Pickaway Township (part 38 of 49)

The maiden name of the mother of our subject was Catherine Speaker; she was born in Bedford Count}^, Pa., February 12, 1809, and on coming to Madison County, this State, in 1837, located in Jefferson Township, where her death occurred April 17, 1885. She was the mother of eight children of whom our subject was the seventli in order of birth. Of the other members of the family the following is recorded: Ann, the wife of Abner AVhiteley died in Platte County, Mo., March 14.

1873; IMary M. resides in INIadison County; Eliza J. married S. AV. Durfiinger and died in London, this State, May 23, 1878; Sue E. de|)arted this life December 2, 1871; John W.. David and Rachel died in infancy.

Born January- 11, 1847, our sul)ject was reared to farm pursuits on the old homestead, and has made tliat calling his life-long occu[)ation. The old homestead, which is located at the forks of the National and Urbana Pikes, includes three hundred acres which he owns together with his sister Mary M. In politics, Mr. Silver invariably casts a Republican vote and has done much toward furthering the temperance cause in his locality, being an active worker in the Blue Temperance Lodge. He has been Deacon in the Baptist Church for a number of years, and as one of the respected and useful citizens of Madison County well deserves representation in this volume. His portrait is shown on the accompanying [)age.

AMUEL AV. MILLER, ex-Auditor of Pickaway County, is residing in Circleville, where he is extensively engaged in handling real estate, owning about three hundred acres on Darby Bottoms, some ten miles west of the city in Muhlenberg Township. Mr. Miller was born March 21, 1858, in Darby ville, and his father, AA^illiam A. Miller, was a native of Shepherdstown, Va., where his birth occurred January 3, 1818. His father, also named AVilliam Miller, was a native of the Old Dominion, and was a patriot in the Revolutionary AVar. The latter-named gentleman came to Ohio and died while on a visit to his son.

The father of our subject, although trained to the life of a farmer, when choosing an occupation, leai-ned the trade of a tailor. In 1848, he came to this State a single man and located in Darbyville, where he erected one of the first stores, and engaged in the general merchandise business. He was successful in all that he undertook, and at the time of his decease, was well-to-do in this world's goods. In his political relations, AVilliam Miller was an old-line Whig. During the late war, being too old to enlist, he gave liberally of his means to aid in the Union cause. He departed this life October 30, 1875.

The maiden name of our subject's mother was Paulina Hill Thompson, who was born in Darbyville, and was the daughter of Samuel H. Thompson, one of the pioneers of that city. He married Miss Hannah Hill, daughter of the Rev. Mv. Hill, an old pioneer clergyman and missionary, and the earh' explorer of this county. Grandfather Thompson was a farmer near Darb3'ville. where his decease occurred. JMrs. Paulina Miller was educated in the log schoolhouse of her district, and when completing her studies, taught school for several terms. She is at present residing in Darby ville with a daughter, and has been an invalid for the past twenty-five years.

The parental family of our subject included live boys and three girls, six of whom are living, and of whom Samuel W. was the third youngest. He was reared in Darbyville, where he attended the district school, and when fourteen years of age taught his first term of school. He continued to be thus occupied for the four succeeding winters, attending college during the summer months at the West Ohio University at Delaware, and being compelled to abandon his studies when in his Sophomore year. When about twenty j'cars of age, in April, 1879, our subject l)Ought out Mr. Davidson, who was engaged in the general merchandise Imsiness at Ashville, and, in company with his l)rother .James D.. organized the firm of Miller IJros. At that time they were the second merchants in the place, which was l)ut a small village of a few houses, and, at the time of his departure, contained eight hundred inhabitants. Miller Brothers continued thus until our subject purchased the interest of his partner, and continued alone. He was instrumental in incorporating the village, of which he was made Treasurer, and later its Township Clerk, being elected to the latter office in a Democratic Township, by a majority of one hundred and ten.

In 1887, our subject was nominated on the Republican ticket for County Auditor, and was elected to that position by a majority of sixtyeight. He was the first County Auditor to occupy the new court house, and was the incumbent of that position until September, 1891, when he retired to private life. He gives his entire time and attention t > the real-estate business, handling large amounts of land in this county. The County Treasurer, J. M. Lane, appropriated about $50,000 of the county's money and skipped out, "jumping" his bond. It was through the efforts of our subject that tlie new l)ond, which had been missing, was found and filed in time to save the county losing the mone3^ Mr. Miller is very popular in his community, where he is recognized as a shrewd, honest and upright business man.

In social matters, lie of whom we write is a meml)er of the Free and Accepted IMasons at Circleville, the Royal Arch Masons, the Knight Templars, being identified with Consistory Scottish Rite and Mystic Shrine. He is also connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of P^^thias. In his political relations, he is, and always has been, a true-blue Republican.

SAAC B. BARNES. Of the various enterprises that have made Circleville one of the progressive cities of the Slate, the lumber trade has always held an important place, employing large capital in its conduct, and giving to other industries a decided imi)etus by the energy and ability displayed in its development. Among the prominent business firms engaged in this line is that of I. B. Barnes A^ Co., who have their headquarters at the corner of Ohio and Pickaway Streets.

Our subject was born on a farm near New Lexington, Perry County, Ohio, on the 9th of March, 1858, and is the son of A. R. and Barbara (Bailey) Barnes, natives of Perry County, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, respectively. The father was a farmer and owned large tracts of land. He w\as an extensive sheep-raiser, keeping only the best blooded stock, and was one of the foremost men of tlic county. His buildings were all of a first-class order; a neat and tasty residence added very much to the looks of the place, and he had large bank barns, capable of hold- ing two hundred tons of hay. He sold out in 1874 and came to Circleville, where he has been engaoed in the lumber business with his son ever since. In this, he makes as much of a success as in agricultural pursuits. His father, the Rev. Isaac Barnes, was a native of Bedford County, Pa., and of English descent. He was a pioneer I>aptist minister of Perry County, Ohio, a man higlil}' esteemed for his many estimable qualities, and lived to be sevent3'-six years of age. Grandfather Bailey was of Irish descent, he being the only son of an Irish nobleman, but his marriage against the wishes of his father caused an estrangement between them and he was consequently cut off by will from his inheritance and patrimony.

Isaac B. Baines, the fourth in order of birth of the seven children born to his parents, remained in Perry County, Ohio, until lifteen years of age and received a good practical education in the district school. He then came to this count}' and began tilling the soil on a farm his father had purchased in Deer Creek Township, and this continued until 1881, when he began attending the West Point schools. After this, he started in the lumber business near Foresman Bros'. Mills, and continued there until 1885, when he brought his stock to Circleville. He and his father l)Ought two acres between Pickaway and Washington Streets and erected several houses on it. Since then, they have ere(;ted several residences in the Fifth Ward and others in different parts of the city. They handle a large amount of lumlier, and are thorough-going, wide-awake business men. Their sheds are among the finest in the State, slate roof, double deck and two hundred and fifty feet in length. They are engaged in contracting and building and handle a greater variety of wood than any other house in the city, walnut, cherry, oak, ash, sycamore, elm, maple, etc. The}' deal in lumber, lath, shingles, doors, sash, blinds, frames, heavy building timbers, molding, pickets, posts, fencing, etc.

The firm have a fine residence adjoining their yards, surrounded with all the comforts and conveniences of life. Isaac B. is a member of the Council, representing the Fifth Ward. He was the only Republican ever elected in that waid, and it speaks well as to his popularity, he being elected by a good majority. He is recognized as one of the influential Rei)ublicans of the county, and has served as Central Committeeman. He is a Knight Tenq)lar and at the [)resent time is Eminent Commander of the Scioto Commandery. He is a Methodist in his religious views and has been Steward of the church for some time.

^ AIMES S. BRANNEN, whose home is to be found in Unic)n Township, Fayette County, is a son of William Brannen, of Irish de- _ scent, who came to Ohio and settled in Fayette County in 1810. He married Mrs. Casebolt, nee Bartlett. They had a family of four children, and all of them grew to maturity. The three who are now living are William, Thomas and our sulqcct. The eldest son resides upon a farm in I^nion Township, and Thomas is a farmer in Missouri. The only daughter, Elizabeth, died at the age of eighteen years.

When William Brannen first came to this county, he l)ought two hundred and thirty acres of land in I'nion Township, but died before much of the land was cleared. He was a prominent man in the township and was a Republican in his iiolitical views. James Brannen was born March 28, 1832, in Union Township, and here received his education in the district schools of this and Wayne Townships. He was bound out when about thirteen yeai-s of age to Mr. Rogers, of Wayne Township, this count}', and lived with him for seven years. He then worked for his brother and for Mr. Coffman until he was married, February 4, 1854, his bride being Hannah Betzer, whose father, John Betzer, was a prominent farmer of Ross County, this State. Of the eight children in the Betzer family, only two are living, Mrs. Brannen, and Harriet, who married Andrew Post.

After marriage, Mr. Brannen moved onto a farm that he had inherited from his father on Paint Creek. After living tliere some eight years, he sold the place and moved to the one where he now resides. It then comprised a tract of ninety- four acres, part of which was cleared. He reduced it all to a state of cultivation and has made of it a fine farm. One child has blessed this home, Alzina, who is the Avife of Robert L. Silcott, of Union Township. She is the mother of four children: James, Harry, Clara and Ames.

