Springfield Township (part 25 of 69)

Amos Smith grew to manhood on the home farm and during boyhood he attended the district schools. He inherited 123 acres of land from his father and to this he added sixty acres, bought from the estate of Henry Jones, and sixty-five acres, from Samuel Melvin. In addition to this he owns two other properties at Vienna and two and one-half acres near Springfield, at Bird's Crossing, which is .very valuable, being already laid out in town lots. From boyhood, Mr. Smith has been interested in mechanics and has made many experiments which have resulted in the invention of innumerable farm implements in which the moving principle makes the invention superior to any other of the kind on the market. His invention, a clover bimcher, was considered so valuable that it was gladly purchased by the Champion Machine Company. On this ho has secured an improved patent, a buncher that will deliver at the side instead of behind. Mr. Smith has also an improved drill on the market, together with other inventions. He is a man of progressive and up-to-date ideas and was the first farmer in Clark County to invest in an automobile.

In 1872, Mr. Smith married Catherine Wiet, who was born in Clark County, February 10, 1853, and is a daughter of Michael and Ann (Runyan) Wiet. Mr. and Mrs. Wiet had nine children, namely: James, Eli, Mary, Catherine, Sarah A.; Asa, Lucinda, Millie and a babe that died in infancy. The father of Mrs. Smith was a soldier in the Civil War and died in 1864, at New Orleans. Mrs. .Wiet, who was born in 1827, still survives. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have had six children, namely: Clifford, Sylvia, Leona, Nina, Fostoria and Kate. The eldest, Clifford, was born April 7, 1873, and died December 12, 1898. Sylvia was born November 24, 1875, married Noah Jones and they have one child, Gladys. Leona was bom December 18, 1878, in 1899 was married to Charles Patterson and they have one son, Robert. Nina was born May 27, 1883, married Dr. E. A. Dye and they have two children. Max and Mildred. Fostoria was born March 13, 1891, and attends the Plattsburg High School. The youngest, Kate, was born January 8, 1893, and resides with her parents.

JOHN A. YEAZEL, who was one of Moorefield's leading citizens for manyyears, was born on the old Jacob Yeazel farm, in Moorefield Township, October 10, 1837, and died August 3, 1907. He was a son of Jacob and Ellen (Foley) Yeazel.

Jacob Yeazel was born November 10, 1809, near Todd's Fork, Clinton County, Ohio, and was a son of Abraham and Mary (Curl) Yeazel. He married Ellen Foley, who was born January 14, 1810, a daughter of John and Jane (Reiser) Foley. The Foleys were very early settlers of Moorefield Township, locating here when the country was a wilderness and Indians were numerous. The paternal grandfather of John A. Yeazel, Abraham Yeazel, was born in Virginia, April 29, 1774, and in October, 1794, was married to Mary Curl, who was born October 30, 1776. It will be seen that this family can be easily traced for several generations, and its members have always been people of high character and useful lives.

The late John A. Yeazel followed agricultural pursuits, a large portion of his life having been spent in Moorefield Township. After his first marriage he settled in Madison County, Ohio, but after the death of his wife, several years later, he sold his farm in Madison County and returned to Moorefield Township, where he lived for the remainder of his life with the exception of about four years spent in Harmony Township. There he owned 283 acres.

John A. Yeazel was married (first) to Mary A. Baird, who died in Madison County, leaving three children, namely: Sarah, who is the wife of Joseph W. Page ; Walter D., who married Lura Snaufer; and Fannie, who married Henry Otstot.

Mr. Yeazel was married (second) to Angeline Hodge, March 14, 1872. Mrs. Yeazel was bom and reared in Pleasant Township, Clark County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Samuel E. and Sevina (Spencer) Hodge. Samuel E. Hodge was born in Virginia and was a son of Andrew Hodge, who was the pioneer who came at an early date to Clark County and settled on the farm which has never since been owned by other than a Hodge, it now being the property of Matthew Hodge, the brother of Mrs. Yeazel. When the grandfather came to this section of country and selected the land he wished to enter, he started back to Virginia to bring his money in order to make a pajTnent. He placed the wallet in his saddle-bags, on the back of his trusty horse. When he reached the Ohio River it was in a swollen condition and when Mr. Hodge attempted to swim his horse across, the rapidly flowing current overturned the saddle-bags and the heavj'^ wallet went to the bottom. Many experiences had before this tested the traveler's bravery and ingenuity, and without the loss of a moment he was equal to this call on his powers, and diving to the bottom he secured the precious purse which represented, probably, the savings of years.

Mr. and Mrs. Yeazel had one child. Claret B., who married Walter Snaufer. Mr. and Mrs. Snaufer have six children, namely : Blanche B., Ruth E., Sevina E., Edith "m., Carl D. and Hazel M.

Sevina (Spencer) Hodge, the mother of Mrs. Yeazel, was a daughter of Matthew Spencer, who was a native of New York. He came with his family to Clark County before any divisions of land had been made and settled before the building of

ROBERT JOHNSON, the subject of this sketch, was born January 20, 1832, in Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio, and is a son of James and Helen (Johnston) Johnson.

James Johnson was born in County Donegal, Ireland, and in 1824 he emigrated to America, bringing with him his family. His objective point was Clark County, where he bought a farm of 100 acres of wild land, south of Springfield. The remainder of his life was taken up with clearing, developing and improving this farm, on which his wife died in 1869 and his death occurred in 1872. They were the parents of eight children.

Robert Johnson attended the district schools of Springfield Township until 1849, when he came to Springfield, leaving his brothers to assist his father in operating the farm. He had a natural aptitude for carpenter's and joiner's work, to which he served an apprenticeship, and later he engaged with his brother in building and contracting at Springfield until 1865. The oil industry was then springing up in Pennsylvania and he went to that state and became financially interested in the oil fields there. In 1867, Mr. Johnson returned to Springfield, where he became associated with Amos Wliiteley, J. W. Taylor, W. W. Wilson, Walter Craig and others in the organization of The Champion Machine Company, which with added capital and wider trade relations, was to succeed the Whiteley, Fassler and Kelly firm, which

Mr. Johnson was made secretary and superintendent of the Champion Machine Company and served as such for fifteen years. When the Champion Malleable Iron Company was formed in 1873, Mr. Johnson became its secretary and a member of its directing board. In the following year the Bar and Knife Company was organized by the above concerns, which continued successfully to carry on business imtil 1884, and until 1881 Mr. Johnson was a member of its board of directors and its secretary. In 1882 Mr. Johnson built a fine block on West Main Street, which has ever since borne his name.

In 1883 Mr. Johnson again became connected with large industrial enterprises, acquiring an interest in the manufacturing concern of Mast, Foos and Company, of which he was chosen vice-president, and he also later associated himself with the capitalists who organized the Sujaerior Drill Company. This company was incorporated with a capital stock of $250,000, and Mr. Johnson has served during its existence as its vice-president. The first board of directors of this company were: E. L. Buchwalter, Robert Johnson, C. E. Patric, Thomas F. Mc- Grew and Charles S. Kay. This corporation was a few years ago taken into the American Seeding Company, and forms the Superior Drill division of that combination of manufacturing plants, Mr. Johnson retiring from active service therein. In 1892 he acquired an interest in the Hoppes Manufacturing Company, of which he is vice-president, and is also a large stockholder in the Foos Gas Engine Company, of which he was formerly vice-presideut. He has been more or less concerned in the growth and success of manj^ other lesser concerns. He is a director and stockholder in the Springfield Coal and Ice Company, which manufactured the first artificial ice used here. Mr. Johnson owns a large amount of real estate and he has done much to improve the city and add to its business facilities. In 1902 he built the first steel skeleton structure in Spring-field, a magnificent brick structure on High Street, between Limestone and Fountain Avenue, five stories high, with a frontage of 100 feet and a depth of 115 feet, which is utihzed as the Edward Wren department store. He owns a beautiful home at No. 580 East High Street.

