Madison Township (part 18 of 30)

Mr. Harper is the owner of a highly improved farm of one hundred and fifty-two acres in Salt Creek Township, besides his pleasant residence on Scioto Street. Since 1853, he has been a member of the Odd Fellows' society and iiolds memliership with the Reformed Church, In politics, he is a stalwart Democrat, has served as a member of the City Council from the Fourth Ward, is serving his second term as County Treasurer and is also City Treasurer. His public duties have been discharged with promptness and fidelity, thus winning him the commendation of all. In connection with educational interests, Mr. Harper has formed a wide acquaintance throughout the State. He was instrumental in organizing the first Teachers' institute in Fairfield County, and has lectured and taught in various institutes throughout the State. He is acquainted Avith all the prominent teachers in Ohio, for his lecture and institute work have brought him in contact with many. He deserves much credit for what he has done in the interests of education and his work has been 01 acknowledged worth. I

)ILLIA]M RENICK was for many 3 ears one of the most prominent agriculturists of tlie Scioto Valle^'. He died at his home in Circleville, in May, 1881, and in his death the community lost one of its best citizens. Tradition says that the Renick family is of German origin, its ancestors liaving emigrated from the Fatherland to Scotland to escape religious persecution. The name underwent a cliange from Rein wick to Renwich. In time, one of the family' was created a peer. He purchased the property of his two brothers, who, with their father, emigrated to America and settled in Eastern Pennsylvania, whence they removed to Hardj^ Count}^, Va., locating on the south bank of the Potomac. Their descendants are now scattered all over tlie country. In the meantime, the name was again changed to Rennick, and finall}^ one N was dropped, making it its present form. For more than two hundred years the Renick family has been represented in tliis countiy, and many of its members have attained prominence in various lines of business. One characteristic of the family is that of never being office-seekers.

reared in Hardy County, Ya. For a time, he served as Deinity 8nrve\'or under Lord Fairfax. He had four sons, Felix, George, Thomas and William, who all located in the Scioto Valley, between the years of 1797 and 1803. His danghters all married, but remained in Virginia. George Kenick, father of onr subject, was Itorn in Hardy County, Va., September 7, 1776, and spent his early boyhood days upon a farm, and in his youth clerked in a store in Moorefield, Va. He was twice married. In September, 1802, he wedded Miss Dorothy Harness, of his native county, and they had ten children, seven of whom are living. She died in December, 1820, and in 1825 Mi. Renick married Mrs. Sarah Boggs, a sister of Gen. ,lames Denny.

Mr. Renick first visited Ohio in 1797. A few months later, he again came, and witnessed the nailing of the first shingle that ever graced a roof in the city of Chillicothe. He afterward went through the wilderness to Kentucky, where lie spent the winter, returning to Virginia the following spring. He did not make a permanent location in Ohio until the autumn of 1802, when he was married and took his bride to Chillicothe. He opened the largest general merchandise store in that place at that time, and afterward engaged extensively in stock-raising. With wonderful foresight, he saw that corn would become one of the staple products of the valley, and believed it could be raised and fed to cattle with good advantage. In the winter of 1804-05, he fed a considerable number, which he marketed the following spring in Baltimore. The result was highly satisfactory, and in 1808, having accumulated a large landed property, he retired from merchandising and devoted his energies to farming and stock-raising, having at this time a number of blooded horses, cattle and hogs. His health, which was never robust, failed him in 1816, and on the advice of Dr. Scott, he removed to Woodford Count3% Ky., selling off much of his fine stock. He retained only a few head of favorite cattle. His health received no benefit from the change, and he returned to Ohio in the fall of the same j^ear. From that time, he gave his attention almost exclusively to the raising of fine cattle, and raised some of the lai'gest animals of this kind ever produced in the United States. He was very successful, and was an honored citizen. In 1844, he was made a Presidential elector on the Whig ticket, and voted for Henry Clay, his early personal fi'iend. In religious belief, he was a strong Presbyterian.

William Kenick, the subject of this sketch, was I)orn in Chillicothe County, November 12, 1804, and commenced doing an extensive business at the early age of fifteen and a half years, on account of his father's health. It was intended that he should pursue a full classical education, but this interfered with his doing so. On attaining his majorit^y, he entered into active business life on his own account, and became a prominent and wealthy farmer and stock-raiser. He engaged in feeding and grazing cattle on an extensive scale, having on hand as high as three hundred head. He made extensive shipments to the Eastern markets, and was one of the largest drovers in the State. He purchased and lirought from Texas, in 1854, twelve hundred head of cattle, the fir^^ lot of Texas cattle in large numbers ever brought to this county. He was a sagacious and far-sighted business man, and was widely known as a leading drover.

Mr. Renick was three times married, but left no children. His last marriage was with Miss Josie Pearce, who was born near Lancaster, Fairlield County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Lewis and Catherine (Vanmater) Pearce, the former a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter of Virginia. Her father was a soldier in the war with Mexico, and in the Civil War became a member of the Seventeenth Ohio Infantiy, and was commissioned Lieutenant.

Mr. Renick was the inventor of the present mode of constructing turnpike roads. For nearly three years, he constantly importuned the Directors of the Columbus and Portsmouth Company to adopt his system, which from its cheapness and usefulness has long since been the only plan of construction used in the West. On account of being out of funds, the Directors consented to try it, and on account of its great usefulness it has since been adopted. Mr. Renick was a stanch Republican and his articles on Currency of the Country, the Dollar of the Daddies, Revenue Tariff, Free Trade, Banks and Banking Systems, etc., did much to mold public opinion. He was a ready writer, and penned a number of communications of interest to farmers, including those on Blue Grass, Short-horns, Thoroughbred Cattle of Ohio, and the Early Cattle Trade of Ohio.

Mr. Renick was active, enterprising and highly public-spirited, although he labored from earl\' age under the dire misfortune of a partial, and during his last twenty-five years almost a total, loss of hearing. His widow, who is a most estimable lady, still resides at the family residence on the corner of Fourth and Mound Streets.

ACOB TAYLOR, who is one of the eldestborn sons of Madison County, a representative of one of its early pioneer families, has for many years been closely identified with the farmers who have been i)rominent in the development of its agricultural resources, and he has built u[) one of the most beautiful homes in Canaan Townshii), on the fine large farm that he has improved, two and one-half miles south of Plain City.

Our subject was born in Canaan Township, February 20, 1819. This part of the country was then i)ut little advanced from its primitive condition, and he remembers well the pioneer surroundings amid which he grew up. Wild game was plentiful in the forests, along the streams and on the prairies, and he used to indulge in the pleasures of the chase occasionall3^ At one time he killed a deer by cutting its throat with an axe, while his faithful d g fought the animal, and he could tell of many another hunting adventure. His father, William Taylor, a native of Virginia, was one of the earl}' settlers of Madison County, coming to Ohio in 1806 from Kentucky, and locating in Darby Township. He was subsecpientl}' married, in Canaan Township, to Elizabeth Casto, a native of New Jersey, coming from that State to Ohio with her parents in 1808. Tlie\' located on the present site of Cincinnati. After marriage, the Taylors began their wedded life on a farm in Darby Township, but they afterward came to Canaan Township, where the father died in his sixty-fourth year, and the mother in her seventy-eighth j^ear. They had fourteen children, of whom nine grew to maturit}', and four of them are still living.

Our subject is the fourth of the family in order of birth. His first schooling was obtained in Darby Township, in a rudely built house, 16x16 feet in dimensions, with a mud and stick chimney, and his education was completed in the district schools of Canaan Township. When he was nineteen Nears of age, his father died, and he continued at home on the old farm with his mother and the rest of the family to assist in managing the farm until he was twent^^-three years old. When he started in life for himself, he worked as a farm laborer, getting |12 a month for wages, or $2 more than the regular price, as he was so capable and helpful. As wages became lower, he afterward obtained only $10 a month. For cutting cordwood he had twenty cents a cord, and mauled rails for twent}^ cents a hundred. He was an expert in both, and could cut three cords of wood a day and split from two hundred to two hundred and fifty rails a day. He was ambitious to build up a home, and made up his mind that he would never marry until he had the wherewithal to do so. Accordingly, he was frugal and prudent, saved up his earnings, and in due time bought one hundred and three acres of land in Canaan Township, and had it all paid for before he took unto himself a wife. After marriage, he lived on tlie parental homestead until he took up his residence on his own farm, which under his care has become a very attractive home. It embraces five hundred and fort}' acres of as fine and well-cultivated land as is to be found in IMadison County, and is in every way substantially improved. Its broad fields }ield abundant harvests, its pastures afford feed for the excellent class of stock that he raises, and its buildings are neat and orderly, and of a handsome style of architecture, especially the commodious and elegant residence that was erected in 1878 at a cost of $5,000.

tive of Madison Count}', born in 1827. A wedded life of forty-seven years has brouylit them much happiness, and among its l)lessings are the children and born unto them, five in number, three daughters two sons, namely: Sarah, who is deceased; Zachary, a resident of Darby Townshi[); William, who lives with his parents, and superintends the management of the farm; Jane, who died in infancy; and Cora, wife of C. M. Andrew, of Canaan Township.

This brief record of the life and work of our subject shows that he is eminently a self-made man, who has struggled nobly against heav}' odds to carry out his aims, and has succeeded as only such a man can, who works steadily, exercises cool judgment and due discrimination in business matters, and is scrupulously honorable in all his transactions. His name stands among the highest in financial circles, and he is regarded with the respect due to his age and position by his fellow-townsmen. He was in early life a Whig, and in 1840 cast his first Presidential vote for the illustrious grandfather of our present Chief Magistrate, and is a bona fide Republican to-day.