Our subject is a member of the Sugar Grove Methodist Church, in the work of which he takes an active interest. His political views bring him into alliance with the Democratic party, although he is not active in politics. At the present time, he has forty-seven acres of land, all in excellent condition and highly' cultivated. He raises large crops of grain and has much stock ui)on his place.

i}J_, ENRY B. CONVERSE. Madison County |l is greatly indebted to her native-born sons for the part they have taken in forwarding jj her various interests since they came upon the stage of action. It is of one of these that this sketch is written. Henry B. Converse is a j^ouhg man of rare ability, energy and progressiveness as a farmer and stock-raiser, who has one of the bestecjuipped farms in Canaan Township, advantageously located five miles south of Plain City.

This township is his birthplace, the date of his birth being January 8, 1850. His father, James N. Converse, was also a native of Madison County, born in Darby Township, October 2i», 1823, in the early days of the settlement of this part of Ohio. He was a son of Charles Converse, who was a native of Vermont, and came to Ohio in 1814, casting in his lot with the few hardy pioneers who had preceded him in Darby Township. Our subject is also descended from the early pioneer stock of Ohio on the maternal side of the house, his grandfather, James Calhoon, being a son of people who were among the first to settle in Portage County, where he was born. The mother of our subject, Julia A. (Calhoon) Converse, was born in Canaan Township, October 30, 1826. The parents of our subject were married in their native county by old

Squire Allen, who performed the ceremony that made them man and wife in Plain City. They took up their abode in Canaan Township on a farm, and there the father passed his remaining days, dying at the age of sixty-four years. The mother is still living in Canaan Township, and is sixty-six years old.

Henry Converse and his sister Elizabeth, Mrs. Cary Millikin, of Jefferson Township, are the only children of their worth}- parents. Our subject laid the foundation of his education in the district schools of his native township, and was subsequently an attendant one winter at Capital University in Columlms. He next pursued an excellent course of study at J. A. Peasley's Business College in the same city, and, when he began life in earnest, was well fitted for the work that lay before him in the calling with which he had always been familiar, which Horace Greeley styled "the noblest of professions," and his success as an agriculturist is undoubted. He has improved a choice farm of two hundred and eighty-five acres, mostly under cultivation, and handsomely appointed with as fine a set of buildings as can be found in the township of Canaan. In 1884, Mr. Converse erected a brick house, of a modern and appropriate style of architecture, at a cost of $6,000, and he has built a large barn, 104x62 feet in dimensions, and a model of its kind, besides having other substantial buildings. He makes a specialty of raising sheep, and now has a fine flock of twelve hundred of high grade.

Mr. Converse was married September 16, 1875, to Miss Lizzie H., second daughter of Uri and Eleanor (Downing) Beach. Two sons and a daughter have been born unto them: Walter, who is attending school at Plain City; Julia, who is at home with them, and Uri Beach, who was born June 3, 1892. Mrs. Converse is a representative of the early pioneer families of Madison Countj^, of which both her parents were natives. Her paternal grandfather, Uri Beach, was born in New Hampshire December 7, 1789, and was one of the original settlers on Darby Plain, where he located in 1817. His memoiy is honored as the founder of the town of Amity, which he laid out, and where he established two flourishing industries hy building a sawmill and a.

woolen facto ly. ]\Irs. Converse's pai-ents bad seven children, of whom three others are living beside herself: Timoth^^, Isaac and Uri. Mrs. Converse is a lady of fine character and superior culture, who well graces the important social position she holds with her husband in the community. She was a student at the Western University, at Delaware, which she entered in the fall of 1871, closing her connection with that institution of learning, as a student, in the year 1874, whicli was her Junior 3ear. Slie is Secretary of the lieach Family Association, which holds reunions annually.

Our subject has long l)een prominent in the councils of his fellow-townsmen, and so popular is he that he is often called to responsible offices, notwithstanding that he is a Democrat, while the majority of the citizens of the township are Republican in the ratio of two to one. He is now one of the Trustees of the township, and has been Treasurer thereof. He is likewise a conspicuous figure in various social organizations, as follows: Urania Lodge No. 311, A. F. & A. M., at Plain City, of which he is Senior Warden; Adoniram Chapter No. 73, R. A. ]\L, at London; London Council No. 41, R. & S. M.; Mt. A^ernon Commandery No. 1, K. T.; the Ancient and Accepted Scottisli Rite Society, at Cincinnati, in which he lias taken tlie Thirty-second Degree; the Serion Temple, at Cincinnati; and Lodge No. L^O, K. of P., Plain City. He was once a member of tlie Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

lALDEN CLIFTON CARPENTER. Although not an early, or. at least, one of the ver}^ early settlers of this part of the State, Mr. Carpenter may well be classed among the pioneers wjio laid so well the solid foundation of Pickaway County's growth, are still concerned in its progress, and are bulwarks of its l)resent prosperit}'. Our subject was for some time after his advent in this county, in the vigor of early manhood, one of its most enterprisingmerchants, but for many years he has been identified with its farmers and stockmen, and still has a large farm in Muhlenberg Township, which he rents, while he makes his home in Darbyville.

Mr. Carpenter was born in P'leming County, Ky., April 22, 1811, his fatlier, Simon C*ai'penter, a native of Virginia, having lieen an early settler of that region, and one of its most prosperous farmers. He owned two or three farms in that ])art of Kentucky, and was pf)tent in proiiKiting its dovelojmient. He lived to a ripe old age, dying when about eighty years old; and the record that he left behind him was of a life well spent. He w.as a Whig in politics, and was all that a loyal citizen ought to be. The maiden name of his wife, who died at a venerable age, was Sally Fee, and she was also a Virginian l)y birth. The^^ reared a family of four children.

Our subject was reared amid pioneer environments, and his character was doubtless strengthened thereby, as he early displa3^ed manliness and resolution. His boyhood was passed on a Kentucky farm, and his education was oI)tained under difficulties, so tlie mc)derii scliolar would think. He had to go two miles to school, over rough paths, and through creeks that he had to wade. But his recollections of those times are pleasant. He still retains a picture in his memory of the old log schoolhouse, with its Ojien fireplace and rude slab benches, and recalls how lie used to play with zest "Blackman Andy Over," and similar games common among the children of those days. At the age of seventeen, he began life in earnest, splitting rails for a living, receiving seventy-five cents a hundred, and chopping wood at seventyfive cents a cord, working from daylight to dark. He could cord twenty-one cords of wood and split forty rails in a single day, and he has split as many as four hundred and eighty rails in a day, as he worked with extraordinaiy celerity and made every stroke of his axe count.

In October. 1837, our subject set out from the old Kentucky home on horseback on an ever-memorable journey to seek a new dwelling-place, and arrived in Pickawaj' County on the 31st of the month. At that time, he was without money, but he lacked neither a stout spirit, enterprise, nor the requisite energy and insight into Imsiness matters to insure success. He soon opened a store for the sale of general merchandise in Darhyville, and carried it on for nearly twenty years. At one time, his store was broken into and goods to tlie value of $10 stolen. He, liowever, tracked the thief and secured pa3'mont. He used to go to New York and Boston for all his merchandise, often driving cattle to the foimer cit}, disposing of tliem at a good jn-icc, and returning home witli articles for his store. He built up a large trade, jjeople coming to purchase of him for miles around, and it was no uncommon sight to see as many as forty teams in front of his estal)lishment at one time.

In 1857, Mr. Carpenter sold out and took two hundred and fiftj' acres of land in part pa3'ment for the store. He then turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, farming the land, or hiring it done, and buying and fattening many cattle and sheep. He purchased additional land whenever lie had a good opportunity, and at one time owned thirteen hundred acres, but he has given his sons a hundred acres each, and now has but six liundred acres in his OAvn name. He rents this, some for cash and some for grain, and thus derives a handsome yearly income. He does not live on liis farm, but resides in Darbyville in a lai-ge brick residence, which he purchased six months after it was built, and lias made it Ills home ever since.

Our subject was married in October, 1850, to Miss Anna English. Mrs. Carpenter is a native of Oswego, N. Y., born September 22, 1829, to Abram and Hannah (Gratesinger) English. Her fatlicr was a farmer, and came to this county with his family in 1838. Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter have had eight children, as follows: Win field vS.; Theodosio.; Thomas H.; Elorence, who died when three years old; Simon N.; Job; Harry B.; and Minnie, who died at the age of eleven years and six months.

Mr. and Mr. Carpenter are liighl}- thought of b}^ all who know them, and in them the Presbyterian Cliurch has two of its most valued meml)ers, whose every-day life shows the consistency of their religious profession. In politics, Mr. Carpenter was a Whig until the Republican party was formed, and he has since been unswerving in liis advocac}' of Republican principles. He held the responsible ofHce of Township Treasurer for a number of years, and has ever manifested true public spirit as regards the welfare of the community of which he has so long been a member. He is one of our self-made men, who began life without means, and have worked themselves up to positions of honor and wealth. He is quiet and unostentatious in his manner, honest}' and fairness have characterized all his dealings throughout his business career, and in the accumulation of his propert}' he has shown that he is a man of accurate judgment and of keen understanding in financial matters.

^ AMES II. WALKER, whose farm and residence are situated on the Wilson Pike in Canaan Township, six miles southwest of Plain Cit}^, is well known throughout Madison and adjoining counties as a dealer in horses, who handles none but the best, and is conducting a successful business in that line in connection with general farming. Mr. Walker is a native of this State, and was born in Brown Township, Franklin County, February 23, 1855. His father, Daniel AValker, was of New England birth and antecedents, born in the State of Vermont in the year 1818. He was twelve j'cars old when his parents became pioneers of Madison County, coming to this State in 1830, and here he met, and afterward married, Isabella, daughter of Mathias and Sarah Slyh, who were early settlers of this count}', where she was born.

