Paris Township (part 1 of 5)

Paris Township

" Beginning at the northeast corner of Darby, running west three and one-half miles; thence north to the north boundary of said county; all west to the line of Union Township to be known by the name of Paris." As thus created, Paris included a large portion of the county, but by the formation of new townships its limits have been gradually contracted, until it now possesses little more territory than the average of the fourteen townships of this county. It is favorably located, in the south central portion of the county, and probably contains the center of population within its limits. Marysville is situated a little south of its center. The Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railroad enters from Dover Township on the east, pursues a westerly and southwesterly course, and leaves the township near the southwest. corner. Mill Creek is the only stream of note. It enters from the north, fiows almost directly south, to near the center of the township, and, by an ever-tortuous course, proceeds eastwardly to Dover. The surface is usually level, and the soil of an excellent clay quality. The entire surface was densely timbered with the prevalent types of forest growth in this region at the coming of the pioneers, such as sugar, hickory, oak, beech, elm and walnut. The roads in this township are unexcelled in the county, and probably in the State. A dozen well-piked roads lead from Marysville in all directions.

Early Settlers

The most important early settlement in what is now Paris Township was made in 1817, by Abraham Amrine and his sons, in what is still known as the Amrine settlement, about two miles northwest of Marysville. So far as known, it was the first settlement made; assuredly the first permanent settlement. A few squatters may have preceded the Amrines, in the occupancy of the soil of this township, but if so, all traces of them are lost. The Amrine family still has in its possession a considerable quantity of the survey upon which the original settler of this name settled sixty-six years ago.

Abraham Amrine was born in Pennsylvania in the year 1761. His ancestors had emigrated to America from Switzerland about the beginning of the eighteenth century. In 1785, Mr. Amrine married Mary Wolford, and in 1801 removed from Pennsylvania, to near St. Clairsville, Belmont Co., Ohio. In 1817, he purchased from Samuel Davis, of Franklin County, the John Overton survey, of 750% acres, No. 4,066, which, however, contained nearly 1,000 acres, paying for it $2 an acre. This was at that time a high price for wild land, but the survey was located on a bend of Mill Creek, and the rich bottom lands it contained enhanced its value above that of land less favo ably situated. The same year he removed to it from Belmont County, with his six sous - John, Andrew, Moses, Frederick, Jeremiah and Abraham, Jr. - four of whom were married, and brought their families with them. Mr. Amrine's family consisted of seven sons and one daughter, the eldest of: the family. The other sun - Henry - -subsequently removed to Paris Township; the daughter married Joseph Worley, and lived near Wheeling, W. Va.

Mr. Amrine built his log cabin on the hill west of the Newton pike, where the bend is made in the road. To each of his boys he gave 100 acres of land, and the work of clearing the farms was at once commenced in earnest. They had few - if any - neighbors at first, but formed quite a colony among themselves. They-were a rugged, hardy people, fully fitted to cope with the difficulties and endure the hardships o? their wilderness homes. They were religious, frugal and industrious, and soon had fruitful farms, while on all sides, for miles, was yet one deep, dense forest. Abraham Amrine, Sr., died November 14, 1849,. at the ripe old age of eighty-eight years. His wife, Mary, had preceded him to the grave many years. She died in September, 1823, only six years after their removal here, at the age of sixty-three years.

John Amrine, the eldest son, was born in 1787. In Belmont County, he married Drusie Worley. She died before the removal to Paris Township. and he was again married to Nancy Miller. By the first marriage his children were Andrew, Wesley, Willam, Sarah and Mary; by the second, John, Julia Ann,

'Alexander, Maria, Harrison, Sylas and Roxa. He was a lifelong farmer of this township, and died September 15, 1864, aged seventy-seven years. His wife, Nancy, died July 31, 1861, aged seventy-tive years.

Henry Amrine, the second son, was born in 1789. He did not move to this township till the fall of 1820. His father desired that he should live in the same settlement with himself and his remaining sons, and offered him, as an inducement to move, 100 acres, upon which was a good mill site. He built his cabin in the green woods a few rods west of where the residence of Mrs. Elizabeth Amrine now stands. In 1822, he built the saw mill on the exact site of the present mill. It was one of the first mills erected on Mill Creek. In 1825, the grist mill was added. These mills remained in the possession of the Amrine family for more than fifty years. Henry Amrine had married Mary Powers, who was born near Richmond, Va., September 2, 1785. Their children were John, Elizabeth. J osiah, Susan, Abraham, Mercy, Henry, Smith and Andrew. The first six were born in Belmcnt County, the last threo here. Four are still living - John, in Piqua, Ohio; Susan, who became the wife of Samuel Reed, in Missouri; Henry and Andrew, in Paris Township. The wife, Mary, died in 1851, at the age of sixty-five years. Henry survived until the seventy-sixth year of his age. His death occurred August 12, 1864.

Andrew Amrine, the third son of Abraham, was born in Pennsylvania in 1791. He married Mercy Westlake, and had but one child, Sidy Ann. He was for many years Justice of the Peace, was a man of profound religious character, and possessed more than ordinary intelligence. His earthly career was closed November 2, 1859, at the age of sixty-eight years. His wife, Mercy, died in 1864, aged seventy-one years. The only child, Sidy Ann, the wife of Zephaniah Reed, died in 1851, aged thirty-seven years.

Moses Amrine, who was born in 1797, married Elizabeth Watkins. Their children were Mahala, Nancy, Sarah, Washington, Polly Ann, Annetta and Melissa. Moses Amrine remained a resident of Paris Township through life, and died November 6, 1874, at the age of seventy-eight years. His wife, Elizabeth, died in 1854.

Frederick, Jeremiah and Abraham, Jr., the three younger boys, removed with their families to the West. Frederick married Rachel Burris, and their

Jeremiah Amrine married Mary Shearer. Their children are Valentine and Polly Ann. 'The former of these resides in Troy, Ohio; the latter, now the wife of John Bellville, resides in Iowa.

Abraham Amrine, Jr., was married to Catharine McAdams, who died young. He then removed to Illinois, where he was killed by a heavily loaded wagon running over him. inm i

The Amrines were among the best, as they were the first, citizens of Paris Township. They nearly all lived to a good age, and have left an impress upon the community for good, which cannot be effaced for a long time to come. They were earnest and consistent members of the Methodist Church, and the founders of religious life in this locality. In politics, they were strongly Whig; the descendants, it is said, without exception, are now Republican.

Hezekiah' Bates, a blacksmith, hailing from New Jersey, came about 1817, and settled on the W. H. Robb place, just north of Marysville. He resided here for many years, and cleared up a portion of the farm, besides working at his trade. He then removed to Madison County, Ind., where he died.

John Donly was from Belmont County, and came to Paris Township with the Amrines, or soon after. His wife was Elizabeth Miller. He settled on the Amrine tract, east of the creek, and died years afterward in the township, leaving a posterity which is still represented here.

A settlement was made about 1817 or 1818, on the site of Marysville and just north of it, by Jonathan Summers and Nathan and Eli Lundy. They came together from Fayette County. None of them purchased land. Mr. Summers built his cabin and cleared a patch for corn in what is now Marysville. He taught school a term about three-fourths of a mile to the west. In a few years, he returned to Fayette County with his family, and there died. Nathan Lundy selected a spot for his cabin just north of Marysville, and lived there six years; he then returned to Fayette County. Eli Lundy was a nephew to Nathan. He was born in Washington County, Penn., and came here from Fayette County with his wife, Phoebe (McVay), and two children. He built a cabin on what is now the Clement place, just northwest of Marysville, remained here about five years, then removed further east, near the fair grounds, where his uncle had lived. Four or five years later he came to Marysville, and for a time was engaged in keeping hotel. In 1844, he emigrated to Iowa, where he died. At the time of his departure, he was the happy parent of eleven children, who accompanied him to the West.

Abraham Steiner came in 1819. He was.born in Pennsylvania, and there acquired the weaver's trade. He lost his father when he was quite small, and moved to Chillicothe, Ohio, with Col. Ambrose Meeker. He lived with him till the opening of the war of 1812, when Col. Ambrose went to the front, and Mr. Steiner removed to Madison County. He had married Elizabeth Lewis about 1807. While in Madison County, he received the false impression that by settling in Paris Township, and clearing a tract of land, 100 acres would be deeded to him. Acting on the mformation, he entered the township March 25, 1819. He remained a week in a sugar camp on what is now the John Weaver place. south of Marysville, where James Beatley and Levin Gibson, then of Madison County, were engaged in boiling sugar. He then continued eastward a few miles to Dover Township, and took up his abode in the cabin of Stephen Dysard until June 19 following, by which time, with the assistance of the scattering settlers in Dover, he had built a cabin on what is now known as the Hawley place, nearly two miles east of Marysville, on the Dover pike. He at once moved into it, and remained there for twelve years, except two years spent at Urbana, engaged in clearing the land and in weaving. He then removed to Knox County, where he purchased a farm, and eight years later to Clayton County, Towa. He died there at the age of eighty-four years. He raised six children - Christian, Joseph, Mary (Sager), Catharine (Myers)

Eliza Ann (Coulter) and Abraham. Only two are now living in Union County - Christian in Dover Township, Catharine at Peoria. Mr. Steiner was a Democrat in politics, of German descent, and for a time a Methodist, afterward a Baptist. When he came, in 1819, no cabin stood between his and Jonathan Summers' at the site of Marysville, and the few scattering settlers were all squatters, except the Amrines. i

At various points along Mill Creek, cabins were erected, and small clearings made, by persons called squatters, who settled upon the land only temporarily, and without any intention of acquiring a title to it. This class of settlements was almost the only kind for some years. The sojourn of the: squatters was usually brief. They enjoyed best that free and easy life to be found on the extreme frontier, where their wants were few and easily supplied, and as incoming settlements encroached upon their freedom, many of them took up their few worldly effects and sought new homes deeper in the solitudes of undisturbed nature. Their stay was generally so transient that few traces were left of their occupancy. Their politics was generally Democratic; their religion, not strongly marked. A few squatters afterward pur- ` chased land here and became permanent settlers. " Levin Gibson, in the fall of 1819, settled on what is now the John W. Robinson place, just northeast of Marysville. He was born in Virginia, married Rachel Insley, of New Jersey, at Chillicothe, and. removed to Madison County, whence he came here. He had six children - Ruth (Steiner), Lydia (Wilmuth), Robert of Marysville, Susan (Little) and Sarah (Snodgrass), of Marysville, and William, who died in the army. Mr. Gibson was a lifelong farmer, but did not acquire any land in his own name.