Mr. Johnson was married to Adelaide T. Humphreys, and they have the following children: EfiEie, who married K. M. Burton; Nellie, who became the wife of Randolph Coleman; Frank C, who is vicepresident of the American Seeding Company; Clara, who married A. M. Mc- Knight; Jessie, who married Luther L. Buchwalter; and Benjamin P., who is connected with the American Seeding Company. The family belong to the High Street Methodist Episcopal Church. For many years Mr. Johnson has been a trustee of the church and of Ferncliff Cemetery. He has always been prominent in the city's benevolent work and in spite of his absorbing business interests, has never neglected civic duties or evaded a citizen's responsibilities.

and a half acres, was born in New Jersey, April 11, 1847, and is a son of Alexander and Ellen (Bobbins) Dean, and a grandson of Alexander and Lydia Dean.

The Dean family came to Clark County in 1859. There were nine children born to the parents of George Dean, as follows : Clorinda, Lydia, William, Mary, Charlotta, Rachel, George, Alice and Emeline. Clorinda married Edward Shreeves and they had five children. Lydia married Thomas Way and they had three children. William married Sarah Hahnley, who at death left a family of children. Charlotta is the widow of John Smith and the mother of seven children. Rachel, deceased, is survived by her husband, Bruce Reese, and several children. Mary married Harry Walker and they have twelve children. Alice married James Todd. Emeline married John Thompson and they have five children.

George Dean was twelve years old when his parents came to Clark County and here he obtained his education. In 1906 he purchased his present property. In 1874 he was married in Clark County to Phebe Hatfield and they have two children, namely: John H., who was born October 12, 1876, resides in Oregon; and E. Luella, who was born in 1880. In 1904 she was married to Thomas N. Jones.

Mrs. Dean was born in Clark County, Ohio, August 11, 1843, and is a daughter of John and Eva (Garlough) Hatfield. John Hatfield was born April 3, 1798, and died June 16, 1883. His wife was born January 24, 1801, and died June 25, 1881. They were married in- 1821 and had the following children : John G., Samuel C,

James T., Margaret, Nathaniel, William, Nancy, Mary E., Martin, Augustus, Michael and Phebe. John G. Hatfield was born in 1821 and died February 15, 1908. He married Anna Strong and they had the following children : William, Greorge, Martin, Jefferson, Malissa and Sarah E. Samuel, deceased, married Elizabeth Hause and they had children as follows: John, Frank, Scott, James, Sarah, Ida and Ella. Augustus Hatfield enlisted as a sharpshooter, in 1861, in the Sixty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and remained in the service until he was mustered out at Springfield, Illinois, in 1865. He participated in many important battles, including Fort Donelson, Chattanooga, Shiloh, Lovejoy Station, and was Avith General Sherman's forces in the March on Atlanta and participated in the grand review at Washington City. Martin Hatfield married Delilah Webb and they have two children, Frank and Charles. Michael Hatfield was also a soldier in the Civil AVar. He married Mary E. Carroll and they have two children, Nancy Eva and Minnie. The other members of the family, with the exception of Mrs. Dean, died when young.

In 1864 Mr. Dean enlisted for service in the Civil War as a member of the Seventy-first Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, aod before he was discharged, in 1865, at San Antonio, Texas, he saw some very hard fighting, taking part in the liattles of Nashville and Franklin. He and his wife are members of the M. P. Church in Pitchin.

SAMUEL H. PENQITITE, pro]irietor of the Hill Top Stock Farm in Pike Township, Clark County, Ohio, is a well known resident of Dialton, where he has lived for the past thirteen years. He comes of an old established family in America, both paternal and maternal ancestors having come to this country during Colonial days. He was born on the home farm in Warren County, Ohio, July 4, 1856, and is a son of William and Julia Ann (Ford) Penquite, and a grandson of James and Elizabeth (Urton) Penquite.

James Penquite was born October 7, 1782, in Virginia, to which place his father had come from England at a very early day. In the fall of 1816 he moved with his wife and two children to Warren County, Ohio, where he settled in the woods. He died there December 15, 1835. He was married to Elizabeth Urton, who was born in Virginia, January 9, 1787, and died in Warren County, Ohio, July 2, 1871. They had the following children: William, an unnamed infant, Nancy, John, Thomas, Andrew Jackson, Elizabeth, James and Alexander, all now deceased.

William Penquite was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia, October 12, 1811, and was about five years of age when brought to Ohio by his parents, who located in Warren County at a time when the comitry was still wild. Deer and other wild game abounded, and were often seen from their cabin, which was erected in the woods. Being the eldest of the children, and left fatherless while still young, the burdens of the head of the house fell on his shoulders. He worked hard to clear up the farm, which he developed into a good property, and resided in Warren County the remainder of his life, except the last two years, which were spent in Clarksville, Clinton County. He was married April 18, 1839, to Julia Ann Ford, who was born February 24, 1817, and was a daughter of Elijah and Jerusha (Kibby) Ford. Her mother was a daughter of Captain Ephriam Kibby, the noted Indian fighter about Cincinnati, who was located at Ft. Washington during the war with the British. Mrs. Penquite died December 20, 1888, and was survived a few years by her husband, who died November 4, 1891. Eleven children blessed their union: Frank, Jerusha, Nancy E., one who died in infancy, John W., Nathaniel P. and Mary M., twins, Elijah F., Alexander M., Samuel H. and Anna M. The survivors are: Jerusha, John ^Y., Samuel II. and Anna M.

Samuel H. Penquite was born on the home farm in Warren County and received a liberal education in the district school and through night study at home. He afterward taught school for nine years in his home county. He then turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, at which he has made a success. In 1895 he moved to Dialton, Pike Township, where he and wife have twenty-five acres, which place is known as the Hill Top Stock Farm. Together they own 225 acres situated in Pike Township, Clark County, and in Jackson Township, Champaign County. Mr. Penquite has raised stock extensively in the past, making a specialty of Poland China hogs. He is a man with numerous other interests, being a notary public, a representative of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, and agent for monuments for D. M. Bunnell & Company, of Urbana.

who was born in Virginia and was a daughter of Elisha F. and Margaret (Mc- Elwee) Orndorff, both of Virginia. She died July 5, 1892, leaving a son. Pearl, who is a graduate of the Lawrenceville High School. Mr. Penquite was married (second) December 1, 1895, to Mrs. Emma Frances (Michael) Callison. She was bom in Dialton and is a daughter of William and Catherine (Friermood) Michael, both natives of Clark County. William Michael was born October 2, 1828, an'd spent all but four and one-half years here, that time being passed in Indiana, and died in Clark County in 1885. He was married June 22, 1851, to Catherine Friermood, who was born near Tremont City, Clark County, Ohio, and died at Dialton in 1900. They had but one child, Emma Frances. The latter was first married October 4, 1881, to George Callison, who died January 1, 1889, leaving two children : William C, who died at eighteen months, and Glenna C, wife of Earl D. Covell, a civil engineer in the service of the United States Goverament, who is stationed at Ft. Thomas, Kentucky.

Mr. and Mrs. Penquite are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which her father was a local preacher for many years, and of which Mr. Penquite is secretary, treasurer and trustee. She is an active worker in th.e AV. C. T. U. Fraternally, Mr. Penquite is a member of the Urbana Lodge No. 764, I. O. 0. F.; Mad River Council No. 56, Junior Order United American Mechanics; Logan Castle No. 1, K. of G. E., at Springfield.

HEZEKIAH R. GEIGER, Ph. D., D. D., was one of the founders of Wittenberg College, at Springfield, a member of its first faculty, and for many years he was recognized not only as a power in the Lutheran Church, but as one of the leading men of literary and scientific attainment in Ohio.

Dr. Geiger was born January 10, 1820, at Greencastle, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and was a son of Henry and Julia (Rheubush) Geiger. Charles Geiger, the paternal grandfather of Dr. Geiger, was born in Germany and became a resident of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1772. He served, from Philadelphia, in the Revolutionary War.

