Prospect Township (part 5 of 5)

JAMES F. MOHR, merchant, Prospect Village. Mr. Mohr enlisted in the war of the rebellion in 1861, at Marion, Ohio, in Battery H, Fifth United States Artillery. He served in' various engagements with his battery, among which were the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Stone River, Chickatauga, Missionary Ridge, and in other minor engagements. His term of enlistment having expired, he was honorably discharged from the service at Nashville, Tenn., October 24, 1864. Mr. Mohr is a son of David Mohr and was born in Upper Milford Township, Lehigh County, Penn., September 12, 1840. He has been a member of the firm of C. L. & J. F. Mohr, general merchants of Prospect, since 1869. He was married at Marion, Ohio, by the Rev. A. D. Matthews, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to Miss Ann Eliza Gooding, of Marion. They have a family of three children - Ivy Dell, Paulena R., and Mary E.

ADAM T. MORROW, miller at Prospect, was born June 14, 1844, in Washington County, Penn., and is a son of Joseph and Julia A. (Jump) Morrow. He followed the occupation of a farmer till twenty-seven years of age, when he and his brother, Joseph K., formed a partnership and established a carriage and wagon-making shop at Prospect. This business continued for seven years, when they, in 1877, traded their shop -as part payment for and bought the Prospect mill, since which time he has been engaged in the milling business. The firm is known as Morrow Brothers. Mr. Morrow was married, December 20, 1877, to Miss Araminta F. Beem, daughter of Jacob Beem, of Claiborne Township, Union County. They have two children - -James L. and Earl S. Mr. Morrow is a Prohibitionist and a member of the Baptist Church.

JOSEPH MORROW, farmer, was born in Washington County, Penn. He, with his wife, Julia A. (Jump) Morrow, and family of three children, came to Ohio in 1853, locating on {seventy-five acres of land in Pleasant Township, where Mr. Morrow died, September, 1855, a member of the Baptist Church; his widow now resides in Prospect Village. They had four ehildren - James M., Adam T., Joseph K. and Sarah A. The last was born in Marion County; the three first in Pennsylvania.

MORROW BROTHERS, proprietors of the Prospect Mills. This mill has three run of stone for wheat and one run of stone for corn. It is otherwise fitted with modern mill improvements, and has a capacity for ginding eighty barrels of flour every twenty-four hours. The firm buys wheat for grinding purposes only, and also do a general custom business; they grind annually 35,000 bushels of wheat and 10,000 of corn.

JOSEPH K. MORROW, of the firm of Morrow & Brothers, was born August 27, 1850, in Washington County, Penn., and is the son of Joseph and Julia A. (Jump) Morrow. Mr. Morrow is a member of the Baptist Church, and in politics is a Prohibitionist. He has served as Village Councilman two terms, avd is much esteemed as a citizen. i

JAMES M. MORROW, the eldest son of Joseph Morrow, resided on the farm until the fall of 1862, when he entered the ranks of the Union Army as a member of Company D, Sixty-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He rendered his country gallant service for nearly three years, and fought in several hard battles. He was killed in an engagement on Rocky Face Ridge, near Atlanta, and now sleeps with the many fallen heroes of the civil war, covered with the laurels of a faithful soldier.

CONRAD NEIMEYER, hardware merchant, Prospect Village, was born in Prospect, August 24, 1853, and is a son of Reuben Neimeyer, mentioned elsewhere. Ho learned the carpenter's trade from his father, with whom he remained until the age of twenty-two years. He was married to Sarah Lake, of Richwood, a daughter of Isaac Luke; subsequently he followed carpentering and building, and in 1880 he entered in the hardware business, and in 1881 formed a partnership with W. H. Lake in the same business at Prospect, which continued until January, 1883, when it was dissolved, Mr. Neimeyer, however, 'continuing the business alone. He is still engaged in building. During the past four years, he has erected five fine buildings, costing fróm $1,000 to $3,500 each. The best one he now occupies as a residence. His sales in the hardware business average about $6,000 annually. His success is somewhat remarkable, as four years ago he commenced with a capital of only $20. His prosperity is wholly due to his own energy and business tact. In politics, Mr. Neimeyer is a Demo. erat.

REUBEN NEIMEYER, carpenter and builder, was born in Macungie Township, Lehigh County, Penn., January 27, 1823. His parents' names were Conrad and Lydia (Diefenderfer) Neimeyer, both natives of Macungie Township. The grandfather of our subject was born on the sea while his parents were emigrating from Germany. They settled in Pennsylvania prior to the Revolution. The parents of our subject died on the old farm in Pennsylvania where he was born. They had twelve children, as follows: Charles, George, Jacob, Isaac, Reuben, John, Henry, Andrew, Susannah, Catharine, Lydia and Elizabeth. The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm; at the age of twenty years he went to learn the carpenter's trade, and has been engaged at that business ever since. He came to Prospect Village April 8, 1853, bringing his wife and children, and has continued to reside here ever since. He is a member of the Lutheran Church and a greatly respected citizen.

DAVID PENRY, farmer, Radnor Township, Delaware County, was born November 4, 1806, the first white child born in that township. His parents were David and Mary (Pugh) Penry, the former a native of Breckenshire, atid the latter of Radnorshire, Wales. Our subject's parents came to Ohio in 1806, settling in Radnor Township, bringing one child with them to America, who died in Baltimore, Md. They had twelve children born in Radnor Township, as follows: David, Mary, Hannah, Walter, William, Jane, John, Edward, Thomas, Evan, Amelia and Margaret. Our subject was married, November 14, 1833, to Joanna Jones, who was born in Radnorshire, South Wales, May 20, 1812, and came to Radnor Township. with her parents, John P. and Mary (Penry) Jones, in 1818. From this marriage there were ten children, five now living, as follows: Thomas L., John P., Mary M., Hannah J. and Amelia D.; those who died were Reuben, aged eight years; Margaret Ann, aged sixteen years; Ann, an infant, and two infante not named. Our subject has lived on his present farm in Radnor Township since 1833. When he purchased it, it contained 130 acres; for this he paid $1.50 per acre, and split rails at 50 cents a hundred to get. money to pay for the land. He still owns this farm. Our subject's father was a soldier under Gen. Harrison, in the war of 1812. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and his wife of the Presbyterian Church.

THOMAS L. PENRY, son of the preceding, was born in Radnor Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, August 7, 1838. January 1, 1862, he married Lucinda A. Arnold, who was born in Perry Township, Licking Co., Ohio, December 3, 1843, a daughter of John H. and Elizabeth S. (Yates) Arnold, formerly of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Penry have five children - Elizabeth Joanna, born September 8, 1863; Harvey O., April 19, 18067. William Henry, December 11, 1869; John Q., November 10, 1873; Watkin D., September 3, 1877. Mr. Penry has always followed farming, and now resides on and owns 1513 acres of land, one and a half miles east of Prospect Village. The farm is improved with a fine brick residence, built by himself, in which he lives with his family. The farm was known as the * Thomas Cratty Farm." Mr. Penry is a straight Republiean in politics.

