Monroe Township (part 2 of 5)

Water-Works And Hjtdraulio Canal

The subject of creating an hydraulic power, to be displayed at Piqu*> ^th enterprise discussed by the citizens of Piqua for nearly forty years, ana, o day of April, 1856, the General Assembly passed a bill, authorizing - J James G. Haley, T. L. P. Defrees & Co., to enlarge the Lewistown rewrv 'hem in consideration to receive all surplus water on the line of canal createa y > for the use of hydraulic power, and these parties became an incorpora pany under the name of the "Miami Hydraulic and Manufacturing b° P J and were for some time actively engaged in trying to induce the citizens 4 to co-operate with them, but the enterprise failed, and they surrendered t e tract to the State, and abandoned the enterprise. n v" sary, and, on the 6th day of April, 1866, a bill was passed by the I^^tiu* Ohio, authorizing the use of the surplus water of the canal for hydraulic Under the provisions of this act this company was enabled to oontrac the State for the surplus water. Dr. G. V. Dorsey was elected Presiden , continued as such until January, 1868, when he resigned, and Stephen Jolinsw, Esq., was elected President of the Board of Directors, and immediately en upon the discharge of his duty, which was a general supervision of the wore obtaining the rights of way and raising money to carry on the work after work was put under contract.

The enterprise at the time - in view of the stringent money market mtude of the work, was regarded by the citizens, with scarcely a single , «ceptw"' as an impossible undertaking, but Mr. Johnston conceived the plan of the water connection with the hydraulic enterprise, and by that means secureo $50,000 m bonds from the city.

and our people were ama^ Cltlzen> ^ V Ernest> who was well skilled in its use *n blasting. Someof thThU^ tb® fxf'?8I0,ls and results of this powerful agency *fd each SonnecM witha wi~ mCluded " high as twenty different drilled holes7 at the same moment and «7L -""? ,??lted bJ 'he use of a battery, all exploding ^^Th*18 roc^- * a 8m^ e ^ a8t wou^ heave up more than one hun- todes from norths ^^T118*11^ and on the south by Newton Township ; is seven ®"es, and is conmosed !??' - I;811 ea8t to west, containing forty-two square does not annear Jrfilf?1-* Peddle of four original surveyed townships. While it 88 Newton 1810 ** WaS or^an^zed, it would seem to be about the same date

The lands in the western and northwestern part of this township are the most elevated in the county ; general surface undulating, inclining to southeast, being traversed, from west to south, by the Stillwater River and Greenville Creek, wi their numerous tributaries. A small portion is slightly broken, but few .ff occur. As was the entire county, this township, in an early day, was covered with an unbroken sheet of forest, of various species of timber, too well known to be here described. The noble oak and the valuable sugar maple are, however, fas disappearing, and, ere many years have passed away, will have entirely disappeared. So, also, are growing scarce the ironwood, witch-hazel, box-elder, white thorn, plum and black haw, juneberry, papaw and spicewood, densely blooming in the early spring ; ginseng, yellow and red puccoon root, wild onion, swamp cabbage and spikenard abounded, that forest pest called " ramps," which, when eaten by cows, imparted to the milk and butter a taste and flavor resembling a mixture of garlic, jimson, etc. . . .

In the number of its venomous reptiles, Newberry stood without a rival. During the early settlements, the yellow rattlesnake seems to have made the limestone ledges along the Stillwater and Greenville Creek his favorite home, for, on prying up the rocks, they could be seen, s imetimes by the dozen, and, even now, large quantities of bones are frequently discovered in the clefts of the rocks, thus attesting their former abundance.

Drainage

Stillwater River enters Miami County near the northwest corner of this township, and, after pursuing a southeast direction, it suddenly turns northeast, then, forming a curve, it runs nearly south, past Covington, and passes out of the township about two miles west of the southeast corner. Near the center of the township, it cuts a channel through the limestone, at the southern terminus of which were, in early days (called) the Falls of Stillwater, descending about twelve feet m a mile. The banks of the river are bold and high. Limestone bluffs, skirting either bank afford excellent quarries of stone, which also makes good lime.

Greenville Creek enters the county in the southwestern corner of Newberry, flows first northeast, then bending, runs southeast ; resuming its original course, empties into the Stillwater near Covington. Greenville Falls, a short distance from Covington, is a beautiftil display of nature and a place of much resort.

Harrison's Creek, on the west, and Trotter's Creek, on the north and east, bo tributaries of the Stillwater, are streams of much value, and early drew the hardy pioneer to their banks.

Springs of excellent ever-living water abound in this township, some of them, not far from Covington, supposed to possess excellent medicinal virtues.

Summing up : Newberry, with her two lines of railroad, passing through at four points of the compass, her numerous pikes, exhaustless stone and lime, her rich soil, unexceled natural drainage, water-power, and, in fact, all the natural resources that conduce toward the advancement and development of any country, asmaterials - and a thrifty, intelligent and energetic community, as agents we need not wonder that she stands foremost in wealth and agricultural prosperity.

According to tradition, the first location made and cabin built in this town- . P ,w" °y a Carolinian named McDonald, on what is since known as Harraon s Creek about two and a half miles northwest of Covington, near the yew .In 1807> John Harrison came to Ludlow's Creek, Union Township, tMMJned one season, and returned to South Carolina, accompanied by McDonald, both leaving their lands and cabins

(MichLl havinS heard of a beautiftil little prairie on Stillwater R2S2S.W* "°W Pleaaant Hm)> Prospected up the river, and, finding S l it ^ther, on to mouth of Trotter's Creek and made a selecof excellent farming land, in Sections 17 and 20. Mr. Ingle was, poor to

|^ngs begun, and little^ cabins1 do^^to^f*^ had been made and several i Uof Jear' Jacob Ulleiy purch^ed thl L.^r8^ With ,ife and ""inwtioa mt lT lV " until the spring Si qu,after of Sect''°" 30, but

With his company he began as soon as practicable the erection of a blockhouse, as headquarters, military defense and protection to the settlers within reach. This block-house stood a few rods west of the Pan-Handle depot, in Covington, also about thirty rods north of Wayne's camp, or breastworks of brush and logs thrown up in 1794, and christened " Fort Rowdy."

We believe Capt. B. and his company - we say company because in those days epaulets did not mean absolute authority as now - assumed to call their works " Fort Buchanan." Lieut. Col. Holt, under whose orders Capt B. was act ing, knowing that the point selected for the block-house was on or near the spot selected by that old Indian fighter, " Mad Anthony," and through deference to the old veteran, ignored Fort B. and, June 18, officially addressed Capt B. as follows :

This address, however faithfully the orders were obeyed, was neither accepted nor relished by Capt. B. and his command as a proper appellation for the important post, in the erection of which they had so faithfully labored. In addition to this, they had not encroached upon the ground occupied by Wayne, and therefore had no desire to be known to posterity as rowdies. Therefore, when the report was made out in due form and returned to Col. Holt, he learned that he was commanding Fort Buchanan instead of Rowdy ; and in his next communication he accepts the name in part, but addresses Capt B. at " Buchanan Block-House." ignoring the dignified name of fort. Following this is an order dated at Greenville, July 20, 1812, from Col. Holt, transmitting an order from the Governor through Gen. Munger, dismissing all the men stationed on the frontiers west of the Miami toward the Wabash, including Capt Nesbit's and Capt. Vancleve's companies, ements Of the Indiana romiinui their aerviees. Intelligence 18 naoasn, including Uapt JNesbit s and Capt. Vancieves coiny*^ unless hostile movements of the Indians required their services. Intelligence is also conveyed in the order that the Great Council with the Indians is postponed until the 15th of August, 1812, and requiring Capt. B. to notify his company to rendezvous at Troy on the 13th, join the other companies, march to Piqua and there remain until the council is over. They are enjoined to be punctual, and attend the council fully equipped at Troy by 10 o'clock.

r u r date of this order we have no further intimation of the occupancy of Buchanan's block-house as a military post, although it was used by the families rnits vimnity as a place of refuge during emergencies. The line of defense was extended further west in Darke County ; consequently, no further record of interest occurs m regard to this post, after the following from Col. John Johnston, Indian agent at Upper Piqua, viz. : That certain hostile Indians 'had been seen in the vicunty of Fort Recovery, which intelligence had been communicated to him DucJheqyet' a French interpreter and trader. The same notice requested iW&i tu86?* ,a detail of men to Upper Piqua to protect certain public property 8 care» which he considered exposed to capture and destruction , m the field was dead ripe, and the detail to serve two pur- P1?1^ and reap his wheat. The records do not show whether frrnished on this occasion, but tradition says that a part of the performed hv : _ ... J with the

Daniel Wright's, who lived just west of Miami and south of Wright street, near a spring that flowed from the bluff at the termination of the latter street

Elijah Reagan built the first house on the lot now owned by H. E. Routson, west of his stable. Michael Ingle built a double log cabin where the elegant mansion of H. E. Routson now stands ; his son John built a hewed-log cabin on the northwest corner of Main and Wright streets. A small log house was built on the southeast comer of Main and Wright streets, and on the opposite comer some one built a two story hewed-log house, but it never was covered, and remained uninhabited until it rotted down.

Noah Hanks built a small frame for a storeroom on the comer of High and Wright streets, where Routson & Son's store is, which was the first frame building in the township, and in it Hanks kept the first store in the township. At the end of ten years, after the platting and survey of this town, it had but three families living in it, two vacant houses ; one house, Daniel Wright's, had been burnt, and twelve years elapsed after the town was laid out before a new house was built In 1828, Singer and Hilliard, of Piqua, built a frame yet standing - the oldest in the place - for a storeroom.

In 1815 or 1816, Jacob Ullery erected a saw-mill at the mouth of Greenville Creek, which was the first utilizing of water in propelling machinery in the townsihp. With his saw-mill he began preparing material for a grist-mill.