Joel Hinkle, about 1818, brought a drove of hogs from Clark County, to range along Mill Creek. They belonged to Henry Van Meter, of Springfield, and Judge Reynolds, of Urbana. He built a cubin on the Robinson place, northeast of Marysville, but remained in it only a year. Elijah Holloway, from Ross County, then took possession of the cabin and occupied it for a short time, but, tiring of this county, he returned to Ross. Lemuel Godfrey was the next temporary occupant of the little cabin. He, too, hailed from Ross County, and after tarrying here for a few years, departed for the State of Iowa. William Shelpman, from Ross County, in the fall of 1819, settled on Mill Creek and died there. William Worley, from the same county, was another squatter. John 'Streets lived for awhile in the bend of the creek, just north of Marysville. Sampson Hubbell, lived for a few years, commenc- _ing ubout 1820, two and one-half miles west of Marysville. He owned no property, and moved West. Joseph Bell built a cabin on the Robert Belt farm, northeast of Marysville. He was from Ross County, and stayed only a short time. (George Cline, from Madison County, about 1821 settled on the Daniel Longbrake farm. The locality was known in early times as "Cline's Bottoms." He remained till the land was sold, then returned to Madison County. James Bradley, a local Methodist preacher, came from Ross County in 1819, and took possession of a cabin site in the eastern part of the township, but acquired no property there. He afterward moved to Hardin County, and bought a small farm, on which hedied. His son, Martin, married Elizabeth Wilmuth, and moved to Missouri. Joseph Russell, in 1819, settled on the John B. Weller place, on the eastern line of the township. He emigrated from New Jersey to London, Madison County, there married Mrs. Nancy Reeves and came here. He afterward removed to the West.

northwest from Marysville. He was originally from Virginia; had married Mary Hoyt in Pennsylvania. Some time after he came, he sold 100 acres on the north side of Mill Creek to Samuel Westlake and removed to the Amrine farm. His wife died October 28, 1853. Mr. Barker died near Lewisburg in 1870, aged seventy-three years. He had a family of twelve children, some of whom still reside in this township.

Jonathan Brooks was one of the earliest citizens of the township. He owned no property, and resided on the Amrine settlement. He was an earnest Methodist and a well respected man. Aes

George Westlake, a native of Maryland, came, with his wife Mercy, from Belmont County in 1821., He was at this time well advanced in life. He had raised a large family of children, most of whom had married before he removed to this township. His daughter. Mercy was the wife of Andrew Amrine, and he lived on his farm. Another daughter, Mrs. John Elliott, afterward removed to this township. Mr. and Mrs. Westlake were members of the Methodist Church, and both died in extreme old age at their home in this township.

Samuel Westlake the son of George and Mercy Westlake, moved from Belmont County in October, 1826, and settled on a small farm of fifty acres in the southeast corner of Survey 4,074, several miles northwest of Marysville. It was wholly covered with forest when he came, and a spot was cleared as a site for the little cabin, which he at once built and moved into. Afterward, when he was felling the timber, close by, it became necessary for the safety of his family that they leave the cabin,as there was danger of trees falling across it and crushing it in. Mr. Westlake was a farmer and a shoe-maker,and pursued both avocations. He was a Methodist and a Democrat. His wife was Elizabeth Reed, who died in 1851. Mr. Westlake attained the age of eightyfive years. He had eleven children, twoof whom remained in Belmont County after his departure, but subsequently followed him to Paris Township. They were: Josiah, of this township; Nancy, wife of Henry Jordan, of Allen Township; Samuel, of Kansas; Zephaniah, who died here; James, of Delaware County; George, who died in Missouri; Elizabeth, wife of Wesley Amrine, of Marysville; Mercy, who died unmarried; Richard, of Missouri; Mary, who married Thomas Peacock, and is now deceased; and William, of Missouri.

John and George' Howser, brothers, from Licking County, were among the earliest settlers. They occupied farms ort Survey 5,138, north of the Amrine settlement. After a residence here of considerable length, they removed to Hardin County and purchased land on which Kenton has since been built.

Lemuel, Joseph and William Wilmuth, three brothers, were early settlers. William Wilmuth was born in Maryland, and emigrated to Ross County, Ohio; thence he removed to Paris Township, in 1820 or 1821, and settled on Mill Creek, northeast of Marysville. He was a farmer, but owned no land here. His wife was Susan Carr, who bore hima large family of children. His brother-in-law, Reuben Carr, accompanied him here from Ross County. He was a bachelor, and made his home with the Wilmuths until his death, about 1840. Soon after, Mr. Wilmuth removed to Hardin County,and bought a farm close by Kenton. Later in life, he moved to Missouri,where hedied. Lemuel and Joseph Wilmuth settled south of Marysville. Lemuel died in Hardin Eg Joseph moved to Missouri, and finished his earthly course in that State.

Adam Wolford, in 1821, settled north of Marysville, near the fair grounds. His boyhood was spent in Guernsey County. He removed to Knox County, and there married Catharine Wolford several years prior to his removal to Paris Township. By trade and occupation he was a carpenter, and

Elijah Wolford, distantly related to:Adam Wolford, moved to the township afew years later, from Belmont County. He was a farmer, and first settled in the Amrine neighborhood; then two and one-half miles north of Marysville, on the Pharisburg road, where he died.

. Jacob Parthemore, about 1820, shortly after his marriage to Sarah Thornton, settled in the extreme southwestern part of the township He is of German descent, and formerly resided in the southern part of the county.

Tobias Bigler came éo the township in 1825. He was born in Berks County, Penn., in 1805, of German parentage. In 1809, he emigrated to Licking County with his parents, and the year following they removed to Fairfield County, where Tobias remained until he came here. In January, 1827, he married Miss Sarah Amrine, the daughter of John Amrine. He purchased 100 neres of woodland northwest of Marysville, paying for it $450. As this was cleared, he added more to it. After the decease of his wife, he was re-united in marriage with Nancy Burrows. By his first marriage he had twelve children, eight of whom are now living- - Samuel, Mary A., Andrew, John, Eliza, Daniel, Harrison and James M.; by the second he has but one child, Nelson H. Mr. Bigler is still a resident of the township.

In 1828, John Elliott became a citizen of Paris He was born in Maryland, and previous tohis settlement here had lived in Belmont and Adams Counties, and had married Hannah Westlake. Within afew yeurs after he came, he was the owner of a farm of 200 acres in the northwestern part of the township, where he passed the remainder of his life. In earlier life, he was an ardent Methodist, but he afterward was one of the prime movers in the organization of the United Brethren Church. His politics were Democratic. Mr. Elliott was twice married. By the first marriage he had two children, by the last ten, many of whom still live in Paris Township.

About 1827, William Gregg, of Ross County, purchased and settled on a small farm in Survey 1,918, now owned by Tobias Bigler. He died at Marysville.

Hezekiah Burdick was an early settler on Mill Creek, in the eastern part of the township. He afterward removed to Richwood, opening the first store in that village. '

James Richey, John Sovereign, Coats Thornton, William Wells and William Youst were also early settlers. Mr. Richey was a Virginian. He located east of Marysville, on the farm now owned by Harvey Wood. He removed to Delaware County, near Millville. John Sovereign came from Madison County. He lived, for a time, northeast of Marysville, on the Robinson farm; then removed to Leesburg Township, where he purchased land and died. Coats: Thornton was from Virginia. He afterward resided in Marysville. Mr. Wells eame from Belmont County about 1828. He bought and occupied a small place on Survey 1,913, and afterward removed to Marysville, where he died. William Youst was a squatter, and came here very early, He was a Virginian, and had lived in Greene County before coming to Paris Township. He occupied a place north of the Amrine settlement, but soon departed for parts unknown.

The Blook-House

On the Powers place, in Survey 5,736, a block-house was erected in 1812, by the settlers inthe southern part of what is now Union and those in Madison County, as a defense against threatened Indian attacks from the north. It stood east of Edward Powers' residence, near the west bank of Mill Creek, in the path of an Indian trail, which passed north and south. The block-house was made of hewn logs, and its dimensions were probably fifteen by twentyfour feet. It was two stories in height, and on all sides were small port holes, about four inches square. For about two weeks after this means of defense was hastily constructed, it was strongly garrisoned by the settlers from below, as it was believed the expected Indian descent would be made by way of this trail, which was their usual route in traveling south. At last the rumor gained currency that the savages were about to invade the settlements below from another direction, and the occupants of the fort precipitately left it and returned to their defenseless families. No hostile Indians, however, ever appeared in this vicinity. The block-house was afterward occupied as a dwelling. CHURCHES.

