Noble Township (part 7 of 8)

Hon. Joun S. Arcuer, county commissioner of Noble county, was born on Duck Creek, eight miles east of Caldwell, June 21, 1864. He is a son of Daniel and Anna (Myers) Archer, both natives of Noble county, as now organized. The father's father was Simon Archer, son of Michael, who was one of the first settlers on Duck Creek. The mother's narents were natives of Germany, where thev were married, and came to Noble county, early in their married life. The grandfather Mvers died in Indiana, but the other grandparents died and were buried in Noble county. Daniel and Anna Archer were the parents of.five children: Andrew (., a merchant at Fulda; John S.; Peter, in the ice plant and cold storage business at Woodsfield; Michael Francis, in the milling and feed business at Woodsfield; and Emma, wife of John Warner, living neer Carlisle. John S. Archer, the subject of this sketch, received a limited common school education and began life as a hired laborer on a farm, at the age of twelve, remaining there two years. He then went to work in a grist mill as fireman and engineer until he was eighteen, when he rented the mill and entered the milling business for himself. He was engaged in the business at different places, at Carlisle, and Sarahsville, where he had the best mill in the county, and where he established a fine business. He also owned the mills at Caldwell and Woodsfield. In 1897 he was elected on the Democratic ticket to the office of county commissioner, being the only connuissioner elected by that party for many years, and at present the onlv Democratic office holder in Noble county. His large and favorable acquaintance, due to his successful career as a business man, give him a strong following among the people of all parties. He was re-elected in 1900 and is now serving on his fifth year. As county commissioner, he has always manifested an active interest in attending to county affairs and to him is largely due the credit for the repairing and beautifying of the county property. Some five or six years ago, he became interested in the oil and gas industry, and is now president and general manager of The National Oil and Gas Company, with headquarters at Caldwell, the gas interests being mostly in Washington county. He has also been engaged as a dealer and packer in the leaf tobacco business. Mr. Archer was married June 2, 1885, to Emma Hesson, a native of Noble county, and to them have been born, Clyde C. and Walter H., sixteen and five years old, respectively. The oldest son is employed in the telephone office in Caldwell. Myr. Archer, as may be inferred, is a recognized leader in the Democratic party; he is one of the directors of the Citizens' National Bank in Caldwell, is a member of the building committee, which purposes the erection of a fine bank building during the present year. It is to be a three story pressed brick, stone front, 40x100 feet, equipped with all modern appliances, and will be unquestionably the best building in Noble county. The cost is estimated at $35,000. Mr. Archer and family are members of the Roman Catholic church of St. Michaels at Carlisle. This church was first built by his great grandfather, Michael Archer, and was one of the first churches erected in the county. The old church has now been replaced by a new and better one. |

STEPHEN Mrxts, Sr., an early settler of Caldwell, and a prominent business man, was born in County Longford, near the town of Bally Mahon, in the parish of Forgenary, Ireland, on November 26, 1829. He remained in his native country until 1849 when he came to America alone, and located in Berkshire county, Mass. He was employed as a house carpenter in this place for two years; he then returned to New York City where he remained until 1861, and then eame to Ohio, locating at East Union, Noble county. Toward the close of the war he enlisted as a non-commissioned officer in Company

B, One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served about one year. While in New York City he was first lieutenant in the home guards, but resigned this position when he came to Noble county. Mr. Mills engaged in his business in this county and followed it until he retired from active labors and turned his interests over to his sons. He has assisted in building up the town of Caldwell, and has erected buildings in all parts of the county. Mr. Mills now conducts a high grade furniture store, in one of the finest buildings in the city. The building was the first to have electric lights, operated by a private plant, and was the basis of the present lighting of the city. He owns considerable other valuable real estate in town, and two farms in Noble county. He established the first lumber market and planing mill in Caldwell, the latter now being operated by his son, J. H. Mills. Mr. Mills was married in New York City by Bishop O'Dell to Eliza Rollins, a native of the same county and neighborhood as himself. They were both reared in the Episcopal Church. They were the parents of seven children, one son being dead. They are: James H., of Caldwell; Frank, a farmer in the county ; Thomas W., a furniture dealer and undertaker in Caldwell ; Annie, at home; Stephen Jr., ah architect, now employed in the slate business at Zanesville; Ulysses, in the furniture business with his father. Mr. Mills became a Mason in 1864 at Sarahsville, and is now a Royal Arch Mason. In politics he is a Republican as are all his sons, and has been very zealous in his advocaey of Republican doctrines. He cast his first vote for the "Pathfinder of the Rockies" in 1856. He has never sought official positions. He was one of the organizers of the Caldwell Building & Loan Association, and is president of the same. Mr. Mills is descended from English and Scotch ancestors; his father, John Mills, a Scotchman, came over with Lord Ross, as his steward, and was with that dignitary for many years. His mother's father, Robert Mason, came over with the Cromwell party, being also English. Both parents died in Ireland where their lives were spent. Mr. Mills is a representative of a family of five brothers and one sister, three of them located in Wisconsin, one in Australia, and one brother and one sister in Ireland. In 1890, Mr. Mills made a visit to his native country, visiting his birth place, the various objects of interest in England, Ireland, and Scotland, and spending three months abroad. He has been an extensive traveler in the United States also.

Anprew C. McKexz, superintendent of the electric lights and waterworks, of Caldwell, was born in Olive township, Noble county, on February 22, 1848, and is the son of Dr. William and Martha (Clymer) McKee, the father born in County Down, Ireland, and the mother, in New Jersey; they were married in Morgan county, in a portion of the township now incorporated within Noble county ; the father was a practicing physician and spent his life in the medical profession, being one of the pioneer physicians of Noble county; he was born in 1797, educated in Glasgow, Scotland, and in Edinburg, the latter a Post Graduate course of one year; he came to America in 1838, for a short time, returned to Europe, and in 1836, came to stay permanently; he was in the British Navy as a surgeon for five years, was assistant surgeon under the draft commission during the Civil war in America; he died at Olive in 1865, at the age of sixtyeight, and the mother in 1889, aged seventy-three; their family comprised seven children, two of whom died in infancy: Andrew C.; Isaac E., ex-sheriff of Noble county; Flora, wife of G. W. Lund of Marietta; Dr. O. O. McKee, of Caldwell; Charles W., a farmer; Sophia and Robert, died in infancy. Mr. McKee, subject of this sketch, was educated in the common schools and at Sharon College. He enlisted in Co. F, One Hundred Sixty-First Ohio volunteer infantry, and served in the Army of the Potomac under General Sheridan in the Shenandoah valley. After his discharge, he purchased a farm in Olive township and followed farming for twenty-five years, then moved to Caldwell in 1888, continuing his farming for some years afterwards. He was employed as a distributing agent for commercial fertilizer for some years, and in 1900, he was appointed to his present position. Mr. McKee was married in Caldwell in 1865 to Serene Daniel, a native of Morgan county, and a daughter of E. W. Daniel, lately deceased at the age of ninety-four. Three children were born them: Cora M., widow of Hon. Chas. A. Leland, who was associate judge of the supreme court of New Mexico, and formerly a prominent attorney of Caldwell; Lura N., of Caldwell; and Helen, a young lady in the high school. Mr. McKee is a member of Sharon Lodge, No. 136, F. & A. M., Cumberland Chapter No. 116, Royal Arch Masons, and is Past Master of Sharon Lodge. Politically he is a Democrat, and served as mayor of Caldwell in 1893. The family belongs to the Presbyterian church. The Clymer family was early established on New England soil, and was identified with the early colonial history of the country.

Crypre Wricut, plumber and tinner, and proprietor of a business house in Caldwell, was born in Belmont county, Olive township, on January 13, 1860, and is a son of Emmett and Mary (Calhoun) Wright, natives of Belmont county, where their lives were spent. The father was a stock dealer, and engaged in various lines of agency work. The mother died in 1867 and the father survived her until 1876, at the ages of forty and forty-five respectively. The family consisted of three sons: Harry, a druggist of Belmont county, who married Miss Meek, and has one son, Emmett; Clyde; and Park, the youngest born November 2, 1862, now a clerk and general salesman for Friedman Bros. in Caldwell. He has been in the employ of this firm for some time and is a most obliging and conscientious salesman. Mr. Wright, the subject of this sketch, was reared and educated in his native county, in Wright's Town, named in honor of the grandfather, Nehemiah Wright. The grandfather was a native of Ireland, who came to this country when twelve years of age, landed in Baltimore, and walked from that city to Belmont county, locating there in 1801. He was one of the earliest settlers of that eounty, and at the erection of his first cabin, his neighbors came from a distance of nine miles to attend the raising. At one time he owned large land interests in the county, and of the family of five sons and two daughters, all are now dead except Dr. James D. Wright of Iowa. Mr. Clyde Wright learned the tinner's trade in the town of Belmont, and has followed that business except for two years spent in the grocery business in Caldwell. He does a general line of work in heating, tinning, gas fitting, and the like, and has been extraordinarily successful. He owns the building in which he is located, and one of the finest residences in Caldwell, erected in 1901, with all modern improvements and conveniences. Mr. Wright was married at Belmont, May 24, 1882, to Carrie Hutchinson, a native of Belmont, and a daughter of James Hutchinson, a native of Pennsylvania. To them were born a son and a daughter: Clarenee L., a student at Ohio Wesleyan University, and Mary E., a student in Caldwell High School. Mr. Wright is a Republican, though not aggressive in politics. He has served Caldwell on the | City Council, Board of Health, and is at present a member of the Board of Education, of which he is clerk. His family are all members of the Methodist church. He is steward of the church, and has served about fifteen years as church treasurer, and in all church work and in his religious life, is active and earnest.