Henry Geiger, father of Dr. Geiger, was born in 1789, in Montgomery County, where he resided until the War of 1812, when he joined General Scott's division, and participated in the battles of Chi]> pewa Plains and Lundy's Lane. He was with Commodore Perry on Lake Erie, being aboard one of the ships which anchored at Put-in-Bay, and assisted in burying the dead whose dust lies there. After an honorable discharge, Henry Geiger settled in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1833, when he removed wi'th his family to Columbiana County, Ohio. In 1834 he migrated to Holmes County, and in 1851 to Champaign County. He died at the home of hi?-, son in Springfield, in 1861.

In 1815 Henry Geiger married Julia Rheubush, who was born and reared at Hagerstown, Maryland, and died in Champaign County, August 31, 1854. Tliey had twelve children, eleven of whom were sons. Seven of the latter became eminent in professional life, the last survivor of

Dr. Hezekiah R. Geiger accompanied bis parents to Ohio but completed his collegiate course in the Pennsylvania College, in 1846. After coming to Springfield, he became associated with Rev. Ezra Keller, D. D., and Michael Diehl, and they foimded that institution of learning, W^ittenberg College, which has since been an important adjunct of the Lutheran Church. He filled the chairs of Latin, natural science and mathematics in the new college during its earlier years, but subsequently confined his instruction to natural science alone, and from 1873 until his death, which occurred July 18, 1899, he remained interested in scientific investigations. In 1882 he resigned his position as a member of the faculty at Wittenberg College, so as to have more time in which to pursue his favorite work. In 1874 he had visited the Pacific coast and the Sandwich Islands, as a scientist, and after accepting a position on the United States Geological Survey, in charge of the Blue Ridge Division, in 1883, he pursued his investigations through Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia, and through his careful, painstaking, thorough work, prepared data which have been the basis for subsequent geological work in these regions. He made many important literary contributions to the secular, as well as religious press and ably edited the Lutheran Evangelist for a protracted period.

Dr. Geiger was married December 14, 1854, to Nancy Melvina Hartford, who was born in West Virginia, and who died September 30, 1900. She was a lady of high mental attainments and was well , qualified to be the companion of her learned husband. They had seven ehildi-en, namely : Alice M., who was the first woman graduated at Wittenberg College, completing the course in 1879; Charles A., who is manager of the Troy Wagon Works, at Troy, Ohio; Lizzie G., whose husband, A. D. Hosterman, is president and general manager of the Poultry Success Company and also conducts an insurance business at Room 39, on the northwest corner of Main and Limestone Streets, residing at No. 312 Woodlawn Avenue ; Anna L., who is the wife of J. N. Garver, who is engaged in a real estate business at Springfield, residing at No. 206 Ferncliff avenue; Harry M., residing at Canton, Ohio; Ella L., who occupies the old family home, with her sister Alice, which was built in 1853 by their father, at No. 3 Ferncliff Avenue; and Hon. Frank W., who is serving in his second term as probate judge of Clark County.

While Dr. Geiger accepted no political office, he served on many civic and educational boards. Education, charity, religion, all found a place in his heart and life.

ENOS WILLIAM XANDERS, residing in the village of Lawrenceville, Clark County, Ohio, has been identified with the farming interests of German Township during the greater part of his life and for twenty years has been a member of Clark County Board of Agriculture, during two years of which he was president of that body. He was born August 8, 1861, on his father's farm in German Township,

William Xanders was born in German Township, Clark County, Ohio, May 7, 1824, and was a son of John and Magdalena (Baker) Xanders, his father having come to Clark County at a very early period. Amid the hardships and trials of pioneer life, he grew to maturity, receiving but a meager educational training in the primitive schools of that period. After his marriage he rented a farm for a few years, aud then, with the capital which had been acquired through the labors of himself and wife, 130 acres of land, upon which he thereafter made his home until his death, on January 4, 1878. A man of ability and good judgment, he acquired other properties, some of which he afterward sold, and at the time of his death owned 320 acres in Carter County, Missouri, which still remains in the family name.

On August 9, 1849, William Xanders was joined in marriage with Susanna Baker, who was born in German Township June 18, 1828, and was a daughter of John and Susanna (Nawman) Baker, early settlers here. They became parents of the following children : Sarah, wife of Taylor Seifert of Springfield; Isabella C, wife of Edward M. Patterson of Springfield; Mary E., wife of Daniel F. Sliafer; Enos William ; Emma A., wife of John H. Foreman of Springfield; and Susanna J., wife of 0. W. Flick of German Township. Mr. Xanders was always a Democrat in pohtics, but never held nor sought office. His death was mourned as a sad loss to the community where he had always lived.

schools of his home district. At the age of eighteen years he began teaching school in District No. 7, German Township, and continued for three years. After his marriage, in 1882, he engaged in farming the home place until 1887, then moved to Lawrenceville, where he conducted a general store for ten years. During the administration of President Cleveland he was appointed postmaster of that village, serving in that capacity until the office was abandoned to make way for the rural free delivery which had been established. Finding his health was failing because of too close confinement, he sold oi;t his store and for a period of five years traveled in the interests of a fertilizer company, after which he returned to the farm. He farmed in a most successful manner until 1907, when he again moved to Lawrenceville, where he now lives.

Mr. Xanders was married September 21, 1882, to Anna C. Ballentine, daughter of James V. and Rosanna (Domer) Ballentine, and they have five children: Blanche, born August 19, 1883, married Jerome Michael and has two children : Mabel and Edith; Clyde, who graduated from Wittenberg College in 1906, was born March 21, 1885, and is teaching German and Latin in German Township High School; Claude, born June 1, 1887, resides in iBay City, Texas ; Ruth, born April 20, 1893 ; and Cleon, born March 7, 1889. Mr. Xanders is a Democrat in politics and has served eight years as a member of the Board of Education. In 1888 he was elected a member of the Clark County Board of Agriculture, and has been reelected each succeeding year. He has done much to advance the agricultural interests of this section of the State, and to improve the condition of farm life. He is a man of recognized ability and enjoys the highest respect and esteem of his fellow citizens, among whom he has lived for so long a time. Fraternally he is a member of Springfield Lodge No. 33, L 0. O. F., and Donnell's Creek Council No. 121, J. 0. U. A. M.

P. P. CRABILL, president of the Central Brass and Fixture Company, one of the prominent manufacturing concerns of Springfield, has been a resident of Clark County, Ohio, all his life. He was born in Springfield Township, in 1879, and is a son of John Crabill.

John Crabill, an influential farmer and landowner of Springfield Township, was also born in Clark County, in 1848, and is a son of Thomas V. Crabill. The latter was born in Virginia and in 1816, during his boyhood days, came west to Clark County, Ohio. He farmed and dealt extensively in stock, becoming one of the largest landowners in the county and a man of prominence.

P. P. Crabill was reared on the old home place in Springfield Township, and after completing the prescribed course in the public schools pursued a course of study in mechancial engineering in the Ohio State University at Columbus, from which institution he was graduated in 1900. Immediately thereafter he became identified with the Foos Gas Engine Company, remaining with them for seven years. In February, 1907, he, in connection with James Turner, organized the Central Brass and Fixture Works of Springfield, which in September of that year was re-organized and incorporated as the Central Brass and Fixture Company with a capital stock of $10,000. Mr. Crabill was elected president, with Mr. Turner as treasurer and manager. They manufacture all kinds of brass castings and finished work, making a specialty of the Puritan Bath Cock, and have built a large and remunerative trade. Our subject is also a stockholder in the Foos Gas Engine Company.

In October, 1906, Mr. Crabill was joined in marriage with Miss Bertha Jones, daughter of C. M. Jones, a well known citizen of Union County, Ohio. Fraternally he is an Elk. He and his wife are members of the High Street Methodist Episcopal Church.

MAJOR WILLIAM HUNT was formerly one of the leading men of Clark County, Ohio. He was the first president of the Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad, now known as the Sandusky branch of the Big Four Railroad, was the first president of the Clark County Agricultural Society, and was identified with improvement and progress during the whole of his active life. Major Hunt was born in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, October 25, 1797, and died while on a visit to a daughter at Springfield, Ohio, May 17, 1867.

