Marion Township (part 2 of 2)

John Syphers was born in Greene County, Pa., in 1842. When fourteen years of age he came to Morgan County and lived with his uncle. In 1869 he married Mary Ann Baldwin. Children : Andrew, Sadie E., Carl T., Louie R. j Mr. Syphers has held several local offices - constable, school director and supervisor. Mrs. Syphers is the daughter of Worthed and Sarah Baldwin, who came to Morgan County about 1830.

Eli Swayne was born in Belmont County in 1821 and resided there until eighteen years of age. He then came to Morgan County with his widowed | mother and family in 1840. There were seven children : Benjamin, Thomas, mont County. By this union he has had five children - Narcissa (deceased), Eugene, Joseph B. and Eliza J. (twins); James M. (deceased). Eugene married Jennie Clancy in 1868; Eliza J. became the wife of Samuel Smith in 1873; Joseph B. married Clarissa Dewees in 1873. All live in Morgan County. Mr. S wayne followed milling from 1840 to 1859, and has since been successfully engaged in fanning. He has held several local offices.

Allen Woolman was born in Belmont County in 1830. In 1833 he came with his parents to Marion Township, where he has since resided. Mr. Woolman was married in 1850 to Eliza Baldwin. They had seven children, six of whom are living, viz: Clark M., Adaline,

Julianna, Emma J., Effie M., Rose A. Mrs. Woolman died in 1870. In 1878 Mr. Woolman married Miss Hannah McElfresh. They have one child, Clarence. Mr. Woolman is a leading agriculturist of the township.

David McVey has been a lifelong resident of Marion Township. He was born in November, 1841. In 1869 he was married to Miss Ann Livezev. They have a family of three children - Ulysses S., Elsie Ellen and Roxana. Mr. Mc- Vey is a fanner and stockraiser.

Joseph and Margaret Porter came in 1838. The former died in 1842, the latter in 1854. James M., a son, is one of the prosperous farmers of the township. He was born in Harrison County, Ohio, in 1837. In 1866 lie married Deborah J. Peebles, of Washington County. Children : William Sherman and Augustus Sherwood.

John Fletcher Calvert (deceased) was a prominent and worthy citizen. He was a well-known farmer. For his first wife he married Marv Dent. Their children were Marv Ann, who died at the age of twenty, and Joseph, living. He was married in 1870 to Maggie Walker, and they have four children living. In 1849 John Fletcher Calvert married Eliza J. Gosney, who is still living. Their children are John, Isabel, Martha Ellen, Jacob and Ira, living; Sarah J. and Tabitha, deceased. The sons are prominent young fanners.

Isaac Hummel, son of James Hummel, an early settler of Penn Township, was born in Morgan County in 1831. He married Anna Bingman in 1855. Their children are Joseph, Lavina, Alice Ann, Olive, Charles, Juliet, Laura, Com, Franklin and Effie. The family belong to the Christian Church. Mr. Hummel is a prominent farmer of Marion.

Alfred Williams was born in Winchester, Va., in 1806; settled in Brownsville, Pa., with his parents when three years of age, and there remained until 1840. Alfred came to Belmont County, Ohio, was there married to Rachel R. Gibbons, and in 1850 settled in Marion Township. He is a prominent fanner and has served in several local offices. Children: Mary E., Victoria, Amanda, Lorenzo D., Margaretta J., Emily L.. Lucy V., Howard J. and Charles E.

John I). Cheadle was born in Washington County, where his people were early settlers, and is one of a family of fourteen children. Ilis father died in 1836. John remained at home until 1843, when he married Nancy Reed. Children: William (deceased), Madison. Mary Ann (Adrian), Eliza Jane (Van Antwerp), Julia, Lucinda, Laura Belle, Agnes, John Elmer and Ida. Mr. Cheadle has served in several local offices.

vembcr, 1S47, settled in Marion Township. Mrs. Atkinson died in lss3. Jesse W. Atkinson, a prominent farmer, son of John \V. Atkinson, was born in Pennsylvania in 1*30, and has resided in Morgan County since his parents settled here, lie was married in 1800 to Miss Julianna Elliott. Children: Rachel C., Fred K.. Frank J., Mary and Elsie D.

