Newton Township (part 1 of 4)

Newton Township

Elizabeth 55f John 20m Samuel 15m Deeter, John 38m Sarah 38 f Fidelia Teh Isaac 16m Wm. 10m David 7m Elisabeth 4f Deeter, Polly 45f Caroline 12f Barbara 10f Esther Ube Susan 4f Lohman, Christian 27m Sarah 19f Daniel 6/12m Richison, Joseph 29m Elizabeth 21f Wm. 5m Ellen H. is Frederick 26m

Pearson, Wilkison 46m SC Eleanor 45f O Alfred 21m O James C. 18m O Ephriam 16m 10) Richard 13m O Job 11m 1@) Catherine Of O Ann Rebecca 4f oO

Haworth, Sarah A. 7f Elizabeth 4f Pearson, Elisha 45m Julia 46f James 13m Jeremiah 10m Noah 4m Enos im Strickley, Christina 42f David 20m 22222? 19m Sarah 16f James 14m Samuel 11m Wm. 8m John H. 7m Johnson, James 49m Catherine 59f Johnson, Benjamin 24m Isabell 22f David 6/12m Brandon, Isaiah P. 40m Sarah 38 Ff Martha 19f Mary E. 18f Esther 16f Richard 14m Samuel 12m Anna 10f Sarah 8f Amos 6m Robert 4m Isaac 2m James 6/12m Davis, Anna 60f Newton Twp.

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Wm. 20m David 18m James 14m Nancy ala Mary O. 1h Jay, Joseph F. 36m Mary 34f Wm. 15m Lucinda 1I3f Jane 5 lad los Elizabeth of John 9m Kutcher, Isaac 31m Elizabeth 28f Jacob 6m Ephraim 5m Martha 2f Davis 6/12m Brand, Daniel 62m Lydia 52 f Samuel 22m Adam 19m Rebecca 14f Jacob 12m Hannah 10Ff Barbara 6 f Haworth, Henry 29m Anna 29f Lydia 8f Sampson 7m Mary 5f Wm. ° 3m Joseph 6/12m

Inman, George 25m cabinet maker Anna PIE He Julia 3f David 2m Elizabeth 1f Pearson, Benjamin 32m carpenter Salina 30f Epaminondas 6m Minerva 4f Aldajara 9/12Ff Holsinger, Jacob 26m Sarah 19f Minick, David 22m blacksmith Melinda ao R & Shoemaker, George 30m tailor Margaret 27f Shepperd, Elizabeth 7f Shoemaker, Philip 18m John 25m Wright, John L. 23m shoemaker Rachael 18f Hellen 10/12f Falkler, Sanford 14m Whitmore, John 29m merchant Sarah 20f Sarah 14f Ellen 7F Washington 5m John 3m Lewis 3/12m

Source changes here: from The History of Miami County, Ohio, by W. H. Beers & Co, published 1880; 20,403 words in this source stream.

Newton Township

and six miles from north to south, so that within its limits are foun ' , - the most of which is tillable. Its boundaries are Newberry an Franklin, Townships upon the north, Concord on the east, Union on the south, an one of the eastern townships of Darke County, bounds it on the wes - . ^ as it does a superior system of drainage, fertile soil, ever-livmg sp_ ^ streams of excellent water, ample railroad and shipping facilities, its the present time are happy in the possession of a country inferior to no town_ which conduces to render prosperity accessible to all within its limits, i, .n_ton ship is traversed almost centrally from north to south by the Dayton, IjO ^ A Toledo Railroad, which, though yet in its infancy, is of incalculable hen. _ the country through which it passes in affording its citizens traveling ana 8 PF ^ accommodations, thereby greatly enhancing the value of the lands and en ing industrial pursuits in general. In addition to this, the township is uw® * ^ by a perfect network of free pikes, excellent county and township roads P ^ good condition, her streams are spanned by numerous magnificent bndgeg^. ^ which stand as enduring monuments and attest to the industry and progress spirit of the people by whom they were constructed. footers

Inasmuch as the Stillwater River has been one of the most important in the early settlement of this and all other townships bordering its banks, think it is well worthy of particularization. We shall not, however, begin at i source, nor carry it to the mouth, but shall endeavor to describe it in seen bounded by the limits of the township lines whose history we are record^- Stillwater enters this township near the division line between Sections 5 received the appellation bv which* it'" > ®an8e d east. As to how this creek one of which ITthaMn «riw ISK c;ommoniy known there are two versions, had led him t^' l- .eai!ber times, before the curiosity and enterprise of man vicinitv when th^hete?terthLe wilderne88- aad establish himself a home inTis SS^'Jw* stnmWh1 ° the WOlf a2cl the 'Thoo'J of 'he Indian were the only echoes reverberating °f ,natUres auditor* apparatus, and sent the this t.rJut;?! * n g through the almost impenetrable fores t^-at such a time as arth^r8 th,e etoryol two hunters, Abbott and Jones by naLe, who solitude wlien tfr r'na!i10.nS °f the cba8e> had penetrated thus far in the sylvan they w^ Dh®"S and d,8aPPO"itetl with the almost fruitless labors ofthe day, forests, to recruht^tlmir^nat° shades . of night were fast settling o'er the solemn sleep and wiHmn*511 wa?te^ ener»les " tire(l nature's sweet restorer, balmy temPinated L the nn^reV,°HS warni"?- their Preconcerted plans were suddenly it appears thev hnH^^^?06 1"^" tbe 8cene of 8 lulge panther, whose domicile, the place without^. b' invaded, and the animal, not willing to retire from point of iTatina hTn th g ^ "g^ *° the use of the 8ame' fro,n the legal standupon the hunters but nft!lr°n?1"aI P°asess°r of the soil, made a vigorous attack length tn tin* J?* , ' a^er a brief hand-to-hand conflict, which appeared of great

Par^er Xlt ^ bed rcpose ? and sinee that time, the stream has been called banks c'ora.memojation of their struggle with that animal upon its the Caucasian rani IfT°n ofu the 8tory is that Iong years after the members of and the wild nhviT h&<I 2?U?ht and made for themselves homes in this vicinity, ancestors and hi^ren °f the fo,rest had retired from the hunting-grounds of their the^^ht g°neu^ 8eek a PIace nearer the Great Father of Waters, where graves of hie aawilImg to quit in his later years the hunting-grounds and on the WyIo eJftthers, refused to follow his people, and, constructing his lodge watch i no- °l, 8tl;eam which bears his name, remained upon the spot, wondered if *k 88 u 8aw tke Primeval forests rapidly fading from his view, he sensei* w change was a reality, or mere delusion caused by his failing ^nses. Well might he say with the poet : ' °

However, as to which of the two stories is the more authentic, it is not possible for us, at a period so remote from the time when these events should have occurred, to determine with absolute certainty ; although for various reasons, which the limited nature of our work does not permit us to chronicle, we are led to think that the former of the two versions is probably the more plausible. Be this as it may, it is a well-known fact that the portion of the township drained by this creek offered the greatest inducements to the earlier settlers, and by no means the least of these advantages was the exceeding fertility of the soil, to which the extreme healthfulness of fie climate and bewitching beauty of the location united to make it an extraordinarily desirable place for the heads of families to choose as a permanent home. These advantages, together with that offered by the stream, which was capable of producing power sufficient to run the various mills, which were very essential, and, indeed, almost indispensable factors in the earlier settlements, account for the first settlements of the township having been made in this locality ; besides the streams to which reference has already been made, there are several minor ones, two of which flow in an easterly course through the southern tier of sections, and finally empty into the Stillwater, while another flows, a more southerly course and pours its waters into Ludlow Creek, in Union Township. Excellent springs of never-failing water also well up in various localities, than which, water more sparkling or refreshing is not to be found within the limits of our country. As regards the chorography of this portion of the county, it can be said of Newton that it is mostly level ; the township slopes gently from the east of the Stillwater, and no waste land is to be found. The western banks of the river, however, in some places rise abruptly into rather high bluffe. which, in several places, extend some distance west of the river, but a very small portion of this land cannot be tilled, the most of it at the present time being in a high state of cultivation ; this productive condition of the soil is not a mere matter of chance, but . has been brought about only after spending long years of manual labor at agricultural pursuits, assisted in later years by the mechanical arts. 1° the beginning of the present century, when the first settlements were made, the township was one densely wooded forest, with but two exceptions ; what to-day is the meadow green, with its abundant herbage, was then an unknown forest, fit home for the wild animal and native Indian, who held a joint proprietorship in the land, and each walked unmolested, as was their wont, the " monarchs of all they surveyed. . The punty of the atmosphere was then tainted by nothing save the smoke which curled in fantastic wreathings from the wigwam of the red man, now the air is rendered noxious by the impure vapors rising from the noisy locomotive, as it rushes through with its load of freight, exchanging the products of other climes for the surplus products in this ; then the giant oak reared its lofty head deep into the ethereal depths ; now the monarch of the forest is fallen, and m l place fields of waving com and wheat, orchards bending beneath their loads or luscious fruits, dot the landscape here and there as far as the eye can reach.

