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In 1872 he moved to Harrison township, Knox county, and subsequently to Jackson township. In the spring of 1880 the directors of the county infirmary appointed him as a competent and trustworthy man to take charge of that institution., He makes a worthy officer, being kind but firm to the inmates, and judiciously manages the affairs of the farm and institution to general satisfaction. He was twice married, his first-wife being Miss Theresa Blue, of Coshocton county, to whom he was married in 1865. They had one child, Milton. In 1872 his wife died. In 1877 he married Miss Olive Myers, of Perry township, Coshocton county. She is an efficient governess.

EMERSON, J. W., Wayne township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, born in Loudoun county, Virginia, in 1823, and was married to Charlotte McCaron, who was born in Columbiana county, Ohio. They had the following family - Ida and Frank W. Ida Emerson was married to Noble Gray. They have one daughter, Stella May, who was born in 1878. They reside on the homestead.

Mr. Emerson came to Ohio in 1846, and located in Wayne township, this county. "For thirty-four years he has lived on the same farm. Thomas Emerson, his father (deceased), was born in Ireland in 1760, and came to America in 1800. He was married in the United States to Margaret Craven, who was born near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They had two sons - James, born in 1821; John W., 1823: Thomas Emerson died in 1866 at the age of one hundred and one years. Mrs, Margaret Emerson died in 186r.

ENGLE, MARTIN, Howard township, farmer, post office, Howard. He was born January 21, 1823, in Howard township. His father, Elias Engle, came from Pennsylvania in 1805, settled in Butler township, remained there-a few yearsand then removed to Howard and built and conducted a distillery twenty years. He was married in 1853 and settled in Howard township, where he still lives. He has had the following family of children: Rosa, John, Mary, William, and Artance. Rosa died when six months old, John early in life, and Mary in the seventeenth year of her age, in 1873.

ENGLISH, A. U., Fredericktown, painter; was born in Coshocton county in 1854, and was inarried in 1877 to Elizabeth E. Shaffner, who was born in Knox county in 1857, Mr. English learned the carriage painting in Fredericktown; commenced in 1870. He is a skilful workman, and is now engaged with the firm of Stephens & Scott.

EVANS, THOMAS, Mt. Vernon, is a native of Berks county, Pennsylvania, where he was born July 24, 1797. When about fifteen years old his parents moved to Catawissa, where he resided until 1818, when he went to Milta.to learn the trade of plasterer, and there he remained pntil 1841 working at his trade. He married Miss Martha Doubler, by whom he had two children, one son and one daughter. Mrs. Evans died April 15, 1825. He married his second wife, Phebe Nevins, in 1826, by whom be had three children who died in infancy and five who are still living. In 1841 he came to Knox county and settled three miles northwest of Mt. Vernon in Morris township, and engaged in farming. On November 25, 1843, he lost his wife and married his third wife, Mrs. Ann Rogers, zee Cooper, by whom he had one sbn._ His third wife died October 25, 1854, and the following year he married his fourth wife, Mrs. A. Young, zee Mitchell, who is still living. She is a daughter of William Mitchell, one of the earliest settlers. Mr. Evans came to Mt. Vernon to live in 1849, and remained about four years. He then bought a farm one mile west of town where he lived twenty years, and then moved back to Mt. Vernon to spend the balance of his days in retirement.

EVANS, DAVID (deceased), Hilliar township, was born June ro, 1813, died March 11, 1873. He was born in Green county, Pennsylvania, where he remained until about the year 1845, when he emigrated to Ohio and settled in Hilliar township, on the Columbus road, where he remained until his death. He married Miss Elizabeth Lemley, of the same county. She died January 19, 1873. They had ten children, viz: Harriet, wife of M. B. Weaver, of Milford township; Ruhamah married Jacob Annett, and died in Illinois; Barzillai was a member of company F, One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio volunteer infantry, died while in service; Martha Ann (deceased), wife of Russell Bird; James L., deceased; George L., deceased; Oliver C., farmer, resides on the homestead; Emma V., wife of Timothy Squires, of Miller township; Sarah M., deceased ; Louisa E. resides on the homestead. Five members of this

EVANS, OLIVER, farmer, Hilliar township, was born in Knox county, March, 1854; is a son of David and Elizabeth Evans, zee Lemley, who were born in Green county, Pennsylvania, June ro, 1813, and October 12, 1816: They were married in Pennsylvania, and about 1848 came to Ohio, settling in Hilliar township. They had a family of ten children, four of whom are living, viz: MHarriet,.married to B. Weaver; Annie, married to Timothy Squires; Oliver and Louise, who live at home.

Four of the family died within a few months of each other; the first to be taken was the mother, who died January, 1873; death soon after claimed James and George, and March 11, 1873, the father followed those who had ''gone before.'' One of the family, Barzillai, died while in the army, and Ruhamah, wife of Jacob Annett, died in the west, thus leaving but four remaining. Oliver, at the age of nineteen, was left in charge of the farm, and has succeeded in carrying it on successfully.

EWALT, JOHN, deceased, a native of Pennsylvania, was born in 1760. About 1790 he married Miss Elizabeth Bonnett. They emigrated to Knox county, Ohio, in r8r5, and located on land now owned by their son Isaac, in Clinton township, about two miles west of Mt. Vernon.

The erection of a brick dwelling house had been commenced on the land prior to his purchasing it, which he completed, and used as a residence during the remainder of his days. August 19, 1828, he deceased, his companion surviving him until in February, 1844.

- They reared a family of eleven children: John, Sophia, Henry, Anna, Richard, Sarah, Isaac, James, Samuel, Robert, and Eliza; all have died except Sarah, Isaac, and Samuel.

EWALT, ISAAC, farmer, fourth son of John and Elizabeth Ewalt, was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, on the twenty-third day of February, 1806. In 1815 he came with his parents to Knox county, Ohio, and located in Clinton township. He was reared on a farm, and has followed farming and stock raising as his vocation.

Tn 1829 he married for his first wife Miss Margaret Rinehart, born in 1807, daughter of Christian and Mary Rinehart. They settled on the old homestead, where he is now living. They reared one child, a son, John, who is married and lives in Hilliar township, this county. In 1834 his wife died. In April, 1836, he married Miss Eunice Rush, by whom he had eight children; four sons, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph, and Robert, and four daughters, Martha, Margaret, Eunice, and Alice. In 1869 he erected and moved into his present residence on his father's home farm, where he and his wife are now living.

EWALT, SAMUEL, farmer, sixth son of John and. Elizabeth Ewalt, was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, October 18, 1810, and was brought to Knox county by his parents in 1815. He was reared a farmer and has made farming his avocation through life.

On the sixth day of January, 1836, he married Miss Elizabeth Johnson, daughter of Nathaniel and Isabella Johnson, zee Adams. Miss Johnson was born in Hampshire county, Virginia, August 2, 1809.

They settled on the Ewalt homestead, Clinton township, remained about five years and moved to Mt. Vernon, where they lived three years, then returned to the home farm again, remained one year, then, in 1846, they moved on a part of the Johnson homestead, in same township, where they are now living. They reared a family of five children, viz: Isabella A., Isaac N., Manley J., Emma J., and William B., all living.

EWALT, MRS. ELIZA, zee Ridell, was born in Wayne county, Ohio, December 25, 1819, where her father had located in 1813. She was married to Robert Ewalt, August 4, 1836.

After their marriage they located on a farm about two miles west of town, upon which they lived until 1869, when they moved to Mt. Vernon and located on East Gambier street, where she still lives. They had four children, two of whom are living: Rebecca, who lives at Valparaiso, Indiana, and Anna E., who lives in Chicago.

EWALT, WILLIAM D., farmer, and a leading citizen of Liberty township, was born in Morris township, February 21, 1828, and is the son of Richard D. and Phebe Douglass. Mr. Ewalt was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania. The Douglass family came to Ohio in 1805; the Ewalt family in 1816.

The subject of this notice spent his youth on the farm and had the advantages of the common schools of those days. In 1850 he went to California by way of the Isthmus, and remained there about eleven months, but on account of sickness he returned to Ohio and resumed farming. He has resided in Liberty township about forty-five years. He is well situated, owning a well-improved farm whith he has made by his industry. He has held the office of township clerk for seventeen years and has made an acceptable officer. Politically Mr. Ewalt is a Democrat, and takes a great interest in the success of the principles that are advocated by his party. He is well known ky the leading men of his party all, over the county, for his great zeal in what he consider to be right. He is an esteemed citizen, and has the confidence of the public.

He married Rispah Moxley, a native of Maryland. They had thirteen children, ten of whom are living, viz: Cassius R., Stepen D., Frank L., Dallas R., Clement V., Allen W., Columbus, Flora Ellen, Cora E., and Hattie M.

EWALT, JOHN, Hilliar township, farmer, was born in Clinton township January 8, 1830. His grandparents were among the early settlers of Knox county. His grandfather, John Ewalt, came from Bedford county, Pennsylvania, in 18rs, and settled in Clinton township, purchasing about one thousand had a family of eleven children. Three are yet living: Isaac, father of the subject of this notice, who lives about one and a half miles from Mt. Vernon, and Sarah Kenton, who resides in Wayne county, Ohio,

The subject of this sketch spent his young days on a farm in Clinton township, with his father. In 1854 he came to Hilliar township. He was manied in August of the same year, to Miss Elizabeth Henry, and the young couple began life in a log cabin on the farm, on which he now resides. The cabin was so open that, to use his own words, he could throw a cat through the openings. Things went well, and in this cabin they lived until 1856, when they erected their present pleasant dwelling. The old log cabin isno more, but memory still gives it a pleasant place in life's voyage.

When Mr. Ewalt first came to his farm, there was but little improvement. Those who see the farm now, and saw it twentysix years ago, can truthfully say: ''Whata great change!" Industry did it.

Mr. Ewalt isa social and pleasant gentleman. He has the esteem of those who know him, and the confidence of those with whom he deals. His marriage has been blessed with two children: Aaron O., at home, and Ida Mary, married to James Huddleson, farmer, of Delaware county.