JOHN P. PENRY, farmer,is a native of Radnor Township. Delaware County, and was born July 19, 1840. He is a son of David and Joanna (Zones) Penry. John P. Penry enlisted at Delaware, Ohio, October 2, 1861, in Company D, Twentieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was a soldier in the war of the great rebellion. He served until the close of the struggle, having re enlisted as a veteran in 1863, in the same company and regiment. He was present at and participated in the following battles: Fort Donelson, Pittsburg Landing, Middleburg, Iuka, Miss, the second battle of Corinth, Holly Springs, Vicksburg, Little Kenesaw Mountain, Big Kenesaw and Atlanta, where he was wounded through the right shoulder and chest by a musket ball July 22, 1864. He still carries the rebel lead in his body. This wound disabled him from carrying a musket in after service. When he had sufficiently recovered, he was detailed as an Orderly for Dr. J. W. Guthery, at the headquarters of the Seventeenth Army Corps: In that capacity he went through with Gen. Sherman's army on its march to the sea. He was in the charge at Pocatalgo, N. C., and at the burning of Columbia, S. C., and was present at the surrender of Joseph E. Johnston's army at Durham Station, N. C., and was finally present at the grand review of the army at Washington, D. C., in 1865, and was mustered out of the service with his company July 15, 1865. He now receives a small pension from the Governraent on account of disability, which pension should be quadrupled at least. Mr. Penry has a farm of fifty acres in Prospect Township, where he resides. He was married, July 2, 1871, to Augusta G. Fleming. They have four children - Mpyrtis, born October, 1873; Henry C., born March 23, 1876; Charles, March 3, 1877, and David, April 12, 1878.

THOMAS PHILLIPS, pioneer farmer, was born in Radnor Townshi p» Delaware Co., Ohio, February 22, 1810. He passed his youth on his father's farm, amidst the early scenes and customs of pioneer times. Cloths of all kinds, for wearing apparel, were difficult to obtain and expensive. The winter clothing for the men and boys was mostly made of buckskin. Tea and coffee were 75 cents to $1 a pound, and other luxuries in proportion. He was a child three years old at the time of * Drake's defeat," and was in the wagon from which, according to accounts published heretofore, a boy - one Robert Penry - was lost; but Mr. Phillips says the boy was not lost, but on falling from the wagon was picked up by a young man and carried to a house near by. where his parents stopped to pick up another family. Mr.

Phillips' father was obliged to go forty miles to mill, and when short of flour were sometimes obliged to live on "roasting ears" for a week at a time. His market for wheat was principally at Portland, now Sandusky, on Lake Erie, requiring a week to make the trip. As a boy, our subject attended the old-fashioned subscription school, in a log house on his father's place. The windows were greased paper, and the chimney made of mud and sticks; and when about twenty years of age he attended two terms of the common or free school. This was all the schooling he ever received. His father helped to build the first church edifice erected in Delhi; it was made of logs. In this house our subject went to the first religious meeting he ever attended. In 1832, Mr. Phillips bought 125 acres of land, on which, in 1839, he set out an apple orchard - some trees still living - where he now resides, for which he gave two horses, valued at $200, making the cost per acre $1.60. It was Virginia Military lands, and had no improvements of any kind, not a stick having been cut on it by white men, unless for hunting purposes. No roads passed near it in any direction, aud there was not a house between it and the present village of Prospect. In January, 1838, he built a log house, 18x20 feet in size, and on February 8, 1838, was married to Margaret Maize, born June 9, 1818, a daughter of Francis and Margaret Maize, who were both natives of Frankstown, Huntingdon Co., Penn. On the 5th of April, 1839, himself and wife took up their abode in this cabin. That spring, he cleared five acres of this lund and plantedit to corn. His horses and other stock ranged the woods for their feed, and had to be hunted up every night and morning. The meat used by the family for a long time was principally game - turkeys and deer being very abundant. Of the last-named, Mr. Phillips has killed a great many. The nearest mill was at Millville, Delaware County, fifteen miles distant. In 1854, he burnt a kiln of brick and built a brick residence near the site of the log cabin, but on the 6th of October, 1871, the brick residence was destroyed by fire, and the family were obliged to return to the old log cabin. Eighteen months afterward, he rebuilt on the same site, and moved into the large brick residence where he now resides. Mr. Phillips is the second oldest freeholder now living in Prospect Township, and is one of the township's best citizens, having always assisted, by influence and means, the educational and other interests of the township. He subscribed and helped pay for the Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian and Lutheran Church buildings at Prospect; he furnished all the brick from which the last-named was built, donating to the church 2,000 brick. In 1833,Mr. Phillips, with three other men, erected, for Obadiah Taylor, in Kenton, Hardin County, the first house ever built in that town. He relates that in May, 1834, he went for a neighbor to Detroit with a drove of cattle. They started to return home the 16th of May, by boat to Portland, and that during a storm they were almost wrecked, being anchored some hours. It had turned very cold; wave after wave washed the deck, the water freezing to everything it touched. They finally arrived safe in port, after considerable suffering. This same season, the wheat and crops were killed throughout Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Phillips have a family of eight children - Sarah E., born December 9, 1888; John F., October 23, 1840; Eliza J., December 31, 1842; Ellen J., March 31, 1845; Zenas L., August 17, 1850; Emma V., April 8, 1855; Wilhelmina I., November 15, 1858, and Hattie V., March 15, 1861. Mr. and Mrs. Phillips state, what few other families of the same size can say, and that is, they have never had but three professional visits from a physician to their family during their married life. The parents of our subject were John and Han- nah (Pugh) Phillips, both natives of South- Wales. They emigrated to the United States, and settled in Delaware in 1806. He died in 1849, and his wife in 1863. They had eight children.

THOMAS PUGH, deceased, pioneer farmer of Prospect Township, was born August 18, 1784, in Montgomeryshire, North Wales. He emigrated to the United States in 1802, landing at the port of New York. He came to Ohio subsequently, and was married, in Wayne County, Ohio, November 7, 1805, to Elizabeth Smith, a daughter of Samuel C. and Sarah (Bishop) Smith. Thomas Pugh, with his family, located in Radnor Township, Delaware County, in 1810, and in 1819, bought 122 acres of land, well timbered, at $2.50 an acre, on Section 6 of what is now Prospect Township. Not a stick had been cut on this land by white men, except for hunting purposes. He cleared about forty acres of this land, and died only four years after making if his place of residence; his death occurring September 27, 1824. left a widow and six children - Sarah, born October 22, 1806, who married Samuel Martin, both deceased; Jane, born July 21, 1809, and married Samuel Cratty, both deceased; Lucinda, born June 17, 1815, and married John Hughes, she is deceased; Phoebe, born December 2, 1817, and married the Rev. Samuel Allen, became a widow and ,married the Rev. Samuel Gossard, and now lives in Iowa; Wesley, born March 18, 1820; Mary, born March 26, 1822, and married William A. Palmer, and died in Montgomery Couuty, Il]. The subject of this sketch was a soldier of the war of 1812.

