Paris Township (part 4 of 5)

. tles of Decatur, Tenn., August 18, 1864; Overalls Creek, December 4, 1864, and in the charge during the battle of the Cedars he was severely wounded in the right arm, and conveyed from the field. He was confined in the hospital at Murfreesboro, Tenn., from December 4, 1864, until April 5, 1865, when he returned tohis home. In the fall of the same year, he was elected County Treasurer. His abilities and fitness in the discharge of this important trust gave him re-election in 1867, closing his service the second term. In the spring of 1870, he was appointed United States Revenue Collector, in which capacity he served the Government five years. Subsequently he pursued the mercantile trade a few years, when he retired from the active duties of life. Mr. R. has passed the chair of High Priest in Masonry, and is Quartermaster in the G. A. R. He was married in Union County, Ohio, in 1850, to Miss Eliza J. Green, a native of New York State, who died after two years of wedded life. His second marriage, to Miss Amelia J. Turner, a native of Clark County, Ohio, occurred in 1855. This union has been blessed with four children, all of whom are living, viz.: Ella, eldest daughter, is a teacher of schools in Philadelphia; Willis O., a Professor of languages and literature in the Cincinnati College, both graduates of Wesleyan University ; Lillie and Lina, graduates of Farmers' College, Cincinnati. The family are connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church of this city. - i

JOHN W. ROBINSON, farmer, P. O. Marysville, son of John W. and Elizabeth Robinson, early pioneers of this county, was born in Darby Township January 11,1881. He spent his early life on his father's farm, and received his education in the common schools of his native place. February 8, 1855, he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Cole, a daughter of Daniel and Mary Cole, natives of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Robinson, à native of Washington County, Penn., was born May 24, 1831. Seven children were born to this union, viz.: Joseph H., Mary E., Aaron F., Jennie C., Carrie B., James E. and John C. In the spring of 1858, Mr. Robinson purchased his present farm, where he has since resided, He owns 240 acres of well-improved land at à convenient distance from Marysville. He has always followed the avocation of agriculture and stock-raising, and with success. He was the organizer of Grange No. 404, and served as its first Master; is now Treasurer of the County Grange. He is serving his second term as member ofthe Board of Township Trustees. Politically, he is a Republican. He and family are associated with the Presbyterian Church of Marysville.

AARON B. ROBINSON, merchant and attorney, Marysville. The subject of this sketch is a lineal descendant of Union County's earliest pilgrims, and was born in Darby Township November 10, 1833, and is a son of John W. and Elizabeth (Mitchel) Robinson, natives of Pennsylvania. Judge David Mitchel was the first to settle in the limits of Union County, some time prior to 1800. He became prominently identified with its interests, and occupied the chair of Associate Judge a number of years. Aaron B. Robinson was reared on the homestead farm, and learned to labor with his hands. He acquired a primary education in the schools of this city, and.entered Jefferson College at Cannonsburg for the completion of his collegiate studies. In the Junior year, his health failed him, and he was obliged to return home, Subsequently, he began the study of law, and in 1858 attended the Cincinnati Law School. He was admitted to the bar the following year, and began the practice of his profession in connection with his brother, Hon. J. W. Robinson, in that city. He volunteered his services to the Union army during the rebellion, and entered the service on the 22d day of August, 1862, as Captain of Company I, One lundred and Twenty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and participated in most of the battles in which the regiment was engaged. He was wounded on the field of Chickamauga, Ga., September 19, 1863, and sent home, where he remained three months, when he returned to his regiment and served through to the close of the war. He received promotion to Colonel of his regiment, but was mustered out as Lieutenant Colonel June 17, 1865. Returning to peaceful pursuits, he joined his brother in the manufacture of woolen goods in a mill located near Military and West streets. The brothers did an extensive business in this establishment, which closed in 1880, after a long and successful career. In 1879, Mr. Robinson erected the large and commodious store of his present premises, where he carries on an extensive trade in dry goods, carpets, etc. He is at this time, July, 1882, serving his second year as Representative to the Ohio Legislature, to which he was elected in 1879. Mr. Robinson was joined in marriage in 1868 to Miss Keziah, daughter of Alfred and Harriet Wilkins, whose family history appears in this portion of the work. Four children born to this union are all living, viz.: Harriet E., E. Gertrude, Martha E. and Alfred J. Mr. Robinson is a member of the G. A. R., and the family are members of the Presbyterian Church.

JOHN B. ROBINSON, of the livery firm of Robinson & Mullen, Marysville. Mr. Robinson is politically a representative of the old-time Jacksonian Democracy, of loyal inheritance, who gave his service to his couutry's flag, and on the battle-field secured the legacy herein transmitted to his children, his country and his home. He was born in Jerome Township, Union County, in June, 1841. He was raised on a farm, and enlisted at Camp Chase, in Company B, Thirty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, August 9,1861. The regiment was assigned to the Army of the Potomac and entered the field in September, 1861. He participated in the battle of Bull Pasture Mountain, Va., May 8, 1861, and was among the prisoners captured at Harper's Ferry, Va., October 11, 1861. He was exchanged, and joined the forces under Gen. Grant at Vicksburg, Miss., and was assigned to the first line of advance through the siege and fall of that place, May to July 4, 1-63 ; also in the battle of Raymond, Miss., May 12, 1863; Champion Hills, Miss., May 16, 1863. At the close of Vicksburg, the regiment returned to Ohio on veteran furlough, was consolidated and joined Sherman at Resaca, Ga. He was in the advancing line at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June, 1864, and at Atlanta, Ga., was placed on the first skirmish line of advance before that place. Closely following the siege of Atlanta was Jonesboro, Ga., from August 19 to September 7, 1864. Then joining the victorious legions he marched with Sherman to the sea, He was again selected as one to. advanee the line against Sayannah, Ga., December 10, 1864. "He was among the gallant leaders in the battle of Goldsboro, N. C., March 21-24, 1865, and at the surrender of Johnston to the Union forces at Raleigh, April 26, 1865. Thence taking up the line of march homeward, through the grand review at Washington, and thence to Louisville, where he was discharged. Through all the privations and perils of war, he came out unscathed, and physically a more robust man. Returning to peaceful pursuits, he engaged in farming, and in October, 1878, was married to Miss Sarah C., a daughter of Jesse and Jane Gill, of Union Township. Five children born to this Union are all living, viz.: James E., An- drew, Flora, Laura and Pearl, and all the grandchildren of Charles M. and Margaretta (Roney) Robinson, residents of this city. The subject of this sketch moved to Marysville in 1873 and began dealing in stock. He has a pure thoroughbred Norman, imported from France, in 1867, at a cost of $3,000. His weight is 1,800 pounds, and in color he is white as snow. Mr. Robinson erected the stable he now occupies in 1878, and in June, 1881, Theodore Mullen was admitted a partner. This enterprising firm keep nothing but good stock, both in horses, buggies and carriages, and consume the great bulk of the city trade. They are courteous and obliging, and are worthy of the patronage they receive.

C. L. ROBINSON, commission merchant, Marysville. This family is among the oldest and most respected of Union County pioneers. Grandfather, Thomas Robinson, left the Keystone State in 1805, and settled in Darby Township, where he passed the remaining years of his life. He raised a family of six children, five sons and one daughter, three of whom are living. The subject of this sketch is a son of John M. and Mary J. (Roney) Robinson, and was born on the homestead, in Jerome Township, October 13, 1846. He was raised on a farm, and in 1862, enlisted in Company E, Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served four months in the field. In August, 1863, he re-enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in the field until March, 1864. Returning to peaceful pursuits, he was for one year engaged as a salesman at Columbus, when he established himself in the livery and stock business Plain City, Madison County. In 1871, he removed to Marysville and became engaged in the live-stock and commission business at Cleveland, Ohio, where he was established under the firm name of Hunt & Robinson. For the past four years, the firm of Hunt, Robinson & Greenlee, have, with a large capital, carried on an extensive trade in the purchase and sale of sheep, hogs and cattle, at the Cleveland stock yards, Mr. R. spends the summer months at his home in this city, where he is connected with the wool trade. He is possessed of an active, persevering temperament, and is always busy. He isa member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge, of Plain City, and of the G. A. R., of this city. His marriage to Miss Julia Shipman, a native of Plain City, Madison County, Ohio, occurred in 1868.

GEORGE P. ROBINSON, Marysville, is an offspring of one of the hardy pioneer families of Union County. His grandfather, Thomas, was among the foremost to erect a cabin in the limits of Darby Township, where he lived and died. His parents, Adam P. and Nancy J. (Marshall) Robinson, were both born in Darby Township in 1812. He was a resident of his native township until 1873, when he took up his residence in Marysville, where he died October 24, 1881. His life companion, who survives, is in the seventieth year of her age. The subject of this sketch was born on the homestead August 9, 1843, He remained at home until the breakingout of the rebellion, when he joined the boys in blue of the Fortieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, enlisting in Company D, August J3, 1861. He participated in the battles of Duck River, Tenn., April 26, 1863; Chickamauga, Ga., September 19, 1863; Mission Ridge, Tenn., November 24, 1863; Lookout Mountain, Tenn., above the clouds, November 25, 1863; Pound Gap, Ky., April 19, 1864; Dalton, Ga., May 9, 1864; Resaca, Ga., May 13, 1864;. Kenesaw Mountain, June 10, July 2, 1864; Peach Tree Creek, Ga., July 19, 1864; Atlanta, Ga., July 21, November 9, 1864; Jonesbofo, Ga., August 19, 1864; Lovejoy Station, Ga., July 29, 1864; and Buzzard's Roost, Ga., February 25-27, 1864. He was honorably discharged at Atlanta, Ga., October 7, 1864, and returned to his home. He engigel in teaching school and working on the farm until 1872, when he moved to North Lewisburg and opened a hardware store. 'Two years later he returned to this city and engaged in teaching and mercantile trade until 1875, when he was elected County Recorder. He was re-elected in 1878, and occupied that position six years. He is an honored member of the Masonic fraternity, of the K. of P. and the G.A. R. His marriage to Miss Lydia E., daughter of Rev. P. Webster, and a native of Knox County, Ohio, occurred November 13, 1873. One child - Winefred C., is the only issue of this union. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson are connected with the Presbyterian Church.