H. SQUIRE, M. D., of Ashville, is a welltrained and progressive physician, who stands with the foremost of his profession in Pickaway County, and he is also prominent in its public and social life as one of its leading citizens. He is a native of Ontario, Canada, and was born October 22, 1850. His parents, John S. and Melissa (Denys) Squire, are natives, res])ectively, of Vermont and Ontario. His paternal grandfather was of English birth. When our subject was sixteen years of age, he accompanied his parents in their migration from their old Canadian home to Carroll County, Mo., where they lived a few 3^ears. They finall}- removed to Harper County, Kan., and there the father still resides. For many years he has been a minister, and, though he is past eighty years old, he still preaches occasionally with much of his old-time fervor and greatly to the acceptance of his hearers.

schools in different parts of the country. He laid the foundation of his learning in the public scliools of Canada and Missouri. For three Avinters, he attended a night school, in connection with tiu; High School, at Columbus, Ohio. He taught a district school in Missouri for two years, and while an engineer in Columbus, Ohio, running a stationary engine for the Columbus Chair Factory, he conceived the idea of stud^Mng medicine, and employed as a precei)tor Dr. Baldwin, to whom he would recite three nights in a week, studying whenever he could get an opportunity while at his work. He remained under Dr. Baldwin's instruction two years, and then, returning to Missoui'i,he taught two 3^ears, continuing his studies in the meantime, and in the fall of 1878 he entered the Columbus Medical College to further tit himself for his chosen calling. He was graduated from that institution in 1880 with honor, having sustained a high rank for scholarship throughout the course.

After leaving college, the Doctor selected Ashville as his future home and soon was recognized as a valuable acquisition to the citizenship of this section of Pickaway County. He has made his mark as a physician of rare merit, who combines a sound practical knowledge of the various branches of medicine with the genial courtesy and ready tact that have gained him a strong hold, both in the confidence and the hearts of the people to whose ills he so successfully administers in the course of a large and lucrative practice. He has made his influence felt in various waj'S since becoming a resident of this place, and is always found among the first to advocate desirable improvements or an 3^ enterprise that will in any way enhance local or county interests, He is one of the leading politicians of this part of the State, a representative Republican, and, besides being a member of the Harrison Township Republican Central Committee, he belongs to the County Executive Committee. His social relations are with Pickawa}' Lodge No. 747, I. O. O. F., and with Lodge No. 3005, K. of H.,of which he is Trustee. Religiously, he and his amiable wife are members in high standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Doctor without some refeience to the pleasant domestic life that has contributed in no small degree, not only to his personal happiness and comfort, l)ut to his material success in life. June 6, 1878, is the date of his marriage with Miss Florence Croswell, who presides over his home with true grace and makes it the center of a charming hosi)ilality. Their coz}' household is completed by the two children J)orn unto them: Clarence and Chester C.

ARVEY D. MARCY, of Mt. Sterling, claims Massachusetts as the State of his nativity. He was born in Berkshire County, Novem- ber 13, 1835, and is a son of Elijah L. and Amanda (Garfield) Marcy. His mother was a distant relative of President Garfield, and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Allen, was a relative of Col, Ethan Allen, of Revolutionary fame. His father was of a somewhat roving disposition, and our subject removed with his parents to Crawford County, Pa.; to Freedom Township, in Portage County, Ohio; to Lennox, near Lake Erie; then to Kingsville, and subsequently to AVayne, Ashtabula County, and when he was a lad of twelve summers, he became a resident of Troy, Geauga Count3'. Mr. Marcy obtained his education in tlie common schools and at Hiram College. At the age of sixteen, he received a certificate and began teaching, and for many years taught each winter after he was seventeen years of age. At the age of nineteen, he went to South Bloomticld, where he was emplo3'ed as Principal of the Union School. About this time, he was married, on the 10th of June, 1862, in White Oak, Fayette County, to Miss Catherine S. Cook. They spent the summer in Geanga Count}^, and then returned to Fayette County, where INIr. Marcy engaged in teaching in the winter. His wife died in 1864. He was again married, Jul}- 31, 1866, this time to INIary A. Cook, a daughter of Isaac T. and Elizabeth (Lewis) Cook, and a sister of his first wife. He taught but one winter after bis second marriage. He had been engaged in teaching each winter from the age of seventeen 3ears. For his first terin of school he received only $14 per month, but he afterwards received $50 per month. Mr. Marcy now turned his attention to farming, having purchased one hundred and seventy acres from Mr. Cook. He also bought an additional one hundred acre tract. His landed possessions now aggregate seven hundred and thirty acres. Abandoning the farm, he came to Mt. Sterling in 1873, in order to better educate his children.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. ]\Larcy have been born the following children, of whom seven are living: Rena S., who was born in Madison Township, Fayette Count}', July 14, 1867, graduated with the first honors of her class in 1888, and is now the wife of Seymour Renick, a railroad employe, residing in Muncie, Ind.; Scott Harrison, who was born January 10, 1869, graduated from the Mt. Sterling High School in the Class of '89, is now married, and, with his wife and one child, resides upon the farm in Madison Township, Fa}-- ette County; Elizabeth Lewis, who was born in Madison Township, Fayette County, June 16, 1870, and graduated in the Class of '86, was taken with consumption, and went to Florida for her health, but it was soon seen that she could not recover, and she expressed a desire to return home, but died on the sleeping-car a little north of Chattanooga, January 21, 1892. Her remains were interred in Pleasant Cemetery. Albert Milton, born June 20, 1872. is now studying dentistry in Mt. Sterling; Lora C, born April 14, 1874, died February 13, 1875; William Harry, born June 24, 1876, and Margaret Cook, born Januaiy 7, 1880, are both in school; Nellie Allen was born March 1, 1883; Daniel Franklin, who was born October 1, 1887, died in 1889; and Charles Sherman, who was born October 30, 1890.

Mr. Marcy cast his first Presidential vote for John C. Fremont, and followed the fortunes of the Republican party until late years, since which time he has voted with the Prohibition party. The cause of education finds in him a warm friend, and he has done effective service in its interests while serving on the School Board. He Avas Clerk and Treasurer of the School Board for several years, and has been its President for a number of years. Himself and wife are members of the Christian

Church, in the work of which he takes an active part, being now Superintendent of the Sundayschool. His life has been well and worthily spent, and by his sterling worth and integrity, he has won the high respect of all with whom he has been brouirht in contact.

"JYl OIIN McCAF'FERTY, Sk., whose long and successful career as' a farmer in Monroe Township shows him to be above the aver- ^^^^J age in business ability, and who is still strong and active notwithstanding that he has passed the eightieth milestone of a long and honorable life, is of the earliest pioneer stock of Ohio, and is himself one of the old settlers of Pickaway County, who has witnessed much of its development during the fifty and more years that he has lived within its borders.

Our subject was born near Frankfort, Ross County, Ohio, January 22, 1812, a son of John McCafferty, who was a native of Kentucky. The father of the lattei- bore the same name as himself, and was born in Sweet Avon, Scotland. He came to America when a young man, settled in Virginia, and was there married to Miss Nellie Watts, who was a native of that State, but of Scotch antecedents. After marriage, they settled near Lexington, Ky., and lived there a great many years, he being a pioneer farmer of that section. They had a family of fourteen children, of whom eleven grew up. The grandfather of our subject finally I'emoved with his family to the present site of Cincinnati, where he bought land, and there lived a few years. In 171)0, they took up their residence in Chillicothe, as their previous dwelling place was swamp3' and of a malarial character. At that time, there were but three or four cabins where now the flourishing city of Chillicothe stands. The grandfather bought land there and spent the remainder of his life in that place, living to the good old age of ninety years, while his wife attained the venerable age of ninety-two years.

wart manhood amid the pioneer scenes of his Kentuck}^ birtlii)lace. He was a great hunter and often used to indulge in tlie pleasures of tlie chase. He came with the rest of the family to Ohio and subse({uently to Chillicotlie, where he became very friendly with the many Indians that then lived around their new home, and spent many a day hunting with lliem. He was much prospered financially and owned several hundred acres of land near Frankfort, Ross County. AV^iile he was redeeming his land from the wilderness, he built and lived in a log cabin. He was sixty-nine years of age when he died, and his county lost one of its most elHcient and highly respected i)ioneers.

During the Revolutu)n, when he was a young man in Kentucky, Mr. McCaffci ty did not go to the front, Init many a night he had t<j stand guard at home to i)rotect the cabin and its inmates from sudden suri)rises by the British or Indians. He was a man of true religious feeling, and for many years was connected with the Presbyterian Church, but later in life became a JMethodist. In politics, he was a Whig. The mother of our subject, who died at the age of eighty-seven ^ears, in ISG.'j, l)Ore the name of Nancy Sellers, and was born in Washington, Pa., her ancestors being of the (ierman race. She came to Ohio with a sister in 1800, made her home thereafter in Chillicothe, and was there married. She was the mother of four boys and four girls, namely: Nanc\' A.; Sarah, who is living; Ellen; Betsy; John, who is living; William; George, who is living, and David. The mother was a Methodist and active in church matters.

He of whom we write was bom and reared on his father's farm in Ross County, and his education was conducted in the ty[)ical |»ioneer log school of the early years of the settlement of this State. Large open fireplaces served for heating purposes, slab benches with jiin legs were the prevailing style of seats, and greased paper took the place of glass in the windows. The schools were conducted on the subscription plan, and the teacher usuall}' had to take his pa}' in wheat, corn and bacon, as money was seldom to be liad. Our subject worked on the farm summers and attended school winters during his boyhood. At the age of nine- teen, he went to Chillicotlie to serve an apprenticeship of three years in a tanning factory. While there he attended night school, where he learned more than he had ever learned in the district schools, and thus laid a solid foundation for the education that he added to by observation, experience and reading or study at leisure moments.

