Noble Township (part 6 of 8)

By the second marriage with Mrs. Catharine Johnson (Stevens), he was the father of four children: Johnson, John, Lewis W., all of Seneca township, and Catherine Barry, of Caldwell. Abraham Rich died in 1873, and his wife in 1893. John 'Rich, second son of the second marriage of Abraham Rich, was born at the old homestead in Seneca township in 1851, and has always lived in his native county following the occupation of a farmer. He was married to Rachel Laughlin, daughter of W. J. Laughlin, a native of Ireland, and to them have been born four children, Thurman L., Orpha C., Chauncey, and Katie. Mr. Rich is a member of the Patrons of Industry. Lewis Whetsel Rich, youngest son of A. Rich, was born in Seneca township in 1859, has always been a farmer, and was married in 1888 to Alice Robinson, who became the mother of two children, both of whom died in infancy. Jacob Rich was the second son by the first marriage, was born in Noble county in 1824, and at the age of twenty-four, in company with some other young men, took a drove of hogs over the mountains to Maryland, walking back. In 1862, he started for the gotd mines of Oregon and California, going as far as Des Moines, Iowa, on the train, that being as far west as the cars ran at that time, and then making the rest of the distance in wagons. They had many adventures common to travelers of those days but escaped without any serious injury. Mr. Rich returned home in about twenty months, walking seven hundred miles before he could get a conveyance of any kind. He has lived in Noble county ever since, a farmer bv occupation. Mr. Rich was married in 1850 to Jane Miley, of Noble county, and to this union were born four echildren: Marv, wife of William K. Milev; Lettie, wife of L. C. Talbott; William H., and Abraham M. Mr. Rich died in 1900; his wife is still living at the old homestead at the advanced age of seventynine. William Henderson Rich, the subject of this sketch, is the oldest son of Jacob Rich, and was born on the farm near where he now lives on October 17, 1852. He was well educated, fitted himself for a teacher but never followed it as a vocation, preferring farming and stock raising as a means of livelihood. He was elected in the spring of 1898 to the office of Justice of the Peace, was re-elected in 1901, and still hoids that position. My. Rich was married in 1884 to Carrie Richey, who died in 1890, the mother of two daughters, Laura and Carrie. He was married a second time to Marv M. Guiler, in 1893, and to them have keen born two children, Emma Fay, and Jacob Wallace. Mr. Rich is one of the prominent and substantial citizens of the county, and is progressiverin every way. He and wife are members of the Methodist church, he filling the office of class leader made vacant by the death of his father who had been leader for fiftyone years.

Homer F, Duprey. - Henry Dudley, an early pioneer of Noble county, was the progenitor of the well and favorably known Dudley family, in southeastern Ohio. He was a native of Virginia, and in early manhood, about the year 1800, came to Ohio, locating in Belmont county, and coming to Noble county a year later. He was the father of John, Henry, Samuel, Elias, Elijah, Joseph, and Margaret, by his first wife. The second marriage was to Madaline Spillman, who became the mother of Jacob and Isaac, all the children now dead. Samuel Dudley, son of Henry Dudley, was born in Virginia in 1802, came to Noble county when fifteen years of age, and has spent his life there. Samuel and Delilah (Secrest) Dudley were the parents of thirteen children: Margaret Jane Gregg; Abraham, Jacob, William, Eliza Ann, Nancy, Caroline, all deceased; Rachel R. La Follette; Sarah Isabella Matheny; Catherine M. Millhon; Samuel Ezra; Martha A. Dye; and Druzella Torgler. Abraham, the oldest son of Samuel Dudley, was born on the old homestead in Buffalo township March 17, 1837, where he grew to manhood, was educated, worked a few years at the carpenter's trade, and finally adopted farming as bis occupation. He spent six years at various occupations in the west. Mr. Dudley, though not an office seeker, served his township as treasarer for two terms. He was married to Ophelia A. Trott, a native of Maryland, and to them were born three children: a baby, deceased ; Luella Cale, and Homer F. Mr. Dudley died in 1898, and Mrs. Dudley still lives at the old homestead in Buffalo township. Homer F. Dudley was born in Pleasant City where his parents resided, on April 4, 1871, and at the age of 4 years removed with his parents to the farm in Buffalo township where he now lives and was there reared and educated, preparing himself for teaching but did not consider a life in the school room conducive to his best interests. In 1903 he was elected treasurer of his township for a two-year term. Mr. Dudley was married in 1901 to Emma Dye, of Noble county. Mr. Dudley is a member of the Patrons of Industry, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows No. 816. He is a member and'nfficer of the Evangelical Lutheran church at Mt. Zion.

J. W. Ancuer, a farmer living near Berne, was born on October 30, 1859, on the farm he now owns. He is the ninth child of a family ot eleven children, six boys and five girls, of whom six are still living. They are: Martin, Sebastian, Robert, J. W., Martha Ellen, and Ollie Mary, all living in Stock township with one exception, and all well-to-do. Mr. Archer was educated in the district schools and by private study, so that he was given a certificate, and engaged in teaching school for eleven years. His efforts were appreciated to such an extent that he was retained in the same school and nearly all the time in the same building, for the entire time he was engaged in educational lines. After giving up his school work, Mr. Archer engaged in farming, and has been particularly successful in the line of stock raising. He owns a farm of one hundred acres, a farm which comprises the old homestead, a part of it being inherited and a par purchased. Mr. Archer was married February 9, 1886, to Anna Mayler, and to this union have been born nine children, six of whom are living. They are, Francis S., Charles Urban, Mary Elizabeth, John Clarence, Joseph Adam, and Albert Leo, all but the youngest attending the public school. Mr. Archer is a Democrat in his politics, but has no aspirations in that line. In religious belief they are Catholic.

Frank M. Martin, a resident of Caldwell, and who was for many years identified with the newspaper interests of the county, was born 'in Warren county, Ill., June 28, 1859. At the age of five years he came with his parents to Noble county, where he received his education and after leaving school learned the printing business in the office of the Noble County Republican. For four years he was foreman in the office of the Woodsfield (Ohio) Gazette, and was afterward editor of the same paper for about a year. In 1883 he returned to Caldwell and started the Journal. He continued the publication of this paper until July, 1898, when he purchased the Noble County Republican and consolidated the two papers under the name of the Noble County Republican - Journal, the first issue of the paper under this name appearing July 15. He sold the paper in May, 1903, but remained in the office until the first of July following, when he retired from active business for the time. Mr. Martin has always shown a commendable interest in all matters affecting the general welfare of the community. For seven years he was a member of the Caldwell school board, retiring in the spring of 1903. In 1900 he was appointed supervisor of the United States Census for ihe Fourteenth district of Ohio, composed of Guernsey, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, and Washington counties. In this district there were one hundred and thirty-five enumerators employed, yet this force was handled in such a way by the executive ability of Mr. Martin that it was one of the first districts in the State to report. He is an unswerving Republican on all political questions and stands high in the councils of his party. For several terms he served on the county executive committee ; he has been a member of the Congressicnal committee; and is now serving his fourth term as a member of the State central committee. He was first elected a member of the State central committee in 1890 and served two terms. In 1902 he was again elected. Mr. Martin is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, holding membership in Olive Lodge, No. 459, and Cumberland Chapter, No. 116. In both Lodge and Chapter he takes an active interest in the work and has frequently been called upon to fill some office of importance, or to participate in the work of conferring the degrees. In 1885 he was married to Miss Kate Mooney, of Woodsfield, and to this union there have been born three sons, Edmond M., Donald K., and Samuel L. Mr. Martin owns a comfortable home in the city of Caldwell, and although a man of genial disposition he finds his greatest pleasure in the companionship of his family. )

Lewis B. Frazier, of Caldwell, Ohio, a prominent lawyer and mayor of the city for nearly two years, was born in the residence which he now occupies in 1869 and is the son of Judge William H. Frazier, one of the leading jurists of that section' of the Buckeye State. Judge Frazier was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, March 11, 1826, and was educated at Madison college in his native State. Choosing law as his life work, he began its practice at Sarahsville, Noble county, when that village was the county seat. When Caldwell became the county seat, Judge Frazier removed to that point and resided in that village, thence forth until 1903, when he moved to the Pacific coast to spend his declining years. Judge Frazier has been an . important figure in the history of Noble county, having served five terms as prosecuting attorney, three terms as common pleas judge and three terms as circuit judge, making a total service of twenty-nine years on the bench. His wife was Minerva Staats, a native of Noble county, and the mother of eight children, five of whom are living, as follows: Mrs. Thomas Lloyd, of Los Angeles, Cal.; Mrs. D. Neuhart, of the same city; Mrs. H. B. Schwartz, of Nagasaki, Japan, her husband being a missionary of the Methodist church to that country ; Lewis B., the subject of this sketch; Minerva, also of Los Angeles. Lewis B. Frazier is a graduate of the high school of Caldwell and attended the Ohio Wesleyan university and the Wooster university. He read law with the firm of O'Key & O'Key in Caldwell, was admitted to the bar in March, 1895, and has been engaged in general practice since. He was elected mayor of Caldwell in the spring of 1902 and served in that important office for nearly two years, resigning in February, 1904. He was married on May 7, 1896, to Jessie Young, a native of Caldwell, who was reared and educated in her native village and taught school ir her young womanhood. They have one daughter, Minerva, born January 8, 1899. Mr. Frazier is prominently identified with stock raising in Noble county and makes a specialty of Hereford cattle and standard bred horses and has been quite successful in this avocation.

