Liberty Township (part 1 of 4)

Liberty Township

same. Mr. Hannum was married in 1840, to Ann. Harlan, of Champaign Co., by whom he had one child - deceased. His wife died in 1841, and he was again married, in 1845, to Magdalena Wagner, a native of Philadelphia - being born within a few miles of that city in 1827. Her father was a native of Pennsylvania, and her mother of Switzerland. By his last marriage he has had seven children, four of whom survive - Hannah, Eugene, Mary and Ben. Mr. Hannum is one of the pioneers of this place, having lived here while yet remained many wild animals. He has served the township as Trustee. He early identified himself with the Friends' Church. He owns filty-four acres of finely improved land adjoining town, and the present milling property, which is in a flourishing condition. His parents, Obediah and Hannah (Taylor) Hannum, were natives of Chester Co., Pa. They had seven children - Dinah, Thpmas, Stephen and Joseph only survive. Though Mr. and Mrs. Hannum have almost reached the allotted span of life, yet they bid fair to enjoy a few more years of usefulness.

P. E. HARNER, farmer; P. O., West Liberty; was born March 18, 1834, in I^ancaster Co., Pa.; his father, J. A., was born Jan. 26, 1795, in Chester Co., and his mother, Elizabeth Emery, in the same county. They emigated to Ohio in 1846, stopping for a few days in Champaign Co., and then on the farm now owned by Daniel Yoder. In 1858 they moved to West Liberty, where the father died in 1869, and the mother in 1875. They were early members of the Presbyterian Church at this place. The father was for some time director of this county's Infirmary. The Creator gave to them eleven children, four of whom are living - A. R., Maria, Jacob C. and P. E. The latter attended school as much as convenient until 22 years old, about which time he began learning the carpenter's trade, which he continued some time. He was married Dec. 28, 1857, to Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Diana (Huber) Miller, natives of Rockingham Co., Va. They came early to Logan Co., and settled near De Graff, where the mother is still living, the father being deceased. Her parents had seven children - Margaret, Elizabeth, Polly, Barbara, Susan, Martin and Abeduego. Her parents early identified themselves with the German Baptist

Church. Mrs. Harner was born Feb. 7, 1832, in Logan Co. She has blessed her husband with four children - Marion C, Charles B., John A., and Jacob M. Mr. Harner settled, when first married, where Daniel Yoder now lives, renting the same of his father for eleven years; he then bought his present farm of 217 acres of C. Yoder, and has since remained, and has made many valuable improvements. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., of West Liberty, in which society he has served in all offices. Himself and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. He votes the Republican ticket, and paid off a portion of this township's draft. His brother, George S., was in Co. I., 96th O. V. I.; he was from this township, and died near Young's Point. Mr. Harner is making a specialty of the Poland China hogs, and has some of the finest stock. He has always taken a deep interest in education, believing that a well improved mind always finds occupation.

C. R. HILDEBRAND, farmer; P. O., W est Liberty. The somewhat eventful history of the present subject compels more than the usual brevity. We can truthfully call him a pioneer here, as well as many other places. It seems that he has been on the frontier the greater part of the seventy-two years he has sojourned through this country. He was born in Leboeuf, Erie Co., Pa., on April 8, 1808. His father, Jacob, was a native of Westmoreland Co., same State, and his mother, Emily Miller, of Baltimore, Md. They were married in Leboeuf, where they remained until 1813, when they went to Erie, where the father was engaged at building the fleets then being fitted out for Commodore Perry. The mother was also engaged for the troops in making flags and flannel sacks in which to charge their cannons. The father belonged to the militia under Captain Morrison, and was called into service, during which he contracted a disease, and in 1814 died. The mother got a land warrant for his services, which she afterward sold to a Mr. Crockett, who located 160 acres in Iowa. The mother remained with her two sons, C. R. and Edward, in Erie, and maintained herself and them by plying her needle at whatever she could get to sew. Her brother, Thomas P. Miller, who was living there, had lost his wife, leaving him with two children.

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and he made a proposition that hewould sell out, and himself and children, and Mrs. Hildebrand and sons, would come to Ohio and there make a home together; this she accepted, and a flat boat was constructed by which they were transported to Portsmouth. The time of landing was 1817. They did not remain at Portsmouth very long, but moved on a farm in a settlement called French Grant. In about 1830 Mr. Miller came to Urbana, O., and Mrs. Hildebrand remained there until 1831, when she came with her sons to West Liberty, where she died in 1868. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of this place. Our subject's hardships were more than usual, such as going to mill on horseback, etc. When, at Portsmouth a man by the name of Hopkins came from New Jersey and started a paper called the Scioto Telegraphy and Mr. Hildebrand was then about iQ years old, and worked for this editor. During two days each week he would deliver the papers over the country on horseback. He and his brother Edward learned tailoring at Portsmouth, and afterward worked at Franklin Furnace at their trade. He was married in May, 1831, a short time prior to their moving to this county, and when they settled here he engaged for some time at his trade in a small frame house which stood on the southwest corner of the public square, where is now the present site of George Gorton's jewelry store. This building is now being used by Mr. Grier for a kitchen. In 1839 he withdrew from this business, and engaged in a grocery in a brick building that was consumed in the fire, but is now being rebuilt by Dr. Ordway. This he continued for three years, and afterward bought 150 acres of land in Hardin Co., unimproved, and moved on the same. In 1844, he returned and farmed a short time in Liberty Tp., and then bought a tract of hind in Champaign Co., where he farmed until 1851, when he traded for 200 acres where he now resides, getting the amount from T. P. Miller at $15 per acre. Here he has remained ever since, and has still kept rolling the wheel of improvement. Sept. 11, 1879, his wife, who ha.d been the companion ef his sorrows and joys for over forty-eight years, was stricken from life's roll and gathered into the life eternal. She had blessed him with eight children, seven of whom are now living - Isabella, has taught school at West Liberty for many years; Jacob, married Rebecca Burnside, native of this county, now of Morris Co., Kan.; Charles, married Kate Beemer, of Kenton, residents of this county; Emily; Lucy; Gwenn; Thomas, married Charlotte Mason, of this county; Milton, died 1864. Mr. Hildebrand has served as Township Trustee, and other small offices; cast his first vote for J. Q. Adams, and has always been a Whig and Republican. His grandparents Hildebrand were of German descent, their ancestors coming to America about 1733. His descendants by his mother (Miller and Pym) were of Irish descent, and belonged to the Quaker denomination. Their ancestors probably came over with William Penn. His brother Edward was married and died in West Liberty, leaving a widow and six living children. She yet resides in this place. Mr. Hildebrand is now seventy-two years of age, and enjoys uniform health, saying with Job of old, " All the days of my appointed time will I wait till my change come." He remembers almost everything that happened since he was three years old. Many of his leisure moments he has spent in catching deer in the rivers, by means of a canoe. These animals were driven in there for that purpose. He has in his possession a small dictionary that was given him by Lieutenant Packett, of Perry's crew, of Lake Erie, as a Christmas gift. He had but little chance of education, but most fortunate has he been in rearing a pleasant, intelligent family, educated and refined.

D. B. HALE, M. D.; West Liberty. Every city has its representative men in all professions; of the great number who represent some profession, and more especially that of the medical, there are comparatively few who, by hard study, almost constant practice and time devoted wholly to their profession, have reached a degree of eminence placing them, in the mind of the public and by the verdict of their medical brethren, among the first. This position has been attained and earned by Dr. D. B. Hale, of West Liberty. He is a native of Champaign Co., and was born April 9, 1844. His younger days were spent on the farm and in attending school in the log cabin. At the age of 13, he began attending school at Urbana; remained nearly three years, and afterward taught one year; he then entered the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, where he remained about one year; he then enlisted in Go. G, 94th 0. V. I., in which he ranked as high private; in three years he returned from the war, having witnessed many hard- fought engagements, of which we mention Perryville, Ky., Stone River, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and Sherman's Atlantic campaign; he was slightly wounded at Resaca, Ga., and was confined in the hospital at Chattanooga until able for service; his return from war was in 1865, when he began reading medicine with Dr. J. M. Butcher, at North Lewisburg, Champaign Co., continuing the same for two years, and then entered the Eclectic Medical College at Cincinnati, graduating in May, 1869, and at once began practice at Greenfield, Highland Co.; remained there about one year, and then went to Indianapolis, Ind., and practiced and read the homoeopathic system. He graduated at the Hahnemann College, Chicago. In 1875, he began his practice at Mechanicsburg, Champaign Co., and in 1877 came to West Liberty, Logan Co., where he has since been, and is enjoying a very fine practice. He was married in 1871 to Marietta Bonesteel, a native of Urbana; she was born July 28, 1853, and by her he has two children - 6. B. and I. G. He is a member of Liberty Lodge, No. 161, A., F. & A. M., in which he is S. W. His father, John, was a native of Clinton Co., Ohio, and his mother, Irena (Lewis), of the State of New York. They had a family of six children; three only survive - Joshua A., p. B. and Thomas P. (practicing medicine at Spring Hill, Champaign Co.; graduated at the Cincinnati Medical College). The father died in 1853, and was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The early death of the father threw the young sons out on their own resources, a position which they sincerely realized, and soon found that then was the time for them to prepare for the world's riper ages. The mother was, however, married to a Mr. Smith, with whom they had a home. Dr. Hall has, by careful management, attained some nice property in West Liberty. He bears the reputation of being one of the most substantial and reliable of the inhabitants of the pleasant little village

J. M. HUNTER, dealer in farming implements. West Liberty; was born March 22, 1838, in Champaign Co., :where he attended school in the old pioneer log cabin. He also attended for a while at this place, by riding on horseback. He was very apt at his studies, and, at the age of 20 years, he taught one term, and then began farming, renting of his father. He was married Nov. 19, 1862, to Sallie Baldwin, and soon after bought 60 acres of his father, on which he remained two years. He then went to Urbana, and there engaged under the firm name of Gearheart & Hunter, in the grocery business, continuing at it two years. While thus engaged he was unsuccessful - however, not through his own financiering. He then returned to his farm, which had been reduced somewhat by the failure previously mentioned, and remained on the same until 1872, when he sold out and purchased 30 acres in Liberty Tp., this county, and has since remained on the same. In 1878, he began dealing in agricultural implements, which he still continues, making a specialty of buggies an<i wagons, as well as threshing machines, engines, saw-mills, etc. He is honest and. upright, and merits the patronage of the community where he resides. He has been no office-seeker, hence has not trifled away his useful moments in aspiring for petty offices. He and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he has been class-leader and Superintendent of Sunday Schools. Both positions he is now holding. His Creator has given him three children by his union - Frank E., Nellie M. and Ralph W. He has always been an enthusiastic Republican, having cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln. He takes deep interest in all temperance movements, and every thing that tends to promote morality.