WESLEY PUGH, retired farmer, Prospect Village, is a son of Thomas Pugh, a pioneer, and was born on the old homestead iu Prospect Township March 18, 1820. He was reared a farmer, and has followed that occupation all his life. He bought the old homestead from the other heirs and lived there until thirty-seven years of age, when he sold the place and bought a farm one mile north of Prospect Village, on the east side of the Scioto River, where he lived for twenty-five years. He then removed to Prospect Village, where he now resides, with his wife. Mr. Pugh was married March 31, 1846, to Martha Welch, a daughter of Solomon and Lavina Welch. They have had a family of five children, all of whom are deceased; two died when infants; Thomas died aged three years; Martha Jane died aged nine years, and Lucinda died March 3, 1879, aged sixteen years. Mr. Pugh has been a member of the Church for forty years, and in politics has been a life-long Democrat. He has served his township in various local offices. He is an earnest advocate of temperance, and for the past two years has acted with the Prohibition party. He is one of the oldest residents of the township now living, and one of its substantial and best respected citizens.

JOHN RANDALL, deceased, was a farmer and early settler in Prospect Township, coming to this county in 1833 or 1834 and locating on 100. acres of wild land one and a quarter miles west of Prospect Village. 'This land he mostly cleared. He sold it, and bought a farm on the Greenville treaty line, in the west part of the township, which he has also cleared. He lived on this place from 1839 to 1853, when he sold again and moved to the farm of 186 acres on the Marysville & Marion State road, where his son Kelsey E.now lives. This was partly improved, but John Randall improved about ninety acres of it. This place he owned at the time of his death, which occurred October 11, 1880. John Randall was a native of Vermont, where he was born February 12, 1803. He was married to Jane Hoskins, a daughter of John Hoskins, of Delaware County, Ohio. From thia union there were four children, namely, Charles, born april 23, 1839; Emma, March 6, 1844; Morris F., September 2, 1848, and Kelsey E., August 13,1851. Mr. and Mrs. Randall were both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The widow of John Randall is still living, and resides with her children.

KELSEY E. RANDALL, farmer, isason of John and Jane (Hoskins) Randall, is a native of Prospect Township, and born August 18, 1851. He now owns sixty and one-half acres of the old homestead where his father died. He has bought other land adjoining, so that his farm now embraces 1214 acres. With the exception of two years spent in working at and learning the harness-maker's trade, he has always followed the vocation of a farmer. He was married, April 1, 1878, to Hester A. Couch, of Harrison County, Ohio. They have had a family of four children, two living - John E., born January 17, 1874, and Lida A., born January 29, 1879. Mr. R. is a member of the Baptist Church, and in politics is a Republican.

M. F. RANDALL, farmer, was born in Prospect Township Septem. ber 2, 1848, and is a son of John and Jane (Hoskins) Randall. He was reared on a farm, and has always followed the vocation of a farmer. He was married, November 13, 1878, to Miss Elizabeth Black, a daughter of Christian and Phoebe (Elliott) Black, of Marlborough Township, Delaware County. From this marriage there are two children - Clara, born June 26, 1875, and an infant. Mr. and Mrs. R. are members of the Baptist Church. They reside on a fine farm of their own, near the old homestead of Mr. Randall's father.

WILLIAM REESER, retired, was born in what is now Perry Town. ship, Berks Co., Penn., and is a son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Sells) Reeser, who were natives of Pennsylvania, where they are also buried. Mr. R. passed his youth on a farm. Atthe age of nineteen, he learned a trade, and on coming to Ohio carried on the business of builder and contractor for several years at Delaware, whence he removed to Fayette County, Ill., and followed the same business. He returned to Ohio, and lived one year at Delaware, and located at Prospect Village in 1875, where he became a partner with B. K. Herbster in the flouring mill, coatinuing some years. He has been very successful, in a financial sense, the result of his own efforts, as all that he has was acquired by himself. He has been twice married, but is now a widower, and has one child by each marriage, as follows: Canty Reeser, who married Charles E. Herr, they reside with Mr. Reeser; Etty, his youngest child, lives with her grandparents at Delaware. Mr. R. lives in one of the finest residences in town, built some years since by himself, and is one of the solid citizens of Prospect Village.. He is a member of the German Reformed Church. ,

JOHN REILEY (3d), farmer, was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, August 23, 1818. His parents, William and Love (Vezy) Reiley, were from the State of Delaware, and settled in this county about the year 1523; they both died in Marion Township. Mr. Reiley is one of. the few early residents of this county still living who remembers the Indians who inhab: ited this regiou. He was married, March 19, 1840, to Miss Nancy Ann Fouty, a native of Mason County, Va., where she was born, near the mouth of the Big Kanawha River, April 16, 1820, a daughter of Stephen and Drusilla (Biggerstaff) Fouty. Mr. Reiley bought his present farm, in the north part of Prospect Township, in 1853; only twelve acres of it was cleared land, while now, principally by his own labor and industry, there are sixty-five acres in excellent condition. The fine property that he now

Reiley have had six children, two of whom are living, as follows: Love J., born October 9, 1842, now the wife of David Cratty, and Nancy A., born May 29, 1861, and now the wife of Edwin L. Butler. .

JACOB C. RINGER, retired farmer, was born in Franklin Township, Westmoreland Co., Penn. The names of his parents were Christian and Mary (Ringer) Ringer, the last-named being a daughter of Michael Ringer. When twenty years of age, Mr. Ringer commenced learning the carpenter's trade. He came to Ohio in 1850, and located near Marion, and followed carpentering and house-building exclusively until 1864, when he bought a farm of 100 acres on Section 33, Marion Township, which he still owns. After the purchase of the farm, he still continued at house-building, attending to his farm interests at the same time, and in 1877 erected a comfortable residence in Prospect Village, where he now resides, having partial. ly retired from business. He was married, in 1853, to Catharine Uncapher, by whom he had two children, 'both C2eeased. Mr. Ringer was again married December 3, 1868, to Jane Williams, born January 31, 1841, a daughter of John T. and Kittie E. (Berry) Williams, who were early settlers in this county. By his last marriage there are two children - Mary E., born June 18, 1870, and Perry W., born January 1, 1872. Mr. Ringer is & Prohibitionist in polities, and has served as Village Councilman for three years. Himself and wife and daughter are members of the Baptist Church.