The parents of Major Hunt were Ralph and Lydia (Eyre) Hunt. Prior to coming to Clark County, Ohio, Ralph Hunt operated Hunt's Mills in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, and after reaching this section he bought, in association with his sons, about 600 acres of land. The Hunts soon began the building of a fine residence, which was completed in 18.30, and at the time was the best house in Clark County. In early manhood he married Lydia Eyre, who was a daughter of Manuel Eyre, who was an officer in the War of the Revolution. He was born in Philadelphia and was a ship builder by trade and testified to his loyalty not only by serving as a soldier but also by contributing to pay war expenses. There were five sons and one daughter born to Ralph and Lydia Hunt, namely: William, Manuel Eyre, Ishi Van Cleve, Daniel and Franklin Eyre. The youngest son was a student at the military post at West Point when his father came to Ohio. The eldest son had preceded his father and the two next in order accompanied him. These two sons never married but remained in Ohio, where they acquired large tracts of land in Clark and Champaign Counties. The other son, Daniel, came also to Clark County, where he married but did not remain in Ohio, his record being lost. Ralph Hunt died in 1838.

Major William Hunt probably acquired his title through service in the New Jersey militia and in the War of 1812. He was afforded educational opportunities and in young manhood came to Ohio in search of a business opening, which he found at Urbana, in Champaign County, where he entered into a mercantile business and was subsequently made postmaster. It was during his residence at Urbana that his father and brothers came to Clark County. Several years after his marriage, when his father died, William Hunt left Urbana and came to Moorefield Township, Clark County, and took possession of the home farm and he continued to reside in Clark County during the re-

At Urbana, Ohio, Major William Hunt was married to Mary MeCord, a most estimable woman, who survived until December 25, 1881, having outlived her husband for fourteen years. They had born to them six sons and six daughters, the sons, Ralph, Samuel, William, Robert, George and Edward, all having passed out of life. Ralph and William were soldiers in the Civil War. All the daughters of the family survive, as follows : Kate, who is the widow of E. B. Cassilly; Mary, who IS the widow of William H. Tiers, residing at Philadelphia; Meta, who married Chandler Robbins, residing at Springfield; Eleanor, Rose and Virginia, residing on the homestead in Moorefield Township.

Major Hunt took a deep interest in politics and public matters prior to the Civil War and was a zealous supporter of Stephen A. Douglas. He remained a Democrat in his convictions but never voted the ticket after the defeat of his chosen candidate.

GUSTAVUS S. FOOS. The late Gustavus S. Foos was one of Spring-field's representative men, one who, through public spirit, progressive business methods and exemj^lary personal life, deserves to have his name remembered among those who have contributed largely to this city's prosperity. He was the founder and for many years the able president of the Foos Manufacturing Company, one of Springfield's leading industries. Gustavus S. Foos was born in Franklin, now West Columbus, Ohio, July

8, 1818, and died July 11, 1900, rounding out a useful life of eighty-two years. He was a son of General Joseph Foos, who was once ])romiuent in the military affairs of this section, and later served as a statesman, for twenty-one years, being a member of the Ohio Legislature.

Gustavus S. Foos obtained his education in the Springfield schools, leaving the High School in his second year, when he went to Illinois, where he remained three years. Uijon his return to Ohio he entered the employ of his brother, the late William Foos, as a salesman, and after some mercantile experience, in partnership with another brother, the late Levi Foos, he purchased the business of William Foos and it was successfully continued for sevei-al years. In 1848 Gustavus S. Foos again became associated with his brother William, and they became jointly interested in mercantile, real estate and banking enterprises. In this year the brotliers bought a large tract of land at Springfield, which they laid out in town lots, and these now form the best residence sections of the city. In 1858 they embarked in a brokerage business, and two years later they established a ]3rivate bank, this subsequently developing into the Second National Bank. Of this institution William Foos became president and Gustavus S. Foos cashier, a position he filled until his resignation, in 1862. Prior to this Mr. Foos disposed of large farming interests which he had o^vned in Illinois, and after freeing himself from the bank, entered extensively into the wool business and rapidly became prominent in that industry.

every section saw the fortunes that they had accumulated swept away, as it were, in a night. Among these was Gustavus S. Foos, who found himself, at the age of fifty-five years, forced to begin life anew. He turned his attention at first to the manufacture of that humble but useful household article, a kitchen clotheswringer, associating with him his two sons. From the very bottom they built up a business which became one of importance. In 1884 Mr. Foos saw that it would be the part of wisdom to dispose of the enterprise in which he was then engaged and to widen his field of operations. When he again entered the manufacturing field with his sons, the business was the making of special grinding and pulverizing oil-mill machinery and forges. He then organized the Foos Manufacturing ComiDany, taking the duties of president upon his experienced shoulders, and making his son, Robert H. Foos, vice president, and his other son, William F. Foos, treasurer. The business prospered and the time came when the name of Foos was held in esteem in every trade center. Near the close of his life it contributed great satisfaction to the venerable founder, that the same old standards of business integrity which he had established were continued by those who followed him.

In early life Mr. Foos was a Whig in his political views and later became an active Republican and zealous supporter of the policies of this party. During the Civil War Mr. Foos on many occasions demonstrated his loyalty and true patriotism, contributing both time and monev and giving generously to those benevolent agencies which took care of the families of the men who were fighting at the front. During the Morgan Raid he was a member of the famous "Squirrel Hunters' Brigade. In times of peace he also was large-hearted in his charities and was exceedingly liberal-minded on many subjects.

Mr. Foos was married June 28, 1849, to Elizabeth Houston, who was a daughter of Dr. Robert Houston, of South Charleston, Clark County, Ohio, and they had two sons, Robert H. and William F. M''illiam F. Foos is president of the Springfield National Bank and is receiver for the Springfield Malleable Iron Company. For the past five years the Foos brothers have not been connected with the Foos Manufacturing Company. Their handsome residence is located at No. 560 East High Street, Springfield.

JOSEPH MILTON YEAZELL, who is well known throughout Clark County as a prosperous retired citizen, and formerly as an extensive breeder of and dealer in fine sheep and other stock, was born in this county October 5, 1847, son of George and Nancy Ann (Wilkinson) Yeazell.

He traces his ancestry in the direct paternal line back to Abraham Yeazell, and then, indirectly, through the Brown and Ball families," to William Ball, of Berks, or Berkshire, England, the name of whose wife is not known, but who died in the year 1480. in the reign of Henry VII., the first of the Tudors. The line from this William Ball to Abraham Yeazell is as follows:

John Ball, son of the second William, died in 1599. He was twice married, first to Alice Haynes, by whom he had four children, and secondly to Agnes Holloway, of which union also there were four children.

John Ball, son of John and Agnes (Holloway) Ball, died in 1628. He married Elizabeth Webb, who bore him ten children, among them William, better known as Colonel William Ball, who died in 1680. Colonel William Ball married Hannah Atheral, of which union there were three children, the one to continue this line of descent being William, or Captain William Ball, who married Margaret Do\STiman and died in 1699.

The next progenitor in the Ball line was William, who died in 174-0 and who by wife Mary, had, besides other children, AVilliam, who died in 1809. It is in this generation that we find the Ball family intermarrying with the Browns, and the line to the subject of this sketch is now continued through the latter family. It is thus traced:

The brothers and sisters of the William Ball last mentioned were: Samuel, Joseph (died 1821), Mary (died 1816, married Thomas Brown) and Ann (married John Gibson).

Thomas and Maiw (Ball) Brown had a large family, consisting of ten children, and including Sarah (born 1758; died 1828), who married William Curl. The family of William and Sarah (Brown) Curl was also large and included Mary, who married Abraham Yeazell, greatgrandfather of the subject of this sketch.

country from Germany and settled at an early date in Moorefield Township, Clark County, Ohio. By his wife Mary, above mentioned, he had thirteen children - Mary Ann, Sarah, George, William, Caroline, David, Jeremiah, Adam, Jacob, Elizabeth, Abraham, Sidney, James and Isaac.