STEPHEN JACKSON, boots and shoes; West Liberty; is a son of Amos and Rachel Goodenough .Jackson. His father was born in Vermont, March 5, 1796; and his mother in the same State in 1797; they were married at Darby Plains, Union Co.; moved to Buck Creek, Champaign Co., and remained there until 1841, when they came to West Liberty, where the father engaged in blacksmithing.

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which he continued until 1864. ' He is the father of six children, three of whom are dead; the three that survive are Henry, Clarinda and Stephen. The father served as drummer in the war of 1813, and was captured, at Lake Champlain,,by Col. Clark, and was held a prisoner for three months; the father yet survives, but the mother is deceased; they early united with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Stephen was born Sept. 14, 1825, in Champaign Co., where he spent his boyhood days attending school, and working in the shop with his father, with whom he completed his apprenticeship as a blacksmith, which avocation he followed in connection with his father and brother Henry; he was in partnership with the latter but two years, and with the former all the rest of his time until 1864, when he then engaged for himself and continued until 1879, when he began in the boot and shoe business, which he still continues under the firm name of Ziegler & Jackson; carrying on a full line of custom-made boots and shoes, also running a regular repair and manufacturing department. He was married, Nov. lO, 1847, to Elmina, a daughter of Isaac and Jane Austin Sharp, of Logan Co. Her parents were natives of New Jersey, and emigrated to their present abode in an early day; she was born in 1825, and died Sept. 1, 1849; one child, Robert H., was given them by the Creator. He was again married March 10, 1853, to Delilak J. Hayes, by whom he has one daughter living - Mary, who married Henry Jones; and three died in infancy. He has been Councilman two terras; is a member of Liberty Lodge, No. 165, F. and A. M., and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as is also his wife. He has taught music, and occasionally amuses the community by selecting a choir' and rendering a number of the old style songs; in this mode of instruction he is pronounced very efficient. By careful management he has accumulated some good property on Newell street, and is also in possession of a good smithing trade, conducted by Charles Overdorff.

MARVIN JEWELL, farmer; P. O., Bellefontaine; was born June 3, 1822, in Lake Co., O. His father was born in Connecticut and his mother, Sallie Miller, in Pennsylvania (her father was one of the early settlers of the Western Reserve). His parents came to

Logan Co., and settled near Rushsylvania in 1837, and in May, 1870, the father died on the farm where Marvin now lives. His amiable consort, who had been the witness of his sorsows and joys, left him years before, to reap he^r reward in another sphere; she had four children - two of whom are now living - Marvin and Miranda. The father was married again to Abigail Fenton, by whom he had one child - David H. She died prior to her husband. Mr. Jewell left his father's home, near Rushsylvania, when 18, without one cent in his possession, and but one suit of clothes, and sought employment with a man in Belmont Co., on the farm, at $7 per month. For seven years he was teaming with six horses, hauling wheat, corn and tobacco to market. He was married Jan. 9, 1845, to Catharine De Ford, of Pennsylvania, and continued his labors in Belmont Co. until 1861, when he returned to Logan Co., and rented for some time. He then bought 85 acres, where he now lives, and has since added until he possesses 171^ acres of well improved land, attained entirely by his own labors, and has lately erected a fine dwelling on the same. He has eight children living - Sarah E., Elwood, Alonzo, St. Clair, Alice, Sidney Brady, Ida and Ada (twins), and one deceased, Mary. Himself and wife have been members of the Disciples' Church for thirty-five years. He has always been identified with the Whig and Republican party, and has made all he has by his own hard labors and business management, coupled with that of his industrious wife.

J. A. JONES, farmer; P. O., West Liberty. This industrious old farmer was born Jan. 20, 1811, on his father's farm in New Jersey. His father, Thomas, was a native of Hunterdon Co., same State, and always lived there. His mother, Grace Anderson, was also a native of the same county. His grandfather Jones emigrated from Wales in an early day, and served as a Captain during the revolutionary struggle. His grandmother (paternal) was a Bray, and the descendants by his mother were Irish - making the Jones family of to-day of those two distinguished nationalities - Welsh and Irish. Mr. Jones' parents had five children, four of whom are living - Mary, married to Joshua Lance; Re-" becca A., married to George Probasco; Eliza, married to Isaac Manning, and our subject, J. A. The mother died in about 1813 or 1814, and in about 1815 the father again married, Elizabeth Henry, and had by her seven children - George (deceased), Clarissa, Thomas, David M., Ann, Sallie and Margaret. When our subject's mother died, he was left in the care of his grandparents (Anderson), and there remained until his father's remarriage, when he was again taken home. At the age of 13 he had finished his education, which was obtained in an academy conducted in one end of his father's dwelling. This building had been built especially for school purposes, by Johnson and Taylor, to educate their own children . Mr. Jones' father afterward bought this property and had the school continued. He at the time mentioned left the school-room and sought employment in a blacksmith-shop with John Greene, of Clinton, N. J., with whom he continued for seven years, getting only his clothes and board. At the expiration of said time Mr. Greene hired him for three years, at from $136 to $192 per year. During this period, or in 1834, he was married to Mary A. Metier, a native of Hunterdon Co., N. J. His first transfer from the employ of Mr. Greene was to Bloomsbury, same State, where he followed smithing on his own account for some time, afterward transferring to Asbury, a neighboring town. He next came to West Liberty, by means of a team, bringing his family and his wife's sister, Margaret Metier. He remained during the winter of 1850 in West Liberty, and in the following spring bought 102 acres - a part of his fine farm of 213 acres - lying in Logan and Champaign Counties. This was then mostly unimproved, and by his strong and willing hand the forests were felled and the necessary accompaniments secured, until it now presents the appearance of one of the finest farms in the county. He has erected a magnificent dwelling on a beautiful hillside, amidst a natural grove of various kinds of bushes. Other necessary buildings accompany the same. Considering the abundance of living water and every modern improvement, we think one could not be otherwise than happy. But these are not all that make his home happy; the Creator gave to him nine children, eight of whom have grown up to bless and honor him - Levi M., married to Eva Sieg, graduated at the Cincinnati Medical College, and practiced for some time at West Liberty, and is now a confined invalid; Margaret, wife of Enos Baldwin; Ann; Jane; Mary, married to Wilson Craft; Emma, married to A. J. Serfus; Sallie ; W. H., .married to a daughter of Stephen Jackson; Thomas, deceased. Mr. Jones once joined the Sons of Temperance in order to get others to enlist, yet he has always been a strong temperance man, an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for thirty-seven years, and votes the Democratic ticket; has faithfully served in some township offices, but has always shrunk from office; was Captain of a militia company for four years in New Jersey, which gives rise to the appellation of " Captain," by which he is familiarly known.

W. C. KAVANAGH, dentist and Mayor, West Liberty; was born July 20, 1823, in Champaign Co. He there received as good education as the log cabin times afforded, having attended about twelve weeks during the year. At the age of 24 he began reading medicine with Dr. Fuller, at this place, continuing two years, and then retired, on account of illness. He was married, in 1854, to Evaline Hanger, a native of Augusta Co., Va. In 1858, he began clerking for Cornell, at this place, and was elected Mayor of this village in 1870, which position he held for eight years. In 1880, he was again chosen for that position. He has always taken a deep interest in the schools ; has been Clerk of the School Board for many years, and is a member of Liberty Lodge, No. 96, I. O. O. F. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church, at this place. They have one child, Mary, at home. He read dentistry with' Dr. Gill, at this place, and enlists his time and talent at that business. His father, James, was born about 1791, in Kentucky, and his mother, Rachel (Covington), in Ohio. Thej' settled in Champaign Co., where they died - the mother first, after which he again married. By his first wife he had six children, three of whom survive - John, Sarah and W. C, and by his last marriage had four children. He was in the war of 1812, serving under Captam Black. , The doctor and parents were members of the Christian Church.