JOHN Q. ROADS; farmer and sheep-raiser, was born four miles southwest of Newark, in Licking Co., Ohio, August 17, 1828. When he was fifteen years of age, he was hired out for two years and nine months to learn the milling business, for which he was to be paid $100. From the expiration of this time until 1847, he worked as a journeyman miller. At the date last mentioned, he started on a trip West, where he remained several months, and on his return, in the spring of 1848, he took charge of and operated a mill at Chatham, Ohio, for one season, and in September, 1848, took charge of the old " Summit" mill, three and a half miles southwest of Newark, Ohio, where he learned his trade; here he remained until 1850. During this time - in 1849 - he was married to Margaret Ann Arnold, who was born in Fauquier County, Va. August 6, 1828. She was a daughter of John H. and Elizabeth S. (Yates) Arnold. John Q. Roads first came to Marion County on a visit October 18, 1849, and returned in March, 1851, when he bought 150 acres of land where he now lives, for a little more than $9 per acre. All except thirteen acres of this land was then covered with heavy timber; 115 acres of the tract is now improved and well cultivated. Mr. Roads and his wife took up their abode on this farm Noveruber 14, 1851, in a log house some distance south of their present residence, and have continued to reside there to the present time. Mr. Roads subsequently purchased twenty-five acres adjoining, for which he paid $70 per acre; so that the homestead now consists of 175 acres, and is valued at from $90 to $100 per acre. The farm is located one and a half miles east of Prospect Village. Besides his farming interests, Mr. Roads has been interested in other enterprises at different times. In 1873, in company with A. J. Blake, S. M. Blake and T. P. Cratty. he organized the Union County Bank, at Richwood, Ohio. Mr. R. is now a stockholder in the Prospect Bank. He is a man highly esteemed by all who know him, as an enterprising citizen and Christian gentleman. Himself and wife are members of the Baptist Church. In polities. he was formerly what was known as a " Free-Soil Democrat," but since 1854 he has been a Republican. He is a member of Prospect Lodge, No. 444, F. & A M. Mr. and Mrs. Roads have had three children, only one of whom is living, whose name is Benjamin Jay Witter Roads. born March 30, 1869. We give on another page a portrait of John Q. Roads. The Roads family are originally of German ancestry, and were early settlers in Lancaster County, Penn., and afterward of the Shenandoah Valley, Va. John and Margaret (Winegardner) Roads were the parents of John Q. Roads; the father born in Page County, Va., March 22, 1803, and the mother in Loudon County, Va., in July, 1807. They were married, May 25, 1825; she died in Licking County, Ohio, August 14, 1835; he is still living, and resides in Prospect Township. John Roads was a son of John and Catharine (Brubaker) Roads, and came vith his parents to Licking County, Ohio, in 1814. His wife, Margaret Winegardner) Roads, was a daughter of Herbert and Margaret (Jordan) Vinegardner, both natives of Virginia, and their parents were natives of 'ermany.

J. J. ROBERTS, Postmaster at Prospect Village, is a native of Rad. aor Township, Delaware County, and was born April 7, 1852. His parents" names are Isauc and Lettis (Jones) Roberts; the first a native of Denbyshire, Wales, and the latter of Delaware County, Ohio. During youth Mr. Roberts received the advantages of a good English education, and for several years followed the occupation of teaching during the winter months and working at carpentering and farming during the summer. He was married, in the fall of 1876, to Miss Bertha R. Knachel, daughter of Emmanuel Knachel, of Prospect. The following year, he entered the store of P. C. Sélls, as elerk, where he remained until 1881, when he formed a partnership with his father-in-law, Mr. Knachel, in a general store. He was appointed Postmaster October 25, 1881. July 15, 1888, he sold out his interest in the store, and is now, in connection with the post office, handling books, pictures, stationery, etc. He is a Republican.

DANIEL T. ROBINSON, farmer, was born in the town of Newport, Herkimer Co., N. Y. August 30, 1815. His parents, James and Mary (Brown) Robinson were natives of Massachusetts, and lived near Lowell. They settled in Radnor Township, Delaware County, in 1836. Daniel T Robinson was reared on a farm, and March 18, 1841, was married to Nancy Phillips, a daughter of John Phillips. In 1851, he bought sixty-five acres of land, where he now resides,in Prospect Township. All of this land was entirely wild, except four or five acres partly cleared, on which was an old log cabin, unfit for use. In the fall of 1851, he built a log cabin, into which he moved with his wife and five children on Christmas Day. Since then, he has made an addition to the homestead, which now consists of 106 acres, sixty acres of which he has cleared himself. His wife died in April, 1877, a member of the Baptist Church, as also is Mr. R. They had the following named children: William H., John A. (who was killed on the steamer "Sultana"), Hannah M. (now the wife of Leroy Tyler, of Richwood), Martha (deceased), Sarah Ann (now the wife of Douglass Lynn, and resides at the homestead), Lydia (now the wife of E. E. Hazen, of Union County) and Charles A. (of Marion County).

WILLIAM A. RUSSELL, retired farmer, Prospect Village, was born in Thompson Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, December 12, 1827, and is a son of Joseph and Betsey (Edmunds) Russell; the former a native of Vermont, and the latter of Connecticut. They came to Ohio in 1819, and settled in Thompson Township. He was a blacksmith by trade, but always followed farming after coming to Ohio. All their children but the oldest were born in Ohio. Their names are Edmunds, Daniel M.. Mary B., Joseph B., William A., Sarah A. (who died, aged three years) and Elmira. Five of the children lived to have families. The mother died December 29, 1856, and their father died four hours later, December 30, 1856. Mr. Russell was married, December 27, 1849, to Susan M. Fleming, who was born October 12, 1831, a daughter of Henry C. and Susannah (Jones) Fleming, early settlers of Delaware County. Henry C. Fleming was of Irish descent, and his wife was a native of Wales and a daughter of John Jones Mr. and Mrs. Russell have had eight children - Lucina, born Octo ber 12, 1850, married, and died May 14, 1873; Cynthia, born January 4, 1852; William M., August 29, 1855; Elmira J., February 15, 1858: M. I., October 7, 1851, and died January 18, 1864; Carie D., June 7, 1867; Hosea L., September 7, 1870, and Corda A., March 14, 1872. Our subject owns a farm of 150 aeres in Prospect Township, but he has partially retired and lives in Prospect Village. Himself and wii- are members of the Methodist Church. He is a Republican.

WILLIAM M. RUSSELL, farmer, is a native of Prospect Township and was born August 29, 1856. He is a son of William A. Russell, of Prospect Village. He was married, September 9, 1880, to Clara Barnum, a daughter of Charles Barnum, and they have one child - Lida May, born January 24, 1882. Mr. Russell now has charge of his father's farm in Prospect Township. In politics, he is a Republican.

ORSAMUS RUTTER, farmer, was born November 8, 1832, in Amanda Township, Fairfield Co., Ohio; parents were Martin and Mary (Garber) Rutter, who came to this county about 1850. Martin Rutter owned 227 acres of land, just north of Prospect Village, now owned by Dr. Farnum; also 200 acres in Delaware County. He was a native of West Virginia, and his wife of Staunton, Penn. At the age of seventy years, he died on a farm owned by his wife, and now owned by William A. Russell. His wife died on the same place, aged seventy-four years. Mr. Orsamus Rutter has always followed farming. He was married, September 21, 1851, to Mary A. McCloskey, and their .children, since born, are Barbara A., Melinda E., Rosina and Benjamin G. Mrs. Rutter died March 24, 1877, and he was married again, July 5, 1881, to Miss Linnie Ginder, a daughter of David and Catharine (Shoff) Ginder; the former a native of Germany and the latter of Pennsylvania. Mr. R. owns 101 acres of land, on which he resides, and 100 acres of land in Labette County, Kan., besides presenting to his sons-in-law 200 acres of land in the above county in Kansas some years since. Mr. Rutter enlisted, August, 1864, in Company I, One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was in the last battle of Nashville, at the engagement of Wheat Swamp, N. O., and one near Murfreesboro. He was honorably discharged at Charlotte, N. C., June 28, 1864.