George Yeazell, of the above-mentioned family, married Elizabeth Jones, and their children were George, Mary Ann, Jeremiah, John W., Eliza, Caroline M., Isaac, Angeline and Frances M.

George Yeazell, son of George and Elizabeth (Jones) Yeazell, and father of J. Milton Yeazell, married Mary Ann Wilkinson, and their family was as follows: Joseph Milton, James W., Retta, Anne Belle, Mary, Ellen, Thomas, Elizabeth, Angle and Mabel Estella. James W., the second child, married Amanda Neei', and he and his wife are the parents of four children, all sons - George, Clayton, Fred and Lawrence, all of whom are living. Retta is the wife of John Conley, and has three children - Blanche, Harry and Robert. Anne Belle married Nathan Baumgartner, and has two children, Agnes and Wilmette, of whom Agnes became the wife of Dr. Deman and resides in Mechanicsburg, and W^ilmette married M. C. Houston.

Mary, fifth child of George and Nancy Ann Yeazell, married Samuel Prugh, who is now deceased. She has one child - Earl. Ellen Yeazell married Jacob Baumgartner and has two children - Alice, who is the wife of Forest Tavemer and Nathan, all living. Thomas Yeazell, of the abovementioned family, and seventh in order of birth, was killed on the railroad. Elizabeth died at the age of two vears.

Angle, the ninth child, married Newtou Jones and is now deceased. Her children are Walter and Thomas, both of whom ai'e living. ]Mabel Estella, the tenth child, married Arthur Taverner; she has no children.

Josei>h Milton Yeazell, whose nativity has been already given, has resided in Clark County all his life, unless we except the period of his service in the Civil M^'ar. He enlisted at Columbus, Ohio, September 16, 1864, in the Sixteenth Ohio Light Artillery, and was stationed for a while at New Orleans. On the close of the war he returned to Clark County, and settled on his father's farm, and was for some years engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1874 he entered into mercantile business at Catawba Station, Champaign County, Ohio. He continued thus occupied, however, but for a short time.

On February 15, 1875, he married, and in the same year bought a farm of 345 acres in Pleasant Township. Here he went into the business of raising grain and live stock, giving special attention to the breeding of sheep. It was also his l^ractice to buy trainloads of sheep in Montana, ship them to his farm and here fatten them for the Buffalo market, selling them there at a good profit. Though now retired from active pursuits, he frequently contributes valuable articles to agricultural papers, among them the American Afjriciiliurisf, the Ohio Fanner, the Pittsburg Stockman, the Breeders' Gazette and the Chicago Drovers Journal. He is regarded as an authority of stock matters, especially on sheep, and has received many offers to become a salesman at the Buffalo and Chicago sheep markets, Imt prefers to remain on his farm. He has served the town as trustee, being elected on the Republican ticket, and held that office for six years. A member of the G. A. R., he has served as commander of N. M. McConkey Post No. 391, was adjutant for ten years and was a member of General Townsend's staff, with the rank of major, for two terms. He is a prominent member of the Catawba Methodist Episcopal Church, which he has served ten years as trustee, having also been school director a number of times.

Mr. Yeazell has had the misfortune to lose his wife, who passed to the higher life May 19, 1900, after a happy married life of twenty-five years. She was just two years his senior. She had borne him four children, whose record, in brief, is as follows : Leon Howard married Josephine Campbell, daughter of the Rev. Samuel Campbell, and they reside in Springfield, this county. Florence is the wife of Herbert Loveless, of this township, and has one child - Phelma. Gwendoline, who is now deceased, was the wife of Van C. Tullis, of Champaign County, Ohio. Wendell, born in 1885, died in Los Angeles, Cal, in April, 1906, at the early age of twentv-one vears.

HON. JAMES HATFIELD, who capably represented Clark Coimty in the Ohio State Legislature, is a veteran of the Civil War and a prominent farmer of Green Township. He was born in Springfield Township, April 12, 1844, is a son of James and Margaret (Kitchen) Hatfield, and a grandson of Nathaniel and Nancy (Judy) Hatfield.

is now Clark County, coming with his family as early as the year 1808. He located about one and a half miles northeast of Pitchin, in Spring-field Township, where he became owner of several hundred acres of land. His death resulted from milk sickness while he was in the prime of his life. James Hatfield, father of our subject, was born in 1803, and was five years of age when brought to this country by his parents. He followed farming until his death, which occurred at the age of fifty-two years. He was joined in marriage with Margaret Kitchen, who was born in Pennsylvania and was a small girl when her parents moved to Clark County, Ohio. They were parents of fourteen children, eleven of whom grew to maturity, and of these -the present survivors are James, the subject of this sketch, and two sisters.

James Hatfield, Jr., was six years of age when his mother died, and he was left an orphan at eleven years. Upon the death of his father he was bound out to a brother-in-law, to remain with him until eighteen years of age. He performed such labor as he could on the farm in payment for board and clothing, attending school during four months of the winter, but at the age of fifteen he began to work out by the month for himself. At sixteen he went to Hillsdale, Michigan, and attended Hillsdale College two years. Then returning to Clark County, he engaged in teaching, being thus employed in the Liberty School for a time. In the spring of 1862, he enlisted for three months' service in Company B, Eiglity-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Howard D. Johns, and after being stationed at Camp Chase for a time, accompanied the regiment to Clarksburg, West Virginia, where he remained for about four months. His term of enlistment having expired, he re-enlisted as a member of Company D, Eighth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. He was with his regiment in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, and was in numerous engagements under General Sheridan. At Beverly, Virginia, he was taken captive, but an overwhelming desire for freedom resulted in his escape fifteen minutes later. He participated in many engagements and served in the army until the war closed, performing his duty with a bravery and courage meriting the commendation he received. He returned to his home in Clark County in 1865, but after a short stay went west to Logan County, Illinois, where for a time he engaged in teaching school. There he purchased 150 acres of land, now valued at more than one hundred dollars per acre, and in 3866 returned to Clark County, Ohio, to be married. He was married on April 12th of that year and immediately thereafter returned to Logan County with his bride. He farmed there until 1867, when, having sold his property, he returned to Clark County, where he rented and farmed for several years. In 1872 he purchased the 125 acres which now consists of his home property and set about converting it into an up-to-date farm. He has always farmed along the line of the most modern and approved methods, and the success attained by him bespeaks his business sagacity and managerial ability. He has always taken an active and intelligent interest in all that relates to the welfare of his home community, and frequently has been called upon to fill offices of public trust. He is a Republican, having cast his first presidential ballot for Lincoln in 1864. In Green Township he served as treasurer for some years. He next became the candidate of his party for state rejjresentative, and after his election to that office served this district with an intelligence and faithfulness that brought him a host of new friends and followers. He is a man of marked ability, and in the discharge of his official duties brought into play the same energy, sagacity and good judgment which have always characterized his private dealings.

Mr. Hatfield was joined in marriage with Harriett J. Stewart, a daughter of Perry and Rhoda Ann (Wheeler) Stewart, and they reared three children, namely: Charles Stewart, who was born in Logan County, Illinois, May 27, 1867; Jessie R., who married Alonzo Stretcher and has two children - Edwin and Robert ; and Julia M., who married Clarence Anderson, lives in Green Township and has one daughter - Harriet Helen. Mr. Hatfield is a member of James A. Elder Post, G. A. R., and has attended most of the reunions of that body. He also attended the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893. He and his wife are faithful members of the High Street Christian Church, at Springfield.

EDWARD L. BUCHWALTER, president of the Citizens' National Bank, at Springfield, and president of the American Seeding Machine Company, has been identified with the leading interests of this city for more than thirty years. He was bom in Ross County, Ohio, June 1,

Edward L. Buchwalter was reared on a farm, attended the local public schools and later the Ohio University, and had not decided upon his future career, when his thoughts were turned to his comitry, endangered by civil war, and he became a soldier. As a member and officer successively of the One Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio Regiment and the Fifty-third United States Volunteer Infantry, serving in like manner as private, sergeant, lieutenant and captain, he brought honor to his command by his careful performance of duty and his gallantry in action. He served under General Sherman in 1862 and under General Grant in 1863, being present at the surrender of Vicksburg. In 1864 he was promoted to the rank of captain. He was honorably discharged at the close of the war, after a hard service covering three years and seven months. Mr. Buchwalter was twice wounded and was once left on the battlefield with the dead, but fortunately recovered sufficiently to be able to crawl back and reach the new position taken by his regiment.