At the end of three years' apprenticeship, Mr. McCafferty worked a short time in the tannery on shares, but soon abandoned that, and going to Clarksburgh set up a tanner}' of his own, which he operated eight years. Next he resumed the calling to which he had been reared, and renting land near the village, conducted farming thereon eight years. In 1840, in the fall of the year, he came to Pickaway Conn t}^, and bought one hundred and twenty acres of his present farm. The only improvements consisted of a log cabin and nine or ten acres of clearing. The most of the countryroiuidabout was timbered, and he began life here in the woods. lie did well in his undertakings, made money and bought additional land, so that he now has a choice farm of three hundred acres of as good farming land as can be found in this locality, all improved and vei\y productive. It is ampl}' supplied with buildings, including a neat frame dwelling that he built fort^'-tive years ago, to replace the humble log cabin that originall}' stood here. He carries on mixed farming, and has handled a great many cattle, sheep, horses and hogs.

Mr. McCaffert}' was married, March 5, 1835, Lo Miss Mary Bowdle, who was born October 23, 1813, in one of the early pioneer homes of Ross County. Her parents were William and Anna (Brown) Bowdle, who were both natives of Maryland, the mother having been born February 13, 1777. They were married July 26, 1801, in Ross Count}', of wliicli the father was a pioneer farmer and miller, owning a large tract of land and a mill on Deer Creek. He accumulated considerable wealth and died in 1842, at the advanced age of ninetythree years and two days. His wife also lived to be very aged.

John 8.; Mary E., Mrs. Creath; Nancy, Mi's. Williams; Jason L., and Alice, Mrs. Riggin. The good wife and mother departed this life December 23, 1882, leaving behind her a precious memory of one whose many pleasant ways and fine qualities of head and heart had made her greatly beloved by all who came under her genial influence. She was a sincere Christian and a valued member of the Methodist P^piscopal Church.

Our subject is widely known and greatl}' esteemed. He is a good type of our self-made men, as he began life for himself with no capital other than a clear steady brain, a resolute will, and a flue capacity for well-directed labor, seconded by exceedingly sound business qualifications. With these he long ago stepped to the front among the solid moneyed men of his township. He has always held to the same political principles since the days of his early manhood, when he belonged to the Whig party and cast his first Presidential vote for Henry Clay, and when the Republican party was formed he joined its ranks, and has given it hearty support from that day to this. He has been a member of the Methodist Church since he was twenty years old, and has done much toward its upbuilding. The attention of the reader is invited to the lithographic portraits of Mr. and jMrs. IMcCafferty which are presented in this connection.

EV. JACOB II. SCHNEIDER, A. B., A. M., Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Circleville, and Christ Congregation in 1 Jackson Township, was born in Jackson Township, Stark County, Januaiy 13, 1855. The family of which he is an honored member originated in Germany, where the paternal grandfather, Jacob, was a farmer; the maternal grandfather and great-grandfather were also farmers, living in the village of Hoegst. The father, Leonard, was born in Schloss Nauses, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, and followed the trade of a cabinet-maker in his native country until 1841,

After binding in New York, the little party proceeded up the Hudson Kiv^r, crossed the State to Buffalo, and thence went b}' steamer to Cleveland, Ohio. Leaving the others there, John Daum made an expedition into Hocking County in search of a location. Returning as far as Massillon, he made a conditional contract for ninety-six acres lying four miles east of the city , and afterward came back to Cleveland. Leonard Schneider was then sent down to Massillon to complete the purchase and gather the crop of hay and wheat. The family followed later.

In January, 1842, Leonard Schneider and Miss Eva M., daughter of John Daum, were married, and settled on a part of the farm of his fatherin-law. Mr. Schneider was a cabinet-maker by trade, but finding that there was little to do in his line of trade, engaged in carpentering work at Massillon. About 1850, he bought a farm of eighty acres in Jackson Township, Stark County (the birthplace of our subject), and with a great deal of hard labor and economy, succeeded in pa}^- ing for it. In the spring of 1870, Mr. Schneider removed to the old Daum homestead, and there passed away in the same year, at the age of liftyfour years.

The mother of our subject was born in Iloegst, Cermany, and still survives at the age of seventytwo, making her home at present with our subject. Her father, John Daum, was a German by birth, and when a mere lad was a teamster in Napoleon's army on the retreat from Russia. He engaged in farming in the Eatherland until 1841, when he came to America, and afterward resided in Massillon, where his death occurred at the age of fourscore and six. The family found a religious home In the Lutheran Church.

The seventh among nine children in a pioneer home, our subject early aided in the work around the home, and experienced with his parents the hardships of pioneer life. He remembers that in 1859-60 the wheat crop failed entirely, and they used buckwheat bread. During war times, the children wore home-made '"butternut" pants and flannel blouses to school. Each fall their father

Although the family lived four and one-half miles from Canton, where the church was located, there were very few Sundays during the year l)ut what some members of the family were present at services. Before the boys Avere old enough to walk that distance, they had a Sunday-school at home, the father acting as teacher, and in that way they learned the catechism and Biblical history. The rule was, that in good weather six of the family would ride to church and the others would walk. Our subject well remembers tliose trips - how they used to hang their shoes and stockings over their shoulders, and, after running through the wet grass until near town, would stop and put them on again. One summer the boys attended a school taught by a student, afterwai'd Rev. H. A. Schnlze, and for a time pastor of the Circleville church.

April 6, 1868, our subject and his brother John were confirmed by Rev. J. C. Schulze, and afleithe confirmation the former spent some time with his sister, Catherine, then Mrs. Johnson, meanwhile receiving the advantages of the Canton public schools. When he was fourteen, his father bought and located upon Grandfather Damn's farm, and he, with his brother William, operated a farm belonging to the latter. Wlien William married, our subject returned to the parental home. His father had previously died, leaving the farm incumbei'ed with debts, poor fences, rotten buildings, and in such a condition as required great industry to effect needed repairs. Tiie deplorabh^ condition, however, was not due to any negligence on the part of Mr. Schneider, Sr., for the farm had been neglected by Grandfather Daum for 3'ears.

When our subject's 3'ounger brotlier, Leonard, grew to manhood, there was not work enough on the farm to occupy the attention of all the sons, so Jacob was selected to learn a trade. After endeavoring in vain to secure a place, he hired at length to a farmer, with whom he remained one 3'ear. Later, he secured work with a carjjenter at fift}' cents per da}' and board, but not having acquired the full vigor and strength of manhood, he

About that time, through the persuasions of Rev. A. H, Feldman, our subject decided to enter the ministry, and through the kindness of that gentleman he was introduced to Prof. W. F. Lehman, who was visiting at Canton, and who assisted him to be received as a part beneficiary in Capital University. In the fall of 1874, he went to Columbus, entered the college, and after five years' study, was graduated with his class, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Next our subject took a course ui the theological seminary at Columbus, and after studying there two and one-half 3'ears, was called to Circleville as pastor of the Trinity Lutheran Church, accepting tlie pastorate of that church in December, 1881. January 28, 1882, he was duly ordained and installed bj^ Rev. D. Simon, assisted by Prof. Stellliorn, and here he has since remained, gaining a warm place in the affection of the parishioners, and enlarging and increasing the usefulness of the church. He was also the means of effecting the organization of a congregation in Jackson Township, for which he has done a noble work. In addition to other labors, he succeeded in raising the money for building the parochial school at a cost of $3,000. Ilis congregation now numbers three hundred and twenty-five communicants, and the membership increases ever}' year. Ilis great capabilities and faithful work have not been unnoticed b}^ other churches, and he has frequently been called to positions of greater prominence, but tlie mutual attachment existing between liim and his people has always prevented the acceptance of other offers.

May 31, 1882, at Columbiana, Ohio, Rev. J. II. Schneider and Miss Anna Baeschler were united in marriage, the ceremony being performed by the bride's father, assisted by Rev. A. II. Feldman. They are the parents of three children: Eva, Ilarvev and Sadie. In national politics, Mr. Scimeider is a Democrat, and in his State political adherence has voted sometimes for the candidates of the Republican party. lie is an admirer of Gov. McKinley, whom he considers one of the able men in the United States. In the synods of his denomination, many high honors have been conferred upon Mr. Schneider, and he is now serving as President of the English District of the Synod of Ohio, as well as Secretai-y of the Mission Board of the State Synod.

^1 )>)ILLIAM THOMAS, one of the self-made \/iJ// "'^'" ^^ Madison Count}-, who is engaged \^y^ in farming and stock-raising in Stokes Township, was born in Grayson Count}^, ^Y. Va., December 18, 1813, and is a son of Moses and Cntherine (Williams) Thomas. His father was a native of Nortli Carolina, and when a bo}' went to Virginia, where he met and married Miss AVilliams, a native of Grayson County. Our subject was the eighth of nine children who were born unto them in that county. With one exception, all grew to mature 3'ears, but he has only one sister now living, Mrs. Nanc}' Huffman, of Stokes Township. The family emigrated to Ohio in 1823, locating in Fayette Count}', where the father leased two hundred acres of land and built a blacksmith shop. He worked at his trade while his sons operated the farm and there resided until his death.

