Perry Township (part 2 of 2)

Joseph L. Parker, eldest child of Josiah and Eiiza- j beth Parker, was born in Westchester county, New Work, 1 May 10, 1795. March it, 1814, he was married to ! Miss Eunice Phelps, daughter of Elisha and Weighty 1 Phelps, who was born in Seneca county, New York, No- j vember 23, 1797. To them were born eleven children: j Wesley, Ccoleous F., Nelson, Charlotte, Mary A., Julie ; A., Elisha, Josiah, Hannah, Samuel,, and Nathaniel. Of j these, four arc dead and seven living. About two years 1 after the subject of our sketch was mairied, he moved j to Pennsylvania, and remained in the State about four J years. From there he moved to Columbiana county, in ! the year 1825, and from Columbiana county he moved to Mahoning county, then i'rumbu!!, and thence to Ash- j land in the year 1832, and has been a resident of the county ever since. Both Mr. and Mis. Barker are earn- j est. members in the Methodist Episcopal church.

John Barmen ter, jk., second child of John and j Sally Parmcnter, was born in Cortland county, New York, June 4, 1814. In the year 1S36 he emigrated to Wayne county, Ohio, with his father, and remained there until the year 1852, when he moved to Richland count)', and remained there two years, and in 1854 moved to ' Ashland count), where he has since resided. February 28, j 8 j 3, he was married to Miss Sarah, daughter of John and Rachel McDonald. To them have been born eight children: Frances E., John 1)., Rachel A, Will- 1 iam Z., Lancaster W., Mary C., Linneus C., and one who died in infancy. The children have all left the parental roof but one, Linneus C. Mrs. Parmcnter is an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

E. C. Branih.uerv, son of Abraham and Sarah. Bran debery, was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, August 2S, 1831, and removed to Ashland county in October, 1834, with his father, where he has ever since lived. January 31, 1855, he was married to Miss Elizabeth. Bailey, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca Bailey, who was born in Clearcreek township, Ashland county, February 13, 1838. To them have been born six children, as follows : Mary L., Albert E.. Ailelha A., Gertrude, Elias,

Q. Yh, all of whom are living but one, Mary L., who died at the age of four weeks. Mr. and Mrs, Brandebery are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. The subject of this sketch started out in the world with nothing, and by hard work, wise economy, and careful management he is the possessor of a good farm.

Cornelius Bishop, second child of John and Catharine Bishop, was born in Orange township, Ashland county, Ohio, July 16, 1821. In 1845 he njjpved from Orange to Sullivan township, and remained there twelve years, and in the year 1858 he came to Troy township, where he has since resided. August 21, 1845, he was married to Miss Sarah Hazel, daughter of Hugh and Ruth Hazel. To them were born five children, as follows: Mary J., Louisa, Albert W., Ida and Tolm. Two of the children are still at home, two are residents of Troy township, while Albert Yvk is a minister of the gospel in Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop are members of ^ the- United Brethren church. The subject of our sketch is one of the prominent farmers of his township, and has at various times been elected to township offices. He is a class-leader in the churcl^iind superintendent of the Sunday-school.

At.v.'n Crittenden, son of Medad and Sarah Crittenden, was born in Euggles township, Ashland county, Ohio, October 1, 1855, and moved into Troy township in 1877, where he now lives. February 7, 1877, he was married to Miss Ida E. Ford, daughter of Iaban and Sarah Ford. They have one child, Sarah A., burn March 18, 1878. Both Mr and Mrs. Crittenden are members in the church, Mr. Crittenden belonging to the Congregational and his wife to the Methodist Episcopal church.

Joel Bruce, oldest child of Josiah and Betsey Bruce, was born in Windsor county, Vermont, February 1 A 1815. In the year 1 S3 7 he removed to Ashland county. Ohio, and in 1838 settled in Troy township, lie was married twice; the first time to Caroline Smith, Yugust 24, 1S36. To them were born two children, Mary M. and Aldcn. Mrs. Bruce died in October, i860 For a second wife he married Mrs. Julia A. Jacobs, widow ot 1 1 iram lambs, September 5, 1807. A short time alter he settled in Troy township, he was elected to the office of constable, in that township, and served in that cap.;, ilv for nine years. Afterward he served live wars as trustee. During his sei vice as unstable, in: bcium.e accustomed to auctioneering goods, and followed that

History Of Ash 3. And County, Ohio

C.;D. Fair, son of Jacob and live Fair, was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, February 17, r S a 5 , and moved to Holmes county, Ohio, with his father about | the year 1832. About 1S50, he came to Ashland county, and has been a resident of the county ever since. February 7, 1S47, he was married to Sarah Richard, daughter of David and Nancy Richard, who j ^vas born in Holmes county, February 7, 1829. To j them were born twelve children, as follows: Jacob \V., :

Susan, Israel, Margaret, Sarah J., Daniel R., George W., 1 James M., Nancy E., Jonah IT., Harvey YY, and one . who died in infancy. Susan and Margaret are also ! dead.

George Beck, son of Leonard Beck, was born in the province of New Brunswick, February 24, 1815, and emigrated to Harrison county, Ohio, with his mother, five sisters, and two brothers, about the year 1830, and, 1 in 18.47, removed to Sullivan township, Ashland county, i where lie remained until 1865, when he removed to the : farm where he now lives, in Troy township. He was married December 2b, 1839, to Miss Delilah Miller, daughter of Peter and Catharine Miller, who was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, December 16, 1817. To them were born eight children, viz.: Martha J., William IT., Titus F., David, George, Mary E , Eli/a C., Oilie S., ! and Enoch G., but five of where are now livinsr. William, the oldest son, died in the service of his country, i having been a member of company K, One Hundred and Forty-second regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry. ' Both Mr. and Mrs. Peck are members of the United Brethren church,

Oriando Crittenden, son of Medad and Sarah j Crittenden, was born in Ruggles township, Ashland ; county, February 18. 1849. He moved to Troy township December 2, 1S69, and has been a resident of the i county ever since. He was married to Miss Ellen J. Stratton, daughter of Alexander and Isabelle Stratton, ; July 1, 1869. !o them were bom two children- - Wanda E. and Immer O. - both living.

Jackson To Wnsh 1 P.

John7 If. Et-dridok, son of Henry and M. Eldridge, was born in Jackson township, Ashland county, December 9, 1840. He was married to Lucy A. Matthews, oldest c hild of < hosier C. and Elizabeth Matthews, October i2, 1865. He was a soldier in the late war, in battery 1 >, First Ohio veteran volunteer light artillery, for four years. Both Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Samuel Perry, son of Jacob and Elizabeth A. Bony, was born in Jackson township, .Ashland county. Decern 0, 1823, and has always resided there. He was married to Miss Maiinda Shutt, daughter of Philip and Elizabeth Shutt, February 27, 1851. They have had nine children, as follows: Lure, Newton, Myrtle C.,

Margaret C., Olive J., Alma M., Charles Y., Franklin W., and one who died in infancy. Margaret died at the age of twelve years. Both Mr. and Mrs. Berry are earnest members in the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Berry has held the offices of treasurer and trustee of Jackson township three terms each.

Samuel Richer, son of Abraham ana Esther Richer, was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, November 21, 1830. He came to Wayne county, Ohio, with his mother, in the year 1852, and there remained until the year 1856^ when he removed to Ashland county, and remained in the county two years. He then moved to Medina county, remaining there five years, and in the year 1861 moved back to Ashland county, to the farm where he now lives. Pic was married to Miss Mary J. Keller,' August 16, 1854. The fruit of this union was six children: William A., Quincy L., Ida F.. Salena J., and two who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Richer are both earnest members in the Methodist Episcopal church.

Benjamin Buzzard, son of Jacob and Hannah Buzzard, was born in Center county, Pennsylvania, March 8, jSi6, and in the year 1840 moved to Wayne county. Ohio. January 12, 1S45, ^,c 'vas 'married i0 Miss Mary Mcllinger, third child of George and Catharine Mel linger, who was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, November 26, '822, and came to Ohio, Wayne county, with her parents, when at the age of four vent*. Air. and Mrs. Buzzard are members of the Brethren crunch.