In April, 1816 or 1817, occurred a destructive tornado, seeming to arise in the elearing of Daniel Bums, one mile northeast of Covington, now H. Hickmans farm, unroofing his stable. Entering the timber from the northeast, it leveled the heavy forest, piling the trees upon each other in all directions, along a track abrnn eighty rods in width. Where the land is not cleared, its path can be easily traced at the present, by the beautifhl growth of young timber. Shortly after Ullery got the saw-mill in running order, an enterprising settler, Noah Davenport, and his brotherin-law, Wagner, purchased a few acres at the mouth of Harrison's Creek, and erected a rival saw-mill, and near it a very primitive grist-mill. The shaft was a hickory log with the bark on, and the stones were made of bowlders dressed into shape. The mill was used for grinding corn, had a good run of custom, and was the first in the township, and commanded patronage within a radius of from six to nine miles. From some unknown cause it ceased operations, and when seen in 1826, both saw and grist mill were abandoned, and the ruins lay bleaching in the sun, and the stream had resumed its original channel, unmindful of the days when it rippled by the old mill. As near as can be ascertained, Benjamin Lehman purchased Jacob Ullery's mill property in the fall of 1818, and immediately began the erection of a substantial frame building for a flouring-mill, which he put into active operation about 1820. It is said that Lehman paid $4,000 for the Ullery property, built a grist-mill, and, in 1822, sold to John Brumbaugh, the mills and all the land west of the river, for $3,500.

Brumbaugh increased the capacity, which made it one of the best mills in the county, and of inestimable benefit to the ever-increasing population for many miles around, as it was located in the Upper Stillwater Valley, with no other for miles north of it. For years it stood without a rival. During Lehman's occupancy *5 property, previous to this, a wool-carding machine had been erected on tto tul-race of the mill, the remains of which may still be seen just below the f1 thu Covington Mills. It capnot be ascertained who were the »^n3?t?r\aolWe do £now that one RUey operated it at one time, and sub- ' 0ne Thomas Bolle*, Of Piqua, who added a foiling machine, h^daof daylLwa? hi8hly essential, when the wheel and the loom, m the

S With lard, possum erea*> orXl^ /neQda ,n.the old settlements; well of «i| .i educational window and this the -° ' *° re.nder i' semi-transparent - this The^ Th^68' Terri^r 18 0,6 P,°neer sohoolhouse of the £% terms of teaching in the neighborhood as a teacher or ~tboo« opportunity, up to 1824, when a hewed-log ^schoolhous* , was Jtmfit ground deeded by Moses Jlitchell to Newberry T°wn8hip, f other purposes. This house was a step in advance, although it, too, "" papM windows. William Dowler, who located in the neighborhood m lg » the first teacher in this house and for some years subsequent -ong[?men.

the first teacher in the village of Newberry, Covington, in » house previ J ^ tioned, built for a dwelling by John Ingle. Date of this term . ^

Perry and James Hanks are spoken of as having taught in the quently. We would here remark, by way of explanation, that, wmie existed under the name of Newberry, it never had a schoolhouse. Seeded for a school lot, but the official who held the deed never had it reooMeo, ^ course of time moved away, taking it with him ; the lot was taxed, same, and never redeemed. Porrv anci his

Dowler and David Ross. A large majority of these peraons were perso J by men now living, to be men of good and influential standing, but n had what would now be termed a liberal common-school education.

Thompson the first Constable, but when they held office, tradition inform us. It was since 1816, however, because Perry did not become until that date. hing were

Tradition also informs us that both Newberry and Newton lowns organized under the former name, and, when the population increasea, was organized separately, and Newberry retained the original name. ^

She has four times represented Miami County in the Ohio Amos Perry, in 1832; Washington N. Weston, in 1844; Col. J. C. uue^, 1870-71, and the same in 1876-77. One of her citizens has her

Recorder's office. Two terms of County Commissioners have been filled i borders, and the present Clerk of the Court is one of her native citizens. ^ In the late war of the rebellion, her sons gave themselves freely to Frv the Union.

Dunkard *. - The Dunkards, or, as they now style themselves, Oermau toste, were the first to take the field in proclaiming the Gospel. It can Imjaiy wit^tondmg they held meetings under the leadership of Michael Etter, a of Newton Township, at the time of the organization of the Upper Stall' wa gregataon, as early as 1818.

the river Hi - ^ooiy was, that some pxWi - Slaving, up to that time, lain the drift anri^ k!f ^en bating freshet as som^n^f thrown it into the society. The building was finished in 1844, and used by both organizations for a number of years, until the Cumberlands sold out to the Methodists and built for themselves.

Summing up, we have the following places of worship in Newberiy : Dunkards, 2 ; Christians, 3 ; Cumberland Presbyterians, 1 ; Presbyterian, 1 ; Baptists, 2 ; Lutherans, 3 ; German- Reformed, 2 ; Union, 1 ; Methodists, 1 ; total, 16. Six of these are in the village of Covington, three in Bradford, two in North Clayton, the others in the country.

R0Ad8 And Bridges

There are but few things that add more to the general comfort and convenience of a community than good roads, or an easy method of social and commercial intercommunication.

Some time previous to 1 81 6, the exact date we cannot ascertain, a road was established and, , we presume, cut out through Newberry. The Piqua & Greenville was located, perhaps some years later, crossing the northern ^part of the township from east to west. The Troy & Greenville, crossing the town plat on Wright street, was still later. In 1826, however, these roads were not yet all opened through the forest ; now they are either all covered by free pikes or vacated in favor of pikes constructed on more eligible localities near by.

In 1836, a project was set on foot to connect Springfield with Greenville by constructing a pike between the two places, passing through Troy and Covington. A company was formed, stock taken, the State subscribing perhaps half. In 1837, the clearing and grubbing were commenced, and perhaps some grading in Newberry, which was the first actual work on turnpikes in the township.

In 1838, the capitalists and business men of Dayton, seeing the importance of holding the rapidly increasing trade of the Stillwater Valley, which they had heretofore enjoyed,* and foreseeing the danger of its being diverted to points along the MiRmi Canal, then just completed to Piqua, organized the Dayton & Covington Turnpike Company, secured the necessary stock and began the work of construction in 1839.

a a lar8e prospective trade from the rich farm products w l water Valley and Darke County, and, forming a company, bridged the six mues of black swamp lying between the Miami and Stillwater with the old Covington pike.

* Covington pike was completed between the two places, making Newuerry e first in the county having two turnpikes terminating within her borders, northed weltniPlke center' and giving it a .daily mail and stage route to the ten y^TvThe feL^ T?' T,hese road8 have all been paid for within the last that are crossed bv th<^ m?g alon^ the respective lines, The different streams be properly termed ?pet 8P?nned by twenty-three structures that may

' former are common w^68' ?°t deluding small bridges and culverts. Six of the and not many years hen^° bndges > eiSht or nine are late improved iron bridges y yeare hence every road will be graveled and every stream spanned

-d Company at first nmmwS present, Postmaster of Bradford. The Bail ^^the number to twenfylfo^ ^dlL^ afterward inoo^ wWch would givTCfJ^ if ?, Pfebahilriy that the entire circle

At present, Bradford does considerable business, principally or to a large extent with the railroad and its employes, but there are a number of firms who do a considerable business with farmers living in the vicinity. Among the most prominent business houses and men on the east side or in Miami County we would mention : Fink & Bro^, general merchandise ; W. H. Sowers, Postmaster and stationer ; Solomon Urbansky ; J. M. Little & Co., drugs ; E. Baker & Co., grocery ; E. B. Maurer, grocer, and Henry Klinger, agricultural implements.

The corporation is a unit ; that is, there are not two sets of civil offices, and there is but the one post office. Moore was Postmaster in 1869 ; then W. H. Sowers held the office, which was then removed to the East Side, where it has since remained. The first Mayor of Bradford was Peter H. Smith ; Clerk, Ed Davidson ; Marshal, George Doll The present officers of Bradford are J. A. W. Smith, Mayor j M. J. Williamson, Clerk ; H. W. Smith, Marshal ; and the members of the Council are D. J. Smith, John Gettz, and Messrs. Beck, Kinney and J. M. Fink.

There are four church edifices in Bradford - three in Miami County, and one in Darke County. The first church building was put up in Miami County by the Baptists in 1870, who organized a society that year. Their first preacher was Northrop, from New Madison. Their first regular pastor was a young man named the present Pastor, Matthews. Next in Miami County the u Reform Church " erected a church. Among their first Pastors were John Stuck and Mr. Gough ; thmr present Pastor is J. E. Dingledine. After them came the Methodists, who buu their church in 1872, which is also in Miami County. Their first preacher was Bradley ; then Pilcher, Staley, Powel, Oldfield, and Matthews, the present Pastor. The Cumberland Presbyterians have a society, organized on- June 3, 1876, by Jame$ Best, assisted by H. D. Onyett. Previous to this, they had had occasional services by F. G. Black and H. D. Onyett, of Covington. Their present Pastor is James Best, and they rent the Reform Church, where they hold service one-half the tone. The Catholics erected a church in 1875, in the Darke County portion, and their first services were held by Father Shelhamer. They have no resident priest.