EWALT, J. M., was born May 7, 1840, in Clinton township, Knox county. After finishing his education he taught school until the opening of the war in 1861. He enlisted in August, 1862, incompany A, Ninety-sixth, Ohio volunteer infantry, in which he served about eight months, when he returned home and worked on the farm until 1871, when he was elected tothe office of county auditor, and reelected in 1873. In 1875 he took his present position - cashier in the bank.

office, Fredericktown, born January 22, 1815, and was married August 7, 1845, to Amanda Fidler, who was born November 5, 1826. They have the following family of children: Rebecca Jane, born September 19, 1846; Lafayette, March 19, 1850; Abner, September 12, 1852; James Fenton, February 16, 1856. _ Deaths - Rebecca J:, September 12, 1850; Lafayette, March 19, 1861; Abner, January 18, 1855; Arminda. August 4, 18 - ; Martha, mother of John Ewers, March 2, 1836, aged fortyseven years five months and two days.

EWERS, WILLIAM, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, was born in this county in 1817. His father, Robert, was born in Pennsylvania; came to Ohio in 1812 and entered land in this township, and returned to Pennsylvania. In 1815 he came back to Ohio and located on his land. They had twelve children, six of whom are now living.

EWERS, DAVID, Middtebury township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, born in Middlebury township, December 23, 1819, was married in 1842, to Almina Johnson, who was born in Wayne township, March 19, 1819. They have one daughter, Frank, born November 23, 1848, and was married to Leander Caywood, and at present resides in this township. Mr. Ewers is the owner of a well improved farm in this township, with good buildings. Mr. and Mrs. Ewers are both members of pioneer families.

EWERS, GEORGE J., Middlebury township, : farmer, post office, Fredericktown, born in Knox county, in 1848, and was married in 1877, to Annetta Adams, who was born ih Berlin township. They have one son, Frank, born August 31, 1878.

EWERS, ROBERT S., Middlebury township, carpenter, post office, Fredericktown, born in Middlebury township. He is a son of Thomas Ewers, and is engaged at the carpenter trade, and is a skilful mechanic.

FADELY, L., farmer, Milford township, was born in Shenandoah county, Virginia, March 3, 1815. His parents came to Ohio in the fall of 1823, and settled in the northeast part of Morgan township, where the father died, his wife surviving him a number of years. The subject of this notice remained at home until he was twenty years of age. He then began life for himself. He worked at whatever was offered; was saving, laying up a little at a time, until he had earned two hundred dollars. He then bought a forty-acre tract of land, leaving a balance of four hundred dollars to be paid. He succeeded in paying this amount; was industrious and economical, and has succeeded in obtaining his first object, a farm. He is nowa leading farmer of the township, and for his industry and integrity has the esteem of the people of the community. In 1835 he was married to Miss Catharine Warrick. They have six children living, viz: Mary Jane, married John W. Myers; Thomas P., druggist in Richwood, Ohio; Elizabeth, Matilda married A. Moreland. His second wife was Angeline Atherton, and have one child, Charles R.

FAIRCHILD, JOHN L., retired, Fredericktown, was born in Woodbury, Litchfield county, Connecticut, in 1818; came to Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and was married in 1849 to Lucinda B. Runnian, who was born in Mt. Vernon in 1823. They had two children, Mary, born in 1851; John, 1853.

Mrs. Fairchild died in Mt. Vernon in 1877. Mr. Fairchild's occupation has been a tinner, and sheet-iron smith He was engaged in Mt. Vernon in this business for some years, has lived in this county for over forty years, and at present is residing with his son in Fredericktown.

John was married to Sabra E. Talmage, who was born in Morrow county, Ohio. They have one daughter, Stella S., born 1879. Mr. John Fairchild is engaged in the insurance business.

December 4, 1843, where he resided until 1865. During the earlier part of his life he was engaged on the home farm and attending school at Oberlin. For two years after leaving school he was engaged as book-keeper in a dry goods house in Oberlin. At the expiration of those two years, 1865, he came to Mt. Vernon, and was engaged by the firm of C. &. J. Cooper & Co., as book-keeper, where he remained until January z, 1868, when he was admitted as a member of the firm, in which he still remains.

FARMER, VAN B., farmer, post office, Millwood, was born in Harrison township, Knox county, July 5, 1828, a son of Nathan and Esther Farmer, by whom he was reared and educated. On the twentieth of November, 1850, at the age of twenty-two years, he married Catharine Staats, a daughter of Joseph and Catharine Staats, who was born in Butler township, Knox county, July rz, 1829. After his marriage he remained one year on the home place with his father. He then moved to Butler township, on a farm owned by his mother-in-law, where he lived one year. He then moved back to Harrison township, and soon after purchased a farm of forty acres in Brown township, where he then moved and remained four years. He then sold said farm and bought a small farm near Millwood, and at the same time bought a share in the home place, located in Harrison township. "He lived on the farm near Millwood about six years, and then sold it and moved on a part of the home farm, where he at present resides. Mr. Farmer made a business of teaching school during the intermission for eight winters,

In 1862 he was drafted for nine months, and was the only one that went into the service out of thirty-two that-were drafted at the same time. He served his time, got an honorable discharge, and came home. Mr. Farmer is the owner of one hundred and eighty acres of land, all under good cultivation. Mr. and Mrs. Farmer are the parents of nine children - six sons and three daughters - seven of whom are living.

FARQUHAR, MOSES, Berlin township (deceased), born in Frederick county, Maryland, in 1789, and was married to Massey Pusey, who was born in the same county. They had the following children: William H., George (deceased), Edwin, Ruth P., Mary B., Francis P., and Sarah Ann. They emigrated to Ohio in 1822, located in Berlin township, bought a part of quarter section ten, range thirteen, township eighteen. There was a cabin erected and a small patch cleared. They built the first saw and chopping millin thistownship. The first mill stones (buhrs) that were used in this county was in this mill, and can still be seen at the old home farm, where Edwin resides. Moses Farquhar assisted in organizing Berlin township, and was the first clerk, and fenceviewer of this township as long as this office continued.

He was an active member of the Society of Friends or Quakers. He assisted in erecting the present brick church in Middlebury township (Owl creek quarterly meeting).

In early life he wasa prominent and active member of the Free Masons; he assisted to organize a number of societies and build halls tor their meetings. He was a member of the joint stock company, known as the Fourier Phlanp, in Clermont county, Ohio. Through this enterprise he lost one thousand dollars. November 1, 1878, he departed this life at his home after a short illness.

FARQUHAR, EDWIN, Berlin township, was married to Margaret E. Gibson, daughter of Hiram E, and Elizabeth Gibson. 'They had three children - Flora L. Laura Ek. and Emma. The mother departed this life in 1866. He isa millwright and worked at this trade for many years.

FARQUHAR, BASIL, Middlebury township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, was born in Frederick county, Maryland, in December, 1796, and came to Knox county in 1807, locating inthis township. In 1824 he was married to Susan Wright, who died in 1843. In 1852 he was married the second time to Eimer M. Farquhar.

Amos Farquhar, father of Basil, waS born in 1775, and was married to Jane Moor. They had a family of five children - Basil, Mary, Phebe, Elizabeth, and Abraham. Amos Farquhar died in 1851, Jane Farquhar in 1856, and Phebe in 1836. Abraham resides in Missouri. The Farquhar family are among the earlier settlers, pioneers who came when the country was all new, and cleared up and improved several farms, among them being the Burkholder farm. They were prominent pioneers of Knox county.

FERENBAUGH, JOSEPH, farmer, post office, Millwood, was born in Union township, Knox county, February 17, 1836 - a son of Fidel and Eliza Ferenbaugh. his father, and remained with him until he was thirty-five years old. On the third of January, 1874, he was united in marriage with Susanna Stillinger, a daughter of John Stillinger, of Union township, born October 8, 1834. After his marriage he located in Howard township, where he remained two years; he then moved to Union township, where he remained a short time; from there to Harrison: township, Knox county, where he purchased a farm, and at present resides. Mr. Ferenbaugh served as land appraiser in 1870. Mr. and Mrs. Ferenbaugh are the parents of two children, one of whom only is living~-a son, George H., born November 20, 1875. In 1877 Mr. Ferenbaugh purchased a hardware store in Rossville, where he did business for about eighteen months.

FERENBAUGH, MRS. ELIZA, post office, Rossville, was born September 6, 1813, in Knox county, Ohio. Her father was born in Virginia, and came to Knox county in 1805 with a wife and one child. Not long after his wife died, and he was again married. In 1866 he died, in his eighty-eighth year. Eliza Ferenbaugh married F. Ferenbaugh May 14, 1835, and bought her present farm. June 29, 1875, her husband died and left five children - Joseph, born February 17, 1836; Mary, born October 28, 1840; Leo, born October 20, 1843; Edman, born November 25, 1848; and Franklin, born September 20, 1856. Edman died September 8, 1878. Leo and Joseph are married and settled in Knox county.

FERENBAUGH, PETER, Union township, farmer, post office Rossville, was born in Germany, January 1, 1810. He -came to America in September, 1831, with his brother, his father being dead. He came to New York, then to Buffalo, then to Cleveland; he then settled in Fairfield county for a few years, then came to Knox county, Ohio, and settled on his present farm.

In 1845 he was married to ena Whehond. They have five children: Rosinda, born December, 1848; Priscilla, August 24, 1851; Eliza Ellen, October 24, 1855; Manvilla, July 7, 1858;

Peter Ferenbaugh learned to make clocks in Germany, and after coming here he sold them all through the country, especially in the Scioto valley and Kentucky, and all over the State of Ohio. After they had established a good trade in this sort of merchandise, they shipped their clocks from Germany in large lots. One day a vessel was about to land which contained about eight thousand dollars worth of clocks for them, It struck a barge which stove in the bottom of the ship, and all sunk- - ship, cargo, clocks, and all. The clocks were under a partial insurance, and after a long litigation they managed to obtain a portion of the value of their goods. But this crippled them in such a way as to destroy their clock trade, and they lost about three-fourths of their capital, and could not fulfill their engagements. After this disaster Peter Ferenbaugh was compelled to preempt his piece of land which he had cleared for a home.

