Jerome Township (part 8 of 19)

Charles j\L Diehl, the son of William and Mary Jane (Robey) Diehl, was born in Madison county, Ohio, October 3, 1866. His father was born in Coblenz, Germany, and came tu .America in 1854 and located in Aladison county, Ohio, where he met and married Mary Jane Robey. To them were born four children: Charles M., of Union township; John, who died in Madison county at the age of three: William H., who died at the age of five: and Mod M., the wife of George Wycoff, a farmer of L^nion township.

William Diehl was a harness maker by trade in his native land and followed it for about five years after coming to this country. He then engaged in the grocery business at Mount Sterling, Ohio, and continued to follow that business until 1878, when he engaged in farming in Madison county, in Oakrun township. In 18S5 he came to L'nion county as manager of the Dunn and Tliurman estate and managed this large farm for about fifteen years. He then bought a farm of one hundred acres on which he lived until his death. March 27, 11J14. His widow is now living in Milford Center. William Diehl and Mary Jane Robey were married in Madison countv, in

September. 1865, immediately after he returned from the Civil War. William Diehl enlisted in the Fortieth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at the opening of the war and served with this regiment for two years. Me then re-enlisted in the Eighth Regiment of Ohio Ca\alrv and served until March, 1865.

Charles J\I. Diehl was educated in the public schools of Alount Sterling, Ohio, and remained at home until his marriage. He came with his parents to this county in 1885 and married two years later and at once began farming in L'nion township, where he has since resided. He divides his attention between general farming and stock raising in such a way as to get the maximum results from his farm.

Mr. Diehl was married October 30, 1887, to Iva Harjjer. the daughter of Andrew J. and Jeanette (Thompson) Harper, natives of Pennsvhania and Ohio, respectively. To this union five children have been born, all of whom are now living: William .\., born July 2~. 1888; Walter A., born July 13, 1890, married to Ethel Weller: Charles F., born February 15, 1893; Janet, born March 2, 1895; ^'""^ ^-\'&. M., born ]\Iay 30, 1897.

Mr. Diehl is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons at Marysville and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Milford Center. He also holds his membership in the Benevolent and Protecti\'e Order of Elks at Marys\'ille. Politically, he is a Democrat and has been one of the leaders of his party in county affairs for many years. He is now ser\ing his second term as county commissioner and has previously held many township offices. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Milford Center.

I-ennington W. [McAllister traces his ancestry back among the sturdy Pennsylvania people, a class of people who constituted a large part of pioneer and early settlers of Ohio. The peojile who came from Pennsyhania in the earlv times were generallv of the thrift}' and industrious class, honest and upright in character, of strict integrity and morals and rather above the average in intelligence. Such people leave their impress on the community in which they dwell and their benign influence remains after they have passed away. It is to these and their descendents. who have inherited these cammendable traits of character, that Union county and other counties of Ohio are indebted for the high quality of the present citizenship.

Abdieal McAllister was the paternal grandfather of our subject. He was born in Hano\'er county, Pennsylvania, and resided in that state for several \ears after his marriage. He had a family of eight children, most of whom are dead. Those who lived to mature years are Margaret, living in Columbus, Ohio: Richard T., the father of our immediate subject, and Jesse. The elder McAllister removed with his family from Pennsylvania and was among the early settlers in central Ohio. Richard T., who was one of the younger members of the family, was mostly reared in the Ohio home, where he worked on the farm and attended the country schools as regularly as the necessity of work on the farm would permit. He also found employment in dri\'ing stock to the eastern market for his brother, who was extensivelv engaged in that business. When he was nineteen years of age he began the stock business for himself and followed that for several years. He was known as Colonel McAllister and had a very wide acquaintance in his own and the adjoining counties. When there was call for volunteers for army service in the Civil War he ofifered himself as a soldier, but was rejected on account of not being up to standard of physical requirements. Colonel McAllister was very successful in his business and in the course of a few years began to in\est his money in lands, adding one tract after another to his possessions until at one time he was the owner of one thousand acres of fine land in Delaware and I'nion counties. He was killed on the railroad about thirty years ago. The children of this family were as follows: Mary, who married Mr. Coles and has two children living, Tottie and Anna; Abdieal, deceased: William G. ; Lennington W., our subject: Emma, married ]\Ir. Kald: Richard T., deceased.

Lennington W. McAllister was born Noveiuber 25, 1859, in Delaware county, near Sunbury, and was the son of Richard T. and Martha C. (Gale) McAllister. His early life was spent on his father's farm and his elementary education was obtained in the country schools of the neighborhood. Coming to Union county after the war he axailed himself of the opportunity to attend the Richwood high school where he finished his education. During all of his school period he worked on the farm when not attending school. After finishing school he commenced farming for himself and has followed that occupation since. His present farm on which he has been living for the past ten years, consists of one hundred acres of fine land, located on the Lewisburg road, about two and a half miles west of Marysville.

Mr. McAllister was married to Ruth Wilcox, daughter of James Wilco.v, December 2^. 1883, and to this union four children have been bom, namely: I'Aa and Richard, at home: Jesse, li\'ing in Marysville: Robert, a professor in the Warrensbiirg school. Eva is engaged as a teacher in the same town. Mr. and Mrs. McAlHster are members of the Congregational church. His fraternal association is with the Knights of Pythias. His political atfiliation is with the Republican party and he takes an active part in its affairs, as did his father before him. He is at present a member of the school board and dex'otes much of his time and thought to the interests of the schools.

Jacob Fischer

The well improved farm of one hundred and ninety acres in Jerome township. Union county, Ohio, owned by Jacob Fischer, attests to his sterling ability as a farmer. He and his young bride came to this county after their marriage in the fall of 1880 and by hard work and good management have accumulated the farm upon which they are now residing. Mr. Fischer started to make his own way in the world when he was fifteen years of age and his present fine farm is a glowing tribute to his industry, perseverance and well defined purpose.

Jacob Fischer, the son of Peter and Catherine (Reiselt) Fischer, was born in Franklin township, Hamilton county, Ohio, November 25, 1858. His parents were both natives of Germany, his father coming here when he was about twenty-five years of age and his mother when she was about eleven. They were married at Columbus, Ohio, in 1856, and to them were born three children, all of whom are living: Jacob, of Union county: Catherine, the wife of Samuel Livingston, of Columbus: and Susan, the wife of Henry Kalb, of Crawford county, Ohio. Peter Fischer enlisted in the Civil War in an Ohio regiment and shortly after entering the sen'ice contracted pneumonia, from which he died.

Jacob Fischer received an elementary education in the schools of Franklin county, Ohio, and when fifteen years of age started out to work for himself. He saved his money and when he married at the age of twenty-two, he came at once with his young wife to Uni^n cnunty and bought a small farm. To this he has added from time to time until lie now has one hundred and ninetv acres of well inipro\ed land. He has a fine country home, large and commodious barns and his whole place gives e\ery evidence of thrift. He is an extensi\e stock raiser and handles only a high grade of stock on his farm, having found by experience that it pays to keep only the best grade.

daughter of Andrew and Margaret (Kreitzbaucher) Hubman, natives of Gemiany. Mrs. Fischer's parents came to the United States when young and were married in Cohimbus, later removing to Union county, where they lived until their death. Her father died July 20, 1912. and her mother passed away in 1894.

Mr. Fischer and his wife are the parents of two children, one dying in infancy-, and Peter, born September 29, 1882. Peter graduated from the high school of Jerome township and was married in 1909 to Catherine Scheiderer. a daughter of Christopher Scheiderer, of Union county. Peter has two children: Christina, l)orn August 2t,. 1910, and Ernestine, born in June, 1914.

The Democratic party claims the stanch support of Mr. Fischer, but, although interested in good government, he has never taken an active part in political affairs. The family are loyal members of St. John's Lutheran church and take an active part in its work in this community. Mr. Fischer and his wife are highlv regarded in the locality where they have li\ed for manv vears and thev have a host of friends who admire them for their many good qualities of head and heart.

A half century ago there came to Alarysville, Ohio, a young man and his bride, and today this same young man who came here fifty years ago without any resources, is one of the most substantial business men of Union countv. Probably John C. Asman, who was the young man in question, owes no inconsiderable part of his success to the fact that he was born and reared in Germanv. It is undenial)l\" true that practically all of the German residents of Ohio have pro\ed to be worthy, as well as thrifty citizens of the commonwealth. The career of ]Mr. Asman during the past half century in Union count}' is an interesting one from e\ery standpoint, and by his own thrift, industry and well directed l)usiness judgment, he has accumulated a very comfortable competence and stands today as a man of affluence as well as of influence, and a man highly respected by every one who knows him.

John C. Asman, tlie son of Samuel and Margaretta (Beldsner) Asman, was Ijorn in Bavaria, (jerniany. September 30, 1837. His parents, both of whom were natives of Ba\aria, lived ail of their lixes in their native country and both iiave been deceased more than half a centurv. His father died at the age of fift)-six and his mother (hed while still a young woman. Three children were horn to Samuel Asman and wife: Leonard, who died in Columbus, Ohio: Charlotte, who was the wife of Leonard Berthold, and died in Germany, and John C, of Marysville.

.\fter the death of his first wife Samuel Asman married a Mrs. (iuyer. He and both of his wi\'es were loyal members of the German Lutheran church. The paternal grandparents of John C. Asman were Jacob .Vsman and wife and Samuel was their only child. The maternal grandparents of Air. Asman lived and died in Germany, where the\' reared three children, Margaretta, Sophia and a son. Little is known of the faniilv history of the Beldsner family.

