Pickaway Township (part 36 of 49)

Our subject's scholastic advantages were received in his native county, and were such as the common schools afforded. These advantages he improved to the utmost, and although he did not attend school after the age of thirteen years, he is acknowledged by all to be a man of intelligence and ability. At the age of eighteen j^ears, he decided that there was "no royal road to excellence without great labor" and he started out to fight his own way in life. Eor several years, he worked as a farm hand and received for his services from $18 to $25 per month in the busy season.

He selected his wife in the person of Miss Leah C. Olick, and their marriage was solemnized August 26, 186'J. Iler father, Daniel Glick, now makes his home with our subject. To INIr. and Mrs. Neiswander have been born two interesting children: Minnie Y. and Daniel B. N. Eor several years after his marriage, Mr. Neiswander tilled the soil on rented land, but he subsequently purchased one hundred and twenty acres and received forty acres through his wife, making one hundred and sixty acres in Madison Township, this county, and he is now one of the representative farmers and stockmen of his section. Although just in the prime of life, he has made his wa^' to the front ranks among the energetic farmers of this county, and, owing to the attention he has always paid to each minor detail, he has accumulated a fair share of this world's goods. Coupled with his energy and enterprise, he inherits his father's excellent business qualities, and has succeeded far beyond his expectations, being now the owner of some of the most productive land to be found.

one of its most active meml)ers. He favors all enterprise tending towards the progress and development of Pickaway County and is publicspirited and progressive. Socially, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Eellows' lodge at Winchester, Ohio. Mr. Neiswander is well known in Madison Township and bears the reputation of sterling integrity and honesty in all business transactions. He enjoys the confidence and esteem of all who know him.

^^Jf,' cultural and stock interests of Madison County within the last quarter of a centurj', as one of the most enlightened and enterprising of its representative farmers and stockmen. His residence is half a mile north of Rosedale, in Pike Township, where he has a large landed property, including one of the finest and best ai^pointed farms in all the country round, where he does an extensive business in raising and dealing in cattle, horses, sheep and hogs of high grade.

Mr. Phellis, a native of this State, was born in Hamilton County Januaiy i», 1845. His father, Jacob Phellis, was also a native of Ohio, and was born in Butler Count}-. lie was a carpenter by trade, and was a large contractor, building many houses in Hamilton and Butler Counties, and for a while he was a resident of Cincinnati, where he erected several large buildings, some of which are still standing. He also had contracts in New London, where he put up some good buildings. He had control of a large business, was one of the leading contractors of his part of the State, and was in the midst of a highlj' successful career when he was stricken b}^ death in his fiftieth year. He was alive to public interests, and in his political views was a decided Democrat. The Phellis familj' originated in France, but a branch of it came to this countrj^ many years ago and were early settlers of Pennsylvania, where they flourished as large farmers. Thomas Phellis, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of that State. He came to Butler County, Ohio, in the very early days of its settlement, coming by the way of the Ohio River to Cincinnati. The mother of our subject, who is still living in Butler Count3% was Marikla Brundage in her maiden days. She was Ijorn in Beaver Count}^, Pa., seventy 3'ears ago, and came to Butler County wlien a small girl with her parents, who were both natives of Pennsylvania. Her mother lived to be ninety years old. The parents of oiu* subject were married in Butler Count3\ and then located at New Haven, in Hamilton County, whence they afterward went to Cincinnati. They were the parents of the following eight children, all of whom grew to maturity: Cyron A., the wife of James Snyder, who was for many years Commissioner of Mercer County, of which he is a prominent citizen; Elvira, who married William Roberts, and is now dead; Jane, deceased, who was the wife of Taylor .Salsburry, of Canton, Fulton Count}', TIL; "William B., a prominent farmer of Butler Count}'; Charles; Jacob W., a merchant of Okeana, Butler County; Robert W., a resident of Cottonwood Falls, Wis.; and .Tohn L., a I'esident of Coldwater, Mercer Count}', Ohio.

The subject of this biography is the fourth child and second son of iiis parents. At the age of nine years, he liad the misfortune to lose his father, and then came to Pike Township to live witii his uncle, Charles Phellis, who was a large land-holder here, and very prominent. He had attended school in his native place, and he was given fine educational advantages after he came to live with his uncle. He went first to the local district school in Pike Township, then entered the High School at Mechanicsburgh, and finally coml)leted his studies in the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, of which he was a pupil four 3'ears. He was but a bo}' wlien the war broke out, 3'et the following 3'ear found him in the ranks, although he was but seventeen years old when he enlisted in Compau}' D, Sixtj'-sixth Ohio Infantry. Notwithstanding his vouth, he displayed fine soldierly rpialities when in active service, but his health gave wa}' under the privations and hardships that he had to endure, and at the end of seven months he was honorably discharged on account of disability.

experiences of army life, our subject continued his residence with his uncle for some 3'^ears, and in 1865 began business for himself as a farmer .and stock-raiser. After his marriage, in the summer of 1869, he settled immediately^ on a farm a mile north of the one on which he now resides, and which he still owns. He remained on that until 1890, wlien he took possession of this one. He has here a commodious and finely-built residence, roomy and well-arranged barns and other firstclass buildings, and all the conveniences of a model farm. He and his famil}^ are the proprietors of twenty-two hundred acres of valuable land, all in one body in Pike Township, about forty acres of it in heav_y timber, and the rest under a perfect S3^stem of cultivation, or devoted to pasturage, and provided w^ith various dwellings, barns, granaries and other outbuildings. All of the land is under our subject's personal supervision, and all the details of agriculture on a large scale are carried on in the most orderl}^ manner. He gives much of his attention to stock-raising with marked success, and is a leader in that industry in this part of Madison County. He has a fine herd of two hundred cattle of the purest stock best adapted to this locality, lias six hundred sheej) of superior grades, one hundred and fifty hogs, and nian3' horses of fine strain.

]Mr. Phellis was married August 3, 1869, to Miss Clara A., the 3'oungest daughter of William and Adalaide Gu3^, of Pike Township. Her father, who has attained the venerable age of ninet3'-eight yeai'S, has been long and favorabl3' known throughout the township and county. Mrs. Piiellis was born in Pike Township, August 14, 1850. She is a woman of true culture and is finely educated. She studied at tlie Female College at Cleveland, pursued a course at Sanford College, and also attended the Ohio Wesleyan Seminary at Delaware. She presides abl}' over her household, understanding full well the art of making a cozy and attractive home. Her congenial marriage with our subject has brought them two daughters and three sons of whom the following is recorded: Nellie A., born October 5, 1872, is a graduate in the Class of '92, of the Ohio Wesleyan Universit3^ at Delaware; Charles Waite, born July 15, 1875, has been an attendant at the military scliook at Gambier; Yerne II. was born June 10, 1881; Fullington Gn3', April 1, 1888; and Ethel Greeley, March 23, 1890. Our subject's sagacity in bxisiness matters, clear, comprehensive, well-trained intellect, and liis broad outlook on life generally, have brought him to the front as a valuable civic official, and he has held various responsible positions. He was Trustee of Pike Township and Township Clerk ten years, was at one time Justice of the Peace, and for one term was Count}^ Commissioner. It is said of him that "he is a true gentleman in everj' sense of the word;" he is alwaj'S courteous and affable in his intercourse with others, and a warmhearted and generous friend to all Avith whom he is associated. He is an entertaining conversationalist, and his talent for literary work has been turned to account during the last ten years, by his acting as correspondent of the Agricultural Department at Washington, D. C, for Madison County. In politics, he is a strong Republican. Sociallv, he is a member of Stephen Baxter Post No. 88, G. A. R., at Mechanicsburgh.

-vr^iYAN PHILLIPS. It is owing to the energy l^ and practical abilit}' of such men as our If - '-^ subject that Pickaway County enjoys the reputation of being one of the best developed and richest agricultural centers in Ohio. He is the fortunate proprietor of a large farm in Pickaway Township that ranks among the first and choicest to be found on the historical and fertile Pickaway Plains, in regard to its handsome appointments, cultivation and productiveness, and also as to its value as a stock farm.

Mr. Phillips was born in Lancaster Count}^ Pa., June 3, 1835. His father, William Phillips, who was a competent carpenter and also a farmer, came to Ohio in 1850, and was a I'esident of Guernsey County until his removal to Kansas, where he died at the ripe age of eighty-two years. His wife, whose maiden name was Priscilla White, preceded him in death. The}- had eight children, of whom seven ai'c livina^.

Our subject is the fourth child of his parents and passed his early life on a farm in his native State, attending the district schools during his boyhood. He was about fifteen years old when the family came to Ohio, and the following 3'ear he started out to earn his own living, as lie was an independent, resolute lad, with a well-formed am bition to make his own way in the world and achieve success by the use of the strong muscles and clear brain with which he was gifted. He began work at $9 a month, obtaining better wages as he grew older, and was in the employ of others eleven years. It is needless to say that a young man of his calibre and persistent natuie made and wisely saved money, and at the expiration of that time turned his attention to farming for himself. His farm contains four hundred acres of valuable land, of which nearly tiiree hundred acres lie en the famed Pickaway Plains. It is a beautiful farm and in a fine condition, with every appointment found on a model grain and stock farm. Its fine buildings are ample and adapted to the purposes for which they are intended, and an elegant frame house, of a modern stjde of architecture, erected in 1891, adds to the attractiveness of the place, and the farm with its well cultivated acres is a pleasing feature in the landscape. j\Ir. Phillips has it well stocked with all kinds of high-bred stock, and from that source, as well as from the grain and other products that he raises, he has a large yearly income.