°f the oldest inhabitant of the township the country has been t^^ZlSaJ5ffonned'rniuch farther back than this we cannot go ; but the old are eimioa v, tell the history of this township as far back as there

Indian what tiT^11 ^ownsbiP long before the advent of the white man or even remaira too Haa Jw together with their manners, customs and language, entiflc research Ja ,V b,?ne<i the mold of centuries to be soon unearthed by sciof great deDth fAimS0ifO1uin secti°n of Miami County is an alluvial deposit able for its^ntfnnJTr additions of successive years ; it is quarters of a centn^ Tertlbt^' inasmuch as the ground which has been tilled three the amount of its the lea8t abated in productiveness ; on the contrary, foible as circumstan^ wOUH They made 'bcmselves ks comtfafj0. remove the forest nti^1 " tbeir. "ew quarters, and proceeded at unless they sowed thev wonlH *^7 to P*aat'ng in the spring, knowing well the3 wou,d »ot reap. They plied their ices vigorously, the effects of which soon made themselves apparent in more ways than one. Not only was a spot of ground laid open to the genial influence of the sun, but, one particularly clear morning, when the sounds created by their vigorous strokes sent the echoes rebounding merrily through the surrounding forest the woodmen were surprised by the appearance upon the scene of Michael Williams, who had been roused from " the even tenor of his way " by the sounds which bespoke the onward move of civilization. Having previously considered himself the only settler in the vicinity, he proceeded at once to investigate matters, and, in company with one of his sons, pushed his boat up the Stillwater to the place from where the sounds proceeded, and was not a little surprised at the sight which greeted his ?yes. The emotions of gladness which thrilled him at the prospect of establishing friendly relations with one of his own kind can better be imagined than described. His desire being fully reciprocated by Mr. Coate, for, in those primeval days, a neighbor was an article not to be lightly estimated, they at once became fast friends, and, probably, the first highway in the township was the simple footpath that spanned the distance between their dwellings, and which was indicated by the blazed trees that marked its course. Mr. Coate died in the year 1822, at the advanced age of eighty-four years, having been a resident of this township some eighteen years. He lived to see much of the land occupied by the enterprising white settlers who immigrated here between the war of 1812 and his death, and to see his sons, the most prominent men in the vicinity, happily situated on homes of their own, free from any incumbrance, save the trees, the spontaneous products of the soil.

wife °f Mr . Coate died some time previous to the death of her husband. qk u j °r could it be written, would make a large and interesting book, fine had been captured by the Indians at the age of seven, and, after enduring Hardships that but few of her sex could have outlived, finally escaped from her ^tors after having been in their custody for five long, wearisome years, during tc time she became conversant with their customs and language, which accomplishments, if so we may term them, proved very beneficial to the whites during the time of hostilities.

Thomas Hill was probably the third white man who established himself permanently in this township ; he came from the East about the year 1805 or 1806r acwmpamed by his family, which consisted of two sons, viz., Nathan and John, viz., Elizabeth and Sarah. Mr. Hill established himself at once on feection 20, where he resided until his death. He early identified himself interests of the township, building as soon as practicable u va*> the an(l only copper still ever erected in this township. This

8U2Ce88fully tiU the I**1 181 8, when fie disposed of the property to desfroye^by flre° 0perated lt tiU 1831 or 1832> when the whole establishment was toJrirb S rD V a famUy of nine children> listing of six boys «d w S^°lina was hi8 ^tive State, and there he would probably he found it imiUaaW81?8 °PPosed to slavery in any form in which it might appe«*> to them. Therefore not n°t coincided by the majority of the people to belong the people of his State . afile to coincide in his views of these things with the land of bondage 'and11^f?Uent^, Wlth 1118 three sons and five daughters, he left wnaage, and, after enduring the hardships consequent upon so long a among tlie settlers as that instrument w ! 1 0t 1)roduce 80 much astonishment In the fall of 1800 the littl» ^ * . hccn seen to do on a former occasion took immediate poWssfon tf from the,r nat,Ye Stato. Upon arriving here thev north and south The hearl* ^urr^er'sec^ons of land, lying in a direct line sequently, as far as fam^tfef ^ SeVeral fami,ies were al1 '^hers in l^ con themselves. Samuel T(^e the^rdeMocat^d' thefhform?d1 duite a settlement of

®e"lamm 1>earson on the south quarter Sector, £ ? -!"w-nqUarter' Section 28- norUi quarter, Section 33 ; the Iatter dted tl,o ° af5f nh' e ^,H,a" Fnrnas took the n the cemetery at Pleasant hut.. * -1st of December, 1835, and is buried lute will, which, "1.& W?re e,ldowed hy nature withal change the gloomy aspect ofthefoLr fr fl^fngl^duStry' "on enabled them to 83 they learned to loi^where" timin' IT? lnt?au Eden> at least into such homes with their children, who had^wEi happily and prosperously many years Embree was a natWeof Te^ ,,ear them. Jacob

°f the soil in this countv commi^ here> and hearing the wonderful fertility mined to remove thither in i on in the most favorable terms, he detertled on the soutW ^^ 1" «*? of 1807, we find himtt- frem Vi^Sa^n tt'e°yLrflio6 or^iiT^16!?!"1 ^ tP.wns,!ip' brought bis family "ver, on the northwestTimrii. o ^. 7 and *ocated himself near the ford of the sons, one of whom ^ of Section 7. He was the head of a family of four

Benjamin Iddings, from Tennessee, came about the same time as the preceding, and erected his cabin on Section 33, for which purpose land was given him by Mr. Pearson.

Joseph Furnas settled on the banks of the Stillwater in 1808 ; he had a family of seven children, and taught the first school in the township, in his own house.

The first settlers west of the river were William and David Miles, who hailed from South Carolina in 1807. The former died the same year of his arrival. At this period, settlements began to be made in the northern part of the township, on Panther Creek. Robert Leavell, from South Carolina, settled on Section 2, in 1808, and William Perry, from Tennessee, located himself on Section 6 at about the same time, while Robert Dickson, the father of two sons and several daughters, located himself on northwest quarter, Section 7, in 1808-09.

Inasmuch as the township, at this date, was rapidly filling up in eveiy direction, it would be impossible in the limited space allotted ns, to follow each family through the perils of the wilderness to the spot where they* located ; among the later settlers we might mention Samuel Falkner, Jacob Rench, George Freshonr and many other men of indefatigable perseverance, who rapidly transformed the forest into productive farms, and laid the foundation for that high degree of prosperity enjoyed by the present population. From the result of their labors, we imagine their motto must have been

Jacob Embree may be legitimately credited with being the father of the manufacturing interests of the township ; prior to his arrival, the power offered by the streams had not been utilized ; it was not long after this, however, till the grating i the crank as it turned the hopper of the old mill, and the whirring sound of the h ol*18 V rapidly through the ponderous logs, whispered a story of better aays, when the puncheon floor and split-slab door would give place to smooth °aken boards and flour for family use could be obtained at home it « after Mr Eml>ree erected the saw-mill, in 1808, he attached to ni" Tnnglrain' or corncracker, as it was then called. It was a very simple co"8i®ting of « hopper, around which four forks were set in as a^holt^ d together by cross-pieces and covered with brush, in order to serre scale this bJL wbde the mill was being operated. On so small a day. Thi? mUMi^not ^ & 8f^'mi11 on Section 10, Range 4, in a very early a lonely landmark of the ?fra.te<i for many years, but the frame still stands, oil-mill was established KpuJ, D^nt tottering beneath its weight of years. An some time prior to 1840 Tnn,u n 8 on Pother Creek, by Abraham Deeter, first establishment of the lrinH b built a distillery in 1818. This was the ship. Mr. R. ran this busin^s «n^ S*lJrater\ in the northern part of the townfire, in 1831-32. He immediate cce8sf|il!y until his building was destroyed by immediately erected another structure, on the west bank of

Deeter brothers.1 Tbis mil" wtTrun till aLf,?nng °f 1848' he Sold this <**> to the by fire, and the present Sugar Grove Mill was^henTn'Vth' Wr6s *tnwas destroyed at the present time, is doing a S busings bmlt * ^ CrUmrine- who' we about two ^?in dilmlthlgh' ^ lna8"uch 88 there are trees on this which up, we are led to hpliA^ffif *' bave grown after the ground was thrown

Xut on^re'VsnrfL0886' at lea8t fifteen feet b«b "b"> first built been almost entimlv inclosed, now covered with saplings, but it must have articles denotin^Ti^ frGe from tTees wben tbe fortification was formed. Numerous have been fo»^f of a race that had some knowledge of the fine arts, impremiahla S near at handj and many things go to show that this almost genceof tho t Itfe8S was °oonpied by a people of more than the ordinary intellis pot wp i . *^8 wbo these people were, or when they lived upon the agreeable task of creating the hypothesis, from which the origin and destiny of this people may some day be ascertained- The prairie of which previous mention has been made, was just across the river from this fort, and probably was used by this people as a burying-ground. It may, indeed, have been cleared by them in tne beginning. Many skeletons have been found here, and the fact that this spot o prairie-land was partially surrounded by sycamore trees, goes to show that t ey were planted by human hands, for this species of tree is usually found only upon the banks of streams. We can be positive in regard to several letters . First, the human skeletons show that a people did really exist ; secondly, t e earthenware vessels, that they were creatures of intelligence ; thirdly, the existence of the fortification proves that they had an enemy. Who that foe man was tna inspired the erection of such a fortification, is not explained even by tradition, an probably never will be known, but to those who have long since gone to the lan of spirits. . . .

Pleasant Hill, the only village in this township, has a population of abo 500 inhabitants, and includes one square mile of surface in its corporate h®1®.

The town was for many years called Newton, after the township, which, Dy the way, was named in honor of the philosopher, Sir Isaac. The ground upon which it is situated was surveyed by James Hauks, and laid out by J. K. leewr, May 26, 1843. The original plat consisted of eight lots, all west of Main stree , which bounded them on the east, and which was sixty-six feet wide then, but subsequently had its width increased to eighty feet The lots were 132 with seventy-five feet front, and were divided by two cross streets, viz., High an North, each forty-nine and one-half feet wide. These streets are now eighty tee wide, while the cross-streets which intersect Main on the east, are sixty-six tee wide. After having been laid out, the growth of the village rapidly increased, and in 1850, became of so much importance that it was decided, for general con^ venience, to move the post office from Coppock's mill to Newton. The post om had first been kept about one mile southeast from town, and, from the beautiful spot of its location, was called Pleasant Hill. It was moved from he in about 1840, to Coppock's mill, and was kept awhile in the mill, but it sn retained its first name, and, upon its being removed to Newton, it was decided, order to prevent all irregularities in regard to postal matters, to change the nam of Newton to Pleasant Hill, which was accordingly done. After the removal o the office here, John Whitmore became Postmaster, which position he retain five or six years. At present, the position is filled by Mr. J. Reiber, a brave so* dier in the late rebellion, who, in a single engagement, was the target wni received five leaden bullets while battling for the Union under the banner of old Stars and Stripes.

The village was incorporated June 30, 1866. The first officers were as follows: Mayor, Charles W. Davis ; Recorder, N. B. Teeter; Trustees, William Patty, M. D., John H. Williams, D. Minnich, John Whitmore and Joseph * '

Three merchants, one boot and shoe shop, three blacksmiths, one silver-sun > one agricultural implements, two wagon-makers, five physicians, one grain deal , one fhrmture dealer, one confectionery, two milliners, and one saloon.

