm in Logan county, Ohio, and upon reaching manhood was married to Mary Harriman, the daughter of Simpkin and Sarah (Green ) Harriman. She was also reared in Logan countv, Ohio, l)Oth of her parents being nati\-es of Pennsvlvania. Francis M. Drake and wife were the parents of three children: Chordy L., who luarried -\nna Knox: John T.. of L'nion county, and Angelia, who died at the age of sixteen.

John T. Drake was reared on his father's farm in York townshi|x in this county, and educated in the district schools of his home tow-nship. He applied himself so diligently to his books that upon leaving" school he w-as able to secure a teacher's license and for one term taught school in \\'ashingio66 UNiox' couxTv, OHIO.

ton township, L'nioii county. He tlien engaged in farming and has met with marked success in all of his farming operations. He is interested in the Union Banking Company, of West Mansfield, and is now president of this company. The other officers of the company are as follows : Edward S. ]Moore. vice-president; W. N. Plotner, I. R. Winner, J. N. Wilgus, E. W. Elliott, J. T. Drake, E. S. Moore and H. E. Southard, directors: T. F. Wilson, cashier, and A. L. ^'otaw. assistant cashier.

Mr. Drake was married December 23, 1875, to Mary M. Henry, the daughter of George and Margaret (Cook) Henry, both decea.sed, late of Logan county, and to this union three children have been born : Maggie May, born Jul}' 18, 1878, who graduated at the West Mansfield high school with the class of 1897, now the wife of Loren Flickinger, and the mother of six children, three of whom are living; Perry R., born September 29, 1879, who was drowned August 20, 1893; John Reed, born February 21. 1895, graduated from the West Mansfield high school with the class of 1913.

Mr. Drake and his family are all members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Bethel, and Mr. Drake has been a member of this church for more than forty years. His father was a charter member of this church, as was his grandfather. His father was a member of the building committee which erected the first church luiilding and served as trustee until his death. Mr. Drake is now serving in this same capacity. Politically, Mr. Drake has alwa\s been identified with the Republican party and has taken an intelligent interest in township and county political affairs. Mr. Drake is a highly respected citizen who has lived such a life as to win the hearty esteem of everyone with whom he is associated.

Uriah Stotts Alden

The oldest merchant in Milford Center, Ohio, is Uriah Stotts Alden, who has been a continuous resident of this village for more than seventy years. He cfjmes from olil Puritan stock, lieing a direct descendant of John Alden, who landed at Plymouth R(jck. Massachusetts, in the "Mayflower" December 22, 1620. He has lived in Milford Center since he was about two years of age and has witnessed all of the changes which have elapsed during his seventy years residence in this county. Pie served with distinction in the Civil War, and since that time has been engaged in business in Milford Center. He built half of the Alden-Lyons building, the first Milford Center Bank, the big flour

Uriah Stotts Alden, the "grand nld man" of Milford Center, Ohio, is the son of Chester and Margaret (Stotts) Alden, and was born in Madison county, Ohio, May 25, 1842. His parents were both natives of New York state and pioneers in Madison county. His mother died in 1844 and his father then went west and located in Tama county, Iowa, near Muscatine, and engaged in farming. He died near ChicagTvin 1854, Ijeing about sexentyfive years of age at the time of his death. Eleven children were born to Chester Alden and wife: Chester, Ayers. Andrew, Dr. John Milton, George, Edmund, Elizabeth, Mary, Margaret, Charles Hiram and Uriah S. Of these children only two, Charles H., who now lives at St. Augustine, Florida, and Uriah S., are living.

After the death of his mother in 1844, Uriah S. Alden was brought to Milford Center to li\e with his aunt and uncle. Dr. Reuben P. Mann, and his whole life has been spent in Milford Center since that time, with the exception of the three years he spent at the front during the Ci\'il War.

Mr. Alden enlisted June 5, i8fii, in Company V. Thirteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantr\-, and was mustered into the ser\ice on October 6, of the same year. This regiment was in the battle of Carnifix Ferry, against General Floyd, and here Ransom Reed was killed, being the first soldier from Union county, of Company F, to give his life for his country. The Grand Army of the Republic post at Marysville is named in his honor. The first soldier killed from Union township was Silas Kimball, also of Company F, who gave his life for his country's sake at the battle of Shiloh, April 7. 1862. The Grand Ami}- of the Republic post of Milford Center is named in his honor. In 1862 the company of which Mr. Alden was a member was drilled by Col. AV. S. Smith, a graduate of West Foint. Before the end of the war Colonel Smith was made brigadier-general, and IMajor Hawkins, of Marysville, became colonel of the Thirteenth Regiment. Mr. Alden was in the service three vears and eight mouths, when he came home in ill health from long campaigning in the field. After many months of good nursing, he partially regained his health and on the 12th of January. i8f>o, he embarked in the mercantile business in Milford Center and has continued in the same line of activity in this village ever since that time.

Mr. Alden distinctly rememliers when the militia was being mustered into the Mexican War, and recalls the feverish interest in the gold-fever rush to California in 1849. In 1852 he attended a private school taught by Miss Mary Parkinson at her home in Milford Center. Of the three pupils of that school, onlv two are now living. j\Ir. Alden and Jane Reed Burnham, who now resides in JMechanicsburg, Ohio. The other pnpil was Samantha Spain, who died many years ago. During the years 1854 and 1855, Mr. Alden went with Doctor Mann, his uncle, to collect geological specimens along the Scioto river and in the state house yard at Columbus where great quantities of fossiliferous rocks were used in the building of the state house. The state prisoners were doing the work and Doctor Mann had the privilege of going among the laborers and collecting the fossils and rock curiosities, all of which he later donated to the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware. During the years 1857 and 185S Mr. Alden attended the college at Delaware and had for his classmate the Hon. Edward Powell, of Columbus. In 1859 Mr. Alden attended a select school in the Reynolds building taught by Rev. Jeremiah Slocum. In the years before the opening of the Ci\il War, he attended school in the Odd Fellows hall, the school being taught by the Misses Mary and Jennie Coe. Dr. Calvin H. Reed, now of Toledo, was one of his classmates.

Mr. Alden was married January 31, 1876, to Mrs. Mattie Freeman, widow of Frank Freeman and daughter of Harrison and Mary Apple, of North Lewisburg, Champaign county, Ohio. To this union seven children were born. Eugene, Clifton, Clyde, Bessie, Daisy, Don and Pansy. All of the sons are now deceased, having died unmarried. Bessie is the wife of John Opphile and lives in Marysville. They have four children. Daisy became the wife of Albert Fay Terry, of Anderson, Indiana, and has two children, Ada 'Slay and Don .\lden. Pansy is a hairdresser and now lives in Carson, California.

Mrs. Alden was born in Virginia in 1852, as were her parents. The family came to Ohio and located in Champaign county, near North Lewisburg, early in the history nf that county. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Apple: Mrs. Jennie Church, William, Elizabeth, Mattie, Isabel, Annie, Sadie, John and Elisha. Of these nine children, William was wounded in the Civil War and died soon after he came home; Isabel became the wife of John Underwood.

Mr. Alden is a loyal member of Ransom Reed Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at ]\Iarys\-ille. and is also a member of Milford Center Lodge No. 274, Knights of Pythias. Politically, Mr. Alden has been a life-long Republican and served for about thirty years in the village council of ]\Iilford Center, beginning his service in 1872. He has experienced some business reverses at times but, by energy and tletermination, has overcome them, and now lias a comfortable cnm])etence for his declining j'cars.

Lewis Scheiderer

Among the sturdy German element who ha\-e done so mueh toward the development of Union county, none deserve more credit than the Scheiderer family to which the suhject of this sketch belongs. Alenihers of this family were among the earh- settlers and have labored here since the da\s when most of the country was an unbroken fdrest. The founder of the famih- was born in Bavaria, Germany, and came to this country in the early i)art of the eighteenth century. Following the tide of emigration he first located in Franklin county, Ohio, and after a short time came to Union countv where he remained during the rest of his life.

The founder of this family in Union county was John Al. Scheiderer, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch. Coming to this county he found abundant opportunity for hartl work in clearing up the forest and getting the land in condition for culli\-alion, and tr> that arduous work he applied himself. By industr\-, thrift and economy he soon established a home and had a productixe farm of sufficient acreage to li\e in comparati\-e comfort.

The maiden name <if his wife was T^\a Schroll, to whom he married before coming to this count}-. To this union was Ijorn ten children, namelv : Casper, who was a soldier in the One Hundred antl Twenty-first Regiment, Ohio A'olunteer Infantr)-, in the Civil War; John Philip. C,eorge Peter. Alagdalena, who married a Renner; John Christopher, father of our suliject: r)arbara, Gottlieb, George Frederick, and two who are deceased.