P. C. SELLS, merchant, is a native of Waldo Township, this county, and was born September 28, 1840. He isa son of Peter and Catharine (Stambaugh) Sells, both natives of Franklin County, Penn. They after. ward moved to Claibourne Township, Union Co., Ohio, where Mr. Sells still resides, his wife having died. P. C. Sells lived on his father's farm until twenty-five years of age, when he opened a general store at Prospect, Ohio. The first year's sales amounted to about $1,000, and the taxes were 15 cents. He started with a capital of $250, at the same time buying on credit, for $600, the building and lot in which he commenced business. In

1880, Mr. Sells built the large brick store which he now occupies, and situated just one door north of his first stand, which he still owns. On moving into the new store, in 1880, he admitted Joseph Cratty as partner, under the firm name of Sells & Cratty. This continued until February 1, 1883, when he bought Cratty's interest, and the business is conducted under the old name of P. C. Sells. The store is the largest in Prospect, and as large as any in Marion. The sales now average $25,000 and upward per year. Mr. Sells was married, in Pleasant Township, Marion Co., Ohio, October 20, 1860, to Elizabeth Landon, daughter of Cyrene Landon. Mr. S. has the following children: Molly Kate, Beujamin P., Pearl H., Mattie Belle and Bessie. He is a Republican, and although in a strongly Democratic Township, has served seven years as Township Treasurer, also as one of the Village Council, etc.

S. N. SMITH. grocery merchant, was born in Prospect Township, Sep tember 19, 1846. He lived on his father's farm until 1877, when, on account of failing health caused by a sunstroke, he left the farm, eame to Prospect Village, and. was engaged in the butchering business until the spring of 1879, when he bought a stock of groceries and fitted up a store; since then, he has been keeping a general stock of staple and fancy groceries. The store is neatly arranged, is the best one in the village, and on account of the liberal patronage that he receives from the citizens his stock is kept fresh, being constantly replaced by new purchases. He is genial, accommodating and enterprising, and 'deserves success. His sales average about $7,000 per annum. Mr. Smith is a son of Thomas and Sophia (Transue) Smith, mentioned elsewhere. He was married, October 31, 1870, to Miss Mary E. Willauer, a daughter of J. P. Willauer, of Thompson Township, Delaware Co., Ohio. Himself and wife are members of the Lutheran Church.

THOMAS SMITH was born in Haycock Township, Bucks Co., Penn., and is one of the early settlers of this county still living. He passed his early years on the farm in Pennsylvania, and at the age of eighteen years, learned the carpenter's trade. He arrived in Prospect Township April 16, 1888. In 1838, he bought forty acres of land, at $5.62 per acre, one mile west of Prospect Village. It was covered with a heavy growth of timber, and was also considered very wet land. On this place he built a small log house, into which he moved with his wife and one child. Subsequently, he added to this farm thirty-four acres of wild land, at $6.97 per acre, and afterward another piece of twenty acres, partly improved, for which he paid $1,200. The last piece of land he afterward sold for $2,500, and still owns the home farm of seventy-four acres, which he improved principally by his own labor. The log cabin has finally given place to a fine frame residence and other outbuildings, and it is one of the best improved farms in the township. The horse stable on the place is forty-two feet long, and made especially for the keeping of horses. Mr. Smith is a Democrat, and has served in various local offices; was Assessor of the Township during the war; has also served as Trustee, etc. He has been a member of the Lutheran Church since eighteen years of age, which church he served as Deacon several years. He is stil] hale and hearty, and prepared to enjoy the fortune wbich he has honestly earned in a lifetime of industry; enjoying, as he passes down the pathway of life, the confidence and respect of all the people with whom he has lived so long. He was married, December 22, 1835, to Sophia Transue, of Williams Township, Northampton Co., Penn., and has three children, as follows: Mary Ann, now the wife of Nathan

Moll, of St. Louis, Mo.; Lavina, the wife of J. W. Gast, of Prospect, and Samnel N., a grocery merchant in Prospect Village. Mr. Smith has retired from active business and now resides in the village of Prospect.

CHARLES E. THOMAS, farmer and stock-dealer, was born in Prince William County, Va., August 31, 1848, the son of Benjamin F. and Sarah A. (Howison) Thomas. He lives on his farm of seventy acres, about one and a half miles east of Prospect Village, and is also a member of the firm of Thomas Brothers, buyers and shippers of stock for Eastern markets. Mr. Thomas was married, December 20, 1876, to Lettie M. Gast, a daughter of William Gast, of Delaware County. He is Superintendent of the gravel road between Prospect and Waldo.

B. F. THOMAS, brother of the above, was born in Washington. D. C., | November 6, 1853, and was married, March 1, 1882, to Hattie O. Detwiler, datghter of John and Mary (Ely) Detwiler, of Thompson Township, Delaware County. They have one child - Harry Earl, born February 18, 1883. Mr. T. is a member of the firm of Thomas Brothers, above referred to.

WILLIAM B. THOMAS, farmer, was born in Scioto Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, May 17, 1825, and is ason ef Lord and Elizabeth (Brockway) Thomas, the former a native of New York, and the latter of Virginia. William B., in his early manhood, worked at different kinds of labor. In May, 1848,%he went to Delphos, Ohio, and worked on the canal, and in the fall of 1848 went to Kenton, Hardin County, where he worked at brickmaking and as a brick-mason until December, 1848; from there he went to New Orleans, La., to work on the United States Custom House, then being built. Three days after his arrival, he was taken with cholera. After recovering he found himself penniless, his doctor and nurse bills having taken his last dollar. He secured employment of a man named Blunt, to work at getting out Cyprus staves, near the mouth of the Red River, at Atchafalaya Bayou, where he labored with four other men for one month, when Mr. Blunt skipped the country, with all his "blunt," if he had any, and Mr. Thomas and his comrades did not receive a cent for their month's labor. While there, a panther attacked some men in a shanty near by, killing one of the men. After this, Mr. Thomas worked at floating out cypress logs, to be rafted down the bayou. In this he had better success, and received pay for his work. Next, he went to New Orleans, and took passage for Cincinnati on a steamboat. During the trip thirteen of the passengers died of the cholera. He arrived in Marion County March 13, 1849, and just one year afterward - March 13, 1850 - with six others, started by the overland route for California. While the train of which they were a part was crossing the plains, near St. Mary's River, at the bank of the stream they camped. During the night, two mules and amare were stolen by the Digger Indians. One night, shortly afterward, the two men on guard reported stealing Indians. When Mr. Thomas and three others went out to investigate, they went some sixty rods, keeping about twenty feet apart, till they came to the ridge of a hill, when one of the party fired at an Indian near a sage bush. Immediately some ten or fifteen Indians sprang to their feet, whooping and running. In the melee that ensued, an Indian approached very near Mr. Thomas, when he and his right-hand comrade both leveled their pieces and fired at the same time. The Indian fell dead, and this ended the fight. The rest took to their heels, and from that on the train was not molested by thieving Indians. On his arrival in California, Mr. Thomas worked in the mines until November 15, 1851; during this time clearing about $2,000. He then returned on an ocean steamer, by the way of the