John C. Asman was reared in Germany and li\ed there until he was twenty-two years of age. Wishing to ha\"e better opportunities than he felt his own country afforded, he came to America in 1859 and located in Columbus, Ohio. He had learned the trade of a liutcher in Germany and this has been his life work, .\fter working in Columbus for three years at his trade, he came to Marysville and worked for Lep Woods, where he remained for three years. \lr. ^^'oods then died and ]\Ir. Asman bought his interests in the shop, and has been in the retail meat market luisiness in Marysville since that time. For the past twenty years his son. \\'ilham, has been associated with him in the business.

In addition to his interests in the meat market, Mr. .\sman also has various other interests in the county. He owns a fine farm of one hundred and twenty-six acres in and Mill Creek townships and also a small tract of land adjoining Marysville. He is \ice-president and a director in the Marysville Bank, and also in the L'nion Banking Company. He is also a stockholder in the Marvs\ille Cabinet Company and has stock in \arious other enterprises in the county. His long business career here - and he has the honor of being the oldest continuous business man in Marys\'ille - has laeen such that his good name has ne\er been brought into disrepute. His record as a business man has been clean and thereby he has gained the high esteem of everyone with whom he has been associated.

Mr. Asman was married March 28, 1855, to Barbara Emert, the daughter of Alichael Emert and wife, and to this union seven children ha\e been born. William, Charlotte, Charles, I'^lizaljeth. Frederick, Thomas and Margaretta. William married Mrs. Jiisephine Long. Charlotte is the wife of William Stellhorn, of Columbus, and has two children, ]\lartha and .\lma. Charles, a druggist of Marys\ille, married Maria Lindsenmeyer and has two children, William and Edward. Frederick, who is represented in this xolume.

is cashier of the Union Banking Company, of Marysville. Thomas, Elizabeth and Margaretta are still living with their parents. Thomas operates his father's farm and Margaretta is a bookkeeper and stenographer in the I'nion Bank. The family are all loyal members of the Trinity Lutheran church.

David Moss

For more than sixty years David Moss has been a resident of Jerome township, Union county, Ohio, having come to this county at the age of fifteen from his native state of Pennsylvania. He has been a life-long farmer, although he has nowr been retired from active work for several years. He belongs to that class of pioneer farmers who have lived through at least three generations of farming experiences.

David Moss, the son of John and Dorothy (Huston) Moss, was born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, August 7, 1838. His parents moved to western Pennsvlvania some time after his birth and about 1853 removed to Union county, Ohio, and located in Jerome township. There were three children born to John Moss and wife, and all of them are still living: David, with whom this narrative deals ; Amanda, the widow of W. B. Herriott, deceased, who now lives in Decatur, Illinois, with her daughter, and Margaret A., the wife of Dr. James Merryman, of Columbus, Ohio.

David Moss received most of his education in the schools of his native state where he lived until he was fifteen years of age. At that age he came with his parents to Union county, Ohio, and he has lived in Jerome township continuously since that time. His parents lived here until their death, his father dying in 1893 ^"d li'* mother in 1898. Mr. Moss remained at home until his marriage in 1873 and then liegan farming for himself in Jerome township. He added to his land holdings from time to time until he had one of the best farms in the township, although he has sold most of his land and now retains only thirty-seven acres of his original farm.

Mr. Moss was married in June, 1873, to Margaret Neill, a daughter of Samuel and Mary (Pennypacker) Neill, natives of Pennsylvania, and now deceased.

Mr. Moss has lieen a life-long l\e]niblican and cast his first vote for .Abraham Lincoln in i860. Mrs. Moss is a member of the Presbyterian church and while Mr. Moss himself is not an active member of this denomina- tion, yet he has always contributed .generously of his means to its support. Mr. Moss is one of the oldest pioneers of his tdwnship and has endeared himself to a large circle of friends and acquaintances throughout the countv.

A man of influence in his community and a highly respected citizen of this county all his life, the late John L. Fox nccupied a prominent place in the history of Union county, Ohio, for more than half a century. He always stood for good citizenship, and belonged to that group of sterling citizens who are known for their upright lives, strong common sense and high ideals of citizenship. He was descended from (lerman ancestors and was an industrious and thrift}- man who pro\ ided well for his family. He always sc> lived that he well merited the high esteem in which he \\as universally held by all classes.

The late John L. Fox was born in Paris township. Union county, Ohio, July 3, 1858, and died in the township where he was born, January lo, 1904. He was the son of .Andrew and Susan ( Kuhlnian ) Fox, natives of Bavaria, Germany.

John L. Fox was educated in the public schools at Marysville, learning- English first and later attending a Gernian school in this county. After leaving school he ren-iained at home until his marriage and then began renting land and sa\'ing his mone}- in order to purchase a farn-i of his own. \\'ithin a few years he was able to buy the farm on which his widow is now living. on the Woodstock and Marysville road about three miles west of Marysville. He was a progressive farmer and ranked among the most enterprising agriculturists of his community.

Mr. Fox was married October 26, 1882. to Anna W. "Barbara" Greenbaum, the daughter of Andrew and Barbara ( Reichenberger ) Greenl)aum. ]\Irs. Fox's father was born in Bavaria, Germany, and was a prominent German citizen of Union county. Eight children were born to Mr. and ^Irs. Greenbaum, George, John, Anna \\\, Andrew. Jr., Gootlieg, Anna C., Lena and Eenora. .Ml of these children are still living witli the exception of Andrew, Jr., and Lenora.

Mr. Fox and his wife reared a family of eight children: Ruth, deceased : Lily, who married Charles Nical and has four children, Gerhart, Herman, Emma and Ann C. ; Louis, the wife of Matthew Mader and the mother

Mr. Fox was a Democrat in politics and was always interested in the success of his party. He served on the school board of Paris township and in this capacity fa\ored every measure which he felt would benefit the schools of his township. The whole family are loyal members of the Lutheran church and are interested in its welfare and generous contributors to its support. Mr. Fox was always actively interested in civic matters, and was prominent in all mo\-ements looking toward the betterment of his community in all lines, material, moral and educational. Because of his genial disposition, high integrit}- and manly qualities of character, he was held in the highest esteem by all who knew him, and left a name which will be honored by his friends and cherished bv his children and his children's children.

Rev. William Alexander Atkixsox

Pastor of the First I'resbMerian church of Maysville, Rew ^^"ilIiam A. Atkinson has endeared himself in the hearts and sentiments of his congregation, and is held in high esteem by all the community. He was born in West .Vlexaniler, Washington county. Penns_\l\'ania, ]\Iarch 2S'. 1S70. a son of James C. and Sarah Jane (Kimmons) ,\tkinson, the father a native of Virginia and the mother of I'ennsyhania. Their \yere five children in this family, namely: Eva, widow of James P. Giles, of Claysville, Pennsylvania: George A., li\ing on the old homestead in \\'ashington county, Pennsylvania; Allan K., of West .Mexander, Pennsyhania ; Elizabeth M., wife of S. F. GrandstoiT, of Washington, Penns)l\'ania, and Rev. William A.

James C. Atkinson was born in A'irginia and came as a boy to Delaware county. Ohio, where he grew tij manhood and where he was married. His occupation was that of a farmer and he followed this all his life. In 1S86 he returned to Penn.sylvania and died in his Washington county home, January 14, 1899, aged se\'enty-one years. His wife died in 1897, aged sixty-five years. Both were members of the Presbyterian church in which lie was a ruling elder for thirty-five years.

Faris, also a native of Virginia and uf Scotch-Irish ancestry. Tlie grandfather was born in i8oi, and after his marriage in 1826, came to Delaware county, Ohio, and was one of the early settlers of that county. He was a farmer and in later years engaged in stock raising. In 1805, with a view of seeking a better location for his business, he went to Ford county, Illinois, and established a home. After a few }-ears on a farm he moved to Paxton in the same county, where he continued to live until his death, Mav 30, 1885, at the age of eighty-four years. His wife died in Delaware countv, Ohio, in 1859, at the age of fifty-one years. In their family of children were the following: James C, William, John S., Layman, Anna and Margaret. The maternal grandfather was John Kimmons and his wife was Sarah ( Supler) Kimmons, natives of Pennsylvania. He was a farmer and stock raiser and lived in Washington county, Pennsylvania, where he died in middle age; his wife lived to be eighty-six years old. They had nine children, Tohn. \\'illiam. Maria, Margaret. Elizabeth, Samuel, Anna and Sarah lane.

Rev. Atkinson started in life as a farmer's boy. Living at home on his fathers farm he was accustomed to all the work incident to farm life. He attended the district schools and after completing the elementary studies in these schools he attended a select school for two years. He then entered Wooster College, at Wooster, Ohio, completed the college course and graduated from that institution in 1893. Having decided to enter the ministrv and make that his life profession, he had directed his studies during his academic and college durse especially with that purpose in view, and after finishing his college course he entered the Western Theological Seminarv at Pittsburg. Pennsylvania. He graduated from that institution in 189(1, and was soon afterward ordained as a minister and installed as pastor of the Caldwell and Sharo (Ohin) Presbyterian chmxhes. He continued in this, his first pastoral charge, for more than seven years, and then went to Belle Center, Ohio, where he became pastor of the First Presbyterian church and continued in this charge for six years and a half. In June, lyio, he accepted a call to the First Presb}-terian church, at Marysx'ille, anil liegan his miiusterial labors in that year in this congregation, a ]5astoral relationship that still continues.