D. F. ANGLE BARGER, blacksmith, Tippecanoe City ; one of the well-established business men of Tippecanoe City ; was born in Frederick Co., Md., June 17, 1840 ; he is of Irish-German descent ; his father, D. S. Anglebarger, and mother, Elizabeth -Ramesburg, were both natives of Maryland, and passed their entire lives there ; D. S. followed the pursuits of undertaking and fanning; he had a family of four sons and two daughters by his first marriage ; our subject was the youngest son ; at the age of 13, he immigrated to Ohio, and located in Clark Co., where he engaged as a laborer at various pursuits till he went to New Carlisle and began the smithing business ; here he remained seven years ; then enlisted in Co. C, 110th 0. Y. L, and was employed as a blacksmith ; he was m tne fight of Winchester, under Gen. Millroy, and was subsequently discharged on a°COUn*; Physical disability ; returning, he located at Troy, Ohio, and, in 1864, came to Tippecanoe City, where he worked for three years at "jour " work, and 8^°1) 8^°P f°r himself ; he is now located on Second, between Main and r°w streets ; his long experience as a smith, and careful attention to business, aX?.won him the reputation of a first-class workman. He is a Republican m po cs, and an ardent supporter of the party ; he is also a member of the A., F. niZ . * ?a.arried SeP^ 15, 1859, to Nancy Ross, a native of Clark Co.,

Y , . I'lAM ASHWORTH, nurseryman, Tippecanoe City ; born in Middleton, Eng ' inJ836 ; «- » son T^eTud Betsy fault) Ashworth ; he ioA with of baker in his native country, and immigrated to Amer- to his nrpspnt «ide8t 8?n' and was only ^ years old when he came with his parents 11 entered on^ wa? located in the common school, and, at the age of harness trade^h^ti?^1 I*1 Dayton, Ohio, and served about three years at the ness which he hen^*611 turne? attention to gardening and the nursery busione of the most continued at Tippecanoe ; with his brother, he cultivates tree^oraameTte.fsW^Kf nur?eries in this oounly ; he raises all. Unde of fruit; his long experience in V11le8 and plants of all kinds (see card in directory) , ticipating in the foliowin/^+f 1x11 close of the war (over three years), V81' ^ rouowing battles : PenyviUe, Ky., Stone River, Mission Ridge and such facts upon record - he ia al«o v> sal°°nj we feel a just pride in placimr with credit ^ also Postmaster of the village, and fills that position bood and youth in his native nhL?? d Bowman ; he passed his boyattending common school - he took 'a hnai W°rk °" the. farm and in the store, ami under J. Bowman & Son and in ^I ta'cftIloe m 1863 and managed a grocery «nn style of Bowman, Wells md .ft?* mto 'H® goods business, undertK Bowman purchased the store? 18M J2* T®^ tLhang®8 made in firm, Mr. own responsibility - his te?? "J,!3! s,I,.ce w^e? he bas been operating it on his goods attests his skill and fucc^ to?hishn * ' 7'4h ?U 8tock of well-assorted

Jm A lSwfte^^so^of^^a^^ FLPpecanoe Citj' ; born in Tippecanoe of this county, and- the former of T»D| ^arl®tewsrt) Caldwell, the latter a native ^ occupation and " me to tote 0hia C' L W88 » marble cutter still survive. R. R. is the fifth child, and passed his early life in his native place, attending school till the age of 12, when he was placed in a drug store ; remained at this till the age of 20, thus acquiring a good knowledge of materia medica, which has served him well in his professional life ; in the meantime he devoted all his leisure time to reading medicine, and when he left the drug store he entered the Bellevue ^fedical College of New York, and graduated in 1843 ; one year after, he began his career as a physician in Danville, Penn. ; in 1849, he left Danville and went to New York City, where he continued his practice till 1856, when he came to Tippecanoe, where he has since been in the practice ; he gives special attention to chronic diseases, and is a well-established and reliable physician ; personally, he is pleasant, affable and sociable in his intercourse with his fellow-men. He has been married twice ; first, in 1854 to Fidelia Warford, of Pennsylvania, who died m 1 866. His second marriage was in the fall of 1866, to J alia King, of this county, who died in April, 1877. One daughter, by the first union, constitutes his family. The Doctor is a member of the A., F. & A. M. of Tippecanoe.

CHARLES B. CHAFFEE, Tippecanoe City. He was born in Colesville, Monroe Township, this county April 26, 1852, and is the son of S. L. and Barbara fCecil) Chaffee ; S. L. is one of the foremost business men of Tippecanoe, bom in Ontario Co., N. Y., in 1818, and was brought up to the manufacturing business ; he emigrated to Ohio in 1833, and in 1838 to Miami Co. Our subject came to Tippecanoe City with his parents when about 5 years old ; he received his prinoary education in the common school of this place, and, at the age of 14, entered Antioch College, at yellow Springs, where he remained one year, and then spent toe two subsequent years in Oberlin College ; but failing health required him to abandon the schoolroom ; in the fall of 1870, he went to Buffalo, N. Y., and engaged in the general liquor trade till January, 1872, when he returned to Tippecanoe, and embarked in the distilleiy business till 1874, and then went to Toledo, wnere he remained in the same occupation till 1878 : since then, he has chiefly in_ CLARK, fanner ; P. 0. Tippecanoe City. He is one of the few remainv!v£L*ii' y native-born citizens of Monroe Township : he is the son of John Clark, one »nTg v. in the township histoiy ; he was born Nov. 22, 1818, about four of whn mJe8jn°rthwest of Tippecanoe ; he is the oldest of a family often, whmK? the 8ceQes of his boyhood and youth were in this vicinity,

Dal occunltfrm - ^ *'lme8 > reared on a farm, he has always made farming his princilowed the hnoin 6 8®rvf^ an apprenticeship at the tanner's trade, but never folents in Deopm h!f8 V oon OC8te<^ on the present site of the township, with his partown - under co^equently has had a residence here coeval with the ering the distanoif fwl MJ- Clark made a triP to California in 1852, covtwo traveling daJf01? ^ ^18souri River in the remarkably short time of sixty- ' mining with fair h® U>®ate? in Georgetown, Eldorado Co., and engaged in ing fourteen month^688' *®turm.n£ by the Panama route and New Orleans, consumand makes his annual i he has a Particular fondness for hunting, nesota, Nebraska tbe hunting grounds of Michigan, Wisconsin, Mman "old-line WW " f .lnf regarded an expert and successful hunter. Formerly views naturallv fell in witw^18 vo!ie for Harrison in 1840, his political identified. He was marriJi tJV Republican party, with which he has always been was born in Elizabeth -13, Clarinda Ramsey, of this county, who

Ramsey, early pioneers - rJfif *P 18 1821, and is the daughter of Allen and Hannah and three daughters ar*' of six sons and five daughters, three sons one son in the late civil war. Our subiect . °f whom have died, was reared and schooled in the city ofltotfAn *?Xfh«ohl,<J of the kniily, and as a clerk in a hotel, and one year airo camp** t-* ^ latt;er place he was engaged doing a large trade in the groLry ba8 aincJfbfen was married to Sarah J. Nicholls and h«d^0, a°^located » this county. He b® oldest ; he was reared principally to the °7 whom our subject is school, and so well did he improve hfs A' and guested in the common prepared to enter the profesS L* edu.catlo"»1 opportunities, that he was early and was telegraph o^rato^L teach'.ng : this he continued about fou7yeara7 fectionery busriSess Lkji yeare' ""<1 then embarked to the bakery and oonthe south sid^ of Mato st^t w 8,nce1c°n tinned with success ; he is to^tedTn stock of confectioneries, fresh toSid "ci^id^ hokeeP9 hand a toll aramged ice-cream parlor where he sei4^ffrf?h tobacc°' He has, also, a neatly acason (see card). He is one of the ^eT'ea f*?811 lce'cream at all times during the "oe, and reliable ; his motto to y°U"& business men of Tip^ecatransactions. ' excel,0nce in quality and integrity in all his subject of this sketch mam'ari nr ' ^?d her husband m 1873. John Duncan, the was the result of ttos m^ria^* °y t Jonf Dec' 6- 1835 ! eleven children Nathan and Catharine are living - A)Wh°® Jo?athan, Estley, Aaron, Lucinda A., and a tenant looto^uTS' ' ShT""1.; Mri b?ncan ^es at his ease, Christian Church and Mr Tin A?1' himself and wife are members of the shipwrecked, a violent storm coming up, that lasted two days and nights ; Mr. Eidemiller was a large contractor and builder of pikes, and in his business made much money ; he died in 1877 at the age of 76, and his wife in 1879, aged 78 years. John was married to Miss Seraphine Lavy in 1851 ; they were the parents of Martin E., Sarah J., John L., William H. and Peter F. (who died in infancy); Mrs. Eidemiller died in December, 1861 ; in July, 1862, Mr. Eidemiller led to the marriage altar Miss Augusta Miller, of Vandalia, Ohio ; they have seven children - George P., Warren, Laura E., Dorsey G., Wade, Lilly and Webster ; Martin K., John L. and Sarah J. are married and live in this county. Mr. Eidemiller is one oi our most prosperous farmers, owning 240 acres of fine land. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church, and also of Kentucky Home Grange ; he is a conservative Republican, and believes in the greatest good for the greatest number. The amount of stock reared is large, and the income derived from the farm a handsome one ; he built five miles of the Piqua and Troy pike, six and one-half of tne Troy and Stillwater, two and one-half of the Dayton and Hyattsville pike, an now superintends them for a distance of eight miles from his home

ROBERT M. EVANS, merchant and dealer in agricultural implements, Ginghamsburg. The grandparents of Esquire Evans, on both sides, were among tee first settlers in this county, and his wife's parents also came at an early day. '

Evans, Esquire Evans' grandfather, came here in 1 801, and his mother's fateerinloW. The inhabitants of the county were mostly Indians and wild beasts. Robert Evans was married to Miss Mary Jenkins in 1824, and they were the parents of Aaron, Louisa, Jesse, Kahren, Robert M. and Elizabeth ; the four latter are still hvjpfr and are all married. Esquire Robert Evans was wedded to Miss Minerva J . n - ler, in 1867 ; they have five children living, one dying in infancy ; their names are, respectively, Lilly, Arietta, Korah, Zenitia and Laura. Mrs. Evans parents oft eight children - Minerva, Sarah, Margaret A., Ellen, Alice, William E.. Alvin ^ and Joseph W.; Mrs. Keller died in 1876. Esquire Evans was one of the brave men that enlisted in 1864, under the banner of his country, in Co. G. 147th U. v. J-, for four years and three months he was a member of a military company. Home Guards. In 1876, he was elected Justice of the Peace, and was re-eiectea in 1880. He is a partner in the firm of Besom & Evans, dealers in dry goods, groceries, agricultural implements etc., etc., doing business at Ginghamsburg. was for two terms Master of Fidelity Grange, is a conservative Republican, mi honest man. Both himself and wife are members of the United Brethren Chu , and are good and useful members of society. , ,