" One of the greatest sources of anxiety to the older Amrines was how to bring up their children surrounded by proper religious influences. It was finally resolved to organize a church here in the woods, and in 1821 the Amrine Church was organized. They had been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Belmont County, and for several years they were about the only members of the church here. Andrew was the first leader and steward, and was a leader almost continually to the time of his death. John and Jeremiah were also leaders for many years. This point was at first a part of the London Circuit, and its pastors were Rev. George W. Maley and Rev. Aaron Wood. Afterward came Richard Brandriff, Rev. Shaw and many other circuit riders of pioneer days, when, a circuit was two or three hundred miles around, and the preachers traveled on horseback. with the old saddlebags behind them, and when, in their lonely travels, they were often soaked by the drenching rain, pelted by the rattling hail, or blinded and frozen by the driving snow; when the hungry wolf often gave him chase, and the growling bear was heard by the way. Often, very often, when the preacher was expected, has the good woman of the house sat up till late in the night, to have ready for him a warm supper after the weary day's journey."

As new settlers locaied in the neighborhood the membership became stronger, for nearly every one in that day near this settlement united with the class. Among the earliest members, besides the Amrines, were the Westlakes, John Donly, who was class leader for awhile, George Houser, also class leader, John Houser and Jonathan Brooks. The services were held at the cabin of Andrew Amrine, until a round-log cabin was erected a few-rods south of where the church now stands. This old log building was also used as a. schoolhouse. The earliest teachers were Mr. Williams, George Snodgrass and: Peyton Smith. It was destroyed by fire, and a hewed-log church was erected on what is now a part of the Amrine Cemetery. The present Amrine Church, one and one-half miles northwest of Marysville, was built in 1853, and dedicated on Sunday, August 28, 1853, by Rev. S. M. Merrill. The membership is not as strong now as it was years ago. The charge is attached to the Newton Circuit. Rev. Littell is the present pastor. A Sabbath school was organized about 1828, by Rev. Shaw. It is still maintained.

Mount Zion United Brethren Church is located about three miles northwest of Marysville. The society was organized here nearly forty years ago Its membership was drawn largely from the Methodist Church. Rev. Frederick Hendricks first preached at the house of Samuel Elliott. He was followed by Rev. Snell. Soon after, Rev. William Miller organized the society. Among the earliest members were Samuel Elliott, Mrs. Elizabeth Elliott, John Elliott, Sally Beightler, Charity Moore, Emma Moore, Lydia Moore, and

Weldon and Jane Elliott. A frame church was soon erected on a lot donated to the society by Samuel Elliott. It remained the place of worship until 1876, when the present church was erected. It is about 36x40 feet in size and cost about $850. It was dedicated November 26, 1876, by Bishop Weaver. It was, at the time, completely finished, including furniture, carpets and bell, and was dedicated free of all indebtedness. The membership is now about sixty. Rev. R. G. Montgomery is the pastor in charge. A successful Sabbath school has been mantained for many years.

St. John's (German) Evengelical Lutheran Church had a house of worship on the extreme southern line of Paris Township for a number of years, but subsequently abandoned it and removed to Darby Township. In the history of this latter township an account of this church may be found.

The first election held in Paris Township, was for the selection of a Justice of the Peace, September 29, 1821. Nathan Lundy, Hezekiah Bates and Andrew Amrine were the Judges, and Ralph R. Phelps and Andrew Woodrough, Clerks. Thirteen votes were cast, of which William Wilmuth received nine and Mathias Collins four. At the State election in the following month, only eleven votes were cast. Nicholas Hathoway for Representative, Levi Phelps for County Auditor and Robert Nelson for County Commissioner received the entire voto.

The original surveys that are included within the limits of Paris Township, together with their respective areas, location, original owners, surveyors and dates of survey, are as follows:

Nos. 2,254 and 2,256, 1,000 acres each, southeast part of the township; Edward Dowse, assignee; surveyed by Nathaniel Massie August 21, 1798,

Nos. 3,350 3,351 and 3,354, 1,087 acres each, in the eastern and central part of the township, the latter two including the site of Marysville; Edward Dowse, assignee, original proprietor; surveyed August 22 and 23, 1798, by Nathaniel Massie.

No. 4,069, 1,000 acres, south of Marysville; Elizabeth Rickman, widow of Dr. William Rickman, original proprietor; surveyed October 24, 1801, by Joseph Kerr.

proprietor; surveyed October 29, 1801, by Joseph Kerr, | No. 4,074, 600 aeres, in northwest part of township; Benjamin Biggs, assignee, proprietor; surveyed by Joseph Kerr, October 25, 1801.

No. 5,136, 800 acres, on north line of township; John Pride, heir-at-law of William Pride, proprietor; surveyed January 23, 1807, by James Galloway. k : No. 5,138, 6663 acres, in northern part of township; Baylor Hill, proprietor, surveyed by James Galloway, January 7, 1807.

Biographical Sketches

ABRAHAM AMRINE (deceased), an old and highly respected pioneer of Union County. was born March 13, 1818, and died June 24, 1878. He wasthe third son of Henry and Mary Amrine, who came to Union County in 1821. He passed his boyhood and early life on his father's farm, and assisted him in clearing itup. September 12, 1839, he was united in marriage to Miss Nancy Mackelfish, a native of Pickaway County, where she was born, April 26, 1818. Her parents, George and Malinda Mackelfish, came to this county in 1833, and settled near Richwood, where they both ended their days; the former died August 25, 1861, and the latter April 16, 1860. Mr. and Mrs. Amrine were the parents of eleven children, of whom six are living: Mary M., wife of John Neulove; Sarah E., wife of Oliver Shaw ; Elsworth, marred Elizabeth Johnson ; Henry N., married Sarah E. Wells, Martha E., wife of Lewis Bonnette, and Abraham, who married Ora Lee. In 1839, Mr. Amrine purchased 103 acres of the farm he left at his death. It was in its primeval state when he settled on it, which was in the fall of 1839. By earnest and constant labor be cleared up his farm to a cultivated state, and made additions, till he became the owner of 406 acres of valuable land, on which he made most of the improvements. He embarked in life with small means, and in the woods; but by his untiring industry, economy and good business management he accumulated large property. He displayed a lively interest in all religious and educational matters. He and wife were members of the Marysville M. E. Church, with which church he was identified for over forty-two years. Heserved in the capacity of class leader for eighteen years. He aided liberally in the erection of the M. E. Church of Marysville, wits which he was associated till his death.

HENRY N. AMRINE, farmer, P. O., Marysville, son of Abraham and Nancy Amrine, was born on the homestead April 17, 1851. . He was brought up to farming, and has always pursued that avocation, in connection with keeping thoroughbred Spanish Merino sheep, which he has followed the last five years with fine success. His marriage occurred October 3, 1872, with Miss Sarah E. Wells, a native of Licking County, where she was born February 11,1852. Her parents were Joseph and Mary Wells. Five children werethe issue of this union: Mary O., Nancy C., Alice G., Henry C., and an infant daughter, deceased. Mr. Amrine ownsa well improved farm of ninety-one acres. He is identified with the society of K. of P. and I, O. of R. M. Politically, he is à Republican. Mr. A. is à member of the M. E. hurch.

HENRY AMRINE, a prominent farmer of Paris Township, was bornon the old Amrine homestead November Z1, 1821. Heisason of Abram and Mary Amrine, and a grandson of - 5 who were among the earliest pioneers of Paris Township, and whose history is given in the general history of the township. Mr. Amrine is the fourth son and seventh child of ten children. He passed his early life on his father's new and forest-like farm, and received his training in the common schools of the county. In 1842, soon after his marriage, he located on 100 acres of land, whicn now constitute a part of his extensive farm. His marriage occurred April 26, 1842, to Miss Martha Irvin, daughter of William and Amelia (Evans) Irvin. The former came from Ireland with his parents some time prior to the Revolutionary war. His father was a soldier in that war, and received wounds from which he died a short time after its close. Mrs. Irvin was born in Staunton, Va; her parents were natives of Wales, and also emigrated to America before Revolutionary days. Mrs. Amrine is a-native of Madison County, Ohio; was born April 14, 1820. Mr. and Mrs. Amrine were blessed wiih three children, two of whom are living, viz. : Alfred, born February 7, 1843, marriet January 12, 1869, to Miss Lucy Edson, and have two children - Nellie and Curtis; Mary A., the voungest child was born January 22, 1849, and was married November 1, 1868, to H. H. Whelpley ; they have two children - Edwin and James. Asbury L., the second child, was born July 14, 1845, and died November 14, 1848. Mr. and Mrs. Amrine started in life together, like many of their pioneer cotemporaries, in limited circumstances and with few advantages. 'The farm on which they settled was largely and heavily timbered at the time, and it was through the strongest exertions that they overcame the many diffculties and obstacles of their pioneer life, and acquired for themselves a competence. By their active energy and industry they have accumulated large and valuable property, their farm consisting of over 700 acres of well improved land. besides largeherds of live stock. In these years of their existence their lives have not heen given wholly to the accumulation of wealth; they have displayed a deep and active interest in the religious and educational institutions of the county and State. For many years they have been prominently identified with the Old Amrine M. E. Church and its missions. They are among the largest contributors tothe Ohio Wesleyan Univer- sity, having bestowed about $30,000 on that institution, Of late years Mr. Amrine has devoted his attention to raising fine sheep and horses, and has been Successful in that avocation. His political affiliations have always been with the Republican party.