The progress made by a country in civilization is denoted in a gj6**' measure by her educational advantages. The mighty strides taken in this directi°n> may well be regarded with pride by the enterprising citizens of Newton. iqaq - u* school in the township was taught by Joseph Furnas, in they iaos, in his own cabin, which stood on the banks of the Stillwater. The greater part of his pupils consisted of his own children, seven in number ; w these were added the children of the neighbors when they could be spared from such a screeching noise a! scut the hln^l g h'C,V U1>0" being °P«"cd. Produced «t ; the patent tenc^vkh sh t olr ^^!'' '^ '"'0Ugb the veins °f the strongbut in lieu of this, the pu£ lY n,0t 3'«t made its appearance, bugs and held up by wooden ,beuobos rudely hewn from sappurjiosc. In such rude and Immnl , °.' tlu'0llD,> auger holes provided for that settlers receive their early Ltu^ou and^Hf ^ th" ?'d tbc children of the old The second teacher in nT« uc, ?u and themselves for the business of life

"cable the log house ^VwaTro ^^ ' WUSt °' tb<i riv* i and as soon as pme" at the present time toero Iro ®°"ven,c"'mid comfortable structures, and employment during thirtv-siv ,!uat -eboolhouses in the township, giving

Nathan Hill and David MinnL0'' J' £ Tcotcr- Goorgc Shoemaker, by Oliver Furnas and Harriott 'bflerent grades were tough t the first year friends, wholminf^^ \n township were members of the denomination of tions of the Puritan** " "cre from the East to free themselves from the persecufelationship back to iuaU^ PeoPle °f the township to-daj^, trace their immortalized hv Whu?'- , ?ood Qualcer whose sufferings and name have been Divine services worn k Yj1111, ^1S beautiful poem, "The Exile." For many years, church was a W h. -iYr m ^ai7lsi. dwelling houses and in the open air. The first formed by the erected in 1820, and was called Union Church, because in 1820 - if*w!L C-fUr?\^n ^le township was a log house built by the Christians ' situated south of the cemetery of Pleasant HilL This house was afterward taken down, and a frame building occupied its place. This denomination was organized in 1815, when, a discussion arising as to what the cliurcn should be called, Mrs. Kyle said she "hoped the church might do well, and suggested the name of Hopewell, which was unanimously adopted, and it has been known by that name ever since. After the old frame building fell into disuse, tne present brick edifice was built in Pleasant Hill. The denomination at the presen time has no regular minister, but the membership is, perhaps, as large as any in the township ; they maintain a Sunday school throughout the year, and have a general attendance of about 150. .. .

The third church in the township was of logs, built by the German tfaptisu> about 1841. This was replaced in 1840 by the "Old Stone Church. It was remodeled in 1873, and is now known as the Sugar Grove Church. .

The Congregational Brethren Church of Pleasant Hill was organized in c fall of 1876. The officers were as follows: Presiding Elder, John Cadwalladcr Elder, Jacob Crurarine; Minister and Secretary, Elias Teeter; Deacon, Panic Deeter. Present officers : W. G. Ullery, Elias Teeter and Jacob Cramnne, Elders , M. Deeter and Samuel It. Deeter, Deacons ; W. II. Cadwalladcr, Secretary ; n unap Mikescll, Treasurer. The present frame edifice was built a few years since and is a neat structure, whose congregation consists of a goodly number of devout worshipers. , ,

It is a substantial structure, size 50x70 feet, the upper part being of bnck, an the basement of stone ; this denomination also has a church edifice in Plcasan Hill with a membership of more than 100, which, in conjunction with the members of Sugar Grove Church, in numbers exceed any other single denomination in tne township.

The Disciples' Church was organized here in 1872, at which time the congregation consisted of about 12 members ; it is a branch of the Miami Church at erickstown. At present, services are held monthly in the Disciples' Hall. Uniy about six persons are now connected with the church.

Secret Orders

A.,F. & A. M. - Pleasant Hill Lodge, No. 361, received its charter from the Grand Lodge of Ohio the 17th October, 1866. The charter was signed by Thomas Sparrow, of Toledo, Ohio, as Most Worshipful Grand Master, and John D. Caldwell as Right Worshipful Grand Secretary. The following were the charter mew* bers : Joseph Marlin, Thomas H. Coate, Nathaniel Hill, Matthias D. Myers, John Whitmer, William Furnas, Jacob Reiber, Joseph Coppock, Joseph Cox, H. J* Byrkett, J acob K. Teeter, William Anderson and Amos E. Duncan, four of whom arc members in good standing at present. The lodge now numbers fifty-six mcmbers ; of these the youngest is twenty -one years of age, while the ydars of the oldest number fourscore. The present lodge-room was completed at a cost ol $1,153.08, and was dedicated November 13, 1867. It is 45x22 feet in size, and, being nicely furnished, forms one among the best, for so small a place, in the State. Present officers are as follows :

I. O. O. F. - A charter was granted to Pleasant Hill Lodge, May 16, 1874, at Cincinnati, by the Grand Lodge of Ohio. The charter members and first officers were as follows :

.re- Pearson. The town w&T 8U7 ^ 180a The first person buried here was ""<*> it was enhSrW"TSKUn<i7?8.laid out in 18b8 or 18oT;afew^ jn8t8' "d 18 near the Sugar Grove ^n^h^o?6114 belon®8 to the German Bap- W"den?g through th^ vaHousCeiJ^h'^ ",0r45ern Part of the township Newtons old settlers are freed « ?f tbe dead> we notice that most of fonan, Teague, Cs^^of U 68 °f Williams> Coate, Hill, Coppock C ^."2*8 «*d the store of ttefr^an^^' bu4 Upon the hearts^ the people by the finger of Tu^ Ch^8 T ,DBCribed in characters Zt to fath) are now at rest The St' J? hands, once weaned with the toils of have reached the wayside inn^n*^"? nea4h the burden8 of this world's cares, with the hopes and feare The hearts that beat so anxiously teen children. Enoelf ' R ha* WaS maiTl.<5d three tlmes> and had a family of thirunion, one dying inTnfancv^M^R1 J**8 ^ and one b7 bis second, ville Tonri 8ie^e Atlanta, Lovejoy Station, two days' fight at Franklin, Nashwherp thza '* 8^rm^8bes, and, at close of war, were sent into Texas, married b^ cbange of climate. Richard, our subject, was born in Bedford Co., Va., Dec. 31, 1799 ; he emigrating first to the Kanawha Salt Works, where he remained about two years, and then came to this State; he located first in Highland Co., in which and Adams joining, he lived till he came to this county in the fall of 1856 ; he settled here on the southwest portion of bee. 13, and in this township passed the remainder of his life, his death occurring April 2, 1879, aged 79 years 3 months and 2 days ; he was a minister of the German Baptist Church for fifty-five years, and during the latter five years of his life was a nunister of the Congregational Brethren Church of Pleasant Hill, of which he was t e founder ; he was a man who taught the principles of Christianity, not only by precept, but by his daily walk, and his death was a loss to thechurch and^communi y. He was married to Anpa King about 1823 ; she was bom in 1801 in Virginia, s e moved to Highland Co., Ohio, with her parents, when she was quite small , death occurred July 25, 1864, or 1 865 ; six sons and four daughters were the issue this union. The subject of this sketch is the ninth child of the family, an reared on the farm ; his early education was received in the common school o day, and so well did he improve his time, that he qualified himself for the p sion of teaching, which he entered about 1865 ; this profession he has since tinued during the winter months, devoting his summers to farming ; he nnas political creed in the Republican party, and his religious creed in the congregational Brethren Church, of which he is Secretary. . .

JAMES H. CALDWELL, farmer ; P. 0. Bradford ; born on his proton ; farm in 1841 ; is the son of James, who was bom in Pennsylvania, June 8, n* > was the son of Stephen and Margaret C. The former died in 1801 at the age 42. James, Sr., followed smithing his entire life; he emigrated ,fh

1832 or 1833, and located first in Darke Co. In 1835 or 1836, he quarter-section in the extreme northwest angle of Newton Township ; h died in 1861 at the age of 63 years. He married Hannah Bouey, do Emmetsburg, Md., in 1814, who bore him two sons and three daughters, sons and one daughter deceased. Hannah Caldwell died when J. H- y* . a small child. The subject of this sketch, is the youngest of the i y he has made farming his life occupation. In this pursuit he is a surcess combines industry with skill and experience ; integrity being the ruling pn p in all his business transactions. He finds his political creed in the BepQD party, in which he is an ardent worker. In religion, he and his wife belong Christian Church. Mr. Caldwell has served the people as Township Drostee, charging his duties with fidelity and zeal. He married in 1861, Eunice M., of Joseph Pearson (see biography of F. Deeks); of their six children, four sum -

MARMADUKE CO ATE, deceased ; was bom in South Carolina in came of an illustrious Quaker family of England. In Besse's " Sufferings ot me Quakers, " and John Whiting's " Persecution Exposed," we find frequent mentaonu one Marmaduke Coate, of English notoriety, who was again and agaiH arre9^1'' non-compliance with the intolerant requirements of the parish priests; he was tiie faithful Quakers, who suffered imprisonment and proscription during the q ker persecution of England ; for liberty of conscience, he suffered impnsonme sundry times from 1670 to 1685, with short intervals, in all about fifteen m of the longest terms on record. All these persecutions could not move mm his steadfast adherence to the right ; he was of Hambridge, Somersetshire,^* gland ; he died about 1689, and left, among other children, a son Marmaduke,

Pole, daughter of Edward aid Mary Pole, originally of Wales, but late of Battiehay, near W iveliscombe, Somersetshire, England. Marmaduke "52S»* Uchester, the place of his father's long confinement, in ®^ner8e-n.vei *'r attending a meeting at Gregory Stoke, three miles from Curry K* which latter place appears to have been his place of residence ; his mother, BMi®, wm impnsoned at the same time. He immigrated to America, and settled mHa* ®nriingbo" Co., N. J., in 1690; the house which bebuilt*" P«uy constructed of materials brought from England, probably the leaden window-sash, and the 5x7-inch panes ofglass He^Dek 15, 1729, aged 77.