Carvin MoGrasuan, a native of Muskingum county, was born in Meigs township on August 14, 1831, and is a son of James and Phoebe (Fisher) McGlashan. The father was a native of Scotland, born near Edinburg in 1793, came to America about 1819, and located in Muskingum county, He was married in Pennsylvania, and came via flat boat to Marietta, thence up the Muskingum to Mc- Connelsville, and walked the balance of the way. He was a cloth dresser and wool carder by trade and moved inté Noble county when Calvin was a babe. He died in Sharon township in 1873, his wife surviving him until 1880. They were the parents of ten children, only two of whom are known to be living. Mr. McGlashan has spent his life in Noble county, the first fourteen years on a farm near Sharon, and over forty years in the business of harness and saddle making in the town of Sharon. He came to Caldwell in 1882, and engaged in the harness business there until about four vears ago. when he retired from his trade and engaged in the manufacture of brooms and other light emplovment,*taking life comparatively easy. Mr. McGlashan, soon after the war began, was drafted into the army, but furnished a substitute until the spring of 1865, when he enlisted in Company E, One Hundred Ninety-Fourth Ohio volunteer infantry, serving until the close of the war. Mr. McGlashan was married November 27, 1851, to Hannah Boggs, a native of Ohio. Twelve children were horn to this union, eight of whom are now living: Fllen, wife of J. W. Tipton, Jr., of Caldwell; James, proprietor of au extensive grocery business in Muskingum county; Reuben, a harness maker in Chicago; Fisher, deceased; Phoebe, deceased ; Maggie Floy, died in Caldwell in middle life; Hattie, wife of James Marshall of Urichsville; Charlie, a harness maker at Columbus; Cyrns, a foreman in the Press office in Caldwell; John, a harness maker in Caldwell; Cara, wife of Lu H. Shadwell of Caldwell; and Zora M., who died in infancy. Mr. McGlashan has heen an active Democrat all his life. He was post master of Sharon for four vears and served several years as justice of the peace. He has been an Odd Fellow for fifty years, has filled all official stations in the subordinate lodge, and is a member of the General Lodge No. 552, of Sharon. Mr. McGlashan and wife are members of the old school Presbyterian church.

Rev. Samvet Frytey Ross, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Caldwell, is a native of Harrison county, Ohio, where he was born on February 20, 1853, and was reared and educated. He is a son of Joseph and Catherine (Patterson) Ross, early settlers in Harrison county. The paternal grandfather was killed in the War of 1812; the paternal great grandfather was pavmaster in General Washington's army, and was captured by the British near the present site of General Grant's tomb. Mr. Ross first attended the common schools, and later was a student at McNeely Normal School, Scio College, and La Fayette College, receiving the degree of D. D. from the latter institution. He had the honor of being a student under the noted mathematician and chemist, Prof. William H. Brinkerhoff, who was president of McNeely Normal School. Mr. Ross began his educational career with the bent of the parental mind turned toward the law, but when ready to launch upon his life work, he chose for himself the ministry. While a student he also engaged as a tutor in the Normal College, having had some experience in that line in the common schools, where he tanght when but seventeen years of age, earning the money for his college expenses in one year's teaching. He spent four years in collegiate work as student and tutor, also serv- ing as a "supply" on many cccasions in ministerial work. Mr. Ross was ordained to the ministry after two years probationary work in the Eastern OhioConference. This was with deacon's orders, in 1887; in 1891, was ordained an Elder, and received the degree of D. D. in 1902, having been a trustee cf Scio College for seventeen years previcusly. His first pastoral charge was Adamsville, where he and Rev. J. J. Jackson had charge of seven churches, then at Port Washington, at Philadelphia Plains, at Waynesburg, at West La Fayette, having charge of each place three years, and three years at New Concord, where he assisted in building the Muskingum College, being president of the Convention in soliciting aid in its construction. He went thence to Cumberland for three years and came to Caldwell in his present capacity in September, 1902. Mr. Ross is an earnest, able preacher whose kindly spirit and human sympathies endear him to all. He has done much voluntary evangelistic work, and is effective and powerful as a revivalist. He has been very successful in his work in the Caldwell church, a society which has the name of being one of the oldest churches in that part of Ohio. Mr. Ross was married December 25, 1873, to Amanda R. Welsh, a native of Harrison county, and a daughter of John and Margaret (Gilmore) Welsh. She was educated at Scio College, and is very talented in music. Their union has heen blessed with four children: Howard J., now a student in the State University at Columbus, prenaring for the law; Olive Margaret. a graduate of Scio School of Oratory; Ruth Lucile, and Joyce Welsh, whe are at home. Dr. Ross is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to Port Washington Lodge No. 202. In polities he is rated as a Republican, though with strong temperance sympathies. He is opposed to lawlessness even though apparently sanctioned by law.

Witr1am J. Jonnson, of Caldwell, a farmer and ex-county auditor of Noble county, was born in Guernsey county, now a part of Noble, on the 15th of November, 1850, and is a son of John K. and Elizabeth Holden (McBride) Johnson. The father was born in Virginia in 1816, the mother in Ohio in 1818, and they were married in Ohio in 1838, where they have spent most of their lives. The paternal grandfather, George B. Johnson, was a native of England, came to Virginia and married Anna Mackley. The maternal grandfather came to Ohio in a very early day and came into possession of large landed interests, which descended to his heirs. The father of the subject of this sketch, inherited a portion and bought additional lands, becoming well-to-do. He died in 1896 at the age of eightythree, his wife having preceded him five years. The family comprised four sons and two daughters, four of whom are living: John L., a traveling 'salesman at Columbus; Hannah, wife of

Thomas S. Larrick; Nancy, now Mrs. Hercules Murphy, of Pleasant City; and William J. Mr. Johnson was educated in the country schools, Muskingum College, Ohio Normal.College at Lebanon, and various private schools. He began his independent career as a teacher, following that profession for about sixteen years, and then engaged in the mercantile business in Guernsey and Noble counties for a few years. By reason of failing health he retired from active life and took up a political career. He held ihe office of justice of the peace two terms, was township clerk one term, a member of the Board of Education in Sarahsville for six years, was nominated and elected county auditor of Noble county in 1891, serving over, six years. At his second election, he received 830 majority, the largest ever given to any county candidate in the county. He has been engaged in the collection of delinquent and omitted taxes throughout the southern portion of the state, having become interested in that line of work while yet in the Auditor's office. Mr. Johnson was married September 19, 1872, to Amanda M. Burcher, a native of Belmont county, and a daughter of William P. and Louisa Burcher. To this union have been born six children: Ora Winifred, a teacher in the city of Minneapolis, Minn.; Charles B., an attorney in Clarksburg, W. Va.; Edward T., a practicing dentist in Caldwell; Arthur G., a graduate of the Ohio Dental and Surgical College; John R. and Charlotte, at home. The children have all had every advantage in education and are an exceptional family in the way they have appreciated their father's efforts for them. Mr. Johnson is a prominent Mason and has served ten years out of fourteen as Worshipful Master of Olive Lodge No. 210, and is a member of Cumberland: Chapter No. 116, Royal Arch Masons. Mr. Johnson was reared in the faith of the Lutheran church. Politically he is a staunch Republican and has always been an active worker in the cause of Republicanism, Mr. Johnson has been an active, energetic, and successful business man. He has earned a great deal of money, which he has spent liberally for the education and comfort of his children. He owns a good farm of two hundred fifty-six acres in Noble and Center townships which he operates through hired help. It is well stocked, has a producing gas well, with other prospects for oil and gas, and is underlaid with coal. He has also a fine home in Caldwell.

Joun M. Campset., postmaster and retired merchant of Dexter City, is a native of Belmont county, and was born January 8, 1838. The Campbell family is traceable to Scotch-Irish ancestors. The great great grandfather was the founder of the family in the New World; he was massacred by the Indians. Mr. Campbell is a son of Archibald and Hannah (Sample) Campbell, the mother a native of Ohio, the father of Maryland. They were married in Belmont county, removed to Washington county, and both died at Marietta, the father at the age of eighty-six, and the mother at seventy-five. They were the parents of nine children, seven of whom are living: John M.; Rebeeca J., wife of Thomas Hall of Washington county; Samuel M., traveling salesman living at Marietta; Sarah A., wife of Ross Dye; Joseph L., a merchant at Marietta ; Gideon J., a merchant, now deceased; and Lina, of Belpre. Mr. Campbell, the subject of this sketch, was reared to manhood on a farm in Lawrence township, received his education in the public schools, and followed farming until the breaking out of the Civil war. He enlisted August 6, 1862, in Company F, Ninety-Second Ohio volunteer infantry, serving under General Sherman in the Western department. He participated in the battles of Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Atlanta, Buzzards Roost, Jcneshoro, participated in the famous march to the Sea, up through the Carolinas and "on to Richmond." He was also at the grand review at Washington. Mr. Campbell was sergeant of his company during the war, and escaped personal injury, except for deafness in one ear cecasioned by the explosion of a shell which killed his comrades on his right. He was discharged June 10, 1865, and returned to his home in Liberty, where he had left a wife and two children. He had been married in 1859 to Calista A. Bloor, a native of Belmont county. Five children have been born to them: Iowa E., wife of G. W. Clymer, who died in 1901, leaving a family of six children; Marv F.; John A.: Ella B., wife of Wm. Daniels, who left one child; Clara A., wife of Ralph W. Loucks, the only survivor of the children. After the close of the war, Mr. Campbell engaged in farming for one year, after which he was for five vears an oil operator. He was fairly successful in this, and afterward engaged in the mereantile business, being one of the first merchants in Dexter City. This proved unprofitable, so he sold out and was a traveling salesman for several years. In 1897 he was appointed postmaster by President McKinley, and has continued since in that capacitv. Mr. Campbell is a member of the Masonic fraternity, holding his membership at Aurelins Lodge No. 398, of Macksburg. He is a member of John I. Moseley Post, G. A. R., of Dexter City. He is a member of the Baptist church as were his parents. He takes an active interest in religions matters. He is a Republican and influential in the party counsels. Mr. Compbell has been fairly successful in his life, though at times unfortunate. He receives a pension by reason of disabilities incurred in the army.