After marriage, the Walkers located on a farm in Brown Township, situated on the banks of the Big Darby, Franklin Count}', where the father of our subject passed the remainder of his life, dying in 1887. He accumulated a comfortable property by his industry, and left behind him a golden record as a man and a citizen, who was true in all the relations that he sustained towards others, and was well worthy of the regard in which he was held by all who knew him. His wife survives him, and is now fifty-seven years old. They were the parents of four children, one daughter, Sarah J., and three sons, Frank, James H. and Price. Their daughter married J. L. Converse, and died in IHDO, leaving two children, a son and a daughter.

Our subject is the second child and second son of his parents, who reared him carefully under wholesome home influences. He attended the local schools of his native town, and by close study and oliservation was well equipped for any calling or any walk in life that he might choose to pursue. His inclinations led him to take up farming and stock-raising, and while with his father, with whom he remained until he was twent}'- three years old, assisting him in the management of his farm, he gained a thorough practical experience of agriculture in all its branches. When he was ready to settle on a farm of his own, he bought the beautiful place on which he resides in Canaan Township, and has here one hundred acres of very fine farming land, besides one hundred acres in his native township. A neat house, good barn and other necessary buildings are on his homestead, and he has every convenience for carrying on general farming. lie raises the finest breeds of horses, making a S[)ecialty of buying and selling Percheron draft horses and imported coach horses, and he also breeds them. He had four sales this last winter (1891-92) and some of his horses brought from $1,800 to $2,500 a piece. He has two Percheron stallions, valued at $2,500 and $1,(500, respectively. Our subject is also breeding the best trotting strains of horses to be found in this part of the State. He is also interested in raising fine Shropshire sheep and Short-horn cattle, and has his farm well stocked with both.

Mr, AValker was married May 9, 1879, to Miss Anna M., daughter of Francis and Mary Jones, who were born in Wales, and came to the United States in 1835. Mrs. Walker was born in 1851, in the same township in P^ranklin Count}' that is her husband's birthplace. Immediately after marriage, they established their home on the farm in Canaan Township, where they have ever since lived, and their pleasant household circle is completed by their two children, Blanche and Kenneth. Our subject has a high reputation in the business world as a perfectly honorable, straightforward, candid man, of irre[)roachable habits, outspoken in his opinions, and free-handed in the use of his means. In politics, he is identified with the Prohibitionists. In his social relations, he is a memljer of Lodge No. 157, K. P., at Plain City.

OLOMON M( CLIMANS. This representative farmer of Range Township, Madison Count}', is at i)resent engaged in farming and stock-raising on his fine estate, located one-half mile south of Danville. He is a native of this township, having been born August 15, 1835, and is the son of Isaac and Mary (Parker) McClimans. The father was born in Ross County, this State, March 23, 1805, and was al)out seven years of age when liis father, John McClimans, came to Range Township, and located on a piece of land on the Yankoetown and London Road, which i)roperty is still in the possession of the McClimans' family.

Isaac McClimans was given a good education, and here married our subject's mother. She was a native of this county, and received a fair education in a country school. The paternal grandfather of our subject was a native of Pennsylvania, and was of Scotch origin. At his death, he left a family of nine children, among whom he divided his estate of two hundred acres. They bore the respective names of George, John, William, Samuel, Isaac, David and James ; Margaret, who married William Johnson, and Sarah, who became the wife of Isaac llowsman.

The father of our subject was twice married, rearing a famil}' of four children b\' his first union, and nine In' his second. Our subject was the youngest of the first familv, iind had two sisters, Mary and Rebecca, and one brother, John. The mother of our subject was born in December, 1809, and died February 17, 1838, having been married just seven years. The father was very wealthy, and at his death left an estate of six hundred and eighty acres of land in Ranj,e Township. He was a Democrat in politics, casting his first vote for Andrew Jackson in 1836.

Solomon McClimans grew to manhood on the farm in Range Township, and made his home with his father until he was twenty-five years of age. October 15, 1861, lie was married to Eliza Ann Henry, who was born in Ross County, this State, June 14, 1841. She is the daughter of Hugh and Maria (Rogers) Henry, both natives of Ross County, and after her marriage witli our subject lived for live years on the home farm. In 1865, they purchased three hundred and eighteen acres, wliere thej^ now reside, upon which they removed the following 3^ear. In addition to the propert}' just mentioned, Mr. McClimans owns one hundred and fifty-seven acres one and one-half miles north of Danville, which he purchased in 1883.

To Mr. and IVIrs. IMcClimaus have been born three children: Herman Albertis, who married Mirte Yates, and resides in Range Township, where they have one son, Wilbur; Ella May and Charles William are at home. Though not a politician, Mr. McClimans casts his vote for Democratic candidates, and served his township as Trustee for eight j-ears. He has been School Director in the Danville district since locating here, and possesses the entire confidence of his friends and neighbors.

ynJJAM II. GUY. This well-known and honored representative of an old and prominent family of Madison County, of which he is a native, is one of its most progressive and successful farmers and stock-raisers, and is the proprietor of one of tlie most beautiful and valuable farms within its borders, the farm being perfect in its appointments, which are modern; its soil cultivated after the most a])i)roved methods of agriculture; and finely graded stock of noted breeds are in its pastures.

Mr. Guy, who resides on his farm five miles east of Mechanicsburg, was born in Pike Township, May 2, 1838, and has always made it his home. He is a son of William Guy, who was a native of Vermont, and came to Ohio with his parents, James and Mary Guy, when he was a small boy.

They were also natives of Vermont, and were of English descent. The mother of our subject was Adelaide FuUington in her maiden da3'S, and wasa native of Vermont. Her parents were George and Rebekah (Greeley) FuUington, her mother, who was born in Vermont, being a relative of the distinguished Horace Greeley. She was likewise of English descent, and was a small child when her parents brought her to Madison County, of which they were early settlers. Here she grew to womanhood, was married to the father of our subject, and they began their M^edded life on an unimproved farm in Pike Township.

Mr. Guy worked assiduously to develop his land, first building a log house for a dwelling, in which he and his famil}^ lived until 1848, when he erected the good brick house in which he still makes his home. He is now an old man, who has passed the eighty ninth milestone of the long journey from the cradle to tlie grave, and he is now peacefully and calmly awaiting life's great end. He has been deprived of the companionship of his wife, who died in her seventy-sixth year. The}'^ were the parents of six sons and three daughters, six of whom are living: Edwin A., a resident of Champaign County; Henry C, who lives in Pike Township; William H.; C. W., a resident of Pike Township; Clara, wife of Charles Phellis; and Walter F., a resident of Pike Township; INIary J., who married John O. Dye, is dead; Rebekah, who married Charles W. Williams, is now deceased; Lewis died at the age of two 3'ears.

William H. Guy is the fourth child and third son of the famil}'. He early displayed good talents as a scholar, and was given a liberal education, attending first the district school of his native place, and afterward pursuing his studies at Mechanicsburgh and subsequently at Delaware. He was thus well fitted for any occupation in life that he might decide upon, and having been reared to that of a farmer, his tastes turned in that direction, and agriculture in its various branches has been his life work. He remained with his parents until he was twenty-eight j'ears old, gaining a deep insight into practical farming, and his father then gave him the farm upon which he now resides in his native township.

There were no buildings upon the place, and our subject may well take pride in the fact that the handsome, modern improvements that now adorn it and render it, with its picturesque surroundings, one of the finest estates in the count}-, are the result of his own labors. lie settled on his homestead three years after his marriage in the fall of 1866, and is constantly adding to its value by able management. He and his family are extensive land-holders, owning fifteen hundred and seventy acres of land of surpassing fertility, nearly all of which are in Pike Township. The buildings are of a high order of rural architecture, including ample barns, granaries, etc., and an elegant two and one-half story frame house, built in 1885, heated throughout with steam, and having all the conveniences of the bestconstructed city dwellings. The house is finely finished as to its interior and handsomely furnished, and the grounds aroixnd it are adorned with large evergreens and other evidences of a cultivated taste, which make the place a charm to the e^'c and a very pleasant featvue in the landscape. A view of this lovely home is elsewhere shown.

Mr. Guy is one of our most extensive stock raisers, keeping none but the best, and is noted far and wide for his fine herd of Short-horns, for his Slu'opshire sheep, for his Poland-China hogs, and for his valuable French coach horses. He is a man of a broad, cultured mind, of a frank and generous disposition, possessing firmness and resolution withal, and is truly public-spirited, delighting in the prosperity that his native county has attained, and using his influence to further its interests. He is a Republican, always loyal to his party, and has mingled in the public life of his community from time to time. He was Trustee and Assessor of the township for several years, and while serving in those capacities was potent in securing public improvements.

Mr. Guy and Miss Sarah M. Oyler were united in marriage September 27, 1866, and theirs is a congenial union, fraught with true happiness to themselves and their household and to all who have come under their influence in the passingyears. One son and two daughter have been born unto them, as follows: Charles Pliellis, a graduate of the High School at Mechanicsburgh, whence he went to the State University at Columbus, which he attended three years; Alice Rebekah, a graduate of the High School at INIechanicsburgh and of Ilarcourt Place Seminary at Gaini)ier, Ohio, and Eva M., a pupil in the same institution. Mrs. Guy was born in Tippecanoe County, Ind., February 22, 1845, a daughter of William G. and Rel)ekah (Phellis) Oyler the father, a native of England' and the mother born in Vermont. She was a niece of Charles Phellis, Sr., by whom she was educated at the female seminary of Cleveland, Ohio. She came to Madison County when she was seventeen 3^ears old. A lady of rare excellence of character, she is gifted with tact and good taste, is an admirable housewife, and knows full well how to make home pleasant and happy.