descended from a long line of distinguished ancestors, all tillers of the soil. Mr. Kiser spent nearly the whole of his active life as a farmer, and always enjoyed the respect, confidence and affection of his fellow- citizens, which a useful life alone can permanently secure. But this aged and respected citizen has departed to " that bourne from whence no traveler returneth." He was born March 25, 1824:, in Rockingham Co., Va., and was the son of John and Mary (Cline) Kiser. The Kiser family are descendants from the early settlers of Virginia. The father of our subject came to Montgomery Co., O., about the year 1832 and bought a tract of land, where is now the present site of the Soldier's Home, and, on his return home, died May 18, 1832, at Springfield, O. His widow and seven children came within a short time and located on this farm, where they remained until 1839, when they sold the same and bought 277 acres where they now live. Here the mother died June 1, 1877, at the ripe old age of 80. She was the first of the Kiser family who had died for forty years. Her marriage with John Kiser occurred Oct. 9, 1817. Her mother, Mary Cline, was born April 2, 1767, and died on the farm where the deceased's widow now lives, July 8, 1848. Her father was born Sept. 7, 1765, and died Oct. 8, 1831, in Virginia. Mr. Kiser, deceased, was one of seven children, and is the only one that is dead. Joseph C., born July 26, 1818, is now living on what is know as the Oakland Farm, near Oregon, Wis.; Daniel C, born Jan. 14, 1820, living at Bonsack's, Va.; George W., born April 14, 1822, now a resident of Washington, la.; Jacob C; John Q., born Oct. 13, 1826, resident of Reading, Lyon Co., Kan.; William C, born July 17, 1828, resident of Dane Co., Wis.; Mary A. E., born April 29, 1830, married Samuel Whitmore, living at Mt. Crawford, Rockingham Co., Va. Mr. Kiser had but little advantage outside of home for obtaining an education; however, he received, as did all the rest of the pioneers, a few months schooling within the walls of the old log cabins. No time was wasted in truancy, but his business was the improvement of his mind and the farm. He worked two years at tanning at West Liberty, with the firm of Riddle & Rutan ; afterward, about one year at photography at Bellefontaine; was married April 13, 1854, to Sarah A., a daughter of Moses and Sarah (Black) Mcllvain, natives of Kentucky, and early settlers of Champaign Co., O. She died Dec. 7, 1857, and was the mother of two children by this union. John F., born Feb. 19, 1855, and Ida J., Sept. 20, 1856. He was again married Dec. 1, 1864, to Amanda Newell, a daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth (McNay) Newell. She was bom Sept. 18, 1833; by her he has three children - William N., born Sept. 2, 1865; Hugh N., May 5, 1867; and Jacob Oliver, Dec. 13, 1870. Mr. Kiser settled on the present farm at his first marriage, and in 1870 he bought the same of his mother for $20,000. He retired from labors, mostly, in 1876, on account of ill health. On Aug. 26, 1880, he was stricken from life's roll on earth, and gathered into the life eternal, leaving behind his happy family, the companions of his joys and sorrows, for many years. He was prominently identified with the 1. O. O. F. and A., F. and A. M. at West Liberty, the Chapter of Bellefontaine, and Knights Templar of Urbana. He was the first man ever buried in Logan Co. under the order of the Knights Templar, and was one of the first three ever initiated in the order in this county. He is now no more, but has left his mourning family plenty of this world's goods to make them pleasant through life. It was on the lips of everybody, that Mr. Kiser was respected and loved by everyone. In this connection we clip the following from the Bellefontaine Examiner: " Mr. Kiser was about 57 or 58 years of age, and the possessor of one of the best improved and the best stock- farms in Logan Co. He was a man of unblemished character, honest, honorable and upright, and, as such, respected and honored by all who knew him. His death is a loss to the community in which he dwelt, while to his family it is one that no lapse of time or circumstances can repair. He leaves a wife, three or four sons and one daughter, who will cherish through their lives the memory of his goodness and of his devotion to them with tender and loving regret." He was not, by any means, indifferent to the claims of religion, but for some time past was deeply interested about his spiritual condition.

named above was conspicuous, and the Miller family have held no second position in their influence on the community from then to the present time. PI. J. was born June 4, 1831, in Pennsylvania, and came to Sandusky by steamboat. He received such education as the old log cabin afforded him. He began early learning the harness trade with Riddle & Rutan, with whom he continued four years, and then engaged in the same, at Urbana, during one year ; afterward carried on the same business, on his own resources, at Kenton, for twelye years, and then returned to West Liberty, where he engaged in buying grain and merchandising, under the firm name of Taylor & Miller, for six years ; they then engaged under the firm name of Runkle, Taylor & Co. - since, the firm of Taylor, Fisher & Co ; in 1867, he entered the dry-goods business, in which he continues, and is doing an excellent trade in all kinds of dry-goods, notions, groceries, etc. He was married, in 1844, to Margaret Gordon, a daughter of John P. and Mary (Ryan) Gordon, natives of Pennsylvania. Mr. Miller had by this union seven children, six of whom survive - Mary, Eliza, Henry, Clara, Margaret and Alfred. His amiable companion, in 1876, was stricken from life's roll on earth, and gathered into life eternal, having gained her faith through the Presbyterian Church, having been in close and active connection for twenty years. He owns 600 acres of well improved land, which is the fruit of his own labors. While learning his trade at harness-making, he got from $30 to 140 per year ; he can now walk out upon his own broad acres, and boasts no worldly treasure save that attained by his own industry. In all the varied experiences of the above hastily sketched life, its possessor has been peculiarly fortunate. He has been fortunate in the possession of a well balanced mind of great vigor ; fortunate in the possession of a fine physical organization and excellent health ; also, in being able to befriend all, and having all for his friends. He is identified with the Republican party, and has often represented the same in county conventions.

THEODORE F. MILLER, West Liberty, is of the firm of O. S. Miller & Co., wholesale jobbers in notions, hosiery and gents' furnishing goods, and manufacturers of the Nonesuch overalls, jackets and shirts. He was born on Aug. 36, 1844, in Fredericksburg, Wayne Co., O. He took advantage of the common schools until 14 years of age, when he began mefrchandising, which he has since continued. He was married Sept. 13, 1872, to Anna B. Goodwin, who was born May 16, 1851, by whom he has two children - Bessie G., born Aug. 37, 1877, and Albert T., born May 8, 1880. John Goodwin, the father of Mrs. Miller, was a native of Virginia and emigrated to Clark Co., O., when young; he was born in 1833, and died in 1867; was married in 1847 to Mary Scheller (the mother of Mrs. Miller), who was born Nov. 6, 1839, in Clark Co., and is a daughter of Adam and Mary (Heastand) Scheller. The father was born in Lancaster Co., Pa., in 1789, and her mother in Hagerstown, Md.; she was the mother of twelve children, nine of whom are living - Emanuel M., Adam, Daniel, Elizabeth, Henry, Anna N., John, Mary and Lydia. She died in 1875, and the father is now living in Green Co., this State. Mrs. Miller is one of six children, three of whom survive - Orrin, Anna B. and Willetta. The grandfather Scheller came from Germany when 4 years old. The father of Mrs. Miller was a dry-goods merchant for many years, and during his latter days he owned a nursery, and finally he kept the noted Goodwin Hotel at Dayton, where he was killed by falling out of a buggy.

DR. J. ORD WAY, retired physioia'n; West Liberty. The data that we have been able to obtain of Dr. Ordway is of exceeding brevity, but his early residence and identification with the early history of Logan Co. scatters his name on many pages of this book. Pie was born in New Hampshire, June 23, 1800. His father, John, died when he was three years old, and he was thrown out on life's current without the care of a father; hence, his school days were limited, as he must care for the necessaries of life. He remained with his mother until the age of 8, and then went to live with his grandfather Ordway, who sent him to one of the old pioneer log cabins, where he learned his A. B. C.'s; at the expiration of two years he returned to his mother, she having, in the meantime, married Robert Christie; he remained at home until 16, during which time he was engaged on the farm, but his active mind sought other labors, and he left the parental roof and began attending school at Springfield, O. (the family having moved to Clark Co. some time prior to that time). Extreme poverty brought this young student to want, and he readily sought night employment in a cooper shop, and during the day would attend his recitations ; his labor at night would bring him enough means to pay his board; this he continued for two years; he became very apt in his classes, and found some moments for extra labors, which he improved by reading medicine; at the age of 18 he began teaching school in the country at $20 per month, and during his spare time was reading medicine with Dr. Lawrence, of Springfield; the latter he continued for three years, which was the requirement of the law; he then went before a board of censors at Dayton, Ohio, and was examined, and got an excellent grade; he at once began practice with his preceptor for a short time, and then. May 38, 1828, began at West Liberty, being then the first and only practitioner at this place; he soon gained a wide practice, and made himself known as a skilled and efficient physician; during a period of three months, he rode down three horses, and enjoyed only nine nights sleep during that time; his extensive practice began to injure his health, and he began to withdraw about 1844 or '45, and finally booked the last account in 1849, and devoted his entire time to merchandising, which he had entered prior to that time. In this vocation he was successful, and accumulated quite a little fortune; he retired from business in 1863, on account of ill health, and since that time has turned his attention to farming 250 acres of land in Logan and Champaign Co.s; he owns three lots 50x150, 1^ acre lot in the north part of town, two other lots and buildings, all in West Liberty, making in all, together with his lands, a valuation of $40,000 to $50,000, all of which is the fruit of his own labors. He was married, Jan. 7, 1830, to Sabrina E. McGruder; she died in 1848; he was again married, March 8, 1849, to Mandane S. Fish; she is still living, and has been of great assistance in accumulating their fortune. Dr. O. was always eager to witness anything of interest, and one time he walked twelve miles to see an elephant, perhaps the first that ever came through this country in a show. He has served in some small township offices, as Treasurer and Town Councilman. The present Mrs. Ordway was born in 1832, in Randolph, Orange Co., Vt. Her father, James Fish, died when she was nine months old, and her mother, Achsah (Lamson) Fish, was married again in 1835, to Washington Granger, a local Methodist Episcopal minister. She had by her former marriage six children, four of whom survive. Her mother died in 1868, and was a member of the Christian Church. Mrs. Ordway came in Oct., 1845 to Urbana, with William Harbach (an uncle). She there taught school until married; she was educated at the academy at Randolph Corners, in Vermont; she early took an interest in singing, and became a very efficient alto singer; she was often selected as an alto representative to musical conventions in the East; at her ripe old age, now, she has a very distinct and sweet voice, and is the leading alto singer in the Methodist choir at this place. She and the doctor have been identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church for two score or more years, the financial interest of which denomination has been benefited by their relationship, as well as their connection morally and otherwise. The doctor cast his first vote for John Q. Adams, for President, and has always taken an interest in the official selections, yet, during all this, he has never sought office. In Dr. Ordway we find a marked instance of a self-made man, talented, energetic and careful; educated by his own energies and perseverance; sociable and affable in his intercourse with all, of good legal abilities, fine physical organization. The hand of time has touched him (gently. J. B. McGruder, the father-in-law of our subject, came to Clarke, Co., O., in 182,7, was transferred soon after to Champaign Co., and thence to Logan Co., in 1830; he was a large shareholder in thfe east, and brought with him Maria Hawkins (one of his old slaves) and three children - Windsor, Margaret and Stacy; her husband was taken south. She now lives in Washington, D. C. Father McGruder was an early merchant at this place, and had his business room where is now the present site of Woodward's boot and shoe store. We clip the following from a Logan Co. paper: "We have the melancholy duty of announcing the death, by suicide, on the night of

