Pleasant Township (part 1 of 2)

Pleasant Township

in the battle of W inchester, June 13, 1863, where he was wounded in the breast, the ball passing through a testament. He was sent to the hospital and next day was taken prisoner by the enemy, conveyed to Richmond and confined in the Libby Prison, from which he was sent to Belle Isle, where he remained in confinement for thirty-three days. He was amung the last squad of men that were paroled for eighteen months. He was taken to Annapolis, Md., and there exchanged, after which he returned home. He rejoined the regiment in October, 1863, at Martinsburg. Va., where the regiment was re-organizing. He afterward participated in the battle at* New Market, May 15, 1864; Snickersville, J'uly 18, 1864; Opequon, September 19, 1864; Round Top Mountain, September 24, 1864; Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864; Hatcher' s Run, April 1 and 2, 1865, and High Bridge, April 6, 1865. The troops thence went to Appomattox Court House, where the rebel army surrendered, after which our subject was mustered out at Columbus, Ohio. On his return to Hardin County, he went to Dunkirk and clerked in a dry goods store for six months, when he moved to Marseilles, where he remained four years, and thence came to Kenton. In 1871, he engaged as salesman in Kenton for Merriman & Norton's dry good store, in which he remained until 1875, when he represented that firm at Forest, Ohio, pursuing a branch of business there for eighteen months. Six months after, he returned to Kenton and engaged with W. Dorathy in the clothing business, and during the ensuing year returned to the service of L. Merriman. He severed connection with this firm in 1880 and went into business at Sidney, Ohio, but soon after came back to Kenton and was employed in a clothing house until J anuary, 1882. At this time he formed a copartnership with R. D. Alter in the grocery business, succeeding John Pfeiffer. This firm dissolved on November 28, 1882, and Mr. Ellis has since carried it on alone, and conducts a first- class trade. He was married in 1869, at Niles, N. Y., to Miss Margaret Keyes, by which union there have been six children, five living, viz., Viola, Minnie M., Lena A., Katie and E. F. Mead. Mr. Ellis is a member of the Knights of Pythias.

W. H. FLEMING-, stock- dealer, Kenton, was born in Beaver County, Penn., in 1842, and is the eldest living child of Samuel and Sarah (Lafferty) Fleming, natives of Allegheny County, Penn. They were married in Beaver County, and came to Ohio in 1854, settling in Blanchard Township, Hardin County, where they died. Mr. Fleming was a farmer, and reared a family of five children, four living, viz., John, who enlisted in the Sixtysixth Illinois Sharpshooters and died from exposure at Corinth; Jane, wife of Nelson Kidney; W. H., James S. and Samuel W. The subject of this sketch was brought up on the farm. In 1864, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventy-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company F, and served to the close of the war. For a few years he dealt in stock, and from 1867 to 1869, was engaged in the dry goods trade at Dunkirk, Ohio. Ho was married in December, 1870, to Miss Maggie, daughter of John Jones, a pioneer of this county. She is a native of Knox County, Ohio. After marriage, Mr. Fleming returned to his former business of stock-dealing, which he followed until his election to the office of Clerk of Courts in 1872. He was re-elected in 1875. and served two term^. Sine ) his retireiueni from public duties, he has successfully pursued his old occupation of stock dealing. He has resided in Kenton since 1873. His farms in Pleasant, Dudley and Blanchard Townships embrace over four hundred acres of land. He is the father of three children, all living, viz., Olga, the eldest, Dean and Dow, twins.

Biographical Sketches

J. B. FLETCHER, merchant tailor, Kenton, was born in England November 28, 1847. When he was eight years of age, he came to Ohio with his parents, William and Sarah Fletcher, who settled in Hardin County. The latter died here September 28, 1861. Mr. Fletcher is still living and is a resident of Washington Township, Hardin County. The subject, of this sketch was the eldest of seven children. He first established his business in Kenton in 1878, under the firm name of Fullerton & Fletcher, continuing for two and a half years, when his partner withdrew and was succeeded by George Carey. The firm then pursued business for two a ad a half years longer, and then sold out to A. A. Strong & Co. But six months after, in 1878, Mr. Fletcher again opened in the business, and has since conducted it alone. He has a first-class establishment, and carries a sto3k of about $4,000. He was married in Kenton, in 1870, to Miss Mary A. Hoon, a native of Kenton, by which union two children have been born, Ella and Kate. Mr. Fletcher is connected with the Knights of Pythias, and ranks among the young, enterprising business men of Kenton.

JACOB FOBBING, manufacturer, Kenton, was born near Fort Wayne, Ind., September 19, 1841. He lived in his birthplace until the breakingout of the war, when, in September, 1881, he enlisted in Company E, Tliirtieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He enlisted as Sergeant and seiwed three years, participating in the engagements at Pittsburg Landing, Shiloh, Triune, Stone River and Chickamauga, in which latter battle he was wounded and confined for six weeks in a hospital at Nashville, Tenn. After a furlough of sixty days, he rejoined his troops and was in the battles of Chattanooga, Atlanta, Resaca and all the engagements of the Atlanta campaign. Returning to Indiana, he followed his trade of carpenter and builder in Fort Wayne, coming to Ada, Ohio, in 1869. The same year he became associated with the Young Brothers in the scroll and lumber business, the firm dissolving in 1873, after which he came to Kenton and built a mill, carrying it on in partnership with his brother Peter for three years. The building was destroyed by fire, and Mr. Forbing then erected his present mill, in which he has since been successfully engaged. He employs on an average a force of twenty men, the work all being sawed from black walnut, for chair stock, and shipped wholly to the Eastern markets. Mr. Forbing was married in Fort Wayne, Ind. , February 14, 1865, to Miss Anna M., daughter of George J. find Anna M. Young. She was born in Allen County, Ind., and has reared a family of six children, viz. : Irvin, Cecilia, Earl B, A., Guy, John W. and Leo V. Mr. Forbing has also an adopted daughter, Addie. The family belong to the Catholic Church. Mr. Forbing has filled the office of City Councilman for two terms, and is one of the progressive citizens of Kenton, thoroughly identified with the interests of Hardin County.

HENRV^ K. FORD, merchant tailor and clothier, Kenton, Ohio, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, May 12, 1828. His parents, Joshua and Sarah (Kelly) Ford, natives of Baltimore County, Md. , emigrated to Harrison County, Ohio, in 1827. They remained there until 1886, when they removed to Hardin County, where they settled in Marion Township on a farm of 400 acres, which Mr. Ford had purchased of the Government in 1835. Joshua Ford was, politically, a Whig, and always took an active part in the elections. In 1838, he erected a horse-mill, which, although not a success financially, was a great benefit to the new settlers, many coming from Allen and Hancock Counties. This mill ran continually from Monday morning until Saturday night, never being alh)wad to run on the

Sabbath Day, Mr. Ford being a man of strictly moral and quiet habits, as well as a kind neighbor and a generous citizen, often grinding toll-free for i the needy. He died on his farm in 1853, in the sixty- ninth year of his age, and was followed by his widow in 1875, who died in her eighty-fifth is year. Both were interred in the Maysville Cemetery. They raised a family of eight sons and two daughters, four of whom are living, viz., Thomas j K., who for thirty years was a resident of Iowa, but has recently settled in Dakota Territory on a farm of 2,000 acres; John K., a Methodist divine,

|i ship, living on her farm, and our subject. In 1844, at Lima, Ohio, the ii^ subject of our sketch, in his sixteenth year commenced serving an appren-

I I ticeship of four and a half years at the tailoring business. He was united in marriage October 29, 1850, to Miss Catharine Bernard, a native of Tiffin, ij John F., now of California; Alwilda F., wife of W. H. Lippincott; Mag- ! gie B. and Jessie C., a teacher in the Dunkirk School for the past three

ULLRICH GERLACH, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Hesse, District of Sluschtern, Germany, January 21, 1812, and emigrated with his I brother Christopher in 1834. They lived in Pennsylvania for three years, settled on his present farm, consisting of 120 acres. He was married in Kenton, in 1839, to Miss Mary Pfeufer, m sister of Mrs. Kneblin. To this union were born eight children, six of whom are living, viz., John, George, j Adam, Christopher, William and Elizabeth. Mr. Gerlach has been identi- until his death, May 3, 1863. He was married, January 10, 1849, to Miss ' Mary J. Hall, a native of Milford, Ohio, born April 7, 1829. The subject eminent physician of Kenton, with whom he remained for some years. He took a course in the Ohio Medical College in Cincinnati, and attended j lectures at the Columbus Medical College, graduating in 1877. He commenced the practice of his profession in Kenton, where he has since been ! succesfully engaged. In the spring of 1883, he formed the present partj nership with Dr. Protzman. He was married, November 4, 1878, to Miss laus emigrated in 1847, his parents following him in 1848. He purchased forty acres of land north of his present place, and worked in Kenton ten or twelve years before he settled on his farm. After four years' residence on his forty acres, he purchased his present farm of 150 acres, retaining the ownership of his first farm. His parents settled in Kenton, where they both died. The subject of this sketch was married in Hardin County, in 1853, to Miss Barbara Bridenbach, a native of Hesse-Cassel, Germany. To this union were born five children, three living, viz., John, George (married to Margaret Bloom) and Nicolaus. Ho is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and is one of the oldest and most esteemed of the German citizens of Kenton.