Epwarp E. Corvrn, M. D., a regular practicing physician and surgeon of Dexter City, Ohio, was born in Morgan county, near the line of Washington county, on April 25, 1867. He is the son of Leonidas J. and Susan (Swift) Coburn, both natives of Ohio, the father born in Morgan county and the mother in Washington county, where she died January 20, 1897. The father is descended from Major Asa Coburn of Revolutionary fame, and one of the first settlers of Marietta, where he is still living, upon the farm where he was born. He has been a successful farmer andhas attained prominence in local politics, having served three terms as Commissioner of Morgan county, and Justice of the Peace a number of years; he has always been a working Republican. The family consists of five sons and one daughter, all of whom are living: Don C., a minister in the Methodist Protestant church at Zanesville; Nicholas, a minister in the same church, superannuated, lives at Zanesville ; Charles, a farmer in Morgan county, near the old home; Juniata, widow of Joseph Smith, who, with her son Leonidas, lives with her father; Dr. E. E., and Allen, a student in Starling Medical College. Dr. Coburn was educated at Adrian, Michigan, and at Starling Medical College, from which he graduated in March, 1894. He hegan the practice of medicine in Stockport, Morgan county, where he remained two years, was in Cambridge for six years, and moved to Dexter City in Sep tember 1902. He has been successful in establishing a fine practice and in connection with this, has the only drug store in Dexter City. Dr. Coburn was married December 29, 1897, to Mary Rose, a native of Washington county, where he was reared and educated at Marietta College. She is a daughter of James and Josie Rose, a prominent well-to-do family at Cole Run, where the father has been postmaster and general merchant for over twenty years. In the family are: Charles, a merchant tailor; Mary, Lucey, John and Helen, all at home. Dr. Coburn is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Odd Fellows. In politics he is a staunch Republican. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which Mrs. Coburn is an especially active worker.

Joun Wiiiiam Beresovr, M. D., a regular practicing physician and surgeon of Dexter City, is a native of Washington county, and was born near Newport, June 10, 1871. He is a son of Prof. Leander J. and Rachel (O'Bleness) Beebout, the father a native of Jefferson county, the mother of Washington county, and both are now living on the place where the subject of this sketch was horn. The father was a teacher by vocation, and spent thirty-six vears in Washington county, teaching forty-three terms in one school. The Beebout family is descended from Holland ancestors, and the O'Bleness from the same, who settled at Kingsbridge, New York, before the Revolution, and were driven out by the British, losing all their possessions. The families came west before the birth of either of the subject's parents, and settled in Washington and Jefferson counties. Dr. Beebout is the only son of Leander and Rachel

Beebout, and has one sister living, Miss Bertha, who is at home. Dr. Beebout was educated largely under his father's tuition, attended Scio College, and completed his medical education at Starling Medical College, Columbus, with the class of 796. He received his preliminary professional training under the tuition of Dr. E. W. Hill of Marietta, and began practice at Dexter City, September 29, 1902. Dr. Beebout has already established a lucrative practice and attained a prominent social and professional position. He was Coroner for Noble county four years, during his practice at Hiramsburg and Caldwell. Dr. Beebout was married June 29, 1897, to Addie Gibson, a native of Washington county, but a resident of Caldwell, and to them has been born one son, Howard E., born May 19, 1901. In political views, Dr. Beebout is a Republican. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias in Dexter City, and has twice passed the official stations in his lodge. He is also a member of Dexter City Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Dr. Beebout and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Joun H. Suanxiann, of Caldwell, ex-postmaster, and retired farmer, is a native of Marion township and was born July 1, 1848. He is a son of James W. and Henrietta S. (Rownd) Shankland, both natives of Delaware, but coming to Ohio in childhood. The Shankland family is descended from Welsh ancestors, long established in America. The grandfather, James M. Rownd, was the first settler of Barnesville, as were the parents the first residents of Summerfield, now the second town in Noble county. The father, James W. Shankland, opened a store in the woods on the present site of Summerfield, in 1827; after three years he sold out, spent a year on the farm, and then located in Lexington, then a small village in the county, now extinct. There he opened an extensive mercantile business, and was greatly interested in the tobacco trade, then in its beginning. He established stores at six or seven different points in the county, and did a very extensive business, shipping as many as twelve hundred hogsheads in one season. His losses were often great, through incompetency of some of his employes, yet in the main, he was successful, and accumulated a goodly competence. Mr. Shankland died near Summerfield, October 9, 1879, at the age of seventynine, and his wife on December 6, 1892, in her ninetieth year, at the home of her son, John H. She was a devout Christian woman, whose father was a local minister of the Methodist church; she remembered distinctly Bishop Asbury, the first bishop of the Methodist church, and how as a little girl she sat upon his knee at the parental home in Barnesville. She was a subscriber to the New York Christian Advocate for sixty-one years. The family of James and Henrietta Shankland consists of three sisters and four brothers living, and one sister who has joined the silent majority. Those living are: Martha A., now a widow, residing with her daughter at Lyons, Kansas; Mary, widow of L. A. Prettyman, residing with her son at Dresden ; Eliza, wife of Edward Y. Taylor, of Minneapolis; James M. a retired merchant in Des Moines, Ia.; Charles W., a farmer near Summerfield ; Samuel R., editor and publisher of Custer City, S. D.; and John H. Mr. Shankland received a common school education in his native county, which was supplemented by a business course in. Eastman's College at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He enlisted August 6, 1862, as a private in Company D, Ninety-Second Ohio volunteer infantry, and served three years in the Western Department under General Sherman. He participated in a number of engagements, culminating at Chickamauga, in a wound which rendered him unfit for field duty thereafter. After recovery, he was detached as a clerk in the Government offices at Louisville, Ky., where he served until the expiration of his term, being discharged June 22, 1865. Returning home, he attended Commercial College and after graduation, was engaged in the mercantile business in Guernsey county for four years. Mr. Shankland was married in February, 1877, after which he located on his farm which he had inherited in part, purchasing the balance. He wedded O. Ella Openshaw, a native of Yorkshire, England, but reared and educated in Summerfield. One daughter has been born to this union, Henrietta Blanche, a graduate of Caldwell High school and now married to Charles V. Graham of Cambridge, a telegraph operator on the B. & O. They have also one daughter, Henrietta, born in October, 1900. Mr. Shankland retired from his farm and removed to Caldwell in the fall of 1892, at which time he was installed as Treasurer of Noble county, having been elected on the Republican ticket in 1891. In 1898 he was appointed postmaster of Caldwell, by President McKinley, serving four and onehalf years under this appointment. He has always taken an active interest in political affairs, and served his party in various capacities.: Mrs. Shankland and daughter are members of the Methodist church, Mr. Shankland was a charter member of John Brown Post, No. 504, Grand Army of the Republic, and served two years as Commander of the same. .

Wayne Youn, a practical jeweler and silversmith of Caldwell, was born on a farm three and one-half miles southeast of Caldwell, on the 4th of June, 1874, and is a son of David and Mary (Caldwell) Young, both natives of Noble county.. The father was a mechanic and farmer by trade and died August 19, 1903, at Caldwell. The mother, who was a daughter of Samuel Caldwell, one of the founders of the town bearing his name, was born on a farm near Caldwell and spent her life in Noble county. She died in Caldwell, the family having retired some twenty vears ago. The family comprises two sons and five daughters, two cf the daughters and the two sons living. These living are: Miss Adda, assistant to her brother in his jewelry Hmsinic ss; Charles C., of Caldwell; Wayne; and Luna, a teacher of music in Nebraska. Mr. Young, subject of this sketch, was educated in the Caldwell public schools, and at the age of seventeen entered the Chicago College of Horology, where he pursued his studies for three years, receiving his diploma as a competent workman in that line. In May, 1894, he bought ont a stock of jewelry and started in business in Caldwell, and since then, he has built up a good business, having practically the only establishment of the kind in the town. He carries a full line of goods and makes a specialty of fine watch repairing and artistic engraving. Mr. Young was married March 8, 1896, to Miss Adda McLaughlin, daughter of Joseph Mc Laughlin, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work. To this union, three children were born, Lucile, Howard and David. In political views, Mr. Young has voted with the Democrats in the past, but is not certain of his political views in the future. He and his wife are members of the Baptist church and both active in religious work. Mr. Young designs to put in a full line of optical goods in connection with his other business, and place a thorough, competent optician in charge; his sister, Miss Adda, being now a student in opties at a college in Chicago with that end in view. Mr. Young is an affable, pleasant voung man, thoroughly schooled in the intrieacies of his profession, blessed with a pleasing address and. more than ordinary personal attractions. He is a young man of high ideals and most exemplary life and character. Few young men have started in life with brighter prospects or attained a greater degree of success in a few brief years, than has he.