G. L. FAVORITE, merchant, Tippecanoe City ; one of the well-estab business men of Tippecanoe ; was bora in Monroe Township, in 1841, an lived here since, with the exception of three years, when he was in Toledo, parents were Abraham Favorite and Eva Long, the former born in Virginia, nom whence he emigrated to this county just previous to the war of 1812, in w i struggle he served as a teamster, teaming from Greenville to Ft. Wayne. . R® . a farmer by occupation, and passed the remainder of his life in this township, dying m 1848. He was married twice, and had five children by first marriage, two oi whom still survive. His second marriage was in the spring of 1828, with v , daughter of George and Margaret (Green) Long, by whom he had six children, five stall living. Eve was bora in Augusta Co., Va!, Feb. 28, 1798, and died twoyearo ago, over 80 years old ; she was brought up under the benign influences of Chnsan parents, and, at the age of 15, became a professor of religious faith, and con turned strong in the fiuth until herdeath. In 18 - , she emigrated with her parents to Grwne Co Ohio, and, a few years subsequently, moved to Miami Co. Our sub- Ja^J^te"ai.Ch?ld of.tl!e famUy> lived ona farm till 18yearsof age, and attended he wae on receiving the usual farmer boy's education. At the age o

"berSK^. He » located on North Main strefet, between First and Second ps on hand a ftill line of stock and fhrnishes all kinds of agricultural of the Fire Department, With which to h« kI9 Counc'i' and » Assistant Chief He married, in 1869 Maria O'Cnnnoli connected since its organization life was that of a fampftec L .mI, the,fl^h chdd of the family - his early which he has since follow*] He £«* -8' * learned the carpenter trad£

His grandfather was a soldieMn ^ f,hter ?\ -A°drew1 Sheets, a gunsmith by trade, to perform guard dutv in the so *8 °f 1776, and to, Andrew, was old enough Wilson Co,TeM. wtorc h» e WY' He moved his family in 1806, to In September 1812 to nion 10aJaioed 8,1 years a neighbor to Andrew Jackson, beth Township, thig' tou tor "who** h Valley> and located in Elizain 1843, in Clark Co n,^' w8?re ,he passed the remainder of his active life, dying made filing and stoJ? Z W8S 0,6 on,y ohi,d ** the second marria^ef hf located in Itew Carli^U^ hl8^cupatl0n l111 about flv« years ago, when he then located in TinnZ* d ^age? m general merchandising for two years : he on South Main b£t^n<Fir!rfd e®5arked m the hardware business ; to is located stock of hardware T*1 8eoond. streets, where to keeps on hand a full

Miami five muJ! ^ Gr^"e ^° i ^^O) locating on the west bank of the Little American TnH* 68 5^°ve t^e Pre8ent site of Xenia ; he was in the struggle for Indians - hp i>enden^e,v an(^ Participated in many of the frontier wars with the his son, James, was the first Surveyor. A brother of our subject has held the surveyorship of the county for twenty -four years. The family has been extensively identified with the public offices and interests of Greene Co. since its organizataon , Andrew was a farmer by occupation, and one of the prominent citizens of Greene , his death occurred March 26, 1864 ; his wife, Mary, was bom in Lancaster oo, Penn., July 3, 1798, and settled in Greene Co. in the spring of 1816; her aeatn occurred Feb. 25, 1872. Our subject continued on the farm till 22 yea*8 0 ' receiving his primary education in the common school, and a more advanced* in the National Normal, of Lebanon, Ohio ; at the age of 22, he entered the P fession of teaching, and continued it till Oct 9, 1861, when he enlisted m the Um States service, in which he remained over five years. We give below a mremroe ' ation by William B. Gaw, Col. 16th U. S. C. I., which gives his militwy career ^ April 15, 1866. - The bearer here, Capt Samuel Galloway, 16th U. 8. b. i take great pleasure in commending to the favorable notice of his Galloway entered service the 9th of October, 1861, as a private in the 74th U. **> and was promoted successively to Corporal, Sergeant, and on the 14m ot M , 1864, was examined for a position in the colored troops and passed a .

Captain, when he was immediately assigned to the command of a company m U. S. C. I. This officer has conducted himself, during his military career) in su manner as to win the esteem and confidence, as well as the approbation, brother officers ; he has exhibited rare qualifications for commanding troops, his integrity, valor, sobriety, urbane manner and ability in all the .

of business, have never been questioned ; he was examined for position ol M J short time before muster-out of regiment, and came fully up to me awn required. - William B. Gaw, Col. 16th U. S. C. I." Mr. G. engaged in the batUes oi Stone River, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, etc., besides nu skirmishes ; was taken prisoner at the battle of Stone River, and during me J days in which he was held prisoner passed one week in Libby ; his regime colored troops were mustered out April, 1866, and he was detained on duty till his " muster-out," which occurred Nov. 6, 1866 ; he then went to L icagw, and engaged in the drug business, on W. Lake street, under the firm of Snerw Co., till June, 1867, when he purchased an interest in his present store, tne ducted under the firm style of S. & W. C. Galloway ; Feb. 1, 1876, the SJK^iqvi name was adopted. Mr. G. was in the the Government employ from 1869 ' as United States Storekeeper of the Distilleries of Tippecanoe City. Republican in politics, and has held his share of town and township offices ; holds the office of Township and City Clerk, and is a member of the Royal Area of Tippecanoe. He married, May 24, 1866, Mary A. Morris, of Shabbona Grove, 111. ; of the six children born of this union, two have died. H. A. Galloway, J member of the firm, was bora in 1842, in Greene Co., and is a brother of 8. way. In August, 1 862, he enlisted in Co. D, 74th O. V. L, and in the following Janu»U was discharged, on account of physical disability; has since been e®£a8e~hiv farming and in the drug business. The above firm is reliable, and thoroug educated in the knowledge of drugs, and their careful attention to their busin has won for them the esteem and confidence of the community.

I. KIRK GILBERT, physician, Tippecanoe City, was borp in Newberry trict, in the town of Newberry, S. C., in 1819 ; he is the son of Dempsey and Mwa (Lester) Gilbert ; his early ancestors were found in the colonists of Virgima , J found their way to South Carolina previous to the war of 1776, and many of mem participated in that struggle. Dempsey G. immigrated to this State with hj9 .

y m 1834 ; he was engaged in the cotton culture in his native State, and m& overtaken by pecuniary reverses, he was induced to emigrate ; he located per nently in this, Monroe Township, where his death occurred in 1859. Of a HwLthr?e a80118' °ur 8ubJect is the oldest; his boyhood was passed on a rtantotion in South Carolina ; he was 14 years old when he came to this State.

1846 ; is the son of Dr! A Clty ' 1)0111 in TiPP®®anoe, Aug. 14, twicfe and had two children by the firsthand siTh^ttf P®nn » who was married with Delilah Campbell of thif count, v ' n.i8U»?y second marriage, which was marriage ; he was reared and schooled i^hhi^aH01 ** ?h® oldest child of the second learned milling, subsequent^ Jo h "H® plaCe' and .at the of 16, this place, where he^cquired the art^ onr? t ^P11 °^aj?r.' being an assistant in twenty months - he left the nffw ?°d then operated m the Troy offloe for of Ann Arbor Mich and September, 1869, entered the medical college ican birthand Gema^ de^e J Z^h ' " 1838 ; bis Parento were of Amerhe had six sons and twr«. ri u2 18 ^ber, Jacob, being a farmer by occupation : the first and only member of °f whom i still survive ; Jacob died in 1863, the advanced ageoffiT^L n fa"'.ly who has died, his wife still surviving at at home until hi rM1?h°J 0are-' ?ur 8ubJ<!ct " the youngest of the family ; he lived ing school his in tbe dutie8 of the farm, and attendwhere 1*1 in tbe.faU of 1860 he came to' Tippecanoe, till 1869 when Hp ««« f!? '- b® was first occupied as a laborer at various pursuits, till 1871 'when he emhafhL'" machine shop and at coopering with his brother First and Swond sfa^ta^h " ^ ^'°cery bu8lness i he >9 located on Main, between best qualities - he is a j ® ?" hand a ful1 line of £roeerieH of the

Co., Md°tami': i«HfhWVERi C?K>per' Tippecanoe City ; was bom in Frederick sketch^ -' hp ih 18 Jbe ®°n Jacob and Elizabeth Hawvor (see H. E. Hawver's inured to farm of. tbe family ; was brought up on the farm and early scrintion hvq^vI ^u ' 018 e?r ^ Vacation was obtained under the imperfect sub- Ohio looAtinrr i remained with his father till 1849, when he emigrated to ous pursuits fill0 iqr?161 JOWL8hiP' this c®nnty ; was engaged as a laborer at vansix years Zt?+ wben he engaged in the stock business for the subsequent erini businpoDer Jb® finn style of John Broan & Co. ; he then engaged in the coopand isonp wblcn he has since followed. He has the confidence of the public, with nothin** nnterprising citizens of Tippecanoe. A self-made man, beginning permanent »? a ^ a?d mind determined to succeed, he has established a ome, and acquired a competency ; he is one of the stock-holders in the

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" wheel works " of Tippecanoe. He is a Republican in politics, and finds his religious creed in the M. E. Church. He was married in 1859, to Angeline Mann, of Miami Co., and a descendent of early pioneers.

JOHN K. HERR, miller and grain-dealer, Tippecanoe City ; was bom in Washington Co., Md., in 1824, and is the son of Rudolph and Mollie Herr ; Rudolph was a farmer by occupation ; his death occurred in 1860. He had a family of twelve 'Children, of whom our subject is the eleventh ; he was raised and schooled in his native State, and emigrated to Ohio in 1841, making the trip here in a two-horse wagon ; worked one year near Xenia, and then went to Warren Co., where he Temained about five years ; subsequently milled in Dayton, Ohio, and Knightstown, Ind., and in 1852 came to Tippecanoe and engaged in the milling business with his brother, firet renting and afterward purchasing his present mill property, which he has since operated with eminent sucoess ; he also deals largely in grain ; is a careflil and reliable business man, and a much-respected citizen, taking an active part in matters pertaining to the welfare of the community.