Wituam Hvex Frazier, for many years one of the leading citizens of Caldwell, Ohio, but now a resident of California, was born in Hubbard, Trumbull county, Ohio, March 11, 1826. His father,

George Frazier, was a native of Kent county, Md., and .in 1802 settled at Hubbard, where he married Bethiah Randall, a native of Washington county, Penn. The elder Frazier was well known as a prosperous farmer and a magistrate of Trumbull. county. William H. Frazier lived on a farm and attended school in his native town of Hubbard until he reached his twelfth year, when he accompanied his parents to Guernsey county and there worked on the farm in the summers and attended the common schools in the winters until he arrived at manhood's estate. He then entered Madison college at Antrim, Guernsey county, and devoted his vacation seasons to working on the farm. After two years at this institution he began the study of law under the able preceptorship of his brother Henry and continued under his tutelage until he arrived at his twenty-sixth year when he was admitted to the bar at Coshocton, Ohio, May 17, 1852. He began the practice of his profession in partnership with his brother and preceptor, Henry Frazier, at Sarahsville, then the county seat of Noble county. A few months later his brother died and after that Judge Frazier maintained an independent office. In 1858 the county seat was removed to Caldwell and Judge Frazier, following the course of empire, removed to Caldwell and there established his law offices. He forméd a partnership with J. S. Foreman in 1865 and this firm continued for one year. In 1855 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Noble county and for five successive terms discharged the onerous duties of that office to the great satisfaction of his constituents, being twice chosen to this position without opposition. In October, 1871, he was appointed by Governor Hayes as common pleas judge to succeed M. M. Granger, and during the same month was elected for a full term of five years. He was twice re-elected to that office and after a service of thirteen years resigned to accept the nomination for judge of the Seventh judicial circuit, to which office he was elected in June, 1884, and drew the four year term. He was re-elected in 1888 and again in 1894, and at the close of the October term in 1900, he voluntarily retired from the bench after a service _ of sixteen years on the circuit court bench, which added to his thirteen years on the common pleas bench gives him a continuous service of twenty-nine years on the bench, during all of which time not a breath or a suspicion of unfairness was ever heard against him and his ermine was as spotless when returned as when received. It is no exaggeration to say that Judge Frazier possessed the admiration and respect of every attorney that practiced at his court and he occupies a place in the hearts of his people that will be more enduring than monuments of marble and brass. On his retirement he was tendered a banquet by the bar of Jefferson county on November 30, 1900, at the Imperial hotel at Steubenville and many of the most prominent lawyers of Ohio were present. Governor R. C. Richards responded to the toast "Our Guest" and paid a grand tribute to Judge Frazier as a jurist and as a man. Many other eulogistic speeches were delivered by distinguished advocates and Judge Frazier responded in a happy vein when called on for an address. Judge Frazier was similarly honored by the bar of Lake county, and the bar of Mahoning county held a meeting in which many members paid glowing tributes to him in his official and personal capacities. When Judge Frazier decided to leave Caldwell and make his home on the 'Pacific coast, the citizens of Caldwell tendered him a farewell banquet which was held on January 3, 1908, and he left for his new home with the best wishes and the kindest regards of the entire community. In 1870 Judge Frazier, with others organized the first bank in Noble county, became its president and occupied that responsible position until his removal to California. He was one of the incorporators and directors of the Cleveland & Marietta railroad company. All of his ' life he has been interested in farming, now owns a large farm near Caldwell and is well informed on all matters relating to agriculture. In answers to a question as to the proper time to plant corn, he is said to have replied: "When the maple leaves get to the size of squirrel's ears." For many years he was a member of the Methodist churen and always took great interest in church work. He possessed a splendid knowledge of the statute, was well versed in all forms of the law and with it all was broad minded and anxious to see full justice done. One of his favorite remarks, which fully illustrates his broad mindedness as a jurist, was: ''Let's do justice unless there is some infernal rule of law that prevents it." It is no disparagement to the other citizens of Noble county to say that during his residence in Caldwell Judge Frazier was the leading citizen of that county and easily one of the most prominent men in that section of Ohio. He was a great success in many walks of life, .and as a lawyer, judge, banker, farmer and citizen he was without a peer in his community.

Arturr Epwarp Brown, of Caldwell, Ohio, superintendent of the schools of that city, is a native of Licking county, Ohio; born May 17,1876. He is a son of Nicholas C. and Rachel Ellen (Park) Brown, both natives of Licking county. His father, for thirty years engaged in educational work, has now retired from teaching and is busy with his agricultural interests in Licking county. He was a soldier during the Civil war, serving with Company B, One Hundred Thirty-Fifth Ohio volunteer infantry ; he was captured July 3, 1864, at North Mountain, Va., and spent eight months in rebel prisons, four of which were in Andersonville. The Brown family came to America with Lord Baltimore. Nicholas C. Brown's mother was a Comly; a descendant of the Comly family which came to America with William Penn, and in the early days were devout

Quakers. Rachel Ellen (Park) Brown, Professor Brown's mother, is of English and Scotch-Irish parentage; her ancestors came to America about the time of the Revolution. Professor Brown is the fourth son of a family of nine children, five boys and four girls, and reared on the farm. He attended the schools of his native county and began to teach in the country schools when he was in his seventeenth year. He spent one year in the preparatory department of the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio. He then went to Denison University at Granville, Ohio, where he prosecuted his studies to his sophomore year; returning to Ohio Weslevan, he completed the classical course and graduated in 1902, having completed the scientific course at Doane Academy at Granville. During his college career he engaged in various occupations to earn his expenses. During his last year at the Ohio Wesleyan he was in charge of the Normal department of the university. After graduation he made application for the superintendency of public schools at Greenwich, Ohio, and at the same time filed an application at Caldwell. He was offered both positions and accepted the latter. The public schools of Caldwell are among the best of the village schools in the state, and their high school course of four years prepares its graduates for admission into any college in Ohio. Professor Brown is a member of the Methodist church; he also belongs to the Masons and Odd Fellows, and while quite a young man in years he stands high as an educator, and his work in the schools of Caldwell has been of a superior order. To his natural and acquired abilities he adds the subtle quality of contagious literary enthusiasm and his success as a teacher is marked.

Joun W. Emmons, treasurer of Noble county, and one of the best known business men of Caldwell, is a son of Lewis and Susannah (Shepherd) Emmons, both natives of Maryland, but who settled in Belmont county, Ohio, at an early day. Later they came to Noble county, locating at Sharon, where the subject of this sketch was born, November 21, 1848, and where he was educated in the public schools. Upon leaving school he started in to learn the harness maker's trade with S. F. Rock, of Sharon, and at the expiration of his apprenticeship he embarked in business for himself. In 1869 he went to Kansas, where for about a year he was engaged in the harness and saddlery business at Olathe, the county seat of Johnson county. He then went to Springfield, Illinois, where he remained but a few months, returning to Noble county in July, 1870, and locating at Caldwell. For some time he confined his attention to harness making, until he had built up a successful trade, when he removed to his present location at North and West streets and added a line of vehicles. Politically Mr. Emmons has always been a consistent Republican, and he has always taken an active interest in public affairs. As a delegate to county, district, and state conventions, his sound judgment and conservative policy have distinguished him as a safe counsellor for his party. He served six years as a member of the Board of Education and six years as a member of the Caldwell city council, being a member of that body when the right of way was granted to the Bellaire, Zanesville & Cincinnati railroad company along the north side of the city. Some criticism has since been passed upon this act but at that time no one could foresee the growth of the town in that direction, or that the tracks would ever occupy a street through a thickly settled district. In 1899 he was elected treasurer of the county and was re-elected in 1901. His record ag treasurer is that of a conscientious painstaking official, whose business-like methods have won the endorsement of the taxpayers of the county. Besides his private business and his official positions Mr. Emmons has been interested in other undertakings. He served as a director or treasurer of the Caldwell Building and Loan Association from its organization until he resigned in 1899 to enter upon his duties as county treasurer. A large number of Caldwell homes have been built through the medium of this association. For a number of years he was treasurer of the Caldwell Fair Association. He was born and reared a Methodist and is now a member of that denomination, contributing freely of his means for the erection of the fine new edifice on Main street now occupied by that church. In December, 1870, he became a member of Olive Todge, No. 259, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he was one of the charter members of Caldwell Lodge, No. 280, Knights . of Pythias. He has passed through the chairs of both lodges and represented his Knights of Pythias lodge at the Grand Lodge meetings at Cincinnati and Columbus. Mr. Emmons has been twice married. His first wife, to whom he was wedded in the fall of 1870, was Miss Lucy Davidson, a native of Malta, Morgan county. To this union were born two children, a son and a daughter. The son is now a successful pharmacist of Marion, Ohio, and the daughter, Annie, is a clerk in the treasurer's office under her father. _ Mrs. Lucy Davidson Emmons died on Decemher 30, 1886, and was buried in the Sharon cemetery on New Year's day, 1887. His second wife was Mrs. Melissa Caldwell, nee Glidden, whose first husband was the son of one of the founders of the city of Caldwell. This marriage occurred May 12, 1892. Mr. Emmons is a modest, unassuming man, one who is always found attending to his business, and who enjoys the confidence and respect of his fellow men.