On June 15, 1897. Rev. Atkinsmi was united in marriage with Bertha Carroll, daughter of William Danley and ]\Iary (Alexander) Carroll. There were four children born to this union, h^rank Carroll, Helen Farrs, William McMahon and Robert Alexander. Rev. Atkinson is a memJier of Belle Center Lodge, No. 347, Free and Accepted Masons; Lafayette Chapter. Xo. 60, Royal Arch Masons; Bellefontaine Council. No. 85, Royal and Select Masters; Bellefontaine Commandery. No. 61. Knights Templar, and the

Mrs. Atkinson was born in ^^'ashington county, Pennsylvania, and her parents were also natives of that state. Her father died in 1906 at the age of seventy years; her mother's death occurred in 1899, ^t the age of sixty-three years. They had four daughters who grew to womanhood, Gertrude. Bertha, Pearl and Louise, and two who died in infancy. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Atkinson was John Carroll and his wife was Rebecca (Danley) Carroll, both natives of Pennsylvania. Their children were James. William, John, Hamilton, Elizabeth, Mary and Sadie. The maternal grandfather was Elias Alexander and his wife was Eliza (Forest) Alexander, both born in Pennsylvania. Their children were George, William. Harriet, Mary, Louise and Jane.

Samuel H. Carson

A distinguished veteran of the Civil War and a farmer of Union county, Ohio, for nearly half a centur\-, Samuel H. Carson is one of the most highly respected citizens of the county. He has passed through more experiences than fall to the lot of the average man. Despite three years of strenuous service in the Civil War he is still living to relate the stories of his exploits to the present generation. After the close of the Civil War he made the long overland trip to Salt Lake City and spent about three years in the West, during which time he passed through some terrible experiences. Now in his declining years he is living quietly on his well impro\-ed farm in Jerome township.

Samuel H. Carson, the son of James M. and Jane (Lorimer) Carson, was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, August i, 1843. His father was bom in Ross county, Ohio. January 24. 1813. and his mother was born in ]\Iuskingum county. Ohio. July i, 1S05. His parents were married April 2, 1839, in Muskingum county. Ohio, and to them were born five children, Andrew L., Ebenezer B., Samuel H.. \Villiam M. and Nancy Jane. Andrew L. served about three years in the L^nion army, as a member of Company C. r)ne Hundred and Twenty-eighth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was mustered out on June \. 1865, at Sandusky. Later Andrew moved to Ir)wa where he farmed in the summer and taught school in the winter until his death in i!^//. I^bcnezer B. died in L^nion county in 1890. William M.

died at the age of elexen in Guernsey count}-. Ohio. Nancy Jane married Robert Walker and li\etl in ^[uskingum county until her death, both of them dying in 1889, her husband dying aljout three months before she passed away.

Samuel H. Carson receixed his education in the schools of Guernse}- and Union counties, Ohio, and remained at home until the outbreak of the Civil War. He enlisted on May i, 1862, in Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the dose of the war. being mustered out of the service on June 5, 1865. During much of the time that he was in the serx'ice his regiment was engaged in guarding prisoners and doing guard duty in various places in the North. Immediately after the close of the war, Mr. Carson returned home and went west to Iowa, where he spent the winter of 1865 and 1866 with his parents. In May, 1866, he started for Salt Lake City, I'tah. with a freight outfit, driving a inunber of ox teams. It took three months to make the long overland trip and during the first part of the journey Mr. Carson acted as night watch, although he drove the last one hundred and sixty miles. He worked for about two months in a saw mill after reaching Salt Lake Cit\' and then went to St. Thomas, a town in the extreme southwestern part of the state. He remained there a short time and then went to St. George, in the same state, and remained during the winter of 1866 and 1867. In the spring of 1867 he returned to Salt Lake City and two weeks later went to Cheyenne, where he spent the summer of 1867. In the fall oi that year he came by ti-ain. the Union Pacific railroad ha\-ing just been completed, to L^nion county, Ohio, and arrived here in December of that year. Lie remained in this county a few days and then went on to ]\Iuskinguni county where he was married in the spring of 1868. Lie and his wife came to Union cijunty and located in Jerome township where the}' are now li\-ing, about two miles north of New California, on their farm of one hundred and five acres. Since 1868 Mr. Carson has been engaged in general farming and stock raising, although he has now retired from acti\'e labor.

Mr. Carson was married February 11, 1868, to Jane A. Taylor, the daughter of W'illiam and Eliza E. Taylor. To this union have been born four children: Lula, the wife of Zenas C. McCampbell, of Plain City; \\'alker, a farmer of Jerome township; Cleo, the wife of W. G. Mitchell, a farmer of Jerome town.ship; and ]\Iay, the wife of Rev. S. H. McCollan, a minister of the United Presbyterian church now stationed at Baltimore, Maryland.

church and Mr. Carson has been an active worker in this church for more than forty years. He is now a ruling elder in his church at Xew California. He was originall}- a Republican in politics, but for the last fifteen years has given his hearty support to the Prohibition party. He has served as a member of the school board of his township, but has never sought for any other official position. Mr. Carson is a quiet man of charitable impulses and kindly disposition and during his long life in this county has endeared himself to a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

Since the year 1887 William King has been a resident of Magnetic Springs, Union county, Ohio. He located at the springs on account of his health and, after regaining it, he decided to settle pemianently in that place. He engaged in the grocen- business and followed that for a number of vears, after which he became interested in the real estate business, to which he has since devoted his attention. He has held a number of township offices and has served his township in one capacity or another for nearly a quarter of a century. He and his wife have reared two sons who have become prominent men in their respective communities.

William King, the son of John R. and Mary Ellen (Timmons) King, was Ixjrn September i, 1855, in Pleasant township, Madison county, Ohio. His father was born in Madison county, Ohio, March 2^, 1831, and died in the same county December 24, 1895. His mother was born in the same county, April 3, 1833, and also died in the county, December 23, 1906. His parents were married in Madison county, December 16, 1852, and to them were born six children, three of whom are now living: Mary C, the wife lit J. W. Rricker, oi Madison county: William, of ^Magnetic Springs, Union county: .Milton .\lfred, who died at the age of four: Scott, who died at the age of eighteen months: Emma, who died in infancy, and Laura, the wife of Eemuel S. Brickner, of Madison county, this state.

William King was reared and educated in Madison county, Ohio, and after his marriage, in 1878, took up farming in the county of his birth, and followed this line of activity until 1883. He was then compelled to retire from active work on the farm on account of his health, and in 1887 came to Magnetic Springs, where he hoped to be benefited by the water found at this ])Iace. His ho])es were not disappointed and he regained his health, and then decided to make Magnetic Springs his home. He had two hundred and hfty doUars, and with this small amount of capital he started a grocery store, gradually increasing his stock as the business warranted. For seventeen years he continued in the grocery business in Alagnetic Springs and then disposed of his store and engaged in the real estate business. In 1908 he bought a large hotel of thirty-eight rooms, the Hotel Columbus, and has since been managing it along with his real estate business. Mr. King also owns a large amount of \-aluable real estate in Magnetic Springs and vicinity.

Mr. King was married September 15, 1878, tu Lutisha Watruus, a daughter of Ransom and Elizabeth (Lane) Watrous, nati\'es of Madison county, Ohio, and to this union two sons have been born, Jiihn Ransom and .Roy IViilton. John R. was born September 16, 1880, and is now an attorney at Columbus, Ohio. He is a graduate of the Ohio State University, and was elected a member of the Ohio Legislature in 191 2 on the Republican ticket. He was married to Edith Conrad, of Magnetic Springs, June J4, 1903, and has three children: Margaret Lutisha, aged eight; Helen, aged four, and John \\'., aged two. Roy Milton, the other son of Mr. and Mrs. King, was born December 12, 1881, and after finishing the high school, graduated fr(.)m the Bliss Business College at Columbus. He is now a supreme court stenographer at Columbus, Ohio. He sened as a page for eigiit years in the Ohio Legislature, being appointed to this position when he was fourteen years of age. Roy married Ethel Candy, oi Columbus, and has three children : Frances, aged seven : W'illiam R. and Martha, twins, four years of age.

Mr. King has been a life-long Re]niblican, and has fref|uenth' been called upon by his fellow citizens to fill official positions. He has been a member of the schoiil 1)oard of Magnetic Springs special for more than twenty years, has ser\-ed as assessor of Union township, IMadison county, Ohio, and since coming to Union count\- has served as assessor of Leesburg townshi]), and he was also justice of the peace from 1892 to 1898. For twelve years he was mavor of Magnetic Springs, and while holding" this office he was instrumental in getting many improvements which have made ]\Iagnetic Sjirings the pleasant village it is today. He was a sergeantat-arms in the Senate nf the se\'entv-fifth General Assemfilv of Ohio, the same session in which his son sat as a member of the I^egislature. For twentv vears he was postmaster of Magnetic Springs, resigning his ])osition on the first day of September, 19 13. Mr. King and his family are members of the ^Methodist Episcopal church at Magnetic Springs.

David B. Wise

The \\'ise family ha\-e been residents of Union county, Ohio, since 1849 A\hen tiie first members of the family located in Jerome township. David B. A\'ise came here as a lad of ele\en with his parents and has made his home in Jerome township since that time. He, with two of his brothers, served in the Civil War and rendered faithful ser\ice to their country during that terrible struggle. For the past fifty 3'earS he has been engaged in agricultural pursuits and now owns one hundred and twenty-six and one-half acres a half mile north of New California in Jerome township. Irle has now retired from active farm life and is li\-ing at ease after a long life of labor upon the farm.