Caleb Wood was born in Chester County, Pa., in 1702; settled in Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1*13, removing thence to Morgan County in 183.7, and died in 1870. He was married in 1824. His wife, who was born in Virginia, in 1700, removed to Ohio in 1810. She died in 1885. Caleb Wood and wife were Friends. Their children were John Milton, who died June 15, 1804, in the V. S. Hospital at Baton Rouge, La.; Alfred, a resident of Nebraska; Mary A. (Peeples), Columbus, Ohio; William C., born in 1833, now a resident of Marion Township; Susan ( Patterson), Columbus, Ohio; George E., Oakland, Cal.; Amanda J. (Iluestis), who died in 1872. The Wood family settled in the woods near Cluster Hill in 1835.

George Geddes is a native of Belmont County, Ohio, and came to Morgan County with his fathers family. They settled in Windsor Township, above Stockport. Here they remained but three years, when they removed to Middle Ridge. They resided here until 1835, at which time George was married to Miss Rebecca E. lloopes. Shortly after their marriage they removed to their present home in Marion Township. They have reared a family of nine children, five boys and four girls: Florence J., Joseph H., Mary E., John F., Eber II., Murray, Ida M., Riley P.

Charles V. Bark hurst was born in Guernsey County, in 1847, and came to Morgan County in 1855 with his parents, Daniel and Mary (Wallraven) Barklmrst. He is one of a family of seven children, viz., William, Thomas, Elizabeth, Mary E., Sarah, John and Charles V. Mrs. Barklmrst died in 18»»1, and Daniel Barklmrst in 1883. Charles V. was married in 1835 to Margaret M. Niceswanger. Children, Mary E., Laura L. and Flora Dell.

Nathan Woodvard was born in Athens County, in 1833, and resided i there until 1853, when he came with t his father, James Woodvard, to Morgan I County. His father died in 1873. His | mother is still living. Nathan is a farmer. He belongs to the M. E. Church. He married Elizabeth Gifford, of Athens County, in 1872, and they have four children.

Samuel Milner was born in Belmont County in 1825. In 1848 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Nichols, who was born in 1825. To them have been born four children* the eldest of whom, Marv B., died in infancy. Lauretta, now Mrs. W. A. Choguill, was born in 1854. Thomas N. married Miss Emma Cook, and Guilford, Miss Jennie Hooper, of Stockport. Mrs. Milner died February 15, 1881. Mr. Milner is a member of the Methodist Church, and has served as class-leader.

Granville Wood, a prominent Friend and one of the reputable citizens of Marion, was one of the later settlers of the township. II is wife, Lydia T., was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1825.

to Morgan County, and settled in ('enter Township. In 1 s;> 1 , they were married and moved to Marion Township, where Mr. Wood died, in I S 7 1 . To them were horn seven children, four girls and three hovs: George W., Thomas II., Marv A., Addison \\\, Rachel R., Charity W. George W. was married j in 1S74, to Miss M. A. Golden. Thomas II. was married in 1N74J, to Lasetta Thompson. Mary A. died March 81,

John J. Reck was horn in Relmont County, Ohio, in 1 s l o. In lS4u lie came to Morgan County, and two years later he married Eliza A. Henry, of this j county. Two children were horn of this union, both now deceased. Charles II. married Alice Hopkins, and they had five children, who are still living with their mother and grandfather on the homestead. George K., the other son, died in 1S-PJ. Mrs. Reck died in 1SS0.

Martin Ringman was horn in Harrison County, in 1 S27. In ls:W he came to Marion Township with his parents, and has since resided here. He is a farmer and a meml>er of the Church of Christ. In 1S4S he married Mary Ann Milton, of Athens County. Children, Mary M. (deceased) Louisa (Kennard) William II., Sarah Ann, Rachel J. (Wilkes), Ellis T., Joseph F. and Hattie M.

George Woolman and his wife in re Marv ('otton) came from Relmont County, Ohio, about 1884, and settled in this township. Their children were Roliert. Rachel, Elizabeth, George, Samuel, Joel, Allen, Emily and Sarah. George Woolman, the younger, was horn in Relmont County in 1S24, and settled in Morgan County with his parents. When *21 years of age he went to Iowa, where he remained two yeai*s. In 1850 he married Margaret Ann Dollison, and settled in Marion Township. Mr. Woolman and wife are members of the M. E. Church.