JAMES HAMILTON RONEY, son of James and Rachel (La Rue) Roney, was born in Chester County, Penn , January 14,1831. When two years of age, his father moved to Franklin County, Ohio, and eight years later, onthe death of his parents, James went to live with a married sister, Mrs. Margaretta Robinson, in Jerome Township, Union County. On the 27th of September, 1853, he married Rebecca, daughter of William and Nancy (Bain) Bigger, and in the spring of 1867 moved to Marysville, where he and his family of three children - Anna, Nellie and Willie - still reside. Mr. Roney has been for more than thirty years a stock-dealer, and is the largest shipper in the county. i x

DR. A, SABINE, Marysville. William (1) Sabine, the first progenitor, appeared in the town of Rehoboth, Mass., at the organization of the town in.1642. When he came to America, is not known; but tradition says he came from Wales or the South of England, where he found refuge in flight from France. He was a Huguenot, and was a man of considerable culture, and possessing wealth, as is shown in the account of his estate and gifts for the relieving of the: wants of those who suffered from the ravages of the Indians. He was one of the leading spirits of Rehoboth, in schools, church, and in affairs at Plymouth, We do not know who was his first wife, but she died shortly after 1660. He married second, Martha, daughter of James and Anna Allen, of Medfield, Mass. He died February 9, 1687. His will was made June 4, 1685, and probated in Boston, July 17, 1687, during the administration of Gov. Andros. The original willis on file in Boston. In it are mentioned sixteen of his twenty children. children by his first wife were all born in Rehoboth, except the two eldest, whose place of birth is unknown. Benjamin (2) Sabine, fourth child by his first wife, was born May 3, 1646, in Rehoboth, where he resided until 1675, when he removed to Roxbury, Mass., and in 1686 was one of the thirteen pioneers who settled Woodstock, Conn., and joined the same year in purchasing a large tract of land lying just south of Woodstock - Mashamoquoit, the present town of Pomfret. He lived in Woodstock until 1705, when he removed to his new purchase. He died in Pomfret July 21, 1725, aged eighty. He married, first, Sarah, daughter, of John and Rebecca Polly, by whom he had four children. He married, second, Sarah Parker, July 5, 1678, by whom he had seven children. Nehemiah (3) Sabine, second child of Benjamin by his second wife, was born in Roxbury January 10,1681. He married Elizabeth Boyden, of Medfield, Mass., where he resided until about 1716, when he returned to Pomfret. He died July 5, 1746. He had seven children. Nehemiah (4) Sabine, fifth child of Nehemiah, Sr., was born in Medfield, Mass., September 9, 1713. He married Ruth Cooper, December 3, 1735, and had five children. He died July 4, 1746. Nehemiah (5) Sabine, born in Pomfret, Conn., April 8, 1741; married Mary Rice, May 12, 1768, and settled in Tolland, Conn., where eight children were born. Nehemiah (6) Sabine [Nehemiah (5), Nehemiah (4), Nehemiah (3), Benjamin (2), William (1)], born in Tolland, Conn., March 18, 1777. Married, March 28, 1792, Susannah, daughter of Joseph Hawkins (son of James Hawkins, who came from England at an early day). He was a blacksmith. Soon after marriage, he embraced religion, united with the Methodists. and was soon licensed to preach. Was preaching in Vergennes, Vt., in 1793; Whitestown, N. Y., in 1795; . Pitsfield, N. Y., in 1798; St. Armans, Lower Canada, in 1800; Highgate, Vt., 1802, and in 1806 purchased a farm at Dunham, Lower Canada, where he remained until 1812. When war was declared hetween England and the States, he embraced the first opportunity to cross the line into Vermont, where one of his parishioners was on picket Capt. On the 20th of September, 1812, with one two-horse and one three-horse wagon, and a family of nine children, he started for Ohio. Arrived in Worthington about the middle of November, 1812, where he wintered. During the summer of 1818, he purchased a farm on the south bank of Little Darby, on the post road, in what is now Union County, and built a cabin, Roswell, Laura and John F. occupying it immediately, the remainder of the family not being able to join them until spring, on account of high water. He died December 20, 1814, of "milk sickness," His wife, Susannah (Hawkins) Sabine, survived him, and died from injuries received in falling, at the home of her son, John F., in Marysville, Ohio, at the advanccd age of ninety-four years. Their children were as follows: Hiram, born March 18, 1798, died September 20, 1814, of milk sickness ; Hylas, born November 16, 1795, died December 9, 1834, of consumption ; Dr. Roswell, born January 29, 1798, died March 11, 1875, of pneumonia; Laura, born September 12, 1800, died March 10, 1880, of dropsy; John Fletcher, born December 9, 1802, living; Phebe, born January 31, 1805, died September 20, 1815, 0f milk sickness; Asbury, born January 13, 1807, died April 8, 1845, of consumption; Rebecca T., born January 15, 1809, living (wife of Andrew Keyes) ; Dr. Charles W., born June 21, 1811, died February 15, 1842, of consumption; William R., born December 23, 1813, died June 24, 1835, of consumption. Milk sickness was really the primary cause of death of those who died with phthisis consumption. John Fletcher (7) Sabine, born December 9, 1802, in Highgate, Vt., came to this county December 1, 1813. Iiis father dying when he was but twelve years old, the support of the family devolving upon him. He married, September 17, 1828, Euphenna, daughter of David Clement. Purchased a faim on Little Darby, near the homestead of Walter Dun, in the spring of 1828, where he resided until January, 1856, when he moved 10 Marysville, where he now resides. In polities, he was a Whig. He cast his first vote for Adams (John Quincy) in 1824, and has voted at every Presidential election and State election since. Hewas one of the first ** Free-Soilers"" in the country. Was clected Justice of the Peace in 1829 and held that office continuously until elected Auditor in 1855. Was clected Infirmary Director and held the oflice until forced to resign on account of ill health ; but as soon as his health was partially restored, was re-elected and now is Clerk of the Board of Directors. The following are his children: Hylas, born July 5, 1829, married Anna Ware, October 8, 1857; Anna W. Sabine, bern February 21, 1864; Wallace C. Sabine, born June 13, 1868; Andrew Sabine, born January 11, 1851, married Louisa Leonard, October, 1860, son born April 28, 1863, wife died May 19, 1863, child died July 12, 1863, married Nannie Christabelle Brown, October 28, 1878, one child - Christabelle Sabine, born Mey 14, 1881; Hannah Sabine, born February 21,1857, married Christopher Houston, March 26, 1861, four children - Alexander, born January 3, 1862, Archie born May 12, 1864, Freddy, born March 23, 1867, Anna Christine, born April, 1871 ; Marcha, born March 16, 1839, died May 28, 1865, one son - Clement Mitchell, living. Andrew (8) Sabine [John T. (7), Nehemiah (6), Nehemiah (5), Nehemiah (4), Nehemiah (3), Benjamin (2), William (1)], was born January 11, 1831, and educated in the district school, Marysville Academy, and Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. Ife attended medical lectures at the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Penn., in 1854-55-56, graduating in 1856. Practiced medicine in Rosedale, Madison 00% Ohio, for one year, when he received an appointment as physician to the Central Lunatic in the fall of 1860, at Atchison, Territory of Kansas, vas he sak obtained EN br his profession. In May, 1861, being informed by Senator Jim Lane that Kansas would not be on for troops, he immediately returned to Ohio and presented himself to the First Examining Board; not having ten years' experience as a physician, he could nut be commissioned as Surgeon, but received the second commission, issued to Assist Surgeons, and was assigned to the Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was recruiting in Camp Chase; he assisted in the examinations of the recruits for this regiment. His commission was not issued until the 2d of July, although he was with the regiment and on duty for about one month previous. Went to the Kanawha Valley, Va., in July, 1861, and was constantly with the command, much of the time the only medical officer. The duties were very arduous - nearly all of the soldiers were taken from comfortable homes and the exposure incident to camp life caused a vast amount of sickness; at one time in camp on *'* Big Sewell Mountain," we had nearly three hundred cases of measels. He went into winter quarters in Fayetteville, Va., but as soon as he got comfortably situated the Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry was ordered tu Louisville, Ky., January, 1862, to report to Gen. Don Carlos Buell; was assigned to Hascall's brigade, Thomas I. Wood's division. As soon as the troops were organized into brigades and divisions, they were moved out on the road to Bowling Green, where the rebels were in force strongly fortified. We moved out in about six inches of snow, which soon became mud. This was a campaign which caused a large amount of sickness and was very severe on the surgeon, as the only sleep he could get would be on his horse on the march. While in Nashville, his regiment was complimented in general orders for ''drill, cleanliness and health." He was with Buell at Pittsburg Landing ; here he had a large amount of surgical experience ; was appointed Medical Purveyor, and issued many tons of medicines during the siege of Corinth, and settled his accounts without the loss of ' a single package of medicine; was with his command, which was the first to enter Corinth. During the summer of 1862, he campaigned in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky ; was at McMinnville, Tenn., when Buell's army commenced its race with Bragg, for Louisville, Ky.; at the Perryville fight, followed Bragg nearly to Cumberland Gap, and returned to Nashville by the way of Columbia, Adams Co., Ky. At the battle of Stone River, was in charge of the hospital for Crittenden's corps. During the engagement, was twice taken prisoner; once taken to the Cedar brush by Dick McCan's Partisan Rangers to be hung, but was released by the opportune passing by of rebel Gen. Joseph Wheeler, who ordered him back to his hospital; the second time taken escaped while the rebels were retreating. After the battle of Stone River, was ordered to report to Gen. Straight, who was going out on a reconnoissance to find where the rebel army had gone; was without provisions most of the time and the tremendous rains made every stream ariver. Turning suddenly cold on the day of his return, his clothing was frozen so solid that he had to be helped from his horse and carried toa fire and thawu out. Was promoted to Surgeon for meritorious services and commissioned February 16, 1863, assigned to the Seventy-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and joined this regiment immediately at Young's Point, La. Soon after his arrival was appointed on an Examining Board of Surgeons, to examine candidates for Surgeons and Assistant Surgeons, who had been elected by vote of regiments, without regard to qualifications. Participated in all of the campaigns of Steele's division around Vicksburg, and during the battles that preceded the investment, and during the siege was one of three Surgeons who constituted the ** Operating Board." After the surrender, he was Division Surgeon for his division on the campaign against Gen, Jo Johnston's army, which resulted in the capture of Canton, Miss., and the destruction of machine shops and many miles of railroad, and the second capture of Jackson, Miss. On the re-organization of the Army of the Tennessee, the Seventy-sixth Ohio Infantry was assigned to the First Brigade, First Division of the Fifteenth Army Corps. In the movement across from Memphis, Tenn., to the relief of Chattano»ga, the First Division marched from Corinth, south of the Tennessee River, to cover the main body of troops, who were going by rail. Soon after leaving Corinth, the division encountered about 10,000 rebel cavalry, and fought with them every day until the balance of the army had reached the vicinity of Chattanooga. This was a very hard campaign for the Surgeon, as they never left a wounded soldier to the mercy of the enemy. All of the wounded were taken with the command and well cared for until they rexched Stephenson, where the wounded were sent to the hospital, and the command reached Chattanooga aud was borrowed by Hooker and participated in the "battle above the clouds." Next day was in the battle of Mission Ridge, and after this was, November 27, in the bloody Ringgold fight, Taylor's Ridge. These engagements following in such rapid succession, gave the Surgeons an immense amount of work. Inthe winter of 1863-64, on the organization of the army for the Atlanta campaign, he was re-appointed one of the three Surgeons who constituted the " Operating Board " for the First Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, and continued to serve in this capacity until the close of the war. Was constantly with his command during the Atlanta campaign in the ** march to the sea," and the winter and spring campaign through the Carolinas. Served four years and one month in the field, and during the whole time he was never absent from his command when it was on the march or in any skirmish or battle, and was always out with a detachment of the command when it went on any expedition, and frequently was out with other commands. He never hesitated in obeying the orders of his superior officer. Never excused from duty on account of sickness. Repeatedly performed all operations that are incident to battles - amputations of toes, foot, leg and thigh, many successful amputations through upper third, and neck of femur, excisions of shoulder joints, elbow and knee joint, and very many of shaft of bones, of ribs, and all manner of wounds of head and every portion of the human system. , He was mustered out with his command at the close of the war. In 1866, he purchased a quarry of hydraulectum and built a mill on Silver Creek, in Clark County, Ind., six miles from Jeffersonville. He was successful in business, and invested some of his earnings in a Savings Bank ; the cashier stole the money and much of the deposits, and he, with three other directors, have paid the depositors out of their private funds. This loss, with a large amount of security debts, has materially diminished his finances. He returned to Ohio in 1878, and is now engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in Marysville, Ohio.