)EV. THOMAS B. ATKINS, who resides in Plain City, was born in Preble County, Ohio, March 15, 1832. He is a son of Tliomas Atkins, a native of South Carolina, wlio came to Ohio in 18;>0, and located in the county where his son was afterward born. Later, he removed to Rush County, Ind., where he made his home on a farm until his death, which occurred in 181)1, when he reached the very advanced age of eighty-six. He was a prominent and official mem])er of the Presbyterian Church, and was of English descent. The family is noted for long life, and our subject's grandmother lived to reach the age of ninet3f-three.

Thirteen children made up the household into which our subject was born. The eldest one died in infanc}^, and the remainder grew to man's and woman's estate. Six of the familj- are now living, four sisters and two brothers. Our subject is the sixth child and fifth son in this large circle. His first education was obtained in the district schools of Rush County, Ind., in 1851, and later he attended the Rushville Academy for three 3'ears, taking a classical course, after which he entered the college at Monmouth, III., remaining for three j^ears, and there completing his classical course. During this time, he taught in connection with his own ]nirsuit of an education. In the spring of 1861, he was licensed to preach under the United Pres])yterian Cliurcii, and after four 3^ears in this connection, he was transferred to tlie Old-school Presbyterian Church. His first charge was at Newcastle, Pa., and afterward he served tlie churches at Mt. Carmel, Thornton, Bellbrook and Delaware, Itefore coming to Plain Cit}', where he has now been preaching for four years.

It was while residing at Bellbrook, Ohio, that the Rev. Mr. Atkins was united in marriage on the 10th of January, 1868, with Miss Carrie Morris, a native of Greene County, Ohio. They are the parents of one son, G. Glenn, who was born in 1869, and to whom they have given a liberal and professional education. At the age of nineteen, he graduated at the (Jliio State University at Columbus, and two years later took his diploma in the law school at Cincinnati. He is now taking a theological course at Yale College, at New Haven, Conn.

ATHEW W. MARK. One of the bestknown residents of Fayette County is Mr. Mark, whose birth occurred within its borders seventy-one years ago. He is at present residing in Concord Township, where he is engaged in superintending the cultivation of his fine tract of land. He is the son of Peter and Mary (Legore) ]VIark, natives of Pennsjdvania, where the father's birth occurred in 1776, and the mother's four years later.

The parents of our subject were married in the Keystone State, and came to Ohio in 1810, residing for a few years in Ross County. In 1815, they made their advent into Fa^-ette County and located on the tract of land which is the present property of our subject, and which was then in its original wildness. Neighbors were few and far between Avhen the elder Mr. Mark located upon his one hundred and sixty acres, which he set about industriously to improve. He departed this life in 1854, in which year the mother also died.

Mr. and Mrs. Peter JMark had born to them twelve children, only three of whom are living, three sons, one of whom resides in Iowa, one iu Missouri and our subject. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics, JNIr. Mark was an active Whig, He of whom we write was born August 30, 1821, on the old homestead, where he has passed his entire life. He commenced going to school when six 3^ears of age, but was permitted to attend only three months until reaching his fifteenth year. He aided his father in clearing and preparing the land for cultivation, and has watched with interest the gradual evolution of this country from its original wildness into beautiful and productive fields.

In 1842, Miss Hannah Kirkpatrick became the wife of our subject. She was the daugliter of John and Elizabeth (Bush) Kirkpatrick, both of whom are deceased. The father was a ver}' earl}' settler m Jasper Township, locating here in 1820. To them were born five children, only two of whom are living. Mrs. Mark was born September 16, 1825, in this township, and by her union with our sul)ject has become the mother of twelve children, nine of whom are living. One son, John W., was a soldier in the late war; he is at present residing in Pickaway County. Susan E., Mrs. Miller, makes her home in Nebraska; Elizabeth is Mrs. I. M. Sollars; P. Lewis was the next in order of birth; Rachael F. Slagle, Adine E.; EHie M., Mrs. Sea brook, resides in Nebraska; Annie L. and James L. P. Lewis is a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Our subject and his estimable wife are members in good standing of the above-named church, where Mr. Mark was Trustee for fifty years and Classleader for many years. He has been Sunday-school Superintendent, and contributes generously to the spread of the Gospel; at present he is serving as Steward. In politics, he of whom we write is a Republican and has served his fellow-towns^ men in the capacity of Road Supervisor, during wiiich time there was great improvement made in this district. He has been a member of the School Board of this locality' for nine years, and is also identified with the Township School Board.

two hundred and seventy-tlve acres, almost all of which has been placed under improvement. He worked hard and industriousl}^ during his earlier 3^ears, and at the present time is living in the full enjoyment of the results of his labors, surrounded by a host of friends and relatives. Duiing the late war he was drafted into the one hundred days' service, but was not accepted on account of physical disabilit}'.

'' OHN HENRY, who is engaged in the livery business in Circleville, and is an enterprising man, claims New York as the State of ^ his nativity. He was born on the 4th of March, 1847, in Steuben County, and is a son of Alex Henry, a native of Dublin, Ireland. When quite young, his father came to America. His first location was made in Canada, whence he removed to Maryland, and afterward went to New York. He there engaged in farming and stockraising, shipping stock (piite extensively. He married Elizabeth Dunlap, a native of Belfast, Ireland. In his political afliliations, he was a Democrat and in religious belief he was a Catholic. His death occurred in 1882, and his wife passed away in New York in 1884. In their family were eight children, six of whom are 3^et living.

The subject of this sketch was the fourth in order of birth. He was reared in the usual manner of farmer lads and his early education was supplemented l)y a course in the Academy. He remained at home until sixteen years of age, when, in 1863, he started Westward, traveling through Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. He represented, as its traveling salesman, a large clothing house of New York City. His health falling him, he went to Texas in 1866, hoping to be benefited by a change of climate, and continued in business as a representative of the New York house. He was one of the first commercial travelers in Texas. He traveled by team all over that State, but his principal route was between Galveston and Houston. He spent two years in the Lone Star State and then retii'ed from that line of business. In 1868, he bougiit a hotel in Washington County, Iowa, which he operated for two years and then sold out. He was next again employed as a traveling salesman for the; firm for wliich he had formerly worked, his i-oute being tlirough Kansas, Nebraska and Missouii. lie emltarked in business in Circleville in 1K73, purchasing tiie livery stable of liechtell \' Stooker, and now has the largest and finest stable in the city, it being wellecjuipped with a nice line of carriages and turnouts, while his barns show some of the finest iiorses in this localitj'.

Mr. Henry was married in Circleville, in 1867, to Miss Maggie E. Feney, a native of this city. Six children have been born of this union: .Joseph F., who is engaged in business with his fatlier; Stephen J., Marie II., John E., Mary E, and James 1).

Mr. Henry owns a fine farm of one hundred acres on the Scioto Bottoms, Pickaway Township. This is a well-iinproved tra(!t of land, which he rents, and it jaelds to him a good income. His own pleasant home residence is situated on Franklin Street. In connection with his ))roperty, he owns a fine undertaking establishment, which he l)urchased in April, 1891. It is located on Court Street and he is now doing a good business in this line. In politics, Mr. Henry is a Democrat, and has served as a delegate to the county and State conventions. He is a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, and contributes liberally to its support. He is a pleasant, genial gentleman, well known throughout the community, and his personal aiipearancc is pleasing.

^/ EVI HOPKINS. This name will be imme- (^ diately recognized as that of one of the ' - ^, most prominent residents of Fa3x*tte County. He is a fine representative of the progressive farmer and his industry and perseverance have been rewarded, as his fertile and i)roductive farm will show. His estate, which is pleasantl}^ located in Madison Township, will compare favorably- with any in this section. Mr. Hopkins is a native of

Portrait And Eiographical Record

The father of our subject was born June 6, 1796, in Wasliington County, Pa., and was a lad of ten 3'ears when he came to Ross County with his parents. His father, the grandfather of our sultject, Jklward Hopkins, had purcliased three hundred acres of land, whicli, at Lhe time of liis death, was divided among his three sons. The maternal grandmother of our subject, Rebecca Marlin, was born on the Atlantic Ocean and was a relative of William Penn.

The mother of our sul)ject was born in ]\Iaryland in 1797, and came to Ohio with an elder sister when quite young, her parents being dead. She was married to Mathew Hopkins February 28, 1819, and became the mother of four children, of whom our subject was the youngest but one. Mrs. Hopkins departed this life September IG, 1827, when Lqv'i was three years of age. The father, April 3, 1828, was married a second time, which union resulted in the birth of four children.

Of the brothers and sisters of our sul)ject, Rel)ecca, the eldest, married Adam Day and died at Ilillsboro, Highland County, this State, leaving a family of seven cliildren, two of whom died in the Union army. William, the second child, was a soldier during the late war in the One Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio Infantry, and losing his life near \'icksburg, was buried on the banks of the Mississippi River. Our subject was the next in order of birtli, and Maria, who married John E. Bridwell at Leesburgh, Highland County, tliis State, was the youngest in the famil}-.

He of whom we write received a fair education in the common schools and began to do for himself on attaining his eighteenth .year, still making his home with his father. May 24, 1858, he was married to Miss Rachael A. King, of Fayette County, where she was born May 21, 1832, and was a daughter of John and Rachael (Hixon) King. Mr. Hopkins with his wife resided in Ross County and operated the old farm until the decease of his father, which occurred February 18, 1878. He received PHH) from his father's estate, and the first property which came into his possession was the two hundred acres which were contained in his present farm. His land is under thorough cultivation and the comfortable residence and numerous outbuildings attest to the thrift and industry of its owner.