WILLIAM P. ANDERSON, druggist, Marysville. This gentleman was born in Montgomery County, Pa., January 31, 1835. His parents, John and Sarah (Price) Anderson, teen, engaged at farm work; between the ages of fifteen and twenty-one, learned both tailoring and cabinet-making. The subject of this sketch came to Ohio in 1856, locating in Lancaster, Ohio, where for a short time he worked at the carpeater's trade. In 1857, was appointed one of the officers of the Ohio Penitentiary, then under the Wardenship of John Ewing, of Chilli-

_ cothe ; resigned in 1858, and in connection with his brother-in-law, John H, Shearer, came to Marysville, Ohio, the same year, and engaged in the publication of the Marysville Tribune, and was also appointed Deputy Sheriff under Gen. A. Wiley. In 1861, was appointed Postmaster under President Lincoln's administration. Early in 1863, was appointed Deputy Provost Marshall for the Eighth Congressional District, resigned both positions in1868, and enlisted in the Ninth Ohio Independent Cavalry, known as the President's Escort, or Union Light Guards. Shortly after arriving in Washington, D. C, was detailed by Col. Wisewell, Military Governor of the District. for clerical duty on general and regular court martials. Subsequently, hy special order of Secretary of War Stanton, was transferred to the War Department proper and assigned to duty in the Briefing Department, where, soon after, he was placed in charge of the briefers, which position he held until mustered out with the command. At the organization of the Thirty-ninth Congress, December, 1865, received the first appointment as one of the officers of House post office. During the last session of the Thirty ninth Congress, served as private secretary to Capt. Ira Goodno, Door-keeper of the House. In the Fortieth Congress, was appointed one of the officers in the Door-keeper's Department, and remained in the service until 1875, when he resigned. During his service in the War Department he briefed the last document ever signed by President Lincoln. In the fall of 1875 he engaged with a honse in Columbus as a commercial traveler until 1879, when he purchased the interests of J. J. Gledhill in the drug business in this city. John W., his son, having practical experience, is associated with him. Major Anderson, as our subject is familiarly known, is a member of the Ohio State Pharmaceutical Association, Mustering Officer of the Fifteenth District of Ohio G. A. R., and has taken all the degrees of Masonry in the York and A.-. A... Scottish Rites, excepting the 33d, He has served as member of the City Council, and has always taken an active part in public affairs, and strongly attached to the interests of the Republican party. He was married February, 1858, to Miss Martha A. Kishler, daughter of John Kishler, late of Somerset, Perry Co., Ohio. John Willis and Emma E. are the fruits of this union.

F. T. ARTHUR, merchant, Marysville. Charles and Harriet A. (Mealey) Arthur, the parenis of our subject, were both natives of Maryland, and migrated to the West and formed a home in the early settlements of Delaware County, where she died in 1881. He is at this time a resident of Delaware, having an interest in the Delaware Woolen Mill Company, with which he was formerly connected. They were the parents of five children, four of whom are living. The subject of this sketch was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, in 1840. He was raised on a farm and received his education in the schools of that county. In August, 1862, he enlisted as private in Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-First Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for the term of three years, and served in the fortunes of the Army of the Cumberland. On the battle field of Perryville, October 8, 1862, he was wounded in the left arm by a minie ball, but filled his place in the ranks until discharged by reason of disability at Franklin, Tenu., April 29, 1863, as Second Lieutenant. He re-enlisted May 2. 1864, as private in the One Hundred and Fortyfifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged as Commissary Sergeant at Camp Chase, August 25, 1864, by reason of expired tenure of service. Mr. A. came to this county in 1865, and in the following year engaged in the mercantile b isiness, which he followed until after his elegtion to the office of County Clerk, in 1869. Toree years afterward he was re-elected to the same position, and served two terms of three years each, During this time he engaged his spare moments to the study of law, and became so proficient that he was admitted to the bar at Columbus, by the Supreme Court, January 7, 1874. At the close of his public duties he again embarked in the mercantile trade, and occupied his present commodious store in January, 1882. He carries a large and complete stock of dry goods, and controls a fair and lucrative trade. Mr. A. was married in May, 1863, to Miss Alice M., daughter of David and Mary E. (Hempstead) Welsh. One daughter, Amelia H., born to bless this union, lived through the sunny summer of her youth, and just while life was sweetest, and the brightest flowers grew about her pathway, the reaper called her home. Her demise occurred August 25, 1882. D. D. Welsh was born in Muskingham County, Ohio, August 25, 1817. He settled as a farmer near this city in 1838, and was married September 29, 1839, to Miss Mary E. Hempstead; she was born in Utica, N. Y., in 1818, and with her parents, Nathan and Polly Hempstead, came to this county in 1838. In 1843, he moved to Jackson County, Mich., where he died the following year. He was tain of a company in the war of 1812, and raised a family of ten children, six of whom cn living. Mi. Welsh was one of the original stockholders of the Marysville Bank, and dealt largely in stock. He was left an orphan when six years of age, and was thrown upon his own resources. He made every movement available, and by perseverance and economy attained position and wealth. He was elected County Treasurer in 1861, and filled that position at the time of his death in 1863. He owned, at the time of his death, 700 acres of land in this county, and was a man beloved and respected by all who knew him. .

JOHN BARKER, farmer, P. O. Marysville, was born in Marysville January 12, 1830. He is a son of John Barker, of Virginia, and Mary Hoyt Barker, a native of Pennsylvania. They were married in the Keystone State, and came to Marysville, where they resided a short time. Mr. Barker bought 100 acres of laad on the north side of Mill Creek, which he occupied a few years, then removed to the old Squire Amrine farm, and in 1835 located on the farm now owned and occupied by our subject. Mr. Barker died near Lewisburg, September 7, 1870, aged seventy-three; and Mrs. B. departed this life, October 28, 1853. in her fifty-seventh year. They had twelve children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the youngest. He was married October 29, 1857, to Harriet F. Turner, a daughter of Edmund Turner, by whom he has had two children - Edward H., born December 17, 1862; and Phebe A., born February 13, 1877. Mr. Barker has always occupied the homestead, which contains 153 acres : he also has twelve acres in Allen Township, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He is a member of the Masonic Order, and in politics is Democratic.

JOHN W. BARNES, farmer, P. O. Marysville, was born in Harrison County, Ohio. June 19, 1838. His parents were Levi and Susan (Rodgers) Barnes; the former was born near Baltimore, Md., and the latter in Harrison County, Ohio. They removed to Guernsey County, Ohio, when our subject was but three years of age: Mr. Barnes died in 1846 and the following year John came with his brother, William Barnes, to this county and remained two years; in 1849 he returned near Cambridge and in 1850 came back to this county, where he has since resided, except while in his country's service. He entered the army in July, 1862, as a member of Company K, Ninety-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry ; after serving a year in the Western Army, he was transferred to the Depa tment of the Gulf. He fought through the siege of Vicksburg and at Jackson, Carrion Cross "'* "ou, Sabine Cross Roads, Forts Gaines, Morgan, Spanish and Blakeley, and a number of min ttles; he was discharged at Mobile, Ala., July 15, 1865, at the close of the rebellion. He returned home and resumed his former avocation, whicb he has since followed. He was married, November, 1855, to Mrs. Catharine Hale, a widow of Jonas Hale and a daughter of Athens Oliphant. Mrs. Barnes was born in Ross County, Ohio, November 30. 1833. They were blessed with six children, viz.: Lydia L., wife of J. A. Bump; Roland J., married Anna Beightler; Lorenzo D., married Sarah J. Spain ; Samantha J., Aaron B. and Georgiana. Mrs. Barnes had two daughters by her first husband - Sarah, wife of William Epps, and Mary J., wife of Stephen Pyers. Mr. Barnes made his start in life by working by the month, and what he now owns is the fruits of his own labor. His farm contains ninety-five acres, and is under a good state of cultivation ; he is by occupation a farmer and stock-raiser. He and his wife are members of the United Brethren Church; he is connected with the Grand Army of the Republic, and in politics is a Republican.

GEORGE BEECHER. The subject of this sketch is a leading, influential citizen of Union County, was born near Utica, N. Y., April 18, 1827. His father, Zina Beecher, was born near New Haven, Conn., and was.a first cousin to Lyman Beecher, the father of Henry Ward Beecher. His mother, Lucretia Sanford. was also born near New Haven. His parents were married in Connecticut, and moved to Herkimer County, N. Y., and in 1836 to Licking County, Ohio, where Mr. Beecher died September, 1868. Mrs. Beecher died February 4, 1880, at the ripe age of ninety-six years. She was a remarkably firm and intelligent lady, and retained her mental faculties up to the last. She was the mother of six sons and three daughters, of whom all the sons and one daughter are living - Lucretia (deceased) ; Beri, who resides in Granville, Ohio; Almelia deceased ; Lyman, who occupies the homestead in Licking County ; Edwin, of Fairfield, 111.; Mary, wife of Carter Wilcox ; George, the subject of this sketch; Charles, of Cincinnati, attorney for the Ohio & Mississipp: Railroad, and Walter, the youngest, resides in Mill Creek Township, this county. Mr. Beecher, our subject, was reared to manhood on his father's farm. For four years after he was of age, he worked for a salary of $100 per year. April 17, 1852, he came to Union County, and located on 185 acres of land in Mill Creek Township, which was in nature's original state, He cleared this farm, and continued to make additions till he now owns a body of land containing 509 acres, all of which he acquired by his untiring industry and successful business management. In the fall of 1877, he purchased forty acres adjoining the corpuration of Marysville on the east, and erected on it a commodious frame residence. Mr. Beecher is engaged extensively in rearing fine sheep, and is ranked as one of the leading sheep-raisers of the county. For the last two years he has bought and shipped draft horses to Mansfield, doing a large and successful trade. He is a man of much force of character, and in the pursuits of life has been eminently successful. His marriage was celebrated January 16, 1852, with Miss Rosanna Rogers, a daughter of M. W. and Mary Rogers, formerly of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Beecher is a native of Licking County, was born July 5, 1828. Three children are the fruits of this union - Alice A., wife of Marion Taylor, Clara and Mary L.