John Christopher, the father of our su1)ject, was born 'on the farm in this township, December 23, 185 1, and li\ed on the liome place until he was grown. The neighl)orliood is known as the German settlement. compose<l principally of thrifty natives <ir descendants of that race. Coming to the age of maturity the father of our subject married Anna M. Doclinger and settled on a farm and has continued in the occupation of a farmer. Pre\ions to this, he had worked for sometime in a tile factor)-. His education was received by attending (ierman and English schools during his minority, at such times as he could lie spared from work on his father's farm. He was married to Anna Doelinger, .\pril 25, 1878, and to this union seven children have been born, nameh' : Dora: Lewis, our subject: Elizabeth, who n-iarried Elsie Ebert of Manistee, Michigan: George, .Anna, and .\lnia. Dora married John K. Gunderman, and t<-i this union the following named childrei-i were bom: \\'alter, Esther, Alartha. Elizabeth married Herman Bosse and thev have three children, Elsie, .'\lfreda and Edward.

Lewi? Scheiderer. our subject, was married October 4, 1910, to Clara Coleman, daughter of William and Alagdelena (Greenbaum) Coleman. Thev are members of the Lutheran church. Our subject owns a fine farm of one hundred and fifty-one acres, located on the W'adkins road, about two miles east of Marysville, the same farm on which his father lived and where the family was reared. In politics, Lewis Scheiderer is a Democrat.

George Michael Xicol

One of the most extensive farmers of Darby township, Union county, Ohio, is George Michael Xicol, who has been a life-long resident of the county. He owns a fine farm of fi\e hundred acres in Union and Darby townships, all of which he has made by his own industry and his good management.

George M. Xicol, the son of Conrad and Lena (Colbaker) Xicol, was born in Darby township, L'nion county, Ohio, July 9, 1857. His parents, both of whom were natives of Germany, came to the United States after their marriage and settled in Darby township, in this county, where they lived the remainder of their lives. Conrad Nicol and wife reared a family of six children, four of whom are still living: John, a farmer of Darby township; George M., with whom this narrative deals; Mary, the widow of George Gase, of this county; Martin, a farmer of Darby township. Conrad Nicol died in 1906, and his widow passed away three years later.

George 'M. X^icol was educated in the schools of this county, lived at home until his marriage, and then Ijegan farming for himself and has met with unusual success in every venture in which he has been interested. He is one of the largest stock raisers of the county and sells several car loads of stock each year.

Mr. Xicol was married in May, 1881, to Anna Gase, a daughter of Christopher and Barbara (Raush) Gase, and to this union ten children have been born, Mary, Clara, Lucy, Ernest, Christopher, Martin, August, Alfred, (jehardt. and Peter, who died in infancy.

Ernest C. Xicol was liorn in Darby tiiwnship. Union county, Alay 26, i88'8. He received a good education in the schools of his township and finished his education and training in the high school at Marysville. He was married April 27, 1913, to Elizabeth Xicol, a daughter of George and Catherine ("Danger) Xicol, both of whom were natives of Union count}^ Ernest is farming one hundred and twenty-five acres of his father's farm in Darby

George M. Nicol and all of his family are loyal members of the Lutheran church in Darby township and are generous contributors to its maintenance. Politically, Mr. Nici)l is a member of the Democratic party, Ijut has ne\er taken an actix'e part in political affairs. lie has preferred to give his entire time and attention to his extensi\e agricultural interests, rather than engage in political campaigns. Mr. Nicol is a highly respected farmer and a publicspirited citizen who well merits inclusion anicjng the representative men of Union county.

Willis Epps

One of the sterling pioneers of Allen township, L'nion county, Ohio, is Willis Epps, who was born in this township more than sixty-five years ago. His long career has been de\'oted solely to agriculture and his fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres three miles sijutb of Pottersburg is sufficient evidence that he has met with success in his life 's work

Willis Epps was born in Allen township, April 4, 1848, and is a son of Thomas and Clarissa (Smith) Epps. His father was liorn near Lewisburg, Ohio, while his mother was a native of Champaign county, in this state. Four children were born to Thomas Epps and wife; Rosetta, deceased: Rosina, the widow of Fred Beltz ; Mary, deceased, and Willis, of Allen township.

Willis Epps was reared in the township where he was born and attended its rural district schools. He remained at home until his marriage and then began farming on the place where he has since resided. As a farmer and stock raiser, he has long ranked with the most progressive and enterprising in his township and, by directing his energies along proper lines, he has made a comfortable living for his family.

^Ir. Epps was married in T870 to Sarah Burgendine. a native of L'nion countv. To this union six children have been born, all of whom are still living: Medford. Everett, Etta, Laura. Dott and Ethel.

The famih- are loyal members of the Methodist E])iscopal church and have a!wa}'s taken an active interest in its welfare. Mr. I'-iqis is the class leader in his church at Potterslnirg, where the family attend. In [lolitics, he has given his heart\- sup]>ort to the Republican [jarty. I)ut has ne\-er taken an active part in its deliberations. Mr. Epps is one of the oldest native-born farmers in his township and during his long career he has endeared himself to a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

Thomas Cody

Of the sturdy sons of the Emerald Isle it has been said that they have e\erv country's freedom liut their own," and a review of the struggle against oppression in any land will disclose the fact that in the forefront of the battle line, if, indeed, not leading it, the valiant lads from the land of the harp and the shamrock ha\-e borne well their part. During the dark days of the war between the North and South in the sixties, there were no better lighters in the ranks of the boys in blue than the sons of Ireland, and among those worthy defenders of the integrity of their adopted country, no soldiers from foreign lands bore a more noble part or acquitted themselves with greater honor than these sons of Ireland. Union county. Ohio, is honored in saving one of these sturdy old soldiers as one of its citizens, and Thomas Codv, of Dover township, is one of the most highly respected citizens of the county.

Thomas Cody, the son of Job nand Margaret (Crook) Cody, was born in county Tipperary, Ireland, in 1845. The family later came to America and first settled in Vermont, later mo\ing to New York. The father. John Cod}-, first came to this country, and about two years later the family followed. John Cody was the son of Michael and Mary (Fleming) Cody. In 1853 John Cod}- can-ie to Union county, Ohio, and located in Marysville, and sonic tin-ie afterwards, bought a farm of (ine hundred and ten acres in Dover township, where he made his home. Later he added forty acres more and on this farm he and his wife reared a fan-iily of eleven children, Alichael. Edward, [Mrs. Clara Herbert, Thomas. Mrs. Anna Cain, John, Edward, William, Richard and two who died in infancy. All the other children are still living with the e.xception of Edward.

Thomas Cod}- went to the little old school house in Ireland in the county where he was Ixjrn. His teacher was an old soldier by the name of John IMaher, who fought under the Duke of Wellington at the battle of Waterloo, and was se\-erely wounded at that memorable struggle. Thomas Cody was nine years of age when he came to Union countv and attended school fi.ir a time in Marysville.

( )n Jul}- J I . i8^j;;, Mr. Cod}- enlisted in Compau}- G, One Hundred and 'I'wcnty-ninth Keginient r)hio \'ohinteer Infantrv, with which he served until March 8. i8f]4. In .\ugust of the saiue }-ear he re-enlisted and was assigned to the .Vintli .\rni} Corps, under General Burnside, at Crab Orchard, Kentucky. He marched over the mountains and was at the capture of Cum- berland Gap. where lie remained six weeks, the remainder of the time being put in marching- and skirmishing between the Gap and Strawberry Plains, taking part in a severe fight at Walker b'urd. on the Holstine river. At the end of his enlistment period he was discharged and on the 20th of January. i8'65. he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Eighty-seventh Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Tliey left Columbus in the following February, reaching Xash\ille, 'I'ennessee. the same month. The regiment was assigned to the Army of the Cum])erland. under General Thomas, and from there they went to Dalton, Georgia, in which state they receixed the surrender of Cobb's Confederate Army of Georgia. The\- went as far south as Macon, where the subject was detailed on rec(instruction work of the Freedman's lUireau. The regiment remained at Macon most of the time until it was mustered out of the service, on January 20, 1S66.

After the close of tlie \\ar A[r. Cody returned to Union county, and for about twenty years follow eil the sawmill business in connection with his farming. He owns a well impro\ed farm of thirty-three acres in Dover tow'nship and also has property in the \illage of New Dover, where he is now residing.

Mr. Cody was married in Octol.ier. iS^S. to Augusta Gibson, and to this union four children ha\-e been liorn, Cora (deceased), Clara, Nellie and Jennie. Nellie is the wife of Charles W'eslev and has three daughters, Christina, {ilad\s and Clara. Jennie is the wife of H. Thompson, and has one daug,hter. Doris.

]-"raternall\', Mr. Cody is a meml)er of the Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. I'olitically, he is a Republican. He has been elected to the office of township assessor no less than three times, ;i fact which speaks well for his ability in the administration of the affairs of this important office. He is a \oyd\ and enthusiastic member of the Rans(jm Reed Post. Grand Arnn' of the Ixepulilic, and has serxed as past commander. Mr. Cody has always made his influence felt for good in his community, and the well regulated life he has led has gained for him the res|:)ect and admiration of his fellow citizens to a marked degree. Genial anil unassuming in all of his relations, he has won and retains the confidence and good will of all with whom he has been thrown in contact. There are not man_\' of the sons of the Emerald Isle li\'ing in Union county, and \-ery tew who served during the great Civil war. For this reason it seems eminently fitting that the career of Mr. Cody be presented in the annals (ji his county. Edward, a Ijrother, served four (68) years in Company F, Sixty-sixth Ohio Vokinteer Infantry, and died at Springfield, Ohio, in 1910, dying from the effects of his wounds received at Peach Tree Creel<, Georgia, fifty years before his death, being continually bothered and sick from the wound.