FRED. J. SAGER, County Surveyor, Marysville, is the youngest son of Frederick and Michell (Jolly) Sager, natives of Union County. The former was a farmer and miller by occupation. He built the mill at Unionville and operated it until his death. He died November 6, 1858, aged forty-eight years two months and twenty-eight days. He was the sixth child of a family of thirteen children. He and his brother John owned the land and laid out the town of Unionville. Michell Jolly was a daughter of John Jolly, an early settler of this county. He was a man of literary habits, and possessed a very good education for his time. In 1795, he wrote a treatise on mathematics, which is still in existence in manuscript form. It is an exhaustive work, showing considerable ability, and embraces the science of mathamatics in all its branches, including geometry, trigonometry and surveying. He taught school, surveyed, kept accounts for farmers and served as the educated man of the settlements for miles around. Christian Sager, the grandfather of our subject, was one of a family of six children, and a native of Loudoun County, Va. He married Elizabeth Shover at Frederickstown, Va.,.and in the beginning of the present century, came to Ohio with his parents, George and Elizabeth (Sheets) Sager. The latter were the parents of nine children. The subject of this sketch was born at Unionville, this county, September 26, 1851. When four years old his mother died, and two years ` later he was made an orphan by the death of his father. He was raised by three uncles until fifteen years of age, when he went to Delaware and worked his way through the union school and partly through college. He sawed wood, made garden and did odd jobs around town to obtain the means necessary to enable him to complete his education. After leaving school, he taught for two or three years in Delaware and Union Counties, and then began surveyiag. In the fall of 1875, he was elected Surveyor of Union County, taking his seat in the following spring, and is still the incumbent of that office, having been re-elected at the fall elections of 1878 und 1881. He has made an efficient and worthy servant of the public, and has accomplished work that shall stand as a monument of his ability long after his official term shall have expired. He bas engineered over 200 miles of gravel road, and over 100 county and township ditches. In connection with the surveyors of the adjoining counties he has located, established aud permanently marked the boundary lines of the county. He was one of the charter members of the Ohio Society of Surveyors and Civil Engineers, a scientific organization, embracing most of the prominent engineers of the state,and having for its design the mutual benefit ofits members in the discussion of scientific questions and other matters relating to the profession. Mr. Sager hay been an active member of thesociety,and was elected President of the organization for 1 882, and re-elected tothe same cffice for the year 1883. He has made a study of and exiensive researches in the land tenure of the State, and has made an especial study of the Greenville treaty line, of which he has thorough and complete information. On October 16, 1876, he married Miss Frances L. Partridge, daughter of Reuben L. and Maria (Wolford) Partridge, two of the oldest residents of Marysville, the latter being the oldest native born citizen living in the town. To this union one child has been born, viz.: Frederick P. Mr. Sager is a member of the 1. O. O. F. Lodge of Marysville. During the rebellion his brother, Francis M., enlisted in Company D, Fortieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and; after a year's service through the campaigns in Kentucky, he contracted consumption, and returning home, died in a few days. The only other survivor of Mr. Sager's parents is the present wife of J. P. Martin, of Darby Township. She is a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan Female Seminary, of Delaware, of the class of "US. Mr. Sager also has a half-sister living, who is a daughter of his father by his second marriage to Martha Marmon, of Logan County.

O. M. SCOTT, hardware merchant, Marysville. The senior member of the firm of O. M. Scott & Bro., whose name appenrs at the head of this sketch, came to this city in the spring of 1566, and established business under the firm name of Henderson « Scott. In 1869, Henderson withdrew his interest, and Mr. Scott succeeding, carried on the business with an interval of two years until 1882, when his brother was admitted to the concern. Mr. Scott occupied his present location in February, 1880, but continued in the sale of agricultural implements and manufacture of tinware at the old stand. The firm carry a stock of $15,000 to $20,000, and occupy the upper floors in manufacturing, and employ from twelve to fifteen men. We may judge something of the magnitude of their business when we record their sales of nearly $75,000 for the year 1881. The subject of this sketch was born in Licking County, Ohio, in 1837, and is the second son of James and Mary (Joselyn) Scott, the former a native of Washington County, Penn., and the latter of Maine. The parents, with Hugh, the father of James, settled in Licking County, Ohio; and were among its early pioneers. James, with his family, removed to Delaware County, Ohio, in 1857, where he resided until the death of his wife in 1879, when he came to Marysville and is at this time, July, 1882, living with his son Judson J.,in the seventy-sixth year of his age. O. M. Scott gave his services to his country in the three years' call for volunteers, and enlisted September 14, 1862, in Company H, One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was assigned to the Commissary Department most of the time, but participated in many of the hard-fought battles in which the regiment was engaged. He was wounded at the battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 18, 1862, while acting on the Staff of Gen. John G. Mitchell. He was discharzed at Washington, D. U., as First Lieutenant, in May, 1865. He was married, in 1870, to Miss Hattie B., daughter of John Guthrie, and a native of Licking County, Ohio. Four cnildren were born to this union. two of whom are iving, viz.: Dwight G. and Mary. Mr. Scott isa member of the I. O. O. F., G. A. R., and onnected with the Congregational Church.