DAVID GOODIN, retired hotel-keeper, Kenton, was born in Somerset County Penn., May 31, 1805, and is the only living son of Smith and Nancy (Skinner) Goodin. His parents were natives of Pennsylvania, whence they emigrated, settling near Somerset, Perry Co., Ohio, in 1808. Smith Goodin was among the early pioneers of that county, where he died in the fortyseventh year of his age. The widow and her children, three sons and two daughters, came to Hardin County in January, 1836, and David Goodin succeeded JohnW. Williams in a hotel standing on the site now occupied by Bans Block, known as the Goodin Block, in Kenton. Here our subject was engaged as hotel proprietor for fifteen years, being among the first that started in this section. He afterward turned the hotel into business rooms, which were destroyed by fire in 1856, subsequent to which he erected the present structure. For the past thirty years, he has lived a quiet and unostentatious life, attending to the landed estates in this county and in Iowa, where he had a large tract of land. He was one of the founders of the Kenton Savings Bank, of which he was, for some years, one of the directors, still retaining an interest in the institution. He was elected Associate Judge in 1840, serving for seven years to the satisfaction of his constituents. He also served in the City Council several terms, and has always taken an active interest in the public welfare of his county. Judge Goodin was joined in marriage in Somerset, Ohio, in December, 1825, to Miss Sarah Kishler, a .daughter of John Kishler, and a native of Pennsylvania, where her family were pioneers of Mifflin County. This union has resulted in ten children, five living, viz.: Alfred, resident of Nevada, Iowa; Elizabeth, widow of William Stanley, and resident of Des Moines City, Iowa; Isabel B., wife of Dr. John Dimmett, residing in Laramie, Wyoming; Mary J., widow of Charles Peet, residing with her parents on the homestead; and David E., at home.

H. W. GRAMLICH, cashier of the First National Bank, Kenton, was born in Cessna Township, Hardin County, Ohio, in June, 1851. He is the eldest son living of John F. and Julia (Foit) Gramlich, both natives of Wittenburg, Germany. His parents emigrated to the United States in 1838, and located the same year in Hardin County, settling on 117 acres of Government land in Cessna Township. In 1882, his father retired from business, moving with his family to Kenton, where he is now residing. He has attained his seventieth year. Of the twelve children born to him, five are living. The subject of this sketch secured an education at the Northwestern Normal School at Ada, Ohio. His early years were spent in working his father's farm in summer and teaching school during the winter months. He entered the Hardin Savings Bank, now the First National Bank, in 1878, as cashier, and is still serving in that capacity. He was one of the original founders and stockholders of the Hardin Savings Bank, organized in 1875.

E. K. GEAVELL, carriage manufacturer, Kenton, was born in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, in 1848. He is a son of Thomas and Mary (Keyes) Gravell (both deceased), natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio in 1842, settling in Upper Sandusky. In 1864, when fifteen years of age, our subject enlisted in the ranks of the Union army as private in Company A, One Hundred and Forty- fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the four months' service. Serving this call, he again enlisted in Company I, of the One Hundred and Ninety-first Eegiment, serving to the close of the war. He participated only in the engagement at Perry vi lie, the regiment prefer-, ring detailed service most of the time. At the close of the war, our subject learned the trade of blacksmith. In 1871, he established business in Kenton, under the firm name of Schrader & Gravel 1, and was located on the corner of Ohio and Maine streets. This firm built up a large trade, and were the most extensive manufacturers of light work, but were obliged to succumb to the hard times of ' 1874, when they dissolved. Mr. Gravell, by dint of energy and perseverance, rented a fire of Magoy and began ironing some work, commencing at the forge himself. His brother O. E. came to Kenton at this time and assisted him in his work, soon becoming proprietor of a new establishment, our subject continuing in work for him. O. E. Gravell subsequently removed to Bucyrus, and E. K. Gravell succeeded him in the business. He occupied his present premises in 1875, which was then an old livery stable, occupying one -half of the present building, which was erected in 1880. The building is two stories high, the upper floor being used for painting and trimming. Here he carefully superintends all the work, and is making a specialty of spring wagons. In 1876, Mr. Gravell was married to Miss Letty Einehart, a native of Hardin County, and who died in 1878, after one year and a half of wedded life. She was a daughter of Adam E. Einehart, who was a pioneer of Hardin County. Mr. Gravell chose for his second wife Miss Jennie Maddux, to whom he was married June 6, 1883. She is a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, and only child of the late Henry Maddux, who, in his lifetime, was a prominent attorney of Upper Sandusky, and one of the most substantial business men of that State. Mr. Gravell is among the active business men of Kenton.

JOHN McGUIGIN, liveryman, Kenton, was born in Goshen Township, Hardin County, Ohio, May 20, 1837. He is the oldest and only living son of Edward and Ellen (Tally) McGuigin, natives of County Tyrone, Ireland, who emigrated to Hardin County in July of 1834, settling in Goshen Township. Edward McGuigin entered 160 acres of land, where he passed the remainder of his life, dying in 1864. He was among the early pioneers of the county. He had two sons, our subject and Edward. The latter died in 1863. Mrs. McGuigin died in 1849. The subject of this sketch was reared on the homestead, where he lived until 1875, when he sold the place and removed to Kenton. He is proprietor of the livery stable purchased from Mr. Vance, whom he succeeded in the spring of 1883. He was married in this county in 1873 to Miss Mollie A. Toner, a native of Goshen Township and a daughter of Michael and Mary Toner, pioneers of this county. To this union has been born one child - Ellen M. Mr. McGuigin is a member of the Catholic Church of Kenton, and is one of the oldest citizens here.

GEOEGE H. HAEEIS, Secretary of the Scioto Straw Board Company, Kenton, was born in Bellevue, Ohio, April 8, 1842, and is a son of Henry G. and Euth (Boslow) Harris, natives of Canada. His father located in

Bellevue at an early time, and was a civil engineer on the Mad River Railway. which penetrated the county at that time. Subsequently he removed to Hardin County and settled in Patterson, finally moving to Kenton, where he became engaged in the fiour and grain trade. He erected the elevator now run by E. Lawson, and was proprietor of a distillery many years. He served the county as Treasurer, and departed this life in 1870.

The subject of this sketch was for many years connected with the Pittsburgh & Fort Wayne Railway as telegraph operator, and, later, was cashier for the Cincinnati, Dayton & Sandusky Railroad, also of the Chicago, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad, of the former of which he was then agent at Kenton, 1871. The same year, he engaged in the grain and wool business in Kenton. He afterward formed a copartnership with A. Letson and erected a large pork-packing house, carrying on an extensive business until 1882, at which time he became associated with the Scioto Straw Board Company, and the pork establishment gave place to the erection of a handsome edifice. He and his former partner, A. Letson, purchased at a Sheriff's sale the gas company's works, and have put it into successful operation, owning one-half interest in the same. Mr. Harris was married in January of 1867 to Miss Maggie, daughter of Judge Letson, and a native of Hardin County. Two children, Ann and Mabel, born to this union, are both living.

DR. E. B. HIESTAND, of Kenton, Ohio, was born in Fairfield Coun- j ty, Ohio, April II, 1830. His father, Samuel Hiestand, was a native of i Virginia, of German descent, and died while serving as Bishop of the United Brethren Church, after having officiated nearly six years. When his son E. B. was nine years old, his mother, Margrette Ann (Rodabough), ' a native of Pennsylvania, died in 1860. Our subject in his common school days and early life remained on the old home farm with his mother until he took a collegiate course of over two years with Prof. Samuel Weaver. During the last two years, the Doctor was a teacher of vocal music In 1845, he entered upon his professional studies of medicine and surgery, and, in 1847-48, he attended a course of lectures at Cincinnati. In 1850-51, he attended medical lectures at Columbus, graduating there. He then entered into copartnership with Dr. George W. Edgerly, of Dayton, Ohio, at Ansonia, Ohio. He again attended Starling Medical College in Columbus, Ohio, in 1856-57. At the close of the college, he removed to Cannons - bui'g, Ohio, and formed a copartnership with Dr. E. P. Leslie, of that place. In 1862-63, he again attended lectures in the last-named college, then located in Ada, Ohio. In 1868, he formed a copartnership with Dr.

J. H. Williams, late Surgeon in the United States Army. Previously, in 1864-65, he had attended college at Chicago Medical College. In 1870, he took Dr. S. H. Sturgeon with him in partnership, attending lectures in 1871-72 at New York, at the Bellevue Hospital Medical College. He took an honorary degree in medicine and surgery from the faculty of the lastnamed college. The same year he attended a private cnurse in surgery under the teaching of Prof. Frank H. Hamilton, of New York, Then again in 1880-81, he attended the various medical colleges of New York City, viz., the Bellevue Hospital Jlledical College, the University of New York and the College of Physiciaas and Surgeons, hearing lectures on branches he deemed most essential to his medical knowledge, also taking a private course in gynecology and surgery of the same with Prof. M. A, Pallen, at the University, also at the Women's Hospital of New York, and a course of operations and treatment on the eye and ear, under Prof. W. F. Mittendorf. In 1874, he removed from Ada to Kenton, Ohio, where he now lives.

He formed a partnership with Dr. William Watt, said partnership ceasing in 1876. Dr. D. C. Smith became a partner in 1879 and 1880, when Dr. Edwin Howard, his son, took his place. The Doctor was married in 1856 to Miss Haddassah Ann Harris, daughter of Col. Nehemiah and Anna Harris. Mrs. Harris' m'aiden name was Anna McGuffey, sister of the late Prof. William McGuffey, formerly of Oxford and latterly of the University of Virginia.