Jehu Hiatt was horn in Virginia February (>, 1 7s 1 . Alxmt ISOS he removed with his family to Relmont County, and thence to Highland County in the spring of l SSI. In 1SS7. in company with his son Jesse Hiatt and Ins family, he came to Morgan County and purchased a farm in Marion Township on section 17, at the mouth of Goshen Run, where he died in July of that year. Jesse Hiatt, son of Jehu, was horn in Virginia December 27, IS07, and married Ruthanna, daughter of Amos and Mary. Vernon, of Relmont County, where she was horn in 1S07. J esse Hiatt died October 2, 1SS5. He was a worthy member of the Society of Friends, and highly esteemed by all who knew him. He had a family of nine children - four sons and five daughters. E. J. Hiatt, the eldest son and one of the most prominent sheepgrowers in the county, was born in Highland County in 1S85. He married in lsuo Sibbilla Peebles. Rut few men in Morgan County have done more in the interests of sheep husbandry than Mr. Hiatt. He is the present Secretary and Vice-President of the Ohio State Wool- Growers' Association, Corresponding Secretary of the Eastern Ohio Wool- Growers' and Stock- Hreeders' Association, member of the Executive Hoard of the United States Merino Sheep- Rreeders' Association. This board compiled and published the first public register of sheep ever issued. In 1 SS 1 he commenced the publication of Thr Mephwr* National Journal * which he edited for three years. This organ

(now published in Zanesville) was the pioneer journal of its kind in the United States. It is now known as The Shepherd National Journal and Rural Era, and issued monthly. Originally it was a thirty -two page quarterly. Mr. Hiatt is a recognized authority on all matters pertaining to sheep husbandry, and one of the prominent fanners and valuable citizens of the county. Jesse L. lliatt was born in Marion Township in 1846, and resides in the old homestead of his father and grandfather. He was married in 1868 to Miss Mary J. Stoneman. Two children are living, Jasper ('.and Clarence S. Mr. lliatt is also one of the prominent sheepgrowers of the county, and has done much in forwarding this industry. He resides on the old homestead of his grandfather, the title of which has never been out of the family.

learned the trade of a stonemason, and followed that vocation till 21 years of age. He then came on foot to Harrison County, Ohio, with a knapsack on his shoulder. Worked at his trade for one year, then returned to Chester County, where he stayed four years. He married Miss Elizabeth Woodward, and returned to Harrison County, Ohio, in a one-horse wagon, where he lived for eight years, working at his trade and farming. In 1836 he moved with his family, consisting of his wife and four children, to Morgan County, Ohio, to a farm on a stream known as Goshen Itun, in Marion Township, where he remained one year. He disposed of this farm, purchased another of 125 acres in the same township, moved to it, and there lived till his children, nine in all, were married, except three who i had died; then sold his farm in 1874 to ( his son. Paschal Strode, and went to live with his children. He is now living with his daughter, Mrs. John R. Hamilton. He is in his 85th year.

Paschal Strode, son of Taylor Strode, an old resident, was born in Marion Township in 1842. lie was married in 1*61, and is the father of three children - Svlvamis E., Emerson and Annie. Mr. Strode is a prominent farmer.

Augustus Strode was born in 1834, in Harrison County, Ohio; came to Morgan County in 1836, and has since resided here. He was married in 1862 to Ann Eliza Knight, of this county, j and is the father of two children - George K. and Franklin J. The latter I resides at home. Mr. Strode has served in some local offices and is a successful farmer. Geo. K. Strode was born in 1863; married Emma Barkhurst in 1SS5 and resides on a farm adjoining the homestead.

Zebulon Worrall was born in Pennsylvania in 1707. Relearned the tailor's trade in Philadelphia, and when a young man emigrated to Jefferson County, Ohio. There he married Martha Ratcliff and remained until 1837 ; then with quite a large family of children moved to what is now Morgan County, settling on a piece of land in Marion Township, adjoining the village of Chester Hill. He settled in an almost unbroken forest and cleared and improved his land. After a few years he engaged in the raising of fruit trees. This business he followed many years, introducing into Morgan and adjacent counties many choice varieties of fruit, f -'Thousands of trees now bearing fruit 1 stand as monuments to his industry and enterprise. Mr. Worrall died in 1866.