turned his attention entirely to farming ?a5f8> w.hen he abandoned it and nage with Miss Elizabeth JoneTw^' I w 6 & 8,?Ce continued. His mar daughter of Alexander Jones and 'D ,AugU8,t' 1866' She is » where he now livM^fs/l^he'is^th^ PIeaf?nt Hill; was bom near the place Coate. James wJ the fonwh * f® of James "d grandson of Marmadulte father, and l"lted^n 800 ^ h,e c»me to the Stillwater Valiev with hU marriage of JoshuT Coate2L^«lt? l{' t?ree mUe8 of Troy- After the to Montgomery Co ° at the eS^ffift" 'h* home8tead ^ years, and then moved a family >fnine children nl , { fifte.en years' he purchased his present place; Coate. Mr Coate and Vwi°f Whom hav.e d,ed' bee" bom to Mr. and Mrs. faithful members of tTe 8^"tyy **"' to the Friends' Church, and are now ton Townshto^andn nJ?' deceased, was one of the prominent citizens of Newm 1813, in Duke Co nf Je88e' "d grandson of Marmaduke Coate ; he was bom and granddaughter nf vcfu*8 1835' to Maiy Jones, a daughter of John, olina to this State at Jonei?' u lWallace Jones emigrated from South Carhe settled near wLt lUrif**1* u*y' ?lth his family of four sons and two daughters ;

John Jones waa tSf. ^ he and wife passed the remainder of their lives, had no eariy^u^L8!^nd chdd of. this family, and was bom Nov. 21, 1797 ; he rity, he procured a °P?orfuulties' b.ut after he had grown to years of matutrade), would leam and wilile wor¥ng in the shoP (being a smith by other, and in thio W1^b ln one hand, while blowing the oellows with the wins, and we am Wa? 8?°n aMe to read his Bible. Such a will as this always Church - in thi« °l 8° JPrJ8ed to soon find him a prominent minister in the Friends'

Parts of the rTnjSP^Sl ^ "e became a*1 efficient worker, traveling through many the 8th month l * he deParted this life in Eastham, Iowa the 5th day of vives at the aJn e ' at, e advanced age of nearly 80 years ; his wife still surdaughtem «r?,u0r n?Jrv 80 years. John Jones had a family of six sons and four 27, Newton t wbo". ®frs* Coate was the oldest. Benjamin J. Coate moved on Sec.

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his death occurring Sept 19, 1870. He was reared in the Friends' Church, of which he and wife were consistent members. Seven sons and six daughters were the issue of this union, all living to maturity but one - Josias, the third son, died in the fall of 1864, at Cumberland Gap, Tenn., while in his country s service, tie

B. C. CO ATE, farmer ; P. 0. Pleasant Hill ; was bom m 1850 where he now resides. He is the son of John and Nancy (Finney) Coate, Mid a direct descendant of Marmaduke Coate. John Coate was bom in 1807 m Union Township, Mid was the son of Samuel Coate, and grandson of Marmaduke C. Samuel b. was bom in South Carolina in 1772, and at the age of 28 manried Margaret UpW native of South Carolina. In 1804, he immigrated to Ohio ; he was one o a J of nine children, who, with their parents, emigrated about the same time, ne located on Sec. 5, now within the limits of Union Township. He rwred a famiy of six sons and three daughters. His death occurred in FebruMy ,186 > died in the spring of 1847. John Coate was the fourth child of thm family was twice married - first to Phoebe Miles in 1830 ; she was a daughter Miles ; she died in 1838, leaving a family of three children, two of whom aw ^ living. His second marriage was celebrated in 1842, with Mrs. Nancy . ' , , was bora in North Carolina in 1808, and when quite young herparente immigw^ to this State. They located in West Milton, which consisted of one fram then vacated - and four log cabins. Here she passed her youth. Jo reared two sons - Robert and Benjamin C. - by his second union ; he ai 11, 1871. He was reared in the Friends' Society, of which he was n fill member. Our subject's life has been that of a farmer. His early . ttmi was acquired from the common schools, and the high school of rieasan His marriage with Miss Esther Coate was solemnized in 1869. She isa g of Joshua C., and a descendant of early pioneers. Two sons have hee° , them. Mr. and Mrs. C. were both reared in the Friends' Church, of w are now consistent members. _ p _n(j

JOSIAS COATE, farmer; P. O. West Milton ; is the son of ; Jesse toawau grandson of Marmaduke Coate, who was a native of South Carolina ; he ___ family in his native State, of seven sons and two daughters, to wit : Moses^ Samuel, James, William, John, Jesse, Lydia and Sarah. Early in the D^i of the present century, they cast their fortunes in the wilds of Ohio ; 01 ^ « . iiy, Moses and Samuel led the way, in 1804, locating first in Montgomery here they halted one year, and raised a crop ; in the following fall oflti, ^ two brothers were joined by the rest of the family, when they all ^ way farther northward up the Stillwater, some locating in what is now um a, some in Newton ; of the latter was the head of the family and a jwmon children ; they located on land in Sec. 32, and constituted one of the first* in the township. An incident in the early life of Mary Coate, wife of J® armao is deserving of more than a passing notice. When only a small girl oi ... ^ four summers, she was captured by a tribe of Indians, and held by them was about 12 years old ; her maiden name was Mary Coppock. ?e8¥A«/0 * .q-iq the youngest child of the family. He celebrated his marriage in 1809 > with Mary Johnson, a native of Tennessee, and a relative of the late Pres Johnson ; after living on various farms for a few years, he located *h® up met where our subject now resides, and there passed the remainder of his life , ^ . with a fatal accident, being crashed by a saw-log rolling over him, which his death July 8, 1837 ; the death of his wife occurred Dec. 4, 1865, advanced age of 76 years ; they were the'parents of nine children, to wit . nor, Benjamin J., Josiah, Elizabeth, Thomas, David, Mary, Sarah, Julian/'^ ^ fp111 8X6 n°w living. Our subject, the third son of the family, was 1816, Dec. 9 ; he remained with his father, assisting in ferm duties, till he his majority He was married, in 1838, to Miss Sarah Tucker, a native oTW«nj" Co., Ohio ; she emigrated to this county, with her parents, in 1836 ; S1X 08

His mother was taken from^^h01^^ lim.ited,to the common schools of his day. Which he was pla^ Unl" by dfkth' when he was <"** 6 weeks old, after this time he returned to his father? °wh^.a h? ""li M. j'eached ,the «ge of 1 0 ; at minority. He was unifed w, -S> w he passed the remaining years of his of farming. The subject of this^w^ b® P8886^ 5'® 'entire life in the occupation its duties ; at his Cn^Wan fn. ®? T T*1 *° farm ,ife and accustomed to bade adieu to his family »n^ .i! f °lunteei8 to suppress the rebellion, Mr. Coate patriots of toe Unton on the batn^°^ °f h°me' "? *°* his P'^ a^ng th" bcipated in the Atl«nt« b. fleld i he was a member of the 1st 0. V. C., par- Columbus Qa - this l«tt s^P1 and battles of Rome, Ga., Selma, Ala., and being occnrred after the war had really closed, that fact were met by a flai^of Proceeded from this place to Macon, Ga., where they an armistice - frm, the^+h' annou.nfmf to them that the armies had agreed upon Department of &mth CamHn«W fh* 4t'a"ta> and shortly were transferred to the

York, and from th?£' JV4 utter^P!ace' he embarked on a steamer for New tbe 29th day of ^eDtembep0 isn^0^0' I?"51® h® waf honorably discharged on wounds but nnnfl.a^tem r 8?5i during his service, he received several slight business which hp tke 8Pring of 1870, he embarked in the mercantile magnitude of hi* ^8rPnsm« business men, when he was compelled to reduce the of at lowest nrippa^tT^k ' hu a Iar^e stock of goods, which he disposes director - hJa kas ke d fcbe office of Township Trustee, and also School railroad a^1?08^ among those who have taken an active interest in the Miss Marv TrpnSe of ttus PIace- Mr. Coate was united in marriage, in 1860, to

J. C. COPPOCK ; farmer, P. 0. Pleasant Hill ; was inJ^2 "S'? Township, and is the son of William C., who was .born m C in 1807 ; he came to this State in company with his mother and some o hte brothers, and located in Newton Township. Hecelebrated his marmge wrth Miss Eunice Cothran in 1809 ; she was bom in South Carolina .in 1(93, crated to this county with her parents in about 1808, and settled in sout tfNewton Township. Alexander Cothran, the .head of this ffmdy, metjd^an eath soon af is skull. A untimely death soon after coming here, a falling limb striking im°n j, . t ^jow crushing his skuU. After the marriage of William Coppock, he a' "S of 16, his step-father being a smith by occupation, he was placed i , h?one(j learned the trade ; his chief employment in the shop was forging demand

Jay in 1833, she died Oct. 25, 1842 ; her death was a loss to the of which she was a life member, and the community in which she i » . wa9 were born of this union, all of whom are still living. His secon Eastern*

50 years and 18 days ; three children were bom of thisunion, on , ^ant dead. His third marriage occurred in May, 1877, with Miss Barrett, _ of South Carolinans ; her ancestry- coming here early in the his tel ry an(]

Mr. Coppock, after his first marriage bought the old Marmaduke L moved on it ; he subsequently purchased the place where he now r a fine water-power flouring and saw -mill ; the mill stands on the si twjce farmers of Newton Township is the gentleman whose name heads t onn nf Joseph is a descendant of a worthy family of early pioneers of this county, and C. Coppock, whose sketch appears in another part of this work ; he pf

1838, on the place where he now resides, and which has always been F abode, with the exception of about six years ; his life has always De® . nt guc. farmer, which, by industry and good business habits, he has made an .g ^ cess. His nuptials with Miss Maria Fumas were celebrated in . b V ortjjeast daughter of Joseph Furnas ; after the marriage of Mr C., he located in . .gpreg. quarter of Sec. 29, where he remained a period of six years, and then mov ^er ent farm ; he operates a farm of 300 acres, two-thirds of which is arao children, a good state of improvement ; Mr. and Mrs. C. were the parents ol si four sons and two daughters ; two children are dead. m uen-