The marriage of Mr. Phillips with Miss p]llen J. Hitler was solemnized April 19, 1862, and is a most congenial union. Mrs. Phillips is a native of Pickaway County, born in Washington Township, and a daughter of Jacob Hitler, one of its early settlers, of whom mention is made elsewhere. Mr. and Mrs. Phillips have ten children, all of whom have had fine educational advantages. They are Charles, Nelson, Florence I]., Josephine E., Delia, Maud, Dennis E., Rose O., Lilly C, and Arthur W. Charles married Miss Elizabeth Bartley, and lives in Washington Township. Florence E. married Jacob Ludwig and the}" live in Pickaway Township. The other children are at home.

which thoy dispense to their numerous friends in tlieir charming- home. He is unswerving in liis lo^^alty to the Democratic part3'. He has served as a Trustee of his townsliip three years, and is a man of genuine public spirit, wlio generously aids all movements in any way calculated to advance the interests of township or count3'.

OBERT C. PARKER is a farmer and stockrr man of wide experience and business quali- ^li \V fications of a high order, who has been an important agent in developing the rich agricultural resources of Fayette, lii.s native county. He is one of the first of his class in Paint Township, where he has a large and finely equipped farm, situated two and one-half miles north, and a little west, of Bloomingburgh. Upon the place he has erected a beautiful residence, a view of which accompanies this sketch.

Mr. Parker was born in Marion Township, November 28, 1828. His father, John Parker, who was one of the foremost pioneers of Fayette County in his day, was a Virginian by birth. He was married in his native State to Mary A. Whiteman, who was born in the same place as liimself. Soon after marriage, he brought his bride to Ohio, in 182(3, to brave the hardships and trials of frontier life, in order to build np a comfortal)le home for tiiemselves. He bought two hundred acres of land in Marion Township, but after living upon it five years, renaoved with liis family to Paint Township, and bougiit seven hundrid and fifty acres of land, which lie afterward developed into one of tlie finest farms in the neighborhood, and that was his home until he closed his e3'es in death, at the age of seventy-three, in the year 1873. He was a man of large enterprise, and acquired wealth and prominence as a farmer and stockman. In earl}^ life, he was a Whig, and in later years the Rei)ublican party had in him an earnest advocate, from the time of its formation until the hour of liis death. He was Township Trustee for man}' j'ears, and had the interests of his communitj^ at heart at all times. Religiously, he was of the Presb^'^terian faith, and was a member of the church of that denomination at Bloomingburgh. His wife survived him until 1883, and then passed away at the age of seventj'-five. They were the parents of six children, four daughters and two sons, all of whom grew to maturity, and two of whom are still living, our subject, and his sister, Mrs. Hannah B. Barker, of Paint Township. Their paternal grandfather, Robert Parker, was a native of A^irginia, and is suppose^d to have been of Irish descent.

Robert C. Parker, of this Inographical record, is the second child and first-born son of his parents. His education was conducted in the common schools of his bo^'hood davs, and on his father's farm he was well trained in agricultural pursuits. He continued to assist his father in the management of his extensive farming interests until he was twenty-seven years old, and at that age took upon himself the responsibilities of domestic life, being married January 29, 1856, to Miss Margaret Selsor, who has nobly performed her part in the upbuilding of their home, proving to be a true home-maker, devoted to the interests of her household. Mrs. Parker is a native of Madison County, and was born June 13, 1832, a daughter of Frederic and Maiy (Rankin) Seisor, the former of whom was an early settler of the State, coming here in 1815. Her father was born in Virginia, and her mother was a native of Fayette County. The former died at the age of eighty-six, and the latter when forty-two years old. Our subject and his wife have had two children: Alice M., who died at the age of eleven years; and William S., who married Miss Eva Creath, and resides on his father's farm.

Immediately after his marriage, Mr. Parker located on the farm in Paint Township on which he still lives. It was mostly in its natural condition when it came into his possession, but he has wrought a wonderful transformation, whereb}' it has become one of the best ordered farms in the count}', its four hundred and eight}' acres of ricli soil nearly all under cultivation, and valuable improvements on eveiy hand adding to its worth and attractiveness. A substantial class of buildings adorn the place, the handsome and commodi- ous residence, of a pleasing style of architecture, being built in 1881, at a cost of |(),000. Mr. Parker is now interested principall}- in raising stock, devoting the most of the grain grown on liis farm to feeding his stock. lie has three hundred hogs, fifty head of cattle of superior breeds, beside other well-bred stock.

Our subject is endowed with strength of mind and native ability, and his sensible, practical views on all subjects with which he is familiar give liirn weight and influence in the community. In his active and bus}' career he has not stayed to ask if life is worth living, but has made it so by always doing the duty nearest at hand. In this way he has acquired wealth, and gained the vuiiversal resi)ect of his community. Me is a Republican, who stands by his party whether defeat or victor}^ perches on its banners. He was Township Trustee some years, and made a good record as a civic official, who looked carefull}- after the interests entrusted to him.

DAM NEBBERGALL, who has for many 3^ears been engaged in farming and stockraising in Wayne Township, occupies a high place among the farmers of Fa>'ette County, to wiiose intelligence and industry is greatly owing its substantial progress. A native of Ohio, his birth occurred in Ross County in 1819, he being the youngest of twelve children born into the pioneer home of Henry and Nancy Nebbergall, who were natives of Virginia.

The mother of our subject died at the time of liis birth and his father followed not many years after, as he never saw him but once after he was large enough to remember. Thus sadly orphaned on the very threshold of life, our subject was at on CO taken b}' his aunt, Mrs. Wag3\ At the age of eight years, he was bound out to Isaac Monroe, but as that gentleman had a large family of his own, he could not clothe and care for the little orphan properly, and so two ,years later he went to live with an elder brother, with whom he remained a short time, and until he was seventeen years old he lived with several different people, finding no permanent home. At that age, he went on a farm to work l)y the month for a small amount of money, and remained there eight years.

When our subject was twenty-five years old, he was married to Eliza, daughter of Josepli and Sarali Parrett, whose sketch is given in that of John H. Parrctt. After marriage, Mr. Nebbergall came at once to Fa3^ette Count}' and for a short time rented a farm. Later, he bought twenty-five acres of land that are now included in his present farm, borrowing mone}- with which to make the first payment. The ambitions, energetic and diligent young pioneer set to work with a good will to improve a farm, having but 114 left after he had settled on his lujinestead. He possessed a thouglitful, vigorous intellect, was a good scholar, and keenl}- feeling his early lack of school privileges, set about obtaining a higher education after he was of age, and went to school until he was fitted for a teacher, which profession he followed both in Ross and Fayette Counties, proving to be a most excellent instructor. His principal occupation through life has been farming, however, and he has met with more than ordinary success in his vocation. He has i)urchased over four hundred acres of land, paying for it all with money obtained by his own labors, and is one of the most prosperous farmers of his township. His first house was built of logs and had a clapboard roof and a mud and stick chimney. This has been superseded by a room}' modern dwelling, and a good set of farm buildings adorn the place, a view of which is presented to our readers.

To Mv. and JNIrs. Nelibergall have been Itorn three children, of whom two are deceased: Sarah A., who died in infancy, and Joseph M., who died at the age of twent}'-three. Tiieir only surviving child is Mary E., the wife of Emmit King and the mother of five children.

Our subject is a Republican of excellent standing in his party. His first vote was cast for Gen. William H. Harrison, and during the last Presidential campaign of 1888, he had the pleasure of supporting the grandson of the hero of Tippecanoe at the polls. During the late war,when Morgan,the bold rebel raider, was creating terror and liavoc through- out the southern part of the State, Mr. Nebbergall promptly responded to the call for troops to drive the rebels awa3', and did good service during the fifteen da3'S in which thoy were engaged in routing them. lie has also shown himself to be a publicspirited and useful civic official in the various township ollices that he has held from time to time. He is an Elder in the Pisgah Church and a man whose Christian living proves the sincerity of his religious belief.

AMUEL TAYLOR, who is one of the prominent farmers of Darby Township, Madison County, was born on the farm where he now lives, August 23, 1817. He is thus one of the oldest residents of the township and is well and honorably known to all the citizens of Plain City, as his farm, which is located on the banks of the Big Darby Creek, lies only onehalf mile east of the city. His father, Richard Taylor, Avas probably a Kentuckian by birth and his early training was received in Kentucky. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Polly M. McDuffe, and was also a Kentuckian. Tlie^' came from their native home to Union County, Ohio, and located in what is now Plain City in 1805, but after ihat they returned to Kentucky and remained for two years before permanently settling in Darby Township. Their farm was covered by a dense forest, and Indians were their most numerous neighbors. AVhen they hrst moved into their log house, it had no floor, and wild animals were frequently about their door. There they made their home through life, the mother dying at the age of seventy years and the father surviving to enter upon his tenth decade. Of their seven children, all but one grew to reach years of maturity.

Our subject is the youngest in his parents' famil}' and the only one who is now living. His whole life of seventy-live j^ears has been spent upon the farm where he was born. In 1839, he was united in marriage with Eunice Allen, and they became the parents of two cliildren, who grew to womanhood, namel}': Mary, who is now the wife of Eli Shover, of Darby Township, and Sarah, who is Mrs. David Brown, and resides near Mechanicsburgh, Ohio. Mrs. Taylor died aliout 1850, leaving tlie daughters motherless.

The present ]\Irs. Taylor was known in maidenhood as Rosina Kent, and to her were born two daughters and one son. The eldest, Rachel, is the wife of Wayne Kiser, of Plain City. Mahala is Mrs. Roy Ramsej^, and she and her husband reside with her father. Samuel E. was called from earth after he reached the age of thirty-sev.en years.