Tuesday last, 1850, of the Rev. J. B. Mc- Gruder, of West Liberty, in this county. The deceased was an elderly man, but had enjoyed remarkably good health until within a comparatively short period, when he sank into deep melancholy, and in a fit of derangement put an end to his existence by hanging. No event, we presume, has ever produced so deep a sensation among the citizens in the vicinity in which he lived, and where he had resided for more than twenty years. He was universally respected and beloved. He has been, we know not for how long, but we presume for the greater part of his life, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and adorned its doctrines by his daily walk and conversation. He was one of the most earnest and most devoted Christians that we have eveknown. Whenever good was to be effected, whenever anything was to be done, promotive of the temporal and eternal welfare of his fellow man, father McGruder was found among the most earnest, efficient and unwearying laborers. But his earthly career is now ended, and he is gone to his reward. He leaves many sad hearts to mourn his unfortunate and melancholy death."

A. J. SCOTT, livery; West Liberty; was born Aug. 9, 1829, in Champaign Co., O. His father, Zaohariah, was born Nov. 18, 1800, in the same county, as was also his mother, Maria (Lake) Scott, her birthday being Oct. 33, 1805. These parents began life in the green woods; wild game was then plenty, and the father obtained the greater part of their meat by hunting. During this time the Indians were plenty, yet the father had some dislike for them, and never traded with them, as did many of the j^ioneers. His grudge against them was caused by a combat between his brother Joseph and some red men in Wisconsin, during which engagement Joseph killed one of them, and had to flee for his life, and was only saved by being placed in a block house, and kept there through the entire winter. In the spring was let out, at which time he sought the wilds of Ohio, working the way on foot. Mr. Scott's father and mother had five children - Jane, deceased; Eliza, Margaret, A. J. and Thomas J. The mother died in 1833. The father was again married to Mary Lake, a sister of his former wife, by whom he had - David, John,

Maria, Matilda, Lovena, George, Charlie, Chloe, Zaohariah and Belle. The father died in 1863; his widow survives and is living at Heyworth, 111. A. J. remained with his parents until 33 years old, during which period he shared with his brothers in laboring on the farm and attending school in the log cabin; also going to mill on horseback, following along the snake paths. He was married March 30, 1850, to Martha J. Saltkill, a native of Pennsylvania ; by her he has five children, all living - Maria E., Laura, Mary, Zachariah and Addie B. He devoted his life to farming until March 7, 1880, when he formed a co-partnership with John Steelman in the livery, sale and feed business at which he is doing first-class; and as he and Mr. Steelman give their entire personal attention to the same, of course merit the patronage they receive. He owns a nice residence in this little village, votes the Democratic ticket, and has always voted for the party, save one vote, which was cast for Abraham Lincoln.

PRESTON W. SEARCH, Superintendent of West Liberty School, and Associate Editor Gazette; is a son of Thomas and Matilda Search; was born at Marion, O., April 10, 1853. At this writing he is the Superintendent of Schools at West Liberty, O. The early education of Prof. Search was obtained in the Marion Union Schools. At the age of 16 years he entered Dr. H. A. True's Private Classical School, under whose instruction he continued three years, and afterward attended the University at Wooster, where he completed his school life, extending over a period of fifteen years. Talented, enthusiastic, his success in college is an earnest for his future life. P. W. Search was not the man to leave the future to the direction of impulse, but with a definiteness that at once revealed his maturity of character. With a singularly rare appreciation of the value of commencing life with positive aims, he condensed his convictions into this beautiful maxim; " To thine own self be true^'' and this he has faithfully observed. It moulded his character, exercised a restraining influence on his daily life, and lent it the beauty of moral strength, the peace of contentment, unfailing courtesy, steady, conscientious industry, unostentatious charities, genial habits, and the sincere politeness of a Christian gentleman. Ever since leaving college Prof. Search has been a close student; he is a self-made man, and a selfeducated man. He supported himself in college by teaching three winter schools, and hearing private classes. He has spent several summers, also, in teaching, writing, commercial, and music schools in different parts of the State. On the 4th of March, 1874, he made a favorable response to an application made by the citizens of Millersburg, O., to the faculty of the University of Wooster, urging him to take charge of the Millersburg Academy, as its Principal. In this important position he was assisted by the talented Mrs. D. W. Van Evera, Lady Principal, and Mrs. O. J. French, who, for eighteen years, was President of the Female .Seminary at Cannonsburg, Penn., and other distinguished instructors. We learn much of the popularity of Prof. Search as an instructor at Millersburg, from the citizens and the public press thereof, as well as the catalogues of the Institution; we iilso learn that the Academy was supported by a liberal attendance of students. From this position the subject of our sketch retired to open a mnsic store at Marion, O., in which business he continued nearly three years. During this time, with that indomitable perseverence that characterizes the man, he prepared students for college, and at the same time he whs ably filling the position of Principal of the Marion Commercial School, being a skillful bookkeeper, as well as a master of the beautiful art of penmanship. Prof. Search has a fine reputation as a director and composer of music, and is to-day largely engaged in the publication of his own compositions, as well as that of other music directors, the copyright of which he owns. He was born to instruct, to charm, to elevate the human soul, to furnish his fellow mortals with some of the instrumentalities of a pure, high enjoyment. Upon several occasions he has conducted musical conventions in neighboring places. On the first Monday of September, 1877, Prof. Search took charge of the West Liberty Union Schools, which needed a thorough re-organization badly, and it required the services of just sucii an one as he to place it upon a solid foundation. Being a teacher of the highest order, practical in education and in the esthetic, he sought, by natural gravitation of his faculties, to blend the two elements, thus making him capable of rendering the task attractive to himself as well as pleasing to the pupil, and this happy combination, together with his ability as a methodizer, planner and organizer, rendered him peculiarly the "right man in the right place." That he has proven himself preeminently "master of the situation" is a notorious fact, and we base his success not only on the accomplishments we have already mentioned, but also upon his remarkable executive ability, his earnestness, his power to command the respect and affection of his pupils, his singular facility of rapidly imparting what he knows to others, his faculty for bringing order out of chaos, and the peculiar ability which he has of causing the pupil to feel that the spirit of his instructor pervades the whole school-room. He is never boisterous, never displays anger in the presence of his pupils, but when he speaks he is promptly obeyed. He is autocratic in the school-room, yet his pupils take pleasure in obeying him. They love and do not fear him, and they are made to feel that he is their devoted friend, and yearns for their growth in mental strength. Endowed with these superior graces, what else might the people of West Liberty expect but such eminent success as has attended the labors of Prof. Search among them? His work has been so highly appreciated that, in the summer of 1880, the Board of Education re-elected him to the Superintendency for a terra of three years at a salary of $1,300 per year, the highest amount paid by any place of equal size in Ohio, and the maximum of Logan Co. Prof. Search has spent several months of his vacations in traveling to refresh his historical and geographical knowledge of this country, and the many readers of the West Liberty Gazette, with which he is associated as publisher, have enjoyed largely the benefit of his observations and power as a descriptive writer. His pen is facile, gifted and eloquent, capable even of soaring into the beautiful realms beyond. Prof. Search is a gentleman of sterling worth, high moral endowments, an esteemed citizen of West Liberty, and being, comparatively, a young man yet, he gives promise of enlarged usefulness.

Co., Va. His father, Henry, was born in the same county, in 1782, and his mother, Dorothy Coon, in Botetourt Co., in 1785. The parents came to Ohio in 1816 with five children - Jacob, John, Michael, George and Maria and in this county were born - Sarah, Dorothy, Samuel, Nathan, Rebecca, Henry and Rose Ann. The parents rented for a few years in this township after settling here, and then bought where Henry Secrist and Walter Howell now reside, and there remained until the death of the father in 1868. This claim was entered from the government by John Watts, who received the patent from J. Q. Adams. The father paid $5 per acre for the same. Here the old pioneer began life with scarcely anything save two horses and two cows; the former caught the glanders and both died, and the latter became foundered on chopped feed and also died which left hiin with nothing. He managed to trade a riflegun for an old gray horse, which served them in going to the mill, etc., and in a short time two calves grew up, which they yoked and with them plowed the soil. Our subject remained with his father until 21 years old, when he began working for himself, by renting ground of the neighbors, and made his home with his father until he was married, in 1839, to Hannah, a daughter of Thomas and Margaret Collins. She was born Oct. 10, 1821, in Lancaster Co., Pa., and by her ho had eleven children, eight of whom are now living - Margaret, Maria, Eliza J., Dorothy .1. (dead), Savina E., Adolphus M., Sarah E. (dead), .John L., Mary E., Benry and Frances R. (dead). Mr. Secrist settled after marriage on the farm now owned by D. D. Yoder, for one summer, and then rented of .John Smith for some time. He then bought 128 acres where he now lives, going in debt for the greater part of it, which was a source of great anxiety to him until liquidated, but, by careful management and strict economy, he has made himself a happy home. He has held the oflSce of Township Trustee. Himself and wife are members of the Christian Church in Liberty Tp., called the McKee's Creek Church. He votes the Republican ticket.