G. L. SELLERS, grocer, Marysville. This enterprising citizen was born in Carroll County, Md., November 27, 1832. His parents, John and Catherine (Weaver) Sellers, were both natives of that State, and became residents of the West in 1836, returning to Maryland three years afterward, where he diedin 1879. His wife, who survives, is in the eightieth year of her age. They were the parents of nine children, six of whom are living. The subject of this sketch came to Marysville in 1853, and for four years conducted or superintended the tannery of his uncle, John Weaver. In 1857 or 1858, he was admitted a partnerto the concern, where he was engaged until the spring of 1862, when he tendered his service to the Union army, and, with Capt. Robb, of this city, raised Company E, Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and entered the field in rank of First Lieutenant, serving during the call. On his return in 1863, the firm of Sellers & Morelock was instituted, and the firm erected a tannery east of the Tribune building. This firm dissolved in 1869, Mr. Sellers retiring from the concern, and in the following year he associated himself with W. M. Cartmell in the grocery business. This firm dissolved in January, 1872, and Mr. Sellers has conducted the business alone until 1880, when his son, John L., was admitted as a partner to the house. The concern carry a complete and choice stock of groceries, and have a substantial trade. Mr. Sellers has been connected with the I. O. O. F. society for twenty-five years, and filled all the chairs of that order. His marriage to Miss Eliza, daughter of Thomas and Eliza Snodgrass, was celebrated in 1857. Three children were the fruits of this union, two of whom are living, viz.: John L. and Effie E. The family are connected with the Presbyterian Church.

JOHN H. SHEARER was born in Perry County, Ohio, December 10, 1816. His father, Daniel Shearer, was born in Franklin County, Penn., in the year 1781. He emigrated to Ohio, in the fall of 1805, and settled in what afterward became Perry County. He was.then in his twenty-fourth year, and was one of a family of twelve children, ten sons and two daughters, most of whom subsequently scattered through several States, and the second and third generations, those who are living, have mostly become isolated and lost to each other. His mother, Martha Miller by maiden name, was a native of Lancaster County, Penn., but subsequently, with her father's family, moved to Dauphin County, same State, and from thence in the spring of 1806, to Fairfield County, Ohio. In the spring of 1807, the father purchased land, and located in eastern Fairfield County, which afterward was made a part of Perry County, in the vicinity of the present village cf-Somerset. Both parents. it will be seen, were entitled to the honor of being - among the early pioneers of that section, and did their full share in clearing out the interminable forests and changing the wilderness into a land of productiveness. The father's name receives mention in Howe's History of Ohio, as having been among the first settlers. He died in 1820, at the age of thirty-nine years, having contracted disease while in the army in 1813, from which he never recovered. This left the mother with four living children, and a partially undeveloped farm, to struggle with many hardships and privations incident to a new country. By prudent management the now "old home farm," upon which the subject of this notice first drew the breath of life, and which he loves anaually to visit on account of the early associations connected with it, was cleared up, and in due course of time the fruitful fields yielded a substantial return upon which to depend for support. p

. The original family consisted of three daughters and three sons, six in all Three of these, two daughters and one son, died in infancy. The other three, one daughter and two sons, are still living, having came down contemporaneously for sixty years without a break by death. The subject of this notice is the fourth child and second son. The mother, Mrs. Martha Kishler (having received this name by second marriage), died in Maryville, March 9, 1875, aged eightyfive years." His first school term.of three months was in the summer of 1824. This was taught by a pious Catholic lady by the name of Catharine McClusky. He and his sister, Mrs. Margaret Brunner, now also a resident of Marysville, aged respectively eight and eleven years, had to walk every day they attended school a distance of two and a half miles to reach the rude school cabin, and in the evening walk back, making a distance of five miles per day, or thirty miles per week, to lay a small groundwork for their education. There were not many Saturday holidays in those days. These daily journeys were made for two or three summers. Thayer Morea into or district, mari new schoolhouse was soon after erected within half a mile of their home. Here there was usually a winter term of three months, about two-thirds of which time they were permitted to attend. At this place they completed their education, having attended some five or six broken winter sessions inall. The branches taught were spelling, reading, writing and arithmetic. Geography and grammer belonged to the higher branches, and were not taught in our schools of that day. Those branches were considered uhnecessary as long as poople had to put so much of their time in clearing up the forests and prepare for more comfortable homes. y j

In those years, before machinery was called in to do the work, almost everything was done by hand; and it was a boy's highest ambition to learn some trade upon which he might depend in the future for a living, if necessary. By some strange intuition, which has always been inexplicable to him, considering his limited education, the subject of this notice, in the spring of 1836, drifted into the printing office of the Western Post. This was the name of the only newspaper published in Somerset, the village near which he was raised. He started in for an apprenticeship of three years. He served the first year with Louis J. Moeller, who during the next year sold the office to S. H. McAfee and J. W. Ream, with whom he served the remaining two years, filling his contract faithfully in all respects; and although his situation during the first year was in many respects disagreeable, no one ever heard him utter a com plaint. After serving his time, he attended a three months' term of school in the summer of 1839, which closed up his schooling and gave him a basis for future business operations. In August, 1839, he purchased a half-interest in the Western Post establishment, and in connection with several successive partners, continued the publication of the paper till 1844, when he became the sole proprietor. In 1855, the county seat was moved by a vote of the people from Somerset to New Lexington, The printing business, never very good there, was afterward in a manner obsolete. Soon after becoming involved as surety for his suppcsed friends. he was forced out of business, and learned for the first time by sad experience how utterly impossible it is for a man to assume other people's responsibilities without sooner or later meeting with trouble. This calamity exhausted his effects, threw him upon the cold charities of the world - and they are cold - with many hundred dollars of debts unpaid. Hungry creditors, to whom he never personally owed a dollar, with the sympathy of the tiger, helped themselves to full satiety as far as they could go. He has lived, however,'to see some of those men in the same dilemma, and they have learned by experience, what they could not seemingly learn from the ties of sympathy. It is unfortunate that so many do not learn in time that it is not a good plan to run the risk of assuming other people's debts. Through a chain of gracious providences, as plainly marked as ever occurred to the most favored, he landed, weary and footsore, in Marysville, in the latter part of August, 1858, to look out a new home. There were few railroads then, and his finances having become exhausted in trying to meet the clamorous demands of his creditors, he was eompelled on the ground of economy to do considerable of walking. One day, near the close of the month above named, he started from Somerset to make his way to Marysville, where an opening had been advertised in the Ohio State Journal. He walked from Sumerset to Newark, a distance of twenty miles, and thence rode by rail to Milford Center. Landing there, he learned that the train north had gone out about five minutes before, and he was compelled to add five miles more to the day's journey to reach his destination. He arrived in Marysville about sundown, with blistered feet, weary in body and distressed.in mind. The situation was dexperate, and he felt as though heaven had spread her darkest curtain of despair over him, and earth had closed all its avenues of hope.

The printing office - the Marysville Tribune - was owned jointly by C. S. Hamilton and Samuel McBratney, the former atwo-third and the latter a one-third interest. Hamilton was from home at the time, but learning from McBratney that the office was for sale, he began making inquiries as to the conditions of sale. The price asked was $1,500, much more than it was worth in its dilapidated condition; but being prompted forward by some strange inspiration, he agreed to purchase it provided the payments could be made so he could be meet them when due. Without a dollar and apparently with a dark future before him, he entered into a contract to make certain payments to McBratney for his share of the office, making no special arrangements about Hamilton's interest. They drew up a paper, stating terms of payment. . The purchaser was to have possession of the office on the Ist of October following, which would be at the close of the ninth volume, and make his first payment of $300 on the first day of the following April. The one prominent idea with the purchaser was to get into business again; but for months afterward he felt alarmed at his own temerity in venturing upon an experiment which involved so much money, and had apparently so little of promise in the way of pecuniary return. The article was drawn up in a hurried manner, and both parties signed it. The north bound train being about due, the purchaser hastened to the depot so depressed in mind and spirit at the blind venture he had made, that he forgot to pay his hotel bill. This did not come to mind till nearing Delaware. Notwithstanding his despondency, new providences seemed to thicken around his pathway at every step. On getting off the cars to make the change for Columbus, he felt sadly distressed over this circumstance; a stranger making a purchase of so much importance, and then leaving the town without paying his botel bill, would not sound well, and leave a dark feature unexplained, He inquired of the bystanders if they knew any one there from Marysville. *' Yes," said one of them, "I live 'here." I called him to one side and explained to him the circumstance of my being at Marysville and forgetting to pay the landlord. He readily complied with the request to c«rry the money back and explain to the landlord how it happened. Theimage ofthis man will never fade from memory. He had what might be termed a rough exterior, but manifested such frankness of character and benignity of countenance that one might instinctively feel at home in his company. In the conversation, he asked ** what was your business in Marysville??? The answer was, ' purchasing the Tribune office, and that the purchaser would be on in a month more to take charge of the office," The reader will never be able to enter fully into the feelings of the broken-hearted purcbaser, when that Stranger to him, so providentially in the right place, put his hand approvingly on his shoulder, looked him in the face and remirked, 'I am rejoiced at this; I own a two-thirds interest in the paper, and it needs changing hands; I am not able to run the office in connection with my other business, and you are the man I am looking for." These kind words fairly unmanned the purchaser and lifted a mountain from his heart. For the first time in his life he found the real meaning of the sentiment, '' A friend in need is a friend indeed." They then withdrew to one side and talked over the situation. He was given a full history of him who was soon to be the new proprietor of the Tribun». Nothing was withheld, even down to the smallest minutis of his pecuniary embarra:sments brought on by the bad faith of others; that he wished to get away from his troubles, and if possible, begin life anew. The story, instead of repelling, as it would many others, knit the good Samari'an closer to the wounded stranger. He urged him not to wait a month before taking possession of the office, as was «designed, but to come at once, and occupy the ground, giving at the same time assurances that he would stand by the office in every emergency. and assist also for awhile in its editorial management; and if need be, pecuniarily. Fortunately the latter proffer was never needed. This man, kind reader, was C. S. Hamilton. A better friend than he proved to be to the new purchaser of the Tribune, and stranger as he was, he makes the declaratioa broad and pointed, no man ever found.