Our subject has a farm of over four hundred acres on his home place, and another of two hundred acres elsewhere in the township, besides two hundred and fifteen in Jerome Township, Union County, and most of this is under cultivation. When his father first came to this region, there were no schoolhouses and no pikes here and he has helped to build man}^ miles of the latter. He is now the oldest native-born man in the county, and has been a Republican from the time he was old enough to vote, and has held various local oflices, having been School Director, and Township Trustee for manj^ years, and having filled the office of Supervisor of Roads. Although he is not a member of any church, he is a believer in the doctrines of Christianity and a liberal contributor to the support of its institutions. His present home is in a handsome brick house which he erected man}' years ago.

NDREW J. VAN NP:SS, a hardware dealer of Mt. Sterling, began business in this line in 1891. He was at first associated in partnershiii with Mr. Passwater, but after six months the connection was discontinued and our subject has been alone. He has already built up a good trade b}' his industry, good management and courteous treatment, and has secured the confidence and good-will of all. He was born in Rossie Township, St. Lawrence Count}^ N. Y., on the 3d of May, 1841, and is a son of Jeremiah and Maria (Vrooman) Van Ness. His parents were also natives of tlie Klmpire State, both born and reared ncai- Schenectady, N. Y., and were of Holland Dutch descent. The father was a glassl)lower in early life but followed farming' in St. Lawrence Count}'.

Our subject was born and reared upon the farm. His early education, acquired in the common schools, was supplemented by a two-years' course in the Antwerp Academy, which he attended between the ages of nineteen and twenty-one years. He then returned home and began operating his fatlier's land. In December, 1864, he determined to seek his home in the West and came to Madison County, Ohio. For about two years, he was engaged in carrying the mail between AVashington C. H. and Columbus, going on horsel)ack when the roads were bad and with a hack when the roads were passable, at which time he also carried passengers. He next worked by the month at whatever he could find to do and from his earnings managed to save a small sum.

When he had a little capital, J\L-. Van Ness was united in marriage, December 14, 1871, to Miss Snrah Douglass, one of the fair daughters of Mt. Sterling. Her parents were David II. and Doroth}' (Yocum) Douglass. Two children have been born unto our subject and his wife: Zoa, who was born February 9, 1872, and graduated from the Mt. Sterling High School in 1891; and Wade D., born August 26, 1880. They also lost a daughter, Ella, who died October 10, 1888, at the age of twelve years and was buried in Pleasant Cemetery.

After his marriage, Mr. Van Ness engaged in business with his father-in-law as a dealer in general merchandise and continued his operations in that line for some thirteen years witli good success. In this way he got a start in life and secured a home. In 1885, under President Cleveland, he was appointed Postmaster and served for four years, when the change in administration caused his retirement. About a j^ear later, he embarked in his present business as before stated. He is sagacious and far-sighted and well deserves a prosperous career.

Mr. Van Ness proudl.y cast his first vote in 1864 for Gen. George B. McClelland, and has since been a stalwart advocate of Democratic principles. He

"Yl OSEPII C. HARPER, Treasurer of Pickaway County and Cit}' Treasurer of Circleville, is widely known throughout Ohio and well deserves representation in this volume, lie was born five miles west of Lancaster, in Fairfield County, Ohio, September 2, 1831. His paternal grandfather came to this State about 1801, but after two years returned with his entire family. He was a planter and was of Scotch-Irish descent, being a direct descendant of the founder of Harper's Ferry.

Alex IIari)er, father of our subject, was born in Berkeley County ,Va., and about 1825 came to < )hio. He located and improved a farm near Lancaster, where he remained until 1840, when he removed to Lima, Ohio. He afterwards returned to Fairfield County nnd sulisequently engaged in the hotel business in Tarlton, Pickaway County. He was also one of the early teachers of the State. In 1855, he settled in Peoria, III., where he died three years later, at the age of fifty-eight. Of the Methodist Church he was a prominent member. His wife, who bore the maiden name of .Jane Cunningham, was born near Lancaster, in 1812. The deatii of Mrs. Harper occurred in 1881. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Her father, Robert C'unninghani,was a native of Berkeley Count}', Va., and went by team to Fairfield County, in 1801. He enlisted in the War of 1812, under Gen. Sanderson, and was killed at the battle of Ft. ]\Ieigs. His wife reared the family and lived to be eighty years of age. She could handle a rifle as Avell as a man and was a remarkable woman in many respects. She was well read and was a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church. Our subject's great uncle, Samuel Harper, built the first gristmill in Fairfield County.

In the famil}' of Alexander Harper were four sons and two daughters who grew to mature years: Samuel A., who enlisted at the first call for troops and served throughout the late war, becoming Lieutenant, now resides in Peoria, and is prominent in Grand Army circles, liaving served as Commander of Illinois; John J., wlio was in the one hundred days' service, was ten years Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the Portsmouth district and is a prominent attorney of Washington C. H.; William H. is a prominent farmer of Peoria County, 111.; one sister died in that county, and Mrs. Mary Williamson is living in tlie same county.

Our subject was the eldest of the family. He acquired a common-school education and at the ago of nineteen began teaching. After teaching in the district schools, he served as Principal of the sciiools in Lancaster, Ohio, from 1862 until 1865, was Superintendent of tlie Bucyrus schools for six years, of the Sidne}' schools for one .year, the Waverly schools for two years and the Newark school for three 3'ears. He was eminently successful as an instructor. In 1880, he located in Columbus and was interested in railroad projects. In 1884, he located in Circleville and for six months was Principal of the Madison Township High School. In the fall of 1885, he became Deputy County Treasurer and in 1888 was elected Treasurer and was re-elected in 1890.

On the 6th of October, 1853, in Tarlton, Prof. Harper married Miss Susan Foust. Her father, Andrew Foust, who was born in Delaware County, Ohio, was a carpenter b}' trade and died in 1883. He was also a prominent politician, representing his county in each house of the Legislature. His father, Jacob Foust, a native of Penns^dvania, was the first white man who ever raised a crop noith of Columbus, Ohio. The mother of Mi'S. Harper, whose maiden name was Rachel Drum, is seventy-nine 3'ears old. They have an adopted daughter, Mary K., whom they reared from childhood. She graduated from the Pleasantville Collegiate Institute and is the wife of T. E. Mithoff of Flagstaff, Ariz. Her only daughter, Marvene Ilarjier, finds a home with our subject.

Mr. Harper is the owner of a highly improved farm of one hundred and fifty-two acres in Salt Creek Township, besides his pleasant residence on Scioto Street. Since 1853, he has been a member of the Odd Fellows' society and iiolds memliership with the Reformed Church, In politics, he is a stalwart Democrat, has served as a member of the City Council from the Fourth Ward, is serving his second term as County Treasurer and is also City Treasurer. His public duties have been discharged with promptness and fidelity, thus winning him the commendation of all. In connection with educational interests, Mr. Harper has formed a wide acquaintance throughout the State. He was instrumental in organizing the first Teachers' institute in Fairfield County, and has lectured and taught in various institutes throughout the State. He is acquainted Avith all the prominent teachers in Ohio, for his lecture and institute work have brought him in contact with many. He deserves much credit for what he has done in the interests of education and his work has been 01 acknowledged worth. I

)ILLIA]M RENICK was for many 3 ears one of the most prominent agriculturists of tlie Scioto Valle^'. He died at his home in Circleville, in May, 1881, and in his death the community lost one of its best citizens. Tradition says that the Renick family is of German origin, its ancestors liaving emigrated from the Fatherland to Scotland to escape religious persecution. The name underwent a cliange from Rein wick to Renwich. In time, one of the family' was created a peer. He purchased the property of his two brothers, who, with their father, emigrated to America and settled in Eastern Pennsylvania, whence they removed to Hardj^ Count}^, Va., locating on the south bank of the Potomac. Their descendants are now scattered all over tlie country. In the meantime, the name was again changed to Rennick, and finall}^ one N was dropped, making it its present form. For more than two hundred years the Renick family has been represented in tliis countiy, and many of its members have attained prominence in various lines of business. One characteristic of the family is that of never being office-seekers.

reared in Hardy County, Ya. For a time, he served as Deinity 8nrve\'or under Lord Fairfax. He had four sons, Felix, George, Thomas and William, who all located in the Scioto Valley, between the years of 1797 and 1803. His danghters all married, but remained in Virginia. George Kenick, father of onr subject, was Itorn in Hardy County, Va., September 7, 1776, and spent his early boyhood days upon a farm, and in his youth clerked in a store in Moorefield, Va. He was twice married. In September, 1802, he wedded Miss Dorothy Harness, of his native county, and they had ten children, seven of whom are living. She died in December, 1820, and in 1825 Mi. Renick married Mrs. Sarah Boggs, a sister of Gen. ,lames Denny.