SAMUEL BEIGHLER, farmer, P. OQ. Marysville, eldest son of Tobias and Saran Beighler), was born in Paris Township December 10, 1828. He was reared and brought up on his father's farm, and was educated in the common schools. He was married April 12, 1849, to Miss Ann J. Fawcett, a daughter of Jesse and Philadelphia Fawcett. They have six sons living - Asbury H., an attorney at law in Marysville; Warren, Jasper, John, Elwood and Tobias. Mr. Beighler purchased and located on his present farm in the spring of 1858, He cleared his farm from the ** stump," and has well improved it. Mr. B. and wife are members of the United Brethren Church. Politically he is a Republican. He owns a farm of ninety acres, and is engaged in agriculture.

* A. H. BEIGHTLER, attorney, Marysville. The Beightler family whose record may be found in this volume, comprises one of the most extensive connections of the pioneer settlers. The subject of this sketch is a son of Samuel and Ann J. (Fawcett) Beightler, and was born in Paris Township, Union County, in 1852. He was raised on a farm and received his primary education in the high schools of this city, where he began the study ot law in the office of R. L, Woodburn, in 1874. He was admitted to the bar April 20th, 1877, and the same year began the practice of his profession in Marysville, where he has since been constantly and actively engaged. He has served the township as clerk, and since his admission to the bar has filled the office of secretary of the Agricultural Society. He is a member of the Lodge and Chapter F. & A. M, at Marysville, and of the Commandry at Urbana, and connected with the Presbyterian Church of this town. Politically Mr. B. is a stanch Republican. He was united in marriage to Miss Laura C., daughter of G. T. Dorland, of Cincinnati, in 1880. Two children, Alice and Gordon R., are the issue of this union.

IRA BELVILLE, farmer, P. O. Marysville, son of Nicholas and Anna Belville, was born in Paris Township April 18, 1839. He passed his early life on his father's farm and received a common schooling. August 19, 1861, he married Caroline Smith, a daughter of Andrew and Jane Smith. She departed this life August 4, 1864, and August 4, 1867, Mr. Belville was azain married, this time to Mrs. Rachel Draper, widow of Nelson Draper (deceased), and daughter of Adam Shirk. Three children were the fruits of this union: Anna L,, Mary R. and Ada May. Mrs. Belville died June 15, 1878. She had two children by her former husband ; of these one (Biance), is living. Hannah is deceased. In 1867, Mr. Belville took up his residence on his present farm. He is engaged in the pursuits of farming and rearing stock. His farm is located in Taylor and Liberty Townships and contains 84 acres. He has been prominently connected with the Grange, and in politics is Democratic, ; A

ROBERT BELT, farmer, P. O. Marysville, was born near Newark, Ohio, June 15, 1822, His parents, Benjamin and Rachel Crouch, were natives of Maryland and Pennsylvania respectively. They had nine children, of whom four are living: Letha A. (wife of Samuel Park), Ella (wife of Asa Park), Robert and Wesley. Robert was reared on the homestead in Licking County and occupied it till 1846. In April, 1864, he came to Union County and bought 146 acres, his present farm. He was married in 1844 to Mary Park, a daughter of John and Margaret Park. She bore him ten children of whom five are living, viz.: Gilbert, George, Frank, Lucy and Ella, Alvin died October 22, 1846, Benjamin died October 21, 1864, Henry, December 1, 1864, and Isabell December 14, 1864. Mrs. Belt departed this. life January 5, 1865, of typhoid fever, The three children, Benjamin, Henry and Isabell, who preceded her but a few days, died from the same fever. Mr. Belt was again married, January 29, 1866, to Mrs. Mary C. Wells, widow of Joseph Wells, and daughter of Ezekiel and Sarah Cunningham, Mrs, Belt was born in Licking County September 2, 1832. She had two children by her first husband ; one (Sarah E.) is living, now wife of Henry N. Amrine. Mr. Belt has cleared and well improved his farm which was covered with woods when he located on it in 1864. He has been a sucoessful farmer; of late years he has devoted especial attention to rearing fine sheep. He and his wife are members of the M. E. Church of Marysville. He is associated with the Masonic fraternity, and in politics is a supporter of Republican ponsiples and doctrines. He owns a farm of 148 acres, with good i ts, located near Marysville. ;

TOBIAS BIGLER (or Br. was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, June 1, 1805, He is a son of George and Elizabeth (Lookenbill) Beighler, who were natives of Pennsylvania, The original name was spelled Beighler, but was subsequently changed to Bigler and Ps to Beightler. The name is of German origin, the grandfather of our subject having emigrate Ta Germany to the United States prior to the American Revolution. Tobias, the subjeot of this sketch, is the second son and fifth child of a family of eight children, of whom two are an viz.: George, Elizabeth, Solomon, Rebecca, Sophia, Tobias, Sallie and Enoch, v ys our 8u n ject was four years of age, his parents removed to Licking County, Ohio, and the fol Ernie : Feirfield County, where he spent his boyhood and early manhood. He worked by the jet A the small salary of $7 till he came to this county in the latter part of 1825. He Pon Dido E on land owned by James Dines for a short time then purchased one hundred acres o > an for which he paid $450. He cleared the site for his house. His dwelling place for oe was in the solitude of nature's wild dominion which was the habitation of the pm ih A bear. Mr. Bigler began the work of clearing and improving his farm and making " di en his original purchase till his farm now contains 225 apres; of this 215 acres are well-impro and under a high state of cultivation. Mr. Bigler was married January, 1827, to Miss Sarah Amrine, a daughter of John and Ornzie Amrine, and a native of Pennsylvania. Twelve children were the fruits of this union; of these eight are living, viz.: Samuel, Mary A., Andrew, John, Eliza, Daniel, Harrison and James M.; Abraham, Lewis, Solomon and George are deceased. Mrs. Bigler died March 25, 1862, and June 5, 1862, Mr. B. celebrated his second marriage with Nancy Burrows, daughter of Jeremiah and Mary A. Burrows. Of two children by this marriage one (Wilson H.) is living. Nancy is deceased. Mr. Bigler is one of the sturdy old pioneers of Union County ; he located within its limits when an almost unbroken forest, with no capital save his energy, which he diligently displayed in hewing down the monarchs of the forests and clearing up his farm. The broad acres with all their wealth of soil and improvements are the fruits of his years of arduous toil and industry. He is now bordering on the seventy-eighth year of his age, but is in possession of strong mental powers and a good physical condition.

HAMILTON BLUE, farmer, P. O. Marysville, was born in Ross County, Ohio, May 24, 1819. He is a son of William and Margaret (Hamilton) Blue, natives of Old Virginia. Mr. Blue was born December 12, 1796, and Mrs. Blue, January 4, 1798. Mr. Blue's parents, John M. and Catharine Blue, removed to Ross County in 1808; his wife's parents, Alexander and Mary Hamilton, settled there about the same time. Mr, and Mrs. Blue were married May 28, 1818, and had tour sons - Hamilton, Josiah, David and William. They removed to Union County in 1832, and located in Paris Township, where Mr. Blue died, May 12, 1879. His widow lives Josiah, the second son. Hamilton was reared to manhood on a farm, and was educated in the common schools. October 20, 1839, he united in marriage with Susan Orahood, a daughter of Samuel and Polly Orahood, and a native of Hardy County, Va. She was born February 29, 1816. Her death occurred June 20, 1873, leaving one son and five daughters - Alexander, Melissa (wife of Joseph Snider), Mary E. (wife of Charies Amrine), Margaret (wife of Peter Heckel), Susan (wife of Jacob Reed) and Clarinda. Mr. Blue married the second time, October 29, 1875, to Mrs. Mary Martin, widow of Benjamin Martin and daughter of John and Euthania Thompson. Mrs. Blue was born in Virginia, October 29, 1817. She had nine children by Mr. Martin - Caroline (wife of John Johnson), Riley, Charles C., Mattie (wife of Alexander Blue) are living. Mr. Blue settled on his present farm in 1851; and has since occupied it, engaged in farming and rearing stock. His farm contains 125 acres, and was all in woods when he located on it. He has cleared it up and aided in making many of the improvements of his neighborhood. He and wife are connected with the Christian Church. He is associated with the Masonic fraternity and in politics with the Democracy.

JOSIAH BLUE, farmer, second son of William and Margaret Blue, was born in Ross County, Ohio, October 24, 1822. When ten years of age, his parents removed to Union County, and young Blue spent the rest of his early life on his father's farm, in the northern part of Paris Township. He married, September 10, 1846, to Malinda Orahood, a daughter of Samuel and Mary Orahood. Mrs. Blue was born in Union County, and died in February, 1848, and left one son and one daughter - Lewis F. and Nancy. Mr. Blue's second marriage occurred in 1851, with Mrs. Susanna Orahood, daughter of Levi and Susan Wells, and widow of Joseph Orahood. Of six children by this union, four are living - Sarah (wife of Silas G. Gray), Lucy, Dorcas, Della, William and David. In 1851, Mr. Blue bought fifty-one acres of his present farm, and made additions till he now owns 171 acres, most of which he cleared and improved from the "stump." He is connected with the Masonic order and Democratic party and is a successful farmer.