FERRISS, HARRISON, Wayne township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, born in Wayne township, and was married in 1867 to Sarah Darling, who was born in Knox county in 1843. They have five children: Willie, born November 28, 1868; Minnie, March 28, 1871; Norma, October 7, 1873; Jennie, deceased, and Emery, March 26, 1880.

Mr. Ferriss was in the late war, being a member of the One Hundred and Twenty-first regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry, and continued in that service two years and ten months. He is now acitizen of Wayne township.

FIDLER, DANIEL, Middlebury township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, born in this county in 1832, and was married in 1862 to Mary J. Cross, who was born in Richland county in 1843. They had the following family: Willie, born in 1863; Bertha D., in 1866; Ida R., in 1868; Elmina, in 1872; Minte E., in 1874, and Walter D., in 1878.

Mr. Fidler was in the late war, a member of the One Hundred and Forty-second regiment, Ohio National guard, and served out the time of his enlistment., He is one of the active and prominent men of this township.

FIDLER, CHARLES, Middlebury township, farmer, 'post office, Fredericktown, born in Middlebury township in 1833, and married in 1864 to Melisse Needham, who was born in Guernsey county January 20, 1832. They have the following family, namely: Milo E., born November 12, 1865; Lovilla, born June 30, 1867; Howard, born January 22, 1877, and died February 21, 1877.

FIELDS, THOMAS, Pike township, deceased, born in 1826, and was married in 1851 to Sally Gooddale, who was born in Monroe township in 1830. They had the following children: Ellen, born in 1852; Joseph, in 1853; George, in 1854; Permelia, in 1856; Thomas, in 1857; Robert, in 1858; Mary, in 1859, and Charlotte, in 1861.

FISH, JOSEPH A., Middlebury township; farmer; post office, Fredericktown; born in Morrow county September 29, 1838, and married October October 13, 1859, to Mary Finfrock, who was born in Richland county June 11, 1840, They have two children, viz: John F, born October 23, 1860, and Miles J., August 30, 1864.

FISH, CHARLES H., Brown township, farmer, was born in Beverly, New Jersey, on the twenty-second day of February, 185i, and was reared by his mother till he arrived at the age of twelve years, when he was brought to Cleveland by his uncle, While there, he attended school one year. He then lett his uncle, and commenced working at whatever he could get to do. This he continued until he arrived at the age of nineteen years, when he enlisted in the regular army for the term of five years, where he remained one year, when he was discharged. He then came back to Cleveland, where he re- but a short time. He came to Mt. Vernon, Knox county, and then went to Howard, where he was engaged to clerk for John McFarland in a grocery store, remaining about eight months. On December 25, 1872, he was uited in marriage with Catharine Arnold, born in Brown township, Knox county, March 24, 1851. After his marriage he moved to Loudonville, Ashland county. While there, he performed labor for deacon Taylor, but remained only a short time, soon entering into the service as brakeman for the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Western railroad company. He remained. about three years, during which time he moved his family to Crestline. From there he moved back to Knox county, near Jelloway, where he has since remained.

In August, 1880, he purchased a small home in Jefferson township, Knox county. Their union resulted in five children, four of whom are living.

FINK, W. H., Mt. Vernon, was born in 1836 in Seneca county, Ohio. He was married in 1856 to Miss Mary J. Tryon, of Ottawa county, Ohio, -by whom he had a daughter, Ida, and ason, Frank. Mr. Fink was married a second time to Miss Angeline Conley, of this city, in 1879.

Mr. Fink is a fancier of rare birds, of which he has an extensive and beautiful aviary. He is now employed with C. Mitchell, his former employer, in the planing mills.

FIRST NATIONAL BANK northeast corner of Main and Vine streets, Mt. Vernon. This bank is one of the solid monetary institutions of Ohio, and the foremost of the county, and as such is recognized by the best business men of the State. It was first organized and established as a private bank by Russel, Sturges & Co. in 1853, J. W. Russel, M.D., president, and Fred D. Sturges cashier, and continued to do business under that firm name until 1862, when it was reorganized under the name of the Mt. Vernon Bank, and had for its officers, J. W. Russel president; Fred D. Sturges cashier, and for directors Hon. Columbus Delano, J. W. Russel, M.D., Fred D. Sturges, Mathew Thompson, and W. H. Smith. This firm continued until 1865, when it was reorganized under the banking law of the United States and took the name of the First National bank, with Hon. Columbus Delano president, J. W. Russel vice president, Fred D. Sturges cashier; and as directors, Hon.

sand dollars, and the volume of busipess for the same year was about five million or six million dollars. There has been but one sale uf stockin this bank since itwas organized, and it does a straight general banking business, has always loaned, and continues to Joan all its moneys at the legal rate of six per cent. Its officers are among the most respected and wealthy gentlemen of the county, against whom the breath of suspicion has never blown; consequently this is one of the most solid, safe, and reliable organizations of this county, and where everything in the banking line will receive prompt and faithful attention.

Richland county. He was married to Mary Carey, who was born in Sandusky, Ohio. They have one son, H. W., who was born in Palmyra. He has been engaged in farming and working at the cooper business, but has retired from labor, and is enjoying the fruit of his labor. He has in his. possession twenty-six rattles that came from one rattlesnake, which was killed by him and his father in their house. He also has four pieces of continental money, and three silyer dollars - one piece handed down from his great-grandfather, dated 1735; another dated 1791, and the third dated 1807. They have been carefully preserved. He is now the oldest living citizen of Palmyra.

FISHBURN, HIRAM, Milford township, farmer, was born in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, February 10, 1843. His father, Samuel Fishburn, was a native of the same county, born September 5, 1803. Lewis Fishburn, father of Lewis, and grandfather of Hiram, was a soldier of the Revolution. He married Catharine Grimm. They had ten children, Samuel being the only one living. He married Elizabeth Muma in 1825. She died in September, 1876. They remained in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, until 1852, then emigrated to Ohio, and settled in Miller township. Mr. Fishburn now resides in Dauphin. He married Mrs. Margaret Brackbill. By his marriage they had ten children: David, Amos, Catharine (married Henry Shupe), Jacob, Daniel, Elizabeth (married Peter Beinhour) Mary (married James Chambers), Josiah and Hiram. has deceased.

The subject of this notice, Hiram Fishburn, was raised on a farm, and remained with his father on the home farm until he was about twenty-seven years of age. He married Miss Nancy E. Smoots, daughter of H. K. Smoots, of Miller township, October, 1868. In 1870 he removed to Milford township. He is a good farmer, and a good citizen. They have two children: Mary Estell, born January 17, 1871, ana Olive Odell, born January I, 1875.

FLAGG, WILLIAM C., Wayne township, farmer, post office Fredericktown, born in Washington county, Ohio, April 8, 1842, and was married to Dora Littimer, who was born in Indiana, October 31, 1850. They have the following children: Eva L.; born February 21, 1869; Jennie C., October 13, 1871; Dora V., September 29, 1872; Minnie M., March 12, 1873; Charlie C., June 14, 1876; and James L., June 18, 1879. Mr. Flagg was a soldier in the late war, being a member of company G., Ninety-sixth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry; was in a number of engagements, and was taken prisoner and kept three months, when he was exchanged. He was in the service three years, and received an honorable discharge.

was born in this township in 1826, and was married in 1847 to Mary M. Frizzell, who was born in this township in 1829. They had three children: Ephraim (deceased), born in 1850; Jobn, in 1852; and Joel E., in 1856, now deceased.

Sylvester Fletcher died July ro, 1875, at home in this township. He was a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal church, also a. member of the Odd Fellows' lodge in Bellville. He was buried by the members of that lodge, the procession at his funeral being the largest that was ever witnessed in this vicinity. In his death this county lost a good citizen, his wife an affectionate companion, and his children a kind father. He died in the triumphs of living faith, giving evidence of the power of religion in death.

FLETCHER, CHARLES, tanner, Pike township, post office Democracy; born in Brown township, this county, in 1847, was married in 1875 to Clara B. Ridenhour, who was born in Washington county, Maryland in 1852. They have one son - Clarence C., who was born in 1877. Mr. Fletcher is a tanner by trade, and resides in Amity, where he has established a good trade.

FOOTE, GEGRGE W., farmer, Berlin township, post office Fredericktown; was born in this township in 1848, and was married in 1876 to Harriet E. Willits, who was born in Berlin township in 1857. They have two children - Herbert W., born in 1878, and Lucy R., in 1880.

FOOT, HENRY R., farmer, post office, Fredericktown. He was born in New York in 1834. He came to Ohio with his parents in 1838, and was married in 1854 to Sarah A. Rowley, who was born in Michigan in 1837. They have three children, Abigail R., born in 1855; Ephraim, in 1848, and James H. in 1860. Mr. Foot was a soldier in the late war, a member of company H, One Hundred and Forty-second regiment O. N. G., and was honorably discharged.

FORSYTHE, JAMES S., Morgan township, farmer; was born in Licking county, Ohio, January 1, 1817. His grandfather, John Forsythe, emigrated from Ireland with his farnily prior to the Revolutionary war, and upon the breaking out of the war he enlisted and served four years. He died in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. His family moved to Washington county, Pennsylvania. Thomas Forsythe, father of the subject of this sketch, married Mary Hardy in Harrison county, Ohio, and in 1809 settled near Utica, where he resided until 1844, when he moved to where his:son now resides and where they both died. They had four children, all dead except the subject of this sketch. He was reared on a farm, and has always followed farming as his occupation, July 7, 1842, he married MaryJ. McCullough. They had eleven children, three of whom died in infancy - the living are George W., in Iowa; Lovina, wife of James Lahman; Thomas A., James L., William M., Lena, wife of Manly W. Johnson; John Wesley, and Samuel C. Mr. Forsythe is an estimable citizen.