# D. M. COPPOCK, farmer ; P. O. Pleasant Hill ; he is a so family jamin Coppock, and grandson of Benjamin J., Sr., who was one o of nine children, who came from Newberry District, S. C. sb°u . iere 1800 ; he settled two miles west of Ludlow Falls, Union Towns P> he raised a famUy of ten children. He married Susan Jay, in Soutnt^ and they both lived to an advanced age; Benjamin J., Jr-> had dren - EUwood, D. M. and Almeda ; the parents still survive, resi ng, ^ our subject, who was bom Dec. 29, 1841, in Union Township, an^ahools0f ^a*30*, an(l, aside from common schools, was educated in the select nunrch theJF^e?^' was raised a Quaker ; he is now a member of the Chris ia , and highly respected in the community in which he lives ; he is a mem te;,^r-C' pioneere<1 bisway into &ofoJe?rriedtoElial,eth ship m 1818 ; in this vicinity he and hte wife SettIed w German Townhe dying m I860 at the aw nf s«i f passed toe remainder of their dav« years ; the subject of this sketch h«a -vears> an(i she about 1858, at the age of 82 Dartre Co. until 1873, Xf te mov^Zl- f8r"iDg his ,ife 7heT£ to Drove Mill, which he has since been onernH prese,nt Place and purchased the Sugar attached to it a saw-mill, but in Febru^iaf^tlp^ tlm* of Purohase, there was have since been replaced bv a lar<m A7, 1079, the two were burned down - they gents ; he is a minister of the ConXjtion!l>UZ^n,il,'nIlth the latest "proved He was married to Susanah Kunk^ff ®rethren Church of Pleasant Hill. Mary Kunkle, early settlers of Darto XT a ^a"«hter of Michael and danghters, three of whom have di^ The Xt-X sight sons and four h~» "

*b7n near Cincinnati, Hamilton Co - hp8«',y of fo^.r 80,18 and one daughter, devoted the last twenty y4re "his life te flT-88 a £?binet-maker by trade, but Trimble, of Knox Co., and "v her had fw/ g'j *Je Was married to Margaret occurred March 28 1S7b °£ 7.® "ad four sons and three daughters His

Stephen has m^e Vming hfs life^.^X th6 l®**1 °f April °< ^e yX up to maturity, receiving hit, *a 1,fe occupation ; he remained at home till he grew to this State, KR* e°mm0n 8ch00ls- In 1862 teS after serving his time out in**^ the.arm3r as a member of the 147th 0. N G - here with milk sickness nS f P eas??t HlU ' they died soon after coming his life in Newton Townshin 'ctW£IS a cablnet-maker and passed the remainder of Ohio : sh» k ? "®hip. He was mamed to Mary Langston, of Pr ago ; his wife survived him till Feb 18 1879 - Daniel h«ri r P a^out ten years and two daughters all of whom m^Jr 9 "ad a family of seven sons occupation, ^.d Wsfam^iS to ££^h!221! famin« ha8 alw^s been his understands bis business - his life to matnritv^f7 aPP®!ran?e> indicates that he performing his sh^ of the dntf!L^^ ry, a8 Pa8Bed nnder the Parental roof, Montgomery ^ made hia ^location to and April 14, 1865^i ^ hh Mtlw township, est o/toto&Slv1^^ en - five daughters and two sons. Our subject is the youngtog L hu Z^n^n *1" TT1 °" ,th,?/arm ; to hi8 l0' feU the filial duty of csJtheir death "their decline of life; this duty he discharged faithfully till torn? Dec 7 Voc^ f®8 "ore- His nuptials were celebrated with Miss Susan Need- Mrs. Z L thf L born,^Pril 19> 1839- 1" Preble Co., Ohio ; Mr. and dauirhJ^J hlS ^t^fr7a8 Amos Halli of Sonth Carolina, and his mother, Sarah, ^ghtw of Marmaduke Coate ; he landed in Ohio the 1st of March, 1807, having bv °n j°urneJ ; he located in Union Township, on land now owned law'o Xf *ii ^ xTnm?n ' ^ere ke d*ed at the advanced age of 84 years, at his son-inofni 0Ilh' . Sarah' his died previously, at the same place ; they ?me. 80n®and five daughters. The subject of this sketch is the acauiwri h (ami1^' and the oldest surviving member ; his education was «w*imrea wnen the imperfect subscription system was in vogue, and consequently his early advantages were limited ; he helped his father on the farm hll majority, when he moved to his present farm in November, 1827 ; it was then all in die woow, and required much hard labor, with many sacrifices, to make out of it a home » u this Mr. Hall accomplished by his unflagging industry ; he lived on the land seven years before he could raise sufficient money to enter it ; it then consisted oi u acres, but he now has in his possession nearly 250 acres ; he comes from a vigor ous and industrious stock, and has nobly contended with the difficulties an - ships incident to frontier life ; he is a self-made man, his present competence Demg wholly the result of his own industry and skill, assisted by his noble wiie , life has been an exemplary one, inoffensive, upright and generous ; m re"£l° \ . is with the Christian denomination ; in politics, he is Republican ; he was ngi nally a Whig, and cast his first vote for Henry Clay. He has been mam times, first to Anna Hayworth, daughter of James Hay worth, an ear y pi > she was bom in 1809, and died in 1849 ; five sons and five daughters wwe of this union. His second marriage was with Catherine .. h ' of this Township, who was bom in 1804, and died in 1863. For his t)111- married Maria Clem in 1864, a native of Maryland, bora near Harper s ny.

JOSEPH C. HAYWORTH, farmer ; P. 0. Laura ; was bom July in this township ; he is the son of James and Ann (Coppock) Haywortn, a family of sixteen children, fourteen of whom grew up and "mi l_ ' H emigrated to Ohio in 1806, and located on Sec 29 ; after residing here fo he purchased a farm on Sec. 34 ; here he died in 1828, at the age of 54 5 J . wife died September, 1870, at the age of 90 years. The subject of this s followed farming as a life occupation, with success, as his present P0®^88 .

test ; his father dying when he was yet a small boy, he was bound out ior time, and then was thrown upon his own resources ; after working som five years he went to Clay Co., Ind., remained four years, and returned .

tive place ; in 1845, he purchased his present place. Mr. H. was one °1 1 hunters of Newton Township in the pioneer period of its existence, an wild game has been brought down by the well-directed aim of his rifle ; he bear near his present place as late as 1839. He has been married twice , Elizabeth Coate, by whom he had a family of twelve children, four of w ^

BENJAMIN HELLMAN, farmer ; P. 0. Pleasant Hill ; was born m bock ingham Co., Va., in 1812, and is the son of Jacob and Fannie (Stickela) xi > the former of Pittsburgh, Penn., and the latter a native of Virginia. Fanm ela's father emigrated from Germany, and located in Rockingham Co-,J» . -8 early day. Jacob Heilman emigrated to this State in 1835, and family on the northwest part of Sec. 2, Newton Township ; here he and ms & wife passed the remainder of their lives, he dying at the advanced age of . years, and she dying the same year, at the remarkable age of 103 or liH y - They reared a family of five sons and three daughters, of which the subjec sketch is the fourth child. He was brought up on a farm, and has devo life to agriculture ; not having the advantages of common schools, he adop method of self-culture, and thus acquired a fair education ; he came to this with his parents, and, in connection with one of his brothers, purchased tn on which the family settled ; soon after this, he purchased his present ple®®> . on these two farms he has resided since coming into the county. He nnflj political creed in the Democratic party. He was married to Mary Casper, an a familyofsixsons, all living, and located near the homestead. .

JOHN HELMICK, farming ; P. O. Pleasant Hill ; was bom in Miami ^ Monroe Township, in 1840, and comes of the early settlers of this county ; tteson of Jacob and Catherine (Younce) Helmick ; Jacob Helmick was born C°-.near Salem, July 30, 1817 ; his parents were John Hetock and Susannah Knife, both of Fayette Co., Penn.; his father was a tanner by trade, an moved to Newton Township, where he^ at .this latter date, he Younce was in 1837. By this union ttevZ l hJ "ama«» ^ Catherine and 8 ix daughters ; one son and thr«* ^ ^ rfve **ad fourteen children, eight sons

Township. He had a family of ten children twrf^ loca4fd in tbe woods in Union wve ; four of his sons became ministere^h ^ laughters still surone of the Disciples. The subiect of Th'is ^h ^i?®"?.!*0 BaptUt Chnroh. "d reared a farmer he has made -Is 88etch 18 the oldest son of the family - his industry and good mjm^ement^^nL^Tfurh*1'8 Tation' md bY common-school education, m he waTth^ olrt^f d he/ec^Ived onlY a ''"'ted detained at home on the farm "he made his fimt ^ r'ly' "nd was much settlers, and lived to remarlr»hln° 11 '-debran, of this State ; his parents were earlv of 101. John H £ ^ ma^^t*0 *?e °«e of 102> and 8he to the age marriage of John H Sr he ^°nS, of Pennsylvania. After toe aud rmainrd°Mveral veara b Ml88°°riJ; in l828- he came to this county, lemnantof his life He had a famil.® <lm!grated to Indiana, where he passed the are still living. One of them W°h£ rf8'* !?n8,a"d 81X daughters, nine of whom Richmond. The subject of thb? skitruf " * «® late "Y*1 war> during the siege of county with his parents sketch was 3 years old when he came to this she is toe daughter of Vichof t "jfrrmd >n 1847 to Rachel Tucker, of Indiana ; the farm in southeast nart nf8^.0?^®1 ^r' 80011 after his marriage, purchased earlyNpfon^ofHM^;farn!ier raiIroad ^"t ; P. 0. Pleasant Hill; comes of youngest of 7 It ,' and T88 1)0111 near his present place, in 1829, being the bom ^ MsrJs^ °f nl?,rCh ldrew.: he 18 the 800 Nathan HU1, Sr., who was State with his noZ, D,®ar. ^I'f0448 Mills, March 15, 1788; he emigrated to this and his mndfatbrT' 1\18#4 : "- father- Thomas, was' of Frederick Co., Md, eariy dav - his <hh ' °S6P^j Y88 ®nglish birth, and came to this countiy in an tbe^^iono/i'fT^ '"l798- is, ^ the old English style, and is still in wherehe /..r 8ubJect ; Thomas located near present site of Pleasant Hill, married Ju^ftqhisn^'0^ °f his !lf® ; Nathan' the father of our 8ubJ60t> was here in lftnn* tb 1?°9, ^ Prances, daughter of Michael Williams, who settled , they immediately erected a hewed-log cabin, which still stands, a relic of pioneer days ; here they passed the remainder of their lives, he dying Jan. 15, 1862, and she Nov. 10, 1870, 80 years old ; they were both faithful and earnest workers in the Christian Church almost their entire life. Our subject was reared on the farm, and has always lived on the homestead ; he has given considerable attention to the raising of Bruit, and has now on his place the largest apple orchard in the township ; he is a public-spirited and enterprising man, and was especially active in securing the narrow-gauge road which passes through the township ; he is now agent for the road in the township ; he is a member of the L 0. O. F. of Pleasant Hill. He has been married twice ; first, in October, 1846, to Priscilla, daughter of William Furnas, a pioneer of the township ; she died Dec. 7, 1847 ; two daughters (twins) - Sarah F. and Priscilla - were the issue of this union. His second marriage was on Dec. 31, 1848, to Martha J. Jones, of this county ; William C., Clarissa, Margaret B., Emma C., Maria E. and Edward are the issue of this union.