R. S. BONNETTE, Superintendent of the County Infirmary, was born in Ohio County, Va., February 10, 1834. Heisa son of John and Ann M. Bonnette, who came to Union County in 1810 and located in Leesburg Township, where our subject was reared to manhood. September, 1862, he volunteered in Company I, One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He participated in the following principal battles: Perryville, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Kenesaw Mountain, and a number of minor battles. He accompanied Gen. Sherman on his march to the sea, and participated in all the engagements of note. In the spring of 1864, he was commissioned Sergeant, and served in that capacity until discharged. He returned home and farmed till 1868, and engaged in the grain trade in Dover, which he carried on till 1873. He returned to his farm, and was engaged in its pursuits till March, 1882, when he was appointed to his present charge. He has managed the institution successfully and creditably. He was married, October 9, 1856, to Hester A. S. Brown, a native of Union County, born March 16, 1837, and a daughter of S. P. G. and Sarah Brown. They have three children - Elbert W. (married Glennie Dodge), Linnie E. and Nelson I. Mr. and Mrs. Bonnette are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Bonnette is identified with the I. O. O. F. and G. A. R., and in politics is a Republican. He served as Trustee of Leesburg-Township two years. His farm in Leesburg contains 118 acres of well improved land. ;

JOHN K. BORGER, was born in Bavaria, Germany, May 8, 1841, and in 1843 was brought to America by his parents, William and Elizabeth B. Borger. They settled in Columbus, and in 1858 removed to Darby Township, and in 1861 to Union Township, where Mrs. B. departed this life September 11, 1870. John is the youngest of five children. When fifteen years of age he took up the trade of bricklaying, with George A. Fox, of Marysville, and followed it three years, since which time he has pursued the avocation of farming and keeping stock, October 18, 1866, he was joined in marriage to Miss Maggie Magerlein, who was born in Bavaria, Germany, and came to this country with her parents, Leonard and Eve Magerlein, when only a child. She bore seven children, of whom six are living, viz.: John F., John L., Mary A., Lena L., John W. and George E. Charlie C. is deceased. Mr. Borger died August 20, 1882. Mr. B. was the possessor of 175 acres of rich land, fifty-two acres of which are situated in Paris Township. It is adorned with a substantial brick residence and other good improvements. Mr. Borger wasa good, law-abiding citizen. He was a member of the Lutheran Church and a Democrat.

JOHN BRAUN, tailor, Marysville, is a native of Germany, where he was born in 1842, He crossed the waters to the land of the free in 1851, and located at Columbus, Ohio, where he worked at his trade until 1874, at which time he came to this city and engaged at his avocation with Otte Brothers. Here he has bent his energies to his task with scarcely one day of relief or relaxation. He was, however, possessed of the true German element, and by strict economy and indomitable energy has made fine possessions. He erected a brick block of buildings in East Center street at a cost of $7,000, which is a fine addition to the street. Mr. Braun was married in 1865 to Miss Coney, daughter of Stephen Childers, a native of this county. Five children born to this union are all living, viz.: Clara, John, Harvey, Adam and Georgia.

JOHN M. BRODRICK, attorney, Marysville. John M. Brodrick, prosecuting attorney, is a native of Allen Township, Union County, where he was born May 19,1854. His parents, Isaac, Jr., and Sarah P. (Hoff) Brodrick, with their respected and venerable ancestors, were among the pilgrims and founders of Allen Township, who built their cabins in the forest. and scattering the seed of that better intelligence, which, growing year by year. has transformed the dense forest into well cultivated fields and waving grain. A history of their settlement appears in another portion of this work. The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm, and learned to labor with his hands. He received his priwary education in the district schools, and academy at Lewisburg. He began teaching school when eighteen years of age, and two years afterward began the study of law in the office ef Porter & Sterling, of this city. He wasadmitted to the bar September 5, 1875, and began the practice of his profession in this city November 1, 1876. He was elected Prosecuting Attorney in Noveniber, 1881, and fills that position at this time. He has also served two terms as Corporation Clerk, and has, by close application and attention to business, cultivated and sustained alarge and well merited practice. He is a loyal Republican, a member of the Masonic fraternity, and past officer inthe I. O. O. F. Mr. B. was married April 16, 1878, to Miss N. M. G., a daughter of B. T. Benton, and a native of Delaware, Ohio. One child, William F., is the issue of this union.

AARON BROWN, farmer, P. O. Marysville, a native of Fayette County, Pa., was born March 2, 1813. His parents, Vincent and Amelia (Wilson) Brown, came from Pennsylvania to Union County in 1830 and settled in Darby Township, where Mr. Brown died in 1847 and Mrs. B. in 1852. Aaron is the sixth of nine children. He was reared to manhood a farmer boy: April 15, 1848. he united himself in marriage with Elizabeth Brown, a daughter of Christopher and Elizabeth Brown, and a native of Pennsylvania, where she was born November 11, 1826. Of seven children by this marriage only two are living: Amelia, and Harriet, wife of David H. Smith. Mr. Brown resided in Darby Township till 1866, when he removed to the farm he now occupies. He owns 128 acres of land, and is by occupation a farmer. :

THOMAS BROWN, Ex-Judge of the Probate Court, was born in County Antrim, Ireland, March 25, 1819. In 1824, his parents Allen and Margaret M. Brown, came across the waters and settled in Clermont County, Ohio, where they resided two years, in 1827 removing to Campbell County, Ky., and in 1829 to Highland County, Ohio, where they were among the earliest pioneers. Mr. Brown bought a farm and kept a country tavern on the Cincinnati & Chillicothe Stage Road, fifteen miles west of Hillsboro. He entertained the 'pioneer travlers 2 for twenty years, and died January 10, 1860. His widow followed him in September, 1876. They were the parents of six children, of whom our subject is the second. He was reared on a farm till fifteen, when he began and served an apprenticeship of four years and a half at tanning at Point Pleasant, Ohio, the birth place of Gen. Grant. At the expiration of this time he entered upon a course in Miami University, of Oxford, Ohio, and remained a studentthree and a half years, when, on account of ill health, he retired and taught school three years. In 1844, he engaged in the mercantile trade in Highland, and in 1846 removed to Marysville, where he continued in merchandising till 1851, where'he was elected Probate Judge. In 1860, he was n poiated to the same position to filla vacancy. While Probate Judge he read law and was admitte to the bar in 1854. After practicing law two years, he again engaged in mercantile pursuits, retiring in 1870. The following year he embarked in the insurance business, and now represents the following companies, viz.: Hartford, Continental, North British and Mercantile, Lancashire Sun, Ohio, Dayton, Niagara and Michigan Mutual. Judge Brown was twice Mayor of Marysville and two terms Infirmary Director, He was first married April 4, 1843, to Miss, Mary E, Se who died September 12, 1873, leaving four children; William M., Matilda R., wife of TN. i Liggett, Margaret E., wife of W. F. Gallaher, and Harry E. His second marriage occurred November 4, 1875, to Miss Sarah A. Carpenter, daughter of James Carpenter, of Delaware County. Judge Brown and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.

B. V. BUFFINGTON, physician, Marysville. Dr. Buffington has attained considerable prominence as practitioner of this city and has won a merited reputation. He was born near Harpers Ferry, Va., in 1838. In infancy, his parents, Samuel and Nancy A. (Wheatley) Buffington, moved and settled in Pleasant Township, Clark Co., Ohio, being among the pioneers of that township. Subsequently they selected a home at Milford Center, Union County, where they yet reside. Here the subje:t of this sketch was brought up and received his common school education. At the age of twenty-two years, he began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. Leonard, of Urbana, and after four years of constant application and service, began the practice of his profession. He passed graduation at the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati in 1873, and as a student of that school has built up a large practice. Dr. B. became a resident physician of Marysville in 1868, and has firmly established himself as a successful doctor and esteemed eitizen. He was married in New Carlisle, Clark Co., Ohio, in 1874, to Miss J. H. Johnson, a native of that county. Three children were born to this issue, two of whom are living, viz.: Edna B. and Opal A. Dr. B. is associated with the I. O. O. F. society. ;

JOHN Q. BURGNER, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, was born in Delaware County Ohio, October 21, 1853 ; his parents were William Burguer and Mary A. Kile, his wife, the former of German and the latter of Scotch decent. William Burgner was born in Pennsylvania, in 1826, and when two years of age came to Ohio with his parents, settling in Fairfield County. 1n 1850, he removed to Delaware County, and in 1872 came to Richwood, this county, where he now resides. His wife died in 1856. The subject of this sketch was raised principally on a farm and acquired his education in his native county. In 1872, he removed with his father to Richwood, and in the autumn of 1875, engaged with him in the mercantile trade under the firm name of William Burgner & Son. In October, 1881, he was elected Clerk of the Courts on the Republican ticket, and assumed the duties of his office in February, 1882. Mr. Burgner is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Marysville, and is identified with the Masonic fraternity and Knights of Pythias.

AMOS BURRIS, farmer, P. O. Marysville, was born on the Whitewater River, in Indiana, September 4, 1825. When three years of age, his parents, Jeremiah and Mary (Billater) Burris, removed to Adams County, and in 1841, to Union County. His father was a soldier iu the war of 1812, and died near Marysville December 25, 1863, aged seventy-two years. Amos, the subject of this sketch, was reared to manhood on the farm. May 15, 1844, he was joined in marriage with Miss Polly A., daughter of Moses and Elizabeth Amrine, by whom he has had six children, viz: Randolph F., William M.. Martha, wife of Alonzo Reed, Josephine, Mahlon and Elgar. Mr. and Mrs. B. are connected with the United Brethren Church. He owns a farm ot forty-six acres and is engaged in tilling the soil.