Isthmus, and arrived in New York December 20, 1861. Mr T. was married, July 15, 1852, at Marion, Ohio, to Mary Jofferson, born July 21, 1833, on the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, and a daughter of William and Phoebe (Dann) Jefferson. Her parents emigrated to the United States when she was but eighteen months old, and settled in Scott Township, Marion County. Her father died the year following, leaving a widow, three sons and one daughter. The widow died in December, 1866, in Towa. Decerhber 20, 1852, Mr. Thomas, accompanied by his wife, again started for California, this time by steamer, by way of the Isthmus. They arrived at. Panama on New Year's Day, and were delayed there, by the sickness of- Mrs. Thomas, until February 5. They then took passage by the steamer " Golden Gate" for San Francisco, where they arrived after a voyage of thirteen days. During this voyage, seventy-two passengers died of fever, eleven dying in one day. On the trip, a fellow who was working his passage affronted one of the ladies on board, when, as a punishment, one end 'of a pork barrel was knocked out, a hole large enough to admit his head was cut in the other end; with this for an overcoat, his head sticking out, he was obliged to walk on deck one hour each day for the rest of the trip. During Mr. Thomas' stay in California, three of his children were born; Nevada and William Jefferson both died; Angeline, born October 1, 1856, is still living. October 20, 1857, he, with his family, started on their return by steamer, and in due time arrived in Marion County, in possession of $5,000 as the reward for his few years' labor in California. He soon afterward bought an eighty-acre farm in Claridon Township, where he went to reside. He afterward increased this farm to 184 acres. He lived there until 1874. In March of this year, he bought 112 acres in Prospect Township, on the west bank of the Scioto River, where he has ever since lived. The farm is valued at $100 per acre. Mr. Thomas has been the architect of his own fortune, never having anything given to him for a start. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas have three other children, born in Marion County- - John H., June 16, 1859; Lincoln E., July 18, 1861, and Orrin Ellsworth, October 25, 1867.

HENRY TREESE, farmer, is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in Berks County (now Lehigh County), November 8, 1811. He came to Ohio as a teamster in 1833. Shortly after his arrivalin the State, he loeated in Delaware Township, Delaware County, remaining there some two or three yeays, when he wént to Radnor Township, same county. where he was married, September 4, 1842, to Jane Cratty. He resided in Radnor Township for a number of years, and in 1852 moved upon the farm of 125 acres where he now resides. Mrs. Treese died September 9, 1860. They had a family of children as follows: Joseph H., John Dunlap (deceased), Samuel C., Nancy Jane and Margaret Isabella. Mr. Treese's farm, when. he first bought it, was in a rough condition, the timber only having been cut over; no sign of a fruit tree or other improvements. By his industry, ninety acres of this land has been made subject to the plow, and 100 fruit trees set out. He commenced a poor boy, and on his arrival in Ohio had but $15, and by hard work and perseverance and economy has acquired his property, which is amply sufficient to support him in comfort in his old age. He has been a member of the Presbyterian Church for twenty-four or twenty-five years, and in politics is a Democrat.

WASHINGTON PIKE WARD, farmer, Prospect, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, September 17, 1858, and is a son of William Ward, a native of Shropshire, England, and who died in Delaware County, Ohio, in

1861. His mother was Sarah A. (Howison) Ward, born in Prince William County, Va., February 6, 1814. The Howisons were from Scotland, and trace their ancestry to John Howison, a burgess of the city of Edinburgh in 1450, and were of kin to Sirs William Wallace. The American branch of the Howison family, of whom our subject is a descendant, settled in Prince William County, Va., from whom numerous branches are scattered throughout the United States. The first husband of Mr. Ward's mother was Benjamin F. Thomas, to whom she was married in Jupe, 1836, at Washington City. D. C. Mr. Thomas was also a native of Prince William County, Va. At Mr. Thomas' death she was left with eight children, with whom she came to Delaware County, Ohio, in 1856. The names of the children were Mary, Virginia, Catharine Juliette, John H. (the present Clerk of Marion County), Charles E. and Benjamin F. After their arrival in Delaware County, in 1857, Mrs. Thomas was married to William Ward, who, as before stated, died in 1861. Mrs. Ward is still living, and resides with her son, Washington P. Ward, a mile and a half east of Prospect Village. The latter was married, December 12, 1882, to Miss May Armontrout, a daughter of Abel Armontrout, of Cardington, Morrow Co., Ohio. WATKIN WATKINS was the first of this family that came to America, He was a native of North Wales. where he was married to Elizabeth Evans. They, with their family of two, or possibly three, children, emigrated to America. On the voyage all the children died from fever. This was about the year 1800, or perhaps a few years earlier. They first lived in Philadelphia, where Mr. W. worked at his trade of carpenter. They came to Ohio at an early day, locating on a farm in Radnor Township, Delaware County, where he lived, and died in 1837. Himself and wife were Episcopalians. Robert Watkins, son of the foregoing, and an early settler of Prospect Village, was born June 3, 1805, in Philadelphia. He learned the carpenter's trade of his father, which he followed, in connection with cabinet-making, more or less, all his life. He was married, September 15, 1830, to Miss Joan Parry, at Millville, Delaware Cv., Ohio, by the Rev. Mr. Vandeman, a Presbyterian minister. She was a native of Gundthure, South Wales, and daughter of Urich and Jane (Penry) Parry, both natives of Wales, in which country, also, the father died, leaving a widow and five children - Ann, Mary, Walter, Joan and David. The three first came to Àmerica with their uncle, William Penry, who came to Radnor Township in 1819. The widow of Uriah Parry, with her two youngest cbildren, came with her brother, Walter Penry, who emigrated in 1820, also locating in Radnor Township, Delaware County. Mrs. W. died in Columbus, Ohio, in the fall of 1823. Robert Watkins and family came to Middletown, now Prospect, in December, 1837, moving into a log house nearly opposite where Mohr's store now is, in which they kept the pioneer hotel of Prospect. They afterward bought the lot where the Watkins House now stands. There was a frame house on this lot, which they fixed up and kept as a hotel. Afterward, they built the present brick hotel, and moved the frame to it as an addition. Here Robert Watkins lived until his death, October 29, 1853, and he was buried in what was known as the Delhi Graveyard, in the north part of Radnor Township. Robert Watkins was an oldtime Democrat, and served his township in various local offices. He was an early settler of Prospect. He and wife had a family of ten children - Elizabeth, born July 16, 1831; Sarah, October 25, 1884; Watkin, Novemner 2, 1887; Robert U., October 22, 1839; Thomas P., December 28, 1841; Jonn, February 2, 1844, and died June 14, 1848; Walter D., born August

25, 1847, and two infants not named; Walter D. is also deceased. The grandparents on the maternal side of Mrs. Robert Watkins were Walter Peury, who came to Radnor Township, where he died, and his wife, who died in Wales; her name was Ann Davis, and she was a sister of Bishop Davis, of South Wales.