Mr. Renick first visited Ohio in 1797. A few months later, he again came, and witnessed the nailing of the first shingle that ever graced a roof in the city of Chillicothe. He afterward went through the wilderness to Kentucky, where lie spent the winter, returning to Virginia the following spring. He did not make a permanent location in Ohio until the autumn of 1802, when he was married and took his bride to Chillicothe. He opened the largest general merchandise store in that place at that time, and afterward engaged extensively in stock-raising. With wonderful foresight, he saw that corn would become one of the staple products of the valley, and believed it could be raised and fed to cattle with good advantage. In the winter of 1804-05, he fed a considerable number, which he marketed the following spring in Baltimore. The result was highly satisfactory, and in 1808, having accumulated a large landed property, he retired from merchandising and devoted his energies to farming and stock-raising, having at this time a number of blooded horses, cattle and hogs. His health, which was never robust, failed him in 1816, and on the advice of Dr. Scott, he removed to Woodford Count3% Ky., selling off much of his fine stock. He retained only a few head of favorite cattle. His health received no benefit from the change, and he returned to Ohio in the fall of the same j^ear. From that time, he gave his attention almost exclusively to the raising of fine cattle, and raised some of the lai'gest animals of this kind ever produced in the United States. He was very successful, and was an honored citizen. In 1844, he was made a Presidential elector on the Whig ticket, and voted for Henry Clay, his early personal fi'iend. In religious belief, he was a strong Presbyterian.

William Kenick, the subject of this sketch, was I)orn in Chillicothe County, November 12, 1804, and commenced doing an extensive business at the early age of fifteen and a half years, on account of his father's health. It was intended that he should pursue a full classical education, but this interfered with his doing so. On attaining his majorit^y, he entered into active business life on his own account, and became a prominent and wealthy farmer and stock-raiser. He engaged in feeding and grazing cattle on an extensive scale, having on hand as high as three hundred head. He made extensive shipments to the Eastern markets, and was one of the largest drovers in the State. He purchased and lirought from Texas, in 1854, twelve hundred head of cattle, the fir^^ lot of Texas cattle in large numbers ever brought to this county. He was a sagacious and far-sighted business man, and was widely known as a leading drover.

Mr. Renick was three times married, but left no children. His last marriage was with Miss Josie Pearce, who was born near Lancaster, Fairlield County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Lewis and Catherine (Vanmater) Pearce, the former a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter of Virginia. Her father was a soldier in the war with Mexico, and in the Civil War became a member of the Seventeenth Ohio Infantiy, and was commissioned Lieutenant.

Mr. Renick was the inventor of the present mode of constructing turnpike roads. For nearly three years, he constantly importuned the Directors of the Columbus and Portsmouth Company to adopt his system, which from its cheapness and usefulness has long since been the only plan of construction used in the West. On account of being out of funds, the Directors consented to try it, and on account of its great usefulness it has since been adopted. Mr. Renick was a stanch Republican and his articles on Currency of the Country, the Dollar of the Daddies, Revenue Tariff, Free Trade, Banks and Banking Systems, etc., did much to mold public opinion. He was a ready writer, and penned a number of communications of interest to farmers, including those on Blue Grass, Short-horns, Thoroughbred Cattle of Ohio, and the Early Cattle Trade of Ohio.

Mr. Renick was active, enterprising and highly public-spirited, although he labored from earl\' age under the dire misfortune of a partial, and during his last twenty-five years almost a total, loss of hearing. His widow, who is a most estimable lady, still resides at the family residence on the corner of Fourth and Mound Streets.

ACOB TAYLOR, who is one of the eldestborn sons of Madison County, a representative of one of its early pioneer families, has for many years been closely identified with the farmers who have been i)rominent in the development of its agricultural resources, and he has built u[) one of the most beautiful homes in Canaan Townshii), on the fine large farm that he has improved, two and one-half miles south of Plain City.

Our subject was born in Canaan Township, February 20, 1819. This part of the country was then i)ut little advanced from its primitive condition, and he remembers well the pioneer surroundings amid which he grew up. Wild game was plentiful in the forests, along the streams and on the prairies, and he used to indulge in the pleasures of the chase occasionall3^ At one time he killed a deer by cutting its throat with an axe, while his faithful d g fought the animal, and he could tell of many another hunting adventure. His father, William Taylor, a native of Virginia, was one of the earl}' settlers of Madison County, coming to Ohio in 1806 from Kentucky, and locating in Darby Township. He was subsecpientl}' married, in Canaan Township, to Elizabeth Casto, a native of New Jersey, coming from that State to Ohio with her parents in 1808. Tlie\' located on the present site of Cincinnati. After marriage, the Taylors began their wedded life on a farm in Darby Township, but they afterward came to Canaan Township, where the father died in his sixty-fourth year, and the mother in her seventy-eighth j^ear. They had fourteen children, of whom nine grew to maturit}', and four of them are still living.

Our subject is the fourth of the family in order of birth. His first schooling was obtained in Darby Township, in a rudely built house, 16x16 feet in dimensions, with a mud and stick chimney, and his education was completed in the district schools of Canaan Township. When he was nineteen Nears of age, his father died, and he continued at home on the old farm with his mother and the rest of the family to assist in managing the farm until he was twent^^-three years old. When he started in life for himself, he worked as a farm laborer, getting |12 a month for wages, or $2 more than the regular price, as he was so capable and helpful. As wages became lower, he afterward obtained only $10 a month. For cutting cordwood he had twenty cents a cord, and mauled rails for twent}^ cents a hundred. He was an expert in both, and could cut three cords of wood a day and split from two hundred to two hundred and fifty rails a day. He was ambitious to build up a home, and made up his mind that he would never marry until he had the wherewithal to do so. Accordingly, he was frugal and prudent, saved up his earnings, and in due time bought one hundred and three acres of land in Canaan Township, and had it all paid for before he took unto himself a wife. After marriage, he lived on tlie parental homestead until he took up his residence on his own farm, which under his care has become a very attractive home. It embraces five hundred and fort}' acres of as fine and well-cultivated land as is to be found in IMadison County, and is in every way substantially improved. Its broad fields }ield abundant harvests, its pastures afford feed for the excellent class of stock that he raises, and its buildings are neat and orderly, and of a handsome style of architecture, especially the commodious and elegant residence that was erected in 1878 at a cost of $5,000.

tive of Madison Count}', born in 1827. A wedded life of forty-seven years has brouylit them much happiness, and among its l)lessings are the children and born unto them, five in number, three daughters two sons, namely: Sarah, who is deceased; Zachary, a resident of Darby Townshi[); William, who lives with his parents, and superintends the management of the farm; Jane, who died in infancy; and Cora, wife of C. M. Andrew, of Canaan Township.

This brief record of the life and work of our subject shows that he is eminently a self-made man, who has struggled nobly against heav}' odds to carry out his aims, and has succeeded as only such a man can, who works steadily, exercises cool judgment and due discrimination in business matters, and is scrupulously honorable in all his transactions. His name stands among the highest in financial circles, and he is regarded with the respect due to his age and position by his fellow-townsmen. He was in early life a Whig, and in 1840 cast his first Presidential vote for the illustrious grandfather of our present Chief Magistrate, and is a bona fide Republican to-day.

H. SQUIRE, M. D., of Ashville, is a welltrained and progressive physician, who stands with the foremost of his profession in Pickaway County, and he is also prominent in its public and social life as one of its leading citizens. He is a native of Ontario, Canada, and was born October 22, 1850. His parents, John S. and Melissa (Denys) Squire, are natives, res])ectively, of Vermont and Ontario. His paternal grandfather was of English birth. When our subject was sixteen years of age, he accompanied his parents in their migration from their old Canadian home to Carroll County, Mo., where they lived a few 3^ears. They finall}- removed to Harper County, Kan., and there the father still resides. For many years he has been a minister, and, though he is past eighty years old, he still preaches occasionally with much of his old-time fervor and greatly to the acceptance of his hearers.

schools in different parts of the country. He laid the foundation of his learning in the public scliools of Canada and Missouri. For three Avinters, he attended a night school, in connection with tiu; High School, at Columbus, Ohio. He taught a district school in Missouri for two years, and while an engineer in Columbus, Ohio, running a stationary engine for the Columbus Chair Factory, he conceived the idea of stud^Mng medicine, and employed as a precei)tor Dr. Baldwin, to whom he would recite three nights in a week, studying whenever he could get an opportunity while at his work. He remained under Dr. Baldwin's instruction two years, and then, returning to Missoui'i,he taught two 3^ears, continuing his studies in the meantime, and in the fall of 1878 he entered the Columbus Medical College to further tit himself for his chosen calling. He was graduated from that institution in 1880 with honor, having sustained a high rank for scholarship throughout the course.

After leaving college, the Doctor selected Ashville as his future home and soon was recognized as a valuable acquisition to the citizenship of this section of Pickaway County. He has made his mark as a physician of rare merit, who combines a sound practical knowledge of the various branches of medicine with the genial courtesy and ready tact that have gained him a strong hold, both in the confidence and the hearts of the people to whose ills he so successfully administers in the course of a large and lucrative practice. He has made his influence felt in various waj'S since becoming a resident of this place, and is always found among the first to advocate desirable improvements or an 3^ enterprise that will in any way enhance local or county interests, He is one of the leading politicians of this part of the State, a representative Republican, and, besides being a member of the Harrison Township Republican Central Committee, he belongs to the County Executive Committee. His social relations are with Pickawa}' Lodge No. 747, I. O. O. F., and with Lodge No. 3005, K. of H.,of which he is Trustee. Religiously, he and his amiable wife are members in high standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Doctor without some refeience to the pleasant domestic life that has contributed in no small degree, not only to his personal happiness and comfort, l)ut to his material success in life. June 6, 1878, is the date of his marriage with Miss Florence Croswell, who presides over his home with true grace and makes it the center of a charming hosi)ilality. Their coz}' household is completed by the two children J)orn unto them: Clarence and Chester C.