FOWLER, JAMES, Howard township, farmer, post office, Howard; was born in Green township, Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1812. In 1827 he .moved to Tuscarawas county, Ohio, remained there: until 1853, when he moved to Knox county and settled in Jefferson township. He then moved to Pike township in 1863 and remained there five years. He then came to Howard where he has remained until the present time. He was married in Harrison county, Ohio, February

11, 1830. He has twelve children: Maria, Andrew, William, Hammer, Elizabeth, Margaret, John, Charles, Winfield, Mary, Charles graduated in medicine at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1879 and is doing well. Maria died January rs, 1831, Mary died August 12, 1853. In 1839 Mr. Fowier's services were engaged to build the Holmes church in Tuscarawas county. In 1845 his services were engaged to build another church called Rahabetta. On February 11, 1880, Mr. and Mrs. Fowler gathered a number of their friends together and celebrated their fiftieth anniversary of married life.

FRAZIER, THOMAS J., farmer, post office, Fredericktown, was born in Muskingum county, in 1849, and was married in 1874, to Sarah McKee, who was born in this county. They have three children, viz: Robert E., born in 1875; Edie E., in 1877, and Louis G., in 1879.

FRAZIER, JOSEPH P., farmer, Berlin township, post office, Fredericktown; was born in Muskingum county, in 1852, and was married in 1879 to Mary J. McKee, who was born in this county in 1841. They have one daughter (Dessie Belle), born in 1880.

FRENCH, R. S., a native of New York city, was born in 1827. His father, Robert French, a native of Maryland, was sergeant in the United States army for twenty-five years. His mother, Hellen French, was a native of New York city. Mr. R. S. French came to Gambier, this county, entered Kenyon college in 1845, and graduated in 1849. He studied medicine three years, then purchased two hundred and fifty acres of the college land, and conducted a stock-farm for three years. He was the first man to bring a mowing machine into Knox county. In 1855 he engaged in the mercantile business in Gambier, and was actively engaged at the business for fifteen years. He then left his store in the care of a clerk and became agent for J. H. Gauter & Co., of Jersey City, and continued as their agent for four years, travelling over twenty-six States and territories. In 1878 he retired from all business and has passed his time at his residence in Gambier. November 13, 1851, he married Mrs. Sarah A. Evans, zee Hobb, and sister of Professor Alexander Hobb, late of Kenyon college. The union resulted in four children, two sons and two daughters. One son and one daughter are deceased.

In 1876 he was succeeded by his son, H. H. French, who is still engaged at the business in Gambier, dealing in drugs of all kinds, patent medicines, stationery, ete.

FRIZZELL, EPHRAIM, Brown township, farmer, post office Democracy, son of John M. and Elizabeth Frizzell, born in Baltimore county, Maryland, September 16, 1816, and was of age. His father located in Pike township, Knox county, where he reared his family. At the age of twenty-three years Ephraim Frizzell, the subject of this sketch, married Miss Mary Muntis in 1859, daughter of John and Susan Muntis, born in York county, Pennsylvania, September 10, 1816. After his marriage he remained in Pike township a short time, and purchased a farm in Brown township, where he moved in 1849, and remained until 1853, when he exchanged said farm for a farm and tannery in Amity, Pike township, where he then moved, operating said tannery and farmed in connection with it until 1857. He then sold his property in Pike township, and purchased a farm of one hundred and seventy acres in Brown township, where he then moved and now resides. While living in Pike township he held the office of trustee for four years. By their marriage they became the parents of nine cHildren - George, Allen, Eleorah, Sarah C., Mary A., Susan, John M., Elizabeth. Normanda died May 2, 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Frizzell are members of the German Baptist church of Danville.

Allen Frizzeli, son of Ephraim Frizzell, served four years in the late Rebellion, under Captain A. Cassil in the Sixty-fifth Ohio volunteer infantry, company E.

FROST, JOSIAH, Union township, deceased, was born in Alleghany county, Maryland, July 15, 1790. He married Miss Peggy McNair in 1812, born in Frederick county, Maryland, February, 1795.° They settled in Maryland, where they remained ten years, and in 1822 he, with his wife and five children, emigrated to this county, located in Jefferson township on a farm now owned by J. C. Banbury, two miles northwest of Danville. The land at that time was a dense forest, no woodman's axe had been there except an occasional trespasser. His - first work was the erection of a log cabin, which served them as an abode for five years. In 1825 he erected a hewed log barn. In 1827 he built a hewed log dwelling house. These served them several years, when larger and more commodious buildings were erected. He continued improving his land until, by persistent toil he made his farm to rank among the best improved ones in Jefferson township. His farm contains about three hundred acres. He also owned several hundred acres of land'in Jefferson and adjoining townships. He lived on his first purchase of land until 1864, when he sold it and moved to Millwood, Union township, and lived a retired life until he died, January, 1866.

They reared eleven children, viz: Elizabeth, Ann (deceased), Joseph, Enoch (deceased), Levi William, Nelson, Maria, Josiah (deceased), Susan and Otho, They married and reared families.

In March, 1846, his wife departed this life. In October, 1846, he married Hannah Harris. By this marriage he had one child, Francis A. In 1856 his wife died.

FROST, LEVI, Union township, third son of the above Josiah Frost, was born in Alleghany county, Maryland, July 25, 1821. He was brought to Knox county by his parents in October, 1822. He wasa farmer and followed farming as his vocation many years. In September 1843, he married Miss Keziah Harris, born March 20, 1824, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Harris.

They settled on, land given him by his father, in Jefferson township, three miles north of the home farm, on which he made improvements, and lived until 1854. He then sold his land and purchased a part of the Harris farm, located in the same township, one mile north of his father's farm, where they lived until 1868, when he sold his farm, moved to Danville in the fall of 1868, and engaged in the mercantile business, which business he has since followed. They reared a family of five children, viz: Thomas J., Madison H., John W., Parmenas T., and K. Flora. His companion died October 8, 1874. In September, 1876, he married Elizabeth Butler for his second wife.

He enlisted in company A of the Sixty-fifth Ohio volunteer infantry, October, 1861, served until January, 1865, when he was honorably discharged from the service, his time having expired;. thus having given three years and three months of his time to the service of his country. In 1874, his sons became his partners in the mercantile business, and the firm is now known as L. Frost & Sons, dealers in dry goods, groceries, in fact everything kept in a village store.

FROST, MADISON H., Hilliar township, merchant, Centerburgh, Ohio, was born in Knox county in 1849. His father, Levi Frost, came to Ohio from Frostburgh, Maryland, with his parents about fifty-six years ago and settled in Jefferson township, where Mr. Frost spent his youth, and where he married Keziah Harris, and had a family of twelve children, five of whom are living and doing well.

The subject of this notice clerked for about two years in Gambier. He then assisted his father in the store at Danville, and in 1875, he associated himself with his father, and in 1877 he opened a store at Hartford, Licking county, and succeeded in establishing a good trade. In the spring of 1880 he purchased the store of R. I. Pumphrey, in Centreburgh, which is now known as the store of M. H. Frost & Co. Thus they control three stores, which gives them a special advantage in the purchasing of goods, as they make large contracts and have the advantage of close prices, and can afford to do well by their customers. Their stock is selected with special care, and from the long experience which Mr. Frost has had heis well calculated to carry on a successful business. He is affable and pleasant, always ready to answer all questions relating to his business. He does not misrepresent and will not allow an employe to do so. System is apparent in all departments of his business. He carries a full line of all goods usually kept in a first-class general store. Mr. Frost was married to Miss Arminta Shaw, August 30, 1873. They have a family of three children.

FRY, JACOB, Pleasant township, deceased, was born near Strasburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1796. He was a tanner, and followed tanning as his vocation for many years. He then engaged in farming which he made his business during the remainder of his life. He married Miss Catharine Bowers, born nearStra sburgh, Pennsylvania, in1795. They remained in Pennsylvania until 1836, when he, with his wife and seven children, emigrated to Knox county, Ohio, and located on a farm in Monroe township, which he owned until his death. September 19, 1877, his companion departed this life, aged eighty-two years. December 31, 1877, he deceased in his eighty-first year. They had eight children: John, Jacob, Wesley, Maria, Eliza, William, Simon, and Philip, only four of whom, John, Simon, Maria, and Philip, are living.

FRY, PHILIP, Pleasant township, farmer, son of the aforesaid Jacob and Catharine Fry, was born in Knox county, Ohio, June 18, 1838. On the eleventh day of October, 1859, he married Miss Minerva Taylor, born in Knox county, December 6, 1847, daughter of John G. and Nancy Taylor. They settled in purchased a farm in College township, and remained upon it until 1877, when he purchased and moved on the farm in Pleasant township, where they are now living. They have a family of eight children, three sons and five daughters.

FRY, HENRY, was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, on the twenty-sixth day of March, r80r. At the age of fifteen he emigrated with his father, John Fry, to Ohio; was married to Darcy Huffman, January 20, 1830. They had nine children, viz: Amarian, Samuel, Christopher, Charlotte, William, Elizabeth, Priscilla, Jane, and Mary. Mr. Fry died inthe winter of 1880-1.

FULLER, DANIEL, Wayne township, retired farmer, post office Mt. Vernon, was born in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, February 19, 1790, was brought to Ohio at the age of thirteen years, and has been a resident of this county for seventy-eight years. September 29, 1814, he was married to Margaret Rose, who was born July 3, 1795. They had the following children: David, born March 7, 1816; Elizabeth H., December 15, 1818; Hannah, March 6, 1820; Ruth M., August 25, 1824; John, April 25, 1826; Job J., June 26, 1829; Maria, March 6, 1831; Miriam J., September 22, 1833; and Sarah A., August 21, 1838. Mr. Fuller died September 22, 1838. Mrs. Margaret Fuller died August 7, 1867, at the age of seventy-two years. John Fuller and Job J. were in the late war. Mr. Fuller resided in Harrison township, and has been identified with this county about seventy-eight vears. He is one of the pioneers of this county, having come here when it was a howling wilderness, infested by wolves, bears, wildcats and Indians. He has done much to improveit, and to advance every good cause and work.