Elwood R. Worrall was born in Harrison County, Ohio, June 15, 1832, and came with the family to Morgan County in 1S37. He was reared upon the farm of his father and for fifteen years was engaged with him in the nursery business. After the dissolution of their copartnership he engaged in merchandising in Chester Hill. While a resident of Marion Township he filled all the offices in the gift of his fellowtownsmen, and in isso was elected to the responsible ]>osition of county treasurer, the duties of which he discharged with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the people until 1885, when he was succeeded by A. P. Whittaker.

Jonathan and Ann Pierpoint came from Columbiana County, Ohio, to Morgan in 1820. They settled on Wolf Creek in Penn Township, seven miles south of McOonnelsville. lie was a miller by trade, and the following year 1827, he built a sawmill on the creek, and in 1828 erected a gristmill. They had a full share of the toil, privations and hardships. Both lived however, to ripe ages. Mr. Pierpont died at the age of seventy-two in 1840, his wife in 1850 at the age of seventy-three years. Both were exemplorv memliers of the Society of Friends, and in their daily lives practiced the teachings of their church. John Pierpoint, a son now living in Marion Township, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1812, and came to Morgan County with the family in 1820.

Elijah Elliott and wife came from Belmont County in 1831, and settled near Elliott's Cross Roads, Ilomer Township, on the farm where they still live. William Elliott, born in this county in 1830, married Lucinda Strode in 1859. They have had seven children, six of whom are now living, viz.: Dora, William T., Elijah, Elizabeth, Anna M. and Emmett F. Mr. Elliott enlisted in 1802 in Co. I, 62d O. V. 1.. and served until mustered out. He was present at the taking of Morris Island, and at the charge on Fort Wagner.

Stephen Todd, sou of William and Rebecca Todd, with his wife Sibbilla, came from the State of Georgia to Belmont County, Ohio, in 1803, and from thence in 1837, to Chesterfield, Marion Township. Sibbilla Todd died May 21*, 1838. She was a daughter of Daniel and Mary Williams. Stephen Todd died near Chesterfield, March 31, 1849.

Bunvell Peebles, son of Mordecai and Abigail Peebles, was born in Prince George County, Virginia, Oct. 7, 1805. Moved to Belmont County, Ohio, in 1827. Married Asenath Todd, April 27, 1831. They moved to Pen ns vi lie in 1834, and to Chesterfield in 1835. He died Jan. 24, 1884, at their residence on section 3, Marion Township. She died Sept. 8, 1885. They were both consistent members of Friends' Church.

Sibbilla Peebles, daughter of Burwell and Asenath Peebles, was bom in Chesterfield, May 9, 1830. Married E. J. Hiatt, May 31, 1800. Their family consists of three daughters and one son.

The Male family were from West Virginia. They were among the early settlers of Marion Township and identified with its pioneer history. Isaac Male was born in Randolph County in 1828. He is a fanner and a member of the Methodist Church.

caster Countv, Pa., Oct. 30, 1800. In 182b he came to Morgan County and settled on Section 23, Marion Township. lie was married in the same year to Betsey Kennard, who was born in Vork County, Pa., in IS1I. Both died in 1882.

Joseph Jones and wife came to Morgan County from Greene County, Pa. The father retired from business in 1SS1, ami resides in Columbus, Ohio. The mother is deceased. They were members of the Wesleyan Church. Wilbur B., born in Greene County, Pa., in 1855, conducts the home farm. lie has served as school trustee1.

J. W. Myers was born near Baltimore, Maryland, in lsoO. Came to Belmont County, Ohio, in 1825, and to Morgan County in 1848. He is a farmer and a Methodist. In 1832 he married Mary Ann Kelly.

John G. Jackson was born in Greene County, Pa., in 1827. In the spring of 1853 he came to Morgan County and purchased a small farm of sixty acres, running in debt for a part of the purchase money. In I8bl his house and contents were destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of over one thousand dollars. Despite his losses he has added to his original purchase until he now owns a fine farm of 22b acres, and is one of the well-to-do farmers of the township.