GEOEGE HILL, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born on the homestead of his father in Section 25, Pleasant Township, Hardin County, Ohio, June 27, 1854. His father, Nicholas Hill, was born in Germany in 1808; emi-' grated to this country, landing at Baltimore in 1833. He entered the land our subject now occupies in the year 1836. The mother of our subject, Elizabeth (Rosenbacher) Hill, was also a native of Germany, born in 1817. They had eight children, viz., Margaret, Daniel (deceased), Elizabeth (deceased), Martin (deceased), Mary, Mena (deceased), George and John. Mrs. Hill died on the home farm iD February, 1876, aged fifty- seven years, followed by her husband in April, 1883, aged seventy-five years. The latter was well known by all the pioneers of Hardin County, and was honored and respected by all. The two surviving sons, George and John, still live on the homestead, which comprises 120 acres of fine, well-cultivated land.

LESTER T. HUNT, attorney at law and real estate dealer, Kenton, was born in Chaplin, Windham Co., Conn., September 10, 1832. He is the youngest child of Elisha and Almira (Bill) Hunt, both natives of Chaplin, Conn. His father, a farmer, resided all his life in his native town, dying of cholera in 1833. Mrs. Hunt lived to be seventy years of age. They were the parents of three sons and two daughters, two living, Lester T. and Henry, the latter a resident on the homestead in Connecticut. The subject of this sketch spent his early years in teaching a school during the winter months and farming in the summer. He remained at home until he was twenty years of age, when he started for the West, stopping at his uncle's in Hunt's Corners, N. Y. In the winter of 1853, he became connected, as an assistant, with Prof. Lewis Swift. He traveled in that capacity until the summer of 1855, when he severed his connection with Dr. Swift and came to Ohio. In the fall of 1856, he entered the Cincinnati Law School, graduating in the spring of 1857, and was admitted to the bar in April of the same year. In the summer of 1857, he commenced his prac tice in Kenton, where he has since remained. He was Mayor of the city in 1859, served one term, and, in 1861, was elected Prosecuting Attorney, and re-elected in 1863, serving until 1865. In 1868, he was a delegate from his Congressional District to the Republican National Convention in Chicago. He became editor of the Kenton Democrat in 1857, and of the Kenton Republican in 1862, of which latter sheet he purchased an tended the sophomore year at Monmonth; and the junior and senior years at the Ohio Central College, in Morrow County, graduating from the latter in 1871. He then commenced the study of medicine, under the preceptorship of William H, Reed, of Iberia, Ohio, with whom he devoted two years of study. He attended lectures at the Ohio Medical College of Cleveland in the years 1872 and 1873, and while there served one term in the hospital, as assistant, diagnosing cases and attending in the wards.' In the winters of 1877 and 1878 he pursued his studies in the Miami Medical College at Cincinnati, graduating in 1878. He had commenced his practice in 1874, in Morea, Crawford Co., 111., and remained there eighteen months, removing to Scotland, Ind. He there remained in continuous practice until the spring of 1881, when he took up his residence in Kenton, and has since pursued his professional calling here with great success. He was married, in Morrow County, Ohio, in 1874, to Miss Nettie, daughter of Joshua Wolff. She was a native of Richland County, Ohio, and lived to raise a family of four children, two living, viz., Mable E. and George Edgar. Mrs. Laughead died in Scotland, Ind., December 17, 1880. During the rebellion, the Doctor enlisted in the navy, as ship's musician, December 7, 1863. He was drafted on the gunboat Ouichita, under Capt. Wilson, having a roving commission, and was sent to Cairo, 111., in January, 1864. He was on the vessel in Bank's expedition up the Red River, under the command of Admiral Porter, and during the engagement at Trinity Springs his vessel was made the flag-ship of the squadron. He was discharged December 6, 1864, at Donaldsonville, seventy-five miles north of New Orleans, La. Dr. Laughead is a member and Elder of the United Presbyterian Church, and, in 1881, was representative of that church to the General Assembly at Alieghen , Penn.

JOSEPH LAWS, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Cambridgeshire, England, in 1832, and is a son of Henry and Sarah Laws. He emigrated to the United States in 1850 residing for two years in Genesee County, N. Y. ; coming thence to Sandusky, Ohio, and in the fall of 1854 moved to Hardin County, locating in Kenton. In 1872, he purchased and settled on his present farm, consisting of fifty acres. In April, 1855, he was married, in Kenton, to Miss Mary, daughter of John and Celia Warmbread, natives of Germany, who emigrated to the United States in 1852, settling in Pleas ant Township, Hardin County, whore the former died in 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Laws have had a family of six children, five of whom are living, viz., Charles, Joseph H. , Mary, Viola and Sarah A. The family are connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which Mr. Laws has been a class leader for many years.

DR. USHER PARSON LEIGHTON (deceased), one of the earliest pioneers and practitioners of Kenton, was born in Elliott, Me., on March 16, 1810. He was of English descent. Capt. William Leighton, his grandfather, was a ship-master, coming from Tiverton, England, about 1650. He erected Leighton's Fort, in York County, Me., and was a distinguished officer of the Revolution. His son, Gen. Samuel Leighton, the father of our subject, was born at Kittery, York Co., Me., on May 25, 1771, and was married to Frances U. Parsons in December of 1799. They moved, in 1820, to Alfred, Me., where Samuel Leighton died in October of 1848. The latter was one of the Representatives to the General Assembly at Boston in 1809; served as Justice of the Peace for thirty years. Justice of the Court in York County and was commissioned Ensign in the military in 1792, Lieutenant Colonel in 1806 and Brigadier General in 1813. A few years prior to his decease, he was elected Sheriff of York County. He died from a wound received during action in the war. He was the father of five sons and five daughters, of whom nine children grew to maturity. The subject of this sketch came to Ohio in 1831; stopped at McCutchinville, where he read medicine with Hr. Sampson, and, in 1833 and 1834, attended lectures at Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, Me., and, in the spring of 1835, received a diploma from Brown's University, Providence, R. I. In March of 1836, he located in Kenton, commencing the practice of medicine. Hardin County was then a comparat i vely dense forest, without roads, churches or schoolhouses; but he applied himself closely to his profession and became successful, soon winning his way to the hearts and confidence of all the early settlers. His acquaintance was universal, and- he was familiar in every household. He was elected three times County Treasurer, discharging his duties with integrity aud honor. On January 19, 1840, he was married to Miss Ellen, daughter of Jacob H. Houser, then one of the prominent citizens of the county. For more than thirty-eight years they shared together the toils and trials incident to human hie, living to see Kenton start - a little village among the trees and stumps of the forest - and grow to be a large-sized town. They had five children, three living, as follows: George, Anna E. (married to G. Gregg and residing in Pittsfield, N. H.), and Martha L. (the wife of B. F. Brunson, of Kenton). Hr. Leighton died at his residence August 26, 1878, in the sixty-ninth year of his age. He had risen from the supper table, apparently in good health, and passing out in the entry, fell to the fioor a corpse. George Leighton, the second child, was born in Bardin County April 16, 1842. He was married, April 3, 1872, to Miss Sarah, daughter of Joseph Parsons, and a native of York County, Me. The four children born to this union are all living, viz., Anna P. , George P., Grace H. and Edwin U. Mr. George Leighton served in the four months' call for volunteers during the late rebellion, in Company G, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Ohio National Guard. He is chiefly occupied in looking after the landed estate of his inheritance, his father being, at the time of his demise, one of the largest land-owners in the county. He is connected with the Presbyterian Church, of which his father was a founder.

ALFREH N. LIPOLH, farmer and carpenter, P. O. Grant, was born in Germany May 18, 1853, and is a son of Albert and Anna Lipoid. His mothei; was a daughter of John and Anna M. Lipoid, the surname being the same, although no blood relationship existed between the families. The parents of our subject were both born in Germany, his father on November 22, 1822. his mother March 25, 1821. They were there married, and were blessed with five sons, of whom our subject was the only one born in Germany, the others being born in Hardin County, Ohio, viz., Andrew J., born October 5, 1856; Albert L., born May 31, 1858; George W., born February 18, 1861, and William W., born February 5, 1863. The family came to this county and to Kenton in the fall of 1853, and Mr. Lipoid, after renting farms for several years, purchased one in Pleasant Towuship, Section 1, in the spring of 1866. The farm had only a small clearing on it and a cabin, but it is now highly cultivated, and comprises 120 acres of land. Mr. Lipoid died July 2, 1880. The widow and sons still reside on the homestead, the latter becoming useful citizens of the township.

MRS. ELEANOR LOOKER, daughter of John and Anna Castor (see sketch of Paul Castor, of Kenton), was boru in Richland County, Ohio, April 16, 1823. She was married, February 7, 1843, to Harrison Looker, who was born in Rockingham County, December 16, 1818. To this union were born nine children, their names and dates of births as follows: John, April 19, 1844, and George, August 22, 1847, both deceased in infancy; Mary E., October 31, 1849; William C., July 20, 1851; James M., August 11, 1853; Wilson, July 20, 1855; Alvin P., November 29, 1857; Sarah E., June 7, 1860; Harrison, October 3, 1863. In the spring of 1855, Mr. Looker and his wife settled in Section 24, Pleasant Township, on eighty acres of woodland, where the widow is now living. The farm is now well improved, and has been increased to 130 acres. Mr. Looker died April 2, 1881. He was a go»)d citizen and died in the Christian faith, hav-' ing been for many years a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