WATKIN WATKINS, importer and dealer in horses, was born in Pros. pect Township, on the farm now owned by Thomas L. Penry, November 2, 1887. His parents were Robert and Joan (Parry) Watkins, who are mentioned in this volume. Mr. Watkins passed his early years in his father's hotel at Prospect, in the meantime attending school in the old log school house, the first school building erected in Prospect, and after that was torn down, in other school buildings erected on the same site. During the time he was eighteen to twenty years of age, he learned the saddler's trade, and since that period his principal business has been dealing in horses and importing horses from France, being now one of the well-known firm of Watkins Bros. His residence is located west pf the Scioto River, in Prospect Village. It is surrounded by large grounds, neatly arranged. The building is of brick, and is the largest and most elaborately finished of all private residences in the village. Mr. Watkins was married to Miss Leda B. Patten, a daughter of Richard and Susan (Kennedy) Patten, of this county. They have one child, named Richard L. Watkins.

REDDEN S. WEISEL, steam saw mill, and lumber dealer, Prospect Village. Mr. Weisel is a native of New Jersey, and born September 9, 1847, a son of Joseph and Mary (Smith) Weisel. He was brought by his parents to Prospect Township when but two years of age. At twenty years of age, he commenced business on his own account, and the fall he was twenty-one he bought a steam saw mill in Pleasant Township, which he operated for three years, when he took in a partner. The firm also manufactured tile, ran a cider mill, etc. This partnership was closed out in 1879. During these years they had bought a thirty-horse power engine and saw mill, which Mr. Weisel now owns and operates at Prospect Village. The mill averages about 4,000 feet of sawed lumber per day. Mr. W. ships mostly to Columbus and Cleveland. Mr. Weisel was married, in 1877, to Miss Martha Pettey, of Green Camp Township. They reside in Prospect Village,

SOLOMON B. WELCH, pioneer farmer of Prospect, was born in' the State of Vermont September 16, 1799. He bought and settled upon 122 acres of land in this township about 1830-33. He cleared about ninety acres of this farm. Hie first wife was Lavina Smith, born December 27, 1808, and died December 6, 1834. By this union there were the following children: Emily, born November 17, 1821; Martha, August 16, 1823; Thomas W., January 26, 1827; Presley, April 9, 1832; Lavina, December 17, 1888. He was again married, January 6, 1836, to Mary Carnahan, born June 5, 1817, in Indiana County, Penn, and a daughter of Samuel and Margaret (Lloyd) Carnahan; natives, respectively, of the North of Ireland and Wales. By Mr. Welch's last marriage were the following children: Uriah H., born February 2, 1888; Elizabeth, July 14, 1840; Miriam D. January 29, 1842, and died August 22, 1851; John W., June 19, 1843; Corintha S. December 9, 1846; Solomon C., June 18, 1850; Mary A., November 27, 1852; Wealthy V., September 7, 1856, and died October 24, 1866; Addis A., January 18, 1861. Solomon B. Welch died at his homestead in this township October 23, 1862. His widow still resides there, and relates that when she first settled there, traveling was all done a-foot or on horseback. The meetings were held in schoothouses or at private residences. There was scarcely any fruit except wild plums and gooseberries; but they had plenty of maple sirup and sugar, which was used 'in place of fruit. Eggs sold for 3 cents per dozen, and they would receive but $1.50 per hundred weight for pork, after carrying it to Delaware. Their clothing was all made from flax and wool, spun in the family. Mrs. Welch still enjoys good health, is a pleasant, genial aud worthy type of the pioneer women and long may her years be numbered among those of the living. She is a member of the Methodist Church. Uriah H. Welch, farmer, son of the above, enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at Delaware, Ohio, September 8, 1862, to serve in the war of the rebellion. He honorably participated in many battles, and was one of Gen. Sherman's army on its famous march to the sea. He served until the close of the war in 1865.

JAMES F. WOTTRING, Assistant Cashier of the Prospect Bank, was born in this township July 21, 1852, and is a son of Louis and Rachel L. (Waters) Wottring. Until eighteen years-of age, he clerked in his father's grocery store. At this age, too, he learned the painter's trade, but now, as above stated, is acting as Assistant Cashier of the Prospect Bank. In politics, Mr. W. advocates the principles as represented by the Democratic party, and has served the township and village in various offices. He is now Justice of the Peace, has been Clerk of the village since 1878 and Township Clerk since 1880. * He has been Clerk of the Village School District for two years, and member of the Village Board of Education for three years. He is a member of Prospect Lodge, No. 483, I. O. O. F., and of the Riehwood Encampment, No. 185. He was married, December 24, 18774, to Lydia D. Leist, a daughter of Peter and Margaret (Gast) Leist. Mr. W. has a family of two children - Louis Claud, born September 9, 1878, and Margaret Ethel, born January 8, 1881.

L. H. WOTTRING, retired merchant and farmer, was born at Stockertown, Northampton Co., Penn., February 5, 1827, and came to this county with his parents, Jacob J. and Hannah (Mohr) Wottring, in 1839. He was married, September 3, 1848, to Rachel L. Waters, a daughter of N. B. Waters, an early settler of Prospect, and formerly of Pennsylvania. Mr. Wottring was engaged in mercantile pursuits for many years; first asa clerk in a dry goods store, then, with his brother, carried on the grocery business at Clyde, Sandusky County, for eighteen months, when he returned to Prospect, where he opened and condueted a grocery store until four years ago; he then closed out, and retired to live on his farm of 109 acres, a half mile north of Prospect Village, where he occupies his time in overseeing his farm. Mr. Wottring is a member of the I. O. O. F., also member of Mizpah Encampment of Marion, and is a charter member of the lodge in Prospect Village. In politics, he is a Democrat.