AUGUSTUS B. SIEG, merchant; West Liberty. The gentleman whose name is at the head of this article is not an old resident of this place, but one whose talents and abilities have prominently identified him in the literary and business interests of the town. He was born July 14, 1837, in Augusta Co., Va. ; he early manifested an interest in education, and attended the academy of that county until 18, when he entered Roanoke College, where he completed a course in 1857; he then returned to his parents, and, in 1859, went to Marshall, Saline Co., Mo., and there merchandised under the firm name of Gorham & Sieg, continuing about three years; during the war, they lost almost all they had, and Mr. Sieg came to West Liberty and entered the dry goods business as a silent partner in the firm of Pennock & Cruzen. In three years, he withdrew, and entered his present business with H. J. Miller, whose daughter, Mary, he had married, Oct. 3, 1865, by whom he had one child - Paul M. Himself and wife are members of the Lutheran Church at this place, of which denomination he has been deacon since his connection therewith, in 1865. While in Virginia, he was Captain of an infantry regiment from 1858 to 1859. Paul, the father of our subject, was born in Augusta Co., Va., and there married, in 1816, Elizabeth Haines, also a native of the same county; she blessed him with twelve children, eight of whom survive - Henry, Julia, Elizabeth, Carrie, Kate, Eva, Angie and Augustus B. Our subject's great-grandfather, Paul Sieg, was born in Germany, and at the age of 20 years he published an article severely criticising the government, and emigrated to this country for safety, settling in Lancaster Co., Penn. Here he married, and raised two boys - Henry and Paul; the latter was born in 1753, and married Susannah Fauber, in 1781; in 1788, they moved to Shenandoah Co., Va., with their children - Susannah, .John, Jacob and Paul. They here bought a fine farm, and lived upon it for nineteen years. Here Valentine and David were born. In 1807, he moved with his family to Churchville, Augusta Co., and bought the " Rose Isle " farm; he died Sept. 22, 1817. Paul, the father of our subject, came into possession of this last-named farm, partly by inheritance and partly by purchase. He died Sept. 17, 1846, of typhoid fever, at 59 years of age, being born July 13, 1787. He was a wise and prudent man of business, and soon added a number of valuable farms to his possessions.

and also owned at one time the noted " Oakland Hotel" property, of Augusta Co. He was a great advocate of liberal education, and did a great deal toward establishing Roanoke College, and was the leading spirit in establishing a classical school in his own neighborhood. When Augustus went to Roanoke College, Dr. Bittle, President of the institution, greeted him very warmly, and said: " Your father was the best man I ever saw, and the best friend I ever had, and I promised him before his death that I would see you liberally educated." Elizabeth, the wife of Paul, was born in Virginia, Oct. 38, 1790, and died, his widow, Aug. 4, 1864, in her 74th year.

STANTON BROTHERS, merchants; West Liberty. Prominently identified with the leading merchants of West Liberty are the Stanton brothers, whose firm name heads this sketch. James, the eldest, engaged in teaching school for four winters, and afterwards was engineer at the Phoenix Iron Works in Chicago, and then kept books for some time for Jones & Co., job printers, at the same place. In 1877, he, in partnership with his brother William, engaged in the present business, having a full line of dry goods and notions. They devote their entire attention to the business, and employ one steady clerk. They make a specialty of maple sweet, having handled during last season over 75,000 pounds of sugar and molasses. Their father, Daniel, was born Aug. 30, 1808, and was the son of James and Ann (Newby) Stanton - the former a native of Virginia and the latter of North Carolina. He was married in 1832 to the present Mrs. Angeline Stanton, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Johnson) Watkins; the father was born in Sussex Co., Va., June 1, 1781, and the mother in Isle of Wight Co., Va. Her father taught school in his younger days, and was elected County Survej'or, in which position he served for over twenty years. Her parents then came to Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson Co., O., in 1831, and for some time engaged in the mercantile business. He was soon after chosen President of tha Bank at that place, retaining that position for many years, and also served as a director of the same; he had ten children, five of whom survive-^Lambert, Angeline, William, Elizabeth and Lydia. Both of the parents were members of the Friends' Church. The parents of our subjects came to Logan Co., O., in 1832, and began life with only willing hands and stout hearts. They settled in the green woods in a "squatter's" cabin, made of round logs, stick chimney, puncheon floor, and doors hung on wooden hinges. Here they enjoyed many happy hours among the thick forests and wild animals, but no time was lost, and soon the timber began to fall, and ere many years had elapsed they had prepared a beautiful farm of 75 acres, and ere the father died they possessed 191 acres. They sold wheat at 30 cents per bushel and butter at 6 cents per pound, to pay off their debts and to obtain the necessaries of life. They once sold a large fatted calf for $4, with which they liquidated their tax, it being that amount. On Dec. 16, 1870, the father was stricken from life's roll on earth, and gathered into life eternal, leaving behind him the companion of his joys and sorrows, with whom he had shared for over thirty-eight years. They had been during all of their lives members of the EViends' Church. Mrs. Stanton is now pleasantly located in West Liberty with a part of her pleasant and intelligent family of eight children, who grew up to call her blessed. A short time ago sKe was struck with paralysis, which may, ere long, waft her from the shores of time, but she will leave a record of having been a faithful Christian and a kind and loving mother and companion. Her surviving children are - Elizabeth (married Isaac James); John, now in Rice Co., Kan.; James; Deborah (married E. Brown); William and Lydia. The great-grandfather, James Stanton, was the son of Samson, born Aug. 7, 1836, and Ruth. They had James, John, Sarah and Daniel. The grandmother, Ann (Newby) Stanton, deceased Sept. 17, 1854, and was the last of the Newby family. Her father, Thomas, was the son of Thomas and Mary Newby, and was the grandson of Thomas and Rebecca Pretlow. Mary Newby was a daughter of John and Martha Lawrence, and was born Oct. 9, 1745.

H. S. TAYLOR & CO., grocers; West Liberty. Prominently identified among the leading business men of West Liberty is the firm heading this article; they were born in this plane. Prank P., the elder, in 1854; he attended college at Oxford, Ohio, in 1868 and

1869; in 1870, began keeping books in the bank at this place; continued until 1873, when the cashier, Mr. Runkle, died, and he sucseeded him in the position, which he still merits. Was married, October, 1878, to Hattie Johnson, native of Pennsylvania; by her he has one child - Ralph. He is a member of Mad River Lodge, No. 191, A., F. & A. M., at this place, in which he is now J. W.; . also, member of Lafayette Chapter, Bellefontaine, Ohio, and Roper Commandery, No. 19, Urbana, Ohio. Harry S., the younger member, assumes entire control of the grocery, and, by close attention to business, they have learned that, coupled with buying lay the chief point in selling. They have always had the satisfaction of seeing their business increase, until they are now running a capital stock of $7,000. They are erecting a fine two-story brick, 21x80 feet, in which they purpose running a wholesale and retail line of the best qualities of all kinds of groceries.

I. C. TAYLOR, physician; West Liberty. In the practice of medicine in all cities and towns there are those physicians who, by long practice, have become so well known to the people that the compliments of the press are unneeded on their part. Among this class of physicians we find Dr. I. C. Taylor, who has been a resident of this village s noe Jan. 1, 1841; he is a native of Champaign Co., and was born Oct. 10, 1830, in Urbana; his early days were spent in a log sohoolhouse; at the age of 13, he went to the Ohio University at Athens, where he remained until 15 years old, when he then entered school at Oxford, remaining there two years; he then returned to his native heath, and began reading medicine with Dr. J. E. Carter, with whom he continued for three years; he then attended the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati; he at once began practicing with Dr. Marshall at Addison, Champaign Co. In one year his partner died, and the doctor then went to Marysville, Union Co., where he remained two years; he then came to West Liberty, where he has since been; he came here young in his profession and somewhat a stranger, and, being naturally of a despondent nature, the future sometimes looked dark; but, being a gentleman as well as a thoroughly well-read physician, his practice gradually increased, as did also his circle of friends, until now, by his close attention to business, he has a fine practice and a host of warm friends, some being of the poorei- class, to whom he has been a friend in many cases of need. In 1856 he was sent by the government to the plains of Colorado, for the purpose of effecting some compromise with the Indians, on the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad. He gained the desired object only verbally, the Indians promising to go south, which they did, but would not sign any writing. Dr. Taylor returned in about fifteen months, and again entered on his professional duties. He was married in 1841 to Jane D. Arden, a native of New Jersey. Her parents were Moses and Ann E. Arden, who emigrated to this county at an early day. He has had by this union nine children, six of whom are living - Moses, Eudora, Robroy, I. C. (practicing medicine in Butler, Ky.), Alonzo and Jesse P. He has been Township Clerk and member of the Town Council, also a men\ber of Liberty Lodge, No. 161, F. & A. M. His amiable consort died March 19, 1880. His father, Samuel, was a native of Virginia, and his mother, Sarah (Philips) of Kentucky. The father was a miller, and his father built the first grist-mill in the State of Ohio. The mother of our subject died about 1824, and was the mother of four children, all deceased but the doctor. The father was married twice since, and became sick June 1, 1878. The doctor brought him to his home and treated him until .June 10, 1880, when he died at the ripe old age of 85 years. Dr. Taylor makes a specialty of lung and throat diseases, and is fast gaining a world-wide reputation on these two almost incurable diseases. He has treated some cases where men has been seventeen years deaf, and has restored them to perfect hearing. For a verification of this statement we refer the reader to S. S. Hartzler and James or Charles Houger; the latter two were treated for consumption, having been given up by many eminent physicians as incurable. We would thus commend Dr. Taylor to the public as one of the most efficient physicians of the State. He is somewhat diseased, and may, ere long, enter a new sphere, but will leave a lasting remembrance of having acted a life of usefulness without ostentation.