Our subject was early inured to the hard lal)or of the farm and in his youth he also learned blacksmithing. At the age of twent}-, he started out in life for him^elf,and soon afterward married Miss Lavina, daughter of William and Anna (AVillis) Beauchamp. Slie was born in Clarke Count}^, Ohio, June 20, 1815, and they were married October 10, 1833. They began their domestic life upon a rented farm and five years later Mr. Thomas purchased one hundred and fifty-seven acres of wild land, upon which not a furrow had been turned or a tree cut. He built a log liouse of two rooms, and began the improvement of his farm, which is now under a high state of cultivation. A pleasant residence has long since replaced the cabin home.

at the age of live, all grew to manhood and womanhood: Noah, now of London, who was born in Faj'ette County, August 1, 1884, served as County Auditor for a number of years, was Warden of the Ohio Penitentiary four years, and was appointed by C4ov. Foster and by Gov. Foraker Sui)erintendent of the Soldiers' Orphans' Home in Xenia, where lie remained four years. He served three years in the late war and lost an arm at the battle of Cold HarI)or. In politics, he is a Re[)ul)liean. He has been twice married and has five children. Moses, the second son, was liorn December 30, 183.5, and owns a farm of one hundred acres in Stokes Township. He is married and has nine children. William Thomas, born December 11, 1837, is a graduate of Yellow Springs College. He served three years in the late war, was shot in the left leg at the battle of Petersburg and is now crippled. He gets a pension of $15. With his wife and three children he makes his home in Yellow .Springs. Jephllia, born November 27, 1839, was also one of the boys in l)lue. He died December 25, 1887, leaving live children. John Wesley, born .Tanuary 22, 1843, died in August, 1885, leaving six children. Robert L., born April 29, 1845, is a farmer of Pocahontas County, Iowa, and by his marriage has four children. Huston, born October 19, 1849, resides on a farm of one hundred and twenty-six acres in Stokes Township with his wife and two children. Jasper, born March 16, 1852, resides on the home farm. By his marriage he has four cliildren. Elijah, born Januai'y 9, 1855, is an agriculturist of Stokes Townshii), and has one child. Oscar B., born January 28, 1861, graduated from Yellow Springs College, engaged in teaching in that place for three years, and was graduated from the law school of Cincinnati. He is now attorney at London, Ohio. Sarah Catherine, born September 9, 1841, became the wife of Henry Huffman, and died in 1874, leaving three children. Mary Ann, born August 29, 1847, died at tlie age of five years. Florestine, born December 21, 1862, is the wife of William Blessing, and unto them was born a daughter March 3, 1889, Dott.

hundred and twenty-seven acres of valuable land, which yields to him a golden tribute. He cast his first vote for Gen. Harrison in 1840, supported John C. Fremont in 1856, and has since been a Republican. He served as Township Treasurer for six years but has never been an ollice-seeker. For forty years he has been a member of the Christian Church and his upright and well-spent life has been in harmony with liis profession.

^AMES S. SWEARINGEN, a representative and prominent young farmer of Pickaway County, was born in Jackson Township? August 19, 1857. His well-appointed farm of one hundred and eighty acres of land, which is a part of the old home place, is of historic interest in tliat it is a part of the "Bedingei- Survey" that was given to his great-grandfather, Capt. Bedinger, b}' the Government for services in the Revolutionary War, located by liim in 1796, and has never been bought or sold. Our sul)ject has a fine large residence, remodeled in 1890, several frame barns, and all the equipments of a model farm.

INIr. Swearingen is descended from a notable ancestry. His father, Henry B. Swearingen, was born in Chiilicothe, November 16, 1814. His grandfather, whose given name was James S., was boi"n in Ikrkeley County, Va., February 3, 1782; his great-grandfather, Josiah Swearingen, was also born in that county, March 28, 1744, tlic date of his birth; his great-great-grandfather, \an Sweai-- ingen, was born in Maryland, while his great-greatgreat-grandfather, Zachariah Swearingen, was a native of Holland. The father of the latter, Garrett Swerengen (as the name was tlien spelled), greatgreat-great-great-grandfather of our subject, was the original representative of the family in America, coining here in the year 1654 witli his family, consisting of his wife. Barbara (De Barette), and two children, Zachariah and Elizabeth, from Brabant, a province of Holland. They settled near Annapolis, and in 1669 the family became naturalized citizens of the province of Maryland. Zacli-

The children of Thomas were two sons, Thomas and \an, who, according to an old "History of the A'allej of Virginia," settled in the neighborhood of .Shepherdstown, that State, on or near the Shenandoah River, in 1734, and were among the fust settlers on that watercourse and its vicinity. Yan Swearingen was Lieutenant of the militia of the county of Berkeley, Va. He was subsequently- I'aised to the rank of Colonel, and was a man of local note. He was the father of five children, of whom Josiali, tlie )iext in descent, was the eldest, and was born March 2H, 1744. lie was a Captain, under Gen. Lewis during Lord Dunmore's War. He married, January 5, 1777, Phebe Strode, who was ]>orn December 8, 1747. He died August 9, 17!tr), and she, Jul}" 6, 1786. They had three sons: Thomas, James and Samuel, and a daughter, Eleanor, who became the wife of Gov. Thomas Worthington.

James Strode Swearingen, who was the second son of Josiah and Phebe Swearingen, was born in Berkeley County (now Jefferson County), W. Va., February 3, 1782. At the age of thirteen years, he became Clerk in a store at Battletown (now Berryville), Va., near Winchester, where he remained about two years. The ensuing four years were spent as clerk in the Comity Clerk's oflice at Winchester, Frederick County. He was obliged to aliandon that position on account of ill-health, but the experience that he had gained and the formation of methodical habits were of inestimable value to him in after life. In 17!»9, he came to Ohio, having exchanged his land in A'irginia for land in the vicinity of Chillieothe. In 1800, he was ap- [iointed Ensign in the army, and two years after, having been promoted to the rank of First or Second Lieutenant, he made the journey from Chillieothe to Detroit with a guide, traveling on horseback through the primeval wilderness, and as there were no settlements on the way between Chillieothe and Lake F^rie was without a morsel of food to eat while crossing the State.

Later, he was stationed at Ft. Mifflin, below Philadelphia, at Pittsburgh, Ft. INIcHenry, Baltimore Cincinnati, and other places, but mostly on the frontier. November 4, 1811, while at Pittsburgh, he was vinited in marriage to Nancy, daughter of Capt. Henry and Rachel (Strode) Bedinger. She was born January 7, 1787. An earl}" ancestor of hers, Adam Bedinger, was a native of Alsace, Germany. He and his family were Protestants, and to escape persecution after the conquest which resulted in the ceding of Alsace to France, he emigrated to America, landing at Philadephia in 1734. Soon thereafter, he joined a party of German emigrants, who settled upon the beautiful, rich lands on Conowago, in York County, Pa. His son Henry married Magdalena Schleyel (Slagle, as Anglicised) and removed to Shepherdstown, Va., in the si)ring of 1702. His son Henr}^, the father of Mrs. Nancy Swearingen, was born October 16, 1753. He was a Captain in the Continental army during the revolution, was taken prisoner at F't. Washington, and was con fined on Long Island for four years. In 1796, the Captain located the tract of land in Jackson Township, Pickawa}- County, known as the Bedinger Survey, the most of which was owned by the father of our subject. Henry Bedinger was a man of good native ability, great energy and force of character, and was a power in the community where he lived.

In 1814, being then Quartermaster-General and a staff officer, James S. Swearingen made his headquarters at Chillieothe, where he remained on dut}' until the close oT the war, when he made permanent settlement in that city, and there spent the remainder of his life. Soon after his marriage, he had received from his father-in-law the Bedinger tract of land in Jackson Township, but he never settled upon it. He died in Chillieothe, Februar}" 3, 1864, and his wife died January 11, 1859. Three of their seven children died in infancy. The others were Henry B., F21eanor, Sarah B. and Virginia, the latter of whom died unmarried at the age of twenty-one years. Eleanor married first Dr. John H. (irant, of Covington, Ky., and after his death was married to Maj. Edward Clarkson, of the same place. She died in Jackson Township,

Tlie father of our subject was born at Adena, near Chillicothe, Ohio, November 16, 1814. He left his early home in Chillicothe in 1837, to settle in Pickaway County, and in December, 18r)l, toolv up his residence on tlie farm in Jackson Township now occuj^ied by his son of whom we write. He was married, Januarys, 1850, to Elizabeth Nesbitt, of Xenia, who was born June 3, 1827. She died in 1881, and he survived her until October 1;"), 1889, when he passed away at a ripe age. They were the parents of eight children, of whom the following is the record: Eleanor V., born March 26, 1854, married, October 26, 1882, W. A'. Grant, of Covington, Ky., and died September 26, 1890, leaving one child, Henry, born October 8, 1888; James S., our subject; Nancy N., born December 22, 1858, died May 30, 1887; Robert N., born February 22, 1859, died October 27, 1865; John G., born February 24, 1863, married November 13, 1888, Miss Fanny Dent, of Xenia, and they have one child, Virginia, born November 12, 1889; Henry B., born May 26, 1865, is in the Pension Department at Washington, D. C; Thomas T., born January 15, 1868, is book-keeper in Columbus; Mary S., born March 9, 1871, was graduated from Miss Phelps' School in Columbus, in 1892.

Henry B. Swearingen was well and favorably known throughout this county, and had many friends in various parts of this State who siucerel}^ regretted his death. He was one of the best-informed men in the county, having been a great reader all his life and having had a liberal education, being a graduate of Ken^-on College at Gambier, and his reading, while covering a wide range of subjects, was always well selected. He possessed a kindly disposition and was an agreeal^le as well as entertaining companion. For many 3"ears, and until the time of his decease, he was identified with St. Philip's Parisii of this city and was nearly always a delegate from the parish to the annual diocesan conventions.