J. L. CAMERON, attorney, Marysville, is a native of Union City, and was born in Jackson Township May 22, 1844. His parents, Joseph and Sarah (Reed) Cameron, were natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia respectively. They founded a home in Jackson Township, in 1827, and were among its earliest and most respected pioneers. He was a successful farmer aud resided on the homestead to the close of his life, in 1873. His devoted companion, who survives, is in the seventy-third year of her age. They were the parents of eight children, seven of whom areliving. The subject of this sketch was reared op the homestead, where hé was diligently engaged until the 7th day of October, 1863, when he joined the forces of the Union Army, in Cowpany C, Twelfth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and was discharged as Corporal, at Chattanooga, Tenn., August 31, 1865. He participated in the battles of Cynthiana, Ky., Laurel Gap, Va., Mount Sterling, Ky., June 9, 1864; Wytheville, Va., December 16, 1864; Saltville, Va.. December 20, 1864; Marion, December 22, 1864; and on the memorable Stoneman raid, in February, 1865. Returning to peaceful pursuits, he began the study of law under the preceptorship of Hon. J. W. Robinson, of this city. He was a pupil apt to learn, diligent and persevering in application to his studies, and became thoroughly versed iu the arts oflaw. He was admitted to the bar in 1867, and soon after began the practice of his chosen profession in Marysville, where he has since been successfully engaged. It is bot justice to say of Lawyer Cameron, that he was without the aid of advantageous circumstances, but has risen from the humble walks of life, to be classed among the leading attorneys at the bar of Union County. He was married, in 1872, to Miss Emma, daughter of William Toomire, of Champaign County, Ohio. Two children born to this issue - Mabel and Richard, are both living. Mr. C. isa member of the Masonic fraternity and a veteran in the ranks of the G. A. R.

B. F. CARMEAN, dry goods, Marysville. This house established business in this city April 1, 1880, under the firm name of B. F. Carmean & Co. The copartnership dissolved the following year, and B. F. Carmean, succeeding the company, became sole proprietor. He carries a stock of about $20,000, and has a large and increasing trade, Mr. C. is a native of Ohio, born in Van Wert County, in 1854. His parents, Smith and Sarah A. Carmean, were natives of Maryland and Pennsylvania, respectively. His father died in 1855, and in 1857, his mother moved to Auglaize County, where the subject of this sketch lived a " farmer boy" until eighteen years of age, and since then has been engaged in selling dry goods. Prior to Mr. Carmean's locating in this city, he lived in Washington C. H., Ohio, where, in 1879, he was married to Miss Millie J. McElwain, a native of Fayette County.

JOHN CASSIL, deceased. Judge John Cassil was a son of Alex and Mary (Gray) Cassil, natives of Pennsylvania and Scotland respectively, and was born in Washington County, Penn., February 19, 1803. His father moved to Jefferson County, Ohio, when he (John) was quite young. Subsequently he settled in Greene County, where both his parents died. The subject of this sketch was married in Jefferson County, Ohio, April 7, 1825, to Miss Drusilla Gladden, a daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Munn) Gladden, and a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, where she was born June 12, 1806. After marriage he became engaged in the woolen mills at Steubenville, Jefferson County, and in 1833, he removed to this county and purchased the land now known as the Mason Gill farm, upon which he settled. After ten years of farming, he took up his residence in Marysville, and for some years edited the Marysville Argus (now the Tribune). In 1842, he was elected Clerk of Courts, afterward served the county as Auditor, and was Associate Judge some years. At the breaking out of the rebellion he recruited Company F, Sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as First Lieutenant, and resigned as Captain, June 21, 1862. He was wounded at Fort Republic, and though the wound was not serious, he did not recover from the effects of it for s»me months. He re urned to his home in 1863. At the time of his death he was Justice of the Peace. and Mayor of this city; in early life he associated with the Christian Church, and wa: a man widely known and highly esteemed. His demise occurred at the residence of his son in Jasper County, Mo., June 15, 1869. He was the father of thirteen children - Gustavus A., a resident of New Mexico; Hannah, widow of James Kinkade of this city; Mary G., deceased; Samuel, deceased; Joseph G., a printer at Woodfield, Monroe Co., Ohio; Alexander G., who enlisted in the Nineteenth Ohio Battery, and afterward raised a company of colored troops (artillery) in Tennessee, aud died at the Soidier s Home, Dayton, Ohio, December 19, 1882; Mary J., wife of Hon. J. W. Robinson; Reuben, a resident of Fort Bend County, Texas; Edward, deceased; James M., a resident of Fort Bend County, Texas; Martha E., at home; David G , deceased, and Drusilla, deceased.

A. S. CHAPMAN. The parents of the gentleman whose name heads this notice were Roswell Riggs Chapman, born in Blandford, Mass., September 21, 1793, and Phoebe Stansbery, born in Scotch Plains, N. J., March 1, 1798. In 1808, the Chapman family came to Ohio with the Scioto Company, and located at Worthington, Franklin County. This company was composed of members of the Episcopal Church. and was intended to establish an Episcopal settlemeut under the leadership of Col. James Kilbourn, who was its first minister. The Chapmans, who were Presbyterians in their religious belief, took the place in the colony of a family which failed to emigrate, and settled on the west side of the O entangy River, about three miles above Worthington. The oldest son, Roswell Riggs Chapman, enlisted in Capt. Levi Pinney's Company in the war of 1812, served as a musician, becoming fife major of his regiment, and was taken prisoner by the British at Detroit upon the surrender of that post by Gen. Hull. After his return, he engaged as clerk for the Scioto Company in their store, subsequently forming a partnership in the dry goods, grocery and general produce business with his uncle, Dr. Daniel Upson. In the spring of 1816, he was married to Phoebe Stansbery. His health failed in 1826, and in 1827, being threatened with consumption, he went South, thinking to derive benefit from the change. The disease, however, had too strong a hold upon him, and he died on a steamer on the 13th of December, 1827, and was buried at Natchez, Miss. His wife, Phoebe Stansbery, was the only child of Judge Recompense Stansbery, who emigrated to Worthington, Ohio, in 1810, coming through Pennsylvania, down the Ohio River on a flat-boat and up the Muskingum as far as Zanesville, thence by wagon to Granville, in what is now Licking County, Ohio, and across the country to Worthington. Between the latter points there was then no road, and he was compelled to clear his way with anax. Mr. Stansbery occupied a prominent position in the new settlement. In 1814, he was appointed Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas; was Justice of the Peace, and in that capacity married many of the early settlers, among them Orange Johnson and wife, pioneera of Columbus. He was for twenty-five years Postmaster at Worthington; was a large landholder and stock owner, having at one time 1200 sheep, when the region was yet thickly infested with wolves. He died in 1843. Albert Stansbery Chapman was born in Worthington, Franklin Co., Ohio, April 26, 1823, and passed bis early years in acquiring an education. At the age of twelve, he began attending school at Blendon, under the instruction of Rev. Ebenezer Washburn, remaining two years, and next became a pupil of the Worthington school, taught by Rev. R. K. Nash. At the age of eighteen years, he began rending medicine and teaching school durjng the winters, In 1843, he entered as clerk the dry goods establishment of his uncle, Ira Reynolds, at West Liberty, Logan Co., Ohio, where hu remained until 1845, going thence to Richland, in the same county, where he established » store of his own. In 1846, he removed to the village of Newton, in Liberty Township, Union Co., Ohio, engaging in mercantile business, and remaining until the fall of 1847, when he returned to Rich. land and entered into partnership with his brother in merchandising and the manufacture of saleratus and boots and shoes. In 1854, he again came to Union County, settling at Marysville, and embarking in the dry goods business in company with his brother and Isaac Channell, In the fall of 1855, owing to the fail re of his health - consumption threatening him - he closed out his business, purchased the old homestead at Worthington, and moved upon it, having lived there during bis youth with his grandfather, Judge Stansbery. Being compelled from the state of his health to seek out-of-door employment, Mr. Chapman acquired a taste for farming, and in 1862, purchased the farm in Jerome Township, Union County, now owned by John Curry, containing about 182 acres. In the spring of 1870, he located a second time at Marysville, entering into partnership with his son in the agricultural implement business, under the firm name of C. 8. Chapman & Uo. In 1874, he and others organized the People's Bank, at Marysville, and in 1875, he formed a partnership with John S. Fleck, under the firm name of Fleck & Chapman, for the purpose of manufacturing doors, sash and blinds, and dealing in lumber. The business of this firm bas increased from $7,000 in 1875, to $60,000 in 1882, over two million feet of lumber, and fifty cars of shingles, and both handled in a year. When he came here, in 1874, he subscribed stock to a company formed for the purpose of manufacturing tubs, spokes, feather strips, etc., and became its superintendent and treasurer. He disposed of his stock when he became a partner in his present business with Mr. Fleck, in 1875. Mr. Chapman is still interested in agriculture, and in company with his son owns 885 acres of land in Jerome Township. When twenty-two years of age, Mr. Chapman married Miss Eveline M. Couch, of Springfield, Ohio, and to them have been born three children, of whom Charles Stansbery Chapman, present cashier of the People's Bank at Marysville, is the oldest, and the only survivor; Frank, the second child, died at the age of five years; Minnie, the youngest, was married in 1871, to A. J. Reicherts, of Delaware, Ohio, and died in 1872, leaving one child, who is living with her grandfather Chapman. Mr. Chapman, being left at the early age of four years without the example and counsel of a father, found that he must place dependence on himself in the great battle of life, and consequently determined 10 devote himself to study and become master of any business in which he should choose to engage. During his whole life it has been his aim to deal fairly and in good faith in his business transactions, and his word being once given has ever been strictly kept. Being of a careful and cautious nature, he has never engaged in wild or vision ary speculations, but preferred the natural growth and legitimate profits of regular business. By strict attendance to business matters, with industry and economy he has accumulated not great wealth, but a sufficient competence. Charles Stansbery Chapman, oldest son and only surviving child of A. S. and Eveline (Couch) Chapman, was born in Union County, Ohio, November 15, 1546; was educated in the schools ot Worthington, Franklin Co., Ohio, and in 1870, came to Marysville, and engaged in business with his father. He has also been a member of the stock company which operates the People's Bank since its organization, and has held the position of cashier fron the beginning of the bank's existence. This position he fills admirably, and his genial and gentlemanly qualities insure for him popularity and the respect of patrons and citizens generally. He is a joint owner with his father ia a large farm in Jerome Township. the two engaging extensively in stock-raising. Mr. Chapman's energies are always alive to public improvement and business advancement - traits which he inherits from his father. In 1870, he married Anna T., daughter of James Kinkade (now deceased), of Marysville, and two children - Frank T. and Max, have blessed this union. '

F. J. CHERRINGTON. photographer, Marysville. This social gentleman is a germ of the Buckeye State, and was born near Gallipolis, Ohio, in 1845, his parents, Jefferson and Mary (Hank) Cherrington, being distinguished among the early and respected pioneers of Galila County. His father was a farmer and resided in that county until his death. He was in early life a teacher of schools and music, and a life-long member of the M. E. Church. The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm and learned to labor with his hands. Attaining age and having a natural taste for photographing, he learned the trade and established himself in business at Logan, Hocking County, Ohio. Four years afterward he came to this city and opened the gallery on Main street, and opposition of no merit being offered in the Main street studio, he purchased the concern, since which time he has had control of the trade in the city and county surrounding. He is a thorough student of his profession, and produces the most approved styles of photography. Mr. C. during the rebellion gave his service to the one hundred day call in the Une Hundred and Forty-first O. V. I. Ile was married in 1874 to Miss Hattie, a daughter of George Strong, of Logan, Uhio. Two children born to this union are both living, viz.: George N. and Winnie M.