The five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins are Marcella, who was born June 26, 1859, married Alvaro Taylor and has a family of five children; John Ellsworth, born June 25, 1862, makes his home in Pickaway County and is the father of two children; James Wilber, who was born October 5, 1866, is married and has one child; Harley Law'son, who was liorn December 11, 1870, is at home, and Celia, born October 8, 1865, died in infancy.

In politics, our subject in early life was an oldline Whig and cast his tii'st Presidential vote in 1848 for Gen. Tajdor. On the formation of the Republican party, he voted for Fremont, but is now a Prohibitionist. Although not in any sense an ollice-seeker, Mr. Hopkins did efficient service as Trustee in Buckskin Township, Ross County. With his wife and family, he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which denomination he has been Steward, Trustee and Class-leader.

John King, the father of Mrs. Hopkins^ was born March 6, 1786, in Loudoun County, Va., and her mother was born in Ohio, April 12, 1792. They were married February 25, 1808, in Ross County, this State, and in 1813 came to this county and located on the farm where the father died. They had a family of seven sons and three daughters, viz.: Bennett, Sarah II.,Timoth3' II., John, ReuJien, Wesley, William, Elizabeth, Rachael A., and James C. Mrs. King died December 9, 1843, and May 24, 1845, her husband was married to Alcina Cherry, who departed this life in September, 1878. On his first marriage, Mr. King was dressed in a home-spun hunting shirt and buckskin breeches and moccasins made by himself out of the raw hide, he being a shoemaker. His bride was decked in a checkered or ci'oss-barred cotton, woven by her father, and her shoes were made by the bridegroom, Mr. King shooting the squirrels and tanning tiie hides out of which they were made. They went dii-ect from the altar to the sugar-camp, where the}' held their infare. Their first house was made of round poles, ciapboaicl roof, puncheon floor, and cliimne}' made of sticks and mud, serving the double purpose of heat and light. The furniture used in this rude dwelling was of the most primitive construction, the cupboard being made of split boards resting on pins in the wall and holding a few pewtei^ i)lates, wooden knives and forks, w^ooden bowls, a gourd and liunting-knife. The bread was baked in the ashes and the pies l)aked on leaves. Mr. and iMrs. King were members of the JNIethodist Episcopal C'iiurch and many times entertained the itinerant preaclier. In 18'2(),]Mr. King was licensed to exhort, nnd in 1823 was ordained a Deacon and ten years later an Elder, which otlice he held until his decease, February 4, 18G8, having been a minister for forty ^ears.

ylLLIAM H. MORRIS was a native of Pickaway County, born September 20, 1835, a son of one of its early settlers, and his death, August 2, 1890, deprived his community of the services of a valued citizen, who liad been active in 'ts agricultural and other interests. He was a sou of Ezekiel and Catherine (Bowman) Morris, who were among the first to settle in Walnut Township.

Our subject passed his lioyhood days in very much the same way that other farmers' boys did in pioneer times, and ni early life he gave his attention to farming. Later, he had control of a flour mill, and beside manufacturing flour did a thriving grain business. He was much prospered and acquired a valuable property. He did much to develop the interests of the township, and took pride in the steady growth of his native county, materially adding to its wealth by his industr^^ and business energy.

Mr. Morris attended the district school in his youth, but he was mostl}' self-educated in the truest sense of that term, ever making good use of his intellectual faculties, and being gifted with tliat plain common sense that often serves a man far better than mere book learning. His name stood high in financial circles, and his reputation was untarnished. He was well informed in politics, and was a Democrat from beginning to end. When death fell upon iiim in the midst of an active and useful life, he was greatly missed, not only in the home circle, where he was all that a kind husband and father could be, l>ut also in the business world of which he had formed a part.

Our subject was eminently hapi)y in his domestic life among his wife and children. His marriage with INIiss JMary J. Cromley was solemnized March 4, 18(18, and of their union three children survive: Arthur C., Clarence E. and Mary A.

Mrs. Morris was born January 15, 1812, in Pickaway Count3', and is a daughter of AVilliam and Sarah Cromley, early pioneers of Walnut Township, of whom an account ai)pears in the biography of her brother, the Hon. T. E. Cromley. Mrs. Morris is the owner of four hundred and tiiirty acres of land, and under lier able management her property yields her a comfortable income. She is a ladv of high character and standing in the community, possessing many pleasing attributes that have won her many friends, and she is an active member of society.

ELOS R. GRAHAM. It is with pleasure that we record a life sketch of one who is so prominent, both as an old resident and as a brave and loj'al soldier of his coun- Mr. Graham, whose home is in Scioto Township, Pickaway County, was born here, August 10, 1810, and his father, Alonzo D. Graham, who was born in New York in 1814, was a son of William Graham, a New Yorker of Scotch descent. The grandfather lived upon a farm, which he carried on until his death at the age of sixty-five. He was a Whig in his political afliliations.

The father of our subject was reared upon a farm, and learned the trade of a Ijrick-niason when eighteen years of age. In 1839, he came to Ohio with liis brother-in-law, Richard Clark. Each of these young men liad a horse, and, putting them together, they made a team with which the_y jour- neyed Westward being two weeks on the way. Mr. Graham bought one hundred and ninety-eight acres of land in the woods, and building a log cabin, proceeded to improve his farm. He was a hard worker and devoted himself to clearing his farm in the winter and working at his trade in the summer. He was an active member of tlie Baptist Church, and a leader therein, and politically was first a Whig and afterward a Republican. He lived to be seventy j^ears old and died in 188-4.

The mother of our subject, Martha Clark, was born in New York in 1819. She became the mother of nine children, seven of whom are still living, namely: Delos R., Melissa A., Albert R,, Sophia, Malvina, Ida and Charles. She died at the age of sixty years, and was deepl}' mourned in social and church circles, having been an active member of the Baptist Church. Her father, Richard Clark, was a native of Rhode Island, and a farmer, who moved to New York previous to his marriage and brought his family to Ohio in 1837, locating in this township, and developing a farm of fift}^ acres. He died at the age of ninety years. He was a Bai)tist in religious matters, and a Whig in politics.

The subject of this sketch was here reared upon a farm, and remembers well seeing herds of deer near his father's home when a boy. His education was gained in the subscription school of that da}', in the old log schoolhouse that had an open fii'cplace and slab benches. At the age of twentyone, he began life for himself, Init soon left the avocations of peace for the camp and the march, as he enlisted August 16, 1861, in Company H, Tiiirtieth Ohio Infantry. He was mustered in at Camp Chase and sent to Virginia.

Eight days after entering that State, the regiment i)articii)ated in a figlit at Carnafax Eerry. Numerous skirmishes engaged their efforts from time to time, and they took part in the battles of the second Bull Run, South Mountain and Antietam, and were with Sherman at the siege of Vicksburg, and later in the battle at Jackson, Miss., and in the conflict at Chattanooga. Later, thev took part in the famous Georgia Cami)aign, where they were in conflict evciy day until their term of service expired, and were mustered out of service

September 13, 1864. The young hero would gladly have re-enlisted, but was not considered available as a soldier on account of physical disability.

Having returned home to Pickaway County, the young man decided to go farther West, and spent 1866 to 1877 working on a farm, and in a sawmill in Kansas, after which time he returned again to Ohio, He was married October 16, 1870, to Miss Emma Welsh, of Eairfield County, Ohio, who was born in that county, July 12, 1819. They iiave only one child, Araminta, who is now the wife of Archibald Griffey, of Commercial Point, and is the mother of one child, Alda.

Mr. Graham has a fine property, consisting of one hundred and ten acres, most of which is in an improved condition, and has been cleared and cultivated by himself. Here he carries on mixed farming, raising both grain and stock, and has made considerable of a specialty of raising draft horses. The United Brethren Church is the religious body with which Mr. and Mrs. Graham are connected, and of which he is a Trustee, and they both take an active interest in its affairs. His political views are in harmony with the doctrines of the Republican party, and he is an efficient member of the Grand Army Post at Ashville.

NDREW S. BELL, whose sketch now invites attention, is proi)rietor of the AYeblier farm, making a specialty of breeding Jersey cattle. He occupies a prominent place among the stock-raisers of Madison County, and has won success by the earnestness with which he has pursued his calling. His farm is located in Oak Run Township, and is supplied with all the comforts of life, and made cheerful and attractive by the good tastes of himself and his estimable wife.

Our subject is a native of this county, having been born in Fairfield Township, November 12, 1846, and is a son of Thomas and Susan (Montgomery) Bell. The father, who was a native of Cumberland, England, was born July 14, 1794, and came to America when twenty-three years of age. He was twice married, and became the father of eight cliiklren, of wliom our subject is tlie second in order of birth of the four included in the second family. His mother, who was born March 18, 1809, in Ross County, this State, was the daughter of Hugh and Catherine Montgomery. She accompanied her parents to Madison County, where she grew to mature years, and was married to Mr. Bell, April 21, 1844. The father died February 3, 1875, when in his seventy-ninth year.