ARVEY D. MARCY, of Mt. Sterling, claims Massachusetts as the State of his nativity. He was born in Berkshire County, Novem- ber 13, 1835, and is a son of Elijah L. and Amanda (Garfield) Marcy. His mother was a distant relative of President Garfield, and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Allen, was a relative of Col, Ethan Allen, of Revolutionary fame. His father was of a somewhat roving disposition, and our subject removed with his parents to Crawford County, Pa.; to Freedom Township, in Portage County, Ohio; to Lennox, near Lake Erie; then to Kingsville, and subsequently to AVayne, Ashtabula County, and when he was a lad of twelve summers, he became a resident of Troy, Geauga Count3'. Mr. Marcy obtained his education in tlie common schools and at Hiram College. At the age of sixteen, he received a certificate and began teaching, and for many years taught each winter after he was seventeen years of age. At the age of nineteen, he went to South Bloomticld, where he was emplo3'ed as Principal of the Union School. About this time, he was married, on the 10th of June, 1862, in White Oak, Fayette County, to Miss Catherine S. Cook. They spent the summer in Geanga Count}^, and then returned to Fayette County, where INIr. Marcy engaged in teaching in the winter. His wife died in 1864. He was again married, Jul}- 31, 1866, this time to INIary A. Cook, a daughter of Isaac T. and Elizabeth (Lewis) Cook, and a sister of his first wife. He taught but one winter after bis second marriage. He had been engaged in teaching each winter from the age of seventeen 3ears. For his first terin of school he received only $14 per month, but he afterwards received $50 per month. Mr. Marcy now turned his attention to farming, having purchased one hundred and seventy acres from Mr. Cook. He also bought an additional one hundred acre tract. His landed possessions now aggregate seven hundred and thirty acres. Abandoning the farm, he came to Mt. Sterling in 1873, in order to better educate his children.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. ]\Larcy have been born the following children, of whom seven are living: Rena S., who was born in Madison Township, Fayette Count}', July 14, 1867, graduated with the first honors of her class in 1888, and is now the wife of Seymour Renick, a railroad employe, residing in Muncie, Ind.; Scott Harrison, who was born January 10, 1869, graduated from the Mt. Sterling High School in the Class of '89, is now married, and, with his wife and one child, resides upon the farm in Madison Township, Fa}-- ette County; Elizabeth Lewis, who was born in Madison Township, Fayette County, June 16, 1870, and graduated in the Class of '86, was taken with consumption, and went to Florida for her health, but it was soon seen that she could not recover, and she expressed a desire to return home, but died on the sleeping-car a little north of Chattanooga, January 21, 1892. Her remains were interred in Pleasant Cemetery. Albert Milton, born June 20, 1872. is now studying dentistry in Mt. Sterling; Lora C, born April 14, 1874, died February 13, 1875; William Harry, born June 24, 1876, and Margaret Cook, born Januaiy 7, 1880, are both in school; Nellie Allen was born March 1, 1883; Daniel Franklin, who was born October 1, 1887, died in 1889; and Charles Sherman, who was born October 30, 1890.

Mr. Marcy cast his first Presidential vote for John C. Fremont, and followed the fortunes of the Republican party until late years, since which time he has voted with the Prohibition party. The cause of education finds in him a warm friend, and he has done effective service in its interests while serving on the School Board. He Avas Clerk and Treasurer of the School Board for several years, and has been its President for a number of years. Himself and wife are members of the Christian

Church, in the work of which he takes an active part, being now Superintendent of the Sundayschool. His life has been well and worthily spent, and by his sterling worth and integrity, he has won the high respect of all with whom he has been brouirht in contact.

"JYl OIIN McCAF'FERTY, Sk., whose long and successful career as' a farmer in Monroe Township shows him to be above the aver- ^^^^J age in business ability, and who is still strong and active notwithstanding that he has passed the eightieth milestone of a long and honorable life, is of the earliest pioneer stock of Ohio, and is himself one of the old settlers of Pickaway County, who has witnessed much of its development during the fifty and more years that he has lived within its borders.

Our subject was born near Frankfort, Ross County, Ohio, January 22, 1812, a son of John McCafferty, who was a native of Kentucky. The father of the lattei- bore the same name as himself, and was born in Sweet Avon, Scotland. He came to America when a young man, settled in Virginia, and was there married to Miss Nellie Watts, who was a native of that State, but of Scotch antecedents. After marriage, they settled near Lexington, Ky., and lived there a great many years, he being a pioneer farmer of that section. They had a family of fourteen children, of whom eleven grew up. The grandfather of our subject finally I'emoved with his family to the present site of Cincinnati, where he bought land, and there lived a few years. In 171)0, they took up their residence in Chillicothe, as their previous dwelling place was swamp3' and of a malarial character. At that time, there were but three or four cabins where now the flourishing city of Chillicothe stands. The grandfather bought land there and spent the remainder of his life in that place, living to the good old age of ninety years, while his wife attained the venerable age of ninety-two years.

wart manhood amid the pioneer scenes of his Kentuck}^ birtlii)lace. He was a great hunter and often used to indulge in tlie pleasures of tlie chase. He came with the rest of the family to Ohio and subse({uently to Chillicotlie, where he became very friendly with the many Indians that then lived around their new home, and spent many a day hunting with lliem. He was much prospered financially and owned several hundred acres of land near Frankfort, Ross County. AV^iile he was redeeming his land from the wilderness, he built and lived in a log cabin. He was sixty-nine years of age when he died, and his county lost one of its most elHcient and highly respected i)ioneers.

During the Revolutu)n, when he was a young man in Kentucky, Mr. McCaffci ty did not go to the front, Init many a night he had t<j stand guard at home to i)rotect the cabin and its inmates from sudden suri)rises by the British or Indians. He was a man of true religious feeling, and for many years was connected with the Presbyterian Church, but later in life became a JMethodist. In politics, he was a Whig. The mother of our subject, who died at the age of eighty-seven ^ears, in ISG.'j, l)Ore the name of Nancy Sellers, and was born in Washington, Pa., her ancestors being of the (ierman race. She came to Ohio with a sister in 1800, made her home thereafter in Chillicothe, and was there married. She was the mother of four boys and four girls, namely: Nanc\' A.; Sarah, who is living; Ellen; Betsy; John, who is living; William; George, who is living, and David. The mother was a Methodist and active in church matters.

He of whom we write was bom and reared on his father's farm in Ross County, and his education was conducted in the ty[)ical |»ioneer log school of the early years of the settlement of this State. Large open fireplaces served for heating purposes, slab benches with jiin legs were the prevailing style of seats, and greased paper took the place of glass in the windows. The schools were conducted on the subscription plan, and the teacher usuall}' had to take his pa}' in wheat, corn and bacon, as money was seldom to be liad. Our subject worked on the farm summers and attended school winters during his boyhood. At the age of nine- teen, he went to Chillicotlie to serve an apprenticeship of three years in a tanning factory. While there he attended night school, where he learned more than he had ever learned in the district schools, and thus laid a solid foundation for the education that he added to by observation, experience and reading or study at leisure moments.

At the end of three years' apprenticeship, Mr. McCafferty worked a short time in the tannery on shares, but soon abandoned that, and going to Clarksburgh set up a tanner}' of his own, which he operated eight years. Next he resumed the calling to which he had been reared, and renting land near the village, conducted farming thereon eight years. In 1840, in the fall of the year, he came to Pickaway Conn t}^, and bought one hundred and twenty acres of his present farm. The only improvements consisted of a log cabin and nine or ten acres of clearing. The most of the countryroiuidabout was timbered, and he began life here in the woods. lie did well in his undertakings, made money and bought additional land, so that he now has a choice farm of three hundred acres of as good farming land as can be found in this locality, all improved and vei\y productive. It is ampl}' supplied with buildings, including a neat frame dwelling that he built fort^'-tive years ago, to replace the humble log cabin that originall}' stood here. He carries on mixed farming, and has handled a great many cattle, sheep, horses and hogs.

Mr. McCaffert}' was married, March 5, 1835, Lo Miss Mary Bowdle, who was born October 23, 1813, in one of the early pioneer homes of Ross County. Her parents were William and Anna (Brown) Bowdle, who were both natives of Maryland, the mother having been born February 13, 1777. They were married July 26, 1801, in Ross Count}', of wliicli the father was a pioneer farmer and miller, owning a large tract of land and a mill on Deer Creek. He accumulated considerable wealth and died in 1842, at the advanced age of ninetythree years and two days. His wife also lived to be very aged.

John 8.; Mary E., Mrs. Creath; Nancy, Mi's. Williams; Jason L., and Alice, Mrs. Riggin. The good wife and mother departed this life December 23, 1882, leaving behind her a precious memory of one whose many pleasant ways and fine qualities of head and heart had made her greatly beloved by all who came under her genial influence. She was a sincere Christian and a valued member of the Methodist P^piscopal Church.

Our subject is widely known and greatl}' esteemed. He is a good type of our self-made men, as he began life for himself with no capital other than a clear steady brain, a resolute will, and a flue capacity for well-directed labor, seconded by exceedingly sound business qualifications. With these he long ago stepped to the front among the solid moneyed men of his township. He has always held to the same political principles since the days of his early manhood, when he belonged to the Whig party and cast his first Presidential vote for Henry Clay, and when the Republican party was formed he joined its ranks, and has given it hearty support from that day to this. He has been a member of the Methodist Church since he was twenty years old, and has done much toward its upbuilding. The attention of the reader is invited to the lithographic portraits of Mr. and jMrs. IMcCafferty which are presented in this connection.