Letitia Hilton, whose maiden name was Letitia McPherson, was born in Loudon County, Y a., and resided there until about thirteen years of age. Settling in Belmont, she came thence to Zanesville and to Morgan County. In 1855 she married George Hilton, by whom she had three children, two of

Cukstkr Hill

This pretty little village, located a little southeast of the center of Marion Township, contained, in 188b, about 45o inhabitants. It is an important trading point for a rich agricultural country, and is as prosperous a place of its size as can be found in Southeastern Ohio. Its pious Quaker founders have reason to be proud of their work. The village contains no saloons or drinking places, no low resorts of any kind. The population is intelligent, progressive and moral. A good school house, in which a school of three grades is maintained, was erected, in 1881 at a cost of about #8,000. Three churches amply suffice for the accommodation of worshipers.

Chester Hill, or Chesterfield, as orig- ' inally named, was laid out in 1834. The land on which the greater part of the town is situated was owned by Kxum Bundy and Elijah Hiatt. Bundy lived on the lot east of what is now known as Jot lb of the Williams addition ; Hiatt lived near the forks of the road on the farm known as the Dr.

I Parker place, but afterwards moved to Mi irion street, to a site opposite where (diaries Penrose's store now stands. The lirst plat of forty-eight lots, was laid off for Kxum Bundy, by J. B. Pruden, surveyor. In the following year (1835), the first addition - lots 411 to 80 - was made by Elijah Hiatt. The intended addition being partly on Bundy's land, Bundy deeded Hiatt sufficient land to complete the lots, and Hiatt returned the favor.

lots US to 105 ; by William Crew, lots 100 to 115; by Nahum Ward, a number of out lots, lying south of Bundv's addition. These additions were all made very soon after the town was platted. The last addition was made in l Sr>7, bv Caleb Williams, and lies west of the original town.

The name of Bundyville was suggested for the new town. Others wanted to call it Boswell, in honor of Dempsey Boswell. Boswell himself preferred Chester, and that name would have been adopted but for the fact that there was already a Chester to the southward. So Chesterfield was chosen as being nearest to the desired name. But a little later, when a postoffice was established, it was found that still another name must be assumed, as there was already a Chesterfield jmstoftice in the State. Therefore the place became Chester Hill, though locally the old name is more commonly used.

One of the first settlers of the infant village was Dempsey Boswell. In partnership with Jesse Beck and Elijah Iliatt, each of them contributing £250, he started the first store, in a small frame building back of the spot where Joseph Funk's house now stands, on lot 18. The stock was purchased in Pittsburgh, and the store was managed by Boswell alone. His customers usually settled in the spring and fall, when he had to purchase new goods, and obtained credit the rest of the year.

a carpenter. Robert Way, also a carpenter, became a resident of the village about the same time. Jesse Boswell, son of Dempsey Boswell, was another early arrival. William Boswell and family moved in 188(5 to leased land and Jived in a cabin near where W.

('handler Lee arrived and began | preparations for starting a tannery in 188(5. II is father, Samuel Lee, also came from Pennsylvania in the same year.

Ceorge (t. King arrived in the spring of 188(5, bringing his family, which formed the seventh in the town. The "men of families " who had preceded him were Samuel Hampton, Robert Wav, Elijah Iliatt, Dempsey Boswell, Jesse Boswell and Jesse Beck. King was the lirst blacksmith, and set up his shop immediately after his arrival. It was not long until he was elected justice of the peace. The rest of the villagers being Friends and unwilling to hold that office. Mr. King filled the |H>sition for eighteen successive year's, and in 1SS4 he ended his thirty-third year in the office. He is the oldest male resident of Chester Hill, and has seen it, as well as the surrounding coun- | try, transformed from a wild and primitive to a rich and prosperous condition.

The first mill in the village was built by Jonathan Bundy and was a very primitive establishment. It was a horsemill. and the burrs were supported by a crosspiece placed between two trees. Jesse Beck afterward had a mill with " tramp wheel." which was something of an improvement over Bundy's.