Jdxsse S. Harris, editor and proprietor of the Noble County Leader, is a native of Noble county, having been: born at the village of Sharon, October 22, 1868. After acquiring a good common school education in the Sharon and Caldwell public schools he began his business career as an apprentice in the office of the Caldwell Press, entering that office in June, 1885. Later he was employed on, the Noble County Democrat, now suspended, and in. 1888 located at Troy, Ohio, where he engaged in the printing business. In the fall of 1889 he returned to Caldwell and became editor and manager of the Noble County Republican. This position he'held until the paper was consolidated with the Caldwell Journal, in July, 1898. Mr. Harris continued in the office of the Republican-Journal as editor until the following March, when he launched the Noble County Leader. The first issue of the new paper made its appearance on May 3, 1899, and soon became a favorite with many of the people of the county. Mr. Harris' long acquaintance with the press and the people of Noble county eminently fitted him for the management of a paper devoted to Noble county affairs. The Leader office is the best equipped in the county and one of the best in Southeastern Ohio. Its mechanical equipment, however, has not contributed so much to its success as has the real live editor and manager, in the person of Mr. Harris, who has conducted the affairs of the paper since it was founded, and who has placed the Leader on the high road to success. Politically Mr. Harris has always been an uncompromising Republican, and his paper has invariably advocated Republican principles. In May, 1902, he established the Summerfield News, a six column four page paper, for the local news of Summerfield and vicinity. It is edited and managed by Dr. R. B. Taylor and C. H. Dew, of Summerfield, but the printing is done in the office of the Leader at Caldwell. On May 27, 1891, Mr. Harris led to the altar Miss Lillian M. Yoho, of Caldwell. Three children have been born to this union, but only one is now living. The first born, a daughter named Fanchion, died in July, 1896, aged thirteen months and six days. A son, Charles, passed away on February 1, 1900, aged invo days. The third child, a son named Clyde, was born on December 2, 1902, and is still living.

Cuartes Perry Simons, M. D., son of John White Simons an¢ Hester Ann Simons, was born at Zanesville, Muskingum county, Ohio, January 26, 1842. His father was born near Philadelphia, Penn., March 23, 1819, and removed with his parents to Zanesville, Ohio, where he learned the trade of an iron moulder. His mother, Hester Ann Simons, was the daughter of Benjamin and Hester Ann Trago. She was born at Zanesville, Ohio, October 21, 1821. John W. Simons removed his family to Cambridge, Ohio, in 1855, where he engaged in the foundry and machine business until his death, which occurred August 5th, 1871. He was an energetic, industrious, and prudent man, and had built up a prosperous business. At his death his three eldest sons succeeded him. The eldest, the principal of this sketch, conducted the business for a number of vears, after which he disposed of his interests to his brothers, and retired from the business. John White Simons during his life was an earnest member, supporter and worker in the Baptist church at Cambridge, Ohio. He was superintendent of the Sabbath school for a number of years, as well as one of its church officers. He was prominent in the progress and prosperity of the town, serving a number of years in the city council. He was a leading member in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He died on the 5th dav of Angust, 1871, at Cambridge, Ohio, and his remains rest in the cemetery at that place, his grave being marked by an elegant granite monument erected by his widow and children. His mother, Hester Ann Simons, was born at Zanesville, Ohio, October 21, 1821. She died at Cambridge, Guernsey county, Ohio, June 12, 1895, and was Inried beside her husband. She, as well as her husband, was an earnest member and worker in the Baptist church from early life, raising their family in that church. A part of the children in after life when married united by letter with the Presbyterian and Methodist churches, the subject of this sketch, with his wife, uniting by letter with the Methodist Episcopal church. His mother during the Rebellion was president of the Ladies' Soldiers' Aid Society that did such excellent work in making and collecting clothing and articles of all kinds for the hospitals of the army. She visited Camp Dennison hospital, taking large supplies of clothing and delicacies for the sick and wounded, and while there did what she could to alleviate the suffering of those with whom she came in contact. She was a kind, loving and affectionate Christian mother. She lived only for her children, doing all she could that they might live and follow her hallowed teachings. Charles Perry Simons removed with his parents to Cambridge, Ohio, in 1855, and made that city his home. He was educated in preparatory matters in Cambridge and Zanesville, Ohio, and received his professional education in the medical department of Michigan University at Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was graduated from the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, Ohio, in the spring of 1864. In the spring of 1862, his studies were interrupted by the war. He at that time entered the army and served as acting assistant surgeon, first in the general hospital at Camp Dennison, Ohio. In the fall of 1863, he left the army by resigning his place in the hospital, and proceeded to Cincinnati, Ohio, there taking his last course of lectures, and graduated as stated. He was examined by the State Military Examining Board of Medical Officers, at Columbus, Ohio, and having passed a successful examination, was commissioned assistant surgeon of the Ninety-Eighth regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry. He at once proceeded to join his command. He was detailed by department surgeon, Major Cloak, at Chattanooga, Tenn., by order of General Steadman, to organize the hospital at that place. He was at the outset probably the youngest assistant surgeon in the army. After completing his work, he asked that he be relieved to join his command, which was granted, and he accompanied Sherman's army in-its march to the sea. He was attached to the division hospital as one of its surgeons, » and in the absence of the division surgeon, he assumed his duties. After the battle of Jonesboro and the fall of Atlanta, Dr. Simons was, by order of General Morgan, regularly detailed for hospitai duties, and continued with the division hospital of the second division of the fourteenth army crops on the entire march to the sea and through the Carolinas to Goldsboro, North Carolina. At that place Sherman's army rested. Dr. Simons, by order of General Sherman, was detailed to remove all the sick and. wounded to New Berne, and report to the General commanding, if suitable accommodations could be made for the wounded or not. He was afterwards directed by General Sherman to place all sick and wounded on a government vessel, and under orders proceed to New York with them, which he did, then returning and joining the army near Raleigh, North Carolina. He continued his arduous field duties on through to Richmond and Washington City. After the grand review of Sherman's army, in which he participated, his regiment was ordered to Cleveland, Ohio, where he was honorably mustered out. Flattering offers at Washington to remain in the army were made to Dr. Simons, but for family reasons were respectfully declined, and he returned to Cambridge, Ohio, where he engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery. In 1881, he accepted the nomination for state senator on the Republican ticket in a strong democratic district. He made a spirited fight but was defeated by a greatly reduced majority. Dr. Simons has been closely identified with the political affairs of the county, district and state, having served several terms as chairman and secretary of the county central and executive committees in which he formerly lived. He has served as president of judicial conventions and as vice-president of state conventions. He has held important city offices, and for a time served as a member of the U. S. Pension Board. He was married to Mrs. Arena Ann Kells, nee Teener, June 11, 1884. In 1894, he removed to Canton, Ohio, owing to the ill health of his wife and stepdaughter, thinking to benefit them in the change. While in Canton he engaged in his profession. He is a prominent member of the G. A. R., having been Post Surgeon of Canton Post, No. 25, G. A. R. He took an active part in the campaign of 1896, being an intimate personal friend of President McKinley, and a member of the G. A. R. reception committee during the campaign. In 1897, he returned to Caldwell, Ohio, where he had business interests that demanded his attention, and where he now resides. His wife was the estimable daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Teener.

She was born in Cumberland, Ohio, August 23, 1849. She was the widow of James Kells, a gallant soldier of the Seventy-eighth regiment, Ohio Volunteer infantry, who was severely wounded J uly 22, 1864, and was a prisoner in the Andersonville prison pen for some months. His death was due to wounds and exposure in the Army. Dr. Simons' stepdaughter, Mattie L. Kells, was married November 20, 1895, to Edward J. Kane. To them were born: A son, Harold Hastings Kane, January 1, 1897, in Canton, Ohio; a daughter, Geraldine Teener Kane, August 14, 1899, in Caldwell, Ohio. Harold Hastings Kane was named from the father's side, being of the old illustrious house of Hastings of Ireland. Mrs. Kane is an accomplished painter, musician, and social favorite. Mr. E. J. Kane is in the wholesale and retail hardware business in West Union, Weston, and Bealington, W. Va., under the firm names of Kane & Keyser Hardware Company and Kane & Co. Hardware Company. Dr. Simons' grandfather was named Richard Perry Simons. He moved from near Philadelphia, Penn., to Ohio. His grandmother's maiden name was Catharine White. Their only son and child was Dr. Simons' father. Richard Perry Simons was a captain in the war of 1812-14. They both died at Zanesville, Ohio, and were buried in a family lot. They were both earnest and consistent pioneer members of the Methodist Episcopal church at that place. Henry Teener, the father of Mrs. Arena A. Simons, was born in Loudoun county, Va., August 18, 1814. He moved to Noble county, Ohio, with his parents, and pursued the occupation of a farmer, in which he was most successful, acquiring through indomitable energy and great management, an independent competence. He retired from business in 1880, and moved to Caldwell, Ohio, where he lived a retired life with his wife until he died, May 15, 1888. Elizabeth Hamilton Teener, the mother of Mrs. Simons, was born near Hiramsburg, Noble county, Ohio, April 15, 1815. Her parents were farmers and quite extensive land owners. She was married to Henry Teener May 9, 1839. She was an estimable, kind, and loving wife. She was of incalculable help to her husband in all his early life ventures and struggles. She was an earnest Christian mother, raising her family in the Methodist faith. They both died in Caldwell, Ohio, and their remains are buried in the cemetery at Cumberland, Ohio, where several of their children were buried who died in infancy.