W. HONEYMAN, farmer ; P. 0. Troy ; is a prominent farmer ; his parents, John and Mary Honeyman, of Virginia, were pioneers, who emigrated to Miami County early in its settlement. John was a soldier in the war of 1812 ; we regret that so little can be learned of them. Eli was born in Miami Co., May 14, 1834 ; Sept 29, 1859, he was united in marriage to Miss Annie, daughter of John and Mary Miller. They were also pioneers, and should have a place in kmtoiy i their children were ten in number, four only survive - Albert, whose sketch appears in connection with other noted men of Monroe Township, Thomas J., Rhoda Z. and Annie, the wife of Eli Honeyman. They have been the parents of seven children, of whom Oliver M., Willis R., Mattie and Ory, survive; Oliver was bom March 7, 1863 ; Willis, Dec. 11, 186& ; Mattie, May 27, 1872 ; Ory, Jan. 4,1874. iney are all attending school and learning rapidly. Mr. Honeyman has always been prosperous in business, and owns a nice farm of 119 acres ; he has been wnnected with the public schools in capacity of Director. He is a conservative Kepublican and a good neighbor.

n w r NORTON, editor; P. O. Tippecanoe City; was born in Westchester . °ePk 5, 1834, and comes of English ancestors ; he came to this county with his father, Joseph C., in 1839, and located in Piqua ; his father was a smith by trade, and still lives in Piqua, retired from active work. Col. Joshua H. is the oldest or a family of five children ; he was reared and schooled in Piqua, and early learned e printer s art, which he has followed principally through life ; after serving an apprenticeship he worked at journey-work till 1860, when he started the Piqua which he conducted till the outbreak of the war, when he responded to me nrst call for troops and enlisted in the 11 th 0. V. I. as 2d Lieutenant of Co. F. At ^ three-months term of service, he re-enlisted as private, and was soon ST- to the 8ame rank which he held before. In this regiment he served two wS from 2d to 1st Lieutenant, and to Adjutant of the regiment, in omSSi® fi ied one 5 he then went into the 84th O. V. I, which he assisted vear^vn « JEl was appointed Adjutant, and was discharged at the end of one

^Fest Viroini Unt Physical disability ; while with the 11th 0. V. I. be was m which werL T^nd S?Sa8ed in numerous severe skirmishes, the most important of GauWMtT Mm Creek (2 days), Hawk's Nest (2 days), Sewell Bit, toTiSnoe infftfiQ6 ^ p?nting establishment for four' years, when he came to operate successfiiif^Jn*111^ tte Tippecanoe City Herald , which he continued abandon the office - has th qui!le Gently, when poor health required him to is Lieutenant Col of aPP?mtment for census taker for Monroe Township, ana ant Lol. of 3d 0. N. G. During the railroad riots of July, 1873, his ness ; this he followed two years and then embarked in the occupation of a baker, which, with hotel-keeping, he continued till 1875, when he engaged in the grocery trade. He is located on North Main, between First and Second streets, where he keeps on hand a full line of groceries and queensware, which he sells at lowest prices ; he is reliable and honest in all his dealings. In politics, he is a Democrat, but no politician. He has been member of the Council, and for five years of the fire department, of which he is now Treasurer, and in 1861 carried the mail from Charleston to Brandt He married Catharine Steck, of Alsace, Germany, in 1858. Of the five children bom to this union, one has died.

ALBERT MILLER, farmer ; P. 0. Troy. Albert Miller was bom and reared in the township in which he resides, his parents, John R. and Mary Miller, then being residents of the county. He was 20 years of age when wedded to Miss Amanda Honeyman, which event was celebrated March 25, 1852, Squire David Jenkins tying the nuptial knot ; his parents gave him one horse, a cow and a feather bed ; after farming with his father one year, he began business for himself. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Miller were the parents of nine children, of whom five are now living - Matilda J., Calista Belle, Ella D., Cora E. and Lulu M. Matilda married Lewis Schafer ; none of the others are yet married ; they are eminently fitted to adorn any position in society. Mr. Miller is a Democrat of the conservative stamp ; his wife is an excellent housekeeper ; their residence is neatly ftimished, and Mr. Miller provides liberally for his family. The splendid farm of 60 acres, with the neat residence and substantial outbuildings, surrounded by forest trees, is a home as oozy as any in the township.

J. W. MILLER, farmer; P. 0. Troy ; is the eldest son of John V. and Rebecca Miller ; was bom April 22, 1838. Miss Sarah A. Shoemaker, of Dayton, became his wife in 1865 ; their children were bom in the following order : William A, Sept 20, 1867 ; Asbury W., Feb. 22, 1870 ; Isaac N., Jan. 20, 1872 ; Belle, Aug. 27, 1875 ; and Jeannette R., March 17, 1878 ; they are a most interesting family of children ; Mrs. Miller is a native of Pennsylvania, and was raised in a city, but, as a farmer's wife, she can scarcely have an equal ; Mr. Miller proposes to move to Kansas in the spring . x>f 1881, and engage with his brothers in the stock business ; Miami Co. will thus lose one of her best men, who can illy be spared ; they are both influential members of the M. E. Church, and here will their loss be felt Mr. Miller sold his elegant farm last year, and intends invest ing a large part of his money in lands in Kansas. He carries with him the kindest wishes of every family in Monroe Township.

ISAIAH K. MILLER, stock-breeder ; P. O. Troy. His mother, Rebecca Kessler, was bom in this county in 1813, and his father, John V. Miller, in Berkeley Co.,Va., in 1803 ; he came to this county in 1832, and was married at the residence of the bride's 'parents, in 1834; David Jenkins, Esq., conducted the marriage ceremonies ; an old log cabin was the birthplace of their first children ; six of eight children bom now survive - John W., Henry H., Levi S., Isaiah K., Susannah E. and Elizabeth J. ; almost the entire tract of country was then covered with heavy timber, and the pioneer was used to rough fare, and the howling of the wolves ; every year found them prospering, and Mr. Miller, at the time of his death, which occurred Sept. 17, 1878, was owner of nearly 900 acres ; Isaiah has had practical control of the farm since the age of 16, and his experience in breeding thoroughbred stock has made him famous throughout the country ; his herd has produced the finest Durhams in the county ; himself and Levi S. Miller have purclmsed f large tract of land in Kansas, upon which Levi resides ; they are now conducting the breeding of thoroughbred cattle on a large scale ; J. K. Miller is also partner in the steam saw-mill near his residence. His marriage to Miss Lizzie t* was celebrated Feb. 5, 1874, in Cincinnati, Ohio ; her parents were natives ol oeiferson Co., Va., but now live in this county. They are, at this tune, the paints of two children - Samuel C. and Minnie V. ; Mrs. Rebecca Miller makes her home with her son Isaiah, and they have everything necessary for the promotion iot comfort The tidy house, the neatly trimmed orchard, substantial bams, etc., eta,

J OHN MILLS, farmer ; P. 0. Ginghamsburg ; the subject of one of our most wonderful biographies, is well known in this neighborhood ; his grandfather, Elias Mills, was born in 1683, and married Miss Martha Stiles ; he weighed 485 pounds, and was considered not only the strongest but also the fleetest man in the world ; he challenged England to produce a man who could compete with him as an athlete ; a man came, and they started in a race, Elias easily coming out ahead and running backward all the while ; he was killed by a kick from a horse, at the remarkable age of 140 years. John Mills was born in 1812, and was the youngest son of Richard and Martha Mills ; they emigrated to Montgomery Co., in 1800 ; he was a blacksmith, and was of great service to the early settlers ; they were the parents of Jonathan, Lydia, Rachel, Lutitia, Ira, Henry, John and Gideon; John is the only one now living of this large family. He married Miss Elizabeth Watkins, in 1836 ; they were the parents of twelve children, three of whom are deceased ; Cerelda, Richard, Carletta, Joanna, Mahala, Sarah, David, Henry and Joseph C. are living ; five are married, and live in this county ; John and his wife are grandparents of twenty-one children ; his farm consists of 80J acres of land, which is cultivated by his sons ; he is a Democrat, and reared a family of sons who are all strong in the faith ; his descendants can hereby trace their relationship to their great-grandfather, who was supposed to be the strongest man living in his time.

JACOB W. MYERS ; farmer ; P. O. Tippecanoe City ; is a native of Lancaster Co., Penn., and was born in 1822 ; his parents were named Daniel and Hester Myers ; his mother died when Jacob was one year old ; as he grew to manhood, he learned the trade of weaving, and, in 1842, in company with some friends, emigrated to Clark Co. He engaged in weaving near Carlisle, previous to his marriage to Miss Elizabeth Shuman, which event occurred in 1850 ; one and a half years after the marriage, Mrs. Myers died, also their infant daughter, Magdalena. He continued weaving in winter and farming in summer, until his marriage to Miss Sarah Mott, in 1855 ; they are the parents of ten children, of whom Mary J. and Lilly F. are deceased. Daniel is the husband of Miss Mary Gottschall, and has two children - George Arthur and Bertha Estella ; William, Eunice L., Otho P., Calista . *, "acob W., Sarah E. and Charles are now living with their parents, and form an interesting family. Jacob is a prosperous farmer and generous provider; has always voted the Republican ticket ; his wife and daughters are excellent house- Keepers.

LUCINDA NEAL ; P. O. Fidelity ; is the widow of a wia.n well known in this county, and their names are worthy of remembrance ; they were bom in Monroe ownship in 1808, and have always lived near their birth-place ; Mrs. Neal's parents were married in Tennessee, and emigrated to Miami Co. in 1807*; their names and Jemima Million ; they were the parents of five children, of whom l Ham Jester and the worthy lady whose name heads this sketch are yet living; _ the eldest settlers now living in the county. Lucinda was

PhmKa li? i *a*m ^ea* *n 1828, and they were blest with seven children - Melinda, _ atdda, Annie, Israel, Francis and Henry ; four of these are married; Mr. Neal ar8°^ a* the ^me his death, and left a large estate ; he was a very he watt a ^n'ibem* ^ownslliP Trustee and School Director a number of times; morallv supporter of everything that tended toward advancement, both after - the npauf6 ^arm8 ' the home place is a lovely spot, and is carefhlly looked of the most tan*1#*11?6 n?Jrthe °Jd homestead belongs to one of the sons, and is one children a birthS^/6*1?611068 in that part of the township. Mrs. Neal leaves her GEORA^^r?Lh^esty and sociability.