David B. Wise, the son of Anthony and Sarah (Leighley) Wise, was born June 2, 1838, in Stark county, Ohio. His father was born in Pennsylvania and his mother in Stark county. Ohio. His father came west to Ohio with his parents when a lad and settled in Stark county and there he grew to manhood and married. Twelve children were born to Anthony Wise and wife, six daughters and six sons, and seven of them are still living: Susan, who first married William Fulk and after his death, JNIatthias Sensel, who died in 1868: Da\-id B., of Jerome township; Catherine, of Marysville, the wife of H. Wood: Sarah, who lives in Marion, Ohio, the wife of George Benson; Samuel, of Ohio; Frank, a farmer of Union county, and Priscilla, the wife of Jasper Hubbard, of Columbus, Ohio. Two children died in infancy and one girl died at the age of two. Anthony Wise died December 26, 1887, at the age of eighty-six years, one month and nine days. His wife died April 16. 1909, at the age of eighty-nine years, seven months and seven days.

David B. Wise came to Union county, Ohio, with his parents when he was eleven years of age and settled on a farm of two hundred and forty acres for which his father traded, giving in return sixty acres which he owned in Stark cmmty, together with a sum of money. David B. Wise grew to manhood in Jernme township and enlisted in Company D, Eighty-eighth R giment, Ohio \''olunteer Infantry, and served for about two years and a h. f. Two of his brothers, William and Eli, were members of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served under Captain Fields. William died in the service and Eli mo\ed to Missouri after the close of the w. r, where his death occurred. A lirother-in-l.-iw of Mr. Wise, William Fulk. who married Susan Wise, was also a memljer of Company D, Eighty-eighth Kegiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died while in the service.

Jerome township and took charge of his father's farm, managing it for a number of years. He then bought a farm of sixty-three acres on which he lived for a few years and then sold it and bought his present farm of one hundred and twenty-six and one-half acres. He engaged in general farming and stock raising and has met with commendable success. A few years ago he retired and is now spending his life in ease on the farm where he has lived for so many years.

Mr. Wise was married to Lydia Deenier, a daughter of William Deemer and wife, natives of Pennsylvania and early settlers in Ohio, and to this union have been born three children : Nellie, the wife of Charles Ohaver, of Columbus, Ohio; William F., of Columbus, and Leo, a teacher in Plain City.

Mr. Wise has long been identified with the Democratic party but has never been active in its councils. He and his wife are members of the United Presbyterian church. Mr. Wise is one of the oldest farmers now living in Jerome township and here he has spent the past sixty-five years of his life. During all of these years he has so lived as to commend himself to his fellow citizens and is eminently deserving of the high esteem in which he is universally held.

Charles D. Brown

A prominent farmer and public-spirited citizen of Union county, Ohio, is Charles D. Brown, who w-as born more than furty years ago on a farm near Plain City, Ohio. He is a man of excellent education and taught school several years before retiring to the farm and engaging in agricultural pursuits. He lived in Plain City for several years and was elected mayor of that village by the largest majority ever given any candidate for that official position. During his term of office he gave excellent service to iiis fellow citizens. He has always taken a prominent part in matters of state, and is now' serving his second term as a member of the General Assembly of Ohio.

Charles D. Brown, the son of David and Sarah E. (Taylor) Brown, was born near Plain City, May 23, 1873. His father was born in Madison county, Ohio, April 8, 1833, and died August 6, 1912, at the age of seventynine years, three ninnths and twenty-eight days. David Brown was a son of James and Marv ( Burnside) Browm. and at his death David Brown left three brothers and sisters still living. INlrs. Delilah Wilkinson, F. Ray (45) . .

David Brown was first married March 30, 1857, '^o Isabelle Patrick, a daughter of Young and Delia Patrick, and to this union two sons were born, William E., and Hiram C, who died in infancy. After the death of his first wife David Brown was married, June 15, 1864, to Sarah E. Taylor, a daughter of Samuel and Eimice Taylor, of Plain City, and to this second union twelve children were born : James Sheridan, Frank Irwin, Mrs. Clara M. Ackley, Ida B., Charles D., John T., Mrs. Eva G. Sidner, Nellie M., Bessie F., Lulu G., Flora Lucile and Russell H. Mr. Brown and his wife were greatly interested in their children and were anxious that they all receive an excellent education. It is probable that no man in the state of Ohio ever furnished more children as teachers than did David Brown. No less than ten of his children taught school in Madison county, and seven of this number were graduated from the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio The records of the university show no family has ever furnished as many graduates as the family of David Brown.

David Brown was a life-long farmer and for sixteen years lived in Union county near Plain City. After the death of his father he purchased the old homestead in Madison county and made that his home until his death, in 1912. He was very successful as a farmer and took great pride and satisfaction in his large farm. His mind was always keen and alert to matters of public interest, and he always kept in close touch with current events. He served as trustee of Darby township in Madison county and was always interested in the civic life of his community. In all business transactions he was willing to do more than he required of others, and it can be truly said that he lived by the Golden Rule. His everyday life was characterized by unusually sound judgment and he was frequently consulted by his friends who regarded him as a wise and trusted counsellor. His widow is now living near Mechanicsbiu^g, Ohio, and twelve of his children are still living.

The subject of this sketch was educated in the district schools of Madison county and the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio. He graduated from the latter institution in 1896, with the degree of Bachelor of Science. Prior to his graduation he had taught school and after completing his university course continued in the teaching profession for several years in the capacity of principal and superintendent of schools in Madison and Champaign counties.

In 1900 he moved to Union county and located in Plain City, where he took an active part in the life of the town. He has always been prominent in the councils of the Republican party, and his worth as a citizen is shown by the fact that his party nominated him for representative from Union county to the General Assembly of Ohio, and he was elected for the first time in the fall of 1912. He made such an excellent record in the Legislature that he was re-elected in the fall of 19 14.

Mr. Brown was married June 21, 1899, to Lulu Hunter, a daughter of Levi and Artie (Bushnell) Hunter, of Champaign county, Ohio. For the past fifteen years he has operated a large farm of four hundred and thirty acres at Plain City, Ohio, this being part of his mother's estate, and has made practically all of the improvements now on the farm.

Mr. Brown is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights of Pythias, the Patrons of Husbandry and also a charter member of the P. C. C. of P. C. O., holding his membership in these lodges at Plain City, Ohio.

Mr. Brown is a man of high character and sterling qualities in every way and has always proved faithful to every trust that has been reposed in him by his fellow citizens. As a teacher, as a public spirited citizen, and as a member of the legislative body of his state, he has performed his every duty in a manner which entitles him to the highest commendation of his fellow men.

Morgan Young

A native of Delavirare county, Ohio, and a resident of Union county since the spring of 1861, Morgan Young is one of the oldest farmers of Claibourne township. As a young man he worked in the gold mines of the West for a few years, and then returned to Ohio and settled down in Union county, where he has since made his home. ?Ie has a well improved farm of one hundred and twenty-two acres, on which he has placed all tlie improvements now on the farm. He has retired from active farm labor himself and given over the management of affairs to his son.

Morgan Young, a son of Elijah and Amy (Larkin) Young, was born in Delaware county, Ohio, near Galena, September ly. 1837. Morgan Young and his brother, Steven, went t(~) California in the latter part of the fifties. Steven Young went in 1856 and Morgan followed his Ijrother in 1859. The two brothers returned to Ohio in the sjiring of 1861 and bought in partnership a farm adjoining Richwood. They operated this farm together for three years, at the end of which time Morgan sold his share in the farm to his brother and bought a farm of fifty acres east of Richwood. He kept this farm one year and then sold it for an advance of one thousand dollars, and immediately bought his present farm of one hundred and twentytwo acres one mile north of Richwood, and on this farm he has been living since he accjuired it. He has placed all the improvements on it and now has one of the most attractive farms of the township.

Mr. Young was married August 26, 1862, to Elnora Finch, a daughter of Peter and Myrtle (Worth) Finch, natives of Pennsylvania and early settlers in Union county, Ohio. Three or four years after the family came to Union count}' they sold their farm and moved to Iowa, where Mrs. Finch died. Later j\lr. Finch returned to Ohio, where he lived the remainder of his life.

]Mr. Young and his wife were the parents of eight children, five of whom are now living : Frank married Laura Treece, and now manages the home farm ; Edward married Orpha Blue, and is a farmer of Jackson township: Vinie, the wife of Bert Carter, lives in Jackson township; A^ellie, a nurse, .who is now making her home with her brother, and Otis, a dentist at Marion, Ohio, who married Nettie JNIcCurdy. The three deceased children passed away in childhood. The mother of these children died on March 26, 1910.

Mr. Young is now living a retired life with his son, Frank, on the old homestead. He has been a life-long Republican, and served as trustee of Claibourne township. He also was a member of the school board of his township for several years. Mr. "^'oung and all of his family are loyal members of the ]\Iethodist Episcopal church of Richwood.

John Crawford

There are few citizens in Union county, Ohio, who were born in England, and one of this number is John Crawford, a retired harness maker ni)W lixing at Broadway, Ohio. Coming to this country at the age of eighteen, he located in Broadway in i860 after living in Michigan and Franklin county, this state, for a time, and has since made his home in this village, with the exception of the time he spent in the Civil War. He has given his adopted country loyal support and served witli distinction as a soldier in the Civil War, and since that time has held various official positions in Union county, in which he has given his fellow citizens faithful and efficient service.