Leanper F. Carn, M. D., of Caldwell Ohio, a leading physician and surgeon and a-prominent member of the Ohio legislature, was born in Noble county, on a farm three miles east of Caldwell, July 21, 1856. His father was James Cain, a native of Noble county, a teacher in early life, for twenty-five years a justice of the peace, and all of his life a leading and successful farmer. The mother of Dr. Cain was Rosanna Racey, also a native of Noble county, and a member of one of the pioneer families of that section. Their family consisted of eight sons and two daughters. Three of the sons died inside of thirty days of diphtheria and in the succeeding period of forty-five years there has not been a case of serious illness among the other members of the family. Dr. Cain is the third son of his parents and was educated-in the common schools of Noble county and at the State university of Bloomington, Ind. He taught school for the next eight years, five years of which time was spent in Noble county and three years in Indiana. He,was graduated from the Kentucky School of Medicine in 1887 and since has engaged in general practice with Caldwell as his permanent home, though he has been compelled to do a great deal of traveling on account of his wife's health. He was married in 1887 to Quintilla J. Wiley, a native of Noble county and the daughter of one of the most prominent farmers and stock raisers of the county. Dr. and Mrs. Cain have had five children born to them, viz.: Durward C., who served in the Cuban and Philippine wars as a member of the Seventeenth United States infantry and later in the Ninth infantry; Wiley M., who died at the age of eighteen months; Claude W., a graduate of the dental department of the Northwestern University of Chicago and a skilled operator in dentistry ; Wilbur, who died at the age of nine months; Josephine Burgess, the only daughter, a student of the high school of Caldwell and an accomplished musician. Dr. Cain was reared in a Democratic atmosphere but became a Republican soon after attaining his majority and has been a prominent member of that party for many years. He has devoted much time and attention to polities and has been an active platform speaker in different states during every presidential campaign since he became a voter. He never sought*public office except when he was elected to the Seventy-fifth general assembly of Ohio in 1901. For several years prior to his election Dr. Cain had favored the abolition of State taxes on personal and real property and placing the same on corporations. He ran before the people on that platform and on the organization of the legislature he was appointed a member of the committee on taxation. Through his agitation of this question the law was passed reducing the rate of taxation for State purposes from $2.85 per $1,000 to $1.35, $1 of which is for school purposes. This law meant a great savings for the people of Ohio and in Noble county the reduction in taxation was in excess of $14,000. He is the author of the Cain - -Dow law, which contemplates the successful collection of the Dow tax. The doctor's position was that any one holding a government license to sell whiskey, unless a registered pharmacist engaged in a legitimate drug business, was a dealer in liquors and amenable to the provisions of the Dow law,

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 193 which in many instances was being avoided. The passing of the Cain law has increased the State revenues more than $100,000 during the first vear of its operation and has driven out of business numbers of disreputable dives. Dy. Cain secured more appointments for his constituents than all other representatives from his district for the past ten vears, and while this is a duty that makes some enemies of the disappointed applicants, yet it is an important part of the work of a legislative representative. Mrs. Cain is an active worker in the cause of Christianity, a member of the Methodist church and the friend and counsellor of the young people, who love her greatly for her unselfish interest in their welfare.

Brnxgamin B. Wanner, deceased, was born in Guernsey county in 1825 and came to Noble county in 1858. He was a carpenter by trade, but after his removal to Noble county, he entered polities and held a nminber of important official positions. For many years he was postmaster of Caldwell, being commissioned first in 1863, and holding the office until 1885. He was elected County Recorder in 1863 and re-elected in 1866, serving six years. For six years, from 1872 to 1878, he was Deputy Sheriff of Noble county, and _ performed the duties of this office as he did all others, with characteristic attention to duty. At the first call to arms, Mr. Waller enlisted in Company K, Thirticth Ohio Volunteer infantry, and participated in all the arduous campaigns of his company, until he was wounded in the battle of South Mountain, and discharged for disability on February 5, 1863. This wound disabled him through hfe and was one of the causes that ultimately brought about his death, which occurred on March 22, 1886. Mr. Waller was descended from Welsh and German parents. His father, Joseph Waller, was born July 13, 1791; his mother, Sarah Borde, December 4, 1791, the former a Welshman, the latter of German descent. Mr. Benjamin B. Waller was married on August 22, 1847, to Margaret Stuart, a native of Belmont county, and a daughter of James and Ann (Linn) Stuart. Mr. Stuart was a descendant of Scotch ancestors, his father being the founder of the family in America. Mrs. Waller was reared and edueated in Guernsey county, and after her marriage was her husband's assistant in the various offices which he held. To their union were born three sons and four daughters, five of the family now living. These are Clara Alta, now Mrs. Sturtevant, of Colorado Springs, Colorado; Anna Izetta, now Mrs. Holliday, of Eureka, Florida; Saidee Evelyn, now Mrs. William M. Miller, of Dresden, Ohio; Joseph Emmett, a physician in Salem, Nebraska; Wilber Fiske, a journalist at Crooksville Ohio; and Walter Bell, a dentist, who died at Jackson, California, in 1897. Mr. Waller was an active member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a worthy member of Olive

Lodge, and zealous worker in the Grand Army of the Republic. He and his wife were active members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was a well known and an exemplary member of society. Mrs. Waller still lives in the home, left her on thé death of her husband, being well provided for in future years. She is a member of Noble Rebecca Lodge No. 376, Daughters of Rebecca, and is at present Deputy Grand Master of the district in which the Lodge is located.

Leanper W. WHEELER, of Caldwell, Ohio, probate judge of Noble county and a leading citizen, was born in Olive township of that county, March 10, 1853; son of Josiah and Ruth (Ralph) Wheeler. His father was born near Augusta, Me., in 1812, and when three years of age accompanied his parents to Ohio and was reared to manhood at Marietta and vicinity. He came to Noble county in his young manhood, settled on a farm in Olive township and in 1831 married Miss Ralph. He lived on his farm for fifty-six years and died there on April 24, 1894, at the age of eighty-two years. Leander W. Wheeler was the third child in the family of four children and was educated in the public schools and at Beverly college. His early career was devoted to teaching in Noble county and for fourteen years he was one of the leading members of that honorable profession in Noble county. Failing sight compelled him to retire from the schoolroom and he purchased a farm of one hundred acres, located one and a quarter miles north of Caldwell, and there prospered as a farmer for several years. In 1899 he was elected to the office of probate judge for a term of three years, and in 1902 he was re-elected, and consequently is now serving his second term in that important office. He is an active and influential Republican, both of his races having been made under the banner of that party and he stands high in its councils. Judge Wheeler was married on October 19, 1879, to Siretta J. Webber, a member of a prominent family of Noble county and a native of Olive township, born on September 10, 1853. Two children have been born to them, viz.: Clyde C., who is an assistant to his father in the office and a student of the high school of Caldwell ; Capitola, a girl of nine years. Judge Wheeler is identified with a number of the leading fraternal orders, holding membership in the Masons, the Odd Fellows, of which he is a Past Grand and Past Chief Patriarch, and in the Knights of Pythias. He has nice holdings of farm and city property and is one of the substantial citizens of the county.

Wattace H. Coorry, of Caldwell, Ohio, for many years prominently identified with journalism in southeastern Ohio, was born in Fayette county, Pa., May 1, 1843, and when sixteen years of age came to Ohio. His parents, John and Maria Louisa (Bryant) Cooley, were life residents of Pennsylvania and reared a family of ten children to maturity. Wallace H. Cooley was the third child of his parents, received a good education in his youth and began life in a printing office in the humble capacity of "devil." On his arrival in Ohio he secured a position as a journeyman printer and was so employed from 1859 to June 24, 1861, when he joined the army. He enlisted in Company I, Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer infantry, and' served first in the Army of West Virginia and in July, 1862, was transferred to the Army of the Potomac and participated in the second battle of Bull Run, under General Fremont. He remained with the Army of the Potomac until after the battle of Gettysburg, when his command was sent south and they took part in the siege of Charleston. He continued in the army until June 24, 1864, when he was mustered out and returned to Pittsburg, where he secured employment in a printing office. In 1867 he removed to Caldwell and three years later purchased the Noble County Republican, which he conducted with great success until July, 1898, when he disposed of this paper. During the active years of his life Mr. Cooley was a recognized leader in local politics and always a stalwart Republican. No man in the county wielded a stronger political influence or could control more votes. He was always a consistent Republican and invariably supported the entire ticket, no matter what his personal preference might be in the matter. He was married on October 14, 1872, to Miranda E., daughter of James P. and Sarah (Kent) Reed, natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania, respectively. The Reeds are among the most prominent families of Southeast Ohio, having settled there in 1806. Mr. and Mrs. Cooley have had five children born to them, three of whom are dead; Mary, Maynard and Emma died in infancy and the surviving children are Rokert Chandler and Wallace Herman. These sons are young men of bright promise, liberally educated and thoroughly equipped for the duties of life. Robert is a stenographer in the division freight office of the Pennsylvania railroad at Cambridge, Ohio, and Wallace is a photographer of Pittsburg, Pa. Mrs. Cooley is an active member of the Methodist church, a member of the various social orders of that body and an earnest worker in matters religious. Mr. Cooley has been prominently identified with the Masons, the Odd Fellows and the Grand Army of the Republic for many years and is one of the most widely known citizens of Noble county.