Nepatian Gibson, a brother of Mrs. Cody, was killed on Red River in ^lississippi while serving in the Union army, and her father died in the army, 1864, at Rome, Georgia.

William Sanders

For more than three score years William Sanders has been a resident of Union county, and most of his life has been spent in Leesburg township, where he owns a farm of one hundred and fifty-one acres about five and one-half miles north of Marysville. His farm is well improved in every way and presents as attractive an appearance as any farm in the township. While engaged primarily in advancing his own interests, he has also taken an active part m the ci\-ic life of his township, and has ser\'ed two terms as assessor, giving his fellow citizens efi^icient service in this capacity.

William Sanders, the son and only child of Martin and Margaret (Lee) Sanders, was born in Doxer township, L'nion county, Ohio, April 23, 1854. His father was a native of Virginia and came to Union county with his parents about 1835, locating in Mill Creek township. The family later moved to Dover township, where Martin Sanders grew to manhood and was married about 1853 to Margaret Lee. The mother of William Sanders died in the same year he was born, and his father later married a Miss IMcCampbell, and to his second marriage five children were born, Delmer, Almeda, Dora, Benjamin and Alary. Martin Sanders farmed until the time of his death in 1894, his widow living until 1909.

William Sanders was reared by his uncle, Eli Hildebrand, a farmer of Leesburg township. He received a good common school education and remained with his uncle until he was grown. He then began working for himself and after his marriage moved on to his present farm. He has placed extensive improvements upon this farm and has engaged in general farming and slock raising for the past thirty years.

Mr. Sanders was first married in 1885 to Laura Standley, a native of Champaign county, Ohio, and to this union one child was born, the child and mother passing away together. On March 27. 1900, Mr. Sanders was married to Airs. Alary E. (Harrinian) Thompson, the widow of W. J. Thompson, who had died September 8, 1895. J^^^s. Sanders was first married November 5, 1874, to W. J. Thompson, and to her first union two daughters were born, Olive May, the wife of F. D. Slifer, of Wilmington, Ohio, and Florence, the wife of E. Al. Lee. Air. Lee and his wife have one daughter, Dina Elnora, who was born June 16, 1903.

The second wife of Air, Sanders was the daughter of William and Ellen (Johnson) Harrinian, who were married in Logan county, Ohiu, and reared a family of five children, E. G., of Alger, Ohio; Sarah J., the wife of R. B. Thompson, of Kenton, Ohio; John E., who died at the age of eighteen; Mary E., the wife of Air. Sanders, and Lydia, the wife of John McAlahan, of Harding county, Ohio. Air. Harrinian and his family moved from Logan county to Harding county, where they sjjcnt most of their hves. her father dying in Alarch, 1895, and her mother in January, 1900.

Politically, Air. Sanders has always taken an acti\-e interest and his party nominated him to the important position of township assessor, and at the expiration of his first term he was renominated and re-elected for a second term. Air. Sanders is a member of the Disciples church.

Ahchael H. Dea

No studier or better citizens iia\-e come to our shores than those sons of Ireland who have made their home in this country. Fortunate, indeed, is the communit}- which recei\es these people and incorporates tliem in the h(_)dy ]jolitic, for wliere\er found tliev are always industrious, upright and ready to do their share toward the material and moral welfare of tiie community in which they reside. In the old ci_)untr}' they learn habits of industrx' which insure success and upon C(jming to this countrv tliev ne\'er fail to exercise those same habits which made them independent in old Ireland. The L'nited States has no better citizens than these sons of Erin, ami L'nion county, Ohio, can count itself fortunate in ha\ing some of these good people among its citizens.

Alichael H. Dea. the manager of the Union Light and Water Company, of Alilford Center. Ohio, is one of the many nati\'e-born sons of Ireland who has made this county their permanent home. He was l)orn in count}- Kerry, Ireland, near Listowel, August 28. 1861. His parents. John and Mary 1 Hollarn) Dea, were natives of the same county, and had a family of four cliil-

John Dea came to this country with his wife and three children in 1867 and located in ]\lilford Center, where he followed railroading the remainder of his life, dying in Septemher, 1903, at the age of sixty-four. His wife still survives him and is now seventy-two years of age. Both were loyal members of the Catholic church.

The paternal grandparents of Michael H. Dea were Michael H. and Mary (Lynch) Dea. He came to America about 1870 and located in Delaware, Ohio, where he died in 1877 at the age of ninety-two. His wifa died in Ireland, where their three children, John C, Mary and Bridget, were born. Michael Dea's maternal grandmother Hollarn lived to be one hundred and eight vears of age. Both she and her husband died in Ireland. Most of their children emigrated to Australia where they made their permanent home.

Alichael H. Dea was six }ears of age when he came to America with his parents and has been a resident of Milford Center since 1867. He attended the public schools of Milford Center, and at the age of seventeen began working in the railroad office of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at ]Milford Center. In 1886 he w'as appointed station agent and held that position until 1908. In 1909 he helped to organize the Union Light and Water Company, of which he was president the first year. He resigned the position of president to take the management of the company and is now filling this iml)ortant position, h'or the past three years he has been interested in the coal Inisiness and has built up a good trade in retailing coal in iNIilford Center and the surrounding community.

Mr. Dea was married November 4, 1884. to ^lary Hinton, the daughter of Michael and Catherine Hinton. To this union one son was born, \\'alter Charles, who died at the age of six years.

Mrs. Dea was born at Broadway, Union county, Ohio, 'Slay 8. 1863. Her mother died in 1904, at the age of sixty-two, and her father is still li\ing at Milford Center. Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hinton, James. Daniel, Andrew, Michael, John, Mary, \\'illiam and one other. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Dea, Hinton by name, were natives of \^irginia and early settlers of Cliillicnthe, Ohio. Later thc\- came to Broadwav, Union county, and still later to Milford Center, where thev died. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Dea were natives of Ireland, but her grandfather on her mother's side came to America and died in Milford Center, Ohio.

.Mr. and Mrs. Dea are members of the Catholic church and contribute liberally to its support. He is a meml)er of the Knights of Columbus and, politically, he gives his stanch allegiance to the Democratic party. He is recognized as a man of prol)it\- and ability and has served his party on several occasions. He has been t(.)\vnship and village clerk a number of times, has also served as township treasurer and as a member of the village council several years. In every place where Air. Dea has been found he has measured up to the full standard of an American citizen.

Dr. Dyer J. Jexkixs

For the past seventeen years Dr. Dyer J. Jenkins has been practicing his profession in Broadway, Union county. Ohio. By a strict devotion to his piofession he has kept himself well abreast of the latest advances in medical science and has built up a reputation as a successful practitioner which extends beyond the limits of his immediate community. He takes an intelligent interest in the civic life of his locality and has filled various offical positions vfith credit to himself and satisfaction to his fellow citizens.

Dr. Dyer J. Jenkins, the son of Jesse C. and Harriet (Carter) Jenkins, was born at West Mansfield, Logan county, Ohio, June 20, 1873. His parents; both of whom were born in Ohio, ha\e two children, Delia, the wife of C. H. Lockwood. of Liberty townshii). Union county, Ohio, and Dr. Dyer J., of Broadway.

Jesse C. Jenkins was reared in Champaign county, Ohio, and came to Union count\- \\'hen a }-oung man. He farmed in his younger davs and later engaged in the mercantile business in West Mansfield, where he remained three years. He then moved to Raymond, and opened up a general mercantile establishment there, but the close confinement of the store affected his health, so he disposed of his store and moved to a farm near Raymond, where he lived until 1899. In that year he and his wife moved into Ra\niiinil, where they are now living a retired life. Both are members of the Christian Xewlight church. Jesse C. Jenkins has been a prominent memlier oi tlie civic life of his community for many }'ears. He has ser\ed as assessor and iustice of the peace, as well as holding other important positions of trust. He has engaged in the buying and selling of stock and wool for several years, although he has now practically retired from all acti\-e business affairs.

(Spillers) Jenkins, natives of Ohio. They lived in Champaign county most of their lives, but died in Union county at an advanced age. Thev had two sons. Isaiah, and [esse C, the father of Doctor Jenkins. The maternal grandparents of Doctor Jenkins were John and (Griffin) Carter, pioneer settlers in Union county, Ohio. The grandmother died in middle age and Mr. Carter lived to an advanced age. Six children were born to John Carter and wife: Charlotte, Caroline, P^liza, Lorena, Harriet and Oliver.

Doctor Jenkins was reared on his father's farm and attended the public school of Raymond, and after finishing the course there he entered Antioch College. After graduating from that institution he took up the study of medicine and graduated from the Starling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio, in 1898. He began the practice of his profession at Broadway the same year and has since continued to reside in that village. He is a member of the Union County and Ohio State Medical Associations.