Our subject was well educated in the district schools of his native township and in the High School at Circleville. At the age of twenty-one 3'ears, he began life for himself, and has met with fine success as a general farmer. Of late years, he lias made somewhat of a specialty of raising potatoes, and he is also engaged quite extensively in the stock business. He raises sheep of a high grade, fine Polled-Angus cattle, and draft and road horses, having several standard-bred trotters. He is deeply interested in all tliat concerns his native township and county, and in him the Republican party finds a stalwart supporter.

Mr. Swearingen was married, Novemlier 11, 1890, to Miss Minerva Anderson, who was born in Wayne Township, this county, October 26, 1867. She is an accomplished young lad}^, and her grace and tact admirably second the courteous hospitality of her husband in their [)leasant liome.

if/^ - ^ENRY LILLY. There is in the develoj)- ment of every successful life a lesson to all; for if a man is industrious, ambitious and honorable in his ambition, he will undoul)tedly rise to a position of prominence, whether having the prestige of family aiid wealth or the obscurity of poverty. We are led to these retlections in reviewing the life of Mr. Lilly, who is at present oecuj)ying a w^ell-improved farm, which is located in Fairfield Township, Madison County. Our subject has done much to aid in the development of this part of the country and, as a patriotic soldier, deserves credit for the work he did in securing the stability of the Union.

He of whom we write is the son of the late Wesley- Lilly, who was born in Fluvanna Count}', Va., March 30, 1798, and was five years of age Avhen he came with his jiarents, Thomas and Theodosia Lilly, to this State, and located in Ross County. There the father died in the fall of 1823, and in 1830 the mother, with her famil}-, came to Madison County, where she departed this life in 1838. The maiden name of our subject's mother was Mary Durflinger, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Durflinger, natives of Virginia, who located in Madison County, this State, about 1827. Wesley Lilly was an earnest member in the Meth- odist Clnircli and gave freely of his means toward the erection of the Lilly Chapel. He was a progressive and public-spirited man and did his full share toward building up and improving the county in which he resided. He departed tliis life August 10, 1889, wliile his good wife, who survived him a few years, died January 8, 1892.

The parental familN' included seven sons and one daughter, our subject, who was born September 11, 1810, in Franklin County, this State, being the fifth in order of birtli. He passed his l)03iiood days in his native itlace and was thirteen years of age when he accompanied his parents on their removal to this county, and located with them in Fairfield Township, wliere he grew to manhood. He was reared to farming pursuits and assisted his father in carrying on tlie liome farm until the spring of 1864, when he enlisted in the Union arm}^, being commissioned First Lieutenant of Company A, Seventysixth Battalion Ohio National Guards, under his brother, Capt. Thomas Lilly. The latter died at Bermuda Hundred, Va., in July, 18G4. On account of Company A being merged into the One Hundred and Thirty-third Infantry, the older ollicers in the service were given tlie precedence and our sul)jcci was not called upon to go to tlie front.

JnmiaiT 1*^, 18G2, Henry Lilly was married in Frankhn County to Miss Martha Ann Hartsook. The lady was I)oin in that county May 1, 1811, and was the daughter of Noali and Mary (Sanducky) Hartsook, natives of Maryland. Tlie father of Mrs. Lilly died while she was quite young, and the mother, who reared a family of three children, departed this life in Franklin County. After his marriage, he located in Fairfield Township, this count}', which has since been his home. He has made agriculture his life work and at the present time owns a valuable estate of two hundred and twenty-five acres, which bears all the improvements ui the way of buildings and machinery which are to be found on the estate of a first-class farmer.

To Mr. and Mrs. Lill}' have been lioru four children, viz: Frank S., Sylvester W., Rosa B. and "William W. Tlie eldest son died Auiifust 10,

Our subject occupies a high place in local affairs and in October, 1881, was elected County Commissioner. He has also served as Township Trustee for a number of terms, and dxu'ing elections never fails to cast a Republican vote. He is a member of Lodge No. 605, I. O. O. F., and the brief record of his life shows him to be a man of excellent ])usiness talent, whose judgment is keen, and who is well dowered with those sturdy traits of character that, seconded by unimpeachable integrit}', have made him a valuable citizen.

^ ON. DAVID I. WORTHINGTON, one of the prominent attorneys of Washington C. IL, has been in active practice here since ^^ 1874. He is a native of this State, having been born in Greene County, May 26, 1844, and is the son of Jesse J. and Catherine B. (Creamer) Worthington, residents of this count}-. The father of our subject was one of the earl}' settlers of the northern part of Fayette County and for a number of years was Superintendent of the cit}- schools of Washington C'. II.

David I. Worthington received a thorough education in the common schools of this city, and later read law at Indianola, Iowa, under Col. P. Gad Bryan. He was admitted to the Bar in 1865, before the Supreme Court of Des Moines, Iowa, and a year later located at Liberty, Clay County, Mo., wliere he remained for five 3-ears engaged in the practice of his profession. He then removed to lola, Allen Count}', Kan., and in 1874 returned to his native place, where he occupies a high place as a lawyer. He became connected with Judge Williams, who is now Chief Justice, and afterward, in 1889, with J. D. Post, who is his partner at the present time.

The Hon. D. I. Worthington was elected a member of the State Legislature on the Republican ticket in 1885, and was the incumbent of that office for two successive terms. During that time.

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he served on various important committees, performing eflicient service on the Judiciary, Corporation and Insurance Committees. At tlie prese.it time, he occupies the important office of President of the City Council and has shown himself capable of close application to the duties which lie before him. His judicious decisions and wise course in attempting to bring about a worthy object are well known to those who are acquainted with the history of the State.

Miss Kate Parker, of Liberty, Clay County, Mo., was married to our subject May 1, 1866. Tlie}- have an interesting family of three children, who bear the respective names of Jesse, Edgar P. and Bessie. Mr. Worthington, in his political predilection, is a thorough Republican and during the last congressional election of this district was chosen as its Chairman. In 1889, he erected the fine brick block at the corner of Market and Main vStreets, which bears his name. It is three stories in height, the Postoflice being located in the corner, the Knights of Pythias Hall above, and on the third floor are eleven finely finished offices.

homestead where he still resides, Mr. Whitesel was born February 4, 1836. For more than a half century he has been familiar with the scenes of progress and growth in Pickaway County, and especially in Salt Creek Township, where he has alwaj'S made his home. It is to the courage, enterprise and persistence of such men as he that the county is indebted for its high position among other counties of the Buckeye State, and his biography and portrait will therefore be of peculiar interest to present and coming generations.

The first representative of the Whitesel family in the United States was the grandfather of our subject, Nicholas, who came from Germany in the ca])acity of a soldier for the British arm^' during the Revolutionary War. When the conflict was terminated, he remained in this country, and ostalv lished a home in Virginia, whence he removed to

Ohio in the early i)art of the present century. He located in Salt Creek Township, I'ickaway County, about one mile north of where our siil^ject at present resides, and was num])ered among the first settlers of tliis townsliip. He entered a tract of land from the Government, and subsequent!}' erected a distillery, and engaged in the manufacture of liquor.

The father of our subject, Jacob Whitesel, was born in Virginia in 1792, and was quite young when he accompanied his father to Ohio. He commenced farming on the place where our subject resides, and cleared the land from its primeval condition, bringing it to a high cultivation, and making it his home until he passed from earth, in 1872, at the age of eighty years. He was a veteran of the War of 1812, and a member of the IMethodist Episcopal Church, in which he was Classleader and Trustee for man}' 3ears, and took great interest in religious matters. He married Ivlizabeth, daughter of fieorge Tliomas, who emigrated from Pennsylvania at an early da}'. The mother of our subject was a devoted member of the IMetliodist Episcopal Church, and was called hence in 1890, at the advanced age of ninety years.

The parental family comprised seven children, four of whom are still living. Archibald, our subject, received his early education in the log schooUiouse which stood on the farm. Subsequently, he spent one and one-half years in Circleville, where he attended the Union Schools, and is a man of good information and broad knowledge. His marriage, October 22, 1867, united him with Miss Margaret Ann Robinson, who was born in Ross County in 1831. Her father, John Robinson, was a farmer by occupation, and died wlien about ninety-five years old. After a happy wedded life of more than twenty years, Mrs. Whitesel passed from the scenes of earth, August 8, 1891, mourned ])}' a large circle of warm personal friends, and especially mourned by her husband, to whom she had been all that a loving wife and devoted companion could be. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and her life was such as to prove the sincerity of her belief.

stanch Republican, while in religious matters, he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is Trustee. During Lhe INIorgan raid, in Ohio, he was an active i)articipant, and went as far South as Scott's Landing, and from there to Zanesv^ille. He has a finch' improved farm of one hundred and eighty-two acres on section 12, where he raises a good grade of stock, and conducts a general farming business. Mrs. Whitesel owned one hundred and seventy-one acres in Ross Count}', which was rented to tenants. The place which Mr. Whitesel occupies in the community is a high one, and his life has been so upright and honorable as to win the confidence of all with whom he has ])een brousjlit in contact.

APT. MARCUS P. RADCLIFFE won a high reputation as an olticer in the Union army during the late war, when he sacrificed the opening years of a promising manhood on the altar of his country, and Pickaway County holds in lionor her gallant son, a native of her soil, who has also ]n-oved of value to her citizenship as one of her tiioughtful, progressive farmers, who manages his extensive farm in Pickaway Township after the most approved modern methods.