Thomas and Moses Bundv were among the first settlers in the village. Moses, a bachelor, was a harness-maker. James South, an early settler, lived on lot 02, in a house which was sometimes used for a schoolroom and sometimes <is a place of worship for the Methodists. Here James Hopkins occasionally preached.

Esther (Lee) Huestis and Ann (Lee) Chambers, daughters of Samuel Lee, are now living in Chester Hill, and recollect plainly the dismal scene which the village presented when they first saw it. They came from a well-settled l>ortion of the country - forty-eight miles from Philadelphia, - and having journeyed the long distance into the wilderness, were overwhelmed with loneliness and cried from homesickness at the dreary sight which the settlement presented. They lived with their brother. Chandler Lee, the tanner.

William Doan located early on lot 1*2; Thomas Crew and family, on the lot opposite, where the Central Hotel ! now is; Isaac Haines on the Samuel | Phipps property; Stephen Todd lived aland a quarter of a mile east of the village, and William Smith about a half mile east.

Arnold Patterson and family moved to Chester Hill in the fall of 1JS37. Patterson's was the first log house in town. All the buildings previously erected (with the exception of Boswell's frame store) had been of the log-cabin style. Before coming Patterson had contracted ; with Samuel Hampton to build a twostory log 1 louse. Robert Way assisted in the work. When the building had 1 l>een raised to the height of one story, work had to be suspended on account of the scarcity of help. After Patterson's arrival, he with Isaac Deems, Jesse John, who settled here. John Monroe and Amos Coppic, succeeded in finishing the job. Mr. Patterson kept tavern for some time.

I Reece Cadwallader, the second merchant of the place, began business not long after the settlement of the town, on the corner of Coal and Marion streets. He was the first postmaster,

1 being recommended for that position i in what was then a novel manner. The different candidates were voted for, and i the candidate who received most votes I was, accordingly, reasonably sure of appointment.

The postoffice was established not later than lS4o. 'Squire King was instrumental in obtaining it. To facilitate matters and get the office speedily established, the citizens raised by subscription enough money ($50) to pay the cost of transporting their mail once a week from Plymouth to Pennsviile. William Williams was the first mail carrier on this route, which afterward became a through route of the government's, instead of a private affair. Chester Hill postoffice, for the first quarter, yielded 40 cents revenue to the government. Cadwallader was succeeded as postmaster bv Geo. G. King, who had the office and a small grocery in one end of his blacksmith shop. King was succeeded by Thomas E. Vanlaw.

Probably the first school in the village was taught by Mary Dewees. Rebecca Kirby and Esther C. Lee were also early teachers. The educational interests of the place have always been carefully looked after.

Dr. Isaac Huestis, the first resident physician, came to the town in June, is: 5 7, and still resides here. At the time of his arrival, or soon after, there were among the inhabitants of the place the following men, some of whom have not yet been mentioned : Zebulon Worrall. the first tailor; Asa Hampton, shoe- maker; Samuel I). Hampton and Amos Vernon, carpenters; Burr Gregg, the first and only hatter; William C. Lee, tanner; Allen T. Lee, cabinetmaker; Elias Dyke and Nelson Gray, wagonmakers; John Engle, a non-resident, did most of the chimney-building. Jonathan Naylor and Asa Hampton had a jH>tterv about where William Moore now lives.

Isaac Haines came to the village about 1 838. He was a prominent man and served as State senator. He was a man of venerable appearance, very devout, and a constant reader of the Bible. By trade he was a weaver.

An idea of the appearance of the village in its infancy may be formed from the following incident : A stranger traveling along the road came to Elijah Hiatt's cabin and inquired the way to Chesterfield. Thee is in the midst of the city," was the answer.

A correspondent of the Chester Hill Beacon * for March, 1880, names the following persons as being residents of the village in 1840 : Thos. Bundy, Sr., Jonathan Naylor, James South, Mordecai Worrall, William Boswell, Dempsey Boswell, Arnold Patterson, Thomas Penrose, Samuel Lee, Jesse Beck, George G. King, Joel Garretson, Win. Doan, Samuel B. Hampton, Peter Yore. Nelson Gray, Reece Cadwallader, Robert AVav, Benjamin Way, Isaac Haines, Henry Doudna, Elijah Hiatt (probably ), Moses Bundy, Dr. Isaac Iluestis and Elias Hodgin. Asa Hampton, John

Hampton, William Crew and Thomas Crew were householders of the village about that date. The nearest farmers were Zebulon Worrall, Exum Bundy, William and Joseph Smith and Philip Leake.