Davin FrigpMan, of Caldwell, Ohio, the leading merchant of Noble county, and one of the commissioners from Ohio to the Louisiana Purchase Centennial exposition, was born in Austria on July 4, 1866, and was reared and educated in his native country. He came to America in 1883, following an older ktrother, then a traveling salesman. David Friedman began his business career in Ainerica as a salesman, in a small way, ee has worked himself up to his present important position in the commercial world. He and his brother,

M. P. going to Cleveland and David locating at Caldwell. Their affairs have. prospered and today Mr. Friedman has the largest store in Noble county. He conducts a department store of high class, with a stock that is complete i in every detail and he enjoys the patronage of the best people of that entire section. The Cleveland enterprise, in charge of his brother, M. P. Friedman, is engaged in the manufacture of pearl buttons and is in a highly prosperous condition. The two concerns give employment to one hundred and seventy- -five people and are flourishing business enterprises. Mr. Friedman is an active working Republican and has at various times attended as a delegate the county, congressional and State conventions of that party. He is a man of wide information and broad business experience, and Governor Nash, recognizing him as such, appointed him a member of the cominission from Ohio to the Lonisiana Purchase Centennial exposition. This appointment was made on Thanksgiving day, 1902, upon the recommendation of Hon. L. F. Cain, and gave general satisfaction throughout the State, as Mr. Friedman is very popular in the home of his adoption and possesses the esteem and friendship of the leading men of Southeastern Ohio. He is prominently identified with the Masonic order, being a Royal Arch Mason and a great worker for that grand fraternity. Mr. Friedman is unmarried and when his sister, Mrs. Ellen Alter, became a widow, in the old country, he brought her and her two children to Ohio and she is now in charge of the economy of his household. He has also brought a younger brother, Henry, to America and he is now employed in the mercantile catablishment at Caldwell. My. Friedman is educating the children of his sister and is fitting his younger brother for the practical business of life. Mr. Friedman has made a great success of his career and is a striking example of what may be accomplished in America _if the immigrant possess ability, integrity and energy.

Davin S. Sprices, of Caldwell, Ohio, attorney and counselor at law, was born in Centerville, Belmone county, Ohio, January 10, 1835 5; a son of Morris D. and Catherine (Pool) Spriggs, both natives of Washington county, Penn., whence they came to Belmont county, Ohio, Bleue 1898. In 1844 'they removed to Guernsey county, the territory upon which they settled now being a part of Noble county ; in 1856 they removed to the vicinity of Senecaville ; and in the fall of 1867 removed to Wayne county, IIl., where thes resided the rest of their lives. His father spent the early years of his life as a tailor but for many years prior to his death was identified with the agricultural interests in the various communities in which he made his home. David S. Spriggs was the fourth child and was educated in the common schools of his native state and began his career as a teacher, studying law in the meantime. He was admitted to practice by the district court of Noble county in 1859 and hegan the practice of his profession at Sarahsville in 1860. After the removal of the county seat to Caldwell he moved to that place and has practiced continuously in that town since 1866. He has been engaged in general practice, haying no specialties and has enjoyed a large and Incrative practice. He was married on November 28, 1857, to Nanev Windom, a native of Belmont county, daughter of George Windom and a niece of William Windem, seeretary of the treasury of the United States under Garfield. Her mother was Elizabeth Bits, of German descent and a member of a well known family. Mr. and Mrs. Spriggs have three children, viz.: Belle, wife of George C. Jennings, a lawver of Woodsfield, Ohio; Homer O., an express agent at Bluefields, W. Va.; Fred, an attorney of Bellaire, Ohio, and a member of the firm of Tallmau & Spriggs. Mr. Spriggs is a Democrat of the Jeffersonian sort and has taken a proninent part in the affairs of that party. He has never wavered cr faltered in his steadfast adherence to his party, always votes for the candidates of Democracy whether they are his choice or not and throughout his long life has been a consistent member of that great party. In 1863 he was a candidate for probate judge but went down with his partv. In 1869 he was a candidate for prosecuting attorney but was defeated by the well known writer, James M. Dalzelle. In 1871 he reversed the situation and defeated Mr. Dalzelle, though in a county largely Republican. In 1875 he and Dalzelle were arrayed against each other in a race for membership in the lower house of Ohio and Dalzelle was elected by the narrow margin of seven votes, though the county normally gave a Republican majority of two hundred and fifty. In 1885, Mr. Spriggs was commissioned postmaster of Caldwell, his appointment being the first made by a president as office had not previously been of sufficient importance to call for such high action in regard to placing a postmaster in charge. In recent years Mr. Spriggs has persistently declined to become a candidate for any office, though his energy has not relaxed or his ardor cooled for the Democratic party. He supported Bryan in all of his campaigns and has been a frequent delegate to the State, congressional and judicial conventions. He is prominently identified with the Masonic order, being a charter member of Olive lodge, No. 139, and having been affiliated with the fraternity since 1865. Mr. Spriggs enjoys a splendid reputation in Noble county, both as a lawyer and ag a man, and he is well and favorably known throughout that district.

Herman C. Hupp, D. D. S., a prominent dentist of Caldwell, Ohio, was born in Buffalo township, Noble county, March 24, 1876. _ He is a son of Daniel and Mary Hupp, both of whom were also natives of Noble county. Daniel Hupp was one of the most prosperous business men of the county and besides looking after his-large real estate interests, he was also extensively engaged in buying and selling live stock and in merchandising, until his sudden death, from heart-disease, in 1880. Dr. Hupp was educated in the public schools of his native town. He began the study of dentistry in 1896 in the office of Dr. A. P. Chambers at Caldwell, and after one year of this preparatory work, he entered the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery and after three years of a most thorough course at that famous inst1- tution, he was graduated in 1900. The Baltimore College of Dental Surgery is said to be the oldest institution of that kind in the world, and its standing is such, that its diplomas are regarded as evidence of eminent qualifications, and the possessor of one of these prized documents is in a fair way to professional success. Dr. Hupp began the practice of his profession in Caldwell, where he occupies a fine suite of rooms in the Mills block. He has established an extensive practice among the best people of the town and community. On May 1, 1902, he was married to Miss Ruby Young, a daughter of William Young, deceased. Mrs. Hupp was educated in Caldwell and is a lady of intelligence and refinement. Dr. Hupp and wife are both members of the Methodist church. Politically, the doctor is a Republican. He is a member of his college fraternity, called the Psi Omega Dental Fraternity. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, Masonic and Independent Order of Odd Fellows orders. The mother of Dr. Hupp resides on a farm near Caldwell. Her grandson, Walter Hiddleston, operates the farm. Walter's mother was Mrs. Nora Hiddleston, deceased, the only daughter of Daniel and Mary Hupp, there being but two children in the family, Nora and Herman C.

Witi1am Henry Ricucrerx, artist, of Caldwell, Ohio, was born in Knox county, Ohio, on a farm, December 21, 1861. He is a son of Edward and Delilah (Johnson) Richereek, both natives of Ohio. The father was a successful farmer, and died in 1880 at the age of fifty years, and the mother in April, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Richcreek were the parents of a family of seven children, six of whom are living: John W., a farmer in Coshocton county, the eldest; William Henry; Jennie, now Mrs. McFarland of Coshocton county; George M., a farmer in Knox county; Nettie, the wife of Oscar Tanner, an engineer in Newark, Ohio; and Alberta, who died in November, 1901, aged twenty-two years. Mr. W. H. Richereek was edueated in the public schools of Coshecton county and worked on a farm until his twenty-second year. Leaving the farm he learned the art of photography at Adamsville, Muskingum county, and followed the business at different places in the employ of others for about six years. In February, 1890, he came to Caldwell and engagéd in the business for himself, locating in the rooms which he still occupies, where he does a general business along the line of his profession, including enlarging. Mr. Richereek has been prosperous and has established a fine trade, having the monopoly on photography in Caldwell. He was married August 23, 18 - , to Anna Gibson, a native of Noble county, and daughter of Frank Gibson, who was a merchant in Caldwell. To them have been born two children, Harry Gibson and Norma Kathryn. Mr. and Mrs. Richcreek are members of the Methodist church. Mr. Richereek is a staunch Republican, and was a member of the city council for six years. He is a member of Olive Lodge, No. 259, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Caldwell Encampment No. 260; is Past Grand of the Subordinate Lodge, P. C. P. of the Encampment, and has represented the former iu the Grand Lodge of Ohio. He has always taken an interest in Odd Fellowship, and is a faithful attendant at lodge. Mr. Richcreek was appointed mayor of Caldwell, February 14, 1904, to fill the unexpired term of Mayor L. B. Frazier, resigned, and at the spring election following was nominated and elected for two years.