Harry A. Witson, bookkeeper and general salesman in the extensive mercantile house of Friedman Bros., of Caldwell, was born in Summerfield, Noble county, on August 16, 1878. He is a son of Joseph H. Wilson, a veteran of the Civil war, whose recerd as a soldier is worthy of preservation and transmission ; he enlisted at the beginning of the war as a private of Company I, Twenty-Fifth Ohio volunteer infantry, serving four years and nine months, until his discharge; he served in the Army of the Potomac, participating in nearly all of the general engagements fought by that valiant army, and escaping personal injury, other than being rendered unconscious for a time by the concussion from the explosion of a shell near his head ; he suffered many hardships, as did all who were faithful to the cause, and returned in impaired health, for which he received a partial recompense in a pension ; he was cabinet maker by trade, but has been unable to work at that business for many years; in recent years, when able to work, he has turned his attention to painting and decorating. The mother of Harry A. Wilson was Mary J. Morrison, both parents natives of Ohio, and both still living. Harry A. Wilson is the youngest child and only son in a family of three, the sisters being Mrs. George F. Hayes of Caldwell, and Mrs. A. E. Osborne of Sharon. He was educated in his native town, completing the high school course in 1896. He began his, mercantile career in the employ of C. H. Richey, of Summerfield, and was with him as general salesman for two years and a half. In December, 1897, he accepted a position with Friedman Bros., in Caldwell, as general salesman in the dry goods department; and in 1901, he was promoted to bookkeeper and general superintendent of the extensive office work, which position he now holds. Mr. Wilson was married August 8, 1900, to Isabelle James, a native of Caldwell, and daughter of Wilton and Mary James. She is one of a family of six, three of whom are deceased ; the living are: Leslie, traveling salesman of New York City; Homer, a railway employe in St. Louis; and Mrs. Wilson. One son has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, James J., born March 15, 1902. They are members of the Methodist church, in which Mr. Wilson served several years as a steward. In politics, he is a Republican. Mr. Wilson is an exemplary young man, who possesses the confidence of his employers to the fullest extent, and he and his wife are held in high esteem by the residents of Caldwell. They exercise a potent influence for good among all and especially among the young people of the community.

Hon. Levi Wittiam Fintry, of Caldwell, ex-member of the Sixty-sixth general assembly of Ohio, and a retired merchant was born within the present limits of Noble county, on the 11th of March, 1844, and was reared and educated in his native county. He is a son of William and Rachel (Glover) Finley, both natives of Pennsylvania, who were married in Noble county, living there until 1870, and then removing to Wayne county, Iowa, where they ended their days. The mother died in 1875 at the age of sixty-two and the father in 1885, at the age of eighty. He followed farming all his life and was regarded as well-to-do. The family comprised nine children, eight of whom lived to years of maturity. The eldest is Rebecea, wife of George Miley of Buffalo township; Susan, wife of James W. Gibson, now superintendent and matron respectively of Noble County Infirmary; Eliza, wife of Levi Keller, died in 1877; John died in youth; Jacob, a resident of Oklahoma, where he owns a fine farm; Isaac, died in the army in the Civil war, buried at Athens, Ala., a member of the Ninth Ohio cavalry; Samuel C., proprietor of a meat market in Wayne county, Ia., and George, who died in 1889. Mr. Finley entered the army as a member of Com- pany E, Kighty-Eighth Ohio volunteer infantry, in July, 1863, serving two years as clerk at headquarters of the Northern Department. His regiment did garrison duty most of the time, being employed in guarding railroads, recruits, deserters, prisoners and the like. Pre vious to entering the army, Mr. Finley had been engaged in teaching for a year or two, and on returning, resumed this profession for about two years longer, and then engaged in general merchandising at Sarahsville, originally the county seat of Noble county. He continued in that line six years, when failing health obliged him to scek a change, and in 1873 he engaged in farming, stock raising, and fruit growing. In November, 1902, he left the farm and moved to Caldwell, turning over the management of his 250-acres farm to his son. Mr. Finley has always taken an active interest in politics, being a Republican until 1872, when he became a follower of the Liberal Republican candidate, Horace Greeley, and since that time has been a Democrat. In 1876, he was the Democratic candidate for county auditor, but was defeated at the polls; and in 1888 was elected to the legislature. In 1887 he was a candidate for State senator, but failed in the nominating convention. He was deputy collector of internal revenue for one year, 1897 to 1898, in the sub-division composed of the counties of Noble, Guernsey, Monroe, Washington, Athens, Morgan and Meigs, and was legislated out of this position in 1898 at the outbreak of the Spanish war. He was a member of the State Central committee for four years, and has served on the Executive and Control committees of the county. He was also deputy state supervisor of elections and held various other offices in the township, to say nothing of the various school board offices held at different times. Mr. Finley was married November 24, 1866, to Jane Young, a native of Noble county, and a daughter of William J. and Jane (McCann) Young, the father a native of Rhode Island, and the mother of Noble county, Ohio. To them have been born seven children, five of whom are living: William L., editor of the Kenton Press and president of the Scioto Sign Co., wife, Emma Hancher, have six children; George R., married Iona McClintock, resides on home farm, four children; Mary J., wife of A. C. Frye of Kenton; Rachel May, wife of J. B Sparling; and Joseph L., a student in Caldwell. Mr. Finley is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Summerfield Lodge No. ..; of Knights of Pythias, being Past Chancellor Commander of same, and of the Grand Army of the Republic. He is a minister of the Disciple church and active in religious work, having been in the ministry for eight years, though his early religious affiliations were with the Methodist church. He is pre-eminently a good man, honored and respected by all. Though never obtaining the full measure of his political ambition, he 'takes defeat philosophically. He is a student by nature and has surrounded himself with a fine private library, where he feels at home with familiar friends. His material possessions are such as, with judicious management, precludes the possibility of want, and he and his estimable wife and young son, comprise a happy and contented trio around the home fireside.

Sotomon J. Donatpson, a mechanic of Dexter City, was born in Washington county, Pa., June 17, 1831, and accompanied his parents to Muskingum county, Ohio, when five years old, having remained a resident of the state ever since. He was reared on a farm in Morgan county, and received a fair common school education. At the age of twenty-three, he left the farm and learned the cooper's trade, and after following that for.some years, learned also the stone mason's trade, working at that during the summer seasons. He enlisted August 13, 1862, in Company A, Seventy-Eighth Ohio volunteer infantry, serving in the Army of the Tennessee under General Grant, until his promotion to a higher rank, later serving under General Sherman. He participated in the battles of Port Gibson, Raymond, Kenesaw Mountain, and at the siege of Atlanta, was wounded in the right arm at Raymond, captured at the hospital there, twelve days later, and taken to Richmond as a prisoner. He was.in Libby Prison about two months when he was paroled and later exchanged. He rejoined the army on the march to Atlanta, and remained at the front until December, 1864, when he was sent to the rear and placed on detached duty at a general hospital at Covington, Ky., thus relieving an able-bodied man, who was needed at the front. Mr. Donaldson served in the same regiment with James Mason, father of Sergeant Chas. B. Mason, later rendered conspicuous by his efforts to shoot Guiteau, the assassin of President Garfield. Mr. Donaldson served faithfully and well, making a record as a soldier which is complimentary to himself and an honor to his posterity. Being discharged, he returned to his wife and four children in Muskingum county, and soon afterward learned the shoemaker's trade, being unable from his physical condition to resume either of the other trades previously learned. In 1866 he moved to Noble county, living in Caldwell several years, and nine years later removing to Dexter City, where he erected a beautiful residence. Besides shoemaking, he has been at different times engaged in barbering and photography, thereby earning a livelihood, and educating his large family. Mr. Donaldson was married June 15, 1851, to Nancy Callendine, a native of Vermont. She was the mother of six children and died in May, 1884. The children are: Garrey, salesman of New York City; William J., an oil worker, in Glouster; Hayden M., a farmer near Macksburg; Mary, wife of George Williams of Marietta; Lillian M., wife of George Duvall, of Dunkirk, Indiana; and

Elvin Glidden, of Dexter City. Mr. Donaldson married for his second wife, Nan Dyer, who is the mother of six children, all under the parental roof. The children are: Corporal Tanner; Fannie, his twin sister, wife of David McAtee, of Dexter City; Miles L., Goldie, Flossie and Archie. Myr. Donaldson was one of the charter members of John M. Mosely Post No. 470, Grand Army of the Republic, the first post organized in Noble county ; which he has served many years, as Officer of the Day, and of which he was recently chosen Commander, an honor worthily bestowed. He has been a member of the order of Odd Fellows for thirty-six years and is Past Grand of Dexter City Lodge No. 496. Politically he is independent, though formerly a stannch Repmblican. Mr. Donaldson is a pensioner by reason of wounds received in the Civil war.