Capt. liadcliffe was born in Pickaway County, -January 10, 1840, and is a son of lienjamin Radcliffe. His father was born in Kentucky in 1794, and, coming to Ohio with his widowed mother in ISOG, was reared near Darby ville, this county. He was one of six children, all of whom are dead. He served in the War of 1H12 under Gen. W. II. Harrison, in Northern Ohio, and was a good soldier. He was a member of the Christian Church, and was active in religious matters. His wife, Sarah Florence in her maiden days, came of an old Virginia family, was born in that State in 1800, and in 180() was brought to Ohio by her parents, who located on the banks of Darby Creek, this county. She died in 18r)2, and in her death the Christian Church lost a devoted member. She was tlie mother of sixteen children, eightsons and eio-ht daugliters, and four of them are still living. The father was married a second time, Frances A. Scoville becoming his wife, and by her he had one son, now deceased.

The subject of this biographical review was reared on a farm on the banks of Deer Creek, and was educated in a log schoolhouse. In the fall of 1858, he went to Circleville to engage as clerk in the dry-goods store of Delaplanes & McCaully, he being at that time eighteen years of age. After the breaking out of the Rebellion, he watched its course intently, and finally threw aside his personal aims and ambitions to fight for his countiy, as his father had done half a century before, enlisting August 8, 1862, in Company A, One Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio Infantry, as a private. He was mustered in the following September as Sergeant of his company, and in the trying times that followed won his way steadily from rank to rank b}' his invincible courage and coolness in the heat of battle and in the midst of danger, and l)y his promptness in obeying and elficiency in carrying out orders, as well as by his fidelity and general trust-worthiness. He was made Second Lieutenant February 14, 1863, was promoted to the position of First Lieutenant Ma^- 2 of the same year, and in December, 1864, was commissioned Captain, an honor richlj' deserved. He did not act in that capacity, however, as, though his regiment was consolidated about that time and he was offered the captainc}' in the new regiment, he was obliged to leave the arni}^ on account of ill-health.

Capt. Radcliffe fought under Sherman at Chickasaw Bluffs; assisted in the capture of Arkansas Post, celebrating his birthday on that occasion; and he took an active part in the enti e siege of Vicksburg, lasting forty -five daj-s, and during that time he did not have a change of clothing, so constantly was he on dut}-. He assisted in building twenty -eight hundred feet of pontoon bridge across the bayous and trilmtaries of the Mississippi River, from Milliken's Bend to Grand Gulf, and was otherwise constantly kept busy during that important campaign. He Avas present at the engagement at Thompson's Hills, Ma}' 1, 1863, and was under fire almost constantly from that date until after the 22d of the same month. He was in the thickest of the fight at Champion Hills, and he accompanied Gen. Banks on the Red River expedition. He snffered much from exposure on that trip, and contracted a chronic disease, which was so bad that he was ordered to the hospital at Milliken's Bend. He then showed signs of insubordination for the first time, and utterly refused to go, determining to continue with the army and die with the boys on the march, rather than remain behind and miss an opportunity to do his share of fighting. He continued with his regiment until he was so debilitated that the i)hysicians decided that he would not live to reach home, and lie was discharged December 17, 1864, at the mouth of the White River, in Arkansas.

In the consolidation of the One Hundred and Fourteenth and One Hundred and Twentieth Regiments Ohio Volunteers, the bearer. First Lieut. Mark B. Radcliffe, at his own request, was mustered out of the service. He has been connected with the One Hundred and Fourteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteers since August, 1862, at which time he entered the service as Sergeant of Company A, and was commissioned and mustered as Second Lieutenant of the One Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio, May 11, 1863, and was commissioned and mustered as First Lieutenant November 15, 1863, in which capacity he has served since that time. As a Sergeant, Lieutenant, and in all his relations with the service, he has done every dut}^ faithfully and diligently, and has acquitted himself honorably, and with credit to himself and beneficially to the service. He is a good soldier and an efficient officer. He is a man of good moral character, temperate habits, gentlemanly deportment, fine social qualities, and of undoubted integritj', patriotism and loyalty. He is well qualified and worth}' for any position in a regiment to which he would aspire. I therefore, with great pleasure, cheerfully recommend him to the favorable consideration of

John. II Kelly, Colonel, commanding One Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantiy. Ei'iiRAiM Brown, Major, One Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer infantry. After severing his connection with the ami}-, Capt. Radcliffe returned home, and when he had sufficiently recovered to attend to business, he resumed his position as clerk, and was thus emplo.yed several years, but finally turned his attention to farming and has since lived in Pickaway Township. He has here a fine estate of four hundred acres of land, bordering on the famous Pickaway Plains, and extending into the fertile bottoms of the Scioto River, the soil being of a sandy loam, and remarkably productive. The situation is fine, the residence commanding a wide and beautiful prospect. Looking eastward, the eye falls on Black Mountain, where the Indian warriors congregated to hold their councils and to declare war or peace. Our subject was married July 29, 1869, to Miss Lizzie Crouse, a native of Ross County, and a daughter of Nelson Crouse, a farmer of that county. She is a woman of much strength of character and true refinement, who is a fit companion for her hus))and, to whose interests she is devoted, as well as to those of their children, of whom they have two: Eva T., a graduate of the Circle vi lie High School, and now the wife of Frank Cox, of the firm of Cox Bros., merciiants at Lancaster; and Frank C, at home with his parents.

Capt. Radcliffe is a Republican in whom there is no guile. A man of superior intelligence, he is well informed on all historical and political subjects, and in all things pertaining to the late war. Both he and his wife are members of the Presbjterian Church, and he belongs to the Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Grand Army of the Rej^ublic. He has been President of the Soldiers' Monument Association of Pickaway County for some time, and he was ver}^ influential in securing the erection of the Memorial Hall and Library Building at Circlevilie, dedicated December 29, 1891. He is one of the Trustees, and was Secretary and Treasurer during the construction of the building. It is a noble structure tli:it vvoiild ^vavQ. any city in the land, combining strength, beauty and simplieit}' in its architocture, and it will be a perpetual reminder to the people of the fallen lieroes whose lives it is intended to commemorate, as well as of the veterans who are still among us, who sacrificed so much and fought so well to preserve the Tnion; and Avithin its walls their children and children's cliildren, from generation unto generation, sliall learn many a lesson of patriotism from the history of the past and from the inspirati<m of the present.

^) found of what may be accomplished by energy and well-directed efforts, than is strikingly exemplified in the successful career of the leading art gallery of tlie city, of which Mr. Jones is the j)roprietor. His photographic studio is located at the corner of Main and Court Streets, in an elegant suite of rooms formerly occujiied by different artists of the city', but recently remodeled for his use. T'revious to 1H'J2, his gallery was in the Dahl lUock, where he established an enviable reputation for the excellency and elegant finish of his work.

Mr. .Tones is one of the youngest business men of Washington ('. M., for he only recently attained to his majority. He w.as born in Ijloomingburgh, Fa3'ette County, Nf)vem))er 1'.), 1869, the son of Charles and INIoUie (Meyers) -Tones. Tlis father, who was an attorney hy profession, was compelled to remove to a farm on accountof his failing health, which was somewhat recuperated by his out-door exercise. He afterward lemoved to Washington C. IT., and there died in 1K7,''). His wife survived him about ten years, her dealh, Septcnil)er (S, 18H.5, being the I'esult of accident. On that day a terrible cyclone swept over the cit}- and destroyed (he house, in which she was alone ;it Iho time, killing her instantly.

The parental family comprises two sons beside our subject. I h >mer is stenographer for the Cashier of the I-'^irst National T'ank at Ivansas Citv; Howard is learning photography with our subject. Ileber Jones received liis education at Washington C. H., where he entered the art gallery of C. S. Snyder in the early part of 1884, remaining with him until the cyclone of 1885 destroyed the gallery. He afterward continued his studies at school for a time, and then commenced to work for W. F. Willett, then a prominent photographer of Washington C. II., but now of Chicago. When Mr. Willett sold out the business to Mr. Spencer, our subject remained with the last-named gentleman for a shoi't time, until he w\as sufficiently acquainted with the business to start out for himself. He opened an art gallery in the Dahl lilock, where he conducted a ver^- successful business until the date of his removal, February 1, 1892.

The pleasant home which Mr. Jones has established on West Market Street is presided over by his cultured wife, who was formerly Miss Ada Paul. Prior to her marriage, which took place November 18, 1891. she resided in Washington C. H., where she received a good education. Sociall}^ Mr. Jones is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and in his religious preference is a liberal supporter of the IMethodist Episcopal Church, which he and his wife attend.

'^ OIIN R. SOLT. This gentleman occupies a I very high position among the farming community of Walnut Township, Pickaway _ County. He is ex-Trustee of the township, and is at present residing on section 21, wiiere he owns and operates a fine tract of land. He is a native of the above-named township, his birth occurring I^'ebruary 1, 184 0. His parents, Paul and Rebecca Solt, were natives, respectively, of Pennsylvania and this county.

The great-grandfather of our subject on the paternal side was born in Germany, and, on emigrating to tins country, participated in the Revolutionarj^ War. I'aul Solt came to this State, in compan}' with his mother and sister, when about sixteen years of age, in 1825, his birth occurring in 1809. They made settlement in Fairfield County, where they made tlieir home a short time, and then came to Pickaway Coiiut>', locating in Wahiut Township when it was practically in the woods. A log" cabin was erected, in which the^' resided for a time, when it gave way to a more comfortable and commodious abode. The elder Mr. Solt worked for a time on the Ohio Canal, helping to build that vfatcvway.