Jacoij Km.iNGER, son of Jacob and Barbara Kiplinger, was born in Pence valley. Pennsylvania. March 22, 1S0S. and emigrated to Ashland county, Ohio, in about the year 1S24, and setteled on the farm where his son Emanuel now lives. In the fall of 7832 hr was married to Lizzie Keen, daughter of John Keen, sr. The fruit of this union was seven children - Polly, Emanuel. John, Rebecca, Hannah, and two who died in infancy. Polly, John and Rebecca are also dead. Emanuel was born February 5, 1840, and has lived in Ashland county since bis birth, with the- exception of about eight months, that he lived in Medina county, Ohio. Emanuel Kii linger was married August 23, 1866, to Miss Peggy A. Landis, daughter of Samuel and Christinie 1 and is. who was born in Ashland county, Jackson township, Dr.-ember 28, 1845. They have had seven children - Ida i'.., Alice I,., Christina E., Rosa J., Viola M., Charlie and Harvey E., all living but Alice and a baby who died in infancy. Although Mr Kiplinger is a member of no church, lie is a strong advocate of law and order.

Michael .Stentz, son of Philip and Polly Strut -, was born in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, February 20, 1S2S, and came to Wayne county, near Wooslei with land county to the i'ann where he now lives. March 18, - 183 lie was married to Miss Mary Robertson, daughter i of S.'muei and .Alice Robeitson. The fruit of this I union was nine children - John R., Alice M., James F., ! Filer. J., Florence J., Denton IF, Cela and two who j died in infancy. Florence also died March 25, 1864, | aged two years. Roth Mr. and Mrs. Stents are members j in the Methodist Episcopal church.

David Esin, r. man, son of Joseph and Margaret Esh- | leman, was h.orn in Wayne county, Ohio, February 24, j \1S43, came to Ashland county in 1864, and has lived in j this county ever since, with the exception of about six ! years that he lived in Wayne and Forain counties. He j was married June 2c, 1867, to Harriet, daughter of j Samuel and Christena Landis, who was bom in Ashland i county, June 5, 1848. They had six children, viz. : j Roselia M., Christena, Loveuia E., Sophronia G., Ai- j berta, and one who died in infancy. Christena is also | dead.

Eivj Hbu.SEWOi.bER, son of Michael and .Martha ' Householder, was born in Huntingdon county, Pennsyi- ; van::.. May 21, 1815. In April, 1848, he came to Ash- j land county, where he has since resided. 'Twice Ire has j been married , his first wife was Hester Hamer, widow j of William Hamer, to whom he was married in March, I 183 6. The fruit of this marriage was five children: | Mary A., Michael A., Abrah.an, Caroline and Oliver. M-r. Householder lost his first wife July 27, 1864. The ! second time he was married August 17, 1 SC 5, to Mar- 1 garet J. Patterson,, daughter of James and Barbara Patterson, who was bom in Westmoreland county, Pennsyi - nia. April 28. 1822. Both himself and wife are members of the Pre.il/ytetian church.

James F. Cii a-i , only -on of Seth Chase, was bom in bunk county, Ohio, October ro, 1824. Nine years alter the death oi Ins fattier lie removed to Ashianu living, and Franklin, deceased. Mrs. Chase is a member of the German Reformed church. Mr. Chase has held the office of treasurer of Jackson township two years, and has served as school director for twenty-live years; and he says that in the last ten years he has had an estate on his hands continually, showing the confidence people have in him.

Michael Bowk us, son of -Ulrich Bowers, was horn in Gei many March 25, 1814, and was but four years old when his father died. In 1830 he left Germany and settled in New York State, where he remained eighteen months. From there he moved to Columbiana count)', Ohio, and' remained there six years. Then he moved to Wayne county, and lived there twelve years. From there lie removed to Ashland county, in 1852, where he now lives. Both himself and wife are members of the German Reformed church.

Jacob Fast, son of Martin Fast, was born in Ashland county, Ohio, September 12, 182.x, and is living on the homestead at this writing. Mr. Fast was married twice, his first wife was Elizabeth 1'iice, to whom he was mairied September 7, 1848. To them were born four children, as follows: Irene T., Joseph E., Mary S.: Samuel C : all of whom arc living but Samuel C. Mr. East married, for his second wife, Melissa M. Burlingame, July 20, 5865. The fruit of ibis marriage was two chii dren- - Edwin F. and Cora E. Mr. and Mrs. Fast are members of the Disciple church. Mr. Fast lias held the office of justice of the peace since 1852, with the exception of one term.

John Keener, jr., was the first son of John Keener, sr., and was born in Pennsylvania, December 5. jSoi. In April, 1020. he came to Ashland county with his father, and settled in Mohican township, and iti 5828 moved to Jackson township. He has been twice married. First to Margaret Worst, on October ifi, 1S28. The fruit ot this m a triage was twi Ive children, six living, and six dead. He was married the second time to Sarah Fast, on the eighteenth day of February, 1872. M ; . and Mrs. Keener are both members of the Disciple church. Mr. Keener has held the office of constable and supervisor of Jackson township for several years

JosEi'K Weikei., son of Daniel Weikel, was born in Venango county, Pennsylvania, February 25, 1829. On January 2, 1 866, in: came to Jackson township, Ashland county, to the place whole he now lives. On October 25, 1849, he married Margaret Long, in Venango, Pennsylvania. The fruit of this marriage was nine children - Henry T., Mary J., Margaret M , George \V., Joseph A , Leah F.., Emma, Joseph V. four of whom survive Mary J., George \V., Emma, and Joseph \. being dead. Mr and Mrs. Weikel are both members of the 1 van , iical Association.

county, Pennsylvania, February -'5, 1823. In April, 1833, tie removed to Wayne county, Ohio, with his par ents.-' In the year 1858, lie left Wayne county and came to Ashland county, to the farm where he now lives. On the twenty-fifth of March, iSsS, he was married to Miss Mary 15. Gout The fruit of this marriage was three children : John, Melissa, and jane - all living. Mr.

and Mrs. May are both members of the Disciple church. With a little assistance from his father, hard work, and careful management, Mr. May has got as well improved ^ farm as you will find one in Ashland county.

Rankin K Welch, son of Ephraim Welch, was born in Orange township, Ashland county, December 13, 1833, one and a half miles west of the place on which He now lives. Twice he was married, his .first wife beim* Druzella A. Frink, to whom he was married in February, 1867. The fruit of this marriage was one child, Gilbert P., who is still living. His second wife was Mary L. McDonald, to whom he was married May 1, 1879.

'I homas Miller, son of Thomas Miller, sr., was born in York county, Pennsylvania, April 7, 1823, and came to. Orange township, Ashland county, in the year 1835, and in the year 1837 moved to Jackson township, where he now lives. In April, 1845, he was married to Miss Margaret Robertson. Their children were nine in number, as follows: Alice, John, Pierce, Rachel, Orville,

Otis, Ada, and George M., all of whom are livina Although Mr. Miller is a member of no church, he is a strong believer of right and law. He is the largest landholder in Ashland county.

John Welch, son of Ephraim Welch, was born in Orange township, Ashland county, Ohio, February 7, 1830. October 1, 1 06 r, he moved to the old Bryen place, in Jackson township. He was married to Miss Rebecca Robertson, December 6, 1853. To them were born four children, Vernon H., Alice 15., Berme E., Leclaiv S., all of whom are living. Mr. Welch is one of Ashland county's largest landholders.

I homas DeA kmon, son of fames DeArmon, was born in Ashland county, June 22, 1S39, on the farm lying north of that cn which he now fives. - He was married to Augusta F. Fluke, of Ashland, May 7, 1S68. I hey have six children. Annie, A', infield, 1 rands. Edwin, Guy, and Ernest, all of whom are living. Mr. De- Armon lias filled the office of justice of the peace of Jackson township one term.