ISAAC HILL, farmer ; P. 0. Pleasant Hill ; is a descendant of early settlers of Newton Township ; he is the son of William Hill, and was bom in 1848, on Sec. 20, in this township ; his education was limited to the common school ; he remained at home, assisting on the farm-work till maturity ; he made his first permanent location on the northeast quarter of Sec. 30 ; at the end of eight years he moved to the place where he now resides. He was married, in 1867, to Marj h. Stichter, daughter of Jacob Stichter ; three children have been bom to this union, to wit : Cynthia, Charlie and Isaac.

JOHN W. HILL, farmer; P. O. Pleasant Hill; bom in 1824 on the same farm he now resides on ; is a son of Nathan Hill, Sr., a native of Maryland and an immigrant to this place with his parents when a mere boy ; his grandfather was among the first settlers of Newton Township. Our subject's early life was that oi a farmer boy ; he remained at home assisting in the farm duties till his which occurred at the age of 19, with Miss Susan Weddle ; Mr. Hill, after this event of his life, began farming on his present place ; here he has continued pursuit of agriculture, with eminent success, for over a third of a century ; he a most beautiful farm, under the best modem improvements, and has erected on one of the finest brick residences in the township. His wife, Susan, died J an. > 1874 ; she was a faithful member of the Christian Church of Pleasant HiU, her death was a loss to the whole community ; she is buried in the beautifbl He* ant Hill Cemetery ; eight children were born, seven of whom are still living, an six of whom are married ; all are settled in the community but one ; their a»® are as follows : Henry H., Sarah J. (married to Dr. Kiester, of ArcMum),!^ N John C., Eunice E. (Longanecker), James M., Mary E. (Billows). Mr. Hill s sec ond marriage was celebrated Oct. 15, 1874, with Mrs. Josephine Conway, formerly Miss Josephine Banta, a native of Preble Co., Ohio; she has one daughter, * teacher in the public school of Pleasant Hill ; Mr. and Mrs. Hill are both members of the Christian Church of Pleasant Hill, and Mr. Hill holds a deaconshipmthe "me ; he is President of the Temperance Association of this place, which De- * p i * m» ardent supporter of the Temperance cause; he is a member oi ' mmi of Pleasant Hill. t ,_nn which hN K' £ITTLE> farmer ; P. O. Pleasant Hill ; was bom on the 6n? hta foriT® n°: hI*l 5n 184°. and is a descendant of early settlers. John Hrtfle, 182R tt' eDter®d the land on which the subject of this sketch now lives, in * htaLher " ®ucka Co-. Penn., in 1803, and came of German P»*®W

Newton Town8Hip

JJJjft® tor the remainder of the time ' it T,'!?^6 sen ed three, procuring a subwhom Jacob, the fourth child bad flve 80ns and three daughters of f808!* clandestinely and in disgJiw the daj ?f elimination, he made his fscfeted himself in a vessel where i,*8 ?en'ant of a teamster to Bremen, then he reached New Fork on the Td Jr remained till the same set sail for America ; toBrookville, Ind. where he le^Lfd safety ; ft'om here he found his way

"ah, be moved to Hamilton Bntler rv>th<! ,COOpfr trade. >' after one year in Cincin- *t coopering - he then m ' utler Co., where he remained sixteen years engaged

1846, of Saxe- Coburg, Germany. She immigrated to this country in located in Cincinnati Of their family of two sons and six daughters, one died native of this county, who has made farming his life occupatio . married to Sophia Walker, by whom he had six children ; he has srnoe been i t married, and four children were given to him in the second . .w Our chased a fcrm of 80 acres in Darke Co. in 1847, andhase.nce bvedthere^Our subject was about one year old when he was taken to Darke Co. y P here he passed his youth as a farmer, devoting his wmteT . Miss°Elization of knowledge in the common school. He was married m * 1 moves beth Hayworth, a daughter of Samuel Hayworth. After from Darke into Miami Co., and back again, he finally located y his present farm ; eight children have been born to this union, Christian who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. H. are members of the Westgro

BENJAMIN IDDINGS, farmer; P. 0. West Milton; one of the farmers of Newton Township ; is a descendant of early pioneers, vorthwest Irish stock ; he is the son of Joseph Iddings, one of the pioneers ^ throughout his life ; by his unflagging perseverance and 8^ 'ements. put himself in possession of a large farm under the best <rf modern wy0 \3 ft He has been twice married, first to Miss Barbara Hill, Mj^h . S' \ . ' children were bora to this union ; all are living and married ; his second marriage ^ brated with Sarah A. McDowell, June 18, 1863 ; she was born in Da^n, u , is the daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Baker) McDowell, he a nati vania, and she of Tennessee ; two children have been bora to this ' is ft whom is dead, the other, Myron E., is at home with his parents. 6 in what is now Union Township, in Miami Co. He married Miss was born May 9, 1789, on the banks of the Savannah River, about ton-y , Tjnjon Augusta, Ga. ; she emigrated to this county with her parents and loca wa9 a native of South Carolina, and died in Georgia. Mr. Davis again marnea, ^Qur to this county with a family of three sons - -John, Samuel and Benjamin > , ^ he was born in Pennsylvania, and united in marriage to Pbebe W.UK1 \ ftnffhters reared a family of three sons - Talbot, Joseph and Benjamin, and six - Rachel, Mary, Ruth, Emilia, Hannah and Phebe ; all of these emigra waS State, and a numerous line of descendants have sprung from them. DenJ phy*. a man with a fine education, spending several years of his life in college a ^ delphia. He was reared in the Friends' Church, and for many y©8*8 .

death, held an eldership in the same. For a long period, his usual sea* Friends' meetings, at Union Chapel, was regularly filled by him, but finally d©ft his place vacant ; his brother James was also a finely educated man ana _ _ author of a rhyming geography. Our subject was bom Sept. 26, 1809, iQ y Township, in the log cabin of pioneer days. The wilderness surrounded n > pock was head8 % biography." Thom^Co" jamin, WUliam^Samuel J^ Ma^Zt ^"' Tfollews John, Thomas, Ben- Carolina, and had grown up to maSh.%^ Jane > a11 were born in South mg was his chief vocation throuriLwTf^1 ^fann* fa"''y name ; blacksmithoccurring Sept 30 1830 "roughout life ; he was born Oct 20, 1805, his death

District, S. C., born Jan 20 ttvr ' rj8> !'er. at^er was a native of Newberry Davenport formerk- M!ao m' Jr Be celebrated his marriage with Mrs. Mary first husband lost nJ^V" 18°l' ahe was born March 21, 1772; her

State Si^Tthi ^ after ^be marriage of Mr. Waggoner, he emigrated to this death Mr WamJ^fv T^6"1? ^"i11 Part of Union Township ; here they toiled till 27, 1850 M 3 n" ^un? 3' 1857, 82 yeara> "nd Mrs. Wagoner, Nov being tMvSTf Maiy- died leaving each a family ; Charlie, the son of Thomas, jamin Wdine^ hi Ahe of CoPP°ck- A. J. Iddings is the son of Ben-

1836Bheif^INi6'i^M^N' farmer; p- 0. Pleasant Hill; was bom Aug. 11, dent of ® ^e!ved a liberal common-school education, and has been a close stu- W% f°r,tWentJ-three y^rs ; at present he operates a woolen-mill at torTow,to°«nH ' he lr -!* 8011 0f the elder 6eorSe Inman> a pioneer of New- Newhemr * ®Qe ot prominent and valuable citizens ; George was bom in Ct> S' °u' June 24' 1798> and was the son of Benjamin and Eliza a man of .^0 Wer* bo" in England, near the! city of London ; Benjamin was of nproJ, and> zealous in his religion, he met with a great deal

South ,D' wh!ch caused him to emigrate to the United States ; he located in profit tkh* IDa;, !*here he erected a flouring-mill, which proved a great source of worlra f^Dlm ' V118 he was not tong permitted to enjoy, death calling him from to rewards when George, the youngest of a family of three sons and one daughter, was only 3 years old ; his wife, Elizabeth, moved with the family to Burke Co., Ga., where she had some relatives ; here, in this remarkably poor, sandy country, she found it a great struggle to sustain herself and family, and received but little sympathy from friends ; she remained here in destitute circumstances for eight years ; while here, in the heart of slavery, George daily witnessed the cruelties and atrocities of the system ; many horrible scenes were indelibly impressed upon his youthful mind ; one, the burning of three slaves at the stake, of which he was an eve- witness, he used to relate with much feeling ; these scenes firmly biased his mind against the system of slavery ; at the age of 14, he suffered the loss of his mother by death, and then realized what it was to be left an orphan among strangers ; he now moved back to South Carolina, were he received his education, which consisted of nine months' schooling ; in this time he learned to read and write, and laid the foundation of his fhture life ; he then began to study the Bible, and was, the remainder of his life, a close student of the Word of God ; he could repeat from memory at least one-eighth of the Bible ; he emigrated to Ohio in 1818, and, in 1820, married Julia Ann Burns, who emigrated from Pennsylvania in 1813, and located on the present site of Pleasant Hill ; she died May 9, 1872, esteemed by all who knew her, a Christian woman, true and noble-hearted; they had four sons and six daughters, one daughter, Polly, dying when a small child, in 1823, and one son and two daughters within a month, in 1850 ; the rest still survive, useful members of society. Mr. and Mrs. Inman became members of the Hopewell Christian Church of Pleasant Hill in 1820, and remained faithful mem bers and exemplary Christians till their death ; George was ordained an Elder in the church in 1822, and earnestly and faithfully discharged its duties till 1859, when he was ordained a minister, which position he filled till death ; during his ministry he preached over 6,000 sermons ; as a minister, he possessed many natural gifts ; eloquent in his address, gifted with a musical voice, pungent and bold in his remarks, forcible in his arguments, and winning in delivery, he was eminently efficient in his ministerial work ; in 1822, he purchased a farm, consisting of 1024 acres in Sec. 24, Newton Township, where he passed the remainder of his life, his death occurring Jan. 15, 1880, in his 82d year ; as an early and earnest supporter of the Abolition cause, an advocate of the free-school system, an ardent temperance worker, and a man of benevolence, he will long be remembered.