After the close of his army life, Mr. Buchwalter was engaged in farming and stock-raising in Ross County until 1873. He then came to Springfield and for the following ten years was connected with the manufacturing firm of James Leffel & Company, where he acquired a thorough knowledge of machinery and gained much business experience. He was active in the organization of the Superior Drill Company, at Sprin,gfield, Ohio, in the fall of 1883, and became the president of the company which purchased the business of Thomas, Ludlow & Rodgers. With his business associates he pushed the manufacture of the Superior Drill until it became known all over the country. At the organization of the American Seeding Machine Company in March, 1903, by the consolidation of the Superior Drill Company, the Hoosier Drill Company and several other manufacturing companies, Mr. Buchwalter was elected president and continues to hold that important office. In December, 1898, the organization of the Citizens' National Bank was completed and Mr. Buchwalter was selected its president and has continued in that position ever since.

Mr. Buchwalter was married September 1st, 1868, to Clementine Berry, a lady of education and accomplishments and of much social prominence. Mrs. Buchwalter takes much interest in club work and educational progress, and at this writing is president of the Ohio State Federation. She was first vice president of the Women's Board of the Louisiana Purchase ExpositioUj at St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs. Buchwalter have a beautiful ]-esidence at No. 805 East High Street, Springfield, besides several rural ones, Mr. Buchwalter owning the old family home in Boss County and another in the vicinity of this city.

Politically, Mr. Buchwalter is a Republican. For thirty years he has been a member of the board of trustees of the Warder Public Library of this city, and is also a member of the Spring-field Board of Trade. He belongs to Mitchell Post, Grand Army of the Republic, and to the Ohio Commanderv of the Loval Legion.

ROSS MITCHELL, one of Springfield's highly regarded citizens, now living retired in a beautifully situated home, located at No. 302 East High Street, was long a prominent factor in the great business, concerns which have made the name of Springfield known in almost every quarter of the globe. Mr. Mitchell was born November 14, 1824, in Landisburg, Perry County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of James Blaine and Cynthia (Gowdy) Mitchell. The Mitchell" family is of Scotch-Irish extraction. It probably was esta))lished in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in the days of the great-grandfather, where the grandfather of Ross Mitchell is on record as a man of substance and local prominence.

James Blaine Mitchell, father of Ross, was born at Carlisle, in Cumberland County, and removed from there to Dayton, Ohio, May 7, 1836. His first work was on the Third Street Canal in Dayton, after which he operated the Patterson saw-mills for almost two years. He was a carpenter and builder and also understood practical mill work, and on February 7th, 1838, he rented the Woodbury Mills, then known as the Sehartle Mills, located on Mad River, which he operated until February- 7th, 1840, when he removed to Med way. After a residence of nine years at the latter point, he removed to Hertzler's Mills, where both he and his wife died. They had eight children, of whom Ross was the eldest and is now the only surviving member of the family. The children all died young but three, Ross, James and Margaret - James and Margaret died in Paris, Illinois.

of age when the family settled at Dayton. During his father's lifetime he assisted him in the saw-mills, and later filled the double position of mill operator and clerk in a general store adjacent to and owned by the proprietor of the mills. When the latter (Mr. Hertzler) disposed of his interests there and removed to Springfield, Mr. Mitchell accompanied him and probably through his good offices obtained clerical work in the strange town. In November, 1854, he became assistant bookkeeper for the firm of Warder, Brokaw & Childs, and in the following year, chief bookkeeper for the firm. In 1865 he was admitted to pai-tnership, when the firm became Warder, Mitchell & Company, Mr. Childs retiring. The business of this finn was the manufacture of farm implements, especially reapers and mowers. In 1866 additional capital and influence came into the business with the admission of General A. S. Bushnell as a partner. In 1881 Mr. Mitchell withdrew, disposing of his interests, and, as his health, especially his eyesight, was poor, he took a season of restful travel.

Mr. Mitchell, however, was not ready to permanently retire from business, where he had met with so much success, and in which field he had become so influential and so largely concerned. For some years he dealt extensively in real estate and subsequently became interested with the firm of Welsh & Dodson in the manufacture of linseed oil, but this enterprise was absorbed by the National Linseed Oil Company. Mr. Mitchell has been connected either as a stockholder or director, often as both, with the following important business organizations: The

Spring-field Metallic Casket Company, the Mast Manufacturing Company, the Philip Wiseman Hardware Company, the Gas Light and Coke Company, the Kansas Kanapolis Land Company, the Royal Salt Company, of Kanapolis; the First National Bank, of Springfield; the Fireman's Insurance Company, of Dayton, and the Citizens' Street Railway Company, of which last mentioned company he was president.

Mr. Mitchell, in 1882-3, erected the fivestory Mitchell Block on the corner of High and Limestone Streets, Springfield, which is one of the most substantial and imposing business blocks of the city. He owns somewhere approaching 2,600 acres of fine land in Clark County, 2,100 acres in Champaigii County, Ohio, and a large acreage in Central Kansas. A monument to Mr. Mitchell's philanthropy and public spirit is found in the great charity known as the Mitchell and Thomas Hospital, which was a gift to the city of Springfield, made by Mr. Mitchell in association with the late J. H. Thomas.

Mr. Mitchell was married, first, in 1851, to Catherine Ann Miller, who died September 12, 1878. She was born in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, February 20, 1827, and was a daughter of Caspar and Susan (Wirtz) Miller. To this marriage were born five children, the survivors being: Effie J., who married Prof. E. L. Shuey; Fannie, who married Rev. G. P. Raup, and Anna jMary, who became the wife of Rev. S. E. Greenawalt. In 1881 Mr. Mitchell married for his second wife Sarah A. Keller, who was born in Maryland, September 16, 1845, and who is a daughter of the late Rev. Ezra and Caroline (Routzahn) Keller, the former

As a public man of broad scope, Mr. Mitchell always has taken an interest in civic affairs, and served two years as a member of the City Coimcil, from the Eighth Ward. Both he and wife are members of the Second Lutheran Church, in which he is an elder.

LAFAYETTE R. LUTZ, township trustee and owner of fifty acres of land in Pike Township, Clark County, Ohio, is numbered with the representative men of this section. He was born on the old home farm, in German Township, Clark County, Ohio, April 29, 1862, and is a son of John and EUza (Morris) Lutz, and a grandson of Michael and Mary (Bowman) Lutz.

Michael Lutz and wife were both of German descent and at a very early period came from Virginia to Ohio with their little famil}', and settled in the woods of German Township, Clark County, where they passed the remainder of their lives, both passing away at an advanced age. They were the parents of five children: Sarah (Mrs. A. Neese), deceased; Mary (Mrs. R. Zirkle), deceased; Amanda (Mrs. D. Zirkle); John; Isaac, deceased, and Mrs. C. Patterson.

John, Lutz was born in Virginia and when a boy of four years came to Ohio with his parents, who settled on a tract of timberland in German Township. There he was reared and he assisted his father in clearing up 208 acres of land. He followed farming throughout his active career, remaining on the home place, which he subsequently inherited, until late in life. He married Eliza Morris, who was born and reared near Tremont, German Township, where her parents had located at an early period. She died in 1888 and is survived by her husband, who lives with their son, Lafayette R. John Lutz and wife were the parents of eleven children, five of whom died young. Those living are as follows: Frances, wife of Frank Ziegler; Lafayette; Alice, wife of Martin Baker; Charles; Clara, wife of William Blumbershine ; and Sidney.