William Berry, son of Jacob Berry, was born in Wayne (now Ashland) county, Perry township, julv 14, 1821. January 8, 1846, he was married to Miss Margaret Shutl. To them were born thirteen children, as follows: Philemon Mary M., Susannah E., Emma I., Lydia E., Milton M., Katie M., Wilson C, William C., Alice ( ., Lola !.., Orvilie L, Lewis K., all of whom are living but W ilson, Philemon, William and Lola. Mr. Perry died September 15, 1873, leaving a widow and "ii.fi children. Air. and Mrs. Berry were members of the German Reformed church. Mrs. Berry, assisted bv her son, still manages tiro farm. At the lime of his death, William Berry was justice of the peace in his township, which office he 'had held for nine vears.

i C. C. Matthews, son of Jesse Matthews, was horn j in Trumbull county, Ohio, March iS, 1815, and came ! to Wayne, now Ashland county, when but three vears ; old, with Ids father, ever since remaining on the farm on i which his father first settled. December 19, 1S39, he i was married to Elizabeth Cole, and raised fourteen chil- ; dren: Lucy A., .Harriet E., Rebecca j., Emma C.,

\ Sarah M.C., Jessie I. O., Newton E., i It tie C., and John i E. , all of whom are living except Martha S. Both himself ! and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal ; church. He has served three terms as constable in | Jackson township. In speaking of the early days, he I says he has heard wolves howling around his house : many a night.

John Irwin, son of Jacob Irwin, sr., was born in | Franklin county, Pennsylvania, October 15, *804, and moved to Stark county, Oldo, with his father in the fall I of 1816. In 1826 he removed to Holmes county, and ! in 1838 moved to Jackson township, Ashland county, to | the farm where he yet lives. In January, 1844, he was : married tc Hannah Mast, of Holmes county. They | have had six children : Sarah, Archibald M., Amanda, i Lucinda, Louisa, and Eilenora, all of whom arc living | except Eilenora.

1 July 8, 1836. Before leaving Pennsylvania he was nav- | ried to Miss Francis Hit viler, March 6, 1S27. They | have raised a family of six children: Edward, Anna E., i William, Frederick, jane, and Catharine, all living but | Edward and Anna E. Mrs. Byers died February 25,

| "he emigrated to Stark county, Ohio, at about the age of j twenty. He was there married to Nancy Obeiland in 1830. The fruit ot this union was five children, as follows: Hiram. Catharine, John, Jeremiah, and Elasan,

! all living but Eiesan and Catharine. In the sorrm- M 1862 Mrs. Pooonan emigrated 'with her little family to Ashland county, Jackson township, to the farm where ! she now resides. Her husband, George Poonnan, died February 27, 1846, leaving his wife with the care of a family upon her. Mrs. Poonnan is a member of the i German Reformed church, and is one of its most 'liberal supporters. By wise economy and careful maiia,,e- ; meat, Mrs. Boorman has supplied each of her sons with 1 a farm.

Henry -Switzer, son of David Switzer, was born in Jackson township, Wayne, now Ashland countv, June 11, 1833. In 1851 !m- moved to Wayne county, ami remained there live years, lie then moved bank to Ju> kson township, wlieie ho new lives. He ".is married to Anna E. Landis, September 2, 1851., and has one child, Amanda J., still living. Mr. Switzer is a member or the German Reformed church, and his wife is a memi where he now lives. In the f Susan Kane. The iruit of this in; vix. : George E., Jeremiah \\ ., John 1-.. James, C larencc, Ettie 1 . and Ira the last named being dead. Elizabeth Kane, mother of Mrs. Kline, lives with* her daughter, She has reached the ripe old age of seventy-seven years. She is an earnest member of the Evangelical church, and is one of Ashland county's pioneers. Mr, and Mrs. Kline are members of the Evangelical church, and are among its most liberal supporters. He has filled the office of trustee two years in Jackson township.

Herman K ane, son of J. C. and Elizabeth Kane, was horn in Schenectady, New York, December 15, 1S40, came to Ohio in the year 1857, with his father, and settled on the farm where he now lives, :n Jackson township. Ashland county, Ohio In 1859 he was married to Mary Kane. The fruit of this marriage was eleven children: William, Eugene, Ernest, Edna, Minnie, Florence, Maud, Guy C, Beitrand, Kenneth, and Louie - ,ai! living but Wiiiiam.

James A. Dinamoke, sic, was born in York county, Pennsylvania, March 20, 1788. January 3, 1828, he entered a tract of land of three hundred anu twenty acres, and iu die year 1833 moved lus larmly to .Ashland countv, then Wayne, to the tarm where his widow and two of his children still live. On the fourteenth of March. 1:820, he was married to Miss Grizell Collins. The fruit of this union was seven children: Catharine

A., Tabitha M., David C.; Jewett Andrew A., Rachel M. and James R. W., all of whom are living. Mr. Dmsmoi e auk wife, and all the family that belong to any church, belong to the Presbyterian, church. When Mr. Dinsmore became possessor of his farm of three nun d'rcd and twenty acres, theie were but fourteen acres cleared. To protect his family from the ' ild beasts of the forest, he erected two lug cabins. When Mr. Dinsmore came to Ashland county, he bi ought an agent with him. They had but one horse, and they would do, as the old saying is, "Walk and hitch." After a great deal of hard labor to prepare something for his family, that they need not suffer, he departed this life January 7, 1863, at the rU)C' of seventy-live years. His son James still superintends the old home place. David Dinsmore, first son of James A. Dinsmore, is practicing medicine in Iowa, while Andrew S. is a preacher of the Gospel in Philadelphia. I'abitba M. married Rev. Beer, of Ashland; ho is now a judge in Bucyrus. Jewett E. married J. R. Reed; they now reside in Council bluffs, Iowa Catharine A was married twice: first, to Augustine M. ilay. the sect uni time to William Collins, in Green county, Ohm. Rachel is still at home with her parents.

dead. Mr. Clouse and wife ace members of the Evangelical church, and are among its most liberal supporters. When Mr. Clouse came to the place where he now lives, it was ai! in woods. The first thing for him to do was to erect a log cabin, in which to shelter his f.imilv. Then he set out to clear and cultivate the soil. Now he has a well improved farm in Jackson tow nship.

Jacou Puck, oldest son of Jacob E. and Mary B. Plice, was born in Pennsylvania, March 4. 1821, and came to Ohio about the year 1830, with his father, who settled in Orange township, and about the year 1S32 moved into Jackson township, where he has remained up to this date. Jacob Plice was married to Miss Mary Cole, sixth child of Thomas and Athehah Cole, August 20, t8.;6. She was born in Ashland county, December 9, 1S27. The fruit of this union was six children - George E., Thomas V., William A., Alary R., John, and Samuel V. Of these, four are living - Thomas V., Mary R., John, and Samuel V. Mr. and Mrs. Plice are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He has served as constable of Jackson township.

Andrew Mogle, son of Valentine Mogle, was bom in Center county, Pennsylvania. June 13, 1S25. He moved to Ohio with his father m the year, 103 s', and located in Montgomery township. Ashland county. He was married March 27, 1(851, to Miss Nancy McFndden, daughter of John and Catharine McEaciden, who was born April 22, 1S20. Mr. Mogle is a member of the Albright church, and one of its most libera! sup porters.

Jonas Wit/tnot r, son of Jacob Wilirout, was burn in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, January 21, 1825. Pie -came to Ohio with his father in the year. 1836, to Jackson township, Ashland county. Ik- was married to Miss Eliza Priest in February, iSart. The fruit oi this marriage was eight children, Ed ward, ! me, Keanus, Fsteib, Lincoln, Myron, Libby, and Elmore, all of whom are living. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wiltrout are members of the Methodist Episcopal church

David He ike nek, the only living representative of his father's family, came to Orange township in company with his parents, in the year 1 N i 7. He now owns ami occupies the old Heiffner homestead. His father and mother are both deceased, and lie sleeping side by sid e in the family cemetery. In the year 1S2S he was married to Mbs Margaret Hartman, and to them were born fourteen children, five sons and nine daughters Mrs 11 Miner died in- the year 1852. Mr. Heiffnct was main married in 185(1, to Mrs. Sophia Marks. The fi n. .( this second marriage was one son, Kirhaic! Mis. Hein- ner was the widow of George Marks, by whom she had five children, lie and his wife are earnest followers of the Christian religion, and have always been staunch supporters of the cause of Christ.