. _ HARVEY J ONES, farmer ; P. O. Laura ; one of the early settlers ; born in 182o in Union Township ; is a son of Jesse Jones, one of the pioneers, who was bom w 15j 1794 ; he is the son of Samuel and grandson of Francis Jones, o orth Carolina. Samuel raised eleven children, all of whom became heads o families, Jesse being the only surviving member. In 1805, Samuel, with his faroi y, came to Ohio, locating north of West Milton, where he died at 84 years of age , is wife died at the age of 88 years. Jesse came to Ohio when 11 years old , *8 "fie was that of a pioneer, and he has always been a farmer ; marnea L hl8first Jane Cothran was from South Carolina ; his second, (tucker) Jones, was a native of Tennessee ; his third wife, Betsy (Hayworth) Davis, was born June 13, 1800, in South Carolina : her parents came to fathar^intf? 91° and located in this township. Harvey remained with hw tare ; in^So^he^Z^i^Sd' wittld^fal^v^Oh0^ d *1 PUr8uit °f agricuI' Montgomery Co., four miles north of DovZn T 0h|! ' and located on a farm in his life his death occurring September 1879 hZhZ pas!ed.1the remainder of dren, only three of whom survive Mrs' KanffinS ^ °f eight chilyears ago. The subject of thi« k' Huffman died some thirteen or fourteen ofMiamV caf Steil"'.' °ne of the prominent physicians man descent. ' p"ter K to & w^'P " 1842 1 be is <* English and Ger- Ohio in the fall of lain i~L- " ' was ln Pennsylvania, and emigrated to passed tte "t o/hls ^r^w^ >Tant Hi"' in the viciuiti' of S he Maty Bashore, a native of PennavZ, .te<tiD marriage, in Pennsylvania, to Miss 1876, aged 59 years 9 months ,Mr. pester s death occurred Aug. 24, tery, and over his grave has been rear«l * 'l l8f"n"l'" the Pleasant Hill Cemeof marble, commeiZrative ofhis lSS ^"t^1 and imposing monument of a farmer boy ; «tZZnTl7 k de8tb' Br- tester's early life was that Lebanon, and spent several be entere<l the National Normal Institute of months being devoted to teachin^lZth ; as a student there, his winter study of medicine and entered*thJ °L2i.he,t"rned his attention to the farm on which he now resides thiid?8^ w°ck, he sold out, and purchased the laige of his brother he went^th^'im ZTg to u°m Jhe Profession ; but by requwt

Germany' He camel^?h-CUS W"f m Maryland, his ancestry coming from located hi MonZZlZr*8 C°mutry "ltb his parent3 whe" about 21 years old, and and hU earlv tndn?161^ ^be 8ubject of this sketch was brought upon a farm, life - hU miL j mnjF waa l*8*1 ,°f a farmer, which has served him well through from the honmrtil0^0?! **S to ^e common school ; he made his first move

" Umon Township ; in the springof 1868, he took a trip West, he remained HhIZ® 8p"ng °/ 1®70' when he returned to his native township ; here fouS Zr,W t e«Pnng °f 1873'. when he went to lDdiana ; from there, to the snrintrof 1 f&c u' *° ®lS8onJ1; returning in the fall to his native place again ; to the cessfullv ^("".Present place, which he purchased and has since sucnsefol mernwff - L.Kl^ie '8 a ^oun8 man of enterprise and industry, and a was married1^! .He identifies himself with the Republican party. He

CONRAD KRIEGB AUM, farmer and blacksmith, Laura ; he was bora in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, in December, 1834 ; he is the son of George P. Kriegbaum, who was born in 1800. He married Margaret Geotz in 1823 ; she was bom in 1801. and died about four years ago ; Mr. K. is still living at the advanced age of 80 years ; he reared a family of ten children, five sons and five daughters, all living but one, and eight immigrated to this country and located in Ohio ; our subject was the youngest son and was reared on a farm ; he remained at home until he attained the age of 17, when he concluded to try his fortune in America ; lie embarked at Havre, France, and after a pleasant voyage of forty-six days, landed in New York City ; from here he came direct to Springfield, Ohio, near where he located and began farming ; the following spring he came to West Milton, this county, and entered an apprenticeship at the blacksmith trade ; after serving three years, he worked as a journeyman until 1862, when he set up shop in Covington ; he operated this until 1871, when he traded his residence for a farm on Panther Creek, in this township , this he sold in October, 1877, and purchased where he now resides ; he combines with his farming blacksmithing. In the spring of 1862, he was married to Miss Susanna Smith, who was born in Pennsylvania and raised in Ohio ; they have two children - Anna R. and Martha E. ; Mr. K. is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and Mrs. K. of the Shiloh Christian Church of this township.

MORGAN LEONARD, farmer ; P. O. Pleasant Hill ; was bom in Jumate Co., Penn., in 1848. He is the son of Reuben and Elizabeth (Ayergood) Leonard, both of Pennsylvania ; Reuben is a farmer by occupation, and still lives m native State. He had a family of eight sons and two daughters, one daugn r died. The subject of this memoir was raised on a farm and educated in the coni mon school ; he remained at home occupied with farm duties till he immigrated to this State in the fall of 1863 ; he located in Covington, and shortly found ws way into the U. S. service, as a member of the 8th 0. V. C.; he went first to tamp Dennison, and from there to West Charleston, W. Va., where he had his first expe rience in war ; he next engaged in the battle of Louisburg, Gen. Averill commanding ; was at Stauntou, Liberty, Lynchburg, at Hunter's defeat,

Liberty and at Beverly, at which place he was severely wounded in the left t ign, which disabled him from further active duty ; he was then placed in the hospi fora time at Beverly, and then at Grafton ; he was discharged June 3, 1865, na "e served over one year ; he returned to this county in the fall of 1 868, and moved present place, where he has since engaged in farming. In politics, he is a Kep bean He was married in 1864 to Matilda Varner, daughter of Daniel b. anu Elizabeth (Lecington) Varner. She was born Jan. 12, 1847, and came to tm county with her father in 1858 ; he is a silversmith, and carries on business ai Covington ; her mother died when she was only about 1 year old. Mr. and Jj^conard have had six sons and three daughters - two sons and one daughter

£0NG> farmer 5 p* O. Pleasant Hill ; bom in this township m 1845. is the son of James and Esther (Eller) Long, the former of Newton, jmd the lafte of Newberry Township. James was bom in 1815, and is the son of William Long, of Kentucky His father, William, Sr., settled one-half section of land, near the present site of Pleasant Hill, in 1807 or 1808. Of his family of four sons and w,k°m be brought to this county with him, William was thi» orro C^oi' l°cated on Sec. 17, where his death occurred in April, 18 » sevprwia0f w ^ear8' married Catherine Freeman, and had four sons m , ugliters two sons now survive. James married in the fall of 1839, Henrv 1?°® to hi® pre8ent place* He bad four sons and seven daughters-one son, tte o7w^^hJ!?embe^ 0f.the 110th 0 V. I., and was mortally wounded m the ^ beimr hmn erk*8^' ^ uVl<*' our subject, was reared and schooled in this towns P» were from South Carolina the latter' wi'T' mo?er> Charity Wright, of 700 miles, to Ohio in a wap-on 17' 1 u01 ' thejr made the Stillwater, but died at his home in TWtw^ f°vr "*- ; he flr8t located on the dren - John, born March 2^ ^ t P0*' ^OVi 16, 1837, leaving ten chilfexx straf is?; daughter of Samuel and AmeHafenRhol S®*' ,AU0g' 19\1857> carried Mary, aylvania May 3, 1803 - hitTth J t k RS°dehan>el i Samuel was born in Penn- Maria Miller in Rreiaen . *1 fataer' '7°hn ®-» was bom in Saxony, and his mother aylvania ; in 1804 to^Honteom^r'*0 ak- Unitf? States in 180°. locating in Penn- John R. died, aged' 76 and Mari* It on'1 ^°' ,n 1820 40 Union Township, where nel was raised tofaml tew Tt, ° y"r8' . 0f twelve ehildren, two survive ; Samh? has lived upon his Dg * 'iTo^ !ducation ! except a short interval,

A, bom Feb 25 l87R^nH A D^° 2V865 ! Wmiam> bom May 4, 1868 ; Prank ber of the Christian Chureh ?n?Pr'J'°m ^ 8i J877' Sa®"8l * has' been a mem- Wn^ MFQ fh 1 forty ; of his ten chUdren, three now survive, this township ; he istoesorT^f V *t?' P|S?fant 5 waa Nov. 7, 1807, in and married Miss Marv Pe«^f Jonath" Miles, who was bom in South Carolina, fell in with the tide oPim^ZV ***!? 1" tlle bcP^og of the present century, he States. Accompanied wh]oh was flowing into Ohio, from the Southern the present townshin^Hwr fami { and Parents, Mr. Miles traveled until he reached aettled in lhere *» lwated, on Sec. 31 ; his father, William, subject's entire life has been given to farming. He was married to Miss Sarah Coate in April, 1829 ; she was a daughter of Samuel Coate, and granddaughter ot Marmaduke ; Samuel Coate died at the residence of our subject in February, 186i. at the age of nearly 97 years. After the marriage of William M., he moved to his present place of residence, where he has lived for one-half century ; when he locate on his place, it was a dense forest ; by hard labor, and perseverance, he has brought it to a high state of cultivation. April 28, 1879, he was called upon to mourn .the death of his devoted wife, Sarah. A life member of the Friends' Church, she <uea leaving an enduring monument of good works behind her. Mr. and Mrs. Miles hau a family of twelve children - James, Mary' J., Eilwood T., Abijah J., Enoch, (deceased), Wade, Samuel P., John E., Jonathan R., Henry W.. Mju'gprelj an Phebe. This family contributed four sons to the late civil war. EUwood an Samuel enlisted in the 5th 0. V. C., and were identified with the Army of the bumoerland, and participated in the battle of Pittsburg Landing. At the expiration o their three years' term, Samuel returned home, and Eilwood re-enlisted, ana with Sherman in his march to the sea. Abijah, was Assistant Surgeon of the «

0. V. I. for about one year ; previous to his enlistment he had taken a medical lectures ; after returning from the army he graduated from the Mia Medical College, then located in Madison Co. and began practice ; in uie spring of 1866, he was appointed to a professorship in the Cincinnati College of -Jleaic_ and Surgery, which position he still holds ; in the summer of 1875, he made a v - age to Europe ; while in France he was called upon to mourn the death of nw wue , since his return he has been located in Cincinnati. Henry* enlisted in August, J -» in the noted 110th O. V. I., and participated in eighteen battles ; was taken pnwne the battle of Winchester, and was confined for a time in Libby and ". ..