John Crawford, the son of George and Mary (Harvey) Crawford, was born in Cambridgeshire, England, May 29, 1836. His parents reared a family of five children: John, of Broadway, Ohio; Mary, deceased; Hannah, the wife of William Stains, of Franklin, Ohio; Harriett, deceased, and Henr\', who died during the Civil War, as a member of an Ohio regiment. The father of John Crawford died in England at the age of forty-four, and his mother then came to America and located in Franklin, Warren county, Ohio, where she lived until she reached her eighty-ninth birthdav. She married in this country, her second husband being George Ho\'ell, a native of England, and to her second marriage a daughter was born. This daughter, Lizzie, married George Van Camp.

The patenial grandparents of John Crawford were George and Mary (Goss) Crawford, natives of England and early settlers in ^Michigan, where they located near Ann Arbor. They lived the remainder of their lives there and reared a family of six children in that state, Thomas, George, Jerre, Wyona, Mary and one other son. The maternal grandparents of John Crawford were \\'illiam and Mary Har\-ey. natives of England and early settlers in Franklin, Ohio. William Harvey was a gardener and died in Franklin at an advanced age. Three children were born to William Harve}' and wife, Mary, Martha and \\'illiam.

John Crawford lived in England until he was eighteen years of age and then came to America with his aunt Wyoma and located in Michigan, where he lived for about a year and a half. His mother then came to the United States and settled in Franklin, Warren county, Ohio, and he then went there to live with lier. He worked on the farm in W^arren county until he was twentv-four vears of age, during which time he learned the harness-maker's trade at IMount Vernon. He came to Broadway in i860, and has spent his whole career in this village since that time with the exception of about a year, which he spent in the service of the Union army in the Civil War. He opened up a harness shop in Broadway and followed his trade for forty years, until a few years ago, when he retired from active work. He owns his shop, his home and other residence ]:)roperty in the village.

Mr. Crawford was first married in 1858 to Sarah Pettigrove, the daughter of William and Eliza (Pierce) Pettigrove, and to this union ten children were born, Mary, Anna, Ida, Harriet, Ella, Matilda, William C, Albert, Charles, and one who died in childhood. Mary became the wife of Louis Berry, and lives near Morrell, Ohio, where she and her husband have reared a family of five children, Alpha, Hattie, Harvey, Cecil and Sadie. Anna died a few months after her marriage to Ellsworth Shirk. Ida married Frank McClurg, and both are now deceased. They left one son, William, who now resides in Broadway. Harriet died when four years of age. Ella married Frank Beriy, a fanner living near Morrell, Ohio, and has one son, Leo. Matilda married Augustus Vogt, and lives in Broadway. U'illiam C. married Dolly Finley, and lives in Marion, Ohio. Albert, who makes his home in Richwood, Ohio, married Sady Barber. Charles, who lives in Gallon, this state, married Fannie Looney, and has three children, Tillie, Clyde and Barbara. Mr. Crawford has eight great-grandchildren at the present time. The mother died thirty-nine years ago.

In May, 1888, Crawford married Mary Wallace Patterson, the daughter of David and Elizabeth (Boyd) Patterson. Mrs. Crawford was born in Franklin county, twelve miles east of Columbus, November 12, 1842. Her parents were natives of county Antrim and county Downs, Ireland, respectively, and lived within three miles of each other when children, but they did not know each other until they came to America and settled in Franklin county, Ohio, with their parents. David Patterson died in Clark county, Ohio, at the age of seventy-four, and his wife died near Broadway, January 6, 1892, at the age of eighty. Three sons and one daughter were born to David Patterson and wife, James, David, ]\Iar\-, and one son who died in infancy.

Mr. and Mrs. Crawford are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and Mr. Crawford is a member of Livingston Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Richwood, although he formerly belonged to the Ransom Reed Post at Marysville, but transferred his mcmliership to Livingston Post for the reason that it was nearer his home. He has been a life-long Republican, and has serverl as supervisor and constable of his township for several years. Mrs. Crawford and her mother were formerly members of the United Presbyterian church at Clifton, Ohio, but in 1886 were admitted by letter to the Methodist church at Broadwav. Mr. Crawford is now nearly eighty years of age, but is remarkably well preserved for a man of his years. His mind is clear and he has a remarkably good memory, as has his wife. They are highly esteemed people and well merit the high regard in which they are held by their friends and neighbors.

Harrison Enix

Harrison Enix is one of the younger class of farmers in Union county, but he has been engaged in the business here long enough to demonstrate the fact that he has the necessary energy and perseverance for the successful farmer. The Enix ancestors came from Virginia, that state being the birth place of the father and grandfather of our subject. The grandfather and other members of the Enix family came first to Knox county, Ohio, and later to Union county.

Harrison Enix was born in Marshall county. West Virginia, June 5, 1875. He was the son of John and Elizabeth (Fish) Enix. The father was born in the same county and was a farmer and land owner in that county for several years. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Brice Enix and the maiden name of his wife was Elizabeth Thompson. They lived in Virginia for many years and there they reared their family. When they came to Union county, Ohio, thev settled in Paris township and made their home here during the remainder of life. The grandfather is buried in Oakdale cemetery. John and Elizabeth Enix, the parents of our subject, are still living in their home in Taylor township.

John Enix was reared and educated in Virginia. He had three children, namely : Arizonia, deceased ; Harrison, subject of this sketch, and JNIyrtle, who married Allen Edson.

Harrison Enix worked on the farm during his youthful years. Mean- \\hile, he availed himself of all the educational advantages afforded by the schools of the township and county. He first attended the Shirk school in Taylor township and then went to the Brown school. Later he attended the Amrene school and then the Darby school, in Allen township, where he finished his school career. \t the age of twenty-two he began working for himself. He was married April 4, 1899, to Annetta Staley, a daughter of William Staley, and went to housekeeping! on his father-in-law's farm, located on the Staley pike about three miles northwest of Marvsville. To his farming industry he has added stock raising, a business for which this farm is well adapted. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is a Republican in politics.

George A. Currier

- One of the many excellent farmers of Jerome township, Union county, Ohio, is George A. Currier, who has lived his entire life of two score years within the limits of the township where he was born. He has devoted himself to general farming and stock raising with a success which speaks well for his efforts. At the same time he has taken an active part in the life of the community about him and at the present time is serving as trustee of Jerome township in a satisfactory manner.

George A. Currier, the son of George W. and Elizabeth (Edwards) Currier, was born June 17, 1875, in Jerome township. Union county, Ohio. His father was a native of Maine and his mother of Pennsylvania, while their marriage occurred in March, i860, in Licking county, Ohio. About two years later his parents came to Union county where they lived a few years and then moved to Wisconsin for a year. They then returned to Union county. Ohio, locating in Jerome townshi]), where his father lived until his death, October 10, 1912. His mother is now living with her son, George A. There were nine children born to George \V. Currier and wife, six of whom are still living: Nettie L., the wife of Charles H. Kramer, of Union county; David E., of Plain City; Flora, the wife of H. Bowman, of Plain City; Cordelia, who died at the age of twenty-one; Joseph W., who died at the age of thirty-two ; Rev. Jesse Albert, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church at Columbus, Ohio; George A., of Jerome township; Howard S., a teacher in the Commercial College at Lancaster, Ohio, and one who died in infancy.

George A. Currier was educated in the schools of Jerome township and at the age of twenty-one started out for himself. By his own efforts he has acaimulated a fine farm east of Plain City on which he has placed many improvements. He divides his attention between grain and stock raising in such a way as to get the maximum results from his efforts.

Mr. Currier was married July 31, 1902, to Diad Ruhlen, a daughter of Samuel H. and Susan (Dort) Ruhlen, and to this union two children have been born, Mary R., born May 15, 1903, and Opal May, born August 28, 1912. Mrs. Currier died November 8, 1913.

Mr. And Mrs. George W. Currier

Air. Currier was married September i, 1914, to Rella Al. Cosgray, a daughter of Moses and Jennette (Postle) Cosgray. Her father was a native of Greene county, Pennsylvania, and a farmer of Franklin county, Ohio. Her mother was a native of Franklin county and is still living there. Mr. and Mrs. Cosgray had four children, Mrs. Currier, Ada, Lela and Michael, all of whom are living.

Mr. Currier and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Plain City. Politically, he is a Republican and has always taken an active part in local political matters. He is now serving in the position as trustee of Jerome township and is giving his fellow citizens faithful and efficient service in this capacity. Fraternally, he is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry at Plain City.

Charles W. Sanderson

An enterprising and public-spirited citizen of Broadway, Union county, Ohio, is Charles W. Sanderson, who has been the proprietor of a hotel here for the past twenty years. He is a man of strict integrity and has so conducted his affairs as to win the esteem of his fellow citizens. He is a man of genial and unassuming demeanor and has a host of friends throughout the community who admire him for his many good qualities.

Charles W. Sanderson, proprietor of the hotel and barber shop in Broadway, was bom near Kno.xville, Iowa, March 12, 1862. He is the smi of William and Minerva ( Adams ) Sanderson, natives of Fayette ccjunty, Ohio. and the parents of eight children : Elmira, deceased, who married George Cooper, and, after his death, Luther Strain: James, a farmer of York township, this county; John, a farmer of Taylor township: Daniel J., of Broadway: Charles \V.. of Broadwav : Emma, deceased, who tirst married William Browning, and after his death, Lewis Wright.