He of whom we write spent his boyhood days on the farm and in attendance at the common schools, beginning for himself when sixteen years of age b}' working out on farms by the month. He was thus engaged for three or four years, and then rented his father's place in Fairfield Township until the parents removed to what is now his present estate in 1874. His property includes one hundred and fiftj'-four acres of excellent land, fifty acres of which he has cleared himself. He devotes his time and attention to the breeding of Jersey stock, many of his animals being registered. Among these is "Miss Clifford," No. 27,962, in the A. J. C. C. Herd Book, which made a record of seventeen pounds fifteen and one-half ounces of butter in seven da3^s. Mr. Bell also owns her daughter, "Miss Clifford Second," registered as No. 56,149, whose record is sixteen pounds four and one-half ounces of Initter in seven days, and " Casta Belle," No. 56,148, whose record is fourteen pounds and fifteen ounces of butter in seven days. In addition to these fine animals, he owns five daughters of " Miss Clifford," which are rapidly coming to the front.

Our subject has always been a lover of fine animals, but did not give his attention to Jersey stock until liis wife urged him to invest in that breed of animal, and, indeed, he gives to her the credit of bargaining for the first Jersey in 1881. He ships his cream to Columbus, and in keeping an account of the product of his animals finds that they yield him over $100 per head per year.

The lady to whom our siiliject was married, November 11, 1874, was Miss Esther Ella, daughter of Job and Eleanor (Hunt) Edwards. She was born in Fairfield Township, this county. June 19, 1853.

In politics, Mr. Bell is a Re[)ul)lican, and lias served on the School Board for a number of years, also as Supervisor for one term. Trustee for four or five terms, and Assessor and Treasurer one year each. He was elected Director of the County Infirmary for a term of three years, and has been a delegate to the county and congressional (conventions many times.

W/OSEPH SHOEMAKER. The first land entered in Salt Creek Townshii), Pickaway County, was in May, 1801, when the ^^^ father of our subject made an entry of land, and the patent issued to him bore the date April 20, 1802, and was signed by President Jefferson. Subsequently, this pioneer took up claims to large tracts of Government land in other portions of Pickaway County, as well as in Fairfield County, which he developed from its primitive condition. He removed his wife and children to the claim in Salt Creek Township, and there remained until death terminated his useful career, about 1814. He was in the War of 1812, returning from the service in feeble health and never fully recovered from the effects of exposure and the hardships of army life.

The maiden name of the mother of our subject was Elizabeth Iluy, and she was a native of Berks County, P.I., where her huslmnd was also liorn. After the death of Mr. Shoemaker, she was united in marriage with Dr. Ballard, who was an early settler of Pickaway County, coming here in 1817, and continuing in practice for man}^ years. Mrs. Ballard was a faithful member of the Lutheran Church and lived a consistent Christian life until called hence, in 1862. The Doctor survived until 1878. Of her first union three children were born, but Joseph is the only one now living.

In the village of Tarlton, our subject was born February 8, 1808. His schooling was gained in the pioneer log schoolhouse witli its limited advantages, the academy- at Lancaster and the schools of Circleville. When his education was completed, he was engaged for one term as a teacher, receiv- ing $50 ill compensation for liis services. He had been reared on a farm and had a love for that occupation, which induced him to enter it for his life calling. In connection with general farming, he was interested in stock-raising, and was accustomed to drive hogs to Baltimore, the journey occupying fifty-six da3'S. He also made occasional trips over the mountains with cattle, and through these journeys gained a fund of experience which was lielj)ful to him in later years.

May 22, 1832, Mr. Shoemaker was united in marriage with Eliza W. Carpenter, a native of Vermont, who accom[)anied her parents to Athens, Ohio, and was engaged as a school teacher prior to her marriage. After more than a quarter of a century of wedded life, she passed away in 1858. She was the mother of four children, namely: Otis B., deceased; Cynthia S., wife of Henry K. Miller, of Greenfield, Ohio; Mary E., who married the Rev. T. R. Taylor, Presiding Elder of the Chillicothe (Ohio) District; and Anna E., the widow of Joseph Ward.

The second marriage of our subject, June 2, 1862, united him with Miss Nancy C. Meeks, a native of West Virginia, and they are the parents of two children: John W., who is married and lives ill Tarlton; and Joseph, who is at home. First an old-line Whig and later a Republican, Mr. Shoemaker has always favored those issues which will elevate society and promote the interests of his fellow-citizens. In 1832, he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, and during the sixty 3'ears that have come and gone since then he has labored for the upbuilding of the church. He has served as Trustee, Steward, Class-leader, and was Superintendent of the Sunday-school about twenty years. He has also been a delegate to annual conferences and has contributed liberally to religious enterprises. A firm supporter of temperance, he never used tobacco in any form, and in the early days never furnished liquor in harvest times, as was the universal custom.

The home farm of Mr. Shoemaker adjoins the village of Tarlton and consists of two hundred and fifty acres, ])esides which he owns one hundred and fifty acres in Fairfield County, directly north of Tarlton. The homestead is watered bv

Salt Creek and Hay Run, and is in a high state, of cultivation. The brick residence is one of the old landmarks of the country, erected in 1834, and is a substantial and roomy dwelling. Farming has been the life calling of Mr. Shoemaker, with the exception of two 3'ears spent in the mercantile business at Tarlton.

The parents of Mrs. Shoemaker were William and Nancy (A^incent) Meeks, both Virginians, who died in 187-1 and 1861 respectively. They were descendants of one of the F. F. V's and were peoi)le of worth and kindliness of heart. Of their twelve children, eight are living at the present time. In her religious belief, Mrs. Shoemaker adheres to the faith of her parents and is identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, in the work of which she is quite active. She is a lady of culture and refinement, devoted to the welfare of her family and prominent in the social circles of the community.

ISS HANNAH E. LEAVELL. This work would fail in its idea of placing before I" its readers and patrons in Faj^ette County the life history of its noted men and women, were we to omit the name of Miss Leavell, who is a native of Madison Township. She is at present superintending the operation of five hundred and fifty acres of land, a portion of which is the property of her sister in St. Louis. She is gifted with physical and intellectual activity, decision of purpose and calm judgment, which traits have been very useful to her in the conduct of her affairs.

]\Iiss Leavell was born on the place whei-e she is at l)resent residing, and is the daughter of Maj. John and Cynthia A. (Hedges) Leavell. Her father was born in Culpeper County, Va., in 1775, and came to Ohio when a lad of eight or nine years from Kentucky, whither they had removed. He received his title of Major in the War of 1812, and was present at the battle of St. Clair, where his brother Gabriel was killed. The parents of our subject were raarried in Pickiiwny County, this State, and at tbe time of his decease in 1854, Mr. Leavell owned nearly one thousand acres of hind in Madison Township, Fa3'ette County. The children comprised in the parental family were Mary Ann, who married William Clarriage; Cornelius G., who resides in Madison Township; John was next in order of birth; Ik-njamin F. was the fourth child; William C. died in infancy; Nancy M. is a practicing physician and makes her home in St. Louis; and Hannah E., who is the youngest of the family.

The original of this sketch received a commonschool education, and made her home with friends in Pickaway County for six years after her mother's decease, which occurred in 1834. She now cultivates her large estate in a most intelligent and profitable manner, having had charge of the same since 1888. Possessing marked force of character and unswerving honesty, no resident of the county enjoys greater esteem than she and no one has proved to be more thoroughly reliable and trustworthy.

W?ACOB Z. VALENTINE. This gentleman, who is one of the oldest native-born residents of Pickaway County, is also one of the prominent and successful farmers within the limits of Circleville Township. His estate is under fine cultivation, for he believes that the best methods and latest improvements in the wa}' of farm implements bring him in the largest returns. Not the least among the substantial buildings on his place is a large, commodious brick residence in which he intends to spend his declining years, in the quiet enjoyment of the prosperity which his early toil has assured. Although in his eighty-fourth year, he is hale and hearty, and his life has been such that he bears the good-will of all who know him.

Jacob Z. Valentine was born in Pickaway County, August 22, 1808, and was the son of John Valentine, who was born in Frederick Count}', Md., in 1781, and removed to this county in 1805. The grandfather of our subject, Jacob Valentine, was born, lived and died in Maryland. Previous to locating here on the date above mentioned, John ^'alentine had visited Ohio and taken up Government land for himself and brother. He was married in 1804 to 3Iargaret Zigger, whose birth occurred in Bucks County, Pa. Her father, Jacob Zigger, was also a native of that State and came to this county in 1802, having visited this section previously and entered land where the city of Circleville now stands. He was the father of a large farail}' and was one of the earliest settlers in this locality'.

At the time the father of our subject made this county his home, it was thinlj' poi)ulated, wild animals, especially deer, being very plentiful in those early days. He lived to see a large portion of his tract of land put under cultivation and died in 1845. His wife had preceded him to the better land some years. The}' were both members in good standing of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.

The original of this sketch was the eldest of the parental family of eight children, all of whom are deceased with the exception of himself and his brother Israel, who makes his home in Circleville. His educational advantages, like those of most pioneer youths, were limited, l)ut he acquired enough learning to give him an impetus to i)ursue his studies alone. The primitive schoolhouse contained an old-fashioned fireplace at one end of the room, with slab seats and a puncheon floor. As soon as he was old enough to work, our sul)ject began clearing the land and chopping wood. He was employed some by other parties, but during the busy season aided his father in cultivating the home farm.