Lafayette R. Lutz grew to man's estate in his native section and received his educational training in the district schools of the township. He has always followed farming, and following his marriage he rented the Samuel Freeze farm in German Town.ship for seven years, then bought his present farm of fifty acres from Aaron Rust. The land consists of two tracts, forty acres upon which he lives, and ten acres lying just south of the residence property. Here he has engaged in general farming ever since, and he also deals extensively in tile for ditching.

On October 25, 1885, Mr. Lutz was married to Mary E. Rust, who is a daughter of David and Phoebe (Cost) Rust. Mrs. Rust died when Mrs. Lutz was but seven years old, but Mr. Rust survives. He was bom in 1834 near Mr. Lutz ' present farm. Mrs. Lutz is the eldest of three children, and the only daughter. She has two brothers: Albert and Wilham. Mr. and Mrs. Lutz became the parents of three children: Orris, who died aged two years; Blanche, and Robert.

In politics Mr. Lutz is a Democrat and has served in the office of township trustee continuously since 1899. He is a member of the Reformed Church at Dialton, in which he is both deacon and treasurer. He has been a member of the Knights of Pythias order of Nortliamptou for the past eighteen j^ears.

JOHN H. REYNOLDS, M. D., physician and surgeon at Lawrenceville, is a prominent citizen of German Township and is well known all over Clark County. He was bom August 8, 1848, in Green Township, Clark County, Ohio, and is a son of Henry and Julia Ann (McKinney) Reynolds.

Henry Reynolds, father of Dr. Reynolds, was born in Montgomery County, Virginia, in 1816, and in 1827 accompanied his parents to Clark County, Ohio, where he was reared. He married Julia Ann McKinney and they continued to reside in Green Township until 1850, when they removed to a farm in Springfield Township. On that fai-m Dr. Reynolds grew to manhood, and obtained his education in the countiy schools. Profiting by the advantages afforded, he became an acceptable teacher, teaching six years in Spring-field and Harmony Townships and one term in Delaware County, Indiana. In 1872 he began the study of medicine, with Dr. H. F. Wildasin, at Plattsburg, Clark County, and after two years with him. Dr. Reynolds entered the Eclectic Medical Institute, at Cincinnati, where he was graduated in 1876.

After receiving his diploma, Dr. Reynolds soon entered into practice at Lawrenceville, where he remained for five years. In 1881 he removed to Spi'ingfield, where he practiced for four years, going from there to "West Jefferson, Madison Countv, where he" remained four years more. In the spring of 1890 he returned to Lawrenceville, warmly welcomed by his old patients and the citizens in general, and here he has engaged in practice ever since. He belongs to the Ohio State Medical Society and through medical literature keeps closely in touch with all advances made in medical science.

During the summer of 1876, Dr. Reynolds was married to Sai-ah Jane Ballentine, who is a daughter of James V. Ballentine, an old pioneer of Lawrenceville. James V. Ballentine was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, October 15, 1823, and is a son of William and Nancy (Nail) Ballentine. In 1831, the parents of Mr. Ballentine left their old home in Pennsylvania and came to Ohio, journeying over the mountains and fording the streams in huge wagons. The family drove through what was then the village of Spring-field and settled on a farm which is now included in the corporate limits of Dayton, Ohio. They resided on that farm until the fall of 1832, when they came into Clark County. The first of tlie Ballentine family to venture into Ohio was Robert Ballentine, an older brother of James V., who settled at Dayton in 1828. It was through his urgent messages that the other members of the family came to this State. Other old neighbors had also settled in Montgomery County and one, Henry Snyder, had located in Clark County. The Ballentines came first to Clark County on a visit to Henry Snyder and they were so well pleased with the climate and soil that Mr. Ballentine needed little urging from their old neighl)or to decide to invest near him in Clark County, and for the first year lived on a part of Mr. Snyder's farm at Snyder's Mills. He then bought a farm of 160 acres, which was situated about one mile northwest of Lawrenceville, on what is now the Ballentine road. John Ballentine, a brother of James V., kept a hotel and store at Tremout, and a brother-in-law, a Mr. Darnell, kept a large stoi'e at the same point and was also a school-teacher.

For two years James V. Ballentine went to school at Tremont, living there from 1856 until 1858. His father built a large brick house on his farm about this time and James V. went home to assist in its construction. Shortly afterward his father bought forty additional acres. Mr. Ballentine had been married in 1853 and some time afterward he bought a farm adjoining that of his father, on which he lived until 1876, when he moved to Lawrenceville. For nine years he taught school and still takes a deep interest in educational matters in German Township. For twenty-eight years he was a member of the German Township School Board, and is one of the three survivors of the earnest body of men who founded the German Township High School in 1874. The two other members are Isaac Greist and George Johnston. During many years Mr. Ballentine dealt largely in live-stock. During his active years he took a deep interest in local political movements, being a stanch Democrat, and frequently was elected to township offices. For three years he was collector of revenue for Moorefield, German and Pike Townshi]is and for ten years was assessor. He has been one of the leading, public-spirited citizens of this section, taking an interest in improving the highways, in developing the country and in promoting educational enterprises.

On August 20, 1853, Mr. Ballentine was married to Rosanna Domer, who was born in German Township, Clark County, Ohio, of Maryland parentage. They had five children, namely: Edwin Porter, who died aged six months; Charles Forrest, who is engaged in teaching in Green County; Sarah Jane, who married Dr. John H. Rej'nolds; Nancy Ann, who married Enos Xander, a prominent farmer of Lawrenceville and a member of the Clark County Agricultural Board; and Marion Sepnour, who is a grocery merchant in Champaign County. Mr. and Mrs. Ballentine have been married for fifty-five years. They both are in the enjojnnent of good health. They reside with Dr. and Mrs. Reynolds, honored and beloved members of the family.

Dr. and Mrs. Reynolds have two children, namely : Edgar L., a telegraph operator by profession, who is now connected with the ofhee force of the superintendent of the James Leffel Company, at Springfield, married Ada Cook; and Julia Ann, who is stenographer and cashier for the Bay City Land Company, at Bay City, Texas. '

Dr. Reynolds is identified with the Democratic party. In 1891 he was elected township clerk, was re-elected in 1892 and again in 1900, and has served continuously ever since, in 1907 being again re-elected for a term of two years. For twentyseven years he has been an Odd Fellow and is past grand of the Springfield lodge.

WILLIAIM FOOS, formerly president of the Second National Bank at Springfield, the founder of the village of Foosland, Illinois, and a citizen of enterprise who devoted time and capital to many public-spirited movements both in this and other localities, was born in 1814, in Franklin, now West Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, and is a son of General Joseph and Margaret (Phifer) Foos.

From the age of fourteen years, William Foos displayed business capacity. About that time he rented land from his grandfather and successfully engaged for a time in its cultivation, and although other interests and occupations concerned him through many years of his subsequent life, he always kept in touch with agricultural pursuits and retained farming lands which it was his delight to improve. During early manhood he embarked in mercantile enterprises both at Springfield and in Logan and Madison Counties, and during his time of residence in the latter county, he improved a farm. From 1846 until 1854 he was interested in a mercantile business at Springfield, but during this time he was also concerned in other enterprises. He was a man of great foresight and most excellent commercial comprehension, and as he saw other avenues where investments of capital promised favorable returns, he knew how to use his means and reap certain advantages. In association with Ms brother, the late Gustavus Foos, he bought a large tract of land for a merely nominal sum, and this is now one of the most valuable additions to Springfield. It was but one of many successful enterprises.

The banking house which was established by William and Gustavus Foos, in 1859, in 1863 became the Second National Bank of Springfield. Of this institution, William Foos was president and his son, Fergus W. Foos, was cashier. In 1866

William Foos became a member of the manufacturing' firm of James Lelfel & Company, with which he remained connected for a period of ten years. At the time of his death, Mr. Foos was interested in the development of a magnificent estate of 4,000 acres of land, which he owned in Champaign County, Illinois. The prosperous village of Foosland, in that county, was named in his honor and he laid it out and generously endowed it.