Doctor Jenkins was married October 8, 1901, to Ethel Colver, the daughter of Horace and Jennie ( Ford) Coher, and to this union one son has been born. Harold C.

Mrs. Jenkins was born in this county, and her parents, both of whom were natives of Ohio, are still living in Richwood. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Colver : Guy, wdio died unmarried ; Charles, of Chicago, Illinois; Arthur, also of Chicago: Ethel, the wife of Doctor Jenkins, and Edna, who is still unmarried. Charles and Arthur are manufacturers of Chicago.

Doctor Jenkins is a meml^er of the Free and Accepted Masons, the Royal Arch Masons and the Royal and Select Masters. He also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Politically, he is identified with the Republican party, and has always taken an active interest in local political matters. He has served as county coroner for two terms, and has filled the position of township treasurer for a similar length of time.

Lerov C. Brown

It is sur])rising tn note the large nunilier of farmers of Union county. Olii'i, will) are nati\-es of tliis coun'w Tliis is an indication that the county is ,'in excellent agricultural section and the unix'ersal thrift of the farmer.s of this county bears ample witness to the fact. A nati\-e-l)orn farmer of this county is Leroy C. Brown, wlio has spent practically all of his life within the linlit'^ of Union county. He has dex-oted all of his life to farming with the exceiJtion of a few years \\lien he was in the west with an engineering corps. For the last five years he has lived in Mill Creek township," wdiere he has a

Leroy C. Brown, the son of \Villiam M. and Rosa (Carr) Brdwn. was born in Dover township. Union county. Ohio. June 6, 1868. His father was born in Union county and his mother in Delaware county, Ohio, and both are still residing in Doxer township in this county, l-'our children were born to William jNI. Brown and wife, tW(.) of whom are li\-ing-: Leroy C. and Floy, the wife of ^Vill Mangans, of Xew Dover. The two deceased children are Frank \\'. and Willa H.

Leroy C. Brown was reared on his father's farm in Dover township and attended the public schools of the township. He remained at home until he was eighteen years of age and then joined an engineering corps and worked throughout Kansas. Arkansas. Missouri, Texas and Louisiana for the next four years. He then returned to Ohio and took up farming, which he has since followed. He tirst rented a farm in Do\-er township and lived there until A])ril, IQOO. when he bought the Flson farm in Mill Creek township, where lie is now residing.

i\Ir. Brown was married in 1897 *^" ^f<ii"y Rittenhouse, who died six }'ears later, leaving two children. Alonetta and Frank. Both of these children are now students in the high school at Watkins. Mr. Br(^wn married a second time in IQ09 to Cornelia Dunn, who was born aufl reared in Defiance countv. Ohio.

Mr. Brown and his family are members of the Springdale Baptist church. Politically, he gi\es his allegiance to the Democratic party but has never aspired to an official position.

Tlie proprieti.ir of the "Pleasant Ividge Stock Farm." in York township. L'nion county. Ohio, is John \\'. Skidmore. who has been a resident of this count-,- since 1849. In that year he came to this county with his parents from Logan county. Ohio, and here he has made !iis home since that time. His father was a prosperous farmer and an influential citizen of this county until his death, and the various members of the Skidmore family have taken an acti\-e part in the advancement of the county along material, moral, religious and educational lines. Mr. Skidmore and his wife reared a family of children to li\es of usefulness and honor, who have taken their places as useful

John \\'. Skidmore, the son of Isaac and Sarah A. (Haines) Skidmore, was born in Logan county, Ohio, July 26, 1845. His father was born in Virginia, and came with his parents. William Skidmore and wife, to Columbiana county, Ohio, and later to Logan county. In Perry township, of that county, Isaac Skidmore grew to manhood and married Sarah A. Haines, who .was born in Logan county, the daughter of Joseph and Rachel ( Ballinger) Haines. After their marriage Isaac Skidmore and his wife located on a farm in Logan county, where they lived until 1849, which year they came to York township, Union county, and purchased one hundred and twenty-one acres of land, to which they subsequently added, until they owned two hundred and seventy-fi\e acres of well improved land. Both were members of the Church of Christ, and deeply interested in its welfare. Isaac Skidmore was a Whig, later a Democrat and when Garfield was nominated voted with the Republicans and remained a supporter of that party to his death. Five children were born to Isaac Skidmore and wife, four of whom are still living: Alonzo Skidmore, who gave three years in defense of his country in the Civil War and who was also a pmoinent educator and minister of the Gospel: Enieline, the wife of L. K. Drake, a fanner of York township: Almina. the wife of John Huffman, deceased, of Union county, Ohio, who later became the wife of A. H. Dean, of Logan county, Ohio: Hester, the wife of J. \\'. McDonald, a farmer of York township, and John W., with whom this narrative deals.

John \\'. Skidmore was four years of age when his parents moved from Logan county, Ohio, to Union county, in 1849, and he now lives on the same farm where his parents settled in that year. He received such education as was gi\en in the common schools of his home township and remained at home until his marriage. He then began farming for himself, and has had success in hog raising. He and his son, I. B., make a specialty of the breeding of Ohio Imprn\-ed Chester \Miite hogs and handle other high-grade live stock as well. In addition to his farming interests, he is a stockholder in a grave vault company at Columbus, Ohio. His farm of one hundred and thirty-three acres lies one and one-half miles northeast of West- Mansfield, Ohio, and is improved in such a wav as to make it one of the most attractive farms in the township.

native of Logan county. Ohio, a dansliter oi David and Martha I Downs) Inskeep. Mr. Skidniorc and his wife liegan iionsekeeping in a hewed log cabin on the farm wliere they are now hving, and as the years have rolled by they have liecome more and more prosperous. Si.\ children have been born to them, five of whom are still living; C. A., a college trained photographer, who is still living at home: A\a. a retired school teacher, who also lives at home: Dr. D. I., a veterinary surgeon, now in the employ of the United States government, with headquarters at Amherst. Massachusetts: I. B., a graduate of a business college, and \v<\\ on the old home farm, and Esther F., who is now teaching in the public schools (jf Union countv. Dr. D. I. Skidmore is a graduate of the Ob.io State University at Columbus, and a man who ranks high in his profession as a \'eterinary surgeon.

The Skidmore family are meml>ers (.)f the Church of Christ, and have always been interested in its welfare. The Republican partv has claimed the hearty supj^jrt of Mr. Skidmore, and that he stands high in the estimation of his fellow citizens is shown by the fact that they nominated and elected him to the important office of township trustee. Mr. Skidmore has taken an active ]5art in the life of his community for more than half a century and has always measured uj) to the highest standard of American citizenship.

The Mcllroy family have been identified with the history of Union county, Ohio, for more than three quarters of a century and ha\e always taken an active part in everything pertaining to its welfare. Zachariah II. Mcllroy is a worthy representative of this family and is now farnfing three hundred acres of excellent land in Liberty town.ship. where he was ])(.)rn and where he has always made his home.

Zachariah H. ^Mcllroy, the son of John M. and Eveline (Hubbard) Mcllroy. was born in Liberty township. I'nion county. Ohio. Aitril i. 1874. His father was born on a farm in this same township in 1S4J and died after a long and useful career in 1909. John M. Mcllroy served in the Civil \\'ar in the One Hundred and Sixteenth Regiment of Ohio \'olunteer Infantry. He was one of the largest land owners of the county and at his death owned three hundred acres of excellent land in Liberty township. His widow is still living. Four children were born to John ]\I. and wife, all of whom are living: Louise, the wife of John Sneall; Zachariah H.. of Libertv township: Xellie, who is still single; and Edward, who is living in Texas.

Zachariah H. ]\IcIlroy was educated in the common schools of Liberty township and remained at home until his marriage. Since then he has been farming in Liberty township and now has charge of a fine farm of three hundred acres. He is an extensive stock raiser and has had unusual success along this line of activity.

Mr. Mcllroy was married in Februarj-, 1901, to Mayme Richard, who was born and reared in Logan county, Ohio. To this union four children have been burn, Aiarion, Leonard, Joseph, Joseph E. and Carrie L.

Politically, Mr. ^Icllroy has always been identified with the Republican party, l)ut has preferred to gi\'e his attention to his agricultural interests exclusively. He has never been a candidate for a public oftice, although he gives his hearty support to all measures of public welfare. As a farmer he ranks among the most progressive of his township, while as a citizen he is well worthy of representation among the public spirited men of his county in this volume.

.\n enterprising \oung business man of Raymond, Ohio, is Isaac W. Arnold, of the firm of Arnold & Bowers, dealers in agricultural implements, buggies anil wagons. Mr. Arnold started snit in the world doing business when a }oung man ami for the past ten years has been living in Raymond, where, for some time, he and Jacob W. Bowers were associated in business, handling farm implements of all kinds, buggies and wagons. On August 31. ii;i4, Mr. Arnold purchased the interest of his partner and now is conducting the business as sole proprietor. In addition to this, Mr. Arnold has a general store (jf his own in Raymond, to which he gi\-es his attention.