FULTZ, JOSEPH J., now of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, born April 26, A. D. 1845, on the banks of the Schuylkill, near Morristown, in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, is the oldest of five children - Joseph Jackson, George Washington, Jacob Pierce, Albert Buchanan, and Elizabeth A. - all living. His parents, Joseph E. and Mary A. Fultz, zee Millington are descendants of the earliest pioneer settlers of Pennsylvania; emigrated to Ohio in the year 1850, locating on the banks of the Ohio below Pomeroy, now Middleport, in Meigs county, where they now reside, and where their eldest children secured their early education, trudging some two miles or more, winter and summer, to an old log school-house of ye olden kind, where split logs, with sticks for legs, constituted the seating capacity of the backwoods structure dedicated to the cause of education, and where the domine's teaching qualities were best shown in his ability to handle the rod - in fact, his best hold - upon the boys, J. J. coming in for his full share of said ability, if not more. Anon, and during the years 1859-60, he attended a normal school for teachers under the management of H. C. Watterman, at Middleport, and in the winter of 1860 began his first term of many as a country school-teacher, at Carr's run, in said county of Meigs, where, among the big boys, he was the smallest among several, luckily getting through the term without being ducked in the stream running near by, as was his predecessor of the winter before.

After the close of the late war, and during the fall of 1865, he went south, visiting the States bordering on the Ohio and Mis- Sissippi rivers, crossing over into Texas, making the trip in a little more than one year. Returning home he engaged with and took charge of the mathematical department of a commercial school then located at Pomeroy, Ohio. From there he went to Tiffin, Ohio, engaging with the same parties in the management of a branch school. During the winter of 1869 he came to Mt. Vernon, where he has since resided, and where, with J. W. Oldham, he opened a commercial college, of which, by the departure of his said partner, he was soon in entire control. This school was successfully managed until 1871, when it was disposed of to R. G. Dildine and W. P. Harrison, and soon closed for repairs.

In May, 1871, he was married to Mary E. Calkins, (whose grandfather, Lewis Young, built the first frame house in Knox county), only child of Edward and Sarah M. Calkins, zee Young. During the same year he engaged with Judge C. E.

Critchfield as deputy probate derk, and securing a contract under the judge compiled and arranged an alphabetica! abstract of the probate court records from the origin of said court, which, for accuracy and completeness, has not its superior in the State.

Leaving Judge Critchfield he engaged for a time with Max Leopold, in the clothing trade, until the year 1875, when he was a candidate for, and received the nomination, for clerk of the court of common pleas, at a Democratic delegate convention, receiving the nomination on the first ballot, with four competitors in the field, a compliment of which he was deservedly proud. Owing, however, to the strong anti-temperance feeling that had been created by the women's crusade that had raged throughout the country the previous winter, as also the fact that he had ever been recognized as an advocate of temperance (although not radical), he was defeated by the Republican candidate.

After his defeat he turned his attention to, and made a specialty of, insurance, in which field he has been more than successful. In 1879 he organized a company, associating with him such well known men as Hon. John D. Thompson, Colonel W. C. Cooper, General George W. Morgan, and David C. Montgomery. And almost alone in the working thereof, he (in four months) organized the Eagle Mutual Fire Insurance company, with a capital of over fifty thousand dollars in premium notes, which has already grown to a net capital of over two hundred thousand dollars.

destined to be far-reaching in its benefits, and already numbering its members by the thousands, and represented in several States of the Union.

As secretary and general manager of both companies, he has shown much executive ability, and, without clerical assistance, has labored early and late to bring both to their present solid, fast-growing condition, , A. D. 1881.

GAMBLE, JOHN R., deceased, was born in Pennsylvania, September 27, 1796. His father, William Gamble, having emigrated from county Antrim, Ireland. He was of Scotch-Irish lineage, having been obliged to flee the country for his democratic principles, and on account of a personal collision with one of the king's officers. He settled in Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, where John R. Gamble was born. He came to Delaware county, Ohio, about the year 1810. He was married in 1825, to Miss Lovina Collins, who still survives. The fruits of this union were six children, viz: William, George W., Horatio"N., Sarah Jane, Constant, and John R., of whom William, George W., Jane, and Constant, still survive. Mr. Gamble subsequently resided in Columbus, Newark, Tuscarawas, and Coshocton counties, removing to Butler township in 1836, where he resided until the time of his decease, which occurred in 1857. Mr. Gamble was a public spirited citizen, a prominent Democratic politician, and was much respected for his sterling qualities.

GANN, GEORGE, deceased, was born in Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, January 24, 1810. While residing in Pennsylvania he was married to Miss Sarah Bridgen, in November, 1831. He came to Jefferson in 1834, locating in the southwestern

Mr. Gann was many years an influential citizen of Knox county, and of Jefferson township. By the detaching of a portion of Jefferson in 1876, and its annexation to Union, he became a citizen of Union township. He took an active part in the locating of the Cleveland, Mt. Vernon & Pittsburgh railroad at Mt. Holly, and in consideration of his services the Station and village were named Gann. He was the owner of four hundred acres of good farming land at the time of his decease, which occurred September 7, 1877.

GANN, JACOB, Union township; farmer; post office, Gann, was born in Pennsylvania October 3, 1832, and came to this county in 1835. In 1844 he settled on the farm, where he now resides. He married Myrtiila Maxfield in 1866, and settled on the Gann homestead, where he has remained until the present time. He has two children: George W., born March 7, 1867, and John, January 13, 1871.

His father's will granted him one hundred and sixty-seven acres including the old house. This is to be divided between the children at the time of his death. His wife was born

GANTT, STEPHEN H., Hilliar township, farmer, born in Loudoun county, Virginia, February 16, 1818. His ancestors were Virginians. His father had been a soldier in the War of 1812, and served for some time in Norfolk, Virginia.

In 1835 the parents, Samuel and Mary Gantt, zee Andrews, came to Ohio, and settled in Morris township, where they remained about seven years, then came to Hilliar township, and settled near where their son Stephen now resides, and where they spent their lives, being respected and honored citizens. They had a family of eight children, six of whom are living.

The subject of this short sketch remained at home until he was about twenty-two years of age. In 1840 he came to where he now resides, and which was some time before his parents came.

'There was no improvement, woods covered the land, and Mr. Gantt was compelled to do like the early pioneers, build his cabin first: for a habitation, and then clear the land of the "giant oaks." He remained in his cabin for about twelve years, enjoying his life as well as ever he did, happy and contented with the result of his labor. He then built his present substantial and comfortable dwelling. He started in life poor, but by industry he has made for himself a competence. He is an intelligent and careful farmer, and an estimable citizen, and has the confidence, respect and esteem of the community. He is social in his manners, and hospitable to strangers.

Mr. Gantt has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Eliza Loveridge, to whom he was married May 14, 1840. They had a family of six children, three of whom are living, viz: Martha, married to Elmer Burgoon, farmer, and resides in Hilliar township; Cynthia; married to Henry Motley, farmer, Hilliar township, and Mary Jane, married to Charles Sager, farmer, in Union county, Ohio. Two children died in infancy. Mahlon died when about sixteen years of age.

to Miss Emily Barker. As a result of this marriage they havea family of four children, viz: Lucy Ellie, married to Charles Corwin, and resides in Morrow county, Ohio; Orlin, Flora Elsie and Alvah live at home.

GANTT, WILLIAM F., grocer, Jones' block, West High Street, Mt. Vernon, is a native of Knox county, and was born near Fredericktown. At the age of fifteen he went into the dry goods store of his uncle, E. R. Gantt, Centreburgh, as a salesman, where he continued three yéars. He next entered the employ of James Johnson, Fredericktown, and clerked for thirteen years. His next engagement was with the late George B. Potwin, grocer and provision dealer, Mt. Vernon, where he served four years. On the first of February, 1869, with A. B. Tarr as partner, they commenced the grocery business. In the spring of 1871 Mr. Gantt purchased the interest of Mr. Tarr, and continued the business in his own name. He has done business in the same room for eleven years. On the sixth of January he sold his business to Mr. Trott. Shortly after this sale Mr. Gantt formed a partnership with J. M. Roberts, and rented the room in the same block formerly occupied by N. Whittington & Son, and filled it with a large stock of groceries and provisions, and opened out on the sixth of March, 1880, where they may still be found ready to wait upon old friends and new ones. This gives Mr. Gantt a businéss of thirty-two years - half a lifetime. Their stock embraces a full line of staple and fancy family groceries and confectioneries. Their stock is valued at'about two thousand dollars, and is frequently renewed to supply the demand. They have a successful and a daily increasing trade. Their establishment is one of the first-class family grocery houses in the city.

GARDNER, W., S., physician, Union township, post office, Rosstown. He was born in Mt. Holly, Knox county, and was taken to New Jersey when he was small, and remained about three years, then he commenced his medical education as well as his literary. His mother died in New Jersey. After his father's second marriage he went to Philadelphia and finished his medical education, -and commenced practice in the city. His health failed him there and he removed to Bladensburgh, Ohio, where he met and married Emma M. Gardner, in 1874. He practiced there for five years and built a good little home. He came to Rossville in 1879, where he has settled and is pleased with his success.

GATES, LYMAN W., Miller township; born in Miller township, September 21, 1819. His father, Cyrus Gates, wasa native of Rutland, Vermont, emigrated to Ohio in 1814. In the month of September, 1815, he purchased of the United States Government a quarter section of Jand in the west part of Miller township. In the month of September, 1816, he married Elizabeth McKee, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio in 1795, with her parents, who settled at Marietta. In 1802 she removed to Zanesville, where she lived until after her marriage. In the month of December, 1816, they removed to Miller township, then nearly an unbroken wilderness, with probably not more than fifteen families within the present limits of the town-

. ship. Then commenced the hardships of pioneer life in a howling wilderness. They lived to see the fruits of their labors. The farm was cleared, and by industry, economy, and frugality, acquired a competency. Both sank to rest ina good old age. Cyrus Gates died August 21, 1867, aged seventy-five years, Elizabeth Gates died June 16, 1876, aged eighty-four years. They both died on the old homestead first purchased by Cyrus Gates. By this marriage there were ten children; six dead and four living. Of the dead, the first child died in infancy; Roena, Cyrus, Elizabeth, Dorcas (married Henry C. Harris), and Charles B. The living are: Lyman W., Lewis, Sallie, widow of A. G. Simons, and Loranoy, married to J. W. Baxter, and all reside in Miller township. Lewis owns the old homestead farm, and with Sallie Simons resides on the farm which has been owned by some of the family since 1815.