now hving of the numerous family of Joh77nd ?v^l v "* the ^ children ned Miss Margaret Clawson Feb 4 187R +k ^la ^18wonger. George marlittle girls - Lydia J. and Clara E ' The^cM f«my are.ihe P^ents of two bright gentleman is a jolly Democrat of tho folk8ireslde with them, and the old sippi Squadron. He parti^ated in^^^d hi^dm,raI Porter' of the Missiswounded while on duty and ms hnn^M ^1 .bloo<^r engagements, was never farmer he is verv su^to7 The y ^luu*edt in December, 1864. As a family is highly resDected and i .. /an>ily 'hbraiy is large and well read. This the township and durino^th -' i ^ wer,e' that time, the oldest living couple in hand in hand thpi- in 08 ong wedded life, were separated only five weeks - aging Mother the hillside of life, always loving and en^-' and Mary - the two a5nm,l.ly.of four children - Sarah, Esther, Valentine her sister Sarah?onlv ?Tn.; she has reared> from infancy, hood, there are non* ' sbe 18 an intelligent lady, and, in her neighborin 1856. Miss Pea^ nv^1^^ M&ry %rkett » «he waS born ing as ^rly as 1689 8 godfather was one of the first settlers in that State, combackthan those ofthe^e^nnamf mi168 ^ ^ ^ their genealogy further

South Carolina in i oo^° ^jfen(*ed the cause they loved. John's parents came from was marriAd an^ 8ettled near where Frederickstown now stands. John M.

and Igaap p,10o n*88 ^amet Russell Feb. 19, 1857 ; she was a daughter of Tamar Rearson ^1? w,as horn March 16, 1835 ; they have no children. John M.

state of cultivation ; for the past year he has been engaged in getting under way an apiary, which promises to be a lucrative business ; he has facilities for manufacturing his own hives, and has a large number filled with bees; he is a Republican of the radical sort ; he and his wife belong to the Christian Church, and are also members of Monroe Grange. During the war of the rebellion, he enlisted in Co. G, 147th 0. V. I., and acquitted himself with honor.

ELI PEARSON, Sr., farmer ; P. 0. Tippecanoe City ; is well Known in the county, and perhaps there is no one who is so well skilled in all branches of mechanism as himself, who never served an apprenticeship ; his parents were Samuel and Mary Pearson, whose maiden name was Coats ; her parents were among the first settlers in this township, and are mentioned in this history ; they were the parents of eleven children, four are living - Henry, aged 82 ; Hiram, 80 ; Sampson, 70 and Eli, 62, their united ages amounting to 294 years. Eli was married to Miss Rebecca Mooney, daughter of Sarah and John J. Mooney, Oct 15, 1837 ; they were the parents of Joseph J., Mary J., Benjamin S., Martha A. and William xl ; Mary is the wife of G. K. Westlake, and Joseph married Miss Phoebe Stewart; Mrs. Pearson died Jan. 14, 1854. His marriage, to Hannah Julien, was celebrated April 15, 1856 ; they have two sons; Sylvanus E. and Warren J. Among the relw» of olden times, in possession of Mr. Pearson, are a wooden clamp to catch wild hogs, made by his father in 1804, which is now as strong and efficient as ever mirror, that was made in 1680, and has been in the possession of his ancestry two centuries ; and a wagon, built by his father in South Carolina, in 1799, that earned them to this county from that State, was used in transportation of supplies tor the army in 1812, and was driven by his brother Benjamin ; it has been use(1 every son of his father's family until he could buy himself one, and is now used for heavy work on the farm. His son Joseph enlisted during the war in Co. A, Hth O. V. C., under command of Maj. O'Farrell ; his battalion was ordered to tne frontier, and guarded the United States mail during the war ; he was honora y discharged in 1 865, having passed through the whole campaign without a woun Mr. Pearson is one of the most social men in the county, and, with his wife as hostess, there cannot be a more inviting place to visit. The products of her daiy cannot be excelled in the State of Ohio. The finest spring in the county bubbles from a fissure in the rocks, and, passing through the dairy room, furnishes wa enough to supply all the stock bred in the State. The beautiful spring-house was planned and built by Mr. Pearson, the stones of which were squared and laid wrrn his own hands ; the tasteful appearance of everything shows his skill and energy- He is a member of Coleman Commandery, No. 17. They are both professed tbn&- tians, he being a member of the Christian, and she of the Baptist, Church, form of 160 acres is a beautiful one, and is well tilled. His son, Benjamin, was also a soldier in the late war, enlisting in Co. G, 147th 0. V. I- ; be died m Mr. Pearson was a member of the Board of Education for thirty-nine consecutive years.

, , PEARSON, Jr., farmer ; P. O. Tippecanoe City ; represents one ^ oldest men in Monroe Township, his grandfather, Samuel Pearson, emigrating to tins township m 1806 ; Hiram, the father of EH, Jr., was bom in 1800, and was marned to Elizabeth Jenkins in 1824, according to the forms of the Quaker Church, and theur marriage certificate is now in possession of his son ; they are quaint old dwuments, and are signed by aU the wedding guests ; three of that large number are vet hvinrr anA 4.1 i . 7 .1 _- were danlht^^ M0 i!ve8J°",the h?"e farm. Eli was married, in 1852, to Miss Nancy, children an<^ Florentine Pearson, whose maiden name was Siddons, w t .. ber five, and are all living ; their names are Mary E., Alva Mr and Mi* p** Jennie i the eldest daughter, Mary, is the wife of James Colin- Home flnrnm^eM8°D are members of the Christian Church, and of Kentucky Grange. Mr. Pearson is a member of Franklin Chapter, No. 24, and is also weU acquainted with the lady named md^<^diti1-EK^02e in this vicinitV is aside from the fact of her beTng the eldrat this brief sketch with interest ; was born in South Carolina^ lW^ndt'now 82^ 8 re"arkable memory she Mrs. Margaret Ingle, who lives in Tndi«n! ^ 82 yJ^ts of "8e '< she has a sister, Robert McClure, #as a Captofa in the He" '."f*1 " 93 **** °fage. Her fether was Mary Buffington ; the? emitted S ;bis wife'8 maiden ""me to Fort Piqua ; Ros^nna^ve the JnZna ^ the"ar of 1812, they moved wife, their dinner, the nexfdav aftlr tn !?° murdered Gerard, Dilbone and his to this county in 1835 -' thev settted fl Pf* wnl Reu^'en and Annie Pence, coming children - Ocey Ph«iJ mI ! ®! Champaign Co. in 1804 ; they had six bara Rudy ; they are the naZta fl1851V^ Pen<£ was married to Miss Bar- Annetta, William H^nd IW P wf ® children-Hamet T., Alfred F, Mary mother of Guy and William n Harriet is the wife of J. F. Kerr, and is the Mary is the ^feofJohnT £e.weU Kerr. Alfh*! married Miss EllaStoher, and Alfred has bZ e£aZ if te^hf^w ®hildren «- M well educated; and members of pod record m itself. Both himself and wife are he votes the RepubK^! ShtITh F? has been Township Trustee for four years : been connected with Z mf'wJ?"# I8,one of the m08t genial of men ; he has also cause he lovea ,8tly f°r fourteen years' and has done much for the oldest chiin^'thp 'n.f11 bTg at. the "E8 of 74 Our subject Was the labor, and educator! in th °D® wbo enuErated to America ; he was inured to farm making his firnTn the ,00m"lon schools ; in 1852, he came to this country, farm work over a* Sandusky City, Ohio, where he engaged in steward on a boat an;ieari'-,111. frll of 1853, took a trip to New Orleans as a returned to Cinpin'n«rf' 1?de Ln fbe latter city, he fell sick, and, after recovering, time ; afteJ ZZ^atl' where he had a relapse and lay in the hospital for some recovering, he found himself unable to go at hard labor, and almnat penniless ; with his little money he purchased some notions and peddling business, which he continued six years with eminent succ^s , he located at Foster's Crossing, Warren Co Ohio, and furnishing goods also ; Mr. Reichel is thoroughly acquainted and reliable ; honesty and integrity are his mUng principles in all been married twice ; first in September, 1859, to Ethlinda MUler, who died m 1866? and again to Hannah A. Cartwright. He had one child, now dead, y 1

B. F. RHODEHAMEL, manufacturer, Tippecanoe; one of toe ewer prising and well-established business men of Tippecanoe ; was torn new Shelby Co., Ohio, in 1843, and is the son of Jacob and Julia R., the ^ ago, and that of his devoted wife, August, 1 878. They hada family four daughters, all growing up to maturity ; one son and two daugnte _ j' the son died in the service of late civil war; was a member of toe - -

Our subject was the youngest son, and was reared and Bch<^le~* f looatine county ; followed farming till 18 years old, when he came to this co y» ^ in Piqua, where he embarked in the wholesale notion business. Ihis with gratifying results for fifteen years, and then moved to Tippecan , has since been engaged in the manufacture of linseed oil and no - ^ brother he holds the largest stock interest in the " Grape Sugar to., la j * the ized in Tippecanoe. Mr. R. is a successful and reliable business man, .

JACOB ROHRER, farmer, etc. ; P. 0. Tippecanoe City Of the ^ citizen o Miami County, none are more worthy of notice than the subject of He was bom in Lancaster Co., Penn., in 1815, and is the son of .ju^1 who was bom on the same farm that our subject was, as was his gra. ' Christian. A brother died on the same farm, November, 1878, at the age o , ended a family ownership in the land that had been existing over low y > place having been deeded to a member of the family by one ot w ^ agents. The father of our subject passed his entire life on his farm, . e occurring June 22, 1825, the first to die in a family of eleven. He ^ children, all reared to maturity. He was married to Maria Farrer,w the advanced age of 83 years. Our subject was raised on a farm, ana ear y ^ the art and dignity of farm labor ; the pursuit of agriculture has been ^ occupation, in which he has taken a great interest and been eminently s In May, 1835, he immigrated to Ohio, locating four miles east of ' an0e he remained seven years, and then moved to his present place, near 1'PF ^ City, which place he had purchased June 23, 1837, of Joseph Jones, w . entered it. On this farm he moved March 1, 1842. Besides farming, he is wrg . identified with various manufacturing interests of the county ; he owns a c ling interest in the " Wheel Works " of Tippecanoe ; has an interest m toe Bugar Co.," recently organized in the same place, and also the ' Troy P . Wagon and Wheel Works," and the "Spiker Wagon Works," at Piqua. Former j au Old Line Whig, he became identified with the Republican party at its org non, and has ardently supported it since. Although no politician, but rew pe have filled so many positions of honor and trust as Mr. R. In 1857 or 185o, elected County Commissioner, and subsequently re-elected, serving six year8' is now filling his third term as Land Appraiser of Monroe Township ; was years a Director in Troy Bank, and for four or five years has been Vice Pres is a Director in the Fireman's Insurance Co., of Dayton, Ohio, and a Trus Knoop Children's Home, of Elizabeth Township. The duties of all these pos enterpnsing of men, and is found identified Jrit? C?u.nt5r' He is one of the most °f the community ; carefUl in aU business a^Jlltw^r .proinote8 the welfare more than an ordinary foresight he is onTwte^'- ?^ctly h?ne8t> and possessing