Isaac \\'. Arnold, the son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Bushong) Arnold, was horn in Hancock county, Madison township, Ohio, .\ugust 2, 1882. His parents, both of whom were natives of Ohio, reared a family of seven children: Isaac W., of Raymond: Simon, of West Mansfield, Ohio: Rebecca, the wife of Ralph Jones, of McGufifey, Ohio, and four who died in childhood.

Stephen Arnold was reared as a farmer's lad in Hancock county, Ohio, and li\ed there all of his life. He and his wife were both members of the

Brethren church. The paternal grandparents of Isaac \\". Arnukl were W'ilson and Rachel Arnold, natives of Pennsylvania and pioneer settlers of Hancock county, Ohio, where they lived to an advanced age. There were nine children born to Wilson Arnold and wife: Rebecca, .Mnllie, Stephen, I'Van. Wilson, Eliza, Aaron, Millie and Rachel. !\Ir. Arnold was twice married, and by his second wife had one son. William.

The maternal g-rand])arents of Mr. Arnold were Isaac and Mary ( Clingerman ) Bushong, natives of Pennsylvania and early settlers in i lancock count}-, Ohio, where thev died well advanced in years. Mr. Liushong and wife were the parents of three children: Simon, Mary Jane and Elizabeth, the mother of IMr. Arnold.

Isaac \\'. .Vrnold was reared in Hancock countw Ohio, on his father's farm. He attended the district schools of his home neighljorhoixl and lived with his mother until he wa^ about fourteen years of age. He then went to lixe with his uncle, Simon lUishong, and remained with him three years, during which tiiue he atteniled schools during the winter seasons. He and his uncle then engaged in the well-drilling l:)usiness and continued together for about six }-ears.

After the marriage of Mr. .Xrnold, in 1904, he mo\ed to Ra\niond, where he has since resided. He followed the well-drilling business alone for two years after locating in Raymond and then associated with hiiu Jacob W. Bowers, the partnership continuing until .\ugust 31, 1014- In addition to Mr. Bower's well-drilling outfit and well supplies of all kinds, he has a full stock of farm implements, wagons, Iniggies, etc.

}dr. Arnold w-as married December 31. 1004. to Rosine iMscher. the daughter of Louis and -\nna ( Paumank ) I-'ischer, and to thi^> union three sons have been born: Harold. Morris and Loren.

;Mrs. .\rnold was born in Arlington. Ohio, her mother also being a native of Cresdine. while her father was born in Germany. Her parents now live in Arlington, where her father is operating a shoe store. Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Eischer: Rosine, Lizzie, Kate, .\lbert, Frank, Adam, Charles and Mary. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Arnold spent all of their lixes in (iermany.

Politicallv, 'Sir. .\rnold is a Democrat, but has never taken an active part in political matters. He is a member of the Raymond Lodge Xo. f^j^. Knights of Pythias, and has always taken an active interest in the affairs of this fraternal organization. He is a young man who has made his own way in life, and deserves a great deal of credit for the success which he has attained. He is public spirited, interesteil in all measures of public welfare and highly res]3ected liv everyone who knows him.

Judge Dudley E. Thornton

In no profession is there a career more open to talent than is that of the law, and in no field of endeavor is there demanded a more careful preparation, a more thorough appreciation of the absolute ethics of life or of the underlying principles which form the basis of all human rights and privileges. Unflagging application and intuitive wisdom and determination are the concomitants which insure personal success and prestige in this great profession. The field of jurisprudence stands as a stern conservator of justice and it is the one into which none should enter without a recognition of the obstacles to be encountered and overcome, and the battles to be won. A self-made lawyer, a judge on the probate bench of Union county for seven years, Dudley E. Thornton possesses all of these requisite qualities which stamps the able lawyer, and today he stands among the eminent practitioners of Union county, Ohio.

Dudley E. Thornton, former probate judge of Union county, was born June 13, 1864. in Union county. Ohio. He is the son of Boyd and Elizabeth J. (Scott) Thornton. Plis father was born in Logan county, Ohio, as was his mother, and both grew to maturity in the county of their birth. After their marriage they came to Union county and located on a farm in Washington township, where thev lived until their 'death. They started in with no worldly goods whate\er. and by their united efforts accumnmlated a valuable farm of one hundred and sixty acres in this county and reared a family of worthy children. Boyd Thornton was a Republican in politics and held a number of township offices. He died December 13, 1890. his wife having passed away on April 5, 1880. Of the seven children born to Boyd Thornton and wife, only three are now living: Z. R.. Dudley E.. and Arminta, the wife of John Fry. of West Mansfield, Ohio.

Air. Thornton was reared on a farm in Washingtcjn township, this county, and attended the district schools until he was sixteen years of age. As a youth he showed much promise and his father sent him to the Ada Normal School in order to prepare himself for a professional career. However, Mr. Thornton ]jaid his own ex])enses through the normal school by teaching. He would go to school one year, and then teach the next _\ear in order to have enough money to return to school the folhnving year, and in this way he finally graduated from the normal school at Ada, Ohio. While teaching he studied law, and also took the law course at Ada, and after his graduation from the law school was admitted to the har of Union county. He began the active practice of his profession at Plain City, this county, and si.x years later was elected probate judge of Union county. He served in this capacity for seven years, and on retiring from the olhce in Februar}-, 1912, he took up the practice of law in Marysville, where he is now living. As a judge he possesses all of those qualities which are demanded in the successful practitioner and he gave eminent satisfaction during his term of office.

Judge Thornton was married in 1894 to Eva Mather, who was born and reared in Union county, and to this union one child has Ijeen Ijorn, Lamont, who was born Xoxember 7, 1903.

I\Ir. Thornton has l)een a life-long Republican, and has been one of the leaders of his party for many years and taken an acti\'e part, not only in local politics, but in state politics as well. A man of sterling qualities, he is honest and strictly square dealing, and his upright principles and genial disposition have won for him numerous friends throughout the county where he has spent his entire career.

William C. Thoaias

After a long and successful career as a public school teacher, William C. Thomas is now farming in Washington township, where he has been living for several years. Although not a nati\e of this county, he has made it his home for the past fort\' \-ears, during which time he has taken an actix'e part in the educational life of the county. During his thirty-three years spent in the school room and fifteen years as school examiner of I'nion count\' he has made a record that probalih' has ne\-er been e(|ualled in the county. Thousands of chihhx'n ha\e come under his infiuence and been benefited by his instructions and wise counsels, and although he has retired from the school room he still takes an actix'e interest in school affairs, and as a member of the school board of Washington township he is doing everything in his power to improx'e the quality of the schools.

William C. Thomas, the son of Joshua B. and Druzilla ( Hite) Thomas, was born in Greene county. Oh.io, May 7. 1854. His parents were also natix'es of Greene count v and lived there most of their li\-es. His father lived in Illinois for a short time, but returned to Union county, where he made his home the remainder of his life, dying there in May, 1870, his wife having passed away previously. J. B. Thomas was a local minister in the :Methodist Protestant church for a few years, but devoted most of his life to farming, and at his death owned one hundred and eighty-seven and onehalf acres of land in that county. During the time that he was serving as an ordained minister he had charge of the Fort Williams circuit, and after retiring from the active ministry he always took a very active part in church affairs. Nine children were born to J. B. Thomas and wife, six of whom are now living: Elizabeth, the wife of Addison Fossett; Maggie, deceased; Lucretia. deceased, who married Edward Powers, also deceased; Ella, the wife of Grant Cultice; B. F.. the recorder of Greene county. Ohio; Sanford, a farmer in Greene county : John, a farmer living near Lebanon, Ohio ; William C. of Washington township. Union county, and one who died in childhood.

William C. Thomas was reared on his father's farm in Greene county and, after attending the elementary schools of his township, became a student in the Forest Home Seminary, at Bowersville, Ohio. Later he attended Xenia College, and after lea\'ing college became a teacher in the public schools. He came to Union county in 1H75, and for thirty-three years taught in the schools of the county, and also served for fifteen years as school examiner of the county. He was principal of the grammar school at Richwood for three years, township superintendent at Byhalia for three years, and during the rest of his teaching experience taught at various places in the county. He still retains an active interest in school affairs and is an influential member of the Washington township school board at the present time. A few vears ago he retired from the school room and has since devoted his attention to farming.

Air. Tlionias was married December 24, 1879, to Clara E. Harriman, the daughter and only child of J. E. Harriman and Mary ( Barkdull ) Harriman. Mrs, Thomas was born and reared in Washington township, and educated in the common schools. Her father was a nati\'e of Logan county, Ohio. ;mi| Ikt mollier of Richwood, in Lbiion county. Mr. Thomas and his wife are tin- )iareiUs of four children: Leota, the wife of J. Garfield Seran ; Chester Allen, a merchant at .Vrbela, Ohio; and two sons. Holly Elverton and Eldred Lemoyne. who are still living at home. E. L. graduated from the common schools at the age of elexen, from the high school at the age of fourteen, and from the .\ational .\utomobile .'school at the age of seventeen.

Mr. Thomas and his family arc earnest members of the Aleth(j(Hst Episcopal church and interested in all church and Sunday school work. He is a member of Byhalia Lodge No. 720, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and has passed all of the chairs in his lodge. In politics he is a stanch Republican, and has taken an active interest in the welfare of his party.