Marx Warren, a prominent educator of Noble county, was born near South Olive, July 26, 1872, and is a son of W. P. and Rhoda J. Warren. He received his education at his home school, at South Olive, in both the Common and Normal Schools, and at Caldwell. He was exceptionally bright as a student, began teaching at the age of eighteen, and has followed that profession one way or another until the present time. He was married September 25, 1895, to Miss Ara Ogle. For the past four vears he has served as superintendent of the Dexter Citv schools, and has bronght them up to a standard to be proud of. It was largely due to his efforts that the school was classed by State School Commissioner Bonebrake, as a third-grade High School. In 1900 Mr. Warren was appointed school examiner of Noble county, by Probate Judge L. W. Wheeler, in which capacity he served with credit for more than two years, when he resigned to enter politics. Securing the nomination for county treasurer by acclamation in the Noble county Republican convention in the spring of 1903, he was elected to that office on November 3, bv the largest majority accorded any candidate on the ticket. Mr. Warren will assume the duties of the office in September, 1904.

Wittram A. Lone, a farmer and stock-raiser of Sharon township, was born in the house where he now lives on August 28, 1857. He is a son of William and Mary (Ross) Long, the mother dying in middle life. Of the eight children born to these parents, William A., is the fourth. He was educated in the common schools of Sharon township where he has always lived, following the life of a farmer. This life seems to have had a particular fascination for Mr. Long, and he has been especially successful. His farm of one hundred acres is well improved, with fine buildings and all conveniences, and is well adapted to both agriculture and stock raising, the latter being extensively carried on. Mr. Long was married January 15, 1880, to

Florilly J. Bailey, a daughter of John and Mary (White) Bailey, whose family was among the earliest settlers in the county. To them have been born three sons and one daughter, all unmarried. They are Harley Garfield, born November 6, 1880, a graduate of the Spencerian Business College in Cleveland, now employed with the Garry Tron and Steel Plant at Cleveland; Edmund and Edgar, twins, born February 4, 1883: and Mary Kiturah, born June 25, 1885. The twin boys own a farm adjoining the parental home, Edmund is teacher in the public schools of the county, and Edgar looks after the farm. Mr. Long and family are members of the Baptist church and active workers in church and Siindavy school. Mr. Long is a Republican in political views and he has always supported the principles of his party. All his family are strictly temperance in principle and active in that work. Mr. Long has never sought public office, though he has manifested great interest in the schools, being president of the Board of Directors of Sharon township.

Epson F. Watrers, trustee of Sharon township and a prosperous farmer near the village of Sharen, was born in Noble county on January 18,1868. Heisa son of Peter M. and Elizabeth M. (Marquis) Walters, both natives of Sharon township, and both now living in that village. The Walters family is of German and Irish origin, the paternal great grandfather being German, and his wife Irish. The Marquis family is of similar origin, though in reverse order. The father spent productive years in farming and is now engaged in the jewelry business, being a practical mechanic. There was a family of four sons and six daughters, one son and three daughters having gone to that land whence no traveler returns. Those living are Chloe L., now the wife of Mr. Ellis of Grundy county, Mo.; Samuel J., and Charles E., farmers in Scotland county, Mo., the latter being a minister as well as a farmer; Lillian J., wife of E. E. Henry, a jeweler in Lancaster; Nora D., wife of Miner Fowler of Reinersville; and Edson F. Mr. Walters, the subject of this sketch, was educated in the common schools of his native township, but has followed farming as a vocation. He was married March 15, 1894, to Etta Jennings, a daughter of G. N. Jennings, late of Sharon township. The family were early settlers of Noble county, and her father was a resident of Sharon township for forty years. For one season following his marriage, Mr. Walters was a farmer in Illinois, and afterwards came into possession of the farm on which he now lives, partly through inheritance and partly through purchase. The farm comprises fifty-eight acres, mostly all improved, Mr. Walters engaging principally in cattle raising and poultry business. Mr. and Mrs. Walters have one daughter, Leah, born December 16, 1896. In politics Mr. Walters is a Democrat, and by that party was elected trustee in 1900, still serving in that capacity.

_WituraMm M. Lone, of Caldwell, an old resident and prominent citizen of Sharon township, was born October 28, 1827, on the territory now comprised within Sharon township. His father was Samuel A. Long, who was born in Fayette county, Penn., and came to Belmont county in early youth. There he married and located nearthe present site of Caldwell, many years before Noble county was organized. On removal from Belmont county he placed all his worldly effects upon a small pack horse, and carrying his axe and leading his horse, his wife following on foot they traveled over a trail through the woods to their new home. Samuel A. Long was descended from a hardy frugal and industrious Scotch-Irish ancestry. The mother of the subject of this sketch, Mary (Oliphant) Long, was his father's second wife, and was the mother of six children, who were: Mary E., wife of James Wilson, and who died in southern Illinois; W. M.; Andrew, a farmer at Cambridge, who was killed by a falling building; Robert, deceased; N. B., died in Cambridge in 1908; and Jonathan, a farmer in Missouri. His father had six children by the previous marriage, all of whom are now deceased, but all of whom lived to raise families of their own. Mr. W. M. Long received such education as the schools of the pioneer days afforded, but throughout his long life, he has been a careful reader and a close observer, and has thus become a man of broad culture and intelligence. When a young man of seventeen, he engaged in teaming, driving four horses and hauling merchandise from the cities to the country dealers. He was married in 1850 to Mary Ross, a native of Westmoreland county, Pa., born the same year as her husband. In 1856, he located on the farm on which he now lives, a farm which at one time consisted of five hundred and thirty-five acres, but now has been divided among his children until that which he oceupies is but a small portion of the original farm. By his first marriage Mr. Long had eight children, one of whom died in infancy. C. R., the eldest, is employed in a publishing house in New York City, of which he is part owner, is married and has one daughter; Samuel A. is a prosperous farmer in Sharon township; W. A. occupies the original homestead of the family; Mary J., wife of Mr. Shipley, now deceased; John A., superintendent of the schools at Streator, Illinois, a graduate of Wesleyan University and a prominent educator; Sarah K., deceased ; James E., a farmer in Kansas; and a child, who died in infancy. Mrs. Long died of consumption. Mr. Long married for his second wife, Lucretia Phipps, who also died of the same disease three years after marriage, leaving one son Lucius W., who is engaged in the stock-raising business in Indian Territory. The present wife of our subject was Mary J. Bell, a daughter of George Bell, a prominent citizen of Noble county, and a Virginian by birth. Three children were born to this union: Harry B., Jesse B., and Frank B. Mr.

Long was reared a Democrat, and was taught to believe in slavery, though he never indorsed the doctrine. In his youth his reading was altogether along the lines advocated by the slave-holding Democracy. He voted the Democratic ticket from his majority until the organization of the Republican party, in 1856, and from that day to the present he has been an ardent devotee of the doctrines of the Republiean party. During the Civil war he was a staunch supporter of the Union and an active ally of the Government. His native locality was strongly impregnated with secession sentiments and generally opposed to enlistments, and much damage was done to property from time to time, and his efforts at raising troops and caring for the helpless were often maligned. But notwithstanding, he continued his course of lovaltv and went sc far as to invoke Government aid in self protection. In 1868 Mr. Long was Republican candidate for county commissioner and received a very satisfactory support at the polls. He immediately inaugurated some needed reforms in the management of county affairs thereby incurring both praise and censure, but he was energetic and succeeded in carrying out his plans, and served his six years with credit to himself and profit to his constituency. Mr. Long has always been active as well in religious work and he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church.

Josrepu H. Hoopes, of the firm of Hoopes & Watson, general merchants of Olive Green, was born in Noble township, on June 7, 1872. He is a son of Ellis and Margaret (Jones) Hoopes, both living in Noble township. The father was a farmer and was born in Belmont county, March 28, 1838, and is a son of Daniel and Rachel (Chance) Hoopes. The father of Ellis Hoopes was a native of Belmont county, where he lived until 1860, then removing to Green county, Ill., where he and his wife died, the mother at the age of sixty-five and the father aged eighty. There was a family of six sons and three daughters, only three of whom are now living. Isaac was the eldest, dying in Illinois in 1862, leaving a wife and children. Mary Jane married Morris Rector and is now living in Iowa; Benjamin died in early manhood; Susanna married A. L. Linder, and died in Illinois; Elizabeth, wife of C. M. Kinney, also died in Illinois; John lives in Iowa, and was a soldier, serving in an Hlinois regiment. Mr. Ellis Hoopes was also in the war, enlisting August 11, 1863, in Company F, Fifteenth Ohio volunteer infantry, and serving in the Army of the Tennessee under General Thomas. He was in the battles of Chicamauga, Missionary Ridge, in front of Atlanta, Franklin, and Nashville, besides many skirmishes leading up to these engagements. He escaped personal injury in the way of wounds but received a pensionable injury otherwise in the service. He was discharged in the autumn of 1865 and returned to Belmont county, moving soon after to Noble county. Mr, Hoopes was married June 16, 1866, to Margaret Jones, a native of Noble county, and to them were bern five children, Joesph H. being the only son. Mr. W[oopes is a member of Caldwell Post, Grand Army of the Republic. THe is a Methodist Protestant, and in polities is a Demoerat. Mr. Joseph H. Hoopes, the subject of this review, was edueated in the schools of Hoskinsyille, and began his career as a teacher, following this profession for nine vears. He was very economical during this time and the savings of that nine years labor was the nuclens of his present business, which he commenced on March 26, 1903. Mr, Tcopes was married October 9, 1901, to Minnie A. Watson, daughter of Hezekiah Watson, a well known merchant of Caldwell. Mr. Hoopes is also assistant postmaster at Olive Green, being appointed with his brother-in-law, Mr. Watson, in March 1903. Mr. Ueopes is a member of Spring Lodge No. 705, Knights of Pythias, in which he has held various official psitions. In political views he is a Democrat. He is a member of the Methodist church, while Mrs, Hoopes is a member of the Christian church.