EV. JACOB II. SCHNEIDER, A. B., A. M., Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Circleville, and Christ Congregation in 1 Jackson Township, was born in Jackson Township, Stark County, Januaiy 13, 1855. The family of which he is an honored member originated in Germany, where the paternal grandfather, Jacob, was a farmer; the maternal grandfather and great-grandfather were also farmers, living in the village of Hoegst. The father, Leonard, was born in Schloss Nauses, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, and followed the trade of a cabinet-maker in his native country until 1841,

After binding in New York, the little party proceeded up the Hudson Kiv^r, crossed the State to Buffalo, and thence went b}' steamer to Cleveland, Ohio. Leaving the others there, John Daum made an expedition into Hocking County in search of a location. Returning as far as Massillon, he made a conditional contract for ninety-six acres lying four miles east of the city , and afterward came back to Cleveland. Leonard Schneider was then sent down to Massillon to complete the purchase and gather the crop of hay and wheat. The family followed later.

In January, 1842, Leonard Schneider and Miss Eva M., daughter of John Daum, were married, and settled on a part of the farm of his fatherin-law. Mr. Schneider was a cabinet-maker by trade, but finding that there was little to do in his line of trade, engaged in carpentering work at Massillon. About 1850, he bought a farm of eighty acres in Jackson Township, Stark County (the birthplace of our subject), and with a great deal of hard labor and economy, succeeded in pa}^- ing for it. In the spring of 1870, Mr. Schneider removed to the old Daum homestead, and there passed away in the same year, at the age of liftyfour years.

The mother of our subject was born in Iloegst, Cermany, and still survives at the age of seventytwo, making her home at present with our subject. Her father, John Daum, was a German by birth, and when a mere lad was a teamster in Napoleon's army on the retreat from Russia. He engaged in farming in the Eatherland until 1841, when he came to America, and afterward resided in Massillon, where his death occurred at the age of fourscore and six. The family found a religious home In the Lutheran Church.

The seventh among nine children in a pioneer home, our subject early aided in the work around the home, and experienced with his parents the hardships of pioneer life. He remembers that in 1859-60 the wheat crop failed entirely, and they used buckwheat bread. During war times, the children wore home-made '"butternut" pants and flannel blouses to school. Each fall their father

Although the family lived four and one-half miles from Canton, where the church was located, there were very few Sundays during the year l)ut what some members of the family were present at services. Before the boys Avere old enough to walk that distance, they had a Sunday-school at home, the father acting as teacher, and in that way they learned the catechism and Biblical history. The rule was, that in good weather six of the family would ride to church and the others would walk. Our subject well remembers tliose trips - how they used to hang their shoes and stockings over their shoulders, and, after running through the wet grass until near town, would stop and put them on again. One summer the boys attended a school taught by a student, afterwai'd Rev. H. A. Schnlze, and for a time pastor of the Circleville church.

April 6, 1868, our subject and his brother John were confirmed by Rev. J. C. Schulze, and afleithe confirmation the former spent some time with his sister, Catherine, then Mrs. Johnson, meanwhile receiving the advantages of the Canton public schools. When he was fourteen, his father bought and located upon Grandfather Damn's farm, and he, with his brother William, operated a farm belonging to the latter. Wlien William married, our subject returned to the parental home. His father had previously died, leaving the farm incumbei'ed with debts, poor fences, rotten buildings, and in such a condition as required great industry to effect needed repairs. Tiie deplorabh^ condition, however, was not due to any negligence on the part of Mr. Schneider, Sr., for the farm had been neglected by Grandfather Daum for 3'ears.

When our subject's 3'ounger brotlier, Leonard, grew to manhood, there was not work enough on the farm to occupy the attention of all the sons, so Jacob was selected to learn a trade. After endeavoring in vain to secure a place, he hired at length to a farmer, with whom he remained one 3'ear. Later, he secured work with a carjjenter at fift}' cents per da}' and board, but not having acquired the full vigor and strength of manhood, he

About that time, through the persuasions of Rev. A. H, Feldman, our subject decided to enter the ministry, and through the kindness of that gentleman he was introduced to Prof. W. F. Lehman, who was visiting at Canton, and who assisted him to be received as a part beneficiary in Capital University. In the fall of 1874, he went to Columbus, entered the college, and after five years' study, was graduated with his class, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Next our subject took a course ui the theological seminary at Columbus, and after studying there two and one-half 3'ears, was called to Circleville as pastor of the Trinity Lutheran Church, accepting tlie pastorate of that church in December, 1881. January 28, 1882, he was duly ordained and installed bj^ Rev. D. Simon, assisted by Prof. Stellliorn, and here he has since remained, gaining a warm place in the affection of the parishioners, and enlarging and increasing the usefulness of the church. He was also the means of effecting the organization of a congregation in Jackson Township, for which he has done a noble work. In addition to other labors, he succeeded in raising the money for building the parochial school at a cost of $3,000. Ilis congregation now numbers three hundred and twenty-five communicants, and the membership increases ever}' year. Ilis great capabilities and faithful work have not been unnoticed b}^ other churches, and he has frequently been called to positions of greater prominence, but tlie mutual attachment existing between liim and his people has always prevented the acceptance of other offers.

May 31, 1882, at Columbiana, Ohio, Rev. J. II. Schneider and Miss Anna Baeschler were united in marriage, the ceremony being performed by the bride's father, assisted by Rev. A. II. Feldman. They are the parents of three children: Eva, Ilarvev and Sadie. In national politics, Mr. Scimeider is a Democrat, and in his State political adherence has voted sometimes for the candidates of the Republican party. lie is an admirer of Gov. McKinley, whom he considers one of the able men in the United States. In the synods of his denomination, many high honors have been conferred upon Mr. Schneider, and he is now serving as President of the English District of the Synod of Ohio, as well as Secretai-y of the Mission Board of the State Synod.

^1 )>)ILLIAM THOMAS, one of the self-made \/iJ// "'^'" ^^ Madison Count}-, who is engaged \^y^ in farming and stock-raising in Stokes Township, was born in Grayson Count}^, ^Y. Va., December 18, 1813, and is a son of Moses and Cntherine (Williams) Thomas. His father was a native of Nortli Carolina, and when a bo}' went to Virginia, where he met and married Miss AVilliams, a native of Grayson County. Our subject was the eighth of nine children who were born unto them in that county. With one exception, all grew to mature 3'ears, but he has only one sister now living, Mrs. Nanc}' Huffman, of Stokes Township. The family emigrated to Ohio in 1823, locating in Fayette Count}', where the father leased two hundred acres of land and built a blacksmith shop. He worked at his trade while his sons operated the farm and there resided until his death.

Our subject was early inured to the hard lal)or of the farm and in his youth he also learned blacksmithing. At the age of twent}-, he started out in life for him^elf,and soon afterward married Miss Lavina, daughter of William and Anna (AVillis) Beauchamp. Slie was born in Clarke Count}^, Ohio, June 20, 1815, and they were married October 10, 1833. They began their domestic life upon a rented farm and five years later Mr. Thomas purchased one hundred and fifty-seven acres of wild land, upon which not a furrow had been turned or a tree cut. He built a log liouse of two rooms, and began the improvement of his farm, which is now under a high state of cultivation. A pleasant residence has long since replaced the cabin home.

at the age of live, all grew to manhood and womanhood: Noah, now of London, who was born in Faj'ette County, August 1, 1884, served as County Auditor for a number of years, was Warden of the Ohio Penitentiary four years, and was appointed by C4ov. Foster and by Gov. Foraker Sui)erintendent of the Soldiers' Orphans' Home in Xenia, where lie remained four years. He served three years in the late war and lost an arm at the battle of Cold HarI)or. In politics, he is a Re[)ul)liean. He has been twice married and has five children. Moses, the second son, was liorn December 30, 183.5, and owns a farm of one hundred acres in Stokes Township. He is married and has nine children. William Thomas, born December 11, 1837, is a graduate of Yellow Springs College. He served three years in the late war, was shot in the left leg at the battle of Petersburg and is now crippled. He gets a pension of $15. With his wife and three children he makes his home in Yellow .Springs. Jephllia, born November 27, 1839, was also one of the boys in l)lue. He died December 25, 1887, leaving live children. John Wesley, born .Tanuary 22, 1843, died in August, 1885, leaving six children. Robert L., born April 29, 1845, is a farmer of Pocahontas County, Iowa, and by his marriage has four children. Huston, born October 19, 1849, resides on a farm of one hundred and twenty-six acres in Stokes Township with his wife and two children. Jasper, born March 16, 1852, resides on the home farm. By his marriage he has four cliildren. Elijah, born Januai'y 9, 1855, is an agriculturist of Stokes Townshii), and has one child. Oscar B., born January 28, 1861, graduated from Yellow Springs College, engaged in teaching in that place for three years, and was graduated from the law school of Cincinnati. He is now attorney at London, Ohio. Sarah Catherine, born September 9, 1841, became the wife of Henry Huffman, and died in 1874, leaving three children. Mary Ann, born August 29, 1847, died at tlie age of five years. Florestine, born December 21, 1862, is the wife of William Blessing, and unto them was born a daughter March 3, 1889, Dott.

hundred and twenty-seven acres of valuable land, which yields to him a golden tribute. He cast his first vote for Gen. Harrison in 1840, supported John C. Fremont in 1856, and has since been a Republican. He served as Township Treasurer for six years but has never been an ollice-seeker. For forty years he has been a member of the Christian Church and his upright and well-spent life has been in harmony with liis profession.

^AMES S. SWEARINGEN, a representative and prominent young farmer of Pickaway County, was born in Jackson Township? August 19, 1857. His well-appointed farm of one hundred and eighty acres of land, which is a part of the old home place, is of historic interest in tliat it is a part of the "Bedingei- Survey" that was given to his great-grandfather, Capt. Bedinger, b}' the Government for services in the Revolutionary War, located by liim in 1796, and has never been bought or sold. Our sul)ject has a fine large residence, remodeled in 1890, several frame barns, and all the equipments of a model farm.