PllH.'r E t UKk was born in the year 1791 in the State of Pennsylvania, Bedford county. He married in or about the year i8;o, to Miss Mary Summers. To them were born eleven children, seven sons and four daughters 1 - Henry, born 1811; Lewis, born 1813; Samuel, born

1814; Philip, born t8r6; Catharine, born 1S19: Jacob, born 1S20; David, born 1822; Eliza, born 1825; Lucinda, born 1826; Margaret, bom 1829; John, born 1831. Lie came to what is now Orange township, and made permanent settlement immediately in the woods with no traces whatever of civilization. Here he began life in earnest. lit immediately set about the erection 1 of a rude ioe cabin, in which to shelter his little family. This done, he at once proceeded to clear up and improve his pioneer home, and by his strong will and earnest determination to conquer, the forest was soon made to give way, and waving fields of grain soon told that his intentions had been fully executed. Here he reared and educated his family, and each year, as he was prospered, he kept constantly adding more acres to his first purchase, until he had accumulated eight hundred ; broad acres of valuable lands, and as each son left the ; parental roof, the father presented him with a farm of i the year 1876, surviving his wife but six weeks. This worthy aged couple now lie sleeping side by side in the old St. Luke cemetery, and are deserving of a kind remembrance.

J gun Flokk was born in Orange township in 1831, on the faim now owned and occupied by him, being the old Fluke homestead. He resided with his parents until the time of their death, caring for them in their declining years. November 24, 1864, he married Elizabeth McDowell. The fruit of this union was three children, one son and two daughters, viz.: James M., Mary S., and Esther C. - all living but Mary, who was a bright little daughter of five summers, and the loss to the fond patents was irreparable. The wife and mother died February 15, 1879, leaving a broken family of two affectionate children and a kind and devoted husband, who had ever been ready to share alike with her all the cares and disappointments that arc so common in life's pilgrimage. Mr. Fluke was married again. February 5, 1880, to Freelia A. Thomas, daughter of one of Ashland county's early pioneers. He is one of the most substantial and enterprising farmers of Orange township, his h.onu denoting more than ordinary thrift jiv dint of hard labor, careful judgment and wise economy, he is now the possessor of one of the most pleasant homes in Orange township. Loth Mr. and Mrs. Fluke are earnest followers of the Christian religion, and have always been staunch support. us of the cause of Christ. The;, are surrounded hv almost every comfoit that a gracious Heaven could confer, and, u.s then pass along life's journey, they can look back without regret upon a well spent life.

Philii' Stunt/ was born in the State of Pennsyiva I nia, where he was married to Mary Hoover. To them were born seven children, three sons and tour daughters: Mary and Susan (twins), John, Michael, Catharine, Simon, and Sarah, who died in early childhood, lie came to Ohio about the year 1831, and first made a settlement in Wayne county, four miles north of Wooster. There he purchased a tract of land and resided seven | or eight* years. Then he came to Clearcrcck township,

John Stunt/, the oldest son of Philip Stentz, was j born in Pennsylvania, December to. 1823. He resided ; with his parents until the year (.843, when Ire was mar- 1 ried to Delilah Fast The treat of this union was seven i children, five sons and three daughters. Their names ! are as follows: Madison, Irvin, Philip M., Wilson If,

! Perry C., Isabel and Augusta E. Madison and Isabel j are deceased. The wife and mother departed this life j March 17, 1 864, leaving a broken family of six' affect ion- 1 ate childieu and a kind and devoted husband. Mr ! Stentz. was again married February 22, 1866, to Margaret | Culberson, daughter of one of Ashland county's early pioneers. To them was born one child, who died in infancy, unman tI. Mr. Stentz is one of the most sub stantial and enterprising farmers of Orange township, his home and surroundings denoting mote than ordinary | thrift. Both himself and wife are members of the Re ! formed church, and have always been among its most

John Bishop was born in Frederick county, Maryland, January 22, 1793. At the age of thirteen years lie went with his father to Green county, Pennsylvania, i His father being very poor, John was obliged to earn I for himself a livelihood, anu he at once engaged with a j man by the name of Estell foi the small pittance of ten i shillings per month, and remained faithful to his first | employer until in his twenty-first year. In the year | r S 1 4 he came to Picking county, Ohio, remaining one i year, when he returned to his father's home, and upon ; his suggestion the family al o came to Ohio, in the ! spring of 1815, and settled in lacking county, John I coming through to Orange township, Ashland county, i then Richland. He was married in the year 1819,

| March 9th, to Miss Catharine Hei finer. To them were I born eleven children, six sons and five daughters: Ja- 1 cob, Cornelius, Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Hannah, John, Mahala, Isaac N., Joseph, Sarah J. and Henry. The | first purchase made by Mr. Bishop was a tract of land : containing eighty acres, almost completely covered with ; timber, with no improvements whatever save a rude log j cabin to give evidence of bis having a predecessor. His 1 motto was "excelsior." and his earnest determination was to conquer. Possessed of a great amouru of ; energy and in the full vigor of manhood, many wee the ! mightv oaks that yielded to this worthy pioneer 1 in | dense forest was rapidly cleared away, and waving tteFb of grain soon told that his intentions had been fully exc- cuttcl. After Improving his home he sold and purchased different other tracts, owning at one time two hundred and eighty acres of valuable lands. Ho died in the year r A 7 S , March 12th, at his home in Orange township, surviving his wife about two years. This ; aged couple were esteemed and respected wherever known, and to them Ashland county owe a deep debt of gratitude.

Josj-th Bishop, the fifth son of John Bishop, was i born in Orange township tn the year 183b, May 3d. He j lived with his parents until the time of his marriage, in ! i860, to Miss Eleanor Smith. The fruit of this union I was one son, Charles G. Mr. Bishop is one of the most j substantial and energetic farmers of Orange township, j By dint of hard labor, careful judgment, and wise econ- j omy, lie is now the owner cf guile a pleasant home. ! Both himself arid bis wife are active members of the 1 German Reformed church, and have been among its most J staunch supporters. His son, diaries, is a member of j the Methodist church.

. cominissioner of his county in the fall of 1875, and re-elected j in 1878, tints bespeaking for him the full confidence of j his people. Himself and wife arc earnest members of j the M« thodist Episcopal church.

Henry Ft c Kit was born m the State of Pennsylvania in the year 1811, and came to Ohio with his parents when 'but a smalt boy, and resided with them until his marriage in 1836, to Margaret Switzer. The fruit of this union was four children, two sons and two da'ugh- i tors. Their names are as follows: Mary Ann, Wilson, 1

Amanda and Finos, all of whom have left the parental 1 roof, except the elclu son, Wilson. Mr. Fluke died in 1 'December, 1S75. Esteemed and respected wherever known, his loss to family and friends was one irrepara- 1 bic. Mrs. Fluke has been an active and earnest member 1 of the Methodist Episcopal church for almost forty fruit of this union was five children- two sons and three daughters, as follows: Lucinda, Celia Ann, Laura lane, Perry M., and one son who died in infancy, unnamed. Mr. Fluke cited in the fall of 1 866. Mrs. Fluke resides at her home in Orange township, with her children, Laura and Berry, who superintends the farm and cares for his widowed mother, in her declining years. Both Mr. Fluke and his wife were members of the Reformed church.

Thomas S. Cuuifksov, the eldest son oi Robert and Elizabeth Culberson, was born in Harrison county, Ohio, in 1824 He remained with his parents until the time of his marriage, in the year 1851, to Jane Jackson. They raised a family of eleven children - eight sons and three daughters, as follows: Elizabeth M., Joseph }., John

\V., Robert S., George S , Oscar P., James E., Thomas C, Anna M., Mary M., and Frank B., four of whom arc deceased - Elizabeth, Robert, James and Anna. Mr. Culberson resides on the old homestead. He and his wife aie earnest members of the Presbyterian church.

John Richards, second son of Leonard and Elizabeth Richards, was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, in the year 1 806. In the fall of >813 he came with ids father's family to Wayne county, and there resided until the time of his marriage, iirthe summer of 1828, to Miss Sarah Riddle. They had a family of eleven children, six sons and. five daughters, as follows: Elizabeth, Samuel, Harriet. William, Allen. James, John, Margaret, Mary, Janty and Bownan, three of whom are deceased - Harriet, who died at the age of forty-two; and James and William, who enlisted in the war of 18G1. James died of disease contracted while in the service, at his fathers home' in Orange township. William died in hospital at ?%2 urfreesborougb, and lies sleeping in the sunny south, in an unknown but not an unforgotten grave. They were both brave soldiers and dutiful children. Mrs. Richards died in 1 867; and he was again married in 1869, to Miss Bar bara Summers, who died in the spring of 1,879. .Mr. Richards, is a consistent member of the Methodist. Episcopal church, and has always contributed 'liberally to i is support.