Jacon W. Swayk, a prominent citizen of Olive Green, was born in Sharon township May 4, 1829, and has always lived in the township of his birth. Te is a son of William and Barbara (Pickenpaugh) Swank, beth natives of Pennsvlvania, but residents of Noble county some years before their marriage. The family was of German ancestry, and was prominently identified with the early history of Noble county, the posterity having kept along the same line. The father was born in 1796, and was reared under the teaching of German parents, and was twenty-eight years old before he could speak English. He died in 1865 and the mother in 1869. Of a family of nine children born to them, all are living, the youngest being now past sixty years of age, and the eldest now past seventy-seven. The children were: Philip, Jacob, Peter C., a farmer of Noble county; Elizabeth, wife of James Archibald; John Wesley; Susanna, wife of Nathan Newton; Sarah Jane McFarland, a widow; and Joseph Shaw. Mr. Swank, the subject of this review, was educated in the common schools of his day, and spent his early life on a farm. For twenty-three years he was engaged in general merchandising in Olive Green, and just as he was about to retire from active life, he was obliged to again resume business to preserve some of his property and provide for future contingencies, having been too kind hearted in helping others in money matters in the way of security. He engaged in milling at Sharon and after going to considerable expense in remodeling and repairing, the mill burned with very little insurance. He then erected his present mill at Olive Green, this being an up-to-date mill with roller process and a capacity of sixty barrels a day. Mr. Swank was married September 12, 1850, to Jane Brownrigg, who was born in the vicinity of her present and life long home. To them were born five children, one of whom is dead. They are as follows: Mary M. Brabham, of West Virginia; Serepta Fedora, wife of Samuel Patterson of Olive Green; Barbara Lillian, died in early womanhood; Fulton Napoleon, a partner with his father, a practical engineer and miller; Eva D., wife of A. F. Pickenpaugh. Mr. Swank has been a lifelong Democrat and has been active and influential in local politics, having served his township as treasurer, supervisor, school director and the like. He is a Methodist in religious views. Mr, Swank was made a Mason in 1857, and is now in full affiliation, both in the Blue Lodge at Sharon and Royal Arch Masons at Caldwell. He has filled the position of Worshipful Mastor of Sharon Lodge No. 136, and has been a Mason in good standing for forty-six years. Myr. Swank is among the oldest natives of Noble county, and his experience in the pioneer days as recounted by himself, is both instructive and amnsing. He says that in the early days of his bovhood, the pioneers were greatly annoyed by the depredations of squirrels in their corn fields, particularly just after planting time. It was the duty of the boys in the families to watch the squirrels, usually for the two or three hours in the early morning. They would build a "smudge" in the nearby woods to keep the gnats and mosquitoes off, and, armed with the family rifle and dogs, they made it extremely uncomfortable for the squirrels. He has attended school in the typical log school honse of pioneer days, povided with greased paper for window lights, six-feet fire place supphed with fuel ent by the larger boys in attendance, and all the enjoyment that went with it. Twenty-six days constituted a month, teachers were paid by subscription, some of them working for fifty cents a day and boarding themselves. The general custom was to "board around." This fifty-cent teacher, however was said to be a somewhat noted mathematician, because he could "work in the Single Rule of Three." Myr. Swank has always been a lover of horses, and at the early age of thirteen, took charge of a team and wagon, doing general teaming for some thirteen years. , On one occasion by reason of his superior horsemanship, a spirited team was taken from his older brother and given to him. He often made long trips, assisting in moving people emigrating to points further west. Mr. Swank well remembers the old-time amusements, the log-rollings, raisings, husking bees, flax pullings and log cabin cotillions. There was an element of labor connected with all of these which gave zest and appetite to the festivities which followed. Every family had their whiskey which was about as free as water. It was on the table two or three times daily, but there was an unwritten law which protected the jug or keg from depredations of all between meals. The most devout Christians tolerated their bitters, and the festive jug has aided in raising many a pioneer cabin in the wilderness. Mr. Swank was one of the few who could "carry his corner" at raisings in a workman-like manner, and his services were always in demand for that purpose. Fulton N. Swank, the only son of Jacob Swank, was born August 30, 1861. He was educated in the common schools, and followed farming until the milling business, in which he is interested, was started. Since then he has been the engincer and is well fitted to superintend the machinery or operate the rolls. Mr. Swank was married March 6, 1886, to Laverna Wiley, a daughter of John and Mary Wiley, the father deceased, and the mother living at Sharon. Mrs. Swank has two brothers and five sisters living, the latter being some distance away, and the former residents of Noble county. To Mr. and Mrs. Swank have been born two sons and two daughters: Roy G., Mary Josephine, Erle, and Thursa Irene. Mr. Swank is a Mason, non-affiliated, former membership in Sharon Lodge. He takes an active interest in church work and with his wife, belongs to the Methodist church.

Tempest W. Patterson, contractor and builder of Olive Green, was born in Sharon township, October 19, 1873, and is a son of Samuel and Fidora (Swank) Patterson, natives of Noble county, where they have always lived. There is a family of two sons and one daughter all living, of whom Tempest W. is the eldest. The only brother is Charles, who is married to Bertha Beckett, and is living on a portion of the old parental home. They have one child. Mr. Patterson was educated in thé public schools, and at an early age showed a decided tendency toward mechanics. He learned the rndiments of carpentry from his father, who was a wood worker. At the age of nineteen he built the Olive Green mill for his grandfather, Jacob Swank, and while this building is not a specimen of fine workmanship, that being not required ina structure of that character, yet its symmetrical construction and apportionment of strength where required, give evidence of the handiwork of a mechanical genius. In 1899 he began general contracting, furnishing all material, designs and the like, and completing buildings from cellar to garret. Since that time he has been employed on contract work, giving work to six or seven men. In 1902 he erected a planing mill on the home farm, has it well equipped with modern machinery, and has without question, the best plant of its character in Noble county. This plant is utilized in winter in preparing material for his spring and summer work. Mr. Patterson is very ambitious and has won his possessions through hard labor alone. He is rated as one of the finest mechanics in Noble county and is doing a large share of the building in Caldwell, has a contract for four houses in the Capital City, and several others at other places. Mr. Patterson is a Democrat in his political views. He is not connected with any secret societies or religious organizations. His time is entirely given to his business, and his achievements are far beyond the ordinary for a young man of his years.

Henry Cray Foster, a farmer and stock raiser of Sharon township was born in Brookfield, Noble county, on December 15, 1848, where he has spent his life. He is a son of John and Mary (Boney) Foster; the father born in Pennsylvania in 1799, and the mother in Pennsylvania in 1806. They were married in Pennsylvania, near Brownsville, Washington county, in 1826, moving to Noble county, Ohio, in 1834, and settling on a farm near 'Olive Green, in Brookfield township, which he and his children cleared up and improved. The father died on this farm in 1885, and the mother in 1898, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary A. Ethell, of Oklahoma Territory. The father was of Irish ancestry, his parents being natives of the Emerald Isle, while his mother's people were Pennsylvania Dutch, the maternal grandmother being well educated in the German language. The were the parents of nine children, seven of whom are living. The children are: Sarah Ann, widow of Jesse Gray ; Jacob, killed by a falling tree, left wife and 'family ; Mary Ann, wife si Orlando Ethell, now living in Oklahoma; James K., a w ell-to-do farmer in Brookfield ; John Tyler, a farmer and fruit; -grower in Sharon township ; Eliza Ann, wife of Abraham Shields, living in Indiana; Henry Clay; George Washington, deceased; and Easton W., a wealthy farmer of Sharon township. Mr. Foster, the subject of this review, was educated in the common schools, and began life as a farmer, following that and carpentry all his life. Mr. Foster was married September 1, 1864, to Margaret J. Pickenpaugh, who died thirteen years after their marriage. Three children were born to this union: Milan G., a farmer in Oklahoma; Cora W., wife of Howard Wilson of Belmont county; and Vernon Curtis, who married Anna Iams, and lives on a farm in Sharon township. Mr. Foster was married the second time on March 21, 1878, to Nancy Jane Hinton, a daughter of Rev. James Hinton of Putnam county, and Mildred (Tugegles) Hinton; there were seven children in the Hinton family, of whom Mrs. Foster is the second; the names were, Susan Mary, Nancy Jane, Luey Ann, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses Simpson Grant, Rosabel, Ida Florence and Alta, all of whom are married except the last named, and all in Missouri except Mrs. Foster. Rev. Mr. Hinton was a North Carolinian by birth, was born and reared in slavery days though a rabid Unionist and abolitionist: He was one of the many sufferers from depredations of both the Union and Confederate armies in the border states. Mrs. Hinton was a native of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Foster have an interesting family of seven children: Alta M., wife of Frederick Garrel; Maggie Jane, unmarried and at home ; James G. Blaine; Francis Earle, Eva Iona, Raymond, and Don Carlos, all still under the parental roof and attending school. Mr. Foster has been a lifelong Republican and an ardent supporter of party principles. He has never sought official position other than the minor cftices. Mrs. Foster is a member cf the Baptist church. Mr. Foster is a member of the Masonic fraternity, holding his membership in the Reinersville lodge. i