Biographical Sketches

DAMARIS A. WILLIAMS (widow), farmer; Liberty Tp.; is a daughter of Morgan Eddy, who was born April 6, 1804, in Frederick Co., Va. Married, in 1827, to Sophia McConnell; came to Logan Co., Ohio, in 1828; died Jan. 23, 1879, of lung fever. He was noted for his social qualities and hospitality. His wife died in 1872; he made his settlement on what is the residence of Levi King, and in 1853 bought (where the subject now lives) of the Williams heirs; here the parents died, and had ten children, four of whom survive - Catharine, married Henry Kelley, of Bellefontaine; Damaris A.; Martha E., married Thomas Pinkerton, farmer, in Colby Co., Kan.; James W., married Abbie Frantz, and has one child - Addie. The names of those deceased - John, Mary, Nancy, and three infants. Mrs. Williams was born July 13, 1831, and was married, in 1853, to George A. Williams, a brother ot Mrs. I. N. Dille, mentioned elsewhere. Her husband was born July 20, 1824, in Berkeley Co., Va.; he devoted about twenty-seven years of his life to the saw-mill business. He finally became insane from unknown causes, and, July 24, 1875, hung himself in his own shed. He was always kind to his family, and the last few weeks prior to his suicide he had been uncommonly good, and very devoted to them. No adverse winds or threatening storms seemed to obstruct their passage. It is probable that dyspepsia was partially the cause of his insanity. He was the father of three children, two of whom survive - Tempie S. A., Carrie E. and James M., who died in 1853 at the age of 6 months. Mrs. Williams owns 91 acres of well-improved land, a portion of the old homestead; she and her two daughters remain thereon, and rent the farm for sufficient means for their support. She is an active member of the McKee's Creek Christian Church.

J. W. WOODWARD, merchant; West Liberty; was born Jan 8, 1829, in Springfield, Clark Co., Ohio; his father, Jacob L., was born in Chester Co., Penn., and his mother, Sarah Christie, was born in New Boston, N. H., in 1808; they came to Springfield when vounar; there the father engaged in carding, fulling and general merchandising until death, which occurred in 1831. They had two boys - J. W. and R. C; the latter is now Librarian of the Public Library of

Springfield. The mother was again married, to John Nicols, by whom she had four children - William C, Jesse C, Isabella and Laura M. Jesse C. was Captain of the 66th 0. V. I., and is now engaged in the drug business in California. William G. was in the war, and is now traveling salesman for William Mann & Co., of Philadelphia, wholesale stationery. The parents of our subject were members of the Congregational Church. When J. W. was 7 years old, he came to live with Dr. Ordway, and has mostly been with him since; he was engaged as cashier of the bank at this place from 1857 to 1866, at which time he went West, and engaged in raising cattle, and in two years he returned, and again entered the bank, where he remained until 1874, when he entered his present business - that of boots and shoes - and is having an excellent trade. In 1876, he built a fine two-story brick building, at a cost of $3,600, which was consumed by the great fire of 1880. Was married in 1853 to Lucy Stevens, by whom he had Lizzie and Christie L.; both survive. His wife died in 1866, and was a strict member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was again married in October, 1868, to'Laura E. Hitchcox, by whom he had two children - Richard O. and Katie T. Himself and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. He has been Township Trustee and Town Clerk a number of times, and has been willing to serve his share of other small offices, where it is all labor and no pay. He cast his first vote for Soott on the Whig ticket, and has since been a strong supporter of the Whig and Republican parties. Socially, we know Mr. Woodward as a genial, pleasant gentleman; enjoying good health, be bids fair for a long life of usefulness in his labors among the community. The Christies came from Ireland, and the Goodrich descendants came from the borders of Wales. A letter from Hiram P. Goodrich says: "I have the coat of arms, and also a family motto, which was, ' None of the name were ever punished for crime '; and another in Latin, being translated, ssys: ' The way to be good is the way to be rich.' " Of the name, more thanfortj' were patriots in the Revolutionary war, eight members of Congress, three doctors of divinity, five doctors of laws. The old castle and manor house is still standing on the Welsh borders.

J. W. WRIGHT, millwright; West Liberty; was born April 12, 1831, in Allegheny Co., Md.; his younger days were occupied somewhat in attending school in the old log cabins; at the age of 31, he hired on a farm at $4 per month; this he continued for several years; he then began learning millwrighting with Stephen Hannutn, which he has continued since with the exception of two years, during which he was engaged in a saw pill at Quincy, 0., with E. Bailey; he was married in 1861 to Margaret Secrist, whose parents are mentioned elsewhere; she was born Sept. 20, 1840, in this county; by her he had four children - Esta Florence, Anna Frances, Clara Gertrude and Walter J. E.; they settled in West Liberty soon after marriage, where they have since remained; he is a member of the I. O. O. F., at this place; his amiable wife is a member of the Christian Church; he cast his first vote for the Whig party, and has been identified with the Republican party since its organization; Mr. Wright has always been an active worker in the temperance movement; he is now in partnership with Stephen Hannum in repairing engines, threshers, reapers, mowers, wagons, and all kinds of farming implements, and is also running a double-press cider mill; he has, by strict economy, attained some property adjoining the village of West Liberty. His parents, James and Louisa, were natives of Maryland - the former of Baltimore and the latter of Cumberland, Allegheny Co; they emigrated to Champaign Co., O., early; there the father engaged in farming and milling; they came to Logan Co. in 1838; the father died in 1848, and the mother in 1873; were a long time members of the Presbyterian Church; they had eight children^ - John, Mary, J. W., Henry, Thomas, Rachel, Calvin and Maria.

MRS. BARBARA YODER, farmer; P. O., West Liberty; was born Sept. 2, 1820, in Huntingdon Co., Pa. Her father, Daniel Yoder, was born in Mifflin Co., Pa., and her mother, Nancy King, in Lancaster Co., same State. They had seven children, six of whom are now living - John, Martha, Anist, Daniel, Barbara, Benjamin and Nancy. Our subject attended school but little, and that was in the log cabin. Her younger days were spent at the spinning-wheel or the loom, the potato patch or the garden. She was married Feb.

14, 1843, to John Yoder (no relation). He was the son of David and Magdalena Yoder and a brother of D. D. Yoder. She and her husband settled after marriage in MifBin Co., Pa., until 1844, when they came to Logan Co., 0., she by water and stage, and he by a five-horse team, in company with her brother and Christ Kauffman. They settled where she now lives, on Sec. 4; they improved it, and now she possesses 175 acres of fine, arable land, the attainment of their own energies. They had seven children, four of whom survive - Nancy (married John Fett), John (manages the farm), Elizabeth and Arnod. She is also raising a little girl, Ida Dillon. The husband, John, is now deceased and was a member of the Ormish Mennonite Church, to which she also belongs.

DANIEL C. YODER, farmer, P. O., West Liberty, is another of the pioneers of Logan Co. and was born May 13, 1825, in Huntingdon Co., Pa. He is a brother of Jonathan Yoder whose sketch appears elsewhere. His younger days were spent like those of all the rest of the young boys of this county, in attending school in the pioneer cabins, going to mill on horseback, reaping wheat Avith the sickle, going to church barefooted, roaming the woods in search of raccoons and opossums, rolling logs, picking brush, and relishing many meals of corn bread and milk. He was married in 1853 to Judith, a daughter of David Byler, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Fairfield Co., O., 1840. By her Mr. Yoder had five children, two of whom are living - Ezra B., and David B. His wife died in 1862. He was again married in 1864 to Martha Byler (some connection of his first wife); by her he had four children, two of whom are living - Christ, and John. His second wife died in 1870, and was a member of the Ormish Mennonite Church, as was also his former consort. His third and last marriage occurred in 1872 with Nancy Hartzler; she is a daghhter of John and L. Zook Hartzler. By her he has five children - Rebecca H., Daniel H., Nancy M. (dead), Levi and Fannie. Mrs. Yoder was born in 1843, in Mifflin Co., Pa. When Mr. Yoder first married, he began on a farm in Monroe Tp., renting it for three years - afterwards buying a farm now owned by Troyer & Smoker, and remained on this farm in Liberty Tp. until 1876, where he bought the present farm of 140 acres of John P. King; it is among the best farms in the township, being well watered by living springs; he has served in some of the minor township oiBces, and has paid twice to clear the township draft; he has been a member of the Ormish Mennonite Church for thirty-five years, and has assisted in building a fine church; he cast his first vote for the Whig party, and^ since the formation of the Republican party he has been an active mernber. On his farm once stood an old log cabin schoolhouse, 18x20 feet, with slab seats, puncheon floor, clapboard roof and writing desks made by fastening slabs on pins inserted in augur holes in the logs; the light was obtained by fastening greased paper over openings made in the wall.