Asa K. Smart

The career of Asa R. Smart Ijcgan in Mill Creek township, Union county, Ohio, seventy years ago, and in this same township he has been a continuous resident since his birth. He has reached the allotted age of three score and ten and still enjoys good h.ealth and takes an active part in the life of his community. He is a man of sound practical intelligence, who is keenly alert to everything relating to his interests and to all that concerns the advancement and prosperity of his coniniunity. He has taken a deep interest in church work, in the civic life (jf his cumnumity and liecause of his splendid personal characteristics and his genuine worth, he enjoys the confidence and esteem of all who know him.

Asa R. Smart, the son nf John S. and Mary (Robinson) Smart, was born May 4, 1844, in Mill Creek township. Union county, Ohio. His parents, who were both natives of Ohio, reared a family of eleven children, seven of whom are still living: Catherine J., the wife of Isaac Breckenridge, of Trumbull county, Ohio: Joseph T., of Franklin county, this state: O. P., of Kansas; Asa R., of Union county; Isaac, of .\uglaize county, this state; Susan, the wife of James INIcCurgen, of (Jstramler, this county, antl Ettie. the wife of Silas McKidrick, of Marysville.

Asa R. Smart was reared on his father's farm in Mill Creek township, and received a very limited common school education. The sch(iiils of his day were meager in e(|uipment and the ([ualitv of instruction was \ery poor. Early in life he began to work upon his father's farm, helping to clear the land and make it ready for cultivation. He remained at home until he was twentyfour years of age and then married and settled down to the life of a farmer in the tnwnsbi]) where he was born. He now owns one hundred and tliirt\-fi\e acres in this township, on which he has been living since 1868', and all of the improvements which are now on the farm are the results of his own work.

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four children have been born : Minnie, the wife of George Mills, of Union countA-; A. V., a graduate of the Mill Creek township schools, and also a student at Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio ; Mabel, a graduate of tlie high school at Watkins, Ohio, and Alaude, who graduated from the same school and is now the wife of Clarence Wells.

Mr. Smart and his family have all been loyal members of the Presbyterian church at Ostrander, and Mr. Smart is now one of the elders of his denomination. Politicalh'. he has long gi\en his hearty support to the Democratic party, and was fonuerly one of the trustees of ]\Iill Creek township.

Archie T. Cook

A farmer of Liberty township. Union county, Ohio, who has made a pronounced success of sheep raising is Archie T. Cook, who has been a resident of this county for many years. He has not de\'oted all of his life to agricultural pursuits, having been engaged in the drug business in West Mansfield, Ohio, for several years, while he has also been interested in the telephone business for se\'eral years. At the present time he is giving most of his attention to farming and sheep raising, although still interested in the telephone industry.

Archie T. Cook, the son of Uriah and Malinda (Toby) Cook, was born in Liberty township, LTnion county. Ohio, July 22, 1868. His father was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, and came to Union county when a boy, where he grew to manhood and lived the remainder of his life. The wife of Uriah Cook was born and reared in Union county. Three sons were born to Uriah Cook and wife: Archie T.. of Liberty township: F. ^^"., of \\'est Mansfield, Ohio: and Harr}- S., (if Marysville, Ohio.

-Archie T. Cook was rearetl in this count\ and educated in the pul.ilic schools of his h(jme t<iwnshi]). He remained at home until his marriage. Eventually he went to West Mansfield, Ohio, where he was proprietor of a drug store for nine years. He then moved to Bellefontaine. in this state, where he worked for the United Telephone Company in the capacity of trouble inspector. Later he returned to Union county to take charge of his father's farm of ninety acres in Liberty township and has been residing here since that time. Due to his intimate knowledge of the telephone business. he has been appointed recei\er fur the L^nion Cmmty Farmers' Telephone Company and now has general charge of that company's affairs. As a farmer he has given much attention to the breechng of American Merino siieep and has taken many premiums at county, state and national sheep exhibits.

yir. Cook has been married twice. He was first married to Ida Aloore, and to this union two sons were born : Lamont, who is now twenty-one years of age, and Edgar, whri is fifteen. His first wife died December 19, 191 1, and he later married EHzabeth Southard, who died in July, 19 14. To the second marriage one daughter, Catharine E., was born in March, 1914.

Politically, Mr. Cook gives his hearty support to the Democratic party. He is a member of the Church of Christ at West Mansfield, Ohio, where he lived for many years. Fraternal]}-, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias and is the past chancellor of the latter lodge.

A prosperous and substantial farmer of York township, Union county, Ohio, who was born on the farm where he is now living, is Charles G. Morrow. The Morrow famih- ha\e l.ieen identified with the history of Union county since several years before the Civil War and during that time have taken an important part in every phase of the history of the county. i\Ir. Morrow has been unusually successful as a farmer and stock raiser and his well improved farm of two hundred and forty acres, located one and onefourth miles northeast of York Center, is one of the most attractive farms in the county.

Charles G. Morrow, the son of J. A. and Elizabeth (Storms) Morrow, was born on his present farm April 14, i8'59. His father was born in Belmont county, Ohio, and his mother in New York state, each coming to this county with their parents l)efore the Civil War. His parents grew to maturity in this county, married and lived here the remainder of their days. The grandfather of Charles G. Morrow was Dr. Charles Morrow, a pioneer physician of the county and a man who was highly respected and honored by everyone who knew him. J. A. Morrow and wife were the parents of four children, all of whom are still living: Etta, the wife of W. H. Houk; Jessie D., the wife of T. J. Winters: Charles G.. of York township; and S. J., who is connected with the Big Four railroad at Cleveland. Ohio.

Charles G. Morrow was reared on his father's farm and educated in the public schools of York township and the high school at Alarysville. He re- inained at home until his marriage and then began farming in York township, where he has since resided, with the exception of a year and a half which he spent in jMarysville. He is engaged in general farming and stock raising, giving particular attention to the breeding of French Norman horses.

Mr. Morrow was married April 5, 1883, to Mattie M. Davis, a native of this county. To this union two children have been born, Edwin F. and Emery M. Edwin was a student at the Ohio Northern University at Ada, and later at Oberlin College. After his college course was finished, he returned home and is now located on his father's farm. He married Lulu W'orthington. Emery M., the other son, took the agricultural course in the State University at Columbus. He married Florence Cox and now lives on his father's farm.

j\Ir. Morrow and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and have always been active in all of its enterprises. Mr. Morrow has served as superintendent of the Sunday school as well as a teacher in the Sunday school. Politically, he has given his hearty support to the Republican party, but has never cared to take an active part in political afTairs.

Percy Monroe Smith

A representative farmer and stock raiser of Darby township, Union county, Ohio, is Percy Monroe Smith, who is known as one of the alert and successful agriculturists of this section of the Buckeye state. His grandparents were early settlers of this county, ha\ing located here more than seventy years ago.

Percy M. Smith, the son of Rev. David and Alvira (Andrews) Smith, was born in Bourbon county, Kansas, in 1887. His father was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal church and during a long and active career preached in many different states. At one time he had charge of the ]\Iethodist church at AIilf(M'd Center, Ohio, but during his latter years lived in Missouri and flied in that state. David Smith was a son of Robert and Sarah Smith and was the father of three children, Mrs. Tinnie Jefferson, Mabel and Percy M.

The maternal grandparents of Percy M. Smith came to Franklin county in 1844 and settled in the wilderness. Grandfather Andrews became a substantial farmer and followed that occupation until his death, in 1887. ^If- .Andrews and liis wife reared a famih- of eight children: .\nson. who died in the army of typhoid fever; Elizabeth, who is living with Percy M. Smith;

Ira, tleceased : Alvira. the wife nf the late Re\-. Smith and the mclher of Percy AI. Smith; E(lt,'ar, deceased; Sarah, the wife of B. L. kijbin.son ; Lucinda, deceased; Arilla, deceased.

The education of Percy AI. Smith was received in the schools of Unionville Center, Ohio, and Ohio State Lni\ersity at Columbus. After leaving the university, he began to farm on his present farm of one hundred and sixty-four acres.

Vincent M. Willoughby

The farmer is the bulwark of the nation and investigation has shown that a majority of the best business men in the cities were reared on the farm. George Washington was a farmer and was proud of the fact, and Abraham Lincoln was reared on a rock farm in the southern part of Indiana. Many of the most popular governors Ohio has ever had were reared on the farm and prided themselves on being "horny-handed sons of toil." Among the farmers of Union county, Ohio, there is none more progressive than Vincent M. Willoughby, who has been thoroughly schooled in all of the multitude of agricultural details which are the necessary concomitants of the best farmers. Careful and conservative in his liusiness methods and affairs, he is nevertheless sufficiently progressive in order to keep pace with the latest ideas and methods of agriculture.

Vincent M. \^'illoughby, the son of James and Rebecca (Postle) Willoughby, was born November 22, 1833, in Madison county, Ohio. Plis parents, both of whom are now deceased, reared a family of nine children, eight of whom are still living: Mary, the wife of G. W. Bussard, of Aladison county, Ohio; Vincent M., of Liberty township, this county; William M., who married Mollie Cribberly, of Madison county; Henry M., a farmer living in Kansas; John C, also in Kan.sas; Robert, of Denver, Colorado; Effie B., the wife of Addison Galloway, of Franklin county, Ohio, and Cliffe, the wife of E. A. Betts, who li\-es in Kansas.