Lorenzo Dow Miter, a farmer of Sharon township, was born in Windsor tewnship, Morgan county, on March 15, 1857, and is a son of Stephen and Esther (Brown) Milner. The father was born in Belmont county, June 25, 1827, has spent his active years in farming but is now retired and living at Chester Hill. The mother was born in Northumberland county, England, February 14, 1829, and is the mother of four children, one of whom died in infancy; the living are: John Tavlor, a hardware man of Stockport; Lorenzo D.; Marvy Alice, wife of Dana Scott, a transportation man. The Milner family was among the early settlers of Virginia, from whence they emigrated at an early day. Mr, Milner, the subject of this review, was educated in the public schools of his native county. He was reared to farm life and followed that vocation except for two years which he spent in the hardware business in Stockport. He was married May 20, 1891, to Emma Patterson, a daughter of Joseph and Hannah Lee (Davis) Patterson. Her father was born near Philadelphia in 1811, and came to Noble county in 1835. He was one of the early settlers of Sharon township, where he is still living at the age of 93 vears, eared for by his voungest child, Mrs. Milner. No man in Noble county is better or more widely known than Joseph Patterson. He has been a life-long Democrat, active in his early vears in all phases of political life. He is a Presbyterian. Mrs. Milner's mother, Hannah L. Davis, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1822. and died in 1888. Ten children were born to them, of whom Emma, James L., Alice J., Samuel and Joseph F., are living: William V. died at the age of twenty-two, the others in childhood. Mrs. Milner was an active self-reliant girl before her marriage, being a dress maker in Caldwell for some years, and conducting quite an extensive business there. My. and Mrs. Milner have had two children born to them, the eldest, Harold Albertus, born April 24, 1892, a bright and promising child who died August 13, 1896, and M. Alice. Mr. and Mrs. Milner are members of the Disciple church at Reinersville. Mr. Milner is a staunch Republican in his political views, though he has never sought preferment in

Francis ADUDDELL, a practical farmer and stock grower of Sharon township, was born near Fairview, Guernsey county, January 1, 1829. He is a son of Cornelius and Phoebe (Gardner) Aduddell, the father born in Loudoun county, Va., and tlte mother a native of Treland, who came to this country at the age of seventeen years. They were married in Guernsey county, and located on the farm now owned and occupied by the subject of this review in 1832. There was a family of eight children, Robert, Thursa, George, Francis, William, Thomas, John Milton, and Lizzie, and of these Francis and William are the only survivors; two died in childhood, Thomas, in California; Robert at Central City, Colo., a soldier in the Crimean war; Clarisa, wife of William Archibald, died in Sharon township; and George, who died in Wisconsin. Mr. Francis Aduddell was educated in the public schools of his native township, and has always been a farmer, living upon the same farm seventy-one years. He inherited a one-half interest in one hundred twenty acres, to which he has added by purchase until he now has two hundred fifty-six acres. Upon this farm are commodious barns, a splendid brick residence, convenient out-houses, and every thing conducive to a well ordered farm. The residence was built in 1877, and is the best country residence in Sharon township. Jt is large and commodious, built for comfort rather than adornment, though it oceupies a commanding site overlooking a beautiful valley to the westward. Mr. Aduddell was married in 1863 to Mary Ellen Lyons, a native of Sharon township, and of a large family born to this union, but three are now living: Anna Frances Gorrell, Milton A., and Harley. Mrs. Aduddell died, and twenty years later he married Alice Jane Patterson, daughter of Joseph Patterson, Sr., the oldest living native of Noble county. Mr. Aduddell has been unfortunate in a financial way, having paid about $8,000, of security debts. Notwithstanding this, he has gradually accumulated property, paid up his debts honorably, and is now more than square with the world. Mr. Aduddell has been a life-long Republican and has always taken an active interest in public affairs, serving his township as trustee at one time. He was a member of Sharon Masonic Lodge for forty-seven years and is now dimitted.

Easton W. Foster, a farmer and stock raiser of Sharon township, was born in Brookfield, September 23, 1849. He is a son of John and Mary (Boney) Foster, who are mentioned elsewhere in this book. Mr. Foster was educated in the common schools of his native township. He invested his dower in land in Sharon and Brookfield townships, and began farming on a large scale. He was married to Mary Ellen Engle in 1868, and four children have been born to this union, the eldest of whom died in early infancy, and the others are Alice

Quintilla, wife of Mr. Ralph; Enola, wife of Stanley Hamilton; and Roselda, who lives at home. Mrs. Foster died July 29, 1889, and Mr. Foster married his present companion, Thiphena Harmon, a daughter of Isaac Harmon, late of Sharon. Two sons have been born to this union, Glenn Edgar, born September 24, 1899, and Lynn Hay, born January 14, 1902. Two brothers of Mr. Foster, James K. and George W., were soldiers in the Civil war, both serving in the Western Army under General Sherman. Mr. Foster owns one hundred and twenty acres of well improved land, and engages in gen-- eral farming and stock raising, in which he has been very successful. Socially he is a member of the Masonic fraternity, but is not affiliated with any religious organization, though he is a liberal supporter of the gospel. He assisted in building the Methodist church at Olive Green and is a regular attendant at its services and contributor to its support. In politics Mr. Foster is a Republican, but has never sought official positions. He is a public spirited and enterprising citizen, interested in everything calculated for the interests of his township and county, and is a useful citizen in the community. His name and influence are to be found at the head of every public enterprise, and he has given largely of his means and time to this end. Mr. Foster is somewhat of a genius in the matter of artistic work. Soon after the death of President McKinley, while passing along the road in his buggy thinking of the National disasters which had befallen us, he noticed a sassafras tree of peculiar formation. A vine in the form of a serpent, had grown about the young tree, forming itself into so perfect an image of a serpent as to appear like a photograph from life. He cut the piece out and took it home with him intending to make a cane in commemoration of the martyred President. The result is a creation which at once evinces the handiwork of a genius. The cane represents many historical and emblematic features, having carved upon the wood, the time and place of William McKinley's birth, of his assassination and death, the name of the assassin, the funeral hymn, a Bible quotation, and McKinley's last words. The serpent is made to represent Anarchy, the cause of the deed. Inlaid in pure gold is a representation of a glorious sunset, emblematic of the end of a well spent life. Several other pieces in silver are inlaid, rpresenting the sad event in various phases. A detailed description is not possible in this connection, but suffice it to say that this product of Mr' Foster's skill has heen admired by all who have ever seen it. It was on exhibition at theState Capitol, in both houses of the legislature, where it was admired hy President Roosevelt. This unstinted approval has induced Mr. Foster to apply for a _ copyright to secure the manufacture of other walking sticks after this model. He has been offered $100, for the original. but no money would induce him to part with it. This cane will be taken to

Rev. Joseru Porrtman, pastor of the churéh of the Immaculate Conception, Fulda, was born in the province of Westphalia, Germany, on October 12, 1850. He was aducated in his native country, graduating in 1870. In the autumn of that year, he came to America, locating at Pittsburg. After some months of rest, he gave himself to teaching in parochial schools in which occupation he remained fifteen years. Then he entered upon a course in philosophy at Notre Dame University, lasting two years; was three years at St. John's University in Minnesota, sinding theology, and later finished at St. Mary's Seminary at Cincinnati, from which institution he was ordained to the ministry of the Holy Catholic church. Father Pollman began his ministerial career as professor in Columbus; afterward he took charge cf three churches, English, French, and German, reziding in Glenmont. There he remained seven and one half years, coming to his present work in December, 1900. In this charge he attends to the spiritual wants of ahont two hundred families, all German. There is, in the village, and well known Iceallv, a Catholie District Schcol, where most of the children of the district attend and receive instruction in all the common school branches, besides very capable instruction in music, drawing, the languages, ete., if desired. The school is taught by the Sisters of the Most Precious Blood, there being four of them employed in the different lines of work. The enrollment for the last school year was one hundred thirty-two. Father Pollman is a companionable and genial gentleman, whose acquaintance it is a pleasure to make. He holds a most responsible position, and is entirely consecrated to his work, the church being one of the. finest country churches in the state. He has been in active work, ever since his arrival on American soil, making thirty years before he took his first vacation. The church over which Father Pollman presides, a history of which appears in the chapter on Religion, is well organized, well officered, and in a most prosperous condition. There are societies of various kinds for the instruction and entertainment of old and young. The interior finishing and furnishings of the church are superb in every way, and many thousands of dollars have been expended in beautifying and adorning this religious home of over two hundred thrifty farmers' families. The pastoral home, though not a modern building architecturally, is well furnished and comfortable, while the grounds, are well kept and pleasing to the eye. The Sisters' Home recently erected upon the church grounds, is a neat frame cottage, two stories in height, and of sufficient capacity to accommodate comfortably those for whom it was designed.