JAMES E. LOWRY, Probate Judge, Kenton, was born in Richland County, Ohio, May 1, 1847. He is a son of Williamson and Drusilla (Williams) Lowry. The records of this family show them to be of Irish and Scotch origin, their first settlement being probably in Maryland, but the date is not definitely known. The paternal grandfather of our subject was a native of Maryland and his wife a Virginian by birth. They married in Virginia, where they raised a family prior to their settlement in Richland County, which occurred in the early part of the present century. He followed farming. His death was through an accident, his limb being poisoned by a cut from a sickle while harvesting in a wheat field. He died in the forty- seventh year of his age. His widow lived to be ninety -seven years old, dying in Adams County, Iowa. Williamson, the father of our subject, was born on the homestead in Richland County, in 1818, and was married in 1844. His wife was a native of the same county, born January 9, 1822. Before his death, he went to Wabash County, Ind. , entered 160 acres of land, on which he built a rude cabin, intending to settle there; but on his return he was taken ill, and died March 31, 1850. The widow was remarried in 1851 to John Cole, by whom she had three daughters. John Cole, of German descent, was born in W^estmoreland County, Penn., whence he moved to Richland County, Ohio. After his marriage, he came to Forest, and, in 1869, to Ada, where he died in 1874. Mrs. Cole is now a resident of Ada, and is in her sixty- second year. The subject of this sketch is the only one living of a family of three children. He lived with his step-father until the spring of 1863, and was educated at the high schools of his native county. In 1863, he went to Mansfield, Ohio, to the home of his guardian, and entered a school for telegraphy. On December 21, 1863, he was sent to Forest, Ohio, and was appointed night operator on the Fort Wayne & Pittsburgh Railroad, working at different points in this State and Indiana. The following year, he was day operator in Forest, and from June, 1864, to November, 1867, was assistant agent. He was then agent at Ada, remaining there until December, 1869, and then abandoned the business and became special agent of the Home Life Insurance Company of Cincinnati, Ohio. In October of 1870, he engaged his services in the Union Central Life Company of Cincinnati, being appointed general traveling agent and manager, with headquarters at Toledo. Two years after, he became Superintendent of agencies, with headquarters at Cincinnati, occupying that position till April of 1874. He then accepted an agency for the Northern Ohio, making his headquarters at his home in Ada, but resigned in August, 1875. He then remained at home until his election to the bench. He was a candidate for Clerk of Courts in the spring of 1878, and was defeated by a majority of 147 votes out of 3,200. In the spring of 1881, he was nominated for Probate Judge, there being six candidates, and was elected by a majority of 335 votes over G. B. Castor. He assumed the duties of his office in February of 1882, and has since presided with satisfaction. He was married, December 10, 1868, to Miss Malinda, a daughter of Thomas Bushnell, of Haysville, Ohio. Two children have been born to this union - Daisy L. and William B. Mr. Lowry has been a member of a Masonic order since his majority, and was made a Mason, in Senate Lodge, Forest, Ohio, by Dr. J. A. Stansiell, W. M. He was also chai'ter member of Ada Chapter, and its High Priest for two years.

EDWARD LYNCH, liveryman, Kenton, was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, July 4, 1828. His parents, George and Hannah (Brown) Lynch, were natives of Pennsylvania, and first settled in Muskingum County, Ohio; thence moved to Coshocton County in 1817, coming to Hardin County in October of 1835. George Lynch cleared a farm of eighty acres in Washington Township, on which he lived until his decease in February, 1843. He helped to organize Washington Township, and was one of the first Trustees. He was a man of quiet, unobtrusive habits, and was highly esteemed by all his friends. His wife lived until May 28, 1871, and both are buried in the cemetery of Washington Township. They had a family of twelve children, four living, most of the others having died at an early age. The four living are Louisa, wife of Kinzie Fulks; Elizabeth, wife

Hardin County, and our subject. The latter was reared on the homestead farm, leaving it after his father's death, in 1843, and afterward purchased a small farm in Washington Township, settling upon it after his marriage. He married, March 9, 1853, Miss Charlotte Rush, a native of Pennsylvania, to which union nine children were born, seven of whom are living, viz., Alice (wife of D. Obenour, of Hardin County), Emma J., Laura E., George C., Retta M., Austa I. and Myrta L. In the spring of 1858, Mr. Lynch moved onto a farm in Blanchard Township, where he resided until January of 1882, having opened, in October previous, a livery stable, which he has since carried on. He has been largely engaged in buying, raising and shipping stock, and had large shipments during the first part of the war, and immense shipments in the latter part of that memorable struggle. He still holds an interest in his farm, upon which he has some stock. His livery business has been a successful undertaking. He erected the livery stable he now occupies and his trade now demands a larger increase of stock.

JAMES B. McConnell, contractor, Kenton, was born in Greene County, near Xenia, Ohio, October 5, 1832. He is the eldest son of Isaiah and Ann (Bain) McCounell, the former born near Dublin, Ireland, in 1800, the latter in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1798. His grandfather, Samuel Mc- Connell, a native of Ireland, settled in Greene County, Ohio, when Isaiah was about nine years of age. He participated in the war of 1812, and was one of the distinguished pioneers of Ohio. Isaiah, with his wife and four children, came to Kenton in 1839, removing, three years after, to a farm of eighty acres which he had purchased in Pleasant Township. This farm he sold in 1856, and removed to Kenton, where he died July 4, 1860. Of his children, three are living - David W. , of Marseilles, Ohio; Sarah F., wife of J. C. Cary, of Xenia, Ohio; and Martha, residing in Kenton with her mother, who is in her eighty-fourth year. The subject of this sketch remained on the home farm until he was sixteen years of ago, when he came to Kenton and sold goods with his uncle, Adam N. McConnell. Three years after, he engaged as salesman in boots and shoes for the firm for whom he sold goods in Logansport, Ind. Returning to Kenton, he established himself in a drug and grocery business, which he pursued for three years. In 1856, he was married, and the same year was working as salesman in hardware for G. R. Moore, with whom he was engaged until Sep tember, 1861, when he enlisted in Company A, Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving in the three years' call as Second Lieutenant. He participated in the battles of Cross Keys, under J. C. Fremont, Slaughter Run, second Bull Run, Chancellorsville, under Gen. Hooker, and Gettysburg, where he was wounded and placed on a furlough of sixty days. He returned to his regiment in September, 1863, in Catlett's Station, and was engaged at Bridgeport, Ala., Wauhatchie Valley, Mission Ridge and Lookout Mountain under Gen. Hooker; then went to Knoxville, to relieve Burnside, returning to Bridgeport, where the regiment veteranized and our subject came home. Thirty days after, he returned to Sherman's army at Bridgeport, and fought at Round Top Mountain and all the battles on the memorable march to the sea and at Peach Tree Creek. He was in the last battle at Bentonville, and was detailed at Savannah, Ga., on the stafif of Gen. Robinson, participating in the grand review. From Washington he went to Louisville, Ky., where he was mustered out July 18, 1865. He was promoted to a First Lieutenancy, August 29, 1863, and was mustered as Captain in June, 1 863, serving in that rank to the close of the war. On his return home, he resumed his old position, and, in 1868, was appointed Assistant Assessor under the revenue law, holding that office until it was abolished. Since then, he has built about forty-five miles of road in this county, and at this time is building the Kenton Scott pike, beside others, being continuously engaged in contracts for Hardin County. He married, in 1856, Martha M, daughter of James Coulter, a native of Richland County, Ohio, whore the family were pioneers. This union has resulted in two children, both living - Elmer C. and Hattie R. The family are members of the Presbyterian Church.

GEORGE W. McMILLEN, farmer and lumber merchant, P. O. Kenton, was born in Highland Township, Muskingum Co., Ohio, October 21, 1836. His parents were James and Elizabeth (Pringle) McMillen, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania January 4, 1794, thej latter in Loudoun County, Va., in 1798. They were married in this State and died in Muskingum County, the mother at the age of seventy-seven, the father when eighty-three years old. Of their fourteen children (six were boys), twelve grew up to manhood and womanhood. Mr. McMillen spent his early days on a farm. He was in the late rebellion, enlisting in Company I, One Hundred and Twenty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in August, 1862, and fought in many battles, among them those of Winchester, the Wilderness and Locust Grove, in which latter he acted as Orderly {pro tern.), and led the company into and through the battle, eventually receiving a promotion to a Second Lieutenancy. He was a prisoner at Andersonville for five months, escaping a mere skeleton, weighing only ninetyeight pounds, his usual weight being one hundred and ninety-eight pounds. He traveled on foot at night, and reached Knoxville some three months after his escape. He was at the surrender of Gen. Lee, and was discharged in July, 1865. On October 18, 1866, he was married to Charlotte, daughter of Nimrod and Jane (Barrett) McKnight. The names and dates of births of the children born are as follows: Elizabeth Myrtle, Jauuarv 8,

Della Floy, August 16, 1874, and George Washington, November 7, 1876. Mr. McMillen has a pleasant home in Section 25, Pleasant Township, and is engaged in farming and dealing in lumber.

JAMES T. McQUOWN, farmer,?. O. Kenton, was born in Brown County, Ohio, March 28, 1821. His parents, David and Mary (Sloan) McQuown, were both Pennsylvanians by birth, and. were married there, and had a family of eight children, viz., Margaret, Robert, David and John, born in Pennsylvania; James T., Martha A., William A. and Samuel, born in Ohio. The parents located in the southeastern part of Ohio in 1819, coming to Hardin County in the spring of 1834 and settling on Tymochtee Creek, in Section 9 of Goshen Township, where they entered 400 acres of land, on which he erected a log cabin. Here Mrs. McQuown died, in 1855, aged sixty-five years. Martha, the youngest daughter, and the youngest son also died here. Mr. McQuown subsequently took up his residence with his son John, in Van Wert County, Ohio, where he died May, 1869, aged eightyfive years. The subject of this sketch aided his father in the clearing of the farm, remaining at home until about twenty-five years of age. He was married, February 26, 1846, to Miss Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Mary Spencer, both Pennsylvanians. She was born in West Virginia in 1827. The fruit of this union has been ten children, viz., William M. , Martha J. E., James M., Sarah L., David G. W., Mary M. J., Thomas S., Florence E., Elizabeth D. and an infant, deceased. After his marriage, Mr. Mc- Quown put up a log cabin on part of the land entered by his father. In 1854, he moved with his family by team to Iowa, returning eighteen months after; the journey each way having occupied four weeks. His brother William, who accompanied him, died on the trip going out. On his return, in the fall of 1855, he bought of William Ballantine 160 acres of the land where he now lives, in Section 1, Pleasant Township. He is a strict Presbyterian in religion, and politically has always identified himself with the Democratic party. His father, being among the first settlers in Goshen Township, was probably one of the early voters.