G. W. Mii.uk, fourth son of Thomas and Rachel Miliar, was born in Omn< c township. Richland county (now Ashland), in' the year 1838. lie made his home with his mother until the time of his marriage, in the year 1863, to Caroline l'ortcr. To them were born dece children, two sons and one daughter, as follows: Ermine, Denton, and John, all of whom are living.

John Ritchey was born in the State of Virginia, in 180;, and in tSo.j came with his parents to Ohio, and settled in Columbiana county. In 1824 he was married to Lucinda Wolf, by whom he had eight children, llu sons and three daughters: Samuel, Jesse, Simon, f.icoli. Sarah Ann, Phebe, and Catharine, and one son who died in infancy, unnamed. In (833 Mr. Ritchey canm to Orange township, and in r 83 <; ids "ife died. In 1839 he was married again, to Fannie Millinger and had ten children, four sons .and six daughters, ;v f.a! >\> -> W illiam, foseph, lames. Georg ', Mary, Elizabeth, Fannie. Rebecca, Lucinda, and one who died in infancy,

Alfred McFadden, second child of Daniel and Margaret McFadden, was born in Green township, Wayne county, September 25, 1S33. and moved to Orange township, Ashland county, with his father, when quite small. He has been a resident of the county since that time. He was married August 13, 1S57 to Elizabeth Richard, daughter of D. and Nancy Richard, who was born in Holmes county, Ohio, September ^23, 1S34. To them have been born five children, as foli lows: Dianna, Fierce, Oliver, Leandcr, and Essa, all living. Four of the children are still at home. Although Mr. and Mrs. McFadden are members of no church, drey are both strong advocates of law and order.

James H likener, third child and second son of Henry and R'uabeth Heifiner, was born in Orange township, Ashland, then Richland county, July 15, 1824, and lias been, a resident of the township ever since. He was married to Elizabeth Shaw,, daughter of William and Elizabeth Shaw, April 27, 1S47. To them have been born three children: Ira, and two who died in infancy. Ira is Aiii living and a resident of Troy township. Although Mr. ReiiTner is a member of no church, he is a strong advocate of law and order. When Mr. Hc'ffuer started out in the world his father gave him but a small start, but by hard work, wise economy, and careful management, he is now the owner of two fine farms.

, Joins Crey eli no, fifth child of John and Charity Cteveiing, was born in Columbia county, Pennsylvania. October 22, 1810, emigrated to Ashland county, Ohio, October 5, T837, and has been a resident of the county ever since. On March 23, 1837, he was married to Sophia, daughter of William and Sophia Roseberry, who was born in Columbia county, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1S17. To them have been born five children, as follows: William N., Isaiah F., John W., Philip, and

Moorress. Of these but two are living, Isaiah F. and William N., the latter being still at home. Roth Mr. and Mrs. Creveling are earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and are among its most libera! f upporfers.

David R. Hall, fourth child ot George and Margaret Hall, was born in Orange township, Ashland county, Ohio, August, 30. 1832, and lias since resided here, fie is a single man, and iivmg with his aged mother, and one sister.

Isaac Mason was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, December 7, 1813, moved to Orange township, Ashland county, in October 1S33, arid settled on the farm where he now lives. On March 10,1 H R), he was married to Eunice, daughter of Henry and Eunice Miller, who was born in Union County, Pennsylvania, June it, 1S14, and came to Ohio, with her parents, about the year 1830. To them have been born ten children, viz.: Levi ['..

Gallic, and two who died in infancy Emily also died at the age oi two years, i foil 1 Mr. and Mrs. Mason are earnest workers in the Methodist Episcopal church.

David Smith, jr., was born in Perry township, Wayne I county (now Ashland), Ohio, December 4, 1824. and moved to Orange township about the year 1839, where ; he has since resided. He was married to Rossetta, i daughter of John and Anna Rails, who was born in Wayne count), Aprii n, 1834, They have had a family of eight children, as follows: Iva A., John B., James

N., Maggie E., Emmit FI., Stewart S., Etta M , and : Emma C., all living but James N. and Stewart S. Four ' of the children are still at home. Mr. Smith and wife I are earnest members of the Presbyterian church.

Henry Wertz was born in Somerset county, Penn } sylvanin, April 17, 1817, and came to Ohio with his i father and mother. Henry and Magdalene Wertz, _who | settled in Holmes county when Henry was quite small.

In the spring of 1858, he moved to Ashland county, j and has been a resident of the county ever since. On | October 3, 1843, he was married to Sophia Rudy, danghj ter of Abraham and Elizabeth Rudy, who vans born in ' Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, March 5, 1819- Mr?.

! Wertz is a member of the Brethren church. Mr. Wertz I is a member ol no church, but respects the religions | convictions of others. He has served in the office of ! trustee of Orange township three terms, the last coming j in the year 1.874.

He came to Ohio with his parents when two years of age. j They settled in Columbiana county, and after some ; years removed to Ashland. He was married to Miss Mariah Bowiby, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth ! Bowiby, December 2, 1846. To them have been born ! eleven children as follows: Irene, Louisa, Fra C., John i A., Susan, Hattie, Mary, Elizabeth. Lydia, James, and j Minerva. All are living but Louisa, who died June 10, i 1879; aged twenty-eight years. Both Mr. and Mrs. Richards are members of the Methodist Episcopal

| George W. Barnhii.l, second child of Robert and ! Eliza Barnhill, was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, July 30, 1843. The family came to Ashland county in the | year 1853, and he has since been a resident of the ; county. 11 is wife wa- Miss Alice Fluke, daughter of Samuel and Catharine Fluke, to whom lie was mairied January 27, 1869. They have had four children, as fob ; lows: Leffie E., Thomas Y., Gertrude, and one who died in infancy. Mr. and Mis. Barnhill are both earnest member? of the Methodist Episcopal church, and are ; among its most liberal supporters. Mr. Barnhill is a class leader, and fills the office of trustee, also, in his church.

Charles E. Barnhill, third child of Robert and Eliza Barnhill, was born in Carroll county, Ohio, October ic, 1850, and moved to Ashland county m 1833, where lie has resided ever since October efi, 187c, in was married to Helen M. Wallace, daughter of William and Christiana Wallace. They have one child, Mars I . l iiey are both members of the Methodist !- pRi . pa! church.

Elizabeth Barnhill, was born in Jefferson connty, Ohio, j March 3, 18x3. The family moved from Jefferson to ! Carroll county, and remained nine years; then moved ; to Ashland in the spring of 1853, since which time he J has. been a resident of the county. March 4, rS-jr, he j was married to Eliza Jackman, daughter of George and Margaret Jackman, who was born in Jefferson county, j August 6, 1819. They have three children: Mary E., j George W., and Charles C. They now live with their ! son, George. Both are members of the United Breth- j r'en church.

J kkiah Johnson, oldest child of John and Mary j Johnson, was born in Wayne county, Ohio, January 5, I 1827. In the spring of 1857, he came to Ashland i of his death, which occurred February 23, 1S72. May 20, 1852, he was married to Lydia Hoover, daughter of j Philip and Catharine Hoover, who was born in Stark j

II., Clement H., Mary A., jerusha A., Emma C. and ! one who died in infancy. All the others are living ex- j tept Sylvester. Mrs. Johnson is a member of the Pres- j bylerian church; and, with the assistance of her three j sons, does the farming on the old place.

Michael Vesper, youngest child of Christian and Magdalene Vesper, was born in Bavaria, Germany, July I 4, 1819. In the year 1833 he immigrated to Pennsylvania, and remained there until May, 1835, when he | came to Ashland county, where he has since resided, j January 16, 1848, he was married to Mary Sattlcr, j daughter of Lewis Saltier. To them have been born ; twelve children, as follows. Catharine, Margaret, Eliza- t beth, Franz, Michael, Magdalene, Christian, Susan, .Minnie, George P., David, and Theodore A., all living. Mr. Vesper and wife are both earnest members of the Ger- j man Reformed church. In 1S79 he was elected trustee I of Orange township, but, on account of sickness, he had ' to resign.