Among the early hotel-keei>ers of the village were William Boswell, Arnold Patterson, Samuel Hampton, Nathan Dodd and Samuel l^ee. Boswell kept in what is now known as the Amv John property ; Patterson, a little north of Marietta street, on Marion street; Hampton, at the lower end of the village; Dodd's house, with a green tree painted on the sign, was on the southeast corner of Marion and Marietta streets; and Samuel Lee's, on the northeast corner of Marion and Coal streets.

In 1845, according to the recollection of an old resident, the inhabitants of the village were Isaac Haines, Thomas Penrose, blacksmith, William Milhouse, druggist, Dr. Iluestis, Jesse Beck, John I). Wright, merchant, Thomas Crew, Elias C. Dyke, T. E. Vania w, Ira Patterson, Peter Yore, Asa Holloway, James Melchi, Samuel Lee, Burr Gregg. Thos. Bundy, James Vernon, Jesse John, Prudence Hodgin, Joseph J. Parker, Oliver Livezey, Enoch Parker. Eli Swayne, Mordecai Worrall, Israel Purviance, Win. Boswell (three last were tanners), John P. Wood, merchant, Caleb Williams, merchant, Arnold Patterson, tavern-keeper, Watson Harris, Nathan Dodd, tavern-keeper, Zebulon Worrall, Eli Hodgin, tailor. Dr. George Michener, George (4. King, blacksmith and justice, Nelson Gray, wagon-mak was erected in 1881 at a cost of $800. j The pastors have been Rev. J. W. Dennen and Rev. Samuel Lewis. The j churcli now has 80 members and the | Sabbath-school 70 scholars.

The Huffman Family

llenry and Mary Huffman emigrated j from Greene County, Pa., to Belmont 1 County, Ohio, in 1834. From there they came to Marion Township, then a j part of Athens County, in 1830. Here > Mr. Huffman resided until his decease, j which occurred Februarv 17, 1852. -I

O. V. I., and died in New Orleans. John was in Co. B, 30th, was a prisoner | at Libby and Danville for eight months. He was a farmer and blacksmith, and a I very reputable man in every respect. | George W. Huffman, who for fourteen years has been postmaster at Huffman's, was born December 18, 1830. October j 10, 1804, he was married to Mary E. I Devore, of Waterford, Ohio. She died | January 25, 1880, leaving a family of six children,- four boys and two girls. | October 10, 1881, Mr. Hoffman was again married to Mrs. Mahala D. Geddis. Mr. Huffman owns the farm j where he first saw the light, and has always resided in the same school district. He takes a lively interest in political matters, and has never missed an election since he attained his majority. Has filled the office of constable for eighteen years.

John Huffman was born in 1845, in Marion. He married Mary E. Brown, and they have had by this union two children: William A. and Addie. He resides on part of the old homestead, is a farmer, and stockraiser, and was a member of Co. B, 30th O. V. I.

Samuel Huffman, youngest son of Henry and Mary Huffman, was born in this township in 1851, and has always resided on the home farm. He was married in 1874 to Flora Gilchrist. Children : Eura D., Franklin 8. and Hiram H.

But few families have done more in the upbuilding of the interests of the township or have gained a more prominent place in the public esteem. The family escutcheon is bright and has been tenderly guarded.

John R. Hambleton

Joseph Hambleton and family came to Morgan County in 1832. He died in 1845, and his widow, whose maiden name was Ann R. Neal, died in 1852. Their children were Susannah, Stephen, Elizabeth, Lydia, James, Franklin, William, John It., Joseph, Alfred, Albert, Emily and Neal.

John R. Hambleton, a prominent farmer, was born in Lancaster County, Pa., and came to Morgan County with his parents. In 1850 he married Mary A. Strode. Children : Elizabeth, Ann R., Orlando C., William T., Sarah M., Lydia F., Mary E., John R., Lucy J. and Eliza A. Mr. Ilambleton has earned a merited success in his calling, and is classed among the representative farmers of the county.