Amos Asner Day, clerk of the court of Common Pleas of Noble county, Ohio, was born in Wayne, Noble county, March 9, 1869. He is a son of Amos and Lydia (Williams) Day, both natives of Noble county, according to the present organization, at that time Guernsey county. The Day family traces its genealogy to Scotch-Irish ancestors, long established in America, while the Williams family is of English origin. The paternal great grandfather, also Amos Day, was born in the vicinity of Baltimore, Md., learned the profession of Civil Engineering in Baltimore, and on coming to Ohio, surveyed much of the land embraced in Guernsey and Noble counties. He located on a farm in what is now Wayne Township, where both the subject of

_this sketch and his father were born and where both grandparents died. The father of A. A. Day was born in 1832, and the mother in 1834. Both are living on the old homestead, where Mr. Day has been a successful farmer and is now living in the enjoyment of the fruits of his earlier industry. The family consists of three sons and three daughters, all living. The eldest is Mrs. Vista Webster of Savannah, Mo.; Mrs. Florence R. Perkins resides upon a farm in Beaver Township, Noble county; Elmer E., is a farmer in Guernsey county ; Lydia J. Dolison wife of M. H. Dolison, lives on a farm in Wayne Township; ; Amos A.; and Fred, who is still under the parental roof. Amos A. Day, received his elementary education in Wayne and Beaver townships, and at Stanbury Normal College at Stanbury,

Mo. He spent his early years on the farm, tanght school in Noble county for ten years, and in May, 1901, was nominated for the office in which he is now serving, being elected at the general election in 1901. Mr. Day has always taken an active interest in political affairs, having descended from the old line Whig party and inherited his Republicanism. Mr. Day was married December 31, 1892, to Nellie Marlow, a native of Wayne township, and a danghter of John and Rebecca Marlow. The father died in 1880, and the mother is now living at Bellaire, O. Mrs. Day was educated in her native township. To Mr. and Mrs. Day have been born four children: Lloyd Benson, Helen Gould, Edith Marlow, and Amos Abner. Mr. Day is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Cuartes S. McFrrren, a merchant of Caldwell, Ohio, was born in Hoskinsville, Noble county, on October 20, 1873, and is the only son of I. M. and H. J. MeFerren, a prominent old Ohio family. His parents were born in Ohio on territory which is now embraced within Noble county. The father has spent his life in the Immber and timber business, and in general merchandising at Hoskinsville, but is now residing in Caldwell engaged in the wholesale produce business. His mother is also living and one sister, Mrs. Ella Harper of Caldwell. Myr. Charles McFerren received his education in the public schools of Caldwell, and spent his earlier years in assisting his father, in a printing office and in electrical engineering through Northern Ohio in the employ of the Cleveland Electric Construction Company. On the breaking ont of the Spanish-American War, he volunteered his services as a member of Company D, in the Seventeenth U. S. Infantry at Columbus, entering the service May 30, 1898. He was in camp at Fort McPherson, Ga., and at Tampa, Fla., going from the last named place with the Fifth Army Corps to Cuba. Most of his time in Cuba, Mr. McFerren was employed as a clerk but was on the firing line when his comrades were so employed. He participated in all the duties required of soldiers during the Santiago Campaign and had the pleasure of seeing the irrepressible Rough Rider, who now occupies our Presidential chair, on many occasions. On the homeward trip, Mr. McFerren was taken with yellow fever, and came very near losing his life through the depredations of the terrible disease. He was in the hospital at Montauk Point, Long Island, until convalescent, and rejoined his regiment at Columbus, soon being discharged on a surgeon's certificate of disability, January 9, 1899. When prostrated with the disease he weighed two hundred pounds and within four weeks after reaching Montauk, was reduced to one hundred and fifteen. It is possible that the medieal profession who may read this, will doubt the truth of the follow- ing statement: when in the height of fever, Mr. McFerren's temperature ran to 107, a fact which is fully verified by affidavit of a: reputable physician of Caldwell, Dr. J. M. Martin. Since his discharge, he has been in precarious health, and obliged to guard it very carefully, and to engage only in such occupations as is conducive to this result. By reason of these disabilities he has become a pensioner. Since returning he has been engaged as manager of his father's business. Mr, McFerren was married in August, 1899, to Lillie May Caldwell, of Canton, a native of Noble county, and a daughter of Ezra Caldwell, a well known resident of the county. They are members of the Methodist church. Politically, Mr. McFerren is a Republican, though reared by Democratic ancestors, and is, so far as he knows, the only person bearing that name, who votes the Republican ticket.

JosEPH McLaveutin, proprietor of a livery and feed business near the B. Z. & C. depot, of Cadwell, Ohio, was born in Buffalo 'township, Noble county, on December 5, 1844. He is a son of John and Mary (Taylor) McLaughlin, the father a native of County ' Down, Ireland, and the mother, a native of Virginia. John Mc- Laughlin accompanied his parents to America in childhood, and after his marriage, located on a farm in Buffalo township. His death occurred in Noble township at the age of eighty-four, the mother's death occurring at the age of seventy-five. They left a family of four sons and four daughters; the eldest, Isaac, a boot and shoe merchant, at Franklin, Indiana; William, a prosperous farmer in Noble township; Jane, widow of Frank Gibson, residing in Caldwell; Joseph, subject of this sketch; Nancy, now Mrs. C. W. Spiker, residing on a farm in Noble county; Mary Halley, of the same township; Adeline Jordon, residing in Illinois; and John, of Byesville, a retired farmer. Joseph McLaughlin was reared on a farm and spent his early years in clearing up the land. His educational work was confined to the public schools of that township, and necessarily was rather limited. He was married in 1871 to Eliza A. Danford, born in Morgan county, and a daughter of R. R. Danford, late of Caldwell. Six children were born to this union; Edwin E., who was edueated in Caldwell, and at Ada and Delaware Colleges, and a very successful teacher; he served three years as Superintendent of Caldwell schools, and now holds a like position at Anna, Illinois. He married Anna Crew, of Chester Hill, Morgan county, also a teacher, and a sister of Judge Crew of the Supreme Court of Ohio; Robert B., married Vesta MeVicker, and is now a student in Columbus, Starling Medical College; Adda, wife of Wayne Young, a jeweler in Caldwell: Ocy Olive, her father's housekeeper; Edith Dell, wife of Dr. H. B. Kistler, a milliner, also at home; and Mary, a student at Athens, Ohio. Mrs. McLaughlin died December 25, 1890, since which time, Mr. McLaughlin has kept house with his children. Mr. McLaughlin served in the Civil war in the One Hundred Sixty-First Ohio Volunteer Infantry for ninety days, and afterwards re-enlisted in the One Hundred Ninety-Fourth, in which he remained until the close of the war. He served in the Shenandoah Valley under Generals Hunter and Sheridan, and participated in several skirmishes. Mr. McLaughlin is an enthusiastic member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and of the Knights of Pythias. In politics he is a staunch Republican, and is now serving his city as member of the council.

Homer L. Hastrnes, county auditor of Noble county, is a native of the county in which he now lives, and was born March 10, 1867. He is a son of Hiram and Mary A. (Berry) Hastings, both natives of Noble county. The family was established in America by the greatgrandfather, John Hastings, who came from Ireland soon after the Revolution and settled in Frederick county, Virginia, serving for a time as a soldier in the Patriot Army. A brother of John Hastings settled in Washington county, Pennsylvania: the grandfather, Samuel Hastings, settled upon the territory now embraced within Noble county, in 1826, and has been permanently identified with the county ever since. He had one brother and six sisters, as follows: John Hastings; Elizabeth (Mrs. Isaac Cooper); Mary, the wife of Robert Finley; Catherine; Sallie, now Mrs. Young; Matilda, wife of William Razor;. and Lillie, who died in young womanhood. Samuel Hastings first came to Ohio in 1824 and lived on Stillwater Creek, and two years later took up the eighty acres of land upon which the father of the subject of this sketch now lives. The parental grandmother was Anna Finley, a sister of Robert Finley, before mentioned. Hiram Hastings, the father of Homer L. has spent his life thus far in agricultural pursuits, in which he was successful, but by turning his attention to railroading in the construction of the Cincinnati, Wheeling & New York Railroad, he became a member of the company organized for that purpose. The venture proved a disastrous one in a financial way, and Mr. Hastings became involved to the extent that his fine farm was in jeopardy. Some members of the syndicate sought to retrieve their losses through the doubtful method of allowing their wives to retain their interests, but Mrs. Hastings promptly relinquished her rights in this respect and everything was turned over to the creditors. The five sons nobly came to their assistance and have redeemed the old parental farm of four hundred acres and: placed their parents again in affluent circumstances. One of these sons, is the subject of this review. The family comprised ten children, eight of whom are living and two died in infancy. Those living are: Angeline Roe, wife of Abram Roe, a farmer of Oskaloosa, Iowa;

Grant S., a farmer and teacher in Marion township, and Captain of the Summerfield Guards; he was a candidate for West Point Military Academy, chosen alternate, passed both the physical and literary examinations, but failed of appointment when a vacancy occurred by reason of heing a few days over age; Homer L.; Maggie L., wife of Judson Layman, a prosperous farmer of Wayne township; Frank O. and Charles L., now residents of Oklahoma, located near Stillwater, where they have a farm; Lee H., working the home farm; and Maude, at home. The family have all enjoyed excellent educational advantages in the schools of their township and in Batesville High School. Homer L. Tastings, began his career as a teacher in the public schools, teaching in the country for eight vears and as Superintendent and Principal of the Batesville Schools for five years. He was chosen from this positien as ncminee of his party for the office of County Auditor, a position to which he was elected in 1897 and again in 1900, now serving on his second term. He has alwavs taken an active interest in political affairs, ever since his minority, is a recognized leader in the counsels of Republicanism, and has held many honorary positions in the party. Mr. Hastings was married July 19, 1893, to Mary E. Paxson, a native of Illinois. She was reared and educated in Noble county, but spent six years of her girlhood at North Bewick, Maine. Her father is Jeseph D. Paxson, now of Peoria, Ill., her mother having died when Mrs. Hastings was an infant. Her father was married again, and removed to Kansas where he was unfortunate, and later returned to Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Hastings have a family of five children: Margaret, Danner Paxson, Homer Harold, Marion Roosevelt and Joseph Byron. Mr. Hastings is prominently identified with the Masonic fraternity, being a member of Noble Lodge No. 459, Free and Accepted Masons, Cumberland Chapter No. 116, of which he is the present High Priest ; is Past Chancellor of the Batesville Lodge, No. 331, Knights of Pythias, and is past Representative to the Grand Lodge of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Hastings are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church and of the Rathbone Sisters, of Knights of Pythias. Mr. Hastings is a young man of high attainments and studious disposition; he was as much of a student while teaching, as his most devoted pupils. He is genial, affable, and a very pleasant gentleman to meet.