J on as Fast, son of William and Anna C. E. Fast, was bom in Ashland county (then Richland), April 10, I 1836, and has always lived in this county. October 6, 1864, he was married to Mary A., daughter of Elias and Sarah Marshall, who was born in Ashland, July 8, 1845. j Their children are: Clement L. V., Ciadean, Ida B., j

Daniel Richard, son of Frederick and Madeline Richard, was bom in Alleghany county, Maryland, April ! 4, 1818, and came to Ashland county in the year 1851. 1 May 31, 1830, He was married to Miss Marry Markel, daughter of Jacob Mnrkel. To them have been born ten children, as follows: Jacob, Sarah, Margaret, Elizabeth, Israel, Daniel D., Nancy, Solomon, Mary A., and Samuel; of whom seven are living and three are dead. ] Mrs. Richard died March 25, 1S72. Both were members of the Presbyterian church. Since the death of his wife he has been living with his daughter and son, Samuel. 1 1 is son Daniei, was born in Holmes county,

23, 1862, he was married to Jane A., daughter of Will iam and Mary Murray. They have three children - Clement L., Israel H. and Leana I. Mr. and Mrs. Richard are members of the Christian Union church.

William Peters, only child of Daniel and Mary Peters, was born in Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, December 8, 1823. In April, 1837, he came to Richland (now Ashland) county. He was twice married, his first wife being Rebecca, daughter of Edward Murray, to whom he was married November 2, 1845. To. them were born eleven children- -John, Edward, Levi, William, George, Mary J., Catharine, Louisa, Mettle, and two who died in infancy. Of these but two are living, William and Catharine. Ilis second wife was Mary Murray, sister of his first wife, to whom he was married February

Harvey Roberts, fourth son of Aaron and Matilda Roberts, was born in Dearborn county, Indiana, December 25, 1826. When he was eighteen months olu, his parents emigrated to Ohio and located in Orange township, near the village of Orange, in Ashland county. The land had some improvements, such as our pioneer fathers were accustomed to make, and ali they expected in those early days. The family consisted of five children, four sons and one daughter, when they came to Ohio, as follows: John, Ezekiel, Lewis, Sarah Ann, and Harvey. Two daughters were born in Ashland county, Hannah and Amanda. The pioneer father, Aaron Roberts, died March 17, 1834, aged forty-three years free months and six days. Mrs. Roberts died October 24, 1873. p-'- !-ie a&e °f seventy-nine years nine months and seven days. Two sons of this family are dead, John and Lewis. Ezekiel left home in 1840, bound for New Orleans. The family received one 01 two letters from him, since which time no word has come, and the supposition is that he died in a southern clime ot yellow fever or some of the contagious diseases that are so common in the south. Amanda is the widow of Jacob Young, and lives in Colorado. Her sister, Sarah Ann, is unmarried, and makes her home with her widowed sister. Hannah is the wife of Ephraim East, and lives in Huron county, Ohio. Harvey, the subject of the following sketch, now owns and lives at the old homestead. February 8, 1855. he was married to Mary Fisher, of Tuscarawas county, Ohio. They have had seven children, two of whom died in infancy, George Winfield, and Clark. Those living are John Lambert, James Adison, I toward Milton, Horace Allen, and l.cora Loveda. John is married and lives in Clcarcreek township, Ashland county. James Adison is a carpenter, and works at his trade in Richland county, but makes his father s house his home. The other three childien are at home, assisting the father on the farm, and the mothei in her household duties. Mr. Roberts own., i" addition to his farm, two and a half acres improved land in the town of A-T.land, which will in all probabiiit) fiv his home in his old age, should a kind Piovidence per rn it him to remain here. In politics he is a Republican, and is a man highly esteemed by his neighbors in the community in which he has lived so many years.

William Patterson was one of Ashland county's pioneers. He was born in Ireland, but at the age of four or five years his parents emigrated to America, locating in Brooke county, Virginia. At the age of about twenty -six, in the year 1815, he came to Clearcreek, Ashland county, Ohio, and entered a. tract of land \ which was not to his liking, and in 1S1S he entered another tract consisting of cue hundred and sixty acres of land in the same township, which he improved, and continued to live upon the remainder of his life. In 1S19 he was married to Jane Freeborn, daughter of William Freeborn, who was among the first settlers in Ashland county. The Patterson family consisted of eleven children, six of whom are still living. Freeborn and John are married and live in Steuben county, Indiana. Mary jane, Sarah, Clark and Alexander, occupy the old homestead in Orange township. Ashland county. They have added seventy-six acres to the original farm, making one of the finest farms in the township. Mr. Patterson died May 13, 1867. Mrs. Patterson died March 19, 1857. To record the lives of these pioneers on the sacred pages of history is a pleasant task, as they well deserve the gratitude of corning generations for the sacrifices and hardships they were compelled to endure in reducing the wilderness to die beautifully improved condition we now find it. Mr. Patterson was a Democrat in politics, and his four sons adhere 10 the same views.

Thomas Brown was born in Ire' .rad, and came to America when a young man in company with his mother, one brothei and three sisters. After remaining a short time ir. Philadelphia they came to Ohio, and, soon after arriving Mr Brown purchased a tract of land in Orange township, Ashland (then Richland) county. In 1841 lie married Jane, daughter of Charles and Catharine Stewart, of Richland county. At the time he bought the farm in Orange township there was a log cabin on it, and part of the land was cleared, so that by building a log barn they were pretty well prepared to farm. The dav after they were married they took quarters in their new home, where they lived ever after, and where we now find Mrs. Brown living pleasantly with her three sons and one daughter. Mr Brown died February 6, 1S5 8, leaving Mrs. Brown with five small children, the oldest, a son, being about fifteen years old. Prior to the death of Mr. Brown they had lost, by death, three children. Since his death, the mother, with the assistance of her children, has raided eighty acres to the original farm, and they now own two hundred and twenty-five acres of excellent land, with good improvements, in one of the most fertile sections of Ashland county. Mrs. Brown is a kind neighbor, and well deserves the respect and adinnation ol those who know her. fur the manner in which she has managed the Family affairs, she is a woman of good judgment, and though, she has seen the hardships that early settlers could not shun, she is as ac-

1 tive and blight as many who have not seen such trials. In politics Mr. Brown was a Democrat, and the sons adhere to the same party principles. Mrs. Brown and her j four children are members of the Presbyterian church at Savannah.

j William Shidler, oniy son of Jacob Shidlcr, was | born in Orange township, Ashland county, Ohio, Sep- | tember 2, 1847. His father came to Ashland county | from Holmes county with his parents when he was a | young man; Ashland county was ever after his home.

1 The farm on which William now lives, and which, he [ owns, is the farm his father purchased when he v-as j married, and where he raised his family, consisting of i William, the subject of this sketch, and his sister, now j the wife of Hugh Murry. M r. Shidler died Octobei 5,

] 1 866, and Mrs. Shidler died February 5. 1877. Noveml ber 5, 1872, William Shidler married Elizabeth Myers, j daughter of John and Barbara Myers, of Clearcreek ! township. 'The fruit of this union was three children,

| Maud, Lloyd and Charley jay. Maud, the oldest, died j at the age of fifteen months. Mr. Shidler is a Democrat ! in politics, is an industrious farmer, and is a com pun ion - I able man, much respected by his neighbors. He has ! been for six years assessor in Orange township. His 1 farm is considered one of the best grain farms in the | township.