\'incent M. was reared on his father's farm in Aladison county, Ohio, and recei\ed his education in the district schools. At the age of fifteen he began to work for himself and when he was married, at the age of twenty-two, he and his young wife had no resources except their good health and a determination to succeed in life. They went south and lived for a time, but returned to Ohio, w'here 'Sir. Willoughby worked for R. G. Dunn bv the day for some time. He received one dollar a dav for his services, and saved most of his money. Later he rented a farm of one hundred acres and lived on it for a time, after which he bought an acre and a quarter for one hundred and twenty-five dollars and lived in a shack for a time. Gradually he and his wife saved enough money to invest in more land, and today his farm of three hundred and twenty-nine and eighty hundredths acres, known as the '-.Maple \'illa Farm," is a glowing tribute to his successful career as a farmer. His farm lies three and one-half miles southwest of Raymond, Ohio, and is recognized as one of the best farms in Liberty township. He is essentially a self-made man in every particular, and he and his good wife richly deserve the success which has attended their efiforts.

^'incent M. Willoughby was married in November, 1875, to Ella Bussard, a native of Clark county, Ohio, and to this union have been born two children, only one of whom, Grace, is now living. She was born September 12, 1890, and is the wife of Robert Stone, a farmer of this county. Mr. Stone bought the old Evans farm in Liberty township on October 30, 1913, and is already making many improvements upon this place.

Charles W. Smith

The year 1835 marks the advent of the Smith family, of which Charles \\'. Smith is a member, into Union county, Ohio. At that time he was only two years of age and here he has spent liis wh<:)le career since then, which is more than eighty years. ]Mr. Smith served throughout the Civil \Var and has been farming for the past half century in York township, where he settled after returning from the war. His career has been devoted to the ser\-ices of his fellow citizens and for sixteen }ears he ser\ed as trustee and county commissioner. He has always been acti\'e in church work, his father being a charter member of the Alethodist Episcopal church at Raymond.

Charles W. Smith, a highly respected citizen of York township, was born in Harrison county. Ohio, March 31, 1833. He is a son of Charles and Sarah (Gudfrev) Smith, natives of \''irginia and Lennsylvania, respectively. His fatlier went from \'irginia to Pennsyl\TUiia and there married Sarah Codirvx and slmrtly after their marriage they nio\'ed to Harrison county, Olii'i. where nine of their ten children were born. In 1835 Charles Smith came to I'nion county and located in Lil)erty township in the woods. He cleared away a s])ot, built a rude log cal)in and lived on this farm until his death, in 1859. Of the ten children born to Charles Smith and wife, two are now living, Charles ^V., and Eliza, the widow of Sol Cleason, of Missouri. Charles Smith was one of the pioneer settlers of the county and his first cabin had only three sides, the fourth side being exposed to the weather. He and his wife attended church four miles away. They were deeply interested in the welfare of the first church organized at Ra)'mond and were prominent factors in its early history. He worked at Kings Creek plains for sixty-two and one-half cents a day and at that time had to pay one dollar a bushel for corn to feed his family. He owned the first wagon in Liberty township.

Charles AA', Snn'th was only two years of age when his parents moved from Harrison county. Ohio, to L'nion county. He recei\-ed a meager common school education in the subscription schools of his boyhood days and early in life learned to swing the axe and handle the rifle. He remained at home helping his father until he was twenty-five years of age and then began working for himself. At the <>|)ening of the Civil War he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Regiment. Ohio \'olunteer Infantrv, and served until the end of the war. Before the close of the war he was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant and was holding this rank when he was mustered out of the service. Mr. Smith l)elongs to the Kaiison Reed Post, Grand Army of the Repulilic, at Marysville.

At the close of the war, Mr. Smith returned to Union county and settled down to the life of a farmer in York township, where he has since continued to reside. He has a well improved farm, although he has now retired from active farm work.

Air. Smith was married to Caroline A. Hathway. the daughter of E. and Almira (Loring) Hathway. natives of Massachusetts. To tliis union have been born three children : l-'mily, who was a student at Delaware College, at Delaware, Ohio, and now the wife of Clyde Bitzer : Xannie. the wife of John McCloud, and Charles H., who was educated at Delaware College and is married to Eleanor Tallman. Charles 'H. was married June 23, 1904, and he and his wife have three sons : Charles, James and John. The wife of of Charles H. Smith was a daughter of James and Rebecca ( Sager) Tallman, of London, Ohio.

Charles W. Smith and his wife were acti\'e members of the INlethodist Episcopal church at Rayniontl and hax'e been active in all church and Sunday school work. Air. Snnth was superintendent of the Sunda\- school for a period of twenty years. He is a member of the Free and .Accepted Masons and the Knights of Pythias, and is a past chancellor and a member of the grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias. In politics he has given his support to the Republican party since its organization, in 1856. He has served as trustee of York township for nine years and as commissioner of Union county for a period of seven years. He appraised the land in York township in 1870 and 1880. -Mr. Smith is one of the grand old pioneers of Union countv and is one of the very few citizens of the county who have lived here more than eightv rears. His whole career has been one of usefulness and htnior and it seems eminently fitting tliat his life history be recorded in this \-olume.

York township. Union county, Ohio, contains several farmers who were born in this same township, and among them F. W. Perkins occupies a prominent place. His farm, known as the "Eureka Sheep Farm," consists of one hundred three and one-half acres, located two miles east of West Mansfield and from this farm he has shipped American Alerino Sheep to various parts of the United States and as far away as south Africa. He ranks among the leading sheep raisers of Ohio and has exhibited his sheep at many state and county fairs.

F. W. Perkins, the son of William and Caroline M. (Rea) Perkins, was born on the farm where he is now living, June 28, 1855. His father was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, and his mother in Logan county and both came here before their marriage. His father came to Union county with his father, John Perkins, and located on the farm south of where E. W. Perkins is now living. Later John Perkins moved to Indiana, where he died. William Perkins grew to manhood in this county and he and his wife reared a family of three children: F. W., of York township: French ^^".. deceased; and Jennie A., who died at the age of seven. William Perkins was a prominent man in this county for many years. He enlisted in Companv D, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged from the service December 15, 1864.

F. W. Perkins was reared on his father's farm in York township and educated in the district schools in his home neighborhood. He married at the age of twenty-five and at once settled down to the life of a farmer and with a success which has stamped him as one of the leading farmers and stock raisers of his county. In fact, he has made a reputation as a sheep raiser which extends far beyond the limit of his own county and even of his own state. As a breeder of American Merino sheep he has won a national reputa- tion and is now the vice-president of the \'ermont, New York and Ohio Merino Sheep Association, an honor which came to him because of his success as a breeder of this particular kind of sheep. He has exhibited his sheep at many state and county fairs and has won numerous prizes. He has made no less than six shipments of his prize sheep to South Africa for breeding purposes.

Mr. Perkins has been twice married. He was first married to iilla Votaw. Xovember i, i,SSo, and she died March 29, 1883. To this union one daughter was born. Bertha 1!.. in j88'i. Bertha died July 29, igoi, leaving one son, Carroll \\'.. who was born July 14. of the same year. The second wife of Mr. Perkins was Mora J. Riley, his second marriage occurring December 26. 1891. She was born in Ashland county, Ohio, Novemlier 22, 1 861, and was educated in the schools of her home count\-. There were no children to this second marriage.

]\Ir. Perkins and his wife arc acti\e members of the Church of Christ at West IMansfield and Mr. Perkins is a deacon and trustee of his church. Airs. Perkins i? a member of the Ladies' Aid Society and also \-ice-president of the Farm Women's Clul) of her township. \[v. Perkins is a member of the Protecti\'e Association of Union count^-, Ohio. Politically, he is a Republican and has served as a memlier of the school board of his ti.nvnship for the past twenty-one }ears. Mr. Perkins and his wife are well known throughout the county and ha\e many warm friends who admire them for their man\' good qualities.

A prominent _\oung business man and banker of Richwood, Ohi(j, is Leo John McCoy, who has been connected with the First National Bank of Richwood since its organization in 1908. Lie is a }-oung man with a college education and has rapidly forged to the front as a successful banker. 'Sir. McCoy and L X. Lair, cashier of the Citizens National Bank of Wilmington, Ohio, organized the First National Bank in 1908 with a capital stock of twentv-hve thousand dollars. The officers of the bank are as follows: H. J. Brooks, president: Edward A. Scbambs, \ice-president: Leo J. McCov, cashier. So rapidl\- has the business of the bank increased that the capital stock has since Ijeen increased to forty thousand dollars, and within the short space of se\en vears the bank has grown until it has more than two hundred and fift\- thou- sand dollars on deposit all the time. This phenomenal growth is due to the confidence which the people of the community repose in Mr. McCoy and the directors of the bank, and to the courteous treatment Mr. McCoy, as cashier, gives its patrons.