BERNARD MATHEWS, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in County Dublin, Ireland, April 15, 1801. He emigrated to the United States in 1834, coming to Hardin County, Ohio, in August of the same year, and entered here about 440 acres of land on the line between Cessna and Pleasant Townships, extending into both. He first settled on the farm now occupied by Robert Draper, in Pleasant Township. The land was covered with a forest, but in course of time, after passing through many hardships and privations, he founded a home for his family. He subsequently moved across the line into Cessna Township, where he lived until his removal, in the fall of 1882, to Kenton, where he is living a retired life in the enjoyment of a well-preserved and ripe old age. Mr. Mathews was married, in his native country, to Miss Ellen Clinton, a native of Dublin, who still survives, a solace to her husband and children. Seven sons and three daughters were born to them, all living, as follows: Mary, wife of James

Garretty, residing in Des Moines, Iowa; John, a resident of Wallace, Kan. ; James C. ; Mathew R. and Cornelius M., residents of Elbert County, Colo.; Lucy P., Joseph C. and Clotilda, the latter wife of Daniel Flannagan, residents of Kenton; Alfred, residing in Delaware, Ohio, and Jerome, of Elbert County, Colo. Mr. Mathews and family belong to the Catholic Church, and are highly respected by all classes. Mr. Mathews is a man of good education, possessing an extensive knowledge of men and books.

LEWIS MERRIMAN, merchant, Kenton, Ohio, was born in Bucyrus, Crawford Co. , Ohio, May 4, 1827. His father, Charles Merriman, was a native of the State of New York, and his mother, Susan Carey, of the eastern part of Ohio. The subject of this sketch commenced the dry goods business on his own account on April 1, 1850, at Marseilles, Wyandot Co., Ohio, and continued in the business at Marseilles till April 1, 1879. but in the meantime moved to Kenton, Hardin County, Ohio, April 1, 1864, and has been in the dry goods business ever since. On January 1, 1882, he and his son, Charles C., started a wholesale notion and gents' furnishing goods store, and he is still in that business, but had the sad misfortune to lose his son Charles C., by typhoid fever, March 22, 1883. He has also been in the banking business, and has been one of the largest real estate dealers in the county, and is ever ready to extend his connection.

E. L. MILLAR, editor, Kenton, was born in Hardin County, Ohio, July 19, 1857. He is the eldest son of John D. and Keturah (Williams) Millar, the former of whom died when our subject was but four years of age. Being left an orphan at the age of twelve years, our subject was then brought up under the guidance of his uncle, J. R. Millar, a resident of Hardin County. He was educated at the common schools, and for three years - beginning in 1873 - at the High School of Kenton. In the fall of 1875, he entered the Northwestern Ohio Normal School at Ada, and graduated in 1876. In the fall of 1877, he commenced to learn the printing trade, and, in 1878, he arranged with B. L. Thompson for the publication of the Ada Record, buying out the interest of the latter in the following year and remaining sole proprietor until August, 1881. He then sold that paper to Agnew Welsh, the present owner, and went to Ottumwa, Iowa, where he became city editor of the Daily Courier. In May, 1882, he joined George W. Rutledge in the publication of the Kenton Republican, and has remained its editor ever since. Mr. Millar was united in marriage, in Hardin County, in June, 1881, to Miss Minnie, only daughter of John Manning, of Ada, Ohio. She is a native of Shelby County, Ohio.

JOHN C. MILLER, boot and shoe dealer, Kenton, was born on Long Island, N. Y. , in 1830, and is a son of Enoch and Amy (Conkling) Miller. Enoch Miller was a boot and shoe manufacturer at East Moriches, Long Island, where he and his wife died. They raised a family of eight children, all living. Our subject was the second child, and left home for the West in 1858, coming to Kenton, where he has since remained. In the same year of his arrival, he opened a small shop in the boot and shoe business near the depot, where he only manufactured at the bench. Here he employed himself in custom work for eight or ten years, and then opened the first store with William Gilmore, with whom he was associated for five years, when he bought him out. He occupied his present quarters in 1878, his son having been admitted into partnership two years previous. The members of this firm are among the oldest merchants of Kenton, and carry a stock of from |6,000 to $7,000. Mr. Miller was married, at his native place, in 1852, to Miss Caroline Raynor, a native of East Moriches, Long Island, by which union there have been born two children - Henry J., associated in the store and married to Miss Emma, daughter of Anson Norton, and by whom he has had one child - Willie, and Emma W. Our subject was a member of the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Ohio National Guards, Company G, serving 100 days, and was discharged in September, 1864. He fough: in the battles of the Shenandoah Valley and in several skirmishes. Mr. Miller is connected with the Presbyterian Church, and is a prominent citizen of Kenton.

AUGUSTUS WILMOT MUNSON, physician, Kenton, was born in the town of Oxford, Chenango Co., N. Y., November 2, 1819. The family, of English ancestry, moved from New England to New York in early times. His grandfather, Wilmot Munson, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. His father, Wilmot Munson, is still living (1883), and is a pensioner of the Government, having served in the war of 1812. His mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Salisbury, a native of Vermont, died in Kenton April, 1864. In 1829, his father, with a family of four children, three boys and one girl, started in a two- horse wagon to move to Ohio, and after a tedious journey arrived in Richland County, July 4 of that year. The subject of our sketch received a liberal English education in the public schools of his native and adopted States. He closed his common school course in the spring of 1838, at Waldo, Delaware County, receiving a certificate of proficiency, which, under the laws of Ohio, authorized him to teach a common school. He taught his first school at Westfield, Delaware County, in the summer of the latter year, at $8 per month. In the autumn of that year, the family moved to the northern part of Hardin County, then a wilderness, where they suffered all the privations and hardships incident to pioneer life. Here he remained at home during the following winter and spring, assisl.ing to clear and plant to corn a few acres of land. In May following, he left home without means and journeyed on foot to Westfield, Delaware County, where an uncle furnished him with a scythe with which to commence business for himself. With this implement he set out on foot to hunt employment, and engaged as a harvest hand to a farmer in Marion County, and labored in the field for 75 cents a day until fall, when he engaged to teach school, for a term of four months, at $12 per month. In April, 1840, he was married to Maria McMillen, the daughter of a widow of limited means, a native of Dauphin County, Penn. , with whom he is still living. Four children, only two of whom are living - a son and daughter - were the issue of this union. Of these, the daughter - Amanda M. - is the widow of Hale Salisbury, of Kenton; the son - Leroy D. - single, is a graduate of Columbus, Ohio, Medical College. In the spring of 1842, he moved his family to Marseilles, Marion County, and entered the office of Dr. Orrin Ferris, as a student of medicine. Here he continued, occasionally teaching school and otherwise laboring for means to support his family while pursuing his studies, until the summer of 1844, when he entered the office of Dr. U. P. Leighton, of Kenton, who generously proposed to board him for the assistance he conld render in his practice. In November of the latter year, he moved to the village of Wyandot, Wyandot County, where he taught school the following winter and in the spring opened an office and commenced the practice of medicine. Here he continued to practice with remarkable success until, in the winter of 1849-50, he attended lectures at Cleveland, Ohio, Medical College. In the spring of 1850, he moved to Kenton, and practiced in partnership with Dr. Leighton until, in the winter of 1853-54, he again attended lectures at Cleveland and graduated. In the following fall, he opened an office in Kenton on his own account, where he still continues in active practice. He has, by numerous successful operations, both in private and military practice, gained and still maintains the reputation of a skillful surgeon. He was one of the originators of the " Hardin County Medical Society," which was organized in July, 1850, and has repeatedly held the offices of Secretary and President of the same. In 1857, he became a member of the " Ohio State Medical Society," of which he is still a member. He is also a member of the " Northwestern

Ohio Medical A.ssociation," and, at a meeting held in Celina, Ohio, presented a carefully prepared paper upon the laws regulating the practice of medicine in Ohio during the past fifty years The association considered the paper of such interest to the profession that, by a vote, he was requested to furnish a copy for publication. In 1856, he became a member of the " American Medical Association," and represented his county society at the annual meetings of same held in Detroit, Mich., Nashville, Tenn., Cincinnati, Ohio, and Philadelphia, Penn. In December, 1861, he was appointed Assistant Surgeon of the Eighty-second Kegiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and went with this regiment into active service, during which he proved competent and efficient in the discharge of every duty, until 1863, when he was compelled to resign on account of bad health, and return home. He next entered the State military service, and discharged the duties of Surgeon of Camps of Instruction. In March, 1865, he was commissioned Surgeon of the One Hundred and Eighty- eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and again went to the field with that regiment and remained on duty until the close of the war, when he was mustered out with the regiment at Nashville, Tenn., in September, 1865. He was one of the originators of the " Pioneer Association of Hardin County," which was organized in 1868, was chosen its first Secretary and has occupied the position, with but one exception, until the present time. Early in life, he espoused the political principles of the Whig party; was an ardent supporter of Gen. Harrison for President in 1840, for whom he cast his first vote. He has been an active politician, in a local way; was a great admirer of Mr. Clay, for whom he voted in 1844. He supported Gen. Taylor in 1848, and Gen. Scott in 1852. Upon the organization of the Republican party in 1856, he adopted its political principles, to which he still adheres. He attended the convention at Chicago which nominated Mr Lincoln for President, and cordially supported him botli in 1860 and 1864. He supported Gen. Grant in 1868 and 1872, Gen. Hayes in 1876, and Gen. Garfield in 1880. He has held several local offices of trust, and in 1873 was elected to the Ohio Legislature and served one full term (1873 to 1875), and has been Mayor of Kenton since April, 1882. Dr. Munson is a man who has the faculty of utilizing his knowledge and concentrating it upon any subject within the walk of his profession. Energetic in temperament he is efficient in practice, and has, therefore, been one of the successful physicians of the country. The business qualifications which so many physicians lack have not been in his case wanting. Early in life, as the foregoing sketch abundantly proves, he labored under many disadvantages, but by his native energy these were surmounted, and he is now in the enjoyment of the victor's reward.