This strange and cordial coming together made them life friends. They were consequently much together in their social relations, and always respected each other as brothers. The premptings of a greatful heart has caused the stranger a thousand times to exclaim, " God bless C. S. Hamilton." Though dead, his memory is impressed upon the mind as freshly as though these occurrences took place but yesterday. He was a man of marked characieristics; he despised meanness of every kind, and bis advice was always in the right direction. A purer, and more warm-hearted man, and a greater sympathizer in the misfortunes of others, Union County never had. He was more than a fatber to the stranger, in the counsel and aid he afforded him to get him on his feet again. Thus in the g»od providenceof Ged, he was enabled in the course of a few years to pay off the balance of his surety debts, and Mr. Hamilton in full for his part of the office. The good benefactor would often say, seeing the despondency of his ward, for such he actually was, ''Never mind the debt owing to me; first clear up ali your other incumbrances and leave mine till I ask for it." With such encouragement, and such backing, the new proprietor of the Tribune had a heart to work, which he did day and night, till final relief came by the hardest industry and closest economy. His history since he has resided in Mary-ville, is as well known to the citizens of the county as it is to himself. He took charge of the Tribune October 1, 1858, and for over twenty-four years has published it continuously without missing a number. There are many links in the chain of his experience with men, that might be of benefit to young men who are striving to lay a basis for future business operations ; but the publishers of this history will conclude that quite enough of space bas been consumed already by these business experiences. It may be well enough, however, to drop this advice to those young men who contemplate going into business for themselves: Havea definite object in view, and pursue it with energy; and beware above all things of assuming responsibilities for others in whuse-busmess relations you have n» interest whatever, Becoming surety fur others never made any man rich but has. brought countless thousands to ruin and pove ty. Be obliging where you can be, without injury to yourselves; have a due regard for the rights of others, and bear in mind that you must have respect for others, if you wish others

The subject of this biography published a paper in Somerset for nineteen years, which added to the twenty-four years of journ lism in Marysville, gives a period of forty-three years in the profession as ediror and publisher. He has been twice married; first to Mat lda Ream, September 8, 1842, with whom he lived twenry-two and a half years; she died in Marysville, March 25, 1865. Two children «re living by this union - Mrs. Dr. Ziegler, of Columbus, and W. O. Shearer, of the Tribune effice. The second marriage was with Mrs. J. A. Johnson, nee Carson, with whom he lived shirteen years, lacking eight days. She died October 22, 1881. By this union there is one son - Joh^ H. Shearer, Jr. This last marriage was consummated October 22, 1868. And now in the winding up of this brief narrative, it may be well enough to make an open acknowledgement that life at best is a struggle to those who start out without assistance or even friendly advice. It matters little, however, in the end, what the struggle may have been, so it has bean made honestly. The question after all, that concerns us most is the one that has been askel tens of thousands of times along the earthly journey, ''If a man die shall he live again?"

HENRY SHERIDAN, proprietor of the Continental Hotel, Marysville, was born in New York City May 23, 1849. His parents, Richard B. and Anna (Hughes) Sheridan, were also natives of New York City. Mr. Sheridan was a carpenter and joiner by occupation, which trade he learned when seventeen years of age. He followed it successfully for fifteen years. In 1855, he superintended the erection of the City Assembly rooms, between Nos. 442 and 450 Broadway, New York. After their completion, he was made manager, and had charge of them until 1865. He was a member of the School Board of the Fourteenth Ward, for six years, and died May 13, 1870, aged fifty years. His wife preceded him April 1, 1863: Henry, the subject of this sketch, was reared in the city, and educated in its public schools. He was associated with his father in the hotel business - managing the City Assembly Rooms till 1865, when they were destroyed by fire. He was then engaged in building till his father's death, when he and his brother, Frank Sheridan, took charge of the Central Hotel, corner of One Hundred and Thirtieth street and Third avenue, New York City. Mr. Sheridan remained in business at the Central till 1874, when he came to St. Paris, Champaign Co., Ohio. He conducted the American House till June, 1877, when he leased the Continental Hotel. Mr. Sheridan took charge of the ** Continental'' when it had a very small business, and by his judicious management he built up and established a large transient trade. The close attention which he bestows upon his guests, combined with his genial and accommodating manner, renders him a most admirable landlord. In December, 1882, much to the regret of the people of Marysville, Mr. Sheridan removed to Circleville, Ohio, and opened the New American House, the largest and most complete hotel in that city. Mr. Sheridan was married, January 4, 1872, to Miss Gussie Vanness, a daughter of George and Anna C. Vanness. Mrs. Sheridan was born in Hughesville, Warren Co., N. J., July 19, 1853. Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan were blessed with four children; of these two are living - Charles Albert and Henry Chester. Harry LeGrand and Earl LaRue are deceased.

ISRAEL SLACK, was born in Chester County, Penn., September 11, 1824. When a boy, his parents, Thomas and Mary (Roney) Slack, died. He was taken by his uncle, Charles Roney,

{th whom he remained till of age. In 1836, he came with his uncle and family to Washington Township, Franklin Co., Ohio. Mr. Slack is the youngest son. He was brought up on a farm, and received his training inthe common schools. On April 6, 1848, he was married to Miss Emily J. Urton, daughter of John and Keziah (Bishop) Urton, of Loudoun County, Va. They removed to Franklin County, Ohio, in 1827, where they both died, the former January 24, 1855, and the latter October 4, 1852. They were the parents of eleven children, of whom Mrs. Slack is the third daughter. She was born in Loudoun County, Va., April 7, 1826. Mr. Slack resided near Dublin till the fall of 1849, when he removed to Jerome Township and purchased 117} acres of land, in 1852, in Mill Creek Township. The following year he located on it and remained a resident there until 1880, when he sold and removed to Marysville. He owns a farm of 146 acres in Paris Township, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising, making a leading feature of keeping fine horses. Mr. Slack served as a member of the Agricultural Board of the Fair, six years, and two terms as Trustee of Mill Creek Township. In the spring of 1882, he was elected to the City Council. Mr. and Mrs. Slack have reared and educated William H. Morrow, and now have aniece, Miss Fanny Slack. Mr. and Mrs. Slack are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Slack is identified with the society of I. O. O. F.

JOHN S. SMART, one of the old pioneers of Mill Creek Township, was born in Franklin County, Ohio, March 20, 1811. He is a son of Isaac and Susan (Swope) Smart, and a grandson of William Smart, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Isaac Smart and family emigrated to Ohio prior to the war of 1812, and settled near Columbus. He was called out against Great Britian, but peace was declared and the war closed without him serving. He died in Hamilton Township, Franklin County, in!1828, leavingsix children by his first wife and six by his second wife. Our subject is the youngest of the children by the first wife. He was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools of the day, which: were by no means noted for their excellence. His father died when he was but seventeen years of age, and he was left to do for himself. He spent several years among the farmers working at 25 cents and 373 cents per day, and $7.50 per moath. He sometimes worked for three bushels of oats per day, which he sold for 10 cents per bushel, to be taken out in goods. In 1829, he came to Union County, and worked by the month till 1833, when he purchased fifty-three acres of land in Mill Creek Township. Mr. Smart began life a poor boy, but by indomitable energy and perseverance he acquired a handsome competence. His farm contains 211 acres of land, most of which he cleared and improved himself. He was married, May 20, 1833, to Miss Mary Robinson, daughter of Asa and Catherine (Myers) Robinson, early pioneers of Union County. Mrs. Smart was born in Franklin County May 16, 1816. Of eleven children born to this union nine are living, viz.: Catherine J., wife of Isaac Breckenridge; Joseph T., Olive P., Isaac; Samantha, wife of Charles Richey ; As», Susan, wife of James McCurgan; William, and Ettie, wife of Silas McKittrick.

John H. and Margaret A. are deceased. In October, 1881, Mr. Smart removed, to Marysville, and retired from active pursuits. He and his wife are connected with the Presbyterian Church. He served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Mill Creek Township two years, besides other local offices of minor importance. Politically, he is Democratic. :

ELON E. SMITH, firm Smith & Converse, livery stable, Marysville. Elon E. Smith springs from an old and respected pioneer family of Union. His father (Edward D.) was born at East Montpelier, Vt., July 26, 1818. Crocker Smith (father of Edmund) was also a native of Vermont, who, with his family, selected location in Darby Township in 1832, where he cleared a farm and passed the remainder of his life. Edmund was raised on the homest ead, and has a well-impreved farm of 73 acres near the old location. He served the county as Commissioner one term, and has been Justice of the Peace upward of thirty years. During the late rebellion, be raised a company of horse, but on account of poor health did not enter the field. At this time he is suffering from seyere injuries received by a kick from a colt, and is confined most of the time in doors. He is connected with the Church Universal of Plain City, and is widely and? favorably known. He was married January 27, 1842, to Miss Elizabeth Dee, who died November 27, 1846. Two children were born to this union, both deceased.' His second marriage to Lavinia Bailey, a native of Essex County, N. Y., and a daughter of William and Laura McCauley, occurred October 7, 1847. Of the children born to this union four are living, of whom our subject is the eldest and only son, and was born in Darby Townsbip in 1848. He has always followed farming as an occupation until his removal to this city in 1882, and under the copartnership succeeded Snodgrass in their present livery business. The firm, although young in the business, are building up a large and reliable trade. They have good stock, and above all are reliable business men. Mr. Smith was married in December, 1869, to Miss Orinda J., a daughter of Caleb Converse, and a native of Darby Township. One boy (Harry E.) is the fruit of this union.