Coxrap Harmon, County Recorder of Noble county, was born in Manchester township, Morgan county (now Sharon township, Noble county), on January 27, 1848, and is a son of Baston and Meriba (Stont) Harmon. The father was born near Beaver, Pa., on Harmon Run, a local designation in honor of the paternal grandfather, Conrad Harmon, a soldier in the Revolution, who served a number of years, and was wounded in the battle of Germantown. He was a native of Germany, who emigrated to the Colonies in 1771. Baston Harmon father of the subject of this sketch, was a farmer, who came to Ohio about 1817, and spent his life on the farm on which, Conrad, his son, was born. He lived to be eighty-seven years old; the mother died in 1852, in middle life. The family consisted of seven children: Isaac, who died in Noble county, at the age of sixty; John, -at the age of forty-two; Sarah, wife of Jacob Frame, who died at the age of forty-seven ; Conrad ; Christina, wife of James Nichols, died in Knoxville, Ia., at the age of forty-two. Amanda, wife of William Cain, residing in Sharon township; and Elijah died in early manhood in Milford, Illinois. Conrad Harmon was educated in the common schools and followed farming all his life until elected to his present office. He entered the service of the United States in 1862, serving a term of one year in Company K, Twenty-Fifth, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the Army of the Potomac, and under General Franz Seigel. He participated in the campaign against Fredericksburg under General Burnside; was in the Chancellorsville campaign under General Hooker; in the Gettysburg campaign under the command of General O. O. Howard. He was discharged from this enlistment in July, 1863, and, returning home, re-enlisted in January, 1864, in Company G, Seventy-Eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving until the end of the war. Ir. Harmon has been twice married, first to Electa W. Robinson, a native of Meigs county, in 1869, who died in 1871, leaving one son, Charles I)., now living in Sharon township. In 1873 he married Mary E. Thompson, a native of Sharon township, and a daughter of John Thompson, an early settler, who came to this country from Ireland. To this union have been born four children: John F., who died at seventeen years of age; Hannah E., wife of Andrew Betts, a carpenter of Caldwell; Owen G., and Omar H., twins, both living at home, the former, a carpenter and the latter a printer. My. Harmon has held minor offices in his native township, such as road surveyor, school director, and the like. In the spring of 1899, he was nominated by the Republican party for the office of County Recorder, and elected at the general election following, taking possession of the office, September 3, 1900. He was reelected in 1902 for a term of three years. Myr. Harmon has always taken an active interest in politics, and has been a recognized leader of his party in his township. At his election, he received the highest majority of any one on the county ticket - 669 over his opponent. Mr. Harmon joined the Masonic fraternity in 1885, being a member of Noble Lodge No. 136, at Sharon; has been a member of the Odd Fellows, for thirty years, a Past Grand of Gem Lodge No. 552, and a member of the Encampment. He and his wife, are members of the Presbyterian church.

Joun Leonarp Gray, M. D., a regular practicing physician and surgeon of Caldwell, was bern in Noble township, three miles north of Caldwell, on September 14, 1866. His parents are Clark and Elizabeth (Byran) Gray, both natives of Ohio. The father was born near the place of his residence, of Scotch-Irish ancestors in 1834, and is now living on the farm in Noble township, where he has prospered in every way. He was for six years Superintendent of Noble County Infirmary. The mother was born in Belmont county, of Irish and German ancestors. There was a family of six children, all of whom are living: Emma, now Mrs. Jonas E. Larrick, Byesville, O. ; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Emmer Davis of Pleasant City; Charlotte, now Mrs. Thomas Hitchens of Hartford; John Leonard; Mary, wife of Jacob Davis, Pleasant City; and Simon F., farmer and school teacher, at home. Dr. Gray was educated in the common schools, and was a salesman in a mercantile house in Byesville later. He began the study of medicine in 1889, at Indiana Medical College at Indianapolis, practiced about two and one-half years, and in 1896 completed his professional studies, graduating from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Keckuk, Iowa. His first two years of practice were spent at McCleary, Ohio, and after his graduation he practiced at Middleburg, Ohio, until September, 1902, at which time he moved to Caldwell, where he has already established a lucrative practice. For six vears past, he has been a member of the Medical Board of U. S. Pension Examiners, and is the present secretary of the same, and a member of the Noble County Medical Association. Dr. Gray was married May 25, 1898, to Marv L. Hupp, a native of Jefferson township, and a danghter of George A. Hupp, deceased. To them have been born two bright little girls, Lela May and Lura Elizabeth. Dr. Gray is a memher of Neble Lodge, No. 459 Free and Accepted Masons, ang of Caldwell Lodge No. 280 Knights of Pythias. He and his wife are Methodists in religions belief, and in politics Dr. Gray is a Republican. Dr. Gray is a student, both professionally and otherwise, and aims to keep abreast of the times in the onward march of science and education.

Watter H. Bowron, a druggist of Caldwell, was born near Osceola, Wisconsin, on January 6, 1867. His parents were Robert A. and Maria (Crawford) Bowron, of English descent, the former a native of Canada, the latter a native of Vermont. They were married in Montreal, Canada, and emigrated to Wisconsin, locating at Osceola and engaging in the milling business; Mr. Bowron, senior, had learned the trade of a miller under the tuition of his father in Canada, and had made two trips to Wisconsin hefore locating there permanently; he lived there about twenty years, then remored to Tennessee for a vear, and thence to Ohio where he has lived for twenty-three years; he is now retired at the age of seventythree. 'The mother died when Walter H., was but three years of age, leaving three sons: George, Arthur, and Walter H. Two sons died in infancy. Arthur is a publisher of a Society magazine and job printer at Ashland, Wis. ; George is with the Knel-French Piano Co., at New Castle, Indiana. Mr. Bowron married the second time, a widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Doane, with five children, and to this union was born one daughter, Mrs. Lylan Ryan of Caldwell. Mr. Walter H. Bowron was educated in Caldwell High school, and became a student of pharmacy under the tuition of Dan Newhart in the store which he now owns. He has been continuously in the drug business since 1881, two years in Wisconsin, two years at Cambridge, Ohio, and in 1891, he bought his present property, in which he carries the usual line of goods. In 1893, Mr. Bowron established the Caldwell Independent Telephone System, which traverses his native county, having one hundred forty miles of toll line, with direct long distance connection and headquarters at Caldwell. This system gives employment to several regular workmen, besides the commission agents in each town. The Capital Stock paid up is $5,000. Mr.Bowron operates a general jobbing business in drugs and chemicals, and has the largest and most complete stock in this section of the state. He was married in 1889 to Miss Maggie Dilley, daughter of Judge Jonathan Dilley, late of Caldwell. Two sons were born to this union, Lester Dean, and Dilley A. My. Bowron is a member of the Masonic fraternity, having attained the Royal Arch degrees. He was reared in the faith of the Episcopalian church, Mrs. Bowron being a member of the Methodist church. In polities, he is a Republican.

Erwin G. CuamBrriin, postmaster at Caldwell, was born on a farm in Olive township, three miles south of Caldwell, April 29, 1862. He is a son of Judah M. and Lucena (Gibbs) Chamberlin,. the father a native of Washington county, the mother of Noble county. The maternal grandfather, Dennis Gibbs, was one of the first settlers in the vicinity of Caldwell, locating there about the close of the War of 1812, ora few years prior; he acquired large land interests through choosing and "laying" land warrants, built a mill on Duck Creek, where he became wealthy. He lived there about seventy years, but died at Lowell, Washington county. His son, Dennis, Jr., took control of the home farm and mills, and was very prominently identified with the early history of the county. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and was twice elected Probate Judge of the county. He removed to Hutchinson, Kansas, where he is now living at an advanced old age, having served that city as Police Judge. Judah M. Chamberlin, father of Erwin G., was an engineer, employed by the B. & O. 8. W. Ry. for about thirty years, operating a pumping station at Little Hocking, Ohio, where he died at the age of sixty-seven. Tho mother died when Erwin G., was less than two years old, at the age of thirty-five, and Frank M., two years Erwin G's senior, and his brother were taken into the family of their uncle, Alden D. Tilton, where they were reared and educated, that being the only home the children ever knew. The brother Frank M., died at the age of twenty-four. When a child of fourteen, Mr. Chamberlin, subject of this review, met with an accident, which permanently crippled his right arm. Whatever might have been his ambitions as to future life, this had the effect to direct him into educational lines, and so he fitted himself for teaching, following that profession in Noble county for seventeen years. From this occupation, he was elected to the office of clerk of the courts in which capacity he served six years. Retiring in August, 1902, he was appointed postmaster on January 13, 1903. Mr. Chamberlin was married on February 28, 1894, to Arizona M. Groves, who was born at Mt. Ephraim, December 15, 1865, and is a daughter of Julius R. and Nancy Groves of that place. The father is a well-to-do farmer, and was for two terms county commissioner of Noble county. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlin, Clarice L., and D. Kraps. Politically, Mr. Chamberlin is an active Republican, and a recognized leader in local politics. He has been chairman of the County Executive Committee for two years, and secretary of the same for a number of vears. He is the Representative Committee man of the Morgan - Noble district. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and leader of the church choir in Caldwell. He was the first president of the Epworth League, serving two years in that capacity. Mrs. Chamberlin is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and an active worker in the cause of religion. Mr. Chamberlin is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, having attained the degree of Royal Arch Mason. He has been Master of Noble Lodge No. 459 Free and Accepted Masons, for the past two years. In this as in everything else, which he undertakes, he is active and zealous - a hard worker and consistent member. He is a member of Cumberland Chapter No. 116 in which he is also an officer; and a member of Caldwell Lodge, No. 280 Knights of Pythias, in which he is Past Chancellor Commander.