: his father, is still living in Troy township, at the advanced | age of eighty years ; his mother died four years ago. j 'Squire David Biddingcr made his home with his parents I until, he was married, January 16, 1848, to Fannie Peck,

| They setted in Troy township, on a tract of land owned | by Mr. Biddingcr prior to his marriage. Here they rei sided eight or nine years, when they moved to Orange | township, on Mr. Peck's farm, and remained about ten j years, when they bought the farm on which they have | now resided some fourteen vents. . They have tour chil- | dren, all of whom were born in Troy township: Lydia

| A., Sarah Adaline, Mary jane, and John Willard. India is the wife of Gilbert M. Clark, and lives in Huntington 1 township, Lorain county, Ohio. Sarah married Edmond j U. Bollinger, and lives in Richmond township, Huron j county, Ohio. Mary jane is the wife of Jacob F. Singj er, and lives on a farm adjoining A f r. Biddinger's. John - \V. married Lizzie Tedrow, of Harrison county, Ohio, and lives in the same house with his father, working the ; farm in common with him. 'Squire Biddingcr is an in ' dustrious farmer, and highly esteemed Iry all. He is now serving his fourth term as justice of the peace; lie i has also been trustee a number of years, as well as school director and road supemsor, which shows his ability and enterpiise in local affairs. In politics he is a Democrat. Both himself and wife are members of the church of the United Brethren in Christ, at South T:<p j union chapel, but a short distance from where ;lv .

1825. May 3, 1848, lie left his native country in the ship Birmingham, and afier a. tedious voyage of sixty- -five days they were overjoyed to behold New York city, in our free America. Tongue cannot describe the fears and anxieties of passengers in those early days, when the trip across the ocean required so many days and even weeks and months. He came at once to Pennsylvania, and lived for five years in Beaver, Washington and Allegheny counties, and then came to Ohio and engaged as miller for John Ralston, in Orange township, Ashland county, where he remained about one year. April 6, 1854, he was married to Elizabeth Heiffher, daughter of Valentine Heiffher, of Orange township, who was an early settler in Ashland county, To them were born six children: Henry, Stephen, Mary, John W., and James A. The third child, a son, died in infancy; Mary died at the age of four months and nineteen days. The four sons are living with their parents, assisting in making home pleasant. Mr. Geier for many years gave 'ms attention to the milling business, a trade he learned in Germany. During the past nine years he has devoted his time to his farm. He is a man who takes a live interest in county and township affairs, having served as supervisor and. school director a number of years. lie loves his chosen trade, that of milling, but his health will not permit of his following it. He is a very competent man in a mill, and holds a certificate from Germany. In politics he is a Democrat. Both himself and his wife are members of the Christian Union church located in Orange township, near where they now live.

Hugh Murray, third son of William and Mary Murray was born in Orange township, Ashland county, Ohio, September 29, 1834. William Murray came to Ashland county when he was a small boy, about the year 1812. Mrs. William Murray, who came about the same time, at the age of twelve years, is still living with her son Hugh, at the advanced age of eighty years. The Murray family are well known in all parts of the county as one of the first families to settle here after the war of 1812 closed. These heroes of Ashland county deserve to be remembered by coming generations, as it was to their hardship's and privations that the present and coming generations owe a debt of gratitude. William Murray was married November 1, 1825.10 Mary Chilcote. daughter of Mordeeai and Ruth Chilcote, another family that came to Ashland county as before mentioned. After their marriage they lived in different portions of Orange township, and in 1834 they moved to the farm on which mother and son now live, in section five, near range sixteen, the northwest corner of the township'. Mrs. Murray says she well remembers the log cabin days when- quilts were often used as doors. When they came to this farm it was a wilderness, and it required plenty of nerve and will to cope successfully with the hardships necessary to provide bread and clear die land. For \sldand county these hardships are the things of the p.'.st, and to record the names of these good pioneers on the sacred pages of history is a pleasant duty. I hey had a family of eleven children, but live of whom are living. George fell at Stone River,

S near M u rfreesborough, Tennessee, while defending the American flag. He was a private in company H, Thiri tieth Indiana volunteer infantry. James was one of ! Michigan's calvary boys. Hugh was a tnetnoer of the i One Hundred and Second Ohio volunteer infantry, | company K. He returned after a service of three years i to the old home in Ashland county. On September 25, i 1870, he was married to jane Shidler. They have two | boys - Guy B. and Harold Fay. He owns the old ' homestead, Consisting of one hundred and sixty acres, | and has added eighty acres, making one of the most de- I sirable farms in the township. The scenes of his child- | hood, no doubt, still linger in his mind, the more so as | he has the pleasure of associating with his good mother,

1 a pleasure that few men of his age are allowed. In ! politics Mr. Murray is a Democrat, and is a man of many friends, and as a neighbor is highly esteemed.

Samuel Leidigh was born in Lebanon county, Pennsylvania,'February 17, iSox. In 1836 he came to Ohio and purchased eighty acres of land neai Little Pittsburgh, Wayne county. Here he resided about one year,

Wooster, on the Canton road, where he rented the Henry flouring mill, and operated it for a period of three years, when he bought the Stover mill and fifty acres of land, two miles west of the village of Orange, in Orange township, Ashland county (then Richland), where he has remained ever since, and is well known in the county. They have bad a family of seven children- -five sons j prisoner, after a service of nearly three years as a private I soldier in the One Hundred and Second regiment, Ohio J volunteer infantry. This was indeed a sad bereavement j to the family, and such an one as many of Ashland i county's good families were called upon, in those days of I bloodshed, to realize. Elizabeth, a daughter, aged thir- | ty-six yeais, died in May, 1S60. Isaac and Samuel are j married, and Mary Ann is the wife of Jacob Kissel!, a | farmer of Orange township. Isaac farms his fa? bet's i land, and Levi, Israel and Samuel manage the mill.

! Mrs. Leidigh died April 16, 1879. The mill, under the j management of the three sons, is in a very prosperous condition, running to its full capacity. They ship by ! rail from Nankin, a station about three miles east of the mill. In 1S68 Mr Leidigh built a new mill, as the old j one had not sufficient capacity, He has also added to his land, until he now owns three hundred ana ten acres

A. C. Fast came to Ohio from Pennsylvania when a small boy with his parents, who located in Orange township, Ashland county, on a tract of land, wlieie the ! widow of the subject of this sketch now lives in as 1 pleasant a home as is to he found in the county. Mi.

from the other heirs, subject to ins mother's dowry. J she died about two years later. January 23, 1840,11c married Catharine Fluke, daughter cf Philip and Mary

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Fluke, who were among the early settlers of Ashland county, a sketch of whose lives will be found elsewhere in this work. Immediately alter their marriage they moved to the place that proved to be their home ever after. Mr. Fast died November 26, ,'862. They had eight children, three du d in infancy, and five are still living, ail grown, and doing for themselves. Their names are as follows: Wilson, Judson, Jennie, Byron, and Mary K. Wilson is married, and is a successful law practitioner in Sedalia, Missouri. Judson is unmarried, and lives in Keiton, Utah, where he is a successful railroad man. Jennie is the wife of Mr. James Jacoby, and lives on a farm in Dakota. He is quite a stockman. Bvron is unmarried, and lives with his mother at the old homestead. He is one of the most successful farmers in Orange township, and is a young man highly respected as an intelligent, go ahead man, such as any coin unity might, well be proud of. Mary B. is the wife of William Alger, and lives in Villisca, Iowa, where he is engaged in the banking business. To place the record of such a family on the sacred pages of. history is a pleasant duty. Wilson Fast was a soldier for a period of j nearly three years, in the One Hundred and Second Ohio 1 volunteerinfantry. lie was on board the fated boat "Suita- | na"on his way home, and was one of those who successfully j battled with, the waves and miraculously made his way j to land after a severe struggle, and reached home, and { her of his comrades on board the boat from which he .made his escape touched his sympathetic nature, and destroyed considerably his anticipated pleasure cn reaching th* home of las childhood.

Source changes here: from History of Ashland County, Ohio, by Baughman, A. J. (Abraham J.), published 1909; 950 words in this source stream.

Perry Township

Perry township was surveyed in 1807 by Jonathan Cox. The township was organized September 14, 1814, and had jurisdiction over the territory of Jackson until 1819. The population of the township in 1820 was five hundred and fiftyeight; in 1860, one thousand nine hundred and eleven. At the first election, in April, 1825, Daniel Williams and Daniel Smith were elected trustees, and William Spencer, clerk. Rowsburg is the only town in the township and was laid out April 15, 1835, by Michael D. Row. At the time the plat was recorded, there was not an inhabitant within the limits of what now forms the town. A public sale of lots was held in May, 1835, and the first lot was sold to Jacob Carr for thirty-four dollars. The population of Rowsburg in 1860 was two hundred, but the village has increased materially in size since that time.