D. D. YODER, farmer; P. O., West Liberty; was born June 13, 1830, in Huntingdon Co., Penn.; his father, David C, was born in 1800 in Mifflin Co., same State, and his mother, Magdalena (Hooly), was born in 1803 in the same county. The parents came to Ohio in 1845, settling on the farm where our subject now lives, and buying 320 acres, after^vard selling 160 of the same to John Yoder. The father was killed by a team running away in 1849; the mother died in 1850 with the dropsy. They were members of the Ormish Mennonite Church. The children born to them were - John, Jonathan, Lydia, Elizabeth, Christ, Mary and Jacob. Our representative remained on the farm with his parents until their decease, and witnessed all the hardships that were allotted to the pioneers. In 1851, he had both legs broken by the bent of a barn, and he was compelled to lie on his back on a table for six weeks ere he could go to bed; in about three months he became able to get around, and worked for Jacob Yoder at butchering during the year 1852. They had market at Bellefontaine and De Graff; he then returned to the farm, and has since devoted his life to the same, and is successful, making a specialty of stocking on his fine farm of 160 acres, which is the old homestead of his father. He was married in 1855 to Elizabeth Yoder (no connection); she was born in 1835 in Huntingdon Co., Penn., and came with her parents to Fairfield Co., Ohio, in 1840; she had, by her union with Mr.

Yoder, eight children, four of whom are living - Uriel, Nancy, David and Rudy; the four deceased are - John, Malinda, Andrew and an infant. Mr. Yoder and wife are members of the Ormish Mennonite Church, which building stands on his farm; he donated one acre of land for the same, and it was built in 1875, at a cost of $1,753; he also gave 1140 in cash to the building fund. He has always been identified with the Republican party since its organization. Mr. Yoder is the architect of his own fortune, and in everything he has undertaken he has been successful - in the ten years during which he dealt in farming implements, as well as in other vocations. He possesses 351 acres of fine land, and connected with every industrial enterprise you find the name of D. D. Yoder.

JONATHAN YODER, farmer; P. O., West Liberty; was born Feb. 26, 1839, in Mifflin Co., Penn. His father, Christopher, was born in the same county in 1793, and his mother, Mary, in Berks Co., same State, in 1786. They were married in Mifflin Co.; came to Ohio in 1845 and made their settlement in Champaign Co., renting of J. Ordway for two years. They then bought 160 acres in Monroe Tp., and remained there thirteen years, at which time, or in 1860, the father died; the mother, however, made her home on the farm until 1865, when she, too, ended her pilgrimage here. The Creator gave to them twelve children; eleven of whom survive - David, Jonas, Martha, Rebecca, Benjamin and Phebe (twins), Christopher and Mary (deceased), Daniel, Noah, Jonathan and Saloma. They were members of the Ormish Mennonite Church. Our subject attended school about five years in the old log cabin, and the rest of his boyhood's days were spent at farming. At the death of his parents ' he began working by the month for J. B. Yoder at $10, clearing, ditching, etc., on the farm. He was married Dec. 33, 1852, to Anna Sharp, a daughter of Samuel and Martha (Hostettler) Sharp, who were natives of Lancaster Co., Pa. They came to Logan Co. in 1852, and, after several changes, they finally settled on J. Yoder's farm in Monroe Tp., and there the father engaged in weaving woolen and linen goods, which he continued some time. They had quite a family of children, five of whom are living - Lydia, Christopher,

Anna, Joseph and Jacob. Mrs. Yoder was born in November, 1826. She and our subject settled at their marriage on what is now known as the Covington Farm, buying 30 acres in partnership with his brother Daniel. In 1872 he bought his present farm, near West Liberty, of Samuel Chamberlain ; it contains 182^ acres of well improved land, and is the fruit of his and his wife's own labors. Their union blessed them with eight children, seven of whom now survive - Israel, married Elizabeth King; Rachael, married Daniel Grabill; Rudolph, married Fannie Smoker; Arie E., married Levi King; Martha E., Artie and Oliver, Mr. Yoder has been no office-seeker, but has always taken deep interest in the selection of upright men to fill the varions positions, and has always been identified with the Republican party since its organization.

AARON ARCHER, farmer; P. O., Bloom Centre; was born in I^ogan Co., O., Aug. 21, 1843, and was a son of W. W. Archer, of Fayette Co., O.; he moved to Logan Co., Miami Tp., in 1840. Mr. Archer has always been a resident of this county; was sent to school here, and married Miss Margaret E. Heath, formerly of Illinois. They now have three children living - Marion E., Allen J., and Jacob. Three died in infancy. They own 80 acres of well improved land. He is Democratic in politics.

HENRY BAUGHMAN, farmer; P. O., Bloom Centre; was born in Franklin Co., O., Dec. 28, 1807, a son of Samuel Baughman, of Pennsylvania, who was one of the first settlers of Franklin Co., O. He was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Fip, who was a native of Pennsylvania, on Aug. 28, 1832. He moved to Bloomfield Tp. in 1836, and bought of the government 400 acres of land, and has devoted his life to the improvement of the same. Their children are - Gordon, Emma (wife of George Robins, Esq., of Shelby Co., O.); Eliza Ann (wife of John Hosie, Esq., of liOgan Co.) Mr. Baughman has, for a number of times, filled the offices cif the township, but has always sought retirciment. He has never belonged to any of the different societies or churches, but is one of " God's noblest and best works - an honest man."

A. M. BAYER, manufacturer of drain tile; Bloom Centre; was born in Maryland, in 1853; he came to Ohio in 1873, and settled in Bellefontaine in 1878, afterwards moving to Bloom Centre, and with his brother, D. B.

Bayer, who was also born in Marj'land, in 1849, entered into the business of tile-making. They employ four men, and are manufacturing all sizes of tile at their works, where they are always glad to see their many friends. He was married to Miss LucindaDeitrich, daughter of Philip Deitrich, Esq., of Logan Co., O., Deo. 25, 1879. They own their house and 2 acres of land, tile-kilns, etc. He is a Democrat in politics.

RICHARD S. BRIGGS, farmer; P. O., Bloom Centre; was born in Chowan Co., N. C, July 25, 1840, and was a son of Eldred and Rhoda (Holway) Briggs; they moved with their family to Franklin Co. in 1854, and in 1869 came to this county. Richard S. Briggs was united in matrimony on Jan. 14, 1869, to Miss Susan M. Kneif, of Logan Co., O.; they have been blessed with six children - Mary A. E., Angle A., Irena C, Allen L., Fred Tilton, Rosetta M. Mr. Briggs is one of the most enterprising young farmers of the county, owning a nice little farm of 38 acres. Mrs. Briggs is a member of the Reformed Church at Bloom Centre. Mr. Briggs has always voted the straight Democratic ticket, and is a member of Grange No. 484.

CHARLES E. CONLEY, miller; Bloom Centre; was born in Auglaize Co., O., Sept. 6, 1840; the son of John and Eliza (Marshall) Conley, of Ohio; he spent his boyhood in Auglaize Co., and was united in the holy bonds of wedlock to Miss Viola McBeth, of the same county, on Nov. 10, 1872; he moved to Bloom Centre in 1878, and built the Bloom Centre

Flouring Mill. It has three run of buhrs, and under the management of Mr. Conley is doing a good custom business. Mr. and Mrs. Conley have been blessed with one child - Emmet Clyde - born July 6, 1880. He owns a good residence and several other dwellings in the prosperous village of Bloom Centre.

GEORGE W. COX, sawyer; Bloom Centre; proprietor of the "Hall Saw Mill;" was born Dec. 22, 1846, at Dayton, O.; ho was a son of .John and Rachel (Steeth) Cox, of Greene Co., O. Mr. Cox was raised at Osborne, O., until 1S59, when he moved with his parents to Logan Co., O. At the breaking out of the late war he enlisted in the 57th O. V. I., Company K, for two years. He was captured at Cape Fear River, N. C, and sent to the rebel hells of Saulsbury, Milan and Andersonville, and was paroled at Charlottesville, N. C, m July, 1865. He was married to Miss Amanda Pence on Sept. 17, 1868. They have four children - Charles A., Lou Ellen, Florence and Gerte Belle. He belongs to Lodge No. 621, Odd Fellows, at Bloom Centre.

JAMES DILLON, farmer; P. O., Bloom Centre. Among the many graiiid old men of this county, none are grander than .lames Dillon; he was born in Clark Co.,0., in April, 1811; he was early inured to, the hardships of a frontier life; his grandfather was a Revolutionary soldier, and his father, William Dillon, was in the war of 1812. James came to Bloomfield in Sept. 1833, and moved his family to his present residence November, 1833;" he built his own house without nails or brick, and has now 80 acres of good land, well improved; he has one child living - Thomas Waite Dillon - and a daughter, who was the wife of Edwin West, died Dec. 6, 1874; he belongs to the Baptist Church, and is Republican in politics.

SOLOMON GARLING, farmer; P. 0., Bloom Centre. Among the prosperous wellto-do farmers of Bloomfield is Mr. Solomon Garling, who was born in Pennsylvania on the 26th of March, 1820, and moved to Ohio with his father in 1824. They settled in Fairfield Co., where he married Miss Marie Low in 1846. They came to Bloomfield in 1850, and settled on the place they now own. They have had four children - the first-born, Irving, died on Aug. 14, 1872; James Monroe, who was married to Miss Yates, of Hancock

Co.; Mary and Catharine. Mr. Ga,rling has been for ten years a Trustee of the township; belongs to the German Reformed Church at Bloom Centre, and is a Jacksonian Democrat.

DAVID HALL, farmer; P. O., Bloom Centre; he is a native of Logan Co. His father, Samuel Hall, moved from Fairfield Co., O., to Stokes Tp., in 1835, where the subject of this sketch was born, on Aug. 4, 1844. Mr. Hall was raised in this county, and has been an eye-witness to the many (Thanges that the civilization of the age has wrought for this county; he has spent all his time in this county, and was married to Miss Mary A., daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Diesback) Greenwalt, of Fairfield Co., O., on Dec. 28, 1865, and they moved to their present splendid residence, near Bloom Centre, shortly afterwards. They have two children living, and one in the spirit land - Emma V., born Feb. 3, 1868; Jennie L, L., Aug. 18, 1870, and Clara, Nov. 13, 1866, who died Feb. 3, 1867. Mr. Hall owns 237 acres of finely improved land, is a member of the German Reformed Church, also of Grange No. 484, and wants it understood that he has always been a Democrat.