The subject of this notice was reared on a farm. He had the advantages of the common-schools of those days, which were very different from those of the present day. The first schoolhouse in which he attended school, was located on his father's farm, situated on a small eminence near the road-side, on the west bank of the brook. Jt was probably ahout fifteen feet square, and built of round logs, and covered with split oak boards four feet long, with poles placed on them to hold them in place. The door was on the south side, next to the road; one window of six lights, with eight by ten inch glass; no ceiling of any kind overhead, except the roof; the floor was white ash split slabs, and placed so near together that the children would not be in danger of falling through the floor, yet it was very rough. There were two seats, about ten feet long, made by splitting an inch log about one foot in diameter and boring two holes near the end of each piece, then pins of wood were inserted for feet. This done, the house was completed. This building was erected in the spring of 1825. Cyrus Gates was the principal superintendent of the building, and it occupied his time nearly three days. There were residing in the neighborhood, at this time, nine children, of school age, that attended school in this house. The first school was taught by Miss Sophia Hillard and a sister of J. M. Hillard, who now resides in Miller township. The price paid was fifty cents per week of five and one-half days, or about nine cents per day. Schools were taught in this house only in the summer season, for five summers. In 1830 a district was organized and a more commodious school-house built of hewed logs, with a large fireplace at one end of the room. A Mr. Hall taught the first winter school at twelve dollars per month, or fifty cents per day.

The subject of this notice has some striking (?) recollections of the teachers of those days, and the teachers generally had some striking (?) qualifications for teaching. The prices paid teachers in those days were generally governed by their striking (?) qualifications, varying from eight to twelve dollars per month in winter, and from sixty to seventy-five cents per week in summer, In those days no teacher was required to obtain a certificate of qualification to teach acommon-school. Reading, writing, and arithmetic, were the common branches taught.

At the age of twenty-one years he had acquired the necessary qualification to teach a common school, which business he followed in the winter seasons for thirty-seven years, teaching thirty-five terms. He learned the carpenter's trade, and worked at his trade dming the summer seasons. He has lived all his life in Miller township, now sixty-one years. He served as township clerk sixteen years, and as justice of the peace six years; was elected county commissioner in the year 1867, by the Republican party, and served three years; and was nominated again in 1870 for the same office, but the Republican ticket was defeated that year in the county. He now holds the office

He served in the late war against the Rebellion, in the One Hundred and Forty-second regiment, in the summer of 1864, most of the time in front of Petersburgh, Virginia.

He always openly and fearlessly defended what he believed to be right, and was always ready to condemn whatever he believed to be wrong, either morally, politically, or in matters of religion. Slavery he believed to be an evil and a wrong in every sense of the word, and he was recognized as one of the few Abolitionists as early as 1842, yet voting with the Whig party until 1848; then united with the Free-soil 'party until the Republican party was organized, in 1856, with which party he has acted to the present time. He has never failed to vote at every county, State, or Presidential election in forty years, and never failed but twice to vote at township elections in the same time. He never uses intoxicating drink of any kind, and is a zealous advocate of temperance.

In religion he isa liberalist, freely granting to others the right and privilege of expressing their own religious opinions; and at the same time asks the same rights and privileges for himself that he so freely grants to others. He was married April 14, 1841, to Miss Prudence Hooker, whose parents were also pioneer citizens of Miller township.

By this marriage they have ten children. Three died in infancy; seven are living, viz: Caroline, married to Henry Robinson; Orlinda E., married to William H. Taylor, of Palmyra, Otoe county, Nebraska; Lucretia, married P. W. Mason; Lorancy married J. C. Hartsock; Jennie married M. B. Rouse; Omar C. and Howard are the remaining two.

GATES, LEWIS; Miller township, farmer, was born October 16, 1825. He is the son of Cryrus and Elizabeth Gates, nee McKee, of whom mention is made under the biography of L. W. Gates.

The subject of this.notice spent his early days on his father's old homestead, and at the common schools of the district. He remained in the community until April, 1862, when he enlisted in company A, Fourth Ohio volunteer infantry, for three years, and participated in the skirmish at Front Royal, Virginia. He was taken sick in Virginia, and was discharged, after being in the service five months. Hewasin the quartermaster's department as carpenter at Nashville, Tennessee. He travelled in Missouri, Kansas, and the west for four years. He has beet: suceessful in life. In religion he is a liberal, and accords to others the same privilege he claims for himself. He now resides on the old homestead, where he was born.

GAY, JOHN F., Mt. Vernon, ex-sheriff of Mt. Vernon, was born in Wesmoreland county, Pennsylvania, June 10, 1845. His paternal grandfather, Peter Gay, emmigrated to the United States from Wales prior to the Revolution, and settled in western Pennsylvania, where he became a leading citizen, and represented the county of Westmoreland in the legislature of the State. He married in Pennsylvania, and had a family of five children, two sons and three daughters.

William Gay, the father of the subject of this notice, was born in r8r5 and died in 1866. He was a farmer by occupation, and a leading citizen. He married Martha S. Speer, of Fayette county, Pennsylvania. They had a family of eight children, all of whom are living but Peter, who was a member of the Eleventh regiment, Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, and died from wounds received at Gettysburgh, Pennsylvania.

and there reared, attending «he common schools and several terms at an academy at Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania. He received an appointment to the naval academy at Annapolis, Maryland, where he remained eight months, and on account of sickness returned home.

In 1866 he came to Ohio and engaged in the dry goods business, in Fredericktown, Knox county, as clerk for M. J..Simmons, with whom he remained for three years, when he became one of the firm. About 1871 he engaged in business for himself in Fredericktown, where he remained two years, when he was burned out. He then came to Mt. Vernon and clerked successively for J. W. Miller and D. W. Mead. In 1876 he was nominated for the office of sheriff by the Democratic convention, without his personal solicitation, and at the ensuing election received a majority of one hundred and twenty-six. He made a very efficient and acceptable officer, and was again nominated in 1878, running largely ahead of his ticket, receiving a majority of one thousand five hundred and sixteen. Mr. Gay is an accurate business man, and by his pleasant manner has succeeded in making many friends. He was married to Miss Mary A. Nevius. They have been the parents of four children, two of whom are living. Mr. Gay is now in the dry goods business, having connected himself with the well known house of G. W. Mead, of Mt. Vernon.

GEARHART, SMITH, Milford township, farmer, was born in Hilliar township, December 17, 1843. He is the son of Whitefield and Harriet Gearhart, who was a daughter of Jesse Smith. 'She was bornsin Rhode Island in 1820, and in 1833 came to Ohio with her parents who settled in Liberty township. Mr. Smith came to Ohio at a much earlier date and purchased a tract of land, then returned to Rhode Island, where he married Mary Jenks. By this marriage there were six children, Mrs. Gearhart being the oldest of the family. Mrs. Smith died in 1865. Some time after his wife's death he went to Iowa, where he yet resides, aged eighty-five years. Harriet was married to Whitefield Gearhart March 1, 1838. They had nine children, six of whom are living, viz.: George, Mary, (married to John Spearman), Smith, Charles, Mary (married to John New), Aaron W. Mr. Gearhart died in 1874, aged fifty-nine years. Mrs. Gearhart still resides on the farm in Liberty township. The subject of this notice, Smith Gearhart, was reared ona farm. In 1862 he enlisted in company F, One Hundred and Twenty-first regiment Ohio volunteer infantry for three years, and participated in the battle of Perrysville, Kentucky. He was taken sick and discharged on account of physical disability contracted while in service. He was out about eight months. After his return home, and upon the recovery of his health, he engaged in farming, which he has followed ever since. He is one of Milford township's best citizens, and a good farmer. June ro, 1865, he married Mary L. Brokaw, who is a daughter of John A, and Caroline Brokaw, of Mt. Liberty, Ohio.

GEORGE, JAMES, deceased, late of Clinton township, was a native of England, having been born in Somersetshire, May 4, 1809. His early years were spent in and around his old home, for which he had up to his last sickness a veneration that made him somewhat restless, and he often expressed a desire to return and spend his remaining days with the ''old folks at home." So great was this desire to be at ''home" once more, as he often expressed himself, that on three different occasions he braved the dangers of the mighty deep to gratify the yearnings of his heart. On his first return home, in 1844, he acknowledged things looked changed, they were not as his fond wishes hoped to find them - a reaction took place. In 1859 was his next return, the old desire to visit England being too great to resist. Again disappointment met him at every place he visited - old scenes had vanished, and new scenes had taken their place - the people were also new and strange. Again he returned to America - it appeared better to him than before. In 1867 the old homesickness again seized him - the terrors of the ocean stood not in his way. So again we find him ''going down to the sea in ships'" - Somersetshire the objective point. Greater changes than before met him face to face. He took sick almost unto death. His devoted wife was sent for - she crossed the waters - nursed him to convalescence, and cared for him on his fourth voyage to America.

In July, 1833, Mr, George, then in his twenty-fourth year, made his initial voyage to America, landing in New York. From New York he went to Portchester, where he remained two years. Here he met, wooed and won Miss Catharine A. Brown, of Portchester, and on the fourth of March, 1855, they were united in marriage. Miss Brown was born in New York, October 25, 1811. Shortly after his marriage Mr. and Mrs. George, in May of 1835, removed to New Rochelle, and remained there until November, when they came to Ohio, locating in Coshocton county, and made that county their home for one year. In 1836 they again broke up their home and settled in Columbus, Ohio, where he engaged in the baking' business. Mr. George erected the building known as the Buckeye block, now occupied by Mr. William Taylor. Ho also increased his business by entering into the wholesale and retail grocery trade, which he conducted with great success up to 1849. He then sold his stock of goods and part of his real estate property in Columbus and purchased and moved upon a farm near Fredericktown, this county. Until about 1852 he followed farming, when he and his family came to Mt. Vernon, where he engaged in the mercantile business. This he continued for a number of years. ''Indeed," says Mrs, George, ''during his residence in the city, he was never idle - being always employed either in selling goods, erecting houses, improving property, or farming." In 1875 he purchased and moved to asmall farm, one mile west of Mt. Vernon, on the new Delaware road. Here he lived until June 25, 1879, when his last sickness terminated in his death.