D. S. CLEMENT, retired, P. O. Marysville. David S. Clement, one of Union County's prominent pioneers, was born in Madison County, Ohio, July 15, 1831. Hecame to this county when & youth with his parents, where he acquired his education, and locating in the southwestern part of the county, ehgaged in the mercantile trade. Here he built up a large business and named the place Irwin, which name it yet retains, and has hecome a populous village. He secured the first, post office, and was virtually the founder of Irwin. He served as Postmaster for ten consecutive years, and for a long period was Justice of the Peace. In 1865, he joined a colony and emigrated to Hannibal, Mo., and four years later returned and settled in Marysville, where he has since made his home. He subsequently engaged in the greenhouse business until 1882, when he retired from the active duties of life, to the comforts of his home and family. His companion in marriage, whose maiden name was Lydia A. Miller, is a daughter of James Culver Miller, and his mother (Zelinda) was a descendant of the celebrated Burnham family, which is found in the early records of Massachusetts and Connecticut. The coat-of-arms to the name was granted on the 25th of October, A. D. 1617, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, to Sir

William Burnham, of the West of England. The records go to show that the Burnham family spring from three brothers who landed at Cape Ann about the seventeenth century. Two of the brothers (John and Thomas), settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and Joshua at a place Black Point in New Hampshire or Maine. The present representatives of the family come of the fifth generation, of which Ebenezer is the head. He with his sons (John and Josiah) were soldiers in the Revolutionary war. Hiram G. Miller, great grandson of Ebenezer, was born June 23, 1828, and is a resident of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Clement are the parents of one child - Estella (wife of Henry Burnett, of this city).

HON. J. B. COATS, Prohate Judge, Marysville. John B. Coats was born in Guilford, Windham Co., State of Vermont, on the 5th day of September, A. D. 1821, in which State, with the exception of about two years' residence in the State of Massachusetts, he continued to reside until a few weeks prior to reaching majority. He was principally engaged in farm libor during this time, leaving home to engage in the battle of life, on his own account, when a little over thirteen years of age. He received such education as the common schools afforded at hat time, and after leaving home made it a point to attend school during the three winter months, until arriving at majority. In 1842, he hid adieu to his native hills and sterted for Ohio, selecting it as, in his judgment, the best of the then Western States, arriving at Xenia in Septem. ber of the aforesaid year. After attending school at the latter place for a few months, to add to his then limited store of knowledge, and familiarize himself with the customs of the country, he commenced teaching near Jamestown, Greene Co., Ohio. He continued teaching and laboring on a farm up to the year 1848, during which time he had read law with John H. Watson, of Xenia, at which place he was admitted to the bar, on the 17th day of June, A. D 1847. In 1848, his health having become so impaired as to incapacitate him for entering upon the practice of his profession, he returned to his native State to recuperate, where he remained for about a year and a half, engaged in teaching and various pursuits a portion of the time. His'health being restored, he returned to Ohio and located in Marysville, in December, 1849, entering into partnership 1n the practice of law with P. B. Cole, Esq., which partnership continued for about two years. Soon after coming to Marysville, he engaged in editorial labors, at intervals, as assistant editor of the Marysville Tribune. then under the control of the late Hon. C. S. Hamilton; being x eee eed Whig in politics, he labored in various ways to insure the success of that party till it ceased to exist, when he became a Republican. In November, 1853, he purchased the Tribune of Mr. Hamilton, assumed the editorial control of the same and continued to , act in that capacity for one year, when he sold out. During his brief editorial career, he still continued in the practice of the law, in partnership with John L. Porter, under the firm name of Coats & Porter. This was continued with an interruption of a few years up to 1862, when Mr. Porter went into the army. In 1858, he began acting as assistant editor of the Union Press and so continued until 1859; and in 1861 he assumed the editorship of the same paper, and in this capacity acted until the paper changed hands, some time in 1868. While engaged editorially, he labored with zeal to promote the success of the Republican party, and was a delegate in the convention of July 13th, 1854, at Columbus, which practically formed that party, and to which he has adhered during the years of its existence. The first office he was ca!led to fill was that of Justice of the Peace, to which he was elected in 1861, serving three years, and again elected to the same office in 1857. In 1859, he was elected to the office of Prosecuting Attorney of the county, a position that he held for three successive terms, when he retired. At the October election, in 1869, he was elected to the office of Probate Judge, which office, by successive elections, he now holds, having entered on his fifth term. At the April election, in 1873, he was elected a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, to which position he had been nominated by a Republican convention, held in March of that year. It is but justice to Judge Coats to say that he did not seek this, and during the canvass, prior to his nomination, spoke against the use of his name, believing it not in the fitness of things that he. while holding one office, should seek, or be elected to, another; but on receiving the nomination, he deemed it but justice to his friends who had placed him in nomination, that he should accept, and leave the matter in the hands of the people, to whose decision in the premises, he felt willing to submit with cheerfulness. He had numerous competitors for the nomination, which, as he had foreseen, caused some bitterness of feeling, and: his competitor at the polls being an independent candidate, made the contest a very lively one, out of which he came with a majority of thirteen, in a very light vote. On April 20, 1854, Judge Coats married Catharine P. Vastine, of Delaware County Ohio, daughter of John and Catharine (Hetrick) Vastine, who removed to Iowa in 1854, and remained until their deaths. By this marriage three children have been born, to wit: John Wilber (who died in 1872 in his eighteenth year), Frances D., born October 19, 1856, and Charles N., born June 8, 1861.

JOHN CODER, grocer, Marysville. The parents of John Coder were among the earliest pilgrims of Ross County, Ohio, and all classified with the pioneers of York Township, Union Couvty, where they settled in 1835. Simon, his father, was a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother, whose name was Jane Gault, was a Virginian. He was a blacksmith by trade, but cleared a farm in York and Taylor Townships. He is a resident of York Township at this time, and is in the ninety-second year of his age. His estimable wife died in May, 1848. They were parents of eight children, five of whom are living. The subject of this sketch was born in Ross County October 31, 1827. He was raised on a farm, and learned the trade of his father, at which he worked, when he came to this city in 1856. He first opened a shop on Main street, and for twenty-six years applied himself diligently to his profession. In the spring of 1882, he opened to the public a choice stock of groceries in his present location, and enjoys the good will and trade of a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. Mr. Coder was married in December, 1847, to Miss Catherine Staley, a native of Greene County, Ohio. This union has been . blessed with four children, three of whom are living, viz.: Jennie, William F. and Charles O. Mr. Coder numbers among the oldest resident business men of the city. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Order of Red Men and Methodist Episcopal Church.

DANIEL COE, deceased, was born in Washington County, Penn., March 8, 1801. When eleven years of age, his parents died, and he was brought to live with his brother in the West, the family living in Jefferson County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood. Here he met and married Miss Mary Gladden, a daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Munn) Gladden, who were pioneers of Jefferson County in 1795, where she (Mary) was born on January 18, 1804. This couple pioneered their march of settlement to Union County in 1834, and founded a home on the banks of the nig Darby, where Mr. Coe passed the remainder of his days. His death is recorded January 17, 1851. He was a farmer and was highly esteemed. He was the father of twelve children, five of whom are living, viz.: Philip, Joseph, a resident of Massachusetts, entered the ranks of the Union army in 1861, in Company D, Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private, and served through the battles in which that regiment engaged, and was promoted to First Lieutenant; Sarah, wife of J. W. Robinson ; Lizzie, who was married in February, 1855, to Dr. Swayne, a celebrated physician of this county, by wnom she had four children - Isahella, Mary, deceased; Martha and John. Dr. Swayne died in 1863, and in September, 1867, she married L. H. Smith, now a resident of Kansas, by which she has one child, Jennie; and Mary. wife R. Henderson, of Minneapolis, Minn. Mrs. Coe moved to and occupied her residence at Marysville in 1854, and is now surrounded by the younger generation. She has thirty-seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She is in the enjoyment of good health and is now in the seventy-ninth year of her age. Daniel and Mary Coe were life-long members of the Presbyterian Church and among the oldest and most respected citizens.

EDWARD EVERETT COLE, attorney, Marysville, was born in Marysville, Ohio, March 17,1858. He taught school in Milford Centre one term in the winter of 1870-71, and entered the sophomore class at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in September, 1871. In the fall of 1872, he entered the junior class at the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, and gradusted from that institution in 1874. In the same year he removed to Huntington, Ind., where he was connected with the Indiana Herald as local editor for some time. He returned to M rysville in 1875, studied law with his father, Judge P. B. Cole, and was admitted to the bar February 13, 1876. Since that time he has practiced his profession at Marysville.