ANDREW HALBOTH, farmer and merchant; Bloom Centre; was born in Bavaria, 1823, and came to Pennsylvania in 1845; he married there in 1848, and moved to Ohio in 1852; in 1857 he purchased and moved to the land where his store now stands, and started the village of Bloom Centre, and has since been conducting a variety store. He has been Postmaster for ten years, to the satisfaction of all. They have been blessed with twelve children, of whom ten are now living. He owns 106 acres of fine land, and is one of the wide awake, enterprising men of Logan Co. He has alwavs been a Democrat, but believes in voting for the best men; he did not go to the war, bjt furnished a substitute which cost him $1,000.

NANCY HUBER, farmer; P. O., Bloom Centre; was born Dec. 7, 1818, in the State of Kentucky, and was a daughter of Thomas Makeinson. She was married to Capt. Manasas Huber, Nov. 23, 1837. Capt. Huber was born Aug. 10, 1806, in the State of Kentucky. Soon after, they moved to. Bloomfield Tp., and settled on the banks of the Miami River, where Mrs. Huber still lives. Mr.

Huber was a descendant of some of the best blood of the old Revolutionary period, and for several years he was the popular Captain of the Logan Co. Light Horse Company, of Ohio State Militia. By industry, economy, and a good, clear head, he accumulated considerable of this world's goods, leaving at his death over 700 acres of good land. Their house was for many years the "meeting house " of the neighborhood, and has always been considered the " Methodist Preachers' Home." Mr. and Mrs. Huber were among the first members of the Methodist Church in this county. They have been blessed with ten children - Marion, born Oct. 4, 1838, died Aug. 37, 1839; Elizabeth, born April 12, 1840; Allen, Sept. 14, 1841; Margaret, July 15, 1843; Tliomas W., April 23, 1846, died Nov. 11, 1848; Sarah, now the wife of Noah Miller, Esq., born June 7, 1848; Isaiah, June 24, 1850; John W., May 30, 1852, died Oct. 6, 1855; Tiry A., born^'ETec. 13, 1854; Elsev L., Feb. 2, 1857. Capt. Huber died Jan. 31, 1872. Tiry A. is now the popular Town Clerk of Bloomfield Tp. The Huber brothers are stock dealers, and have a splendid reputation for dealing on the square, and as business men they stand high.

ELIZA E. REARDON, Bloom Centre; was born in Virginia May 5, 1807; she was a daughter of William Jeffries, and was married to Michael Reardon (who was born in Pennsylvania, July 20, 1804), in Fairfield Co., O., in 1827. They came to Logan Co., and settled in Bloomfield Tp., in 1843. They had ten children - George, who" died April 12, 1874; Michael, John, who died at New Orleans, May 25, 1864; was a soldier of the 96th O. V. L; William P., John I., R chard H., Nelson I., May J., wife of Isaac Harker, of this county; Loretta, wife of William Young, Esq., of Shelby Co., O., and Sarah E., wife of A. B. Young, with whom Mrs. Reardon is now living. Mr. Reardon died Feb. 20,' 1874. Mrs. Reardon has been for a number of years a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

DR. GEORGE M. SHAFER, physician; Bloom Center; was born Sept. 5, 1834, at Centerville, Montgomery Co., O. He was the son of Henry Shafer, of Kentucky, and Amy (Benham) Shafer, of Ohio. They were amongst the early settlers of this State. Dr. Shafer was educated at Lebanon, O., in 1857-58, enlisted as a private soldier early in 1861, arid was a member of the renowned body-guard of Gen- Fremont, in Missouri. He was detailed as hospital Steward, in the fall of 1861; In 1862, he was appointed hospital Steward in the regular army, and was soon promoted to Assistant Surgeon in the regular service, which position he held until the fall of 1866; he was stationed for two years at the Government Hospital, at Natchez, Miss. He came to Bloom Centre, in December, 1866; and commenced the practice of medicine, and with that also is the proprietor of a general drug and country store. On the 13th of August, he married Miss Mary L., daughter of Andrew Halboth, of Bloom Centre. They have four children - Florence M., born Dec. 1, 1868; Minnie M., Nov. 15, 1870; Frank M., Oct. 26, 1872; Benjamin Earl, July 13, 1878. His wife was born Feb. 21, 1851. Dr. Shafer, is a member of Lodge No. 621, I. O. O. F., is a strong Democrat, and a good, useful citizen.

J. M. SMITH, farmer; P. O., Bloom Centre; was born Nov. 13, 1827, in Franklin Co., O.; was a son of Jacob and Christina ( Hall ) Smith, of Pennsylvania. They emigrflted to Ohio in 1808. Mr. Jacob Smith was a soldier of 1812, and his father a soldier of the Revolution. Mr. Smith had seven brothers and five sisters, who all lived to leave families of their own. At an election in 1864 there were eight brothers, five brothers-in-law, and five grandsons, who voted the Democratic ticket. J. M. Smith was married to Miss Elizabeth Smith, Jan. 22, 1852. They have nine children - Frank P.; Amy, wife of Dr. O. C. Wilson, of Bloom Centre; Elizabeth A.; Uri N. ; Jacob W. ; Lyman S. ; Olive R. ; John E. ^nd Hermann E. He owns 440 acres of good land, and belongs to Grange No. 484; also to the Reformed Church at Bloom Centre. He is a strong Democrat, and one of the leading men of Logan Co.

T. J. SPEELMAN, farmer; P. O., Bloom Centre;, was born in Champaign Co.. O., Jan. 3, 1839; son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Swisher) Speelman. Mr. S. (the father) was born in Maryland, and Mrs. Speelman in Clark Co., O. The subject of this sketch came to Logan Co. in 1858, and improved his present home, consisting of 150 acres of good land. He was a member of the 132nd O. V. I., and was with the army under Gen. Butler at

Petersburg, in 1864, but was mustered out in the fall of the same year. He was married to Miss Mary E., daughter of John Makeinson, of this county. They have been blessed with two children - Ida Bell and Aldo Elbert. His grandfather Swisher was a soldier in the war of 1812. He is a Republican in politics.

W. H. STRAYER, farmer; Bloom Centre; was born in Berkeley Co., Va., Sie-pt. 3, 1828; son of John and Rachel Strayer, who moved to Ohio and settled in Clark Co., in 1829, where the subject of our sketch passed his boyhood; in 1858, he went to Iowa, but not liking, the western country, came back in a short time and settled in Ohio; he was lanited in marriage to Miss Priscilla Ray, of Logan Co., Sept. 4, IStJO; they had four children - Minnie ^I., .James W., who died in 1864, Nannie G. and Grace Estelle; Mrs. Strayer died in De Graff, O., Feb. 1, 1876; Mr. Strayer owns 105 acres of the best land in Bloomfield Tp.; he is a member of De Graff Lodge, No. 1»2, A., F. & A. M.

GEORGE SWICKARD, farmer ; P. O., Bloom Centre ; was born in Penns3dvania, Feb. 14, 1811 ; came to Ohio and settled in Franklin Co., 1825, and again moved to Jefferson Co. Ohio ; was married to Miss Phebe Baughman, of Franklin Co., Oct. 7, 1837 ; moved to this township in 1837 where they have since resided ; have been blessed with ten children, viz : Clinton W. ; Elizabeth, wife of A. Snyder, Esq., of Shelby Co., Ohio ; Davis, living at Greenup, 111. ; Morgan, living at Cottonwood, 111. ; Polly, Laura A., wife of Dr. Rodgers, of Shelby Co., Ohio ; George A. and Lincoln H., two children, died in infancy. Davis and Morgan were members of the United States Army during the late war. Mr. Swickard has bought and improved a large farm, has raised a splendid family and has never belonged to any of the secret societies or churches ; is a Republican in politics and is an honest, conscientious, good citizen.

GEORGE TROUT, farmer; P. O., Bloom Centre; is a son of Alexander and Margaret Trout, who moved from Licking Co., Ky., and settled in Washington Tp., Logan Co., in 1840. The subject of this sketch was borji Sept. 27, 1827, in Virginia. He was married to Miss Mary C, a daughter of Philip and Lucy Hoy, of Bloomfield Tp. Mr. Hoy settled and improved the place now occupied by Mr. Trout, in 1832, and died in 1858. Mrs. Hoy is living in Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Trout have four children - Virginia, Rosetta, Henry Grant and Cornelius. Mr. Trout was elected Town Treasurer, but was robbed of $580, and then gave up the office, but has been unanimously elected Trustee at every election since 1871. He owns 152 acres of well improved land, is a member of the German Reformed Church, and is Democratic in politics.

JOHN WAGONER, Justice of the Peace; Bloom Centre ; was born in Fairfield Co., Ohio, in 1819, was reared upon a farm and was married in 1840 to Miss Margaret Slough, of Fairfield Co., Ohio. They have had four children, three of whom died in infancy ; the only surviving one is now the wife of John H. Nothstine, of Kansas. Mrs. Wagoner died in 1852, in Fairfield Co. In 1853 Mr. Wagoner came to Bloomfield Tp. and married Mary Coover, of Logan Co. ; since, he has been engaged in farming ; he has been elected Justice of the Peace for four terms and gives entire satisfaction to all parties ; he has been Town Trustee two years. Mr. and Mrs. Wagoner are members of the German Reformed Society, and he is a member of Grange No. 484 ; he is a Democrat.