Gustavus C. Exterman, merchant and general business man of the village of Fulda, was born in Rotenburg, Germany, on December 23, 1847, and is a son of Frederick and Sophia (Duvell) Ehlerman, also natives of Germany where their lives were spent. The father was a farmer, having a life lease on the Domain of Luhne, an inheritance transmitted to the oldest son in the family for many generations. It embraces three thousand acres belonging to the kingdom of Hanover, now owned by Prussia. The eldest brother, Frederick, is now in possession of this inheritance, and is designated as Land Rath or Lord of the Domain, that being a prominent offical title, one of the Council of the Empire. Three sisters are living in their native land, Julia, Cecelia, and Maria. Mr. Ehlerman was educated in his native country and attended the Commercial College in Hanover. He served an apprenticeship as salesman in the white goods and silk business, and came to America at the age of eighteen, and securing employment as a general salesman at Miltonsburg, Monroe county. He moved to Noble county in 1869, and entered the employ of John S. Hohman, in the general merchandising business. Mr. Ehlerman purchased his stock and began business on his own account in 1876, in which he has been exceptionally successful. He has dealt in tobacco since 1866, being a buyer for others until 1876, since which time he has carried on a very extensive business. He handles annually from two hundred thousand pounds up to half a million and gives employment in the productive seasons, to as many as sixty hands. He owns one of the largest packing houses in southern Ohio. In connection with these varied interests, he and his sons run a farm mostly devoted to cattle raising. Mr. Ehlerman was married on April 11, 1873, te Mary E. Hohman, a native of Noble county, and a daughter cf John S.:and Otilda (Archer) Hohman, both deceased. They are the parents of ten children: Frederick M., a traveling salesman of Sioux City, Iowa; Christian G., a salesman in the same house; Ernest, at home, engaged in business with his father; William, assistant in the store; Adolph and Julius C., in school; Terrance, at home; Mary, wife of William Arnold of Caldwell; Julia, in her father's store; and Cecelia, at home. Mr. Ehlerman and family are members of the church of the Immaculate Conception. They have a beautiful home in the village of Fulda, where the traveler is welcomed with generous hospitality. In politics Mr. Ehlerman is a Democrat, but has never sought public office. He is one of the staunch and successful business men of Noble county.

Grorcz P. Suretey, of Dexter City, a manufacturer of cigars and dealer in smokers' supplies, was born in Washington county, on June 12, 1857, and is a son of Joseph and Lurana (Totman) Shirley, both natives of the same county. The father was a blacksmith, who removed to Athens county many years ago, where both parents died. There was a family of four sons and four daughters, all of whom are living, and they are: Irvin, Celista, John, George, Luverna, Joseph, Emma, and Viola. Mr. Shirley was educated in Washington county, and spent his early years in farming. About 1887, he began an apprenticeship in the cigar maker's trade in Athens, and remained there about four years. He worked in various places in West Virginia and Ohio, and in 1901 started in business in Dexter City, being the only manufacturer in the town. He has been eminently successful in this line of work, making a specialty of the Dexter Stogie. Mr. Shirley was married on December 23, 1880, to Edna Sedwick, a native of Athens county, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Sedwick, old residents of Athens. To them have been born a family of eight children, seven of whom are living, as follows: Maude, Mabel, Heber, Minnie, Sylvia, Herman and Florence. Mr. and Mrs. Shirley are members of the Methodist church. In polities Mr. Shirley is a Republican, though he has never sought office. He is a member of Jewel Lodge No. 726 Knights of Pythias, and an officer of that lodge. Mr. Shirley is a man of sterling integrity and uprightness of character. He is industrious and enterprising, and his careful, frugal habits, combined with hard work, and careful management, bid fair to place him in affluent circumstances.

Levi Dick Hraptey, undertaker and dealer in furniture in Dexter City, was born near Caldwell, on February 18, 1873; being the only son of Rey. J. W. Headley, a minister of the Free Methodist church in Zanesville, and Abbie (Merry) Headley, a daughter of Cotton Merry, an old and honored family in Noble county; the family consisted of three children, who were: Mrs. Annie Hunter, and Mrs. Martha Sherburn, whose husbands are both Methodist ministers; and Levi Dick. The paternal great grandfather, Benjamin Headlev, emigrated from Scotland to Pennsylvania. The grandfather Weedon Headley was born in the Keystone State and emigrated to Ohio in early manhood. The father, J. W. Headley, was born at Olive, in 1846, and removed to Cleveland in 1881, where he remained twenty years. Mr. Levi Headley was educated at Spring Arbor Seminary, Michigan, where he completed the literary course. He learned the undertaking business in Jackson, Mich., being a graduate of Barnes' School of Embalming. He worked at the business some time in Michigan, and in January, 1895, purchased his present business in Dexter City. Mr. Headley was married June 29, 1897, to Estella Shriver, a daughter of Adam and Mary Shriver, the father a well-to-do and honored citizen of the county, and the agent of the Pa. R. R. at Dexter City. Mrs. Shriver died in 1895. Mrs. Headley is the eldest of three children, the others being, Nella Lawrence,

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 241 of Orland, Ind., and Lawrence G. of Dalhart, Texas. Myr. and Mrs. Headley have three children, James Adam, Paul Wilson, and Mary . Lois. Mr. Headley is prominently connected with the social orders being a member of Dexter City Lodge No. 496, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is Past Grand; of Jewel Lodge No. 726 Knights of Pythias, heing Past Chancellor Commander: and Past Grand Representative; and of Mackshurg Lodge Free and Accepted Masons. Jn political views, a Republican, he has heen a member of the Dexter City Council, and was censns enumerator of Jefferson

Bengamin O, Cressitir, an oi] inspector of Dexter City, was born in Olive tewnship cn February 2. 1860, and is a son of Lemuel B. and Zipporah (Webher) Chesshir, hoth natives of Olive township. The father was a soldier in Company K, Thirtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was killed in the battle at Ezra Church near Atlanta in 1864, heing Iuried on the hattle field on which he fell. The mother now lives at South Olive; there were three children in the family, all of whom are living; Ellsworth C., the eldest, is a hotel proprietor at Honor, Michigan; he married Cora Tracey. The other one, Anna Y., wife of Aranda Davis, an oil man of South Olive; and the subject of this sketch. Mr. Chesshir was edueated in the public schools, in Muskingum College, and at Lebanon University. He fitted himself for teaching, following that profession for ten years in Noble county, Ohio, and in Stafford county, Kansas. He was schcol examiner of that county for two years and one half, and served four vears as clerk of the district court of Stafford county, a pesition to which he was elected in 1888, and again in 1890. On leaving the office he entered the flour, feed and coal business at St. Johns, Kansas, subsequently taking in a partner and adding the lumber business. The firm dealt extensively in broom corn, buying and shipping to eastern markets. On account of failing health, he sold out in 1900, and went to the Sanitarium at Battle Creek, Michigan, and in October of that year he came to Dexter City where he has since been engaged in various phases of the oil trade, being a producer as well as superintendent of leases for the York Ridge Oil Company. Mr. Chesshir has valuable land in Kansas, to the amount of one hundred and sixty acres, city property in St. Johns, and in Noble county he holds an eighth interest in a lease held by the Noble and Homestead Oil Company, producers of oil, gas, et cetera, a profitable holding at present. He also has one of the finest homes in Dexter City. Mr. Chesshir was married in St. Johns, Kansas, in 1889, to Thenettie Carlisle, a native of Pennsylvania, then a resident of Kansas. She is a daughter of David B. and Mary R. Carlisle, now of Stafford, Kansas, the father a well-to-do farmer, owning\a large farm, and being very extensively engaged in stock raising. Mr. and Mrs. Chesshir have an interesting family of three children, Ethel, Earle and Mary, the two former being born in Kansas and the latter in Dexter City. In politics Mr. Chesshir is a Reptiblican, by which party he was honored in his Kansas home. He is a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge at Stafford, Kansas, and of the Knights of Pythias at St. Johns. .

JAMES GorDON, a prominent farmer of Jefferson township, was born on the 23d of August, 1825, on territory now embraced within Noble county, where he has always resided. His parents were William and Elizabeth (Steward) Gordon, the father a native of PBaltimore and the mother, of Pennsylvania. They were married in Pennsylvania, and moved to Noble county in the fall of 1824, where the father took up government land and established a home in the wilderness. Neither of his parents lived to be as old as the sulject, though both nearly reached the allotted years of man; their family consisted of six children who lived to years of maturity, and three of whom are still living ; Joseph, the eldest, was a well-to-do farmer in Noble county, but it is now deceased ; Stew ard, a farmer in Washineton county, is also deceased; George W., also died in that connty; James, Levi and Jane are still living. Mr. James Gordon grew up amid the environments of pioneer life, and received the limited edueation of the subscription schools of his boyhood davs. He and his brothers assisted in clearing up the parental farm and as they attained their majority, each started in life without parental aid. Tn the autumn of 1852, he purchased a portion of the farm upon which he has lived since, adding to it as he could until he now owns three hundred and sixty-four acres in one hody, near Macksburg. Upon this land he has erected large and cemmodious barns and a fine country residence, oecupving an eleyated and sightly position overlooking a wide range of country. For more than fifty vears Mr. Gordon has been engaged in general farming and stock raising, at one time giving some prominence to tohaceo culture. Mr. Gordon was married December 15, 1861, to Melvyina Clinedinst, a native of Pennsylvania and a daughter of aan Clinedinst, also a native of Pennsvlvania, and cf German extraction. Her people came to Ohio in 1842 ae leeated in Guernsey county, afterward in Noble county, where her father died, and where her mother is stil] living at an advanced ace. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon reared a family of eleven children, named as follows: Henry, born April 28, 1864; Adam born Anenst 23, 1865 ; Clara, born October 3 30, 1866: ; James D., Decewiher 26, 1867; Julia M., February 26, 1869; Charles, June 26. 1870; Marv, died in al ihood: Perry born Nata 21, 1875, and died January 10, 1896 ; Emily, August 1, 1875; John, "Mav 28 AS eis delazas Novem- ber 29, 1881; and William, February 22, 1883. The two last named are still at home, William taking charge of the farm. Six of the children are married, four live in Colorado, one in New Mexico, and the others in Noble county. Mr. Gordon has been a Republican in politics, and a member of the Masonic fraternity for many years.