JOHN B. WYATT was born October 18, 1826, in what is now Waldo Township, but formerly Marlborough Township, Delaware County. His parents were Samuel D. and Lavina (Brundige) Wyatt, both natives of New York State and pioneers in this county. John B. remained with his parents until he was twenty-three years of age. Up to this time he had attended the common schools of the township. He then attended a select school at Marion for six months, and the following winter taught school. In the summer of 1850, he attended the university at Delaware, Ohio, for five months, and the next winter taught school at Prospect Village. In the summer of 1851, he formed a partnership with Stephen Curren, und they opened a dry goods store at Norton. This continued but one season, when he, with his brother David, went to La Rue, where they built a house. It was commenced in 1851 and finished the next year, and the second house erected in La Rue after the village plat was laid out. Mr. Wyatt had bought the lot some time before. His brother had never been there until they went to build; there was no sign of streets or any improvements; nothing but stumps and an old pasture field; his brother was vexed, and de. clared that the place would never amount to anything, but finally consented to go ahead and build. They sold this building the next year, 1853, and Mr. Wyatt returned to Prospect and opened a dry goods store and continued for three years, when he sold out and bought 158 acres of land four miles east of Prospect Village, in Waldo Township, for which he paid $8.25 per aere. The land was in a perfectly wild condition and unimproved, but is now in a high state of cultivation, with fine buildings and other improvements. He still owns this property.- He lived there tlll November, 1881, when he moved to Prospect Village, where he had previously erected a fine brick residence, near the depot, in which he now resides with his family. Previous to moving to Prospect, he was for three px engaged in buying and shipping grain, af Prospect, for Mr. De Wolfe, of Marion. He then formed a partnership with Watkins Brothers, under ihe firm nameof Wyatt & Watkins Bros., for the purpose of doing a general warehouse business, as noted on a preceding page. Mr. Wyatt was formerly a member of the Free- Will Baptist Church, and afterward of the United Brethren Church, but as neither of these denominations hold regular services at Prospect Village, Mr. Wyatt attends other,meetings. In politics, he is a Republican. Mr. W. was married, April 1, 1852, to Elizabeth J. Watkins, who was born July 16, 1831, a daughter of Robert and Joan (Parry) Watkins. They have three children, named as follows: David W., born February 11, 1853; Thomas W., born September 23, 1858; Santford D., born July 10, 1865. All the boys live on the farm in Waldo Township. Mr.Wyatt is one of the most substantial and enterprising citizens of Prospect.

CHARLES WYNN, farmer, was born in Wales May 28, 1822; eame to this county with his father, John Wynn, mentioned elsewhere. He owns 100 aeres of land, with fine improvements. He, by his own labor, cleared fifty acres of this farm. He was married, in 1856, to Sarah Canous, daughter of Joseph Canous. They had four,children - Harvey A., died, aged fourteen years; William E., married Fannie Maytield, and lives in Prospect Township; C. S. and Joseph F. died, aged respectively four and a half months and five years and four months. Mr. Wynn's wife died June 26, 1877, since which time he has remained a widower.

EDWARD WYNN, farmer, was born in Wales, and is a son of John Wynn, Sr., mentioned elsewhere. Mr. W. lives on and owns the old homestead of his father. He has always followed the occupation of farming, though meanwhile has worked some at carpentering, He was married, November 24, 1850, to Martha Ann Canous, who was born April 4, 1833, a daughter of Joseph Canous, who was an early settler of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and afterward of Marion County. Mr. and Mrs. Wynn have eight children - Rachel A., born October 7, 1852; Sarah Olive, July 31, 1854; Joseph H., June 13, 1857; Benjamin A., February 6, 1861; Viola M., September 12, 1863; Isaac E., July 31, 1866; Clara Iona, February 6, 1869; George Evan, July 29, 1872. Mr. Wynn is one of Prospect Township's most respected citizens.

JOHN WYNN, farmer, is a native of Wales, and is a son of John and Phoebe (Gaugh) Wynn, mentioned elsewhere, and was born March 15, 1819. When nineteen years of age, he commenced for himself, working at farm labor. Mr. Wynn moved upon the farm which he now owns and where he lives, in 1852. It consists of 180 acres of 'the most productive land in Prospect Township. The farm is well fenced and drained, and in the way of buildings is one of the most attractive places in the county. The house and outbuildings were built by Mr. Wynn; at an expense of about $4,000. He is one of the most substantial and enterprising farmers of Prospect Township, as the surroundings of his home would indicate. He voted as a Whig for Gen. Harrison, but since the formation of the Republican party has acted with them. "Mr. Wynn has been married twice. The first time to Miss Mary Owens, October 24, 1844; she died fifteen months afterward, and he was married, March 16, 1848, to Sarah A. McCray. By the last marriage there are ten children, as follows: George, born January 23, 1849; Jennie, November 17, 1850; Joseph, August 31, 1852; Mary, May 9, 1854; Sarah E., January 14, 1856; Emma E., February 18, 1858; John, Jr., December 25, 1859; Walter, January 27, 1862; Wilbur E., May 28, 1865; Reuben S., October 11, 1867. Mr. aud Mrs. Wynn are members of the United Brethren Church.

GABRIEL M. YOUNG, harness and saddlery, Prospect Village, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, December 6, 1840, and is son of Reuben T. and Maria (Brouse) Young; the former born near Niagara Falls, Canada, and the latter in Wayne County, Ohio. G. M. Young learned his trade in the shop of his father, who was a harness-maker. Soon after he completed his trade he came to Prospect Village. He was married, in 1863, to Maggie A. Landon, daughter of Rev. P. P. Landon, of Prospect, and in the spring of 1866 he opened a harness-shop in the village on his own account. He continued business here until the fall of 1867, when he moved to Platte County, Neb., where he took up a homestead of eighty acres, situated six miles from the Union Pacific Railroad. and seventy-five miles west of Omaha. Their habitation, into which they immediately moved, was a " dug-out," or a hole dug in the side of a hill, with a dirt floor, wall and roof; the roof was supported by poles. The family subsisted mostly upon game meat for the first three years. The first shot that Mr. Young fired at game in that region was at a six-prong buck, which he killed. From the door of his " dug-out" he shot and killed six wolves the first year, and many a night heard the wolves scratching at his door to make an entrance. In this habitation the family lived nine years, when he built a frame house. While living on this land Mr. Young still worked at his trade, doing the work in the dug-out. He bought his-stock at North Bend, a town thirteen miles distant, on the Union Pacific Railroad. His only means of getting it home was by wheelbarrow power. When the work was finished, it was taken to town by him in the same way. The orly mill where he could get flour or meal ground for the family was twenty-five miles away. The family lived on this land for twelve years. He sold the homestead in June, 1879, and moved to Schuyler, Colfax Co., Neb., where he worked ab his trade until September 1, when he bought the stock and harness shop of J. W. Monroe, of Schuyler, and continued in the business there for twenty-one months, when he sold out and returned to Prospect. Mr. and Mrs. Young have seven children, as follows: William P. (born in Shelby, Richland Co., Ohio), Mary Virginia (born in Prospect), Granville Penn, Simeon A., David P., Morrison J. and Mabel Sylvania; all except the two first were born in Ne- braska; the last two are twins, the boy is of the brunette type and the girl a perfect blonde. R. T. Young (father of G. M.) and four sons were in the army, at one time, during the last war. William Perry was killed at the charge on Kenesaw Mountain June 27, 1864. At that time, Gabriel M. Young was under Gen. Grant; his boy, born the following month, July 20, 1864, he 'named after the fallen hero boy, the youngest of the four. The oldest - Milton - was killed in Chattanooga Creek, January 12, 1865, leaving a wife and son.