INIr. Swearingen is descended from a notable ancestry. His father, Henry B. Swearingen, was born in Chiilicothe, November 16, 1814. His grandfather, whose given name was James S., was boi"n in Ikrkeley County, Va., February 3, 1782; his great-grandfather, Josiah Swearingen, was also born in that county, March 28, 1744, tlic date of his birth; his great-great-grandfather, \an Sweai-- ingen, was born in Maryland, while his great-greatgreat-grandfather, Zachariah Swearingen, was a native of Holland. The father of the latter, Garrett Swerengen (as the name was tlien spelled), greatgreat-great-great-grandfather of our subject, was the original representative of the family in America, coining here in the year 1654 witli his family, consisting of his wife. Barbara (De Barette), and two children, Zachariah and Elizabeth, from Brabant, a province of Holland. They settled near Annapolis, and in 1669 the family became naturalized citizens of the province of Maryland. Zacli-

The children of Thomas were two sons, Thomas and \an, who, according to an old "History of the A'allej of Virginia," settled in the neighborhood of .Shepherdstown, that State, on or near the Shenandoah River, in 1734, and were among the fust settlers on that watercourse and its vicinity. Yan Swearingen was Lieutenant of the militia of the county of Berkeley, Va. He was subsequently- I'aised to the rank of Colonel, and was a man of local note. He was the father of five children, of whom Josiali, tlie )iext in descent, was the eldest, and was born March 2H, 1744. lie was a Captain, under Gen. Lewis during Lord Dunmore's War. He married, January 5, 1777, Phebe Strode, who was ]>orn December 8, 1747. He died August 9, 17!tr), and she, Jul}" 6, 1786. They had three sons: Thomas, James and Samuel, and a daughter, Eleanor, who became the wife of Gov. Thomas Worthington.

James Strode Swearingen, who was the second son of Josiah and Phebe Swearingen, was born in Berkeley County (now Jefferson County), W. Va., February 3, 1782. At the age of thirteen years, he became Clerk in a store at Battletown (now Berryville), Va., near Winchester, where he remained about two years. The ensuing four years were spent as clerk in the Comity Clerk's oflice at Winchester, Frederick County. He was obliged to aliandon that position on account of ill-health, but the experience that he had gained and the formation of methodical habits were of inestimable value to him in after life. In 17!»9, he came to Ohio, having exchanged his land in A'irginia for land in the vicinity of Chillieothe. In 1800, he was ap- [iointed Ensign in the army, and two years after, having been promoted to the rank of First or Second Lieutenant, he made the journey from Chillieothe to Detroit with a guide, traveling on horseback through the primeval wilderness, and as there were no settlements on the way between Chillieothe and Lake F^rie was without a morsel of food to eat while crossing the State.

Later, he was stationed at Ft. Mifflin, below Philadelphia, at Pittsburgh, Ft. INIcHenry, Baltimore Cincinnati, and other places, but mostly on the frontier. November 4, 1811, while at Pittsburgh, he was vinited in marriage to Nancy, daughter of Capt. Henry and Rachel (Strode) Bedinger. She was born January 7, 1787. An earl}" ancestor of hers, Adam Bedinger, was a native of Alsace, Germany. He and his family were Protestants, and to escape persecution after the conquest which resulted in the ceding of Alsace to France, he emigrated to America, landing at Philadephia in 1734. Soon thereafter, he joined a party of German emigrants, who settled upon the beautiful, rich lands on Conowago, in York County, Pa. His son Henry married Magdalena Schleyel (Slagle, as Anglicised) and removed to Shepherdstown, Va., in the si)ring of 1702. His son Henr}^, the father of Mrs. Nancy Swearingen, was born October 16, 1753. He was a Captain in the Continental army during the revolution, was taken prisoner at F't. Washington, and was con fined on Long Island for four years. In 1796, the Captain located the tract of land in Jackson Township, Pickawa}- County, known as the Bedinger Survey, the most of which was owned by the father of our subject. Henry Bedinger was a man of good native ability, great energy and force of character, and was a power in the community where he lived.

In 1814, being then Quartermaster-General and a staff officer, James S. Swearingen made his headquarters at Chillieothe, where he remained on dut}' until the close oT the war, when he made permanent settlement in that city, and there spent the remainder of his life. Soon after his marriage, he had received from his father-in-law the Bedinger tract of land in Jackson Township, but he never settled upon it. He died in Chillieothe, Februar}" 3, 1864, and his wife died January 11, 1859. Three of their seven children died in infancy. The others were Henry B., F21eanor, Sarah B. and Virginia, the latter of whom died unmarried at the age of twenty-one years. Eleanor married first Dr. John H. (irant, of Covington, Ky., and after his death was married to Maj. Edward Clarkson, of the same place. She died in Jackson Township,

Tlie father of our subject was born at Adena, near Chillicothe, Ohio, November 16, 1814. He left his early home in Chillicothe in 1837, to settle in Pickaway County, and in December, 18r)l, toolv up his residence on tlie farm in Jackson Township now occuj^ied by his son of whom we write. He was married, Januarys, 1850, to Elizabeth Nesbitt, of Xenia, who was born June 3, 1827. She died in 1881, and he survived her until October 1;"), 1889, when he passed away at a ripe age. They were the parents of eight children, of whom the following is the record: Eleanor V., born March 26, 1854, married, October 26, 1882, W. A'. Grant, of Covington, Ky., and died September 26, 1890, leaving one child, Henry, born October 8, 1888; James S., our subject; Nancy N., born December 22, 1858, died May 30, 1887; Robert N., born February 22, 1859, died October 27, 1865; John G., born February 24, 1863, married November 13, 1888, Miss Fanny Dent, of Xenia, and they have one child, Virginia, born November 12, 1889; Henry B., born May 26, 1865, is in the Pension Department at Washington, D. C; Thomas T., born January 15, 1868, is book-keeper in Columbus; Mary S., born March 9, 1871, was graduated from Miss Phelps' School in Columbus, in 1892.

Henry B. Swearingen was well and favorably known throughout this county, and had many friends in various parts of this State who siucerel}^ regretted his death. He was one of the best-informed men in the county, having been a great reader all his life and having had a liberal education, being a graduate of Ken^-on College at Gambier, and his reading, while covering a wide range of subjects, was always well selected. He possessed a kindly disposition and was an agreeal^le as well as entertaining companion. For many 3"ears, and until the time of his decease, he was identified with St. Philip's Parisii of this city and was nearly always a delegate from the parish to the annual diocesan conventions.

Our subject was well educated in the district schools of his native township and in the High School at Circleville. At the age of twenty-one 3'ears, he began life for himself, and has met with fine success as a general farmer. Of late years, he lias made somewhat of a specialty of raising potatoes, and he is also engaged quite extensively in the stock business. He raises sheep of a high grade, fine Polled-Angus cattle, and draft and road horses, having several standard-bred trotters. He is deeply interested in all tliat concerns his native township and county, and in him the Republican party finds a stalwart supporter.

Mr. Swearingen was married, Novemlier 11, 1890, to Miss Minerva Anderson, who was born in Wayne Township, this county, October 26, 1867. She is an accomplished young lad}^, and her grace and tact admirably second the courteous hospitality of her husband in their [)leasant liome.

if/^ - ^ENRY LILLY. There is in the develoj)- ment of every successful life a lesson to all; for if a man is industrious, ambitious and honorable in his ambition, he will undoul)tedly rise to a position of prominence, whether having the prestige of family aiid wealth or the obscurity of poverty. We are led to these retlections in reviewing the life of Mr. Lilly, who is at present oecuj)ying a w^ell-improved farm, which is located in Fairfield Township, Madison County. Our subject has done much to aid in the development of this part of the country and, as a patriotic soldier, deserves credit for the work he did in securing the stability of the Union.

He of whom we write is the son of the late Wesley- Lilly, who was born in Fluvanna Count}', Va., March 30, 1798, and was five years of age Avhen he came with his jiarents, Thomas and Theodosia Lilly, to this State, and located in Ross County. There the father died in the fall of 1823, and in 1830 the mother, with her famil}-, came to Madison County, where she departed this life in 1838. The maiden name of our subject's mother was Mary Durflinger, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Durflinger, natives of Virginia, who located in Madison County, this State, about 1827. Wesley Lilly was an earnest member in the Meth- odist Clnircli and gave freely of his means toward the erection of the Lilly Chapel. He was a progressive and public-spirited man and did his full share toward building up and improving the county in which he resided. He departed tliis life August 10, 1889, wliile his good wife, who survived him a few years, died January 8, 1892.

The parental familN' included seven sons and one daughter, our subject, who was born September 11, 1810, in Franklin County, this State, being the fifth in order of birtli. He passed his l)03iiood days in his native itlace and was thirteen years of age when he accompanied his parents on their removal to this county, and located with them in Fairfield Township, wliere he grew to manhood. He was reared to farming pursuits and assisted his father in carrying on tlie liome farm until the spring of 1864, when he enlisted in the Union arm}^, being commissioned First Lieutenant of Company A, Seventysixth Battalion Ohio National Guards, under his brother, Capt. Thomas Lilly. The latter died at Bermuda Hundred, Va., in July, 18G4. On account of Company A being merged into the One Hundred and Thirty-third Infantry, the older ollicers in the service were given tlie precedence and our sul)jcci was not called upon to go to tlie front.