DAVID NEWCOMB (deceased) was born in Cuyahoga County, N. Y., in 1814, and was a son of Cromwell Newcomb, a pioneer of Knox County, Ohio. He married, September 7, 1837, Harriett, daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth Hughes, natives of Ireland and Pennsylvania respectively. She is a native of Muskingum County, Ohio, and her parents died in Perry County, Ohio. David Newcomb camp* from Knox County to Hardin County, Ohio, in 1852, settling on 160 acres of land, on which his son, Andrew C., is now living. To this farm have been added ninety acres, and eighty in another section. David here lived until his decease, which occurred December 21, 1873, in the sixtieth year of his age. The widow survives, and is living, in the sixty-fifth year of her age, on the homestead. They reared a family of eight children, six of whom are living, viz., Ellen; An- drew, married, in 1863, to Miss Anna Parkinson, by whom he had two children, both deceased; David L., married to Anna Tenrie, of Hardin County; Mary E., wife of Emi Parkinson, by whom three children have been born, viz., Willie (deceased), Della (still living) and Davie (also deceased); Charles, married to Lucy A. Thomas, by whom there are three children, viz., Harriet, Elmore and Emma; and Bella. David Newcomb was a man highly esteemed. His son, Andrew, has always resided on the homestead, and is a well-known citizen of Pleasant Township.

ANSON NORTON, Jr., retired merchant, Kenton, was born in Litchfield County, Conn., in 1828. He is a son of Anson and Lucretia (W^oodruff) Norton, the latter a native of New Haven, Conn. His father, after marriage, moved to Livingston County, N. Y., where he died in 1844. In 1848, our subject, with his mother, moved to Wyandot County, Ohio, where he was engaged in business for some years, moving thence to Bucyrus. Here he operated the woolen mills for one year, and, in 1864, came to Kenton, and entered mercantile pursuits with L. Merriman, of Kenton, with whom he was associated until 1874, when he sold out to his partner. Since then he has not been engaged in any particular business, but is gradually retiring from active life. His marriage occurred in Marseilles, Ohio, in February of 1852, to Miss Rachel, daughter of Hanson Hooker, a native of that town. From this union five children have been born, four living, viz., Willie A.; Emma C., wife of H. Jay Miller; Alta M. , wife of B. F. Schultz, of Kenton, and Lula B. The youngest child - Maud - died in infancy. Mr. Norton is connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is one of the oldest business men of Kenton.

WILLIAM OCHS, miller, Kenton, was born in Hesse, Germany, in 1852. He was married in Germany in 18 - to A'fiss Maggie Alt, also a native of Hesse, and, in 1852, emigrated with his wife and two children to the United States. He came to Kenton, where he engaged in the old mills, entering into partnership, in 1866, with Mr. Espy, and is still one of the original stockholders. He has raised a family of seven children, all living, as follows: Henry, married to Hannah Linke; John, interested in the mills; William, at school; Kate, wife of John Bloom, Kenton; Maggie, wife of John Diker, of Buck Township, andMollie and Theodore, at home. The family are members of the German Church, and are numbered among the respected and esteemed families of Kenton.

W7 H. PHILIPS, physician and surgeon, Kenton, was born in Washington County, Penn., August 18, 1824. He is a son of Enoch and Catherine (Anderson) Philips. His grandfather was David Philips, a native of Maryland. The family originated with two brothers, emigrants from Whales, who settled in the colonies about 1750. David Philips was a Lieutenant Colonel during the Revolution, at the close of which he settled in W^ashington County, Penn. The father of our subject was born in Maryland about 1770, and moved with his father to Pennslyvania, where he was married in 1790. His wife, Elizabeth, died in 1805, leaving two children - David Philips, now a resident of the homestead in Pennslyvania, and John Phi lips, of Holmes County, Ohio. In 1808, Mr. Enoch Philips married Catherine Anderson, a Pennsylvanian, by whom he had eleven children. Three sons and two daughtei's are now living. He served as Justice of the Peace in Washington County for twenty-one years, thence moved to Harrison County, and finally, in 1857, to Bloomington, Ind., where he and his wife died the following ^ear. He was a Major of the First Battalion, Fifty-third Penusylvania Militia, during the war of 1812, and a devoted member of the

Associate Presbyterian Church through life. In 1837, the subject of this sketch moved, with his father, to Harrison County, Ohio, and received his collegiate education in Muskingum College. He then took up the study of medicine with Dr. Jacob Hammond, of Steubenville, Ohio, and graduated in 1849. The same year he began to practice in New Romley, Harrison Co. , Ohio. In 1851, he removed to Amsterdam, Ohio, coming thence, in 1854, to Kenton, where he has since been established in his profession. He attended, for one term, the Rush Medical College of Chicago, graduating in 1856. In August, 1862, he was appointed Surgeon of the One Hundred, and Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving in Kentucky, East Tennessee and the Atlanta campaign. On account of failing health, he resigned his position and entered the hospital service at Gallipolis, Ohio, in 1864, returning to Kenton the same year. In 1865, he was appointed United States Examining Surgeon. He attended a course of lectures in 1870 at Bellevue Hospital, and, in 1879, sought further progress by attendance at the New York State Women's Hospital, and in the ensuing year at the Chicago Rush Medical College. He has since made women's diseases a specialty. Dr. Philips is a member of the Hardin County, Ohiu State, Northwestern Ohio and American Medical Societies, of which he was made President of the Northwestern in 1870 and of the Ohio State in 1878. An exhaustive treatise on milk sickness written by him was published in the Cincinnati Lancet and Observer. In March of 1877, he was appointed, by Gov. Young, Surgeon General of Ohio, and, in the winter of 1878-79 occupied the chair of Medial Jurisprudence in the college at Columbus, Ohio. In 1873, he was elected a delegate to represent Hardin County in the constitutional convention held in Ohio, 1873-74. Dr. Philips was married, in 1848, to Miss Margaret Patterson, of Jefferson County, Ohio, who bore him two children, both living - Mary, wife of Hon. I. N. Everett, of Kenton, and David P. Philips, M. D., of Kenton. Mrs. Philips died in 1854, and the Doctor subsequently married Harriet J., a daughter of Parley Carlin, of Findlay, Ohio, By this union there have been three children - Kate, Carl and Maud, In politics, the Doctor is a Republican. He aims to keep in the front rank of his profession, making himself familiar with its current progress.

WILLIAM POOL, blacksmith and manufacturer, Kenton, was born in Richland County, Ohio, in 1824, and is second son of Alexander and Phoebe (Harris) Pool. His parents are both natives of Washington County, Penn., and came to the West at an early date, being among its first pioneers. They moved to Hardin County March 9, 1834, settling in Goshen Township, where Mr. Pool entered eighty acres of land, the deed of which was signed by Gen. Jackson. This land was afterward struck off in Wyandot County. Alexander Pool died December 24, 1881, aged eighty- two years; he was preceded by his wife in 1877. They were the parents of eight children, seven of whom are living. William, our subject, was reared on the homestead until of age, when he learned the blacksmith trade with his brother Harris, the two afterward forming a partnership. William then succeeded his brother in the business, carrying it on alone until 1850, when he admitted his brother John into partnership, aad the two have since been continuously engaged. They first located the establishment for the manufacture of carriages, wagons and buggies on the lot now occupied by the residence of William Pool, the manufactory being the first opened in Kenton. In 1858, the brothers erected their present building on the corner of Franklin and Wayne streets. They have a full assortment of goods and employ an average force of fifteen men. They carry a stock of about $3,000 to $4,000, and enjoy the good will and liberal patronage of the people. Mr. Pool was married, in Hardin County, to Miss Phoebe Kussell, by whom he had one child - Martha J. His wife died two years after marriage, and he subsequently married Margaret Moore (deceased), by whom there were two children, twin boys, both deceased. For his third wife, Mr. Pool took Sarah M. Collins, by which union there were six children, three of whom are living. Mrs. Pool lived to enjoy the fruits of her marriage for twentyfive years, when she, too, was called by death to the better land. Mr. Pool's present wife is Miss Mary Vance, a native of Pennsylvania, by whom he has had no children. He was Sheriff of Hardin County one term, and served as Coroner and in various other offices of trust.

JOHN POOL, manufacturer, Kenton, was born in Richland County, Ohio, in 18^59. He came to Hardin County with his parents and was here reared and educated on the home farm. He learned the trade of blacksmith in 1849 with his brother Harris, and afterward became associated in the business with his brother William, with whom he has been successfully engaged. In 1853, he was united in marriage, in Kenton, to Miss Eliza Graham, by which union four children were born, three living, viz., Wade. Ella and Laura. His wife died in 1860, after which he married Miss Laura L. Lathan, also deceased, by whom he had one child - May - who still survives. He subsequently formed a third union, taking for his wife Miss Maggie Stevenson, by which union there have been five children, all living, viz., Jessie, James, Hattie, Ida and Clifford. Mr. Pool was Marshal of Kenton for two years, and numbers among the busy, active manufacturers.