Vauisso E. Harxrns, cashier in the Citizens National Bank at Caldwell, was born in Noble township, near Belle Valley, April 28, 1856. Was reared on a farm and educated in the country schools. He followed farming in his early years, and later learned the carpenter's trade, following that for a short time. He then engaged in general merchandising at Belle Valley for about twenty-four years. He was one of the organizers and incorporators of the Citizens'

National Bank, established in October, 1902. The incorporators are Dr, 0. O. MeKee, C. C.-Caldwells.G@. O) Due Cc Bs Berrys 5k. Harkins, J. S. Jones, and J. S. Archer ; the capitalization is $60,000. The directors are: O. O. McKee, V; E. Harkins, J. §. Jones, David Quick, J. S. Archer, Gecrge B. Evssen, and C. B. "Berry ; and the officers: O. O. McKee, president; J. S. Jones, vice-president; V. E. Harkins, cashier: and G. W. McElfresh, assistant cashier. The bank does a general banking business, buys and sells exchange, loans, and discounts. Mr. Harkins was married Mareh 25th, 1880, at Belle Valley to Emeline Ginn, a native of Belle Valley, where she was reared and educated. Three children were born to them, Louise Estella, Donald L., and Lillian B., all at home. Myr, Harkins is a member of Noble Lodge No. 459, Free and Accepted Masons, and of Cumberland Chapter No. 116, Royal Arch Masons. Politically he is a Democrat, though not a close adherent to party lines.

Wirtnm R. Tower, station agent and telegraph operator, at Caldwell, was bern in Cumberland, Guernsey county, Ohio, on April 2, 1877. His parents are William and Sarah (Taylor) Howell. The father a native of Muskingum county, born in 1887, and the mother born in Ross county in 1847, both now living. The father had heen previously married by which unicn he had two children, Clyde, now deceased, and Lizzie, now Mrs. S. S. Replace of Troy. By his second marriage there are three sons and two daughters: James L., a telegraph operator on the C. & A. R. R., at La Rose, Tllincis: Lela, who died at the age of nineteen: William R., Joseph M., an operator, and now emploved as time keeper on the C. & M. branch of the Pennsylvania lines, and Edna, who died in childhood ; Mr. Howell was a miller by trade, a business he followed for many years. He was postmaster of Cumberland, four years, under the first Cleveland administration, and is now retired in comfortable circumstances. Mr. Howell, subject of this review, was educated in the Cumberland High School, and after this was engaged in the transfer business for two or three vears, running two wagons. He learned telegraphy in the cffice of the B. Z. & C. R. R., at Cumberland, having his first steady position at Chandlersville, where he was emploved over a year. He came to Caldwell as agent and operator October 1, 1902. Mr. Howell was married February 9, 1901, to Lizzie McConnell, a native of Ephraim, where she was reared and educated. One son was born to this union, Ernest Kenneth, born September 3, 1901. Mr. Howell is a member of the Knights of The Maccabees, and politically, is a Republican. Mrs. Howell is a member of the Christian church. Mr. Howell is descended from Welch and English ancestors, early established in the new world.

Henry Scuarer, a merchant tailor and old resident of Caldwell, was born in Hessen Darmstadt, Germany, on September 15, 1857. His parents were Peter and Anna Maria (Herdt) Schafer, the father a weaver by occupation, who died at the age of sixty-four, and the mother, still living in her native country, at the age of seventy-five. Of the family of seven, five are now living: Henry, Karl and Elizabeth caine to America, the others remaining in Germany. Henry Schafer spent the first twenty years of his life in his native country, where he received a good common school education, and learned the trade of a tailor. He came to America in 1872, spent two years in New York City, worked fifteen months in Parkersburg, W. Va., and thence to Marietta, Ohio, where he remained about four years. Mr. Schafer was married in 1879 to Katherine Lorenz, a native of Marietta, and came to Caldwell in 1880 where he established his present business, prosperous from the first. To them have been born three children: William Jacob, Florence Katherine and Eldon Henry; the eldest son, new elerking in the furnishing stcre of his Unele Karl at Murietta. Mr. Schafer gives steady employment to five operators and in busy times, the number is increased to six or eight. His is the only merchant tailoring establishment in Caldwell, where he keeps a seasonable stock of goods always on exhibition. My. Schafer is a member of Olive Lodge No. 259, Independent Order of Odd Fellows of which he is a Past Grand; has taken the Encampment and Rebecca degrees and is a member of Caldwell Lodge No. 280, Knights of Pythias. In politics he is a Democrat and at present a member of the Caldwell City Council and of the Street and Fire committees. In religious belief he and his wife are Presbyterians. Mr. Schafer has been very successful in the new world, having accumulated a considerable property in real estate in Caldwell. This is altogether the result. of his own efforts, since he was in debt when he landed in America. Mr. Schafer is recognized as a staunch reliable eitizen, a generous friend and a good neighbor.

Joun Fixtry, M. D. - The medical profession of Caldwell is represented by a class of learned and thoroughly well qualified physicians. They have chosen the profession of medicine hecause of their peculia> adaptation to it, and not as is so often the case, because of the allurements of rapid money making. As a class of professional men, they are well versed in medical lore, skillful in practice, sympathetic in nature, and endowed with more than ordinary success. Dr. John Finley, the subject of this review, stands well up in the front rank of his colleagues in the vicinity, and is a gentleman who bears the distinguished honor with becoming modesty and professional pride. Dr. Finley is distinctively a self made man, in the sense in which that term is usually employed. Whether his self-education was a matter of choice or necessity, does not figure in the final results, nor in the sense of self-reliance and independence which follows such a course. Some of our greatest National characters-have been self educated beeguse of parental disability to aid' Dr. Fintey's early educational advantages were very limited. He attended the common schools in the desultory manner of farmer lads generally, until he attained the age of thirteen years. At that tender: period in the life of a youth, he began working on a farm as a hired laborer, continuing in that capac-_ ity for thirteen years, often required to perform tasks far beyond his strength but uncomplaining and ever faithful, until his health became seriously impaired. At the age of twenty-six he became convinced that there was something in store for him besides the drudgery of manual labor ; and, in accordance with this belief, he entered upon the study of medicine under the tutorship of Dr. J. H. Abbott, in Cannonsburg. He pursued a thorough course of four years in this preparatory work, which also included two courses of lectures, the first at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore, Md. In 1876 he was graduated from Miami College of Medicine in Cincinnati. His studies were pursued with the same zeal, energy and determination which had characterized the labors of his earlier years when working from twelve to sixteen hours a day, as a farm laborer. Being now fully equipped for his professional life, with health partially restored, he entered upon a professional career which has brought him to a prominent position in social life, and placed him in the fore front of his professional contemporaries. Dr. Finley is one of that limited class of physicians who does not always enquire, "'will he pay," but, "how sick is he," instead. He is a sympathetic friend as well as a wise and faithful counsellor in distress. With him there are no impassable roads, or nights too cold or dark to travel. This characteristic in his nature has endeared him to the people of Caldwell and vicinity, and, coupled with his phenomenal success as a practitioner, has brought him a very large and lucrative practice, which is constantly growing. The doctor first practiced at Hiramsburg for several years, then removed to Sarahsville, where he was in active practice for five years, but the prospects of Caldwell becoming a large and prosperous town, together with the allurements of the county seat, induced him to make another change, and he came to Caldwell in 1895. Dr. Finley has always been devoted to his profession and never sought offcial honors, though he served four years as a member of the Medical Examining Board during the first term of President Cleveland's administration. He has been a life-long Democrat. The subject of this review was born in Beaver township, Noble county, on June 21, 1846, and is a son of William and Margaret (Eavor) Finley, both natives of the Buckeye State. His father spent his life in agricultural pursuits, and died in Noble county at the age of sixty-six.

The mother, now in the declining years of a happy old age, still lives at Cannonsburg, honored by her surviving children, and enjoying the distinction of having four-score and three years recorded to her eredit. William and Margaret Finley were the parents of seven chiluren, four of whom are now living. The eldest of the family was Nancy, who married Jacob Hayne; Charlotte, wife of W. E. Carpenter, of Parkersburg, W. Va.; Hester Anne, wife of James Yoho, now deceased; John; Hannah, now Mrs. Morrison, of Kansas; James, deceased ; Chas. W., a mechanic in Cannonsburg. Dr. Finley has been twice married, his first marriage being terminated by the death of his wife within one year. He was married the second time to a sister of his first wife, Arizona R. Danford, and to them have been born two children, the son, Charles L., surviving, and the daughter, Maude Estella dying in infancy. The son, Charles L., now in his 19th year, is a student in the Hospital College of Medicine at-Louis ville, Ky., fitting himself for the medical profession. Dr. Finley is a member of the Masonic fraternity of Olive Lodge No. 116. From ear'y manhood hé has sustained relations with the Methodist church, his wife being also a member, and although a zealous christian worker and most exemplary wife, her crowning glory consists in her devotion to her aged parents, her labors being sweetened by the consciousness of duty well done. The name Finley is a prominent one in Southern and Central Ohio. Like many other busy men of the day, Dr. Finlev is not posted on his family genealogy, but tradition traces the origin of his family to the Emerald Isle. It is the belief, however, that the Finleys who figured so conspicuously in the pioneer days are descended from the same ancestors. Every school boy in the state knows the thrilling career of the Rev. J. B. Finley as the pioneer Methodist preacher and Indian fighter.