J. is the wife of James H Snavol,, - nr " ' . >ul^a. and John are not living ; Mary « one of our snS'S®^1 Redded Jacob A. Cain. Mr RusseU bis wife died Aug 1 1880 a9tyle commensurate with his means : felt, not only by ter husband ZnA X&* whose loss will be deeply Russell was wedded to Miss Frenis by m 6 <j?tire neighborhood. Isaac of the county was tern^^R ^Jarmelr.i R °* TiPPecanoe City ; an early settler and Rachel (McPherson) Saylor0 tho°fhrm *P vT" ?5' l82/ > bis parents were Jacob and the latter in thifstate Wh ^ ,n Vlrglnia> near Harper's Ferry,

Jacob and Philip, the Mul isont^8®?^ 94 ?ea?: Uo of his children, op the Miami andenterldoLLIr0, their,ea^ly "lanhood, pioneered their way on it the followi^ snrwZh th ^k" oftlandTm Bethel Township, and moved determination tohew out T temp faf?er' JaC°b began with an onyielding privations and hantehiiJof nionllrr he . wlJdafn?88> b^ng with fortitude the fonr of whom still surrivp Pn !f? ; be had,9,x 80118 and six daughters, only been that of a farmer - +V. subject was the eleventh child, and his life has

Party, and, although no^KH^i1 ' be fi?d? hw P01'410®1 views in the Republican office of County Oomte«i^ bCafi.afl?,"nt' he was elected in October, 1871, to the discharged. He Z lS m 6 du o j8 ?f which he ^'bfUlIy and satisfactorily scendant of early settlersTf1' 1o63, to Jealy Dye> of this county, b detlers of the countv - Sb?phen Dye> being among the first setthe wife of Dr daogbter, Lillie, has been bom to this union, who became

Prominent ritizen««p?' fa£lne5 and manufacturer ; P. O. Tippecanoe ; is one of the gland in T m.»i , and well-established business men of Tippecanoe ; bom in Ensubsequentlv emtell^11. 18*16 ' be is tbe 9011 of ^H'iam and Mildred Smith, who no education hni . kto : they had seven children. George received throughout t iooq ,ac(^uife^ his own exertions and close observation m 1838, he emigrated to this country, landing in New York City, then went to Dayton, Ohio, by steamer, canal-boat and wagon ; he worked aa a laborer at Greenville Falls a short time, and then entered a distillery east of Dayton ; he engaged at this in the vicinity of Dayton, as a laborer, for about five years, and then at merchandising at Fairfield, Ohio, for sixteen months, when he, with ms brother-in-law, leased and operated for three years the distillery, flouring and saw-mill at Greenville Falls ; subsequently for two years they operated a distillery at Casstown, where, in 1852, they erected the first one in this place ; then built a flour and oil mill, which he operated for some eight or nine years ; he then turned his attention to farming, which he has since engaged in ; he is now President of and a stockholder in the " Grape Sugar Company," of this place, which was recently organized, with a capital stock of $50,000 ; he has frequently held offices of trust in township and town, a^ Corporation and Township Treasurer for many years, member of School Board, City School Treasurer, etc. He is a self-made {"*"- . When he arrived at Dayton, in 1838, he had only a sixpence in his pocket, but his energy, industry and business sagacity have won for him a place among the loremost business men of the county. He has done much for the improvement of . e and is identified with all measures of public interest. He is a Republican m politics, and, with his wife, a member of the Presbyterian Church. He is also a member of the A., F. & A. M. fraternity. He has been married twice, first to Miss Jane Smith, in 1839, who died Oct 14, 1877. His second wife was Sarah E. Galowayn^ Bennett One child, now dead, was the issue of this latter union.

J^HN SMITH, farmer ; P. 0. Ginghamsburg ; is a prominent farmer of Mon* 1 o wnshi jx whose father was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., and came to this Elizabeth Whitehead, his wife, was born in Montgomery Co., aoout 1805, and they were married in 1821 ; they were the parents of Susannah, Esther, John, Solomon, Samuel, Elizabeth and Elvira. John was - Montgomery Co., in 1827, and he has always followed the occupation of larmmg. He was wedded to Eve Yount, in 1847 ; they had two childrcn-Catha- M -?fa Smith. His second marriage was celebrated in 1855, Miss ry idemiller being the lady of his choice ; their children are George J., John Ja^iexn^er. D' Eiizrabeth' Peter E., Mary J., Ida, Esther and Lillie M., and is a nr«m*thar^e ai?d ^.are married and reside in Montgomery Co. Mr. Smith lifA men^i|0Ca^P0liticiau, and is a thoroughbred Democrat. He commenced elpcmnf i<? ®mall capital, and by honesty and industry owns a farm of 264 acres of terfcHn ^lS bome and its surroundings are of the substantial kind, charac- canoe boyhood in the country ; he came with his parents to Tippedence Aoril i ^qqA wbere he has since lived ; he moved to his present fine resiof life - hp in where he has a neat home, surrounded with all the comforts

Ten Eick, was TE;J EICK, fanner ; P. O. Tippecanoe City ; the son of Henry educated in thp m tbls county in 1834 ; he was brought up on the farm and to Wyandot Co 8Jlho01 ; he lived at home ®1 the age of 20, when he went for four veam h» fk . charge of his father's stock-farm, which he operaiea agricultural dui-sh itT to tbe homestead, where he remained engaged m dencein TiDDecanop tlT December, when he moved to his present fineresias a Sergeant in the 147th 864, he en^ted in the United States service, and served religious cre^ ^n thp i7^-0; £ ^ 5 he is a Republican, in politics, and finds his bandry. He married ^nPi«^QC^Urc.h ' he. is also a member of the patrons of Husto this union onlv on L Louisa Kiser, of Indiana ; of the five children bom and long-lived familv - hs»nei? C1tizens of Miami Co.; he comes from a vigorous y , ms paternal grandparents were Hollanders ; he was born m

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Somerset Co., N. J., Aug. 14, 1802, and is the son of Matthew and Cornelia (Post) Ten Eick; the former bom May 4, 1764, in the same county as our subject ; his father, Henry, came from Holland in an early day, and settled in New Jersey ; he served as a Captain under Gen. Washington, in the struggle for American Independence, and was a brave man ; he participated in the battle of Bunker Hill and others ; he survived to the advanced age of 86 years, and had seven sons and one daughter ; the daughter married Benjamin J. Hayes, the celebrated New York detective ; Matthew was the seventh son, and, according to the old superstitious belief that the seventh son was endowed with extraordinary curative powers, he was educated for the medical profession, and practiced medicine to some extent through life ; though quite young, he participated in the war of 1776, and was 1st Lieutenant of a New Jersey company. He married Cornelia Post April 9, 1796, who was bom Jan. 4, 1771, in New Jersey ; Matthew emigrated to Ohio in the fall of 1812, making the trip by team ; he located in Montgomery Co., near the present site of Miamisburg ; here he erected his mde log cabin, and began pioneer life ; he soon purchased a farm, and, with unflagging industry and perseverance, established a permanent home, where he passed the remainder of his active life, the latter eight years of his life being passed in Bethel Township, Miami Co., with our subject ; he died at the age of nearly 90 years, April, 1853, and his wife in May, 1849 ; he had four sons and one daughter ; Matthew, his youngest son, went to Iowa early, and with Gov. Lucas, laid out Iowa City, and his oldest daughter was the first child bom in the place. Our subject was the third son, and his early life was that of a pioneer ; the hardships and privations of which developed a vigorous constitution and a fine physique ; in the fall of 1821, he teamed to Ft. Wayne, Ind., where he first met and made the acquaintance of Col. Johnston, with whom he was an intimate friend ever after ; in the spring of 1822, he moved to Shelby Co., on a farm, where he began a career as a farmer, land and stock-dealer , and which has been marked with signal success, due to his unusual foresight as a business man, his industry and economy ; he remained six years in Shelby Co., and then removed to Bethel Township, Miami Co., and in 1865, came to his present place in Tippecanoe City ; while in Shelby Co., he lived a neighbor to Col. Johnston ; he began life with small financial means, and, by his unflagging industry and business sagacity, has amassed a large fortune ; he has 1,440 acres of land in one tract, lying in the horseshoe bend of Honey Creek, Bethel Township, all under the best of improvement ; he also owns " the model " farm of Central Ohio, of 1,000 acres, for which he has been offered $60,000, and a few years ago paid the largest real estate tax in the county ; when the Wyandot reservation of Ohio was sold, he purchased 2,700 acres of the land, and afterward disposed of it in two tracts at a great profit ; he has been equally successful in stock-dealing, and has established a wide reputation as a dealer in fine horses, his judgment in the selection of horses being regarded as par excellence ; while buying horses in Kentucky, he became acquainted with Henry Clay, at whose house he fVequently dined, and one time, to convince Clay that the farming implements of the Miami Valley were far ahead of those of Kentucky, expressed him a patent Wilmington plow, which he much appreciated, and afterward sold him what, he said was the finest horse he ever owned ; during the late waishe took large Government contracts to furnish mules, and among the many hundreds which he supplied, so well had he selected them, not one was rejected by tue Government Inspector ; he is now 78 years old, with his mental and physical powers remarkably well preserved ; coming from a stock of " Old-Line Whigs, he naturally became a Republican at the organization of the party. He was married. May o , 1821, to Eleanor, daughter of William P. and Mary Barkalow ; she was born Nov. 19, 1803 ; their golden wedding was celebrated May 30, 1871, with many »nd valuable gifts ; of the six sons and four daughters born to them, three sons ana three daughters have died. . on(i