When starting out in life on his own account, Jacob Z. Valentine purchased one hundred and fifty-four acres of land in Circleville Township, upon which he located in 1845, and where he has since made his home. He was married in 1844 to Elizabeth, daughter of George Myers, a native of Penns3dvania. Mrs. Valentine had previously been married to David Young and passed from this life in 1881, aged sevent3'-five 3-ears. One child was born to our subject and his wife, a son, Jacolj, who died in his twent3'-seventh year. He had been married to Sarah, daughter of Bently and

Mr. Valentine has always voted the Democratic ticket, casting his first vote for ''Hickory" Jackson. He has been the recipient of many local positions of responsibility and trust, all of which he has filled with credit to himself and satisfaction to all concerned. He united with the Evangelical Lutheran Church soon after reaching his majority, and has been a zealous member of that body since, serving in the capacity of Elder for man}' years.

The landed estate of Mr. A'alentinc comprises two hundred and six acres, all of which have been accumulated by his persistent industry and good judgment, as he started out in life a poor bo}'. The details of improvement and the gradual evolution from the original state of the land to its present prosperous air of rural life, is as familiar to him as his own dail}' life, and all his early associations are connected with the district in which he is now a resident and where his friends are as numerous as his acquaintances.

Ill (- - , Sterling, was born in Darby Township, ^^J^ Pickaway County, July 21, 1817. His father, Absalom AVilson, was born in A^irgmia, and was brought to Ohio when two years of age, his home being in Madison Count3\ He followed farming throughout his life, his death occurring in Pleasant Township, Madison Count}', November 9, 1883. He married I^lizabeth Alkire, a native of Pickaway Count}'. Unto them were born six children, all of whom are yet living: John R. resides with his wife and two children on the old homestead; George is the next younger; Henry makes his home upon a part of the old farm in Pleasant Township with his wife and two children; INIrs. Elizabeth Robinson, of INIonroe Township, Pickaway County, has four children; Mrs. Wilson

Bazler resides in Columbus and has one child; Charles A. is a school teacher and owns fifty -two acres of land in Pleasant Township. He has also married and has three children.

The subject of this sketch spent his boyoood days upon his father's farm and acquired a common-school education. For a number of years he engaged in farming and stock-raising with his father and brother. He was married, November 26, 1868, to Miss Louisa Bell, who was born in Darby Township, Pickaway County, December 23, 1846, and is a daughter of John W. and Susan A. (Henderson) Bell, the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of Ross County, Ohio. The father died in 1861, and the mother met her death by accident. She was run ov^er by a train on the Cincinnati & Columbus IMidland Railroad, about two miles above Harrisburgh.

For many years after his marriage, Mr. Wilson continued to engage in farming and met with excellent success in his undertakings. He is industrious and enterprising, and was ranked among leading agriculturists of the community, but in order to better educate his children, he removed to Mt. Sterling in October, 1887, renting his farm. He then embarked in his present business and has since been engaged in undertaking. Mr. Wilson attended the Oriental School of Embalming, at Columbus, Ohio, from which institution he received a diploma. He still owns one hundred and two acres of land in Pleasant Township, and one hundred and three acres in Darlty Township, Pickaway County.

The family circle numbers four sons and a daughter: William Edward, born in Pleasant Township, December 18, 1870, attended the Columbus Medical College, also the Eclectic IMedical College of Cincinnati, where he pursued courses of lectures on embalming. He also attended the Egyptian School of Embalming, from which he received a diploma in November, 1891, and is now connected in business with his father. John A. was born in Pleasant Township, November 1, 1872; Ida E. was born November 25, 1874; R. B. Hayes, November 23, 1876; and Walter, on the 7th of November, 1878.

first vote in 18()8, for U. S. Grant. He has never been an otHce-seeker. He served as a niemlier of the lioard of Healtli, but refused to serve a second term when ai)pointed l)}^ tlie council to that [)osition. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Odd Fellows' society and tlie Encampment, and lias filled all the chairs in the last two named. Himself and wife are members of the Christian Church, to which his eldest son and daugliter also belong. The family is well and favorably known in Mt. Sterling and vicinity and has many friends.

EVl RUNKLE was born in one of the pioneer homes of Pickaway County, March 13, 1834, and is now one of the prosi)erous and well-to-do farmers, with a finely improved farm on section 3, Walnut Tow^nship. He is a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Kroninger) Runkle,who were well known among the early settlers of this region, and of whom mention is made in the biography of his brother Henry, who is represented in this volume.

Our subject was reared to manhood nnder wholesome home intluences on his father's farm in Walnut Township, and has done much pioneer labor in his life, both in assisting his father and on his own account. He is mainly self-educated, having learned from oliservation, experience and reading more than was taught in the primitive schools of his day, which were held in rude log cabins with slab seats and boards placed against the wall, on wooden pins driven into the logs, to serve as desks upon which to write. He early became familiar with all kinds of farm work, and has managed his farm since it came into his possession with great skill, making its one hundred and eightyfour acres of rich soil return him abundant harvests in repayment for liis care and toil. Suitnble buildings adorn the place, which is also am[)l3' supplied with good machinery, and everything about it wears an air of comfort and thrift pleasant to behold.

whereby he has l)een greatly benefited, September 1,5, 18,'').5, by his marriage on that date to INIiss Lydia Hall, who is also a native of Walnut Township. She was liorii Ajtril 1,5, 1.S36, to David and Elizal»eth Hall, natives of Pennsylvania, and early settlers of Walnut I'ownshii). Kurtiier mention is made of them in the sketch of their son, Peter Hall, on another page of this volume.

Our subject is a man of good parts and sterling sense, and is never backward in helping forward all good causes that will in an}' way advance the welfare of his native township and county, much of wdiose growth he has witnessed, and whose pioneer scenes he can recall vividly. In his political views, he is j're-eminently a Democrat, and stands firmly by his party whate'er betides. Mrs. Runkle, who is a sincere Christian, is a devoted member of the Lutheran Church.

MEINHARD VAN HP:YDE, a leading insurance agent of Circleville, was born in ^^^ Pyrmont, Germany, May 14, 1832, and is a son of Bernhard and Caroline (Meinberg) Van He3de. The father was born in 1783, and served nnder Napoleon in the war with Russia in 1812. He was a merchant of Pyrmont, and engaged in tlie manufacture of knitted goods, doing a wholesale business. He was a meml)er of the Lutheran Church, and died at the age of eighty-five years. The year previous to his death he was visited l»y our su]»ject, who returned to his native land to see his aged father. The mother had died in 18,57. In the family were eleven children, eight of whom grew to mature years, while foiu' are yet living. Three came to America: William, who for several 3'ears was a resident of Circleville, removed to New Streetsviile, where he served as Mayor, and spent his last days. Frederick died in Cincinnati.

Our subject attended school between the ages of six and fourteen years, and was then employed in a large cigar factory for three years. He then spent six 3'ears as a traveling salesman, traveling all over German}'. In 1854, with permission of his Government, he came to America to escape six years of military service. He ci'ossed the Atlantic from Bremen on the sailing-vessel '- Betta," which foundered on the return trip. Thc}'^ were sixt3'-three da3'S in making the voyage, and landed in Baltimore. INIr. "N^an He^'de came at once to Cireleville, where, with his brothers, he engaged in importing woolen and cotton hosiery- from German}' for two years. Later, the}^ engaged in tlie wholesale li(]uor business, and built a large distillery, engaging in the manufacture of liquor until 1862, when tliey lost ¥100,000 liy lire. In connection with his brother "NYilliam, our subject tlien engaged as a wholesale dealer until 1878.

In 1856, :Mr. \\in Ileyde wedded JMiss Mary Sassaman, a native of Pennsylvania, and unto them were born six children: Bernhard, a cigar manufacturer, of Urbana; George, a jeweler, who died at the age of twenty-one; Heni'y, who is engaged in business with his father; Harry, attending High School; Alice, wife of D. Niles, of Jackson Township; Lillie, who is attending High School; and Minnie, who completes the famil}'.

Mr. Van He^de was one of the incorporators of the first German Building and Loan Association, and has been its Treasurer from its organization in 1865. He is now Treasurer of the Germania and New Citizen Building and Loan Association, which handled in one 3'ear $130,000. He represents the leading insurance companies, including the old Royal and the old North American. He owns a business block, fort^'-four feet front and three stories in height, and has twelve acres of fine land adjoining the cit}'. An elegant residence stands upon it, and the place is valued at!i!l3,000. Mr. Van Heyde laid out the addition to Cireleville which bears his name, and in 1880, when the coal mines were opened, he and his brother William laid out the city of New Streetsville, and built the first house there. He is a publicspirited and progressive citizen, and has the uj)- building of the community at heart. He was a Director of the Infirmary from 1880 until 1886, and was President of the Board when they erected the Children's Home on the same farm. In jwlitics, he is a Democrat, has been a delegate to various State conventions of his part}', and served as a delegate to the National Democratic Convention in Cincinnati. He is a member of the Lutheran Church, and has contributed liberall}' to its support.

SCAR McLELLAN, City Marshal, is one of the prominent citizens of Washington C. IL, to the growth of which he has materially contributed. In April, 1888, he was first elected to the position which he is now efficiently filling, and has been re-elected every two 3'ears since, a fact which af itself indicates meritorious service. Erom childhood, he has been known to the citizens of Eayette County, whose confidence he has always retained, and who regard him as one of the most public-spirited citizens of the community.

Mr. McLellan was born on a farm, one mile west of the city of AVashington C. H., October 12, 1850. His father, William McLellan, was born in Augusta, Me., and there grew to a stalwart and vigorous manhood. Desirous of improving his condition, he resolved to seek a home in the West, as Ohio was called in the early years of this century. Accordingly, in company with B. Latham, he left his native State, and not having money enough to pay for transi)ortati()n, the two courageous 3'oung men walked the entire distance from Maine to Ohio.