MARTIN PRICE, carpenter, Kenton, was born in Baden, Germany, in the year 1820. He is a son of Simon and Barbara (Strupa) Price, with whom he emigrated to the United States in 1834, locating in Bucyrus, Ohio, where his father passed the remainder of his life. In 1845, our subject came to Kenton, and was working at his trade for some years, but has since retired from active business. He was married in Kenton, in September, 1846, to Miss Christine, daughter of Henry and Catherine Heisel, natives of Bavaria, Germ any. She was born in Bavaria in 1822, and emigrated with her parents in 1834, locating the same year in Kenton. Her father was among the first settlers of this city, where he followed merchandising for his occupation. He was formerly a hotel proprietor in Germany, and died in Kenton in 1855. He was preceded by his wife in 1853. Mr. and Mrs. Price have reared a family of three sons and two daughters, viz., Henry, Simon, Louis, Julia (the wife of Henry Dorn) and Louisa (wife of Dr. Glenn, of Kenton). When the rebellion broke out, Mr. Price enlisted, in 1861, in the Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company B, and served to the close of the war. He enlisted as a teamster and served in that capacity, and was in the Army of the Cumberland, Twentieth Corps, accompanying Sherman on his march to the sea. Mr. Price served four years in the Council and is a well-known citizen of Kenton.

LEWIS PRICE, baker and confectioner, Kenton, was born in Kenton, Ohio, in 1848, and is a son of Martin and Christine (Heisel) Price, natives of Baden and Reinbier, Germany, respectively. They emigrated to the United States at an early day, and were married in Hardin County, where they have reared a family of five children, all living. The subject of this sketch was married in Kenton, October 16, 1872, to Miss Louise, daughter of Henry Collier. The latter, with his family, emigrated from Mechlin- bnrg- Schwerin, Germany, to the United States in 1853, and after a residence of three years in Sandusky City, Ohio, he came to Kenton. Mr. Price is the father of one daughter - Annie L. Mr. Price succeeded J. Gens ley in his present business in 1877. He is located on the east side of the square, where, at this writing (1883), he is erecting a large and commodious business house for his increasing trade.

SILAS PEOTZMAN, physician, Kenton, was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, January 17, 1842. His parents were John and Margaret (Shafer) Protzman, natives of Maryland and Pennsylvania respectively, who cane to Ohio in 1805 aod settled in tlie southwestern part of Montgomery County, near Germantown, where Mr. Protzman followed milling and distilling for many years. He was a Captain in the war of 1812, and, politically, belonged to the Whig party. He lived to the age of seventy years, his demise occurring in 1831 ; his wife had preceded him in 1860. They had ten children, all of whom attained adult age, nine now living. The subject of this sketch is the youngest son, and obtained the rudiments of his education from the common schools of his native county. He entered Holbrook's Normal School, at Lebanon, Ohio, in 1859, and soon after began the study of medicine with his brother William at Yellow Springs, Ohio. He was engaged there until 1862, when he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Tenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served tiU the close of the war. He participated in the battle of Winchester, June 13, 14 and 15, 1863; then joined the Army of the Potomac, and was in the engagements at Brandy Station on June 9, August 1 to 3, September 6 and November 8, 1863, after which he served in the Inspector General's office of the Third Division, Sixth Corps, which was the old fighting corps of Gen. Sedgwick. This corps had a separate review at Washington, where our subject was discharged. On his return home, he resumed his studies in medicine, and entered the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, graduating in

1868, and the same year began the practice of his profession in Faiiffield, Ohio. In June of 1872, he removed to Kenton, where he has since been continuously and successfully engaged. His labors have been so great that his declining health necessitated a rest, and ha has spent the past winter sojourning in a warmer clime. The Doctor was married, in June of

1869, to Miss Henrietta, daughter of Adam Shuey. The latter resides in Preble County, Ohio, but was formerly of Greene County, where his daughter was born. Mr. and Mrs. Protzman are the parents of one child - Elmer.

ELI W. EAGER, farmer and lumber-dealer, P. O. Grant, was born April 29, 1831, in Madison Township, Franklin Co., Ohio. His father, John Eager, was a Virginian by birth, and his mother was a native of Franklin County, Penn. They were both brought to Ohio while young, and were married in Fairtield County, Ohio, where Mrs. Eager died. Of their family of thirteen children, nine were sons. Our subject spent his boyhood days at home on the farm until he was twenty- one years of age. He was married, October 9, 1852, to Miss Lovina Brown, an orphan, and there have been born to them the following children ; Elizabeth A., Mary C., William H., John Q. (deceased), George B., Clement L., James E. and Nancy E. Mr. Eager came to Hardin County in 1863, and, in 1868, took up his residence at the little railway station of Grant, where he now lives. Hs is a pro ninent man of the place, having served his township as Trustee for a number of years, and is the Deputy Postmaster. In politics, he has always supported the Democratic party. His occupation is that of a him- ber-dealer and farmer. His great-grandfather was a Revolutionary soldier, and lived to the remarkable age of one hundred and four years, having been able, when one hundred and two years old, to walk four miles to town and back in the same day, making the distance of eight miles with ease.

NICHOLAS RAREY, farmer, P. O. Kenton, is the oldest child of Parker and Mary (Burgett) Rarey, born in [Franklin County, Ohio, March 22, 1824. His father is a native of Virginia, his mother is a Maryland lady. They were married in Franklin County, Ohio, where they spent the remaining years of their lives. Eight children were born to them, four sons and four daughters, of whom are surviving Oarnalian S., Clarinda E., Martha A. and our subject; all but the latter are residents of Franklin County, Martha living on the old homestead. Nicholas, the subject of this sketch, helped to clear the home farm, and was married there to Sarah Johnson (deceased), by whom he had the following-named children: Arah M., Ann

E., Francis M. , Jefferson P. and Parker A. He came to Hardin County in 1851 and purchased 161 acres of land in Section 1, Pleasant Township, where he now lives, having for a homestead 400 acres of choice land bordering on the Scioto River. For his second wife he married Maria L., daughter of Abel H. and Rebecca (Mackey) Allen. She was born January 4, 1834, on the banks of the Scioto River, where she has always resided, her parents being old pioneers of this county. The five children by this marriage are as follows: Ira R., born October 24, 1855, died October 19,

M. , born May 19, 1871. Mr. Rarey has an old heirloom in the shape of an old English watch, which has been handed down by grandfather to father and now to son, but has not stopped, like the clock in the song, on the contrary, still " tick, ticks," the moments as they pass. Our subject has been School Director ever since coming to this county. He was in the war of the rebellion, enlisting May 2, 1864, in the One Hundred and Thirtyfifth Ohio National Guard, Company A, and discharged in September, 1864.

HENRY H. REESE, hotel proprietor, Kenton, was born near Hesse- Cassel, in Hesse, Prussia, July 22, 1826. He was brought by his parents, George H. and Mena (Kaiser) Reese, to the United States in 1833, the family locating in Richland County, Ohio, for one year, and, in 1834, removing to Kenton, in Hardin County. George Reese was among the early pioneers, and died in 1878, aged eighty -five years. He had a family of eight children, seven of whom are living, Henry being the eldest son. Our subject has been mostly engaged working at his trade, that of carpentering. He went to California, prospecting, in 1850, returning the following year, and worked at his trade until 1865, when he purchased the properly of the Reese House, and, as a hotel proprietor, achieved a success, becoming widely and favorably known. In 1875, he leased the house for a few years, again occupying it in the spring of 1883. It has been re-modeled and furnished throughout, and under the management of Mr. Reese and his son has become a popular and leading hotel of Kenton. Extensive repairs have been made to every portion of the house, and a large dining-room adds to the beauty of the edifice. Mr. Reese was married in Kenton, in 1851, to Miss Christian Ernstine, a native of Germany. To this union have been born seven children, four living, as follows: Nora, Victor}', Harvey and Sally.

and Wilhelmina (Kaiser) Eies, who were born in Hesse-Cassel, Germany, the former on November 13, 1795, and died in Kenton, Ohio, January 3, 1877, in his eighty-third year; the latter born in the year 1800, died at Kenton November 9, 1854, in her fifty-fifth year. They were married in Germany and came to this country in the summer of 1834, after a perilous voyage of six weeks, landing at Baltimore. From there they proceeded to Mansfield, Ohio, thence to Kenton, Ohio, in the spring of 1835, being among the early pioneers and enduring the toil and hardships incident to the settlement of a new country, with admirable courage. George H. Eies, at the age of sixteen, was a conscript in the army in the old country, and when twenty years old, was in that memorable battle of Waterloo, and of a company of 100 men he and fifteen comrades were the oply ones of the company to escape. At an early da.y, and soon after coming to Kenton, Mr. Eies, finding it dilBicult to support his family, was obliged to work in Springfield, Ohio, and (there being no railroads at that time), performed the journey each way on foot every Saturday night, a distance of fifty-four miles. Twelve children were born to him, five sons and seven daughters, of whom there are three daughters now living. The subject of this sketch at the age of sixteen, left the parental roof to shift for himself. Going to Cincinnati, he learnt the trade of a carpenter, receiving for the firsi six months $2.50 per week, out of which he paid $2,25 per week for board. During the hot weather, he economized by doing his own washing, haviug his wardrobe in readiness for the morning. IMr. Eies was married, February 23, 1860, to INEiss Catherine, daughter of David and Margaretta Ichler, the former a native of Germany, and the latter born near Fort Wayne, Ind. The names and ages of the six children born are as follows: Milton C., eleven years: John J., sixteen; David J., eighteen; Alice W., nineteen; Florence M., twenty; and George Henry (deceased August, 1871), who would have been now about fifteen years. Mrs. Eies died on June 27, 1875, aged thirty five years six months and thirteen days. Mr. Eies was subsequently married to Mrs, Christena Bishop (n4e Lontenslager), who had one little daughter, Lessetta Bishop.