Leo John ;\IcCoy. the son of Hugh and Margaret (Oren) McCoy, was born in Wilmington, Ohio, December 17, 1883. His parents were natives of Ohio, and they have reared a family of five children, Oliver, Ethel, Leo J., Elsie and Arthur. Elsie is professor of Latin in Wilmington College. All of the children, with the exception of Leo J., are living in Wilmington.

Hugh McCoy was reared in Clinton county, Ohio, and has always been a farmer. He is a director of the Citizens National Bank, of Wilmington, but still resides on his fine farm of four hundred acres. He and his wife are members of the Friends church.

The paternal grandparents of Mr. McCoy were Robert and Sarah (Fife) McCov, natives of Fifeshire, Scotland, the county being named after the original head of the family. Robert ]\IcCoy and Sarah Fife came to America before their marriage and lived in Philadelphia and were married in that citv. Pxith were of Presbyterian stock. Robert McCoy brought his family later to Ohio, and located in Clinton county, among the first settlers. He cleared the land, built a log cabin and developed a farm near Wilmington, where he and his good wife reared a family of seven children, Hugh, Da^-id, Maxwell. Charles, William, James and Maggie.

The maternal grandparents of Leo J. McCoy were John A. and Johanna (1-jailey) Oren, natives also of Clinton county. Ohio. They died in Highland county, this state, at an advanced age. Six children were born to John .\. Oren and wife, Sarah. Susanna, Margaret, John, Alfred, James and a daughter who died in childhood. The Oren family history in this county dates back to John Oren, Sr., the son of Jesse and Abigail (Kirk) Oren. John Oren, Sr., was born in Yorktown, York county, Pennsylvania, in 1765, and was the father of sixteen children and lived to have one hundred and five grandchildren. He afterwarils moved to dreene county. Tennessee, where he united with the Friends church and the family have continued in that faith ever since.

Leo John McCoy was reared on his father's farm in Clinton county, Ohio, and, after finishing the common schools, entered Wilmington College, from which excellent institution he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1906. He then engaged in the fire insurance business for a short time, but within a year became bookkeeper in the Citizens National Bank, of Wilmington. Two years later he assisted in the organization of the

Mr. McCoy was married June 5, 191 2, to Ehzabeth King, the daughter of Charles E. and Lucy ( h'inch) King, and to this union two children have been born, Elmore King and Gertrude Ellen. JVIrs. McCoy was born in Richwood, as was her father. Her mother was a native of Iowa. Her parents are now living in Richwood. where her father is engaged in the grocery business. Mrs. McCoy is the only child of her parents.

The paternal grand])arents (jf Mrs. INIcCoy were Dr. Elmore V. and Elizabeth (Rogers) King. Charles E.. the father of Mrs. McCoy, was the only child. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. McCoy were Peter and Marilla (Wort) Finch.

Mr. and Mrs. McCoy are earnest and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church. 'S\v. McCo>- is church treasurer and teaches a class in the Sunday school. He is a member of the county committee of the Young Men's Christian Association. Fraternally, he is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons. He gives his support to the Republican party, but has never been acti\'e in political matters.

Harry A. Taylor

One of the youngest farmers of Dover township. Union county, Ohio, is Harry A. Taylor, who is now farming two hundred acres of the Ta^dor estate with a success which si)eaks well for his ability as an agriculturist. Born and reared in this county, as was his father before him, he has a wide circle of friends and acquaintances throughout the county and is known to everyone as a young man of high character and painstaking industry. The success which has attended his efforts thus far indicate that some da\- he will be classed among the substantial men of his community. He is now at the very threshold of his career and has a long and prosperous future before him.

Harry A. Taylor, the son of Adrian and Lou (Riteman) Taylor, was born November 16, 1887, on his father's farm in Dover township. His father was born in the same township and after a long and successful career on the farm is now living a retired life in Dover with his wife. Adrian is the son of Andrew Ta}'lor and wife, and he and his wife ha\e reared a family of seven children, six of whom are still living: Etta, the wife of. \Vill Gomble; Oscar: Harry A., of Dover township: Hattie, the wife of S. Miller;

Harry A. Taylor attended the common schools until he was sixteen years of age and worked on the farm during the summer season while attending school. At the age of seventeen, he commenced renting land from his father and after his marriage, at the age of nineteen, he took charge of the Taylor estate in this township, which he has been successfully managing since that time. He is progressi\e and enterprising in his methods and is meeting with unusual success in all of his agricultural operations.

j\Ir. Taylor was married April ii, 1906, to Gertrude Weaver, the daughter of George and Clara ( Fish) Weaver. To this union have been born three children, Edwin, Berenice and Pearl.

Politicallv, Mr. Taylor has not taken an acti\'e ])art in political affairs. Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias and belongs to the lodge at Dover. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Taylor is a man of practical and sound intelligence and is alert til e\'ervtliing relating to his interest and, in fact, with all that concerns the advancement and prosperity of his communit}'. Because of his fine personal characteristics and his genuine worth, he enjoys the confidence and esteem of all who know him and has an unusuallv wide and varied accjuaintance throughout the township and county.

Cyrus Stamets

The "Maple Grove Stock Farm" of two hundred and fifty-eight acres in "^'ork township is the home of Cyrus Stamets, who was born in this township more than seventy years ago. Fie is one of the pioneer farmers of the county and a member of one of the first families to locate in Union county. He is a veteran of the Civil War and one of the most highly respected citizens of the township where he has made his residence for more than three score and ten years.

Cyrus Stamets, the son of John and Ally (Koons) Stamets, was born in York township, Union coimty, Ohio, December 6, 1842. His father was born in Pennsylvania, the son of George Stamets, who was a son of Philip Steinmetz. a native of Prussia and who settled in the United States at the opening of the American Revolution. Philip Steinmetz ser\cfl under General Washington and was captain of a light horse company from the state of

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Pennsylvania. He was w. niiideil three tinie.s durin<; the Revohition. receiving one of his wounds at the hattle of (iermantown, OctoiDer 4, 1777. After the close of the Revolution. Philip Steinmetz settled in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, where he li\ed the remainder of his days. Pie owned li\e liundred acres of land at the time of his death.

George Stamets, the grandfather of Cyrus and the son of Philip, who served in the Revolutionarv War, was reared to manhood in Pennsylvania and came to Muskingum count}-, Ohio, about 18 15, where he lived the remainder of his life. He was the father of John Stamets, the father of Cyrus. John Stamets came to Muskingum cciuuty when a lad with his parents and married Ally Koons, a nati\e of Licking county, Ohio. On .Xjiril 11, 1831, John Stamets and family came to Union county, Ohio, where he and his wife reared their family of eight children. fi\e of whom arc now hving: IP S., of Washington township: Matthew, of Richwood, Ohio; .Malchus F., a farmer of Union county: Sarah, the wife of \\'illiam Hamilton: and Cyrus.

Cyrus Stamets. who is a t\\ in brother of Sarah, was reared in ^'ork township and received such education as was given by the rude district schools of his boyhood days. He was a memljcr of Company A, P'irst liegiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered into the service in August, 1863, and served until he was discharged, in July, 1864. He participated in the battles of Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge. Lookout Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain and many others of the war.

Immediately after the close of the war, Cyrus Stamets returned to his home in York township, in this connty, and settled down to the life of a farmer. He recei\'ed nine hundred dollars from his father's estate and with this as a nucleus, he has become niie of the most substantial farmers of the township. His two hundred and fifty-eight acres is one of the best improved farms of the county. He has lieen an extensive stock raiser and a man who has always worked hard and is well deserving of the success which lias come to him because of his persistent efforts.

Mr. Stamets was married Januar\- i, 1873, to Margaret P^isli, the daughter of C. E. and Elizabeth Eish. His wife was born and reared in Union countv. To this marriage two children were born. Carrie, the wife of George Williams, of Marion county, Ohio, and Ma\-, the wife of Rolla Linn, a farmer of Claibourne township, in Union county. The mother of these two children died April 19, 1909, and on September 7, 1910, 'Sir. Stamets married Mrs. Margaret (Ross) Parsons. She was the daughter of William and Elsie Ross and was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, September 2j. 1844. She was a school teacher in Union county for many vears and was the voungest child of twenty-seven cliildren born to lier father. Her father was twice married, lia\iiii;- twehe children by his first wife and fifteen by his second.

Mr. Stamets and his wife are members of the Baptist church and active workers in all church work. He is one of the trustees of his church and has been a faithful attendant of the church for more than half a century. In politics, he has always given his support to the Democratic party but has never taken an active part in its councils. Mr. Stamets is a liberal supporter of the church and of all benevolent and public-spirited enterprises. He is a whole-souled, big-hearted man, charitable to the needs of his neighbors and has so conducted himself and his affairs as to win the high esteem and regard of all who know him.

George G. Spangler

A well improved farm of York township. Union county, Ohio, is the "North View Stock Farm," consisting of one hundred acres, five miles east of West Mansfield. The farm is owned by George G. Spangler, who has been one of the most enterprising farmers of York township for many years. Mr. Spangler came to this county in 1891 and lived in Washington township for ten vears, since which time he has been living on his present farm.