William Sanderson was reared in Fayette county, Ohio, and when a young man he followed farming and afterwards studied law, and after the Civil War he went to Cincinnati and graduated from the Ohio Medical College. He served as a surgeon during the Civil War and was at the front for three years. He practiced his profession in New Hampshire, where he also operated a drug store. He died in Br(iadway, Ohio, before he was fifty years of age. His wife survived him many years. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

The paternal grandparents of Charles W. Sanderson were James and Sarah (Newman) Sanderson, while the maternal grandparents of Mr. Sanderson were Charles and (Cline) Adams, both of whom lived to a good old age. Charles owned over a thousand acres of land, and he and his wife reared several children, Philip, Sallie, Betsey, Nancy Anna, Minerva and John. After the death of his first wife he married a second time, and by his second marriag'e had one son, David Henry.

Charles \\'. Sanderson was reared on his father's farm in York township and received a good common school education in the schools of his immediate neighborhood. He remained on the farm until he was grown and then married and started farming on a tract of twenty-one acres, which his mother gave him. He built a house on this farm, but lived there but a short time, selling it and moving to Mechanicsburg, where he learned the barber's trade. He lixed at tlie latter place for four years, and then returned to the farm for a year, after which he located in Marysville. He remained in Marysville only two years, and then went to Broadway, where he has lived since 1896. He has operated a hotel and barber shop and owns the hotel, as well as a comfortable home in the village.

Mr. Sanderson was married December 27, 1887, to Nora Dye, the daughter of Samuel and Martha (Davis) Dye, and to this union ten children have been born, Adrian, Ethel, Doris, Crystal, Hobart, Helen, Paul, Hayes, Clarence and Martha. Adrian died Feljruary 6, 1901. Ethel died at the age of nineteen, after graduating from tlie high school at Broadway, and Martha died at the age of thirty-two months. The other seven children are still at home with their parents.

Mrs. Sanderson was born in Champaign county, Ohio, December 22, 1866. Her parents were both natives of Ohio. Her father died in 1910, at the age of seventy-three, and her mother is still living at the age of se\-enty-nine.

Tlie paternal grandparents of Mrs. Sanderson were Thomas and Leanna fXorman) Dve. and they reared a familv of five children, Belinda. Samuel, Hufts, James and Minerva. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Sanderson were William and Jane (McCorkle) Davis, and they had a family of six children, Martlia, Thomas, Nancy, Solomon, John and Jane.

Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Fraernally, Mr. Sanderson belongs to Broadway Lodge No. 704, Tnfle])endent Order of Odd Fellows. He has been affiliated with the Repulilican party since reaching his majority, but has ne\-er ta-ken an active part in political matters. During his long life in Broadway he has taken an active interest in the general welfare of the community, and he is riglitly classed among the representative men of the locality where he has resided for so many years.

William Henry Willis, Jr

The following is the history of a plain, honest man of affairs who, by his correct methods and a strict regard for the interest of his business, has made his influence felt in U'nionxille Center where he has built up a flourishing business within the past two years. He is one of those inen whose integrity and strength of character are such as to bring him pemianently to the front and such has been the character of his life in this community that he has won the esteem and regard of a wide circle of acquaintances. As a business man he has had the satisfaction of seeing his business increase from year to year, so now he stands as one of the representative business men in his section of the country.

William Henry Willis, Jr., the proprietor of a general store in Unionville Center, Ohio, was born September i8, 1875, in Broadway, Ohio. He is the son of Ramoth Harvey and Hattie (Folk) Willis. Harvey Willis, the son of Henry and Barbara Willis, was brought to this county by his parents when a small boy. The Willis family are of English descent and a family who was well known in Xew England in colonial davs. Har\-ey Willis was a farmer and land owner in Tavl<ir township, where he and his wife reared a family of two children, William Henry and R. H., Jr. The mother of these children is deceased.

William H. Willis was educated in the public schools of Broadway and was graduated there in 1894. Upon leaving the high school he learned telegraphy at Kennard in Champaign countv. Ohio, and worked for ten years as a telegraph operator for tlie Chicago & Erie Railroad, at Harrod, Allen county, Ohio. He then came to L^nionville Center. Ohio, and bought his present store, and has steadily improved since acquiring it. He has a well selected stock of general goods which is usually found in stores in towns of this size and is constanth' increasing his business in this community.

I\Ir. Willis was married January 3, 1897, t" Sarah Wilkins. the daughter of W. F. Wilkins and wife. To this union has been born one son, Dwight W.

Mr. Willis is a Democrat in politics and has sensed as treasurer of his township for four years. In this position he has rendered efficient service to his fellow citizens. He and his family are memhers of the Methodist Episcopal church and are greatly interested in its welfare and are generous contributors to its maintenance. IMr. Willis is a conspicuous example of the successful, self-made .\merican who is not only eminently deserving of the confidence reposed in him by his fellow citizens, but also possesses the necessary energy and talent that fits him to perform worthily his duties as a business man and a public spirited citizen.

French G. Stillings

A widely known farmer of Union township, Union county, Ohio, is French G. Stillings, who is a scion of a family which has been connected with the history of this county for many years. He has been actively interested in every phase of his township and county's development, and at the present time is the trustee of this township and filling this office in an efficient manner. As a farmer and stock rais'cr he ranks among the most progressive and enterprising of the county, and as a breeder of horses has made a name for himself that is known throughout the state. In all respects he has lived up to the highest standard of American citizenship and has been a credit to the county which gave him birth.

French G. Stillings, the son of Thomas and Somelia (Dines) Stillings, was born April 14, 1857, in Allen township. Union county, Ohio. His father was born in Maryland and came to Clark county, Ohio, and later to Union county and settled in Allen township. He came to Allen township when he was a lad with his parents, James and Mary (Cole) Stillings. James Stillings and wife had a famliy of several children, Alexander, John, Ed, William. Timothy, George, Thomas, Catharine and Mary.

Thomas .Stillings was one of L'nion coimty's largest farmers and owned o\er one thousand acres of land. He reared a family of four children: William, who is represented elsewhere in this volume; Lewis, deceased, who served in the regular army of the Civil War; Edward, who married Olive Carpenter, and has three children, one of whom is living, French C. ; and French G., whose history is here recorded.

ship and finished his schoohng at Alarys\ille. He remained at home until his marriage at the age of twent}'-three and tlien began renting" land from his father. He now has a fine farm of t\v(.) hundred and seventy-two acres where he is living, as well as one hundred and thirty acres near Alilford and a half interest in one hundred and forty-four acres in Allen township. Mr. Stillings has long been one of the most extensive stock raisers of the county and has given his particular care and attention to high grade horses. He raised one of the most prominent horses in the country and "Dr. Strong," his famous trotter, with a record of two minutes fi\e and three-fourths seconds, was known throughout the United States. Two of his horses which he now owns are known to the racing circles throughout Ohio, "\'iolation," with a record of two minutes eleven and one-fourth seconds and "Trott," with a record of two minutes and twenty-three and a quarter seconds.

'Mr. Stillings was married December i6, 1880, to Ella Vance, the daughter of Davis and Anna (Conn) Vance. David Vance came from Pennsylvania with his parents and settled in Highland county, Ohio, where he and his wife reared a family of seven children, Rachel, Everett, Frank, Ann, Isaac (died in infancv), Aliltnn and Anna, the wife of Mr. Stillings. Mr. Vance was a prominent nnnister of the Baptist church and an influential man in his c(.iunty.

Air. Stillings and his wife have reared a famil}- of nine children: Thomas, deceased: Millie, deceased: one who died in infancy: Annis. who married James E. Williams and has three children, Erdean, Eloise and James ; Vinton, who married Eouis Fenner and has three children, \'ictor, Barthena and one who died in infancy : Harry, who married Mae Michaels and has two children, Walter and Claude: Carl, at liduie: Glenn, who married Edith Michaels; and Edward who is still with his parents. Carl and Glenn were students of Ohio State University at Columbus, Ohio.

Fraternallv, Air. Stillings is a member nf the Knights of Pythias and the Grange, while his wife is a member of the women's auxiliary of both organizations. Politically, Air. Stillings is a Republican and has always been active in the welfare of his party. At the present time he is serving as trustee of Union township and is administering the duties of this office with abilit^-. Air. Stillings has a name for honest}' and integrity which has made him one of the most highly respected citizens of his township. The Stillings home is one of the finest in the county. It is finished with quarter-sawed oak procured from his own farm. The house contains thirteen rooms, bath, acetylene light and hot water heat, with a handsome cement porch in front.

Reuben W. Brown

No profession has made greater advancement in the last half century than has the agricultural profession, and practically all of the disadvantages which surrounded the pioneer farmer have been done away with because of the multitude of modern inventions which tend to lighten the fanner's labors. Ohio is recognized as one of the best farming states in the Union and no county in the state has better or more progressive farmers than has Union county. Among the hundreds of farmers who have made Union county famous as an agricultural section, there is none more worthy of a place in this volume than Reuben \\\ Brown, who has lived his whole life on the farm where he is now residing.

Reuben W. Brown, the son of Andrew and Nancy (Valentine) Brown, was born August 4, 1871, on his father's fann in Darby township. Union county, Ohio. His father was born in Union county, the son of Adam and Alary (Jolly) Brown. Andrew was bom March 28, 1841, about one and one-half miles north of where his son, Reuben \\"., is now living. Adam Brown came from Fayette county, Pennsylvania, with his parents, John and Martha (Clark) Brown. It was John Brown who first came to Union county. Three children were born to Adam Brown and wife: Hannah, deceased; Abner, deceased, and Andrew, the father of Reuben W. Andrew was a member of the Home Guards during the Civil War and was stationed at Camp Chase for some time, but was finally discharged on account of disability arising from illness. Andrew Brown inherited his father's farm of two hundred acres in Darby township near Unionville Center and has lived on this farm all of his life.