O. E. EHODES, insurance agent, Kenton, was born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, in 1838, and is a son of John aud Kachel (Shaw) Ehodes, both natives of Maryland. His father was among the pioneers of Knox County, Ohio, in 1820, and was a miller by occupation. He was a strong Eepublican, and the family were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His death occurred in Mount Gilead, Ohio, in 1874, and his widow is a resident of the same place in the seventieth year of her age. They were the parents of eight children, seven of whom are living, three sons and five daughters. The subject of this sketch came to Hardin County in 1863, and established in the grocery business in Kenton. In 1872, he became engaged as Secretary of the Kenton Manufacturing and Machine Company, in which he had an interest, severing his connection with the same in 1876. He then became engaged in the local fire insurance business. Mr. Ehodes has also one half interest in Struble's patent iron roof, which is meeting with general favor. He was married in Mount Gilead, Ohio, in 1862, to Miss Xiria C., daughter of Chauncey D. Ensign, and a native of Morrow County, Ohio, B)' this union there has been one child, Kate E. Mr. Ehodes served as Secretary of the Agricultural Society in 1882.

GEN. JAMES S. EOBINSON, Member of Cougre.ss, Kenton, Ohio, whose portrait appears in this WfU'k, was born near Mansfield, Franklin Township, Ohio, October 14, 1827. He is the youngest of four sons born to Francis and Jane (Dickins) Robinson, both natives of England. His pai-ents emigrated to this country about 1817 and settled in Franklin Township, Richland County. The subject of this sketch was reared on the homestead, where he acquired such an education as was afforded by the country schools. At the age of sixteen, he went to Mansfield. Ohio, and served an apprenticeship at type-setting in the office of the Richland Bugle, published by Watson & Johnson. In December of 1844, he was taken into the office of the Mansfield Jeffersonian, now the Mansfield Herald; remained there till June, 1847, and then went to Tiffin, Ohio. He was there employed in the Seneca Whig office until December of the same year, when he came to Kenton and assumed the charge of the Kenton Republican, of which the first number under his direction appeared on the 19th day of January, 1847. He was at this time but nineteen years of age. He continued as manager and editor until the beginning of the war in 1861, when he laid aside the pen to take up the sword in defense of the Union. He disposed of his interest in the Republican office to Hunt & Myers in 1864. In April, 1861, he enlisted as private in Company G, Fourth Ohio Volun teer Infantry. He was chosen First Lieutenant, subsequently Captain, and accompanied his regiment to West Virginia in June, 1861, and participated in the Rich Mountain campaign. In October, he was appointed Major of the Eighty-second Regiment, and, returning home, assisted in recruiting the regiment at Camp Simon Kenton, at Kenton, Ohio, and entered the field in West Virginia with the rank of Major. In April, 1862, he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, by reason of the resignation of Lieut. Col. B. R. Durfee, and Colonel of the regiment August 28, 1862, by reason of the death of Col. Cantrell. The latter was killed in the second battle of Bull Run. Our subject was then brevetted Brigadier General December 12, 1864, a full Brigadier January 12, 1865, and a Brevet Major General March 13, 1865. These promotions were given by seniority of rank and meritorious conduct on the field. He served in the Shenandoah Valley under Fremont; in General Pope's campaign, including the second battle of Bull Run; the campaigns of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Georgia and of the Carolinas. He participated in the battles of Rich Mountain, Cross Keys, Resaca, Dallas, New Hope Church, Culp's farm, Peach Tree Creek, Averysboro and Benton ville; was with Sherman on his march to the sea, and concluded in the march to Washington and the grand review. While Colonel, he received a severe wound in the left shoulder in the battle of Gettysburg; he was confined to the hospital thirty days and then brouo;ht home, where he lav in a critical condition for some months. Gen. Robinson was Clerk of the Ohio House of Representatives during the sessions of 1855 and 1856. After the close of the war, he was elected Chairman of the State Central Committee and filled the place in an efficient manner for some years. He was Chairman of the Republican State Executive Committee during the campaign of 1877 to 1879, and during the latter year conducted one of the most brilliant and agressive State campaigns of the country. From January 23, 1880, to February of 1881, he filled the position of Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs. In October of 1880, he was elected by the people of the Ninth District to the Forty-seventh Congress, where he made a brilliant record and won a reputation throughout the county and State. In 1882, ho was again elected to the Fortyeighth Congress by a hard-won majority in his district, having always been regarded as an active member, and never before since its organization has this district re-elected a Representative to the halls of Congress. During his eventful career, the General has devoted his whole time to the interests of his district, his Congressional experience having led him to understand its wants. One of his first official acts was to introduce a bill relative to the Virginia military lands of Ohio, embracing the valuable body of land lying between the Miami and Scioto Rivers, and he had the satisfaction of seeing this measure adopted. Gen. Robinson was married at Marion, Ohio, June 28, 1848, to Miss Ellen M., daughter of Dr. Spaulding. She died, leaving one son, William S. The General's second marriage, to Miss Hester A., daughter of the Hon. Parlee Carlin, of Findlay, took place November 8, 1858. Two children, Parlee C. and Jennie S., have been' born to this union. Our subject was connected with the construction of the Chicago & Atlantic and the New York, Pittsburgh & Chicago Railways. He was always a steadfast supporter of the Republican party, and was Secretary of the first Republican State Convention ever held in Ohio, of which Salmon P. Chase was the President. The General is a true man of the people. His carep>r has been a splendid one, and with his robust health, iron constitution, excellent habits and mental and physical vigor, he is doubtless destined to occupy more places in the service of his admiring constituency. He is a nuble friend to the soldiers, many of whom will remember his earnest efforts in their behalf. He is a man of strong home and local attachments, and loyal to his friends, whose fullest confidence he enjoys.

W. S. ROBINSON, hardware merchant, Kenton, was born in this city, in January of 1851. He is a son of Gen. J. S. Robinson, whose sketch is also given in this work. He was employed as Teller in the Bank of Ex change and Deposit in Kenton from 1869 to 1874, and subsequently was Assistant Cashier of the Kenton Savings Bank from 1876 to 1818, when he resigned his position, and for the year following was engaged by Warder, Mitchell & Co., of Springfield, Ohio. In February, 1881, he established himself in his present business in hardware, under the firm name of Robinson & Spelman, succeeding W. M. Moore & Co. This establishment occupies nearly the whole of three floors and carries a stock of from $12,000 to $15,000. The business of the first year was $28,000, that of the last $40,000. Mr. Robinson was United States Gauger from 1871 to 1877, and for three years was Secretary of the Agricultural Society. In October of 1881, he was married to Miss Alice B., daughter of James Powell, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Robinson is not connected with any church, but is a prominent business man of Kenton.

J. A. ROGERS, druggist, Kenton, was born in Greene County, Ohio, in the year 1820, and is a son of John and Margaret (Herbert) Rogers. His father is a native of the Shenandoah Valley. Frederick County, Va., and his mother originated from the Old Virginia stock of Loudoun County. The former, a farmer by occupation, came to Greene County, Ohio, thence moved to Champaign County, locating lands near Mechanicsburg, where he passed the remainder of his life, dying in 1848. He was a Methodist divine, and maintained a good standing as a local preacher. The subject of this sketch obtained a primary education from the schools of Champaign County, and,in 1842, entered the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, taking one course of lectures. In May of 1843, he came to Kenton, where he began the practice of his profession. The Doctor arrived in the town on horseback, with saddlebags, etc., and for seven miles south of the Scioto River there was not a single dwelling to be seen. In the spring of 1845, having entered into partnership with Dr. J. F. Amkeny in the practice of medicine, they purchased a stock of drugs, the first that was ever introduced in the village of Kenton, and opened a store in a small frame building erected for the purpose on the east side of the public square, on the site now occupied by Biddle's stove and tin store. The drugs, having been bought in New York, were shipped by river, canal and lake to Sandusky, thence by rail to Eepublic, Seneca County, where they were loaded into wagons and hauled to Kenton. This was the ordinary route for merchandise from New York at that time. The practice of medicine and drug trade was continued by this firm for nearly four years, when the partnership was closed, the drug stock being sold to George Sweney and by him to Edwin and Charles Ashton. In 1856, Edwin Ashton having retired, Dr. Rogers bought a part interest in the business, and in a short time thereafter became sole proprietor of the establishment, gradually relinquishing his practice. He has since devoted his time to his business, and is among the stanch and reliable business men of Kenton In the fall of 1843, he was united in mar riage to Miss Clarissa Knight, a native of Miami County, Ohio. Three children have resulted from this union, two now living, viz., Eugene and Kate, the latter wife of Thomas Cantwell, of Kenton. Mrs. Rogers died in February, 1857, and the Doctor subsequently married Ann Elizabeth, a daughter of Walter King, and a native of Greene County, Ohio From this union there have been three daughters - Marv, Margaret and Clara Dr. Rogers has been a Mason for many years, and has occupied the chairs of all the offices connected with that order. He is also a member of the Board of Education and ranks among Kenton's prominent business men.