Eight of the ten children born to Mr. and INIrs. Paul Solt are still living and are, respectively: Elizabeth, John R., William; Celanta, the wife of H. H. Brown; Thomas; Eveline, Mrs. David Heist; Ruphina and Charles. In township affairs, the father of our subject occupied a prominent position, being Assessor of his township a number of years. He was a Democrat, politically, and aided greatl\' in the upbuilding of his community, his name heading all lists which had for their object the betterment of his fellowman. He was a member in good standing of the Lutheran Church, in the faith of which body he died, June 25, 1891, and in his death Pickaway County lost one of its representative citizens.

Our subject grew to mature jears in this township, and remained at home assisting his father in grubbing, clearing and improving the home farm, until starting out to battle with life on his own account. His opportunities for obtaining an education were very limited, and he was disciplined mainly in the stern school of experience, which prepared him to meet every emergency with a steady and a ready hand.

September 1, 1867, our subject and Miss Menna, daughter of Absalom A. Peters, were united in marriage. Tiie father of Mrs. Solt was born in tiie Dominion, but at the time of his decease was residing in Walnut Township, this countj^ To our subject and his estimable wife have been born ten children, namely: Clayton, Harvey, Carrie, Milton, Louaraa, John, Laura, George, Mattie and Hugh.

Mr. Solt is the possessor of an estate containing one hundred and forty acres, which b}' his industry has been brought to a good state of cultivation. In politics, our subject is a Democrat, and served as Trustee of his township for three years. He is a Lutheran in religion, and socially is identified with the Masonic fraternity at Circleville. Mr. Solt is ranked among the prominent and leading citizens of Walnut Township, where his word is considered as good as his bond. By energy and [)erseverance, united with economy and good business (jualifications, he has secured a competency, and is now living in the enjoyment of the comforts of life.

\f/OHN P. NOECKER is a native of Pickaway County, born August 5, 1849, and has won his way to an honorable place among J its intelligent, industrious, business-like fanners, who form so important a proportion of its population. He has an excellent and well-managed farm on section 2, Walnut Township, which is a part of the old homestead that his father, a pioneer of the township, reclaimed from the wilderness.

Our subject is a son of Henry and Maria (Kroninger) Noecker, who were natives of Pennsylvania. His father was eari^' left an orjjhan, and was bound out to learn the trade of a carpenter in his youth. He became a very skillful workman, and was engaged at that calling for years. When a young man, he came to Ohio, and he assisted in building houses in Columbus when the State capital was a small town. He finally settled in Pickaway County among the pioneers of Walnut Township, and in the busy years that followed, improved the farm on which his son of whom we write resides. He lived to a ripe age, dying August 7, 1881, and thus closing a life spent in well-doing, in which he had won the respect due to his merits as a man and a citizen. He was a straight Republican in his })olitics, and in religion was a Lutheran, belonging to the church of that denomination at St. Paul, being prominent in its work as an Elder. Ilis wife died several years ago. These are their surviving children: Sylvester, Nathan; Christia, wife of Lewis Reed; Henry, John, Daniel, and Mary, wife of Emanuel Burger.

reared to uiaiihood on tlie f;irin wiiere he first opened lii.s eyes; to the light. He was well trained in the management of a farm, and when he came into ])OSse.ssion of a part of the old homestead, he was perfectly eom[)etent to earry it on jndieioMsly and profitably, and he has done so. He is mostl}- self educated, as his advantages were somewhat limited in his boyhood, although he had an occasional op[)ortunity to attend a school in the home district. His farm, which contains one hundred and forty acres of good land, is well cultivated, and its im{)rovements are of a substantial order.

Mr. Noecker was married to ]Miss Sallie Baum in October, 1872. Like her husband, Mrs. Noecker is a native of Pickaway- County, IMadison Townshi}) being her birthjjlace, and she is a daughter of Lewis and I^llizalieth Baum, of that township, who were early settlers of the county. Our subject and his estimable wife are the parents of two children: Clarence B. and Howard C.

Mr. Noecker is a man of pure and honorable character, unites firmness with a just consideration for the rights of others and lives up to his Christian principles in thought and act. lie and his wife are valued members of the Lutheran Church, which he is serving as Deacon, and they are highly regarded 1)3' all wlio know them. In politics, he is a Republican.

\('KS()N THOIMAS, one of the citizens of pidniint iKH'. wcaltii and influence, whose home is m Monroe Township, where he has a large and linely-e<iui]iped farm, l)ears the i-e[)Utation of licing one of the most sagacious, [ii-aeticai, and progri'ssive of the farmers and stockmen of Pickaway County. He represents an old and lionored family of this section, and he was born December 8, l,s3i. \\\^ father, whose given name Avas AVilliam, was a native of Virginia, as was his father, also.

In 1S07, the grandfather of our subject, Jeremiah, witii Netty, his wife, aecomj)anied by bis family, sot out fiom liis old home in a waii'on, toperform a momentous and somewhat perilous journey that was to lead over the mountains into the wilds of Ohio. He thus became a pioneer of Pickaway County, settling on Deer Creek, this township, when there was scarcely an inhabitant in the region, and the surrounding country was a wilderness. He developed a small tract of land, and died here when in middle life. He was on friendly terms with the Indians, who trusted him, and often several tribes could be seen from the hill on which he lived. He used to hunt some, and occasionally killed a deer.

The father of our subject was a boy when he came with his father to Ohio. He was brought up under pioneer influences, and did not have any educational advantages during his boyhood. When he married, he could not write his name, but he learned to write under the instruction of his wife and hired men, became quite a proficient penman, and could keep his own books. He was ver}' poor at the time of his marriage, and he and his wife began housekeeping in an old log house, with home-made furniture, the bedstead being made by boring holes in the wall, into which poles were inserted that rested on wooden legs. Mr. Thomas was a man of great natural ability, and when once he obtained a good start he progressed rapidly in the acquirement of w^ealth, so that at the time of his death he had fifteen hundred acres of land, and was making enough to buy a farm each year. He made the most of his money in stock, never selling any corn, but feeding it all to his cattle and other stock. He died the 10th of January, 1849, when scarce!}' past the prime of life, and his lemoval was regarded as a serious loss to the material interests of the county and to its higher interests as well. He was a man of serious religious views, a strong Methodist, and he was ver^y helpful in organizing the society- and in building the first house of worship of that denomination in the neighborhood, which was known as the Hebron Church. In early life, he was a Democrat in politics, but he later identified himself with the Whigs.

The mother of our subject, who was a native of Virginia, bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Norris. She came to Ohio when quite young, with her jiarents. She was a hard-working woman, and her husband owed much of his success to her help and intiuence. She used in the early days of their marriage to drop corn in tlie field after two teams, and then go home and prepare dinner for tlie men, and in many otlier ways she braveh^ put her shoulder to the wheel and performed her share of the labors that resulted in the upbuilding of a comfortable home and the accumulation of wealth. She was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Cliurch nearly all her life, and she was noted for her kind heart and hosi)itable, charitable nature. She was the mother of these ten children who grew to maturity: Eleanor (Mrs. Truax),now deceased; George AV., deceased; Milton M., deceased; Mary A. (Mrs. King), .Tackson, Margaret (Mrs. Henderson), Sarah W. (Mrs. Madox), Eiizabctii J. (Mrs. Henderson), William IL, and Perry C. Tliree others died in infanc}'.

The birthi)lace of our subject was on a hill one hundred and thirty feet high, near the waters of Deer Creek. He was educated in the primitive log schoolhouses of those early days, with thenlarge open fireplaces, slab benches, writing-desks consisting of a slab, or slabs, placed against the wall, and window made by taking out a log the whole length of the building; the door opened out instead of in, as now, and hung on wooden hinges. Mr. Thomas began life for himself at the age of seventeen, his father having died the i)revious 3'ear. His mother gave him and his brother Milton all the\' could raise on part of the farm after pa^dng the living expenses of herself and the younger children.

Our subject left home when he married, in 1855, he and his bride beginning their married life on the Foster Farm,. on which the}' lived a .year, and then he settled on this farm, which adjoins the old homestead, moving into a log house. That humble abode was replaced l)y his present fine, large frame resijjence in 1875, he having built a good frame barn in 1867, and he has his farm well supplied with buildings for every needed purpose. He has made the most of the improvements himself, clearing nearly all the land, which comprises seven hundred and twenty-one acres, he having started with one hundred and sixt3^-six acres. Five hundred and forty acres of his landed property lie in one bod}" in

Monroe Township, and he has one hundred and eighty-one acres at Clarksburgh, in Ross County, which is well improved, and a fine, commodious brick residence of ten rooms adorns the place.

Mr. Thomas carries on mixed farming, and employs a number of men, allowing twenty acres to a man in carrying on his varied operations. When he began farming, he raised one hundred hogs every 3'ear, wisely feeding his corn to his stock, never selling but one lot of corn. For the past twenty years, he has aimed to keep three car-loads of cattle all the time, one of 3'earlings, one of two-yearolds, and one of three-year-olds, which he ships annually. He is one of the solid moneyed men of the county, and rightly attributes his prosperity to close attention to his business, to thrift}' and economical management, and to the judicious methods tiiat have characterized his manner of carr\'ing on farming and stock-raising, and the handling of his funds, in loaning money, etc. He has been very fortunate in all his enterprises, as he has never had any reverses. A man of his calibre and aptitude for affairs is eminently fitted for civic life, and he has been drawn into it as County Commissioner, which position he held for six years, and as Township Trustee. In politics, he is an uncompromising Democrat. Religiousl}', both he and his amiable wife are connected with the Hebron INIethodist Church as two of its most effective working members.