AARON F. THOMAS, farmer ; P. O. Troy ; is one of our prormn^t men, ana was born in Concord Township June 12, 1836 ; his vocation mainly thateff engaged in teaching vocal music. ' His father, Samuel Thomas, was born in Ken* tucky, Feb. 24, 1790, and came to this county in 1805 ; his neighbors were Indians, of whom the nearest was the noted chief, Kilbuck, who figured prominently in the war of 1812. Atone time his father sold this chief some whisky, and Samuel carried it to him. Kilbuck became intoxicated ; his son and Samuel were wrestling, and, as Samuel appeared to be getting the better of him, the chief became very angry, attempting to kill him ; Samuel's life was saved only by his fleetness of foot During the war of 1812, he helped capture both this noted chief andnis son, which was a great degradation in their estimation. His wife, Elizabeth Gearheart, was bom in Virginia May 15, 1796 ; she came this county in 1812, and they were married Dec. 26, 1815, and settled near Troy. Their outfit consisted of two knives and forks, two plates, and tin cups to match ; their fbmiture consisted of two puncheon stools, a board being mortised in one for a back, which was usraby Mrs. Thomas in spinning ; all their clothing was manufactured by her skillful fingers. They were the parents of Silas A., Maria, John M., Charlotta, Charles and Aaron F. Thomas, all of whom are living. Samuel was a plasterer by trade, and worked at the business for more than a half-century, plastering the first house in Troy, and also the first one in the county. He owned 160 acres of land, ana was on the pension list of the old veterans of the war of 1812 ; his death occurred in July, 1878, at the advanced age of 88 years. Aaron F. Thomas was first married to Miss Belle McCain ; they had three children - Harry E., Edgar S. ana Frankie, who died in infancy. Mr. Thomas enlisted in the navy, during the war o the rebellion, under Commodore Farragut ; he was discharged in June, 1864 ; soon after his return, his wife died ; his health was much injured in the service, but e is now nearly recovered. His marriage with Miss Susan Patty was celebrated November, 1865 ; he resided on the Thomas home farm until 1879, when he purchased a farm of his father-in-law, Enoch Patty. Mr. Thomas has built a fine residence and bam upon it, and now lives at his ease. They have four children viz., Lizzie, Lucella, Omer and Mary. His wife's father, Enoch Patty, was boro in 1815 ; he was married to Miss Catharine Kessler in March, 1841 ; her P^1*, ' John B. and Susan Kessler, also being pioneers. Mr. and Mrs. Patty wereM. parents of seven children, six of whom are now living. His first wife was m Curtis, by whom one son, William H. Patty, was bom. Enoch is one ot wealthy farmers of this county, and his honorable dealings for a long P®??*1.. years, have greatly endeared him to the people. Since his wife's death, in 187 b, daughters have kept house for him. We cannot hope to have him long with , as he is afflicted with an incurable disease, but we wish to put his name on reco among the first families of the county. n.,

CHARLES TRUPP, contractor, builder and manufacturer, Tippecanoe uy» one of the well-established business men of Tippecanoe ; was bom in Saxo Jr* Germany, in 1833, and is the son of George and Caroline Trapp, both now deceased. George was a contractor and builder, and carried on the business quite sively. Our subject was educated in the common schools of his native country, and from the age of 16 to 18 he took a thorough course in architecture, outside of this obtained valuable experience and instruction in his professio , under the direction of his father ; at the age of 18, he immigrated to this country, landing in New York City, April 7, 1851, where he engaged at carpentering for one year ; he then came direct to Tippecanoe, and followed his occupation for four

1?th0V- 1> in 1862 inthe 94th 0. V. L,in which recent he tt'Lf ^ C!?8e of the war> participating in the battles of Pencyville, Stone Sherman i Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Atlanta campaign and

Source changes here: from The History of Miami County, Ohio : Containing a History of the County; Its Cities, Towns, Etc.; General and Local Statistics; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Map of Miami County; Constitution of the United States; Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., Etc, by W.H. Beers & Co, Publisher, published 1880; 48,596 words in this source stream.

Monroe Township

Monroe Township is in the southern tier of townships running east and west, in Miami County, and is bounded on the north by Concord Township, while .the Great Miami River separates it from Staunton and Bethel on the east ; Montgomery County bounds it on the south, and Union, the southwestern township of Miami County, on the west. It contains thirty-six full and six fractional sections, making, in all, about nineteen thousand three hundred and twenty acres. In the beginning of the present century, when the few hardy men reached here from South Carolina, they found the forest unbroken for miles around ; not a spot of prairie land was in the township, while the only inhabitants of the sylvan solitudes were the untutored Indians, who gained a livelihood by hunting the wild animals that abounded here at that date. The Shawanee tribe had quite a village in the southeastern part of the township, below the present line of Tippecanoe, and here they lived a life of happy contentment, roaming the woods at liberty, and gaining a scanty but satisfactory subsistence from the spontaneous products of the country round about them. Little did they think, living in their grand simplicity and utter ignorance of the rise and fall of nations., which had taken place since the creation of the world, that, ere three-quarters of a century should have passed away, only the memory of their people would be lingering in the minds of the descendants of those whose might alone entitled them to the soil, which, according to the law of original possession, was their'own. The appearance of the white man upon the scene caused the spirit of their dream to change. The advent of this iconoclastic creature in their midst put to flight all preconceived notions they may have entertained of remaining in undisturbed possession of the soil where for many centuries they had pitched their tents unmolested. To us, at present, viewing the productive farms and elegant homes that dot the country in every direction, it seems difficult to realize that here, in a period not very remote, " there lived and loved another race of beings ; " but these have long since passed away ; the leaves of the forest no more feel the impress of their stealthy footsteps ; the smoke from their camp-fires no more rises gracefully from the front of their wigwams, and,

The metamorphosis in Monroe Township, since the year 1801, has been complete, and, although not noticeable to the young, to the few pioneers who still live, the change seems wonderful indeed. The productiveness of her soil is not excelled by that of any other township in the county, while her manufactories compare favorably with those of any of her neighbors, and speak plainer than words of the enterprise and business ability of her citizens. By a free use of .the tile manufactured in the township, the ground has been brought to the highest state of cultivation, while the quarries produce an excellent quality of limestone for the construction of buildings.

The first white settler in the township was Samuel Freeman, who brought his family to Monroe in 1801 ; he located about one mile south of where Tippecanoe now is, and built his cabin soon as possible, occupying a bark hut left by the Indians until he had finished a house of his own. John Freeman, a son of the former, built the first corn-cracker in the township, near the bayou, in 1806.

John Yount came from North Carolina to Monroe Township in 1802, bringing his family with him, and making his home for some time right among the Indians ; he entered his farm at $2 per acre, which they " stepped off," thus dispensing with the services of a surveyor.

Michael Fair was probably the next settler in the township ; he brought his family from Frederick County, Md., and settled one mile and a half southwest of the present site of Tippecanoe, in 1804. Mr. F. was stepfather to John Clark, who afterward laid out the town. George Fair, a son of M. F.'s, born in Maryland in 1794, has resided in the township seventy-six years, and is the oldest resident in Monroe.

John Clark, a native of Chester County, Md., immigrated to Ohio with his parents in 1804. They located first in Greene County, but, not being satisfied to remain there, removed to Monroe Township in October of the same year, and settled permanently one mile and a half west of Tippecanoe, where they resided till their death. In early life, John was wholly dependent on his own exertions for a livelihood, and, as the sequel shows, proved himself competent for the emergency. In after years, he became one of the largest land-holders in the township. Mr. C. was a man of great business capacity, and, in the course of his business life, made four trips to New Orleans with flat-boats loaded with produce ; and, although such a journey was considered very hazardous, under his management they became very successful financially.

David Jenkins, was born in Newberry District, S. C., in 1758, from which place he emigrated, in 1805, reaching this township the same year. He was accompanied West by Elisha Jones. Mr. Jenkins' four sons, viz., Amos, Phineas, Eli and Jesse, came to the township, and settled near their father, between the years 1805 and 1808. The log cabin used by Mr. J. as a residence when he first came to the township still stands on Section 8, and is, without doubt, the oldest dwelling in Monroe Township.

David Jenkins, Esq., commonly distinguished as " Squire " Jenkins, reached Monroe in 1806, and located on part of Section 20. He was a prominent man in the community, and figured conspicuously in all affairs of a public character in his township. Elected Justice of the Peace in 1818, he was continued in office till his death, in 1858.

Thomas Pearson was, at the time of his arrival in the township, the oldest man in the settlement. He immigrated here from Newberry District, S. C., in 1806, at the age of seventy-six years. His sons, Enoch, Jonas, and Thomas, Jr., all of whom had families, came here at the same time, and settled on Section 20. Samuel Pearson came from South Carolina the same year, and the different members of the Pearson family then entered land on portions of Sections 20, 21, 22 and 29. Thomas, Sr., was a Quaker minister of considerable notoriety, while his son Enoch was the first blacksmith in the township. Samuel P. was accompanied bv his nine sons.

John Jay came to Monroe Township in 1803, accompanied by his family of seven sons and three daughters, only one of the sons being married at that time, but the rest took to themselves wives, and the family in a short time became so numerous that they formed quite a settlement by themselves, and were known as the "Jay set." Upon their arrival here they entered portions of Sections 25, 36 and 31, which they soon cleared and brought under a high degree of cultivation. Walter D. Jay was the first man who refused to countenance the use of ardent spirits in the harvest field. He was a man noted for his integrity, a stanch Abolitionist, and, as far as was in his power to be, a patron of education.

Paul Macy immigrated here with his two married sons. Thomas and Paul, Jr., in 1808 ; the family were natives of Tennessee. Upon arriving in Cincinnati, they entered portions of Sections 31 and 32, where they subsequently built their log cabins, and, by the constancy of their labors as well as the strict integrity of their dealings with their fellows, the}r made for themselves not only pleasant homes, but sustained the relation of prominent citizens to the community.

George North, accompanied by his three sons, came to Monroe Township from Georgia, alter he had passed the age of fourscore years. He had been a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and was a great admirer of President Monroe, so, when the right of naming the township was ceded to him, he called it Monroe, in honor of that great and good man. Mr. N. was an influential man in the community, and was more than one huudred years old at the time of his death.