Mr. George was a good citizen, an affectionate husband, and an indulgent father, honest to the heart, and liberal to a fault. His death was a loss to all.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. George five sons and one daughter wer: born; four sons and the daughter are still living, viz: James, William, John, Thomas, and Mary. The sons are living in Mt. Vernon and engaged in business. The daughter, Mary, the widow of the late George Fay, is a resident of Tama City, lowa.

GERHERT, W. P., Fredericktown, dealer in groceries, provisions and notions; was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1850, and was married in 1870 to Liscettie Chronester, who was born in Mansfield, Ohio, in 1849. They have the following family, viz: Curtis, born in 1871; Jennie, born in 1874; John B., born in 1877.

GETZ, JOHN, Fredericktown, marble and monument manufacturer; was born in Germany in 1845, emigrated with his parents to this country in 1846 and located in Berlin township, Holmes county, Ohio. He was married to Maggie Culler, who was born in Pennsylvania. They had six children: Edwin W., Anna Mary, Grace Geneva, Erma, John and an infant.

Mr. Getz learned the marble cutting trade in Holmes county, and worked at it in the same county. He came to Fredericktown in 1879 and established marble and monumental works. He is doing business on quite an extensive scale, giving employment to a number of hands, and has the best material in the market, employs the best workmen, is a practical mechanic himself, and is prepared to meet all competition of larger towns in prices and quality. He is establishing a good trade, and it is increasing rapidly, as his establishment compares favorably with those of Mt. Vernon and Mansfield.

John Getz enlisted in the late war in 1862, and was a member of company F, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth regiment O. V. I. He continued until the close of the war, and was in the following engagements: Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, at Atlanta (several engagements), Jonesborough, Franklin and Nashville, besides a number of smaller engagements. He was honorably discharged.

GHRIST, JAMES F., tailor, Fredericktown, was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in 1829, and was married in 1854 to Sarah L. Latimer, who was born in the same county in 1829. They have three children: Thomas E., born in 1856; Clara M., in 1858; and Orlando P., in 1872.

Mr. Ghrist learned the tailor trade in Galion, Ohio, remained there four years, and then returned to Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. .He there engaged in the same business, and remained in that State for twenty-five years.

He was a soldier in the late war - a member of company K, Two Hundred and Sixth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, and was engaged in the service one year. He returned to Richland county, Ohio, in 1876, and engaged at his trade in Independence and Bellville.

In 1878 he located in Fredericktown, and is doing a custom trade. Mr. Ghrist is a first-class mechanic, and makes cutting @ specialty, doing quite an extensive business.

GIBSON, SAMUEL (deceased), was born in Frederick county, Maryland, and was married to Ruth Elliott, who was born in Montgomery county, Maryland, in 1815. They emigrated to Jefferson county, Ohio, and remained there until the spring of 1818, when they came to Knox county. He bought one quarter section in Richland county.

They had nine children: George W., Sarah, Hannah, John, and Hiram - all born in the State of Maryland. John died in infancy; Ann, who was born in Jefferson county; William, born on the Farquahar farm; Mary (deceased) and Ruth, who were born on the farm where Joseph Crane now resides. Ruth was married to Joseph Crane.

William Farquahar and Henry Roberts settled on the farm where Nicholas Darling resides, in Morris township. They had to cut the road through from Mt. Vernon. They raised corn at that time in that neighborhood fourteen feet high. Basil Farquahar, when fourteen years of age, climbed a stock of corn, which incident is still remembered by some of the older citizens.

GIBSON, GEORGE W., was married to Mary Garrett; they had one daughter, Abigail, who was married to Issachar Gregg. Mr. G. W. Gibson subsequently married Frances Green. There are three of their children living, viz.: Caroline, now Mrs. John Wagner, of Middlebury township; Eliza, now Mrs. Dove; Hiram M., a resident of Berlin; George W., resides on the farm with Hiram M.

GIBSON, HIRAM M., farmer, Berlin township, post office, Fredericktown, was born in Richland county, in a cabin, in 1845, and was married in 1874 to Clara Comfort, who was born in this county in 1851.

GIFFIN, LAURISTON, farmer, post office, Shaler's Mills. He was born in Worcester county, Massachusetts, in 1809, and came to Ohio in 1838, purchasing land in Berlin township, this county. He was married to Lucia F. Willis, who was born in Pittsford, Vermont, in 1812. They had four children: Arminta M., deceased; William C., Emma E., and Mary Alice.

William C. Giffin was married in 1864 to Amy Gower, They have five children living: Mattie May, Charles H., Emma A., Mary L., Herbert L., Lucia J., and Loretta A. The deceased members are Emma A., and Herbert L.

Mr. W. C. Giffin was a soldier during the late war, a member of company H, One Hundred and Forty-second regiment Ohio National guard. He is engaged in farming, threshing, and during the winter is running a mill for grinding feed, which is located at Fredericktown.

Mary Alice was married in 1872 to Columbus W. Smith. They have three children: Burton G., born in 1873; Fannie W., in 1876; and Carl C., in 1879. Mr. Smith is residing with Mr. L. Giffin and farming the home place.

Mr. L. Giffin, when he first came to Knox county, was a citizen of Fredericktown for about eighteen months. He was engaged in manufacturing hair cloth for sofas and chairs.

It was in the days of Judge Ayers. The judge would get Mr. Giffin to break his wild colts that no one had the courage to handle. Judge Ayers positively claimed that Mr. L. Giffin was the champion horseman. :

Mr. Giffin moved on his farm in Berlin township in 1839. He built the first frame house on the street where he now resides. He kept a public house to accommodate the travelling public. Mr. and Mrs. Giffin are very hospitable, and are well remembered by many that shared their hospitality.

GIFFIN, ROBERT, SR., was born in Virginia, November 21, 1813, and came with his father, William Giffin, to New Castle township, Coshocton county, Ohio, at an early age. In March, 1838, he removed to Butler township, and has since resided here. November 16, 1837, he was married to Miss Martha Busenberg, who was born February 11, 1821, in Butler township. They have had eight children, viz: Louisa Giffin, born March 28, 1839; Sarah Catharine, September 16, 1841; Amanda J., March 20, 1843; William B., June 28, 1844; Mary Elizabeth, August 9, 1847; Charles Francis, September 20, 1850; William Monroe, June 5, 1853; Martha Ellen, June 5, 1853. Louisa Giffin died October 2, 1840; William Monroe Giffin, August 14, 1855; Charles Francis Giffin, August 29, 1855; Martha Ellen Giffin, September 9, 1860.

GILBERT, JOHN, son of Samuel and 'Thompson Gilbert, was born in England, March 23, 1836. In 1850 he came with his parents to America, and located in Mt. Vernon. In 1851 he commenced an apprentice at the blacksmith trade in Mt. Vernon, and remained one year; then, in 1852, he came to Monroe Mills, where he finished his apprenticeship in 1854 with Stephen Parmenter. He at once commenced business for himself, purchased Mr. Parmenter's shop and accouterments, in which he worked until 1861, when he erected his present shop at Monroe Mills, in which shop he has since carried on the business of blacksmithing in all its branches.

In 1856 he married Miss Phoebe E. Lybarger, born in Knox county, November, 1838, daughter of Jesse Lybarger. They settled at Monroe Mills, where they now reside. Their union resulted in four children, two sons and two daughters. In May, 1864, he enlisted in company F, of the One Hundred and Fortysecond Ohio volunteer infantry, and served until the close of the war. He was then discharged from the service, returned home and again engaged at his business, which he has since been following.

GILBERT, WILLIAM H., farmer, Liberty township, was born December 28, 1848, near Fredericktown, and is the son of Samuel and Joanna Gilbert zee Hicks.

Samuel Gilbert was born in Devonshire, England, and when about nineteen, came to the United States with his brother John. He remained in New York city two years, and then emigrated to Wayne township, subsequently to Clinton and Hilliar townships, where he died in September 1875. He was twice married, his first wife was Joanna Hicks, who had two children, William H. and Mary E. His second wife was Mrs. D. Marshall, with whom he had four children. She is yet a resident of Hilliar township.

The subject of this notice was reared ona farm, and has always followed farming. November 23, 1872, he married Miss Mary Ann Sharpnack, who is the daughter of Daniel Sharpnack, who was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, January 23, 1804. He married Miss L. Coleman in Fayette county, Pennsylvania. She was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, August 30, 1803. They came to Ohio about 1838. They are both dead. They had ten children, four of whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert have one child, Mary L., born September 25, 1875.

GILMORE, FRANCIS, farmer, Pike township, post office, North Liberty, born in Pike township, this county, July 9, 1839, and was married January 25, 1864, to Mary Jane Loney, who was born in Pike township, this county, September 6, 1844. They have the following children: Mary, born April 12, 1867; John L., January 26, 1874; Blanche, July 21, 1876; William Calvin, April 24, 1879. He owns the old homestead and has resided on it since his marriage.

GILMORE, JOHN, Pike township, farmer, post office, North Liberty, born in Knox county, and was married to Maria Clawson, who was born in Belmont county, Ohio. They had four children: Lovena, Eddie, Willie (deceased), and Walter. Mr. Gilmore is a farmer hy occupation, and has a beautiful farm in Pike township, with all the modern improvements, his buildings being among the very best in this county, and he is a model farmer.

office, Jelloway, was born in Alleghany county, Maryland, November 19, 1804, and remained with his parents until hearrived at the age of twenty-five years, when he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Pierce, who was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, December 2, 1804. After his marriage he moved with his family to Knox county, locating on a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, in Brown township, which he had entered previous to his marriage. There he commenced life ina cabin he had erected previous to coming to said farm. Tle cleared the land, made it ready for the plow, and soon hada fine farm. Said farm is located on the headwaters of Bear run, and is a very pleasant home. He now lives there and is enjoying himself in his old days. By their marriage they became the parents of four children: Elizabeth S., born March 7, 1831, now resides in Mt. Vernon; Rebecca J., November 11, 1833; Mary M., April 23, 1836, now lives in Fredericktown; Jacob H., November 11, 1838, died September 11, 1840.