Mr. Thomas was married April 2(3, 1855, to Miss Christina, eldest daughter of Josiah Reeves, who was an early settler of and an extensive farmer in Deer Creek Township, where Mrs. Thomas was born, October 14, 1835. Her wedded life with our subject has been fraught with much real happiness and many blessings, but they have had to bow beneath the chastening hand of sorrow so common to the lot of mortals, in the death of three of their five children, their religion, however, sustaining them in the firm belief that somewhere, somehow, they will again meet their loved ones in God's own good time. The following is a record of those deceased: Ruflna J., born June 20, 1856, died March 9, 1875; George W., born September 30, 1857, died June 10, 1882; Lily Lorette, torn February 17, 1861, married Smith Beal, and died in 1891, leaving one child, Ilarrv <1. The two .surviving chililten of IMr. and Mns. Tliomas are Loton F., who married iMi.ss .lennie Hosier, and lives on hi.s father's farm at Clarksbiugh; and Albert Seymour, born I\Iay 22, IHGT, who is a good scholar and an expert b(jolv-kee[)er, and acts in the latter capacity for a coal syndicate at Kansas City, Mo. He married Ida Swain, of that city, February w.'}, IH[)2, and now makes his home with his father.

f^AAMD B. SAINT, of Mt. Sterling, Ohio, is a well-known citizen, well deserving representation in this volume. He was born in Massi Ion, Pa., March 10, 1835, and is a son of .John and Elizabeth ((iilmore) Saint. His father V as a blacksmith by trade, and when our subject was only four years old, he brought his family to Ross Count}', (Jliio, and engaged in operating a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, live miles east of Ciiillicothe. lie also worked at his trade, building a smithy on the farm. Mr. and Mrs. Saint died wlien David was nine yeavs old, leaving four children, who were then scattered.

Our subject was sent to live with James Little, witii whom he remained until eighteen years of age, wiien he was bound out to a blacksmith in Chiilicotiie, with whom he remained four months, wiien he concluded that he must either run away or starve. He chose the former, and started burefottted, altliough it was tlien in the middle of winter. (Joing to Adelphi, Ross County, he entered a blacksmith-shoj) to learn the trade. He was to iiavc -i<l \n'v mouth for tiie lirst year and his board and washing. His master was old and he did not advance very rai)idly, but lie now had a good home and disliked leaving it, so there he remained for two >i'ars. He then went to Hasseni)lugh, where he liiied out, working for *8 per month the first year, ^20 the next and the third.

On the 5th of December, 1858, Mr. Saint married Nancy E. Boggs, who was born in Pickaway County. December ."3, 1840, and was a daughter of William and Lavina (Byerly) Boggs. Mr. Saint then established a shop in Pickaway County ,whicb he carried on for two and a half ^ears with excellent success. The late war having broken out, he enlisted August 8, 1862, as a member of Compan}^ B, One Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio Infantry. He participated in the siege of Vicksburg, where he was left on picket duty when Sherman was forced to retreat, and came very near being captured. With seven comrades, he was chased four miles, and, with the exception of our subject, all of the boys lost their guns, knapsacks and coats. He participated in the battles of Arkansas Post and Arkansas River. For some time, he was sick in Van Buren Hospital at Milliken's Bend, where he remained from the 5th of April until the 31st of Jul}', 1863. lie was appointed General Wardmaster and never lost a da}- while there. On acaccountof his disability, he received his discharge.

During Mr. Saint's absence, his wife and two children had resided with her grandfather in Miami County, Ind., and he started for the place, but was so ill that he could not travel and had to remain at Vincennes, Ind., for three days under the Doctor's care. Three years elapsed before he was able to endure any hard work. As soon as possible, he established a shop at five points, Pickaway County, where he remained for four ^ears, doing a good business. He then removed to Yankeetown, Fayette County, where he remained for about twenty years. Coming to Mt. Sterling, he purchased some land and built a house, he and his son doing all the work except the plastering. His home is commodious and pleasant and is situated in a good location. He also built a shop and follows his chosen trade.

Unto Mr. and INIrs. Saint were born five children, four of whom are still living: William Lewis, who was born in Pickaway County, September 30, 1859, is a blacksmith and wood-worker, residing at Deer Creek with his wife and three children: Edson B., who was born in the same count}', December 22, 1861, died July 28, 1885; James Rutherford was born in Pickaway County, April 1, 1866; George Leroy, who was born in Yankeetown, April 3,1869, is a blacksmith and wood-worker who aids his father in the shop, and David Wilson, who was born in Yankeetown, September 16,1871. The children were all provided with good educational advantages, fitting them for the practical duties of life. Mr. Saint cast his first Presidential vote for James Buchanan and has since been a Democrat. He served as School Director in l)0th Pickawaj^ and Fayette Counties, was Pike .Superintendent for two years and is now a member of tlie City Council of Alt. Sterling, lie joined the (Irange in

1880, of the encampment since 1883, and is now serving in his fourth year as Scribe. lie is also District Deputy Grand Patriarch of the order. He is a charter member of Bostwick Post, G. A. R., m which he has filled all the offices except (Quartermaster and has now been Adjutant for four jears. He attended the national reunion in Columbus. With the Patriotic Order of Sons of America he is also connected, has filled all its offices and is now District President of the order, serving a third term, lie and his wife are members of the Christian Church and are liighh' respected people, widely and favorably known in this community.

LP:XANDER gray, it is gratifying to the biographer to present the portrait and sketch of a man who, in every walk of life, religious, social and business, is esteemed as foremost among the valued citizens of Commercial Point. Mr. Gray was born in Licking Count}', Ohio, not far from Newark, February 17, 1827. His father, John Graj', was born in County Armagh, Ireland, in 1786, and was sixteen yeai"S old when he came to America with his brother-in-law, Joseph Hughes, who located in P'airfield Count}', Ohio. He had a little monejbut invested it unfortunately- in land which had a defective title, and lost it all. The country was then a wilderness, abounding in Indians, deer and wolves. He leased land for a time after his unfortunate experience m attempting to purchase, and eventually owned eighty acres. He was a member of the Covenanter Church. In politics, he was a Democrat, although he took no part in

The mother of our subject, who was born in Fairfield Count}', Ohio, bore the name of Sai-ah McDonald. She reared to maturity seven of her ten children. One died m infancy, and the names of the others were as follows: James, Delilah, Jane, Alexander, Elizabeth, Margery, Dorcas, John Calvin and Isabel. This mother was also a member of the Covenanter Church. Her father, Alexander McDonald, a native of Ireland, came to America in his 3'outh and settled in Pennsylvania, where he married. He came to Ohio in a very early day with a team and wagon and settled in P'airfield County. He owned al>out twelve hundred acres of land, from which fine estate he gave each of his ten children eighty acres, and at his death, when about seventy-six j^ears old, left a handsome ])roperty in addition. He was a hard worker and a good manager and was highly esteemed in Fairfield County, where he was well known. He was an Elder in the Covenanter Church and took an active interest in religious affairs.

In his infancy our subject was taken from Licking to Fairfield County, and at the age of eleven went to Mercer Count}^, where he resided with his parents until he was in his nineteenth year. At that age he was ai)prenticed to learn the carpenter's trade in Butler County, Ohio, and was thus bound out for three years, his wages being ^3 per month. After completing his apprenticeship, he worked at the trade until fifteen years ago.

In Julv, 1853, Mr. Gray located at Commercial Point, and after he ceased working at his trade followed the occupation of a merchant for three years. His marriage, which took ])lace May 23, 1853, united him with Wilhelmina Miller, who was born in Nassau, Germany. They have had four children, namely: William A., Ermine, Lester, and Miller (deceased).

The farm which Mr. Gra}' purchased in 1876, and upon which he now makes his home, contains two hundred and sixty-five acres of land, most of which is in an improved condition. Upon it he carries on mixed farming, raising wheat, oats and corn, besides stock of all kinds. At one time he dealt largely in raising and selling hogs, but hav- ing lost heavil}- through cholera, finally abandoned that branch of his ))usiness. His large frame residence was erected by him in 18S7, and he has also put up all the buiklings except the barn.

Mr. and Mrs. Gra^^are etKcient and active members of tlie PresV)ytarian Church at Commercial Point, in whicli he acts as Trustee. lie now is, and has been for three years past, the Superintendent of the Sunday-school and is active in all religious work. His first Presidential ballot was cast for Franklin Pierce, and he has ever since been a supporter of the part}^ which placed tliat candidate in the Presidential chair. Starting out for himself, when nineteen years of age, he has gained his property by his own unaided efforts, and he is now recognized as one of the best business men in tiie township.

ImS \\\ ing on a beautiful farm in Jasper Town- ^'^jship, has been a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church for a period of thirty-three 3^ears. He is the son of David Osburn, a native of Kentucky, who was liorn in 1787. His father, David Osburn, hailed fr(tm Mrginia and removed to the l')lue (irass State in an early day. He was one of liiose wlio were Itesieged in the fort there, and was released by Gen. Anthony Wayne. He later removed to this State and, locating on a farm in Clermont County, imjjroved his tract and there passed his last days.

The mother of our subject was known in her maiden days as Miss Precosia Gatch, a native of \'irginia and tiie daughter of the Rev. Philip Gatch, who was a memlter of the first Methodist Episcopal Church held at Baltimore, Md. After his marriage, the father of Mrs. Osburn located in Virginia on the .himes River, whence he removed to Ihickingham County. In 1800, he came West to Clermont County, this State, where he died.

removed to Greene County, where they made their liermanent home, the father dying in 1843 and the mother in 1864, at the age of eightj'-five years. To them were born four children, two of whom are living. The original of this sketch was born May 2, 1819, in Clermont County, where he was reared on his father's farm, l)eing trained to all the duties pertaining to a farmer's boy.