J. D. SNYDER, bakery, restaurant and ice cream parlors, Marysville. Mr. Snyder is of German extraction and is possessed ofthe push and enterprise so prominent in that stock. His birth occurred at Lancaster County, Penn., in 1852, at which place his parents, Burnett and ' Elizabeth (Sentnor) Snyder, settled in the year of their emigration from Germany, 1832. She died when our subject was three years of age, and his father subsequently moved to Columbus, Ohio, and was engaged some years st his trade, a mason. He spent the latter years of his life at Dayton, Ohio, where he died in 1871. The subject of this sketch was married May 4, 1879, to Miss Mary E., daughter of Richard and Catharine Ousler, a native of Manchester, Md. One ehild (Alice) born to this issue is living. Mr. Snyder is a member of the K. P. and I. 0, O. F. societies, and the family are al! members of the Presbyterian Church of this city. n

J. M. SOUTHARD, physician, Marysville. Among the prominent and successful practitioners in the medical profession of Union County, appears the name of Dr. J. M. Southard. His birth occurred in Adams County, Ohio, December 16, 1825. He was raised on a farm in Licking County, Ohio, and received his primary education in the common schools of that county. He read medicine in the office of Dr. Waters and Dr. Rowe, of Newark, Ohio, when he entered the Starling Medical College at Columbus, from which he graduated in 1854. After attending two courses of lectures in the same school, he moved to this city and began the practice of his profession. He has established an extensive business and is among the hard workers of the fraternity. His parents, Isaiah and Elizabeth (Parnell) Southard, were natives of Pennsylvania and Maryland respectively, whose families were amorg the earliest pioneers of Licking County. Both are residents of ihat county at this time, living in the enjoy ment of a ripe old age.

WILLIAM STALEY, farmer, P. O. Marysville, was born in Greene County, Ohio, October 17, 1883, and the following November his parents, Samuel and Catharine (Hall) Staley, removed to this {county and located on the farm now occupied by George Wilbur. His parents were born in the year 1800, his father in January, and bis mother in June. Mr. Staley was by occupation a miller, and in 1825 he built a mill on the Miami River. He died December 29, 1880. Our subject was reared by his parents till twelve years of age when he apprenticed himself to learn the blacksmith trade with John Cowder, of Marysville. He worked at his trade till his marriage, November 21, 1855, with Miss Roxie J. Amrine, a daughter of John and Nancy Amrine. He then purchased a farm near the Amrine Mill, which he cultivated eight years, then removed to Marysville and was engaged in the grocery trade with G. W. Donly seven months. In 1864, he bought his present farm, which contains eighty acres. He has since followed the pursuits of his farm and rearing Spanish Merino sheep. He has seven children, viz.: Julia B., Simon L., Walter M., Hattie, George W., Nettie and Jennie. One child (Josephine) is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Staley are asscciated as members of the Amrine Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics, he is an advocate of the doctrines and principles of the Republican party. er

S. STERN & SON, clothiers, Marysville. This establishment was opened to the public in August, 1878. The house carries a stock of frcm $10,0C0 to $20,000, and has a very ealiaipelory trade. The senior member of the firm was a native of Germany and embarked to the Falle States in 1847. He located in New York City, and for a short time engaged in the dry goo X trade, when he went to Victoria, British Columbia, and opened a large stock of goods, of whic he was robbed by the Indians, who carried off the entire stock. He returned East and located / again in business at Syracuse, N. Y., where he remained twelve years. He then moved his stock to Delaware, Ohio, where for fifteen years he carried on a large clothing business. he took up his residence at Philadelphia, Penn., and engaged in business until his health compelled him to relinquish all active pursuits. Here he remained until his death, in 1881. He was married in New York City in 1853, to Miss Regina Loewi, a native of Germany. The children born to this union all are living, as follows: Ralph S., eldest son, is in charge of the store at Delaware, Ohio; Hannah, wife of Lee Reinheimer, of Fairmount, W. Va.; Daniel S., in

M. THOMPSON, physician, Marysville, has been nearly a life-long resident of Union County, and his family were among its early pilgrims. His parents, John W. and Sarah (Mc- Clure) Thompson, were natives of Washington and Beaver Counties, Penn., respectively. They selected a home and moved to Paris Township, Union County, in 1845, where they both lived and died. He attained considerable prominence, and served the county as Recorder six years. The subject of this sketch is the eldest of five children, and was born in Beaver County, Penn., August 1, 1828. He received his primary education in the Marysville Academy, and in 1852 began the study of medicine. He passed a thorough course of studies at the Starling Medical College during 1856-57, and for twelve years was a resident physician of Pharisburg. In 1869, he became interested in the growth and advancement of Marysville, and further increased its enterprise by forming a partnership with W. L. Miller, and erecting the Marysville Mills. This firm continued in successful operation until 1872, when the firm dissolved, and Mr. Thompson became sole proprietor. The building is 32x52 feet, three stories high, and cost about $12,000. It has a run of four buhrs of stone, and a daily capacity of forty barrels. Mr. Thompson has been quite successful in the milling business, which forms one of the largest manufacturing interests of the city. He was married, May 17, 1857, to Miss Elizabeth C. Hull, a native of Cecil County, Md. The children born to this issue are John H., Charles A. and Jennie B. Mr. Thompson is a member of the Masonic order and the family are connected with the Presbyterian Cnurch.

ALVIN THOMPSON, retired, Marysville. John W. Thompson, the father of Alvin, was a native of Washington County, Penn. His wife, who was Sarah McClure, was born in Beaver County, Penn., where they were married and passed a portion of their lives. In 1845, he moved with his family and settled on a farm three miles north of Marysville, where he resided until 1854, at which time he was elected County Recorder and took up his residence in this city. He was re-elected in 1857, and served in that position six years. They were devoted and life-long members of the Presbyterian Church, and journeyed together earth's pilgrimage until separated by death. His demise occurred in 1875; she survived until 1880. They were the parents of five children, three of whom are living, as follows: M. Thompson, whose sketch appears in this work; Milton, who married Matilda Amrine, of Peoria, Ohio, and Alvin, youngest son and subject of this sketch, who was born in Carroll County, Ohio, in 1837. He was educated in the academy of this city, and served as Township Treasurer, and Clerk, and Corporation Clerk for some years. At the breaking-out of the rebellion, in 1861, he joined the forces of the Union army, in Company D, of the First Ohio Cavalry, and served in the field over three years. He participated in the battles of Stone River, December 31, 1862; Chattanooga, Tenn., August 21, 1863, and the Atlanta campaign, July 29 to August 1, 1864. He was appointed Postmaster of Marysville under President Johnson in 1867, which position he occupied until 1880. Subsequently, he engaged in the mercantile trade a short time, when he retired from the active pursuits of life. He was married in 1865, to Miss Ellen P., daughter of the Rev. James Smith, an eminent divine of the Presbyterian Church, and one of Union County's early pioneers. He officiated in the pulpit of the Presbyterian Church of this city until near the close of his life, and was a pastor who lived in the hearts of his people, beloved and respected by all. Mr. Thompson is a member of the I. O. O. F., the G. A. R., and the father of two children, both of b ates living, viz.: Ella M. and Mary D. The family are connected with the Presbyterian

REV. HOMER TBRALL, pastor of the Congregational Church, Marysville, was born in Granville Township, Licking County, Ohio. October 27, 1832. He is a son of Linus G. and Lucy (Walcott) Thrall, the former a native of Rutland, Vt., and the latter of Washington County, Ohio. His father removed to Licking County, Ohio, in 1815, where our subject was born and reared. He was educated in Kenyon College, of Gambier, Ohio, from which institution he graduated in 1853. He teok up the reading of law and prosecuted its studies with Buckingham & White, of Newark, and subsequently with Judge L. P. Marsh, of Zanesville; he was admitted to the Muskingum County bar in 1855, and the next year he went to Ottumwa, Iowa, and taught school; returning to Ohio. he resumed the profession which he followed till the rebellion broke out. He recruited Company B, of the Seventeenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for the three-months' service. He was chosen its Captain and served

Twenty-Second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was a ade cere capacity till November, 1862, when he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, He was engaged in the following important. battdes: Fort Donelson, Shiloh, siege and battle of Corinth, and siege of Vicksburg, after which he, with his regiment, were transferred to Arkansas, and accompanied Gen. Steele on his expedition to Little Rock, thence to Brownsville, Tenn., and subsequently to Camp Dennison, Ohio, where he was discharged in November, 1864, with the honors of a faithful soldier and an efficient officer. At the close of his military career Col. Thrall returned home, and in 1867 entered the ministry of the Cungregational Church at Alexandria, 'Licking County. He served on that charge a year and a half, then went to Litchfield, Medina County, where his pastoral labors continued till December, 1879, when he came to Marysville. Rev. Thrall has faithfully performed the duties of his sacred calling, and as both minister and pastor he is highly esteemed. On October 7, 1863, he was joined in marriage to Miss Emma Boudinot, daughter of Elisha and Henrietta Boudinot. Of five children born to this marriage two are living - Linus, born December 27, 1868, and Joupha, born February 20 1878. Henrietta, Homer and Freddie are deceased. z ;