Prisons; was paroled and soon after exchanged and returned to Ins regain > remained in the service till he was mustered out with his regiment June A ? at Washington City ; he then returned home and has since been °Per*;tin?r, . homestead farm. He was united in marriage, in 1872, to Miss Laurena Coate. ) have one child, a son. n «

ALEXANDER C. MILES, farmer ; P. O. Pleasant Hill ; was born Hec. * 1844, near his present home. His father, S. Y. Miles, was bom in 18-4 1 township, where he passed fifty -nine years of his life, and was a son of J° Miles, a native of South Carolina, who immigrated to this country in 1807 or » and located on Sec. 31. He was married first to Miss Pearson, and in 1 Hester Cothran ; they had a family of five children, of whom A. C. w the He remained at home, assisting in the duties of the farm, till he was 19 years rj when he enlisted in the late civil war as a member of the 1st 0. V* C. This w February, 1864, and he was sent direct to the front at Nashville, Tenn., j m part of Atlanta campaign, then went to Louisville, Kyr. ; was re-moimtm, . returned South into Georgia and Alabama ; here engaged at Selma and C°l|jL He was stationed at Darlington, and from this place returned home via Head and New York City, and was discharged at Columbus, Ohio, Sept *

He engaged at once with his father. He has been twice married, first to " Coppock, Nov. 26, 1868 ; she died in 1870. His second marriage was with (Muck) Coppock, June 5, 1873 ; they have three daughters. Mr. Miles is a w member of the A., F. & A. M., of Pleasant Hill. D in 1817. His father, Henry Miller, and his mother, Ann E. Klein, were natives of Pennsylvania ; they reared a family of fourteen children, nine soused

S® ** was next to the youngest of the family. His life has been that of a fewervrithwTlL1®6.®1?4 n" yeara of 5t in the Place of his nativity, when he wasfek to Cumberland Co. Here he remained, assisting his father m tbe duties of the form, till he was 23 years old. He then embarked in life on his ovro

1850, he condudedto make Ws hme'kToWo^ Ttolt heZ^*^' f 3" -th® 8pring of is evidenced by his large farm and fine buildinm. ti ®i? 88 ?ade fan?m8 a success of the German Baptist Church for about thi^fv th He **** beenT3 faitbfal member in 1840, with Martha ZiZ ^ """kgo this union. His second marriage was with^Van^N?1 daughter were to Hena, who died in 1868, leavinjnfour sons^d Zy,|Nu8!!l®maV°f Lanca8ter Co., was with Ann. Eller a nafiv.^f «? , ?ne lighter, ffis third marriage

Esther Brant of Pennsylvania's " married twice, first June 14, 1837, to Margaret Casper was hte second wlf/hf Z *7° darters were bom to them, three daughters - of the fourfaan v-rV lffK,Ia he had a family of four sous and sketch four are now dead. The subject of this school. In 1868 he marrifi if IJll! ®arl^,education was limited to the common dren, six survive in 1872 he nnmh ,°f ^®*ber 5 their seven chilnow lives Mr onri \f xt- P^based the old homestead of 80 acres where he which occurred when 'htf J®1^ l8t!' be removed to this county, but at his death, Townsh^D^e Co He °f ** he was Kving Franklin Nancy Shoemaker - .h. b's, marriage m Pennsylvania with Miss till 18 years oZe ,!£ - kTh boyhood of our subject was passed upon the farm blacksm^toffi Ihtch h! Cam® *° th,is village i" 1847, and embarked in the coming impaired^' °? for 'wenty-five years ; his health then be tmued tauZw' "b"d ed 'b® business and engaged in fanning ; this he conactive business - Mr «T ag°' 8mce when he has been living a life retired freer for fourteen yeilrs in «nJZ political office, but has been elected his business Liracitv ^® °fflce of T°wnsbip Trustee, an evidence of

JocatinTin Np!^' J? m°l^ to Darke Co ' but returned to this county in 1838, ried in^83ft ^^rnsblPJ on Sec. 5, where he has since resided. He was margomerv Co in i ^a^^ dauSbter of Abraham Deeter ; she was bora in Months nativp iff 1 u 1 ' Abraham was a native of Pennsylvania ; he was married in goiZ lt u but enugrated to this State in 1805 ; he lived for a time in Mont- J -> out, in 1813, moved to this county and located in Newton Township.

He died in I860, at the age of 70 ; his wife died in 1859, 72 years of age. Of their ten children, six still survive. The parents were consistent members of the German Baptist Church for nearly half a century. Adam now lives upon the old homestead. He married Lydia Ganby in 1854 ; of their seven children, two sons are dead, one being accidentally shot at 4 years of age, the ball passing through Ins head. Abraham Dee ter arrived in Montgomery Co. in November, and unloaded under a large oak, with $1 in cash to carry him though the winter; he afterward became one of our wealthy farmers.

SAMUEL MOHLER, minister, Covington ; one of the early settlers °* Newton Township; was born in Juniata Co., Penn., May 8, 1808, his father, Jacob, being a native of Lancaster Co., Penn. Jacob was a farmer and wagon-maker. He married Mary Bollinger, and by her reared four sons and two daughters, five of whom still survive. Jacob died at the age of 62, in his native State ; his wife then emigrated to this State, where her death occurred in 1854, upward of 72 years old. Samuel is the fourth child of the family ; his early life was passed on a farm, where he acquired the art of farming. At the age of 18 he began the tanning business and followed it over twenty years. Sept. 14, 1829, he took a journey to the "Far West," which was then Ohio ; after a journey of twenty-two and one-half days ne landed at Dayton, Ohio, whence he journeyed up the Stillwater to his present place, which he purchased, consisting of 49 acres, in Sec. 5. Here he has lived ever since, a period of half a century ; since his location here, he, by industry an economy, added a large farm to his first purchase, which he has recently disposed of; upon locating here he erected a tannery, which he successfully operated for wenty years ; on his farm is a fine spring of living water, and an extensive limestone quarry. Mr. M. identified himself with the German Baptist Church over a century ago, and lias been an earnest worker and faithful member ever since He has served in the capacity of minister in the above church for twenty years, aji for the last ten years as Presiding Elder, at present superintending four distrio . He is a man of many sterling qualities, a useful and much-respected citizen, n married Catharine Saylor, of Pennsylvania, May 8, 1828, and by her has reared ax sons and fonr daughters. Oneson, Rudolph, died Jan. 15, 1866, leaving a wife ana one child, Anna. Six children have located in vicinity of the homestead, ana in Missouri.

HENRY MOHLER, farmer ; P. O. Covington ; born in Cumberland Co*) Penn., in 1829 ; is the son of Rudolph and Elizabeth (Miller) Mohler, she censed ; he has followed the vocation of farmer through life ; he remained at o assisting his father in the duties of the farm till he grew up to maturity , made his first permanent location on his present place about twenty-six y^r8ia^ji having operated a saw-mill on Stillwater about two years prior to this ; his iug® homestead, with its fine improvements, bears testimony of his industry, enterp and skill as a farmer ; he was only 13 years old when he came to this county wi his parents ; he finds his religious creed in the German Baptist Church, of w i he and his wife are faithful members. He was married, in 1852, to Anna Deeter, daughter of Abraham and granddaughter of David Deeter, a pioneer of tms county ; eight children - six sons and two daughters - have been the issue of um°^ one_^n and daughter died when quite small. # .

st®te with his parents in 1821, locating in Washington Township, he w of Irish and German extraction, his father «mig£ting from Ireland to Penn a/onn? ma"- 0nr enbject was reared a former, which has been Mh<^i «fwU^on t^nghont life ; hie education was reoeived in foe pnbhe Efoabetlf Tow?ahiP- In 1840, he celebrated his marriMe wi'bM« at ltohe4> a mtlre of this county and a descendant of Kentucbane , at tois penod, our subject began life for himself, forming the homestead place.

through life. in I840< he ^ oi,? .. f mmg I1*8 chief occupation lroin here he moved to Franklin Tnu,-. u- Sf11? a^ located in Montgomery Co - At the end of five yearo ^"mov, Co;' bating on PafnterMc.' smee been his place of abode w^vl Towns ilP> in this county, which has present place. For fiftLn^s dur^ tLTrT laSt June- be S Us a thrashing machine. He^ celebrated hi? V "blng .season, lie bas been running

J824 : is the son of Michael Mvm °'i Covin^ton > ,JOrn in Juniata Co., Penn in to Elizabeth Neman, and liad^lf lUmih^^fer,^ Pennsyl vania ; lie was man-led Myers died at the age of 44 w}10n J.r chlldren two dying in infancy. Mr: child, Agola Mabel, has been horn to ^Pated J" Newberry Township. One Christian Church of Covington and Mr* "m'01? h Myer,s is a "ember of the same place. gton' and Mrs- of the Evangelical Lutheran of the he was hoiorobWdi SZf1 by ,a b>ow ** with a gun in the hknds of a rebel? feturning homey he^«nl!fi Columbus, Ohio, on the 2d day of July, 1865. After interval of four shoemaking ; this he has since continued with an Jarge and well asfmrJd rfhl<t* l"?® was engaged in farming. He now carries a his transactions Hif °f 50018 a,nd sboes> and practices integrity in all of