Andrew Brown was married April 23, 1863, to Nancy Valentine, the daughter of James Valentine and wife. To this union have been born three children: Fred F., who married Minnie Wilcox and has one daughter, Clara: Lorain, who married I. Kilberry and has four children. Lawrence, Ralph. Thelma and Marvin; and Reuben W., with whom this narrative deals. Andrew Brown is a member of the school board and at present is trustee of his townshi]). He has also been assessor of Darby township for the past eight years.

Reuben W. Brown attended the public schools of his home neighborhoofl and remained on his father's farm until his marriage in 1894. He then mrn-ed on his present farm of forty acres on the Unionville road. His

Mr. Brown was married in 1894 to Myrtle Debolt, the daughter of George and Emmeline (Cole) Debolt. To this union seven children have been born, Harry E., Walter, Lela, Ray, Grace, Dorothy and Leo.

Politically, Mr. Brown casts his ballot for those men who will best fill the office for which they are seeking. He is a representatix'e of that large and increasing class i)f men who vnte fnr men rather than for platforms. Air. Brown is a wide-awake man and has carried forward to successful completion whatever he has undertaken. He has pursued the even tenor of his way in a quiet and unostentatious manner and has attended strictly to his own afifairs and performed each day's duties to the best of his ability.

Sidney G. Young

A prominent stock buyer and farmer of Darby township, Uni(jn county, Ohio, is Sydney G. Young, who owns one hundred and two acres of fine land on which he has been living for several years. Mr. Young has taken an active part in his community and has found that if a man is to be a part of the locality in which he lives, he must subserve his interests to those of the community at large. Mr. Young has been one of those men who has been successful not only in his own private affairs, but has been a prominent factor in the advancement of the general welfare of his locality.

Sidney G. Young, the son of Elliott and Harriett (Holycross) Young, was born December 2t,, 1874, in Madison county, Ohio. His father was Ijurn in Kentucky and came to Madison county with his parents and settled in the northem part of the county. l<"i\'e children were born to Elliott ^'oung and wife: Lillian, who married Albert Litter and has one daughter, Frances; Hadley, who married Hattie Knock and has two children, John and Irwin ; Blanche, who married Miss McKew ; Sidney G., of Darby townsliip; and Asa, deceased.

Sidney G. Young was educated in the schools of ]\Iadison county, Ohio, and worked on his father's farm until lie reached the age of twenty-five. He came to Union county and started in with a fami of sixteen acres which he purchased and later bought out other heirs of his present farm till he now has one hundred and two acres which he has impro\-ed in various ways. He has prominently engaged in the buying and shipping of live stock for

Mr. Young was married to Bertha Converse, the daughter of R. A. and Alma (^Lingafetter) Converse. To this union three children have been born, Richard S.. Robert \\'. and Alma M.

Politically, Mr. Young is affiliated with the Republican party, but has never been an aspirant for a public office. He gives his unreserved support to all measures of importance which he feels will benefit his locality. He and his family are loyal members of the Methodist Episcopal church and deepl\' interested in its welfare.

William Stillings

The Stillings famil}- ha\e been intimately connected with the history of Union county, Ohio, for man\- years and have never failed to take their share of the burdens of communit\- life. They have been active in promoting every measure which they thought would benefit the county and have lived up to that high standard of American citizenship which has made it possible for L'nion county to take its place among the leading counties of the state ol Ohio. William Stillings, a prosperous farmer of Union township, is a worthy representative of the Stillings family and the three score and ten which he has spent here have serxed to make him one of the best known and loved men of his communitv.

William Stillings, the son of Thomas and Somelia (Dines) Stillings, was born in 1843 in .Allen township. Thomas Stillings was born in Maryland and came to Clark county. Ohio, and later to Union county and settled in .Mien tnwnship. He was a mere lad when he came to this county with his parents, James and Mary (Cole) Stillings. James Stillings and wife reared a large family of children, Alexander, Blanche, Edward, W'illiam, Timothy, George, Thomas, Catharine and Mary. Thomas Stillings was one of the largest farmers in L^nion county and owned over one thousand acres of land. He and his wife had four children, William, Lewis, Edward and French. Edward married C)li\'e Carpenter and has one son fixing, French C, and two children deceased, .Arthur and Alae.

W'illiam Stillings was educated in a log schoolhouse in his home neighborhnod and also in the acadeni}' at Marysville. He remained at home until his marriage in 1865 and since that time has been farming his three hundred and sixty-five acres in Union township. He also has one hundred and fortyfour acres in Allen township. Mr. Stillings was in the Civil War as a member of Company B, Eighty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in Kentucky with the Army of the Tennessee.

Mr. Stillings was married January i, 1865, to Emma E. Wood, the daughter of Michael and Liza (Thayer) Wood, of Union county, and to this union have been born seven children, Charles, Estella, John, Providence, Nell, Carrie and Elizabeth. Charles married Victoria Vance and to this union were born four children, Chester, Fay, Everet and Lawrence. After the death of his first wife Charles married Carrie Amerine and to this second union four children were born, Francis, Millard, Margene and Catharine. Estella became the wife of Edward Davis. John married Alice Parthemar and has four children, Edna, Robert, Lewis and Dona. Providence is the wife of Elmer Adams and has one son, Paul. Nell married Robert Kenney. Carrie became the wife of Byron Coe and has three children, Adele, Morris and Margaret. Elizabeth married Roy Ferrel and has one son, Gilbert William.

Mr. Stillings has been a life long Republican and takes an active interest in good government. He served as trustee of this township three years. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and has been a member of the Grange since its organization in this county in 1876. He and his family are members of the Christian church and are interested in its various activities. Mr. Stillings is one of the best known farmers of Union county and has a host of friends and acquaintances in this section of the state.

Daniel J. Sanderson

A prosperous business nian of Broadwa}', Ohio, is Daniel J. Sanderson, of the firm of Sanaft & Sanderson, dealers in grain, flour, feed and coal. He has lived in this county practically all of his life, and for nearly a quarter of a century has been engaged in business in Broadway.

Daniel J. Sanderson, the son of William and Minerva (Adams) Sanderson, was born in Marion county, Iowa, near Knoxville, April 27, i860. His parents were natives of Ohio and reared a family of seven children: Elmira, deceased, who was the wife of C. W. Cooper; James F., of Taylor township, this countv ; John H., also of Tavlor township; Daniel J., of (46)

Broadway; Charles W., of Broadway; Emma Adeline, deceased, who was the wife of William Brown, of Marysville, and Charles Wesley, the first born, who died when he was about three years of age.

William J. Sanderson was reared in Fayette county, Ohio, and was a practicing physician and a surgeon in the Civil War. He practiced in Iowa for a time, but spent most of his life in Union county, where he came immediately after the close of the Civil War. He engaged in farming in York township, where he had a farm of two hundred and fifteen acres, and here he reared his family. He spent the last few years of his life in Broadway, and died there in 1886, at the age of sixty-one. His wife died in 1904, at the age of seventy. Doctor Sanderson and wife were both members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

The paternal grandparents of Daniel J. Sanderson were James and Sarah (Newman) Sanderson, natives of England and Ohio, respectively. James Sanderson was a soldier in the War of 181 2. He and his wife were pioneers in Fayette county, Ohio, and died in that county after rearing a family of ten children, Washington, Henry, John, Alexander, Ambrose, Joseph, I^'oster, William, Samuel and Barbara. James Sanderson died at the age of sixtv-two and his wife lived until she was ninety-seven years of age. The maternal grandparents of Daniel J. Sanderson were Charles and Elizabeth (Cline) Adams, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively. Charles Adams was a farmer and an early settler in Fayette county, Ohio, where he became a wealthy and influential citizen. Eight children were born to Charles Adams and wife, Elizabeth. Sarah, Philip, Minerva. Mary, John, Nancy and David.

Daniel J. Sanderson was reared in York township. Union county. Ohio, on his father's farm. He attended the district schools and the high school at Reeseville, Ohio, and then started to study medicine, but failing eyesight compelled him to abandon this pursuit and he then decided to follow the occupation of a farmer. He fanned for several years, after which he engaged in the grocery business in Broadway, but after a year's residence in this village he returned to the farm. In 1892 he moved to Broadway and engaged in the hardware business and the buying and selling of grain, and has followed this occupation ever since with the exception of about five years when he was living on his farm. He owned seventy acres of land which he sold August 11, 1914. He is now a partner of Mr. Sanaft, a firm which deals in grain, flour, feed and coal.

Broadway, the daughter of William and Jane (Flora) Shelton. His wife died in March, 1894, at the age of thirty-two. Mr. Sanderson was married a second time in September, 1907, to Mrs. Mary Elnora Minnick, the widow of George Minnick and the daughter of James and Catherine (Flora) Snyder. His second wife was a cousin of his first wife. Mr. Sanderson and his wife have an adopted daughter, Irene. Mrs. Mary E. Sanderson was born in Ross county, Ohio, November 12, 1864. Her parents were natives of Ohio, but now live in Columbus. They had a family of five children, Jennie, Edward, Mary Elnora, Curtis and Leota.

Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson are members of Broadway Methodist Episcopal church. He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Politically, he is identified with the Republican party and has served two terms as trustee of Taylor township.