AARON W. TORRENCE, sign and decorative painter, Marysville, was born in Greene County, Ohio, August 14, 1834, and is a son of David and Sarah A. (Finney) Torrence, the former a Kentuckian by birth, and thelatter was born on Braddock's Field, near Pittsburgh, Penn. His maternal grandparent, John Finney, was a State Pioneer and an early settler of Knox County, Ohio. Subsequently he moved to Greene County, where he died. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was with the American Army of 2,000 men that were surrendered by the recreant officer, Gen. Hull, at Detroit, August 16, 1812. The subject of this sketch was lett an orphan when a child, and was brought up in Xenia, Greene County, Ohio. He learned the art of sign and decorative painting, at which he became efficient and successful. He was married in 1854, at Xenia, Ohio, to Miss Jane G., daughter of Thomas Kennedy and a native of Virginia. Mr. Torrence came to this city in 1858, established his business, and in the following year located with his family. In December, 1863, he enlisted in the Second Brigade, Sixth Army Corps Band, and served until the close of the war. He was through the battles of the Wilderness, with Gen. Grant, at Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg and Monocacy. Returning to the peaceful pursuits of life, he has since industriously worked at his trade. The eldest of his three children, Ida, is the wife of Ira Gordon, a clerk in the Surgeon General's office at Washington, D. C.; Abba and Emma reside at home. Mr. Torrence is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and has been connected with the = = F. Society for the past twenty years. Politically, he is a thorough and stanch

GEORGE TRAPP, farmer and brick manufacturer, P. O. Marysville, was born in Franklin County, Ohio, October 20, 1848. He is the eldest son of Frederick and Elizabeth B. (Borger) Trapp, who were natives of Bavaria, Germany. Mr. Trapp was born July 12, 1822, and emigrated to the United States with his parents in 1842. His death occurred in Franklin County, February 20, 1882. Mrs. Trapp was born - - - - , , and now resides in Franklin County. George was reared to manhood on a farm, and received his education mostly in Central College. In 1874, he removed to Union County and purchased fifty acres, whereon he now resides. February 25, 1875, he married Anna C. Nicol, a native of Union County, and a daughter of John G. and Margaret Nicol. She was born February 12, 1856. Their two children are Maggie M., born February 28, 1876, and Fred W. P., born March 14, 1879. Mr. Trapp is engaged in farming and brick-making since the spring of 1875. He and wife are members of the Lutheran Church. He is a Democrat.

GEORGE H. TURNER, farmer, P. O., Marysville, is a native of Clark County, and was born January 20, 1822. His father, Aquilla Turner, was bornin Harford County, Md., January 20, 1802. His parents, Thomas and Jemima Turner, migrated to the West, and settled in (lark County about 1807. They removed to Madison County in 1824-25, and in 1837 to Paris Township, Union County, where they both died in old age. Aquilla married Frances Judy, a native of Greene County, Ohio, and had ten children - five sons and five daughters. Mr. Turner died in January, 1871,and Mrs. T. is deceased. George is the eldest child. He was brought up on a farm and received his training in the common schools, and followed the pursuit of teaching five years. He was married October 18, 1859, to Mercy Barker, a daughter of John and Polly Barker. She was born near Marysville January 7, 1832. Of seven children by this marriage five are living: Henderson, Olive A., a teacher; James M., Mercy S. and Frances. Mr. Turner assisted bis father in clearing up a farm of 191 acres of land, which was situated in woods when they first located it. In 1847, our subject bought seventy-five acres, and has occupied it since 1860. He has added to his first purchase till he has become the owner of 220 acres of well improved land. His occupation has always been that of the independent farmer. He and wife are associated as members of the Christian Church. Politically, he is a Republican.

H. C. VOSBURY, furniture dealer, Marysville. This gentleman springs from the Empire State, and was born in Broome County, N. Y., in 1847. In the pursuit of business he started Westward in 1865, finding a location in this city, where he became engaged with a produce mer- chant. Two years afterward, he embarked in the same business at Columbus, Ind., which he pursued until 1871, when he returned to Marysville, and in 1875 opened a furniture store in the Husten building. In the spring of 1878, he occupied his present commodious quarters, which he has thoroughly stocked witha complete assortment of furniture, caskets, etc. He carries on undertaking, in which department he has invested considerable capital. He has an eye to business, and has succeeded in securing a large patronage. His father, Ambrose S., was a native of Broome County, N. Y., where he died in 1862. His mother, Harriet E. Tyrrell, was born in the same county, where she resided until the fall of 1882, when she moved to Nebraska. Mr. V. was married in 1870 to Miss Mary J., daughter of R. L. Partridge, of this city. He is a member of the Masonic order and I. O. O. F. society.

DWIGHT WEBB, Postmaster, Marysville. Genial, social Dwight Webb is a fine type of New England stock. His parents, William R. and Harriet (Clark) Webb, were both natives of Connecticut, and among the pioneers of Clark County, Ohio. In 1850, the family moved and settled near Milford Center, Union County, Ohio, where they are at this time living. The subject of this sketch is the oldest of five living children, and was born in Clark County, Ohio, November 2, 1844. He was raised on a farm, and learned to labor with his hands. In August, 1861, he joined the ranks of the Union army, in Company B, Thirty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was returned home from Vicksburg January 25, 1864, to recruit for a commission as Second Lieutenant, which was received February 5, 1864, and was again promoted First Lieutenant October 12, and placed in charge of Company F. July 18, 1868, he was promoted to a Captaincy, and was serving in, that rank at the close of the war. He was a.participant in twenty battles and skirmishes. Among the principal battles were Harper's Ferry, Va., May 28 and September 12, 1862; rear of Vicksburg and siege of that stronghold, May 18 to July 4, 1862; Maryland Heights, Va., July 4 and 7, 1864; siege of Atlanta, July 22 to September 2, 1864, and in the grand march with Sherman to the sea. He was taken prisoner while on a reconnoissance at Pocotaligo, S. C., and sent to Charleston, S. C., and, with four comrades, was placed under the charge of William J. Gayner, an attorney, and at that time Provost Marshal of that city. They were confined ina room over his office, and were well cared for by this gentleman, who undoubtedly entertained Union sentiments and was Joyal at heart. They were afterward removed to the residence of his mother, and when paroled, February 16, 1865, left their cozy quarters, where they were found by the Union soldiers. James E., a brother of Mr. Webb, was killed at Harpers Ferry. Returning to peaceful pursuits, Capt. Webb engaged in the mercantile trade for six years at Milford Center, at the expiration of which time he disposed of his stock in trade, and, with a purchase of horses, crossed the ocean to England. After three months absence he returned, and visited the oil regions of Pennsylvania. Here he made unfavorable investments, and returned to this city in 1872. Inthe spring of thesame year he formed a copartnership with B. W. Keyes in thegrocery business, with whom he was associated until his appointment as Postmaster of Marysville, in 1880. In this capacity he has proved himself worthy of the important position, and as a citizen, a public officer, a tried soldier and a man, he is highly esteemed. He was married in 1863 to Miss Daphne, a daughter of Andrew Keyes, a pioneer of Union County of which she is a native. Three children were born to this issue, two of whom are living viz.: Clara A. and William A. ia

CONRAD WEIDMAN, farmer, P. O. Marysville, was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, April 11, 1833. His parents, Louis and Elizabeth (Gates) Weidman, emigrated to the United States when he was but five years of age, and settled in Paris Township, this county, where Mr. Weidman died in March, 1863. Mrs. Weidman's death occurred February 15, 1882. Conrad remained on his father's farm till eighteen years of age, when he took up the saddler's trade and worked atit five years, then learned carpentering; which he followed till 1876, when he removed near Dover, and in April of 1877, he took possession of his present farm which contains 104 acres. October, 1858, he was joined in marriage to Mary Van Drow, who bore him eight children - Lizzie, Theodore, Lu Tell, James, Charlie, Tillie, Trusilla and Luther, deceased. Mrs. Weidman is a daughter of John and Margaret Van Drow. Mr. W. and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. In politics, Mr. W. is a Democrat.

EDWARD WELLER, tile manufacturer, Marysville. The first tile manufactured in Union County, was produced by Edward Weller in about 1855. He learned the trade of his father Thomas, who was a native of Sussex County, Eng., and emigrated to the United States in 1827. He selected his home in Seneca County, Ohio, where he passed the remainder of his life; his wife's maiden name was Mary Rumnens, who died in the mother country when our subject was eight years of age. He (Edward) was born in Sussex County, Eng, in 1808. When twentytwo years of age, he sailed to America, and stopping two years at Schenectady, N. Y., he pushed on westward to Franklin County, Ohio, and to this county in 1834, locating at Watkins. In 1852, he occupied his present location, which at this writing embraces ninety acres of land. The tile manufactory is located convenient to his residence, where he is almost constantly employed; he has built up an immense business, and turns out on an average 100,000 tile per year. Personally, Mr. W. may be regarded as a self made man. He was almost destitute of means, but was possessed of strong ambition, a good constitution, and the natural elements of character and dispositicn to succeed. His hair is silvered with the frosts of seventy-five winraw OM gamba ters, yet he may be found always at work with his men, making every moment valuable through life. In addition to his business he owns in various townships in this county, 588 acres of land, most of which is under cultivation. He was married in Sussex County, Eng., in 1828, to Miss Philadelphia Burgess, a native of that county. To this issue ten children have been born, eight of whom are living - Thomas, who married Finira Layman, and resides in Pennis County, Mo. ; Harriet, wife of Nelson Hyland, resides at Kenton, Ohio; Betsey, married Asa Carter, who enlisted in the Thirty-fourth Zouaves, was promoted to Captain, in which capacity he was acting when killed on the field at Winchester; Belinda, wife of David Moore of this county; John, who married Emma Judy, and are residents of this county; Edward, who married Vina Browning, resides at the homestead, and has three children - Ada, Tillie and Nellie; Mary, who married William Guy, and resides in Marion County, Ohio; and Melissa, wife of G. D. Hawley of this county.