JnmiaiT 1*^, 18G2, Henry Lilly was married in Frankhn County to Miss Martha Ann Hartsook. The lady was I)oin in that county May 1, 1811, and was the daughter of Noali and Mary (Sanducky) Hartsook, natives of Maryland. Tlie father of Mrs. Lilly died while she was quite young, and the mother, who reared a family of three children, departed this life in Franklin County. After his marriage, he located in Fairfield Township, this count}', which has since been his home. He has made agriculture his life work and at the present time owns a valuable estate of two hundred and twenty-five acres, which bears all the improvements ui the way of buildings and machinery which are to be found on the estate of a first-class farmer.

To Mr. and Mrs. Lill}' have been lioru four children, viz: Frank S., Sylvester W., Rosa B. and "William W. Tlie eldest son died Auiifust 10,

Our subject occupies a high place in local affairs and in October, 1881, was elected County Commissioner. He has also served as Township Trustee for a number of terms, and dxu'ing elections never fails to cast a Republican vote. He is a member of Lodge No. 605, I. O. O. F., and the brief record of his life shows him to be a man of excellent ])usiness talent, whose judgment is keen, and who is well dowered with those sturdy traits of character that, seconded by unimpeachable integrit}', have made him a valuable citizen.

^ ON. DAVID I. WORTHINGTON, one of the prominent attorneys of Washington C. IL, has been in active practice here since ^^ 1874. He is a native of this State, having been born in Greene County, May 26, 1844, and is the son of Jesse J. and Catherine B. (Creamer) Worthington, residents of this count}-. The father of our subject was one of the earl}' settlers of the northern part of Fayette County and for a number of years was Superintendent of the cit}- schools of Washington C'. II.

David I. Worthington received a thorough education in the common schools of this city, and later read law at Indianola, Iowa, under Col. P. Gad Bryan. He was admitted to the Bar in 1865, before the Supreme Court of Des Moines, Iowa, and a year later located at Liberty, Clay County, Mo., wliere he remained for five 3-ears engaged in the practice of his profession. He then removed to lola, Allen Count}', Kan., and in 1874 returned to his native place, where he occupies a high place as a lawyer. He became connected with Judge Williams, who is now Chief Justice, and afterward, in 1889, with J. D. Post, who is his partner at the present time.

The Hon. D. I. Worthington was elected a member of the State Legislature on the Republican ticket in 1885, and was the incumbent of that office for two successive terms. During that time.

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he served on various important committees, performing eflicient service on the Judiciary, Corporation and Insurance Committees. At tlie prese.it time, he occupies the important office of President of the City Council and has shown himself capable of close application to the duties which lie before him. His judicious decisions and wise course in attempting to bring about a worthy object are well known to those who are acquainted with the history of the State.

Miss Kate Parker, of Liberty, Clay County, Mo., was married to our subject May 1, 1866. Tlie}- have an interesting family of three children, who bear the respective names of Jesse, Edgar P. and Bessie. Mr. Worthington, in his political predilection, is a thorough Republican and during the last congressional election of this district was chosen as its Chairman. In 1889, he erected the fine brick block at the corner of Market and Main vStreets, which bears his name. It is three stories in height, the Postoflice being located in the corner, the Knights of Pythias Hall above, and on the third floor are eleven finely finished offices.

homestead where he still resides, Mr. Whitesel was born February 4, 1836. For more than a half century he has been familiar with the scenes of progress and growth in Pickaway County, and especially in Salt Creek Township, where he has alwaj'S made his home. It is to the courage, enterprise and persistence of such men as he that the county is indebted for its high position among other counties of the Buckeye State, and his biography and portrait will therefore be of peculiar interest to present and coming generations.

The first representative of the Whitesel family in the United States was the grandfather of our subject, Nicholas, who came from Germany in the ca])acity of a soldier for the British arm^' during the Revolutionary War. When the conflict was terminated, he remained in this country, and ostalv lished a home in Virginia, whence he removed to

Ohio in the early i)art of the present century. He located in Salt Creek Township, I'ickaway County, about one mile north of where our siil^ject at present resides, and was num])ered among the first settlers of tliis townsliip. He entered a tract of land from the Government, and subsequent!}' erected a distillery, and engaged in the manufacture of liquor.

The father of our subject, Jacob Whitesel, was born in Virginia in 1792, and was quite young when he accompanied his father to Ohio. He commenced farming on the place where our subject resides, and cleared the land from its primeval condition, bringing it to a high cultivation, and making it his home until he passed from earth, in 1872, at the age of eighty years. He was a veteran of the War of 1812, and a member of the IMethodist Episcopal Church, in which he was Classleader and Trustee for man}' 3ears, and took great interest in religious matters. He married Ivlizabeth, daughter of fieorge Tliomas, who emigrated from Pennsylvania at an early da}'. The mother of our subject was a devoted member of the IMetliodist Episcopal Church, and was called hence in 1890, at the advanced age of ninety years.

The parental family comprised seven children, four of whom are still living. Archibald, our subject, received his early education in the log schooUiouse which stood on the farm. Subsequently, he spent one and one-half years in Circleville, where he attended the Union Schools, and is a man of good information and broad knowledge. His marriage, October 22, 1867, united him with Miss Margaret Ann Robinson, who was born in Ross County in 1831. Her father, John Robinson, was a farmer by occupation, and died wlien about ninety-five years old. After a happy wedded life of more than twenty years, Mrs. Whitesel passed from the scenes of earth, August 8, 1891, mourned ])}' a large circle of warm personal friends, and especially mourned by her husband, to whom she had been all that a loving wife and devoted companion could be. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and her life was such as to prove the sincerity of her belief.

stanch Republican, while in religious matters, he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is Trustee. During Lhe INIorgan raid, in Ohio, he was an active i)articipant, and went as far South as Scott's Landing, and from there to Zanesv^ille. He has a finch' improved farm of one hundred and eighty-two acres on section 12, where he raises a good grade of stock, and conducts a general farming business. Mrs. Whitesel owned one hundred and seventy-one acres in Ross Count}', which was rented to tenants. The place which Mr. Whitesel occupies in the community is a high one, and his life has been so upright and honorable as to win the confidence of all with whom he has ])een brousjlit in contact.

APT. MARCUS P. RADCLIFFE won a high reputation as an olticer in the Union army during the late war, when he sacrificed the opening years of a promising manhood on the altar of his country, and Pickaway County holds in lionor her gallant son, a native of her soil, who has also ]n-oved of value to her citizenship as one of her tiioughtful, progressive farmers, who manages his extensive farm in Pickaway Township after the most approved modern methods.

Capt. liadcliffe was born in Pickaway County, -January 10, 1840, and is a son of lienjamin Radcliffe. His father was born in Kentucky in 1794, and, coming to Ohio with his widowed mother in ISOG, was reared near Darby ville, this county. He was one of six children, all of whom are dead. He served in the War of 1H12 under Gen. W. II. Harrison, in Northern Ohio, and was a good soldier. He was a member of the Christian Church, and was active in religious matters. His wife, Sarah Florence in her maiden days, came of an old Virginia family, was born in that State in 1800, and in 180() was brought to Ohio by her parents, who located on the banks of Darby Creek, this county. She died in 18r)2, and in her death the Christian Church lost a devoted member. She was tlie mother of sixteen children, eightsons and eio-ht daugliters, and four of them are still living. The father was married a second time, Frances A. Scoville becoming his wife, and by her he had one son, now deceased.

The subject of this biographical review was reared on a farm on the banks of Deer Creek, and was educated in a log schoolhouse. In the fall of 1858, he went to Circleville to engage as clerk in the dry-goods store of Delaplanes & McCaully, he being at that time eighteen years of age. After the breaking out of the Rebellion, he watched its course intently, and finally threw aside his personal aims and ambitions to fight for his countiy, as his father had done half a century before, enlisting August 8, 1862, in Company A, One Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio Infantry, as a private. He was mustered in the following September as Sergeant of his company, and in the trying times that followed won his way steadily from rank to rank b}' his invincible courage and coolness in the heat of battle and in the midst of danger, and l)y his promptness in obeying and elficiency in carrying out orders, as well as by his fidelity and general trust-worthiness. He was made Second Lieutenant February 14, 1863, was promoted to the position of First Lieutenant Ma^- 2 of the same year, and in December, 1864, was commissioned Captain, an honor richlj' deserved. He did not act in that capacity, however, as, though his regiment was consolidated about that time and he was offered the captainc}' in the new regiment, he was obliged to leave the arni}^ on account of ill-health.

Capt. Radcliffe fought under Sherman at Chickasaw Bluffs; assisted in the capture of Arkansas Post, celebrating his birthday on that occasion; and he took an active part in the enti e siege of Vicksburg, lasting forty -five daj-s, and during that time he did not have a change of clothing, so constantly was he on dut}-. He assisted in building twenty -eight hundred feet of pontoon bridge across the bayous and trilmtaries of the Mississippi River, from Milliken's Bend to Grand Gulf, and was otherwise constantly kept busy during that important campaign. He Avas present at the engagement at Thompson's Hills, Ma}' 1, 1863, and was under fire almost constantly from that date until after the 22d of the same month. He was in the thickest of the fight at Champion Hills, and he accompanied Gen. Banks on the Red River expedition. He snffered much from exposure on that trip, and contracted a chronic disease, which was so bad that he was ordered to the hospital at Milliken's Bend. He then showed signs of insubordination for the first time, and utterly refused to go, determining to continue with the army and die with the boys on the march, rather than remain behind and miss an opportunity to do his share of fighting. He continued with his regiment until he was so debilitated that the i)hysicians decided that he would not live to reach home, and lie was discharged December 17, 1864, at the mouth of the White River, in Arkansas.