The first church in the township was a Presbyterian organization and was under the care of the Presbytery of Richland for several years. It was known as the Muddyfork church, so called from the branch of the Mohican by that name, near to which the house of worship stood. In 1831, by request of the congregation, the name of the church was changed to Mount Hope. In 1822, a Methodist church organization was formed at the house of John Heilman, since then the Lutherans, the Albrights and the United Brethren have organized congregations there.

For a number of years there was no demand for farm produce, except by newly arrived immigrants. To them wheat sold at fifty cents ; oats about twelve and a half cents; corn twenty-five cents; salt twelve dollars and fifteen dollars per barrel. A small gristmill on Killbuck creek, constructed of beech poles, covered with split boards called clapboards, was built previous to 1820 by John Naftsinger. The bolting was done chiefly by hand.

There was an abundance of ginseng root in the forests. There were many who made it a business to gather it in the spring of the year. It was worth twenty-five cents per pound, and as it was one of the few productions of the country that commanded cash, large quantities were annually gathered. Michael Row, Sr., under the impression that the current rates paid by merchants in the country were much below its intrinsic value, transported a load to Philadelphia, in a one-horse wagon, and found it a paying trip.

Deer, raccoon, and wild turkey were plenty. Domestic linen and woolen goods composed the principal material for male and female dresses. The men were often dressed in buckskin pantaloons. In such attire the early settlers and their families enjoyed as much true happiness and independence as " Cesar with a senate at his heels. ' '

Indian wigwams were numerous, built with small poles, front partly open, and covered with black ash or white elm bark, peeled from three to five feet long. Small troughs were made of the ash or elm bark to save or catch sugar water, as numbers were to be seen about large sugar trees that had been notched a number of years previous, the notches being covered with a new formation of wood amounting in thickness to two or three inches. Many trinkets or jewelry were found on cultivating the land. In the fall of 1822 there were nine Indian men and three squaws came in and encamped near the same ground for the purpose of hunting and trapping.

fifty cents or a bushel of wheat for reaping; little cradling done in harvest. Grain was threshed mostly with horses, though some was done with the flail. Flax was raised for the lint. Every housewife and maiden could spin flax or wool, and nearly one-half of them could weave. The price of spinning was a shilling a dozen, or by the week seventy-five cents, and twelve and a half cents for weaving linen, such as was worn for shirts ; weaving of coarser fabrics, less. Muslin shirts were not worn. Female apparel consisted chiefly of home-made linen, linsey, or flannel, each endeavoring to excel in quality as well as variety. When muslin was first used among laboring men it cost twenty-five cents to thirty-eight cents per yard."

In 1815 or 1816, (about twenty years before Rowsburg was laid out) an effort was made by John Raver to establish a town on the Wooster road between the present site of Rowsburg and the Muddyfork.

Beyond the naming of the village, which was called Elizabethtown, and the offering of some lots at a public sale, no progress was made in building up the proposed town, and the scheme was abandoned.

There were two churches in the township in 1824 : one Presbyterian, called Mount Hope, near the northeast corner of the township ; the other a Lutheran, on the south side of the township. The size of each was about thirty by thirtyfive feet, and both were built of hewn logs.

The first grist and sawmill in Perry township was erected by John Raver, in 1818, on the present site of the mill owned by Arthur Campbell, about onefourth of a mile north of Rowsburg, on what is known as Raver's Run. This mill, when built, was not only the first in the township, but also the first within what is now the limits of Ashland county. Prior to this, corn and corn meal were obtained on Owl creek, at Odell's, and at Stibb's, near Wooster.

It is supposed from the large number that were discovered and killed in the vicinity, that a rattlesnake den existed in a ledge of rocks near the northwest corner of land later owned by Mr. Cory.

Source changes here: from History of Ashland Country Ohio, by A.J.Baughman, published 1909; 958 words in this source stream.

Perry Township

Perry township was surveyed in 1807 by Jonathan Cox. The township was organized September 14, 1814, and had jurisdiction over the territory of Jackson until 1819. The population of the township in 1820 was five hundred and fiftyeight; in 1860, one thousand nine hundred and eleven. At the first election, in April, 1825, Daniel Williams and Daniel Smith were elected trustees, and William Spencer, clerk. Rowsburg is the only town in the township and was laid out April 15, 1835, by Michael D. Row. At the time the plat was recorded, there was not an inhabitant within the limits of what now forms the town. A public sale of lots was held in May, 1835, and the first lot was sold to Jacob Carr for thirty-four dollars. The population of Rowsburg in 1860 was two hundred, but the village has increased materially in size since that time.

The first church in the township was a Presbyterian organization and was under the care of the Presbytery of Richland for several years. It was known as the Muddyfork church, so called from the branch of the Mohican by that name, near to which the house of worship stood. In 1831, by request of the congregation, the name of the church was changed to Mount Hope. In 1822, a Methodist church organization was formed at the house of John Hellman, since then the Lutherans, the Albrights and the United Brethren have organized congregations there.

For a number of years there was no demand for farm produce, except by newly arrived immigrants. To them wheat sold at fifty cents; oats about twelve and a half cents; corn twenty-five cents; salt twelve dollars and fifteen dollars per barrel. A small gristmill on Killbuck creek, constructed of beech poles, covered with split boards called clapboards, was built previous to 1820 by John Naftsinger. The bolting was done chiefly by hand.

There was an abundance of ginseng root in the forests. There were many who made it a business to gather it in the spring of the year. It was worth twenty-five cents per pound, and as it was one of the few productions of the country that commanded cash, large quantities were annually gathered. Michael Row, Sr., under the impression that the current rates paid by merchants in the country were much below its intrinsic value, transported a load to Philadelphia, in a one-horse wagon, and found it a paying trip.

Deer, raccoon, and wild turkey were plenty. Domestic linen and woolen goods composed the principal material for male and female dresses. The men were often dressed in buckskin pantaloons. In such attire the early settlers and their families enjoyed as much true happiness and independence as ''Cesar with a senate at his heels."'

Indian wigwams were numerous, built with small poles, front partly open, and covered with black ash or white elm bark, peeled from three to five feet long. Small troughs were made of the ash or elm bark to save or catch sugar water, as numbers were to be seen about large sugar trees that had been notched a number of years previous, the notches being covered with a new formation of wood amounting in thickness to two or three inches. Many trinkets or jewelry were found on cultivating the land. In the fall of 1822 there were nine Indian men and three squaws came in and encamped near the same ground for the purpose of hunting and trapping.

A pioneer said: 'Day wages were about fifty cents in trade in harvest ; fifty cents or a bushel of wheat for reaping; little cradling done in harvest. Crain was threshed mostly with horses, though some was done with the flail. Flax was raised for the lint. Every housewife and maiden could spin flax or wool, and nearly one-half of them could weave. The price of spinning was a shilling a dozen, or by the week seventy-five cents, and twelve and a half cents for weaving linen, such as was worn for shirts; weaving of coarser fabrics, less. Muslin shirts were not worn. Female apparel consisted chiefly of home-made linen, linsey, or flannel, each endeavoring to excel in quality as well as variety. When muslin was first used among laboring men it cost twenty-five cents to thirty-eight cents per yard.''

In 1815 or 1816, (about twenty years before Rowsburg was laid out) an effort was made by John Raver to establish a town on the Wooster road between the present site of Rowsburg and the Muddyfork.

Beyond the naming of the village, which was called Elizabethtown, and the offering of some lots at a public sale, no progress was made in building up the proposed town, and the scheme was abandoned.

There were two churches in the township in 1824: one Presbyterian, called Mount Hope, near the northeast corner of the township; the other a Lutheran, on the south side of the township. The size of each was about thirty by thirty- - five feet, and both were built of hewn logs.

The first grist and sawmill in Perry township was erected by John Raver, in 1818, on the present site of the mill owned by Arthur Campbell, about onefourth of a mile north of Rowsburg, on what is known as Raver's Run. This mill, when built, was not only the first in the township, but also the first within what is now the limits of Ashland county. Prior to this, corn and corn meal were obtained on Owl creek, at Odell's, and at Stibb's, near Wooster.

It is supposed from the large number that were discovered and killed in the vicinity, that a rattlesnake den existed in a ledge of rocks near the northwest corner of land later owned by Mr. Cory.