J. B. WHELPLY, retired, Marysville. This gentleman added one to the population of Union County March 24, 1827. His father, Joseph, was a native of Montpelier, Vt., who came to this county in 1813, and located in Union Township (at that time Ross County). He was one of the early pilgrims of Union County, and quite an early settler in Madison County, where he subsequently moved, and died in 1837. His wife, Mary Morrow, was a native of Syracuse, N. Y., whose family founded a home in Union County in 1817. Her death is recorded in February, 1882. The subject of this sketch was brought up on the homestead farm. In 1852, he became engaged in the mercantile trade at Milford Center, which he pursued successfully at that point and at Marysville for twenty years, when he retired from the active duties of life. He served the county as Sheriff four years, and was appointed County Treasurer to fill an unexpired term caused by the death of J. R. Russell in 1873. He was elected County Commissioner, in the fall of 1876, and is occupied in that position at this time. He had the entire supervision of the erection of the new court house, the duties of which position he discharged to the entire satisfaction of the people. He entered the ranks of the Union army in 1861, as First Lieutenant in Company B, Thirty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in the field until February, 1862, when he resigned on account of disability, and returned to his home, The same year he was appointed United States Assessor, which position he occupied until 1865. His life has been one of continued activity, and with energy and sagacity he has made life a success. His marriage to Miss Aspe C., daughter of Marova and Sophia Beach occurred in 1849. Her mother was a native of Vermont, and was brought with her parents to this State when seven years of age, They settled in Madison County where she survives the death of her companion. This union has borne them three children, two of whom are living - Hylas H. and Lizzie.

A. J. WHITNEY, retired, Marysville, was a representative business man of Marysville seven years, and was born in Susquehanna County, Penn., November 28, 1829, and is a son of Everett and Julia (Merriman) Whitney, natives of Connecticut, and pioneers of Pennsylvania. Mr. W. came to this city in 1859, and soon after engaged in the dry goods trade. In 1862, he formed a copartnership with E. S. Pyne, under the firm name of Whitney & Pyne, and the concern pursued an extensive trade until 1876, when the firm dissolved, and Mr. W. retired. The same year he organized the Peoples' Bank of Marysville, of which he was appointed President, and occupies that position at this time. Mr. W. is considerably interested in stock, and is associated with Mr. Winget in the introduction of Jersey stock, having made the first importation and sale of this choice breed in Union County. Mr. Whitney was married in February, 1858, to Miss Ruby Tuttle, a native of Pennsylvania, who died in 1870, leaving two children. He was again married to Miss Kate Peck, a native of Milford, Conn. Three children were born to this union, two of whom are living. The family are connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church.

GEORGE WILBER, farmer, P. O. Marysville, was born in Madison County, N. Y., August 8, 1811. His father, Owen Wilber, was born near Newport, Conn.; served in the war of 1812, and died in Madison County, N. Y., His mother, formerly Sarah Pierce, was also a native of Connecticut, and died at the birthplace of our subject. George was reared to manhood on a farm, and acquired his education in the common schools. In he married Margaret Miller,-a daughter of Joseph Miller. She died in 1833, and left no issue. In 1834, he married for his second wife, Susan Cole, with whom he lived two years and two months, when she died. He celebrated his third marriage, November 28, 1860, with Mrs. Annette Marshall, widow of Joshua Marshall and daughter of James and Fanny Coolidge, who were natives of Massachusetts and Vermont, respectively. The former was born July 24, 1792, and served in the war of 1812. He came to Union County, and died March 19, 1846. Mrs. Coolidge was born June 16, 1800, and came to Union Township, this county, in 1816. She died January 29, 1865. Mrs. Wilber was born in Allen Township, December 8, 1818. Mr. and Mrs. Wilber, have one child, George M., born July 3, 1862. Mrs. Wilber was the mother of nine children by her former husband ; of these five are living viz.: James C., born January 26, 1840; Ai, born April 2, 1847; Emily E., born April 25, 1851; Victor A., born September 28, 1853, and Sarah F., born March 14, 1856, wife of Lewis Demorist. In 1827, Mr. Wilber, removed to Lucas County, Ohio, and took contracts on the Wabash & Erie Canal on which he done $ 50,000 worth of work. Subsequently, he returned to York State and in 1860 came to this county and located in the northern part of

Paris Township. During the period in York State before coming to Union County, he was engaged on canals. He Superintended the construction of the aqueduct over the Erie Canal, at Syracuse, N. Y., and was Superintendent ofthe Chenango Canal for a number of years. During his residence in Union County, he has been engaged in the pursuits of farming and stock-raising. He bought and shipped live-stock to the Eastern cities for a number of years. Since 1862, he has devoted especial attention to keeping fine French horses, in which he has been successful. In 1866, he located on his present farm. He has been an active and useful citizen since he located in the county. He served as Superintendent of gravel roads of Paris Township, two years, and as Infirmary Director three years. He was a member of the Agricultural Board eight years, and one year he filled the office of President. He has been active in many of the more important improvements of the county, and has always performed a creditable part. He is identified with the Masonic Order and in politics is Republican. He is the owner of a valuable farm of 150 acres, besides property in Marysville. Mrs. Wilber's first husband, Joshua Marshall, was a gon of James and Charity Marshall. He was born February 28, 1807, and reared to manhood in Columbus. He came to Union County in 1840, and served his township as Treasurer four years, and also as Justice of the Peace. He filled the capacity of Commissioner of the county two terms, and died September 3, 1858. He was connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was an able member. He was a member of the Masonic society. While in Columbus, he superintended the erection of the Insane Asylum, which was burned in 1878.

N. C. WILCOX, firm of Wilcox Bros., dealers in clothing, boots and shoes, and wholesale notions, Marysville. This enterprising house established business in this city in 187%, succeeding J. W. Wilcox. The firm carry a full and complet» stock of goods, with an investment of $12,000 to $15,000, and have created a lucrative and enjoyable trade. The subject of this sketch was born in Noble County, Ohio, in 1845. For fourteen years prior to his coming to this city. he was engaged in the same business at Aliensville, Vinton Co., Ohio. His father, Joseph Wilcox, was a native of Delaware, and settled in Viaton County, where he passed the remainder of his life. His mother, Mary J. McClenahan. was born in Ireland, and is a resident of Vinton County, at this time. They raised a family of nine children, eight of whom are living. Robert S., the senior partner of this firm, is a native of Noble County, Ohio, and was engaged in business at Hampdon, in that county, for some years. Both brothers enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in July, 1864, and served until the close of the rebellion. The firm possess good business qualifications, and are able at all times to be courteous, gentlemanly and obliging.

J. M. WILKINS, dry goods, Marysville. We take some pride in the perpetuation of the Wilkins family, worthy as the present generation are, and possessing the persevering qualifications transmitted from its venerable head, for he, the father, was characterized by the luster of honor, nobleness and integrity. Alfred F. Wilkins, the father of our subject, was a native of Saratoga County, N. Y., from which point he made his way to Union County, and settled in the north part of the county, being among its primitive pioneers. He was a professional surveyor, and was elected Surveyor of the county iu 1854. His competency and valued services re-elected him to the same position in 1857 and 1860. He was a faithful officer and discharged the duties of that office until January, 1864. He was Deputy County Treasurer, under David D Welch, from October, 1861, to the close of 1865. As Mayor of the city several years, he gave unbounded satisfaction, and during his eventful career, won the esteem of his fellowcitizens, which, cherished in memory, will last as long as lifeand reason endure. He became widely and favorably known while proprietor of the American House, and at the time of his death, in 1876, was Justice of the Peace. His wife, Harriet J. (Stewart) Wilkins, who survives, was a native of Saratoga County, N. Y., and bore him six children, all of whom are living, as follows: J. C., married Nannie Bradley, and resides in Springfield, Ohio; Beriah, married Emma J. Robinson, of this city; Keziah, wife of Hon. A. B. Robinson; Charies F., married Josie M. Buxton; John M.; and Joseph S., who was married, July 30, 1881, to Miss Minnie, daughter of George Camp, of this city, by whom he has one child.

C. F. WILKINS, third son of Alfred F. and Harriet J. Wilkins, was born in York Township October 7, 1852. When four years of age his parents moved to Marysville, where he was reared to manhood. His education was principally received in the public schools of the town. From 1861 to 1866, he kept a fruit stand on Main street; he was then employed as clerk for the firm of J. C. and Beriah Wilkins, merchants, till March, 1870, when he took the same position in the factory store of Robinson & Robinson. In June, 1876, he became a partner in this establishment, and is an active member of the firm. In 1877-78-79, he was associated with Robinson & Robinson in the manufacture of woolen goods. In November, 1882, he purchased the book and stationery store of Joe S. Wilkins, but soon after disposed of it. Mr. Wilkins was married August 17, 1876, to Miss Josie M. Buxton, a daughter of Darius Buxton of this place. Mr. Wilkins is identified with the I. O. O. F. and K. of P. Politically, he is Democratic.