Arriving in Eayette Count}', William McLellan worked at his trade, that of a mason and plasterer, for a number of years. He aided in the erection of many of the old buildings of Washington C. IL, and helped to build the first brick court house of the county. In this city, he was married to Miss Margaret Wright, wlio aided him in the accumulation of a competency, and was a devoted wife and affectionate mother. During their later years, the}' removed to a farm near Washington C. H., where they still live.

time of his marriage, January 6, 1875, when Miss Anna Reif, of Washington C. H., became liis wife. He then loeaterl in the eit}'. and engaged in various occupations, being for four ^ears an employe in tlie Fire Department. In .Tune, 1887, lie resigned tlie latter position, and in April of the ensuing 3'ear was elected City^ INIarshal. He served with such marked eMiciency that he was re-elected in April, 1890, and is still filling the position to the general satisfaction. As a competent and efficient jHiblic official, he has the respect and confidence of his fellow-citizens. He still remains a volunteer member of the Fire Company, and, socially, is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, and the Modern Woodmen of America.

Mr. and Mrs. McLellan are the parents of one daughter, Ma}', a bright and beautiful child. They occupy a prominent social position, and have a host of warm personal filends in Washington C. H. and vicinit}'.

*i|| ACOR L. SMITH, the owner of a fine farm located in Range Township, ]\radisf>n ,^^ , County, is a well-to-do farmer and owns a ^^^ handsome propert_y, located two and onehalf miles from Sedalia. He was born in Monroe County, Ya., July 22, 1844, to Thomas and Mildred H. (Faudree) Smith, natives of Western Virginia. The father, who enjoyed the respect of his fellow-townsmen, died when our subject was two years of age.

Jacob L. Smith was the youngest but one in a family of ten children, eight of whom were boys. The mother on the death of her husband kept her family together, our subject contributing his mite to their supjwrt. He received a limited education, and when seventeen years old, entered the service of his country by joining Company K, Twentysecond ^'irginia Infantry, and fought in the Confederate ranks for two years as a member of that regiment. He was then transferred to Company A, and participated in many battles, among which were Lewisburg, W. ^'a.; Brush Mountain, Fayetteville, Kanawha Falls; Charleston, W. Va.; Raleigh, Avington, Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Floyd's Mountain. He was never wounded during all that period, hut May 9, 1864, at the last-named place, was taken jirisoner and sent to C*amp Chase, where he was held six months. The first three months he had plenty to eat, l)ut fared very poorly during the rest of his confinement. He was paroled by giving bond to remain in the North till the war should be over, and returned home December 25, 1864.

On leaving the nrmy, Mr. Smith came to Range Township, Madison County, where his uncle, John Faudree, was living, and for a time was engaged in working out by the month. He then rented property, and for the following three years was engaged in breaking and training colts, in addition to farming. February 7, 1867, he was married to MissLetitia Whiteman, of Stokes Township, Madison County, where she was l)orn November 15, 1848. Mrs. Smith was the daughter of Richard and Lucinda (Hayes) Whiteman, and after her marriage moved with our subject to their present farm, which they rented at that time of her father. The estate includes one hundred and sixty-nine acres, one hundred and ten of which were presented to them by Mr. Whiteman. The log house in which Mr. and Mrs. Smith lived for many 3'ears is still standing on the place and is used as a tenant dwelling. The property when it came into his possession was mostly wood land, but l)y i)ersistent industr}' he has cleared, tiled and placed the farm under excellent tillage, erecting thereon a fine residence and all the necessary ])arns and outbuildings.

The two children l)orn to our sul)ject and his wife are Anna, who was born Noveml)er 29, 1867, and died June 12, 181)8; James Alvin, who was l)orn September 28, 1871. has been given a good education and is still under the parental roof. In politics, Mr. Smith votes with the Democratic party, which he has rei)resented at various times as a delegate to county conventions. He has also been a member of the School Board for a number of years, and in all points is counted as one of the I'epresentative men of the township. With his wife, he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal

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Of the eight bo,vs included in the parental family, seven are still living, and, with one exception, make their liome in this State. They are respectively R. T. P., who resides in Van Wert County; Lewis F., who makes his liomo in Charleston, Clarke County; Major W. and Joseph, who live in Big Plains, Madison County; Allen N., who makes his home in Stokes Township, Madison County; Alexander B. who lives in Pulaski County, W. Ya. IMa}' C., Mrs. Faudree, died in Stokes Township, in 1889, leaving four children. Another sister, Mrs. Sarah Porter, makes her home at Five Points, Pickaway County. The mother of our subject died October 12, 1883. The Whiteman family are old residents of this State, some of its representatives coming here as early as 1800.

USTTN S. IIUTSON, a farmer and stockraiser residing in Paint Township, Madi- * son County, was born in Stokes Township August 14, 1839, and is a son of John K. and Hannah (Mahafa) Ilutson. His father was a native of Kentucky, and with his parents came to Ohio when about twelve years of age. The grandfather was of English birth. The father was a selfmade man financially, and a very pi'ominent citizen. He was really the founder of South Solon, and owned three hundied and forty-nine acres of land near that place. The family numbered six sons and six daughters, of whom three sons and four daughters grew to mature years: Eveline l)ecame a teacher at the early age of fifteen, and died while teaching the first school in Greene County, r)hio; Flavins was a soldier of the Thirty-eighth Ohio Infantry, and died of wounds received in the service; Mrs. Jane Gaskill is living in South Solon with her two sons; Angeline Colburn is married, and makes her home in Elizabeth, N. J.; and INIrs. Sarah Eachus is living in Paint Township, and has six children.

earn his own livelihood, making his home with his brother-in-law. On the 16th of September, 1861, he joined the bo_ys in blue of Company B, Fourth Ohio Cavalry, and ])articii)ated in the battles of Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Murfrcesboro, Atlanta and many others. He received a slight wound in the shoulder at tlie last-named battle. He faithfully served four years, and was honorably discharged in September, 1865. He was a valiant soldier, ever found at his post of duty, and may well l)e proud of his army record.

Soon after his return home, Mr. Hutson was joined in wedlock with INIiss Frances Jessie Curtis, who was born in London, April 24, 1842. He began farming on the Buffenburg Farm in Paint Township, and in 1867, removed to the old homestead, where he has since resided. He purchased one hundred and nine acres of land in 1882. His residence was destroj-ed b}' fire in August, 1890, but the following year he rebuilt. He has a good farm and is an enterprising and industrious man, who has won success through his own efforts.

Mr. Hutson and his wife are members of the Methodist Church, in which he holds the oltice of Trustee. He is also Superintendent of the Sunday-school, and takes quite a prominent part in church work. He has been a member of the School Board for twent3'-eight j^ears, and the cause of education finds in him a warm friend. In politics, he was formerly a Republican, but for the past eight years has voted the Prohibition ticket. He served for three years as Township Trustee. Mr. Hutson is widely and favorably known in this community, and ranks among the leading farmers and stock-raibCi'S.

EY. R. M. DALBEY came to Fayette County from Springfield, Ohio, in the year 1875, having been ajjpointed by the Ohio Annual Conference of the Methodist Protesttant Church as pastor of Washington Circuit. He was born in Greene Count}^ in August, 1816. He was first licensed to preach in the Methodist Church in 1835, and followed the itineracy forty years.

He was the son of the Rev. Joel Dalbey, Sr., a pioneer preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and afterwards one of the organizers and charter members of the Methodist Protestant Church. His grandfather, Richard Dalbey, was a native of France, and settled in Virginia many years before the Revolution, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. On his mother's side. Rev. R. M. Dalbe}' was descended from Joseph Smith, who came with William I'enn's second colony to Pennsylvania. Joseph Smith was a Welshman.

Elizabeth Amgil Dalbey, wife of the su])ject of this sketch, was a native of Thirsk, England, and the daughter of the Rev. Robert Harrison, an English Wesle^an minister, and Mar}- Harrison. She had but one sister, Mary, who died in England, and was l)uried in the old Thirsk cemetery. Her eldest brother, William, remained at Otley, England, until his death. The brothers who accompanied their parents and sister to America were John, Joseph, Robert, Thomas, Peter and Hon. Richard A. Harrison. Four of the brothers were Methodist ministers. Hon. R. A. Harrison is in the practice of law at Columbus. The Rev. Thomas Harrison was for some time one of the Indiana State educators, and President of INIoore's Hill College. Mrs. R. M. Dalbey attended school in a structure built on the ruins of Mowbrey castle, and was but twelve 3'ears of age when she came to America.

After the death of Rev. and Mrs. R. M. Dalbey, which occurred at the parsonage about four miles west of Washington C. H., the family l)ecame somewhat separated, owing to the duties of tiieir various callings. Joel H. Dalbey was in the active itineracy in the Methodist Protestant Church, and did not relinquish his labors until forced to do so by long and severe illness. A. F. Dalbey- and .Tohn L. Dalbey are members of the Cincinnati Conference of the Methodist Elpiscopal Church. C. R. Dalbey followed the carpenter's trade until he took up his present occupation in Washington. W. R. Dalliey was for many 3'ears connected with the Fayette County Bepublican, and is now city editor of the Cyclone^ besides beiiig a regular correspondent for a number of metropolitan papers. Mary E. Dalbej' is the onh' sister.

The Dalbey Brothers have been engaged for many years in breeding and shipping all the leading varieties of standard jjoultry, and liave an extensive trade witii people in every State as well as in Canada, and the enterpiise is rapidly growing. Their residence and place of business is al)out threequarters of a mile from the court house, at Nos. 387, .389 and 391 Washington Avenue.