Major Frank D. Henderson

The largest farmer and stock raiser of ^lill Creek township. Union county, Ohio, is Major Frank D. Henderson, who is now residing on the farm on which he was born in 1881. His father was for many years one of the leading farmers of this county and a man of great influence in various lines of activity. Major Henderson made an excellent record while in college, and is one of the many farmers of this county who returned to the farm after the close of their college careers.

Major Frank D. Henderson, manager of the Henderson estate of seven hundred and twenty-one acres in Mill Creek township, was born September 26, 1881, on this farm. His parents, W. C. and Sarah E. (Sewell) Henderson, were nati\'es of Pennsylvania and Union county, Ohio, respectively. His father came to Union county in pioneer times, and was reared to manhood here. W. C. Henderson was a very successful farmer and stock raiser and accumulated one of the largest fanns in the county solely through his own thrift and industry. Two children were born to W. C. Henderson and wife, Frank D. and one daughter.

Major Henderson was reared on his father's farm and recei\ed his elementary education in the public schools of A'lill Creek township. He graduated from the high school and afterwards entered Ohio State University at Columbus, and later was a student at Ohio Wesleyan University. After finishing his collese course he returned home in order to assume the manage- ment of his father's large estate. His father had died in 1898 before he started to college. Major Henderson is an extensive breeder of registered Chester White and Duroc hogs, as well as Percheron horses, and is regarded as one of the most successful stock breeders of this section of the state.

Fraternally, Major Henderson is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, belonging to the blue lodge, chapter and council at Marysville. He is a member of the Urbana Commandei-y, and also of the Shrine at Columbus, and has been active for many years in Masonic affairs. He also holds his membership in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at Marysville. Politically, he has given his hearty support to the Democratic party, but his extensive agricultural interests have been such that he has not had the time to take an active part in political matters.

Mr. Henderson has been interested in the National Guard of Ohio for many years. His official career began March 20, 1906, when he was commissioned first lieutenant of Company E, Fourth Ohio Infantry, and in August of the same year he was commissioned captain of the same company. On May 12, 1909, he was commissioned major of his regiment and is now holding this rank. He is an experienced man in military tactics and his rapid rise is due to his thorough knowledge of military affairs. On January 11, 1915, Governor Willis appointed IMajor Henderson a member of his military staff.

A highly respected citizen of Union county for more than half a centuV)' and a veteran of the Civil War, Matthias R. Haggard is eminently entitled to representation in a history of Union county, Ohio. He spent two years and seven months in the service of his company in the Civil War, as did his only brother, and is one of the few r-emaining old soldiers whom Union county delights to honor. Marrying the year after the close of the war, he has been engaged in fanning in Mill Creek township ever since, and his and his wife's present fine farm of one hundred and sixty-two acres is ample evidence that he has been a successful tiller of the soil.

Matthias R. Haggard, the son of John and Sarah (Acton) Haggard, was burn in Concord township, Ross county, Ohio, A])ril 24, 1841. His parents, bntli of whom were born in R(.)ss county. Ohio, came to Union county shortly after their marriage and h\ed the remainder of their hves in AiiU Creek township. Two children were born to John Haggard anil wife, Dawson and Matthias R. Dawson served in Company F, Eightyeighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and remained in the service until the close of the war.

^Matthias R. Haggard came with his parents to Union county, Ohio, in 1848, and has lived here ever since, with the exception of two years and seven months which he spent at the front as a member of Company D, Eighty-eighth Regiment Ohio \'olunteer Infantry. He enlisted in April, 1863, ^ii*i served until the close of the war in the spring of 1865. His captain was S. S. Parker, while the reginient to which his company was attached was under the command of Colonel Neff. Immediately after the close of the war Mr. Haggard returned to Union county, and in April of the following year was married and began farming in Mill Creek township. He has engaged in general farming and stock raising and year after year has improved his farm, thereby making it more valuable.

'M.T. Haggard has been twice married. His first wife, Susan Odle, to whom he was married April 18, 1866, was born and reared in Illinois, and there were four children bom to this first marriage, two of whom are now living, Stella, the wife of Drel Graham, and J. F., who married Ola Stimmel. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Haggard married Eunice Low, and to this second union two children have been born, Alarion, who graduated from the Mill Creek township high school, and is now at home, and Mildred, who is a graduate of the same school and now teaching in the schools of Alill Creek township.

Mr. Haggard and his family are members of the Christian church at Watkins, and have always taken an active part in its welfare. He is one of the board of stewards and also a member of the board of trustees. He has been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows for many years, but owing to advancing age is not active in the lodge at the present time. He is a member of Ransom Reed Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at ]\Iarysville, and has always taken an active interest in everything pertaining to the welfare of the old soldiers. Politically, Mr. Haggard has been a life-long Republican and cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1864. The onlyposition which he has ever held at tlie hands of his party is that of school board trustee, a position which he is now liolding. Mr. Haggard has been a resident of this county for sixty-se^-en years, and is one of the most highly esteemed residents of the county, having always Vwed such a life as to bring him the hearty approbation of his fellow citizens.

Joseph Easton

One of tlie oldest and most highly respected farmers of Mill Creek township, Union county, Ohio, is Joseph Easton, who is now nearing his eightieth birthday. Born and reared in England, he came to this country at the age of sixteen and located in Ohio with only sixty cents in his pocket. He worked in this state and Illinois before finally locating permanently in Ohio in 1854. Since that time he has made this county his home and his present farm of one hundred and twenty-six acres in Dover and j\Iill Creek townships is the direct result of his own unaided efforts. His career is interesting in showing what may be accomplished by a man who directs his energies along proper lines, while at the same time he has taken his share of the burdens of the life of his immediate community.

Joseph Easton, the son of Thomas and Martha ( Catt ) Easton, was born in Sussex, England, November 27, 1835. His parents lived all their days in England.

Joseph Easton was reared on a farm in his native land and received onh' a very limited educatii)n. In 1851, when only sixteen years of age, he came to this country alone and located in Coshocton county, Ohio. He was practically penniless with only a half dollar in his pocket, but bravely started out to find work. He secured employment on the Pan-Handle railroad, which was then being built through that county, and he worked there for two years, after which he went to Illinois and helped to build the Illinois Central railroad. He then returned to Ohio and worked as a farm hand in Coshocton county until he was married. He started in by renting a farm and in 1864 came to Union county, where he lias since made his home. He started out in a very modest way. buying a few acres at a time and has gradually added to his land holdings until he is now the owner of one hundred and three acres in Dover township and twenty-three acres in Mill Creek tfiwnship, making his home in tlie latter township. He has worked diligently to secure a comfortable living for himself and family and his efforts have not 1)een in vain.

Mr. Easton was married December 24, 1857. fo Margaret Wagner, who is a native of Ohio, and to this union eight children have been born : Maiy. tlie wife of George Kirby; John, who married Maggie Bown; Tensie, single: Martha, the wife of George Clark; Randa, deceased, who was a public school teacher; William, who married Ora Low; Lucinda, the wife of Alva Graham; C. H., who married Lulu Thompson. Mrs. Easton died October

30, 1914. Mr. Easton and his family are loyal and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Watkins, Ohio, and have been active in church work for many years. Politically, Mr. Easton is a Democrat, and during his younger years served as one of the trustees of his township. He has always been very considerate of the rights of others, and absolutely honest and straightforward in all of his dealings, and has been held in high respect and esteem by every one with whom he has been associated, and his life in every particular has been above reproach.

Thomas H. Kilgore

The Kilgore family, worthily represented by Thomas H. Kilgore, a farmer of Mill Creek township, has been identified with the history of Union county, Ohio, since 1866, when the first members of the family settled in Mill Creek township. Mr. Kilgore has had unusual success along agricultural lines, as is shown by his fine farm of four hundred acres in this township, where he is now residing. He has been an extensive stock raiser, and has found that the most successful farmers are the largest stock raisers. The United States government has found by careful examination that fourfifths of the average income of farmers throughout the United States is derived from the sale of live stock, and it is along this particular line that Mr Kilgore has had such marked success.

Thomas H. Kilgore, the son of S. D. and Elizabeth (Cary) Kilgore, was born in Mill Creek township. Union county, Ohio, March 6, 1877. His parents were both natives of Madison county, Ohio, and grew up together and after their marriage came to Union county and settled in Mill Creek township about 1866. His father is still living here, while his mother passed away about 1904. Three children were born to S. D. Kilgore and wife: Cora, the wife of F. C. Ballinger. of Marysville ; Etta, who died unmarried, and Thomas H., of Mill Creek township.

The education of Thomas H. Kilgore was received in the schools of Mill Creek township, and early in life he decided to follow the occupation of a farmer. He remained at home until he was married and then began farming for himself in his home township. He started in with a small farm and has since added to it until he now has four hundred acres of well-improved land. He has made most of his money in the hog and sheep industry, and markets several car loads of stock each year.

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Mr. Kilgore was married on April i6, 1903, to Myrtle Hanawalt, the daughter of George and Esther (Baughman) Hanawalt. She was born in Mill Creek township, this county, and was educated in the common schools of her home township. To this union two children have been born : Helen, born September 5, 1907, and Christina, born March 26, 191 1.

Mr. Kilgore and his wife are loyal and consistent members of the ^Methodist Episcopal church and have always taken a deep interest in its welfare. At the present time Mr. Kilgore is one of the trustees of his church. Politically, he is identified with the Republican party, but has never taken an active part in its deliberations. He is a quiet and unassuming man and has so conducted his affairs as to merit tlie high esteem in which he is held throughout the township and county.