GLASGOW, JOHN W., Pike township, farmer, post office, Democracy, born in Pike township in 1855, and was married in 1876 to Mary Guthrie, who was born in Pike township in 4853. They have two children, John, born in 1876, and Edith Rachel, in 1878.

GLASGOW, JAMES JR., Pike township, farmer, post office, North Liberty, born in Pike township, this county, September to, 1860, and was married by Rev. W. Ferguson, in Mt. Vernon, September 16, 1880, to Miss Kittie Hively, who was born September 16, 1861. They reside in Knox county, Ohio. His father, James Glasgow, sr., was born January 10, 1809, and was married in 1833 to Nancy Robinson, who was born in 1817. They had four children: Isabella, born in 1835; Nancy, in 1837; Eliza A., 1839; Margaret J., 1842.

Mr, Glasgow subsequently married Alice A. Petterson, born in 1807. They had two children, Robert and James, deceased. Mrs. Alice Glasgow died in 1850. His third marriage was in 1850 to Mary Jane Armstrong, who was born in 1824. They had eight children: Emma, born in 1851; Abigail, in 1853; John, in 1855; Mary, 1858; James, jr., 1860; Robert, 1863; Harvey, 1866, and Elizabeth, 1869. Elizabeth died in 1875. The following are married: Isabella and Samuel Ruby, Nancy and Newton Blair, Eliza and William Reed, Margaret and Nelson Hushberger, Emma and William Dunmire, John and Mary Guthrie, Abigail and [liza ,Guthrie, James, jr., and Kittie Hively.

GLENN, DAVID (deceased), Pleasant township, was 'born in Carlisle, Penneylvania, July 9, 1788. On May 13, 1813, he married Miss Jane McConnell, of Pennsylvania, born in 1792. They settled in Pennsylvania, where they lived until 1847, when, with his wife and ten children, he moved to Ohio, located for one year in Wayne county, then moved to Ashland county, remained two years, and in 1850 moved to Knox county, locating on a farm in Green valley, four miles west of Mt, Vernon. In 1852 he purchased and moved on the farm now owned and occupied by his heirs. February 27, 1869, he died here, aged eightyone years. He was one term in the legislature, and filled the office of justice of the peace for many years, in Pennsylvania. August 27, 1875, his companion died, aged eighty-four years. They reared a family of ten children, viz. : Eliza J., John, James M., David, Nettie E. and Mary A. (twins), George W., Samuel

BROWN, JOSEPH C., farmer, Pleasant township, was born in Cork county, Ireland in 1827, where he grew to manhood. In 1856 he emigrated to America and located in Clermont county, Ohio. In 1861 he came to Knox county, Ohio, where he martied Miss Mary Clark, of College township, March 31st of same year. They returned to Clermont county, where they lived a year; then, in 1862, they moved to this county and located for three years in College township, and in 1865 he purchased and moved on the farm in Pleasant township where they are now living. They have a family of seven children, three sons and four daughters. He has followed farming as his vocation. Miss Clark was born in county Cork, Ireland, November 23, 1833, daughter of Thomas and Mary Clark. She emigrated to America in 3852; lived in Hamilton county, Ohio, three years, and in 1855 came to Knox county.

GLOSSER, LEROY, Fredericktown, carpenter, was born in Fredericktown in 18546, and married in 1874 to Clara Castner, who was born in Woodbury, Pennsylvania, in 1852. They have one son, George E., born August 4, 1878.

Mr. Gordon is engaged in the hardware business in Waterford. He began there in the spring of 1880, and carries 'a general stock of hardware, keeping the stock well supplied, and is ever ready to compete with larger towns in this line of goods. All who need anything in his line will do well to call and see him.

His father, William G. Gordon, was born in Manchester, England, September 17, 1772. He came to America in 1802, and was married in New Jersey September 25, 1809, to Mary Hedden. He now resides in Chester township, Morrow county, Ohio.

GORDON, JOSEPH M. D., Mt. Vernon, was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, March 6, 1841. His father, Silas Gordon, is of Scotch extraction, and a native of Pennsy]- vania. He married a Miss Coffmam, of the same county. They had a family of ten children, eight of whom are living. In 1853 Mr. Gordon with his family, emigrated to Knox county, Ohio, and located near Mt. Vernon. where they remained some years, and then removed to near Fredericktown, where they yet reside. They are estimable citizens, by ocupation farmers.

Ths subject of this notice spent his youth with his parents on the farm, obtaining his education mostly at the schools of Fredericktown, after which he taught school for several terms. In August, 1861, he enlisted in company A, Twentieth regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry, and participated in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shilo, Corinth, Iuka, Chatahoochie, Savannah, Atlanta, Champion Hills, Marietta, Jonesborough, Kennesaw Mountain, Port Gibson, Jackson, Boliver, Ackwood, Vicksburgh, Raymond, Black Creek, Grand Junction, Goldsborough, Fayetteville, besides numerous minor engagements. He was discharged in the fall of 1864. He began reading medicine in the spring of 1865 with Dr. Russel. After his course of reading he graduated at the Jefferson Medical college, of Philadelphia in 1868, and remained for a short time in New Jersey. He then came to Mt. Vernon, where he began practice, and soon succeeded in building up an excellent reputation. He is president of the Knox County Medical society, and clerk of the board of education. He married Miss Clara L. Corey in 1871. They have three children, viz: Mary P., Lula M., and Stella S.

GOWER, SAMUEL, Pike township; farmer; post office, North Liberty, was born in Washington county, Maryland, in 1817, and came to Ohio in 1824. He first settled in Stark county, and remained there till 1840, when he came to Pike township, Knox county. He was married in 1841, to Elizabeth Jane Kirkpatrick, who was born in Harrison county, Ohio, in 1822. They have seven. children, viz: Mary, born in 1842; William, in 1844; Amy, in 1846; Nancy, in 1847; Washington, in 1849; Martha, in 1852, and John, in 1855.

Samuel Gower's father, Jacob Gower, deceased, was born in Virginia, in 1785, emigrated to Maryland, and was married to Mary Swope in 1815. They had three children, viz: Samuel, Martha and an infant child. Mr. Gower settled in Pike township in 1840, and remained there until his death in 1869. Mrs. Mary Gower died in 1871. They were among the earliest setlers. Mr. Jacob Gower was a soldier in the War of 1812.

GOWER, WASHINGTON, Pike township; farmer; post office, North Liberty, born in Pike township, Knox county, Ohio, in 1849, and was married in 1879, to Mary E. Cutman, who was born in Switzerland. They have one daughter: Alice Ardella, born in 1879.

GRAHAM, SAMUEL,, Mt. Vernon, deceased, a native of Pennsylvania; was born September 23, 1794, and came to Ohio in company with two of his brothers in 1808 and located near Newark, Licking county. On the eleventh of September, 1817, he married Miss Eliza Curtis, daughter of Zarah and Phalley Curtis and sister of our worthy townsman Henry B. Curtis. Miss Curtis was born in the State of New York June 30, 1794, and came to Licking county, Ohio, with her parents in 1810, who located near Newark. Mr. and Mrs Graham settled on a farm in Newark township, same county, where he followed farming for many years. They had eight children. The oldest child, Marion, deceased when very young; Maria' died at the age of sixteen years. In 1839 he, with wife and six children, moved to this county and located ona farm in Clinton township, where he deceased June 21, 1842, with what was then known as milk sickness. Three of the children, William H., Ralph O. and Curtis G., died with the same disease within one week after their father's death, leaving the mother and three children, Samuel H., Sarah J. and Eveline C., to mourn their loss. Mrs, Graham remained in the county until 1854, when

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Samuel H. Graham died at Chicago, Illinois, April, 1877; Sarah J. married Roland Beach, and is now living near Mt. Vernon in Clinton township; Eveline C, married William Carey and now lives in Liberty township, this county.

GRANDLE, MANUEL, farmer, Milford township, was born in Licking county, in 1833. Jacob Grandle, his father, came from Virginia about 1824, and settled in Licking county. He married Elizabeth Conard, and they had a family of eight children, five of whom are living. The subject of this notice was reared on a farm, and has always followed farming as his occupation.

In 1859 he went to Iowa in a two-horse wagon, and located in Linn county, where he remained twelve years, and then returned to Ohio, settling in Milford township, where he has resided ever since. He is one of the leading men of the township. His farm is well improved, and gives evidence of careful Management. He married Miss Rachel Ann Jaggers, in 1859, who was born April 30, 1834. She is the daughter of David and Ann Jaggers.

David Jaggers was born in New Jersey, September 20, 1803. He married Anna Brown August 3, 1833. She was born in Knox county, August, 1809. Mr. Jaggers died in 1844, and Mrs. Jaggers died in December, 1876. They had five children, Mrs. Grandle being the only child living. Mr. and Mrs. Grandle had three children born to them, two of whom are dead. Frank A., a promising boy, born November 9g, 1867, is their only living Child.

GRANT, BENJAMIN, general business agency, Weaver block, Mt. Vernon. Mr. Grant is a native of Orleans county, Vermont, where he was born January 2, 1823, and resided there thirty years, during which time he received a good education in the Derby Literary institute, and was engaged in the mercantile business.

In the year 1853 he emigrated to Ohio, and located in Mt. Vernon, where he engaged in the grocery and dry goods business, which he followed for three years. From 1856 to 1861 he was engaged in general business, travelling in most all parts of the country. He was appointed, August 19, 1861, assessor of internal revenue, in which he was retained until October 1, 1866. He then engaged in the boot and shoe trade, which he conducted until 1870, and was also appointed deputy collector and assistant assessor in 1866, in which he remained until 1873. Since then he has been engaged in general business up to the present.