EMANUEL JACOB MARTIN, residing on a farm of seventy-five and one-half acres situated about five miles south of Springfield, Ohio, is one of the best known residents of Green Township. He was born in Maryland, September 12, 1867, is a son of Christian and Sarah E. (Bowers) Martin, and a grandson of Emanuel and Anna (Doyle) Martin. His grandparents both died in Maryland, the grandfather at the age of eighty-one years and his wife at sixty-six.

Christian Martin, the father, was born in Washington County, Maryland, October 20, 1836, and was there reared, and educated in the common schools. He worked on the home farm until he was twenty-seven years of age, when he was married, and his father, who had granted him remuneration from the time he reached majority, at that time handed him over five hundred dollars accumulated wages. With this sum for a start he set up housekeeping and for a period of five years rented a farm, with what success may be judged from the fact that at the time he moved to Clark County, Ohio, in 1869 he was possessed of five thousand dollars. He purchased eighty acres in Green Township, on which he lived sixteen years, then purchased an additional eighty acres in that township, which thereafter was his home until he retired from active business and moved to the city of Springfield, to enjoy the fruits of an industrious and well spent life. He has a comfortable home at 1322 South Limestone Street, and in addition to the properties named above has 160 acres lying between the Springfield pikes in Green Township.

On December 10, 1843, Christian Martin was united in marriage with Sarah E. Bowers, who also was born in Washington County, Maryland, and who is a daughter of Jacob and Mary Ann (Bergesser) Bowers. The following children blessed their home: Harvey Grant, Silas Clinton, Emanuel Jacob, John Henry, Charles Lewis, who died in infancy, Mary Catherine, Albert Lewis, and Jessie Lulu. Mr. Martin is a Republican in politics, whilst in religious attachment he is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

Emanuel Jacob Martin was about two years of age when his parents came to Green Township and here he was reared to maturity, receiving his educational training in the school at Clifton. Upon leaving school he engaged in farming near Springfield for sixteen years, then purchased his present place in Green Township. He has a finely improved property, which he farms according to modern and

Mr. Martin was united in marriage with Miss Anna German, a daughter of B. German, who was formerly the owner of the farm now owned by Mr. Martin. Five children were born to them - Ernest F., Lola, Walter, Jennie, and Lewis. Pohtically, he is a Prohibitionist. Religiously, he is a member of the Third Lutheran Church.

JAMES F. RANKIN, a highly respected citizen and influential business man of South Charleston, who has been prominently identified with the banking interests of this locality for a number of years, was born here November 24, 1861, and is a son of John and Charity A. (Fullerton) Rankin, and a grandson of James Rankin.

James Rankin, the grandfather, was bom in 1780 in Berlin, Worcester County, Maryland, and came to Madison County, Ohio, in 1815, and here was accidentally killed by a train in 1857. He married Margaret Truitt and they reared a family of eight children, of whom John, father of James F., was the second eldest. John Rankin was born December 18, 1811, in Berlin, Worcester County, Maryland, and in 1815 accompanied his parents to Clark County, Ohio, and located seven miles east of South Charleston, in Madison County, residing there until 1845, when he came to South Charleston. He was united in marriage with Charity FuUerton, a daughter of James Fullerton, and they reared a family of three children - Stacy B., James F., and Ella M., who died in 1887.

James F. Rankin has spent his entire life in South Charleston, receiving his educational training in the public schools of the town and in Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio. At the age of twenty he entered the banking business, in which he has continued ever since, being at this time vice president of the London Exchange Bank Company, of London, Ohio, and cashier of the Bank of South Charleston, St. Charleston, Ohio.

Mr. Rankin was appointed trustee of the combined Normal and Industrial Institute at Wilberforce by Governor Nash, and served as such for a period of five years, when he resigned and was appointed, by Governor Herrick, a member of the Ohio Fish and Game Commission. He was re-appointed to that office by Governor Harris and is still serving in that capacity. Politically, Mr. Rankin is a Republican. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the Masonic order, in which he was master for two terms, and has filled all the offices of that orfer.

Mr. Rankin was married in 1894 to Nettie Kemper, a daughter of James S. and Frances (Gasper) Kemper, and to them have been born two children - John M., and Kempei'.

Stacy B. Rankin, president of the Bank of South Charleston, was born in South Charleston and has always been a resident of this city, obtaining his education in the public schools. Mr. Rankin has always been interested in the banking affairs of this locality, and is recognized as one of the leading and substantial business men of the town. He has been secretary of the Ohio Bankers' Association since its organization in 1891. At the time of the St. Louis World's Fair he was appointed executive commissioner of Ohio by Governor Nash, having charge of all the Ohio interests at the fair. Mr. Rankin was appointed receiver when the Washington Traction Company failed.

Politically, he supports the Republican party and represented Clark County in the Seventj^-third and Seventy-fourth General Assemblies. Fraternally, he is a Mason and attends the Presbyterian Church of South Charleston. Mr. Rankin was joined in marriage with Miss Fannie Kemper, of Dayton, and they have two children - Marquis Kemper and S. Barcroft.

JOHN W. BURK, a representative business man of Spring-field and one of the leading flour and mill men of the United States, is president of The Ansted & Burk Company, manufacturers at Springfield of the highest grades of flour produced. Mr. Burk was l^orn in 1850, in Canada, but since the age of nineteen years he has been a resident of the United States.

Mr. Burk was educated in his own ])vovince in his native land and before leaving there had acquired a knowledge of milling. He followed milling for some years in Michigan, at Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo. Coldwater and other points, and at different places through the West. In July, 1897, he came to Springfield, purchasing the Warder & Barnett mill plant, which is the oldest one in this section. In 1902 the business was reorganizpd and was incorporated as The Ansted & Burk Company. The present officers are: John W. Burk. president; E. W. Ansted, vice president; George W. Ansted, treasurer; and R. D. Patton, secretary. The capital stock is $100,000. The plant is equipped with modem machinery of the best kind and has a capacity of 1,000 barrels a day. It has become one of Springfield's most prosperous industries. Mr. Burk is serving in his second term as president of the Millers' National Federation. He served for two years as the able president of the Springfield Board of Trade.

In 1875, Mr. Burk was married to Ida Negus, a native of Massachusetts, and they have two daughters : Helen M. and Mabel, the latter of whom is the wife of R. D. Patton. Mr. Burk is a Knight Templar and Scottish Rite Mason.

JOSEPH M. WADDLE, one of the representative agriciilturists of Green Township, Clark County, Ohio, and owner of a farm of 163 acres, located six miles south of Springfield, was bom December 30, 1839, in Ohio County, Virginia, and is a son of William and Maria (McMecham) Waddle.

The father, William, was born July 12, 1806, in Ohio County, Virginia, within half a mile of the birthplace of the subject of this sketch, and there lived until 1865, when he came to Clark County, Ohio, and settled on the farm our subject now owns, and where he died in 1877. His parents were natives of Ireland, who immigrated to this country at a very early period, locating in Ohio County, Virginia, where they engaged in agricultural pursuits. The mother of Joseph M. Waddle, in maidenhood, Miss Maria McMecham, was native of Belmont County, Ohio, where she was born Julv 12, 1812. Her parents came from Ireland to this country in 1801 and operated a hotel for many years on the National Road, in that county. Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Waddle, namely: John M., a resident of New York; Joseph M., our subject; Mary Jane, who was drowned in 1866 ; Susan M. ; Rachel ; W. A. ; an infant died imnamed; and Anna Bell, deceased.

Joseph M. Waddle was reared in Virginia and there obtained his educational training. In 1865 he came with his parents to Clark County, Ohio, and remained at home until 1870, after which he spent the greater part of twelve years in Greene County, Ohio. Upon his return to Clark County he located upon his present farm, which was purchased by his father on coming to Ohio. Here Mr. Waddle has since resided, engaged in general farming, and is one of the substantial and highly respected fai-mers of Green Township.

Mr. Waddle was joined in the bonds of matrimony with Martha Belle Taylor, a daughter of John Taylor of Clark County, and to them have been born five sons and three daughters, as follows: Nellie May; Luella F. ; William T. ; Mary Jessica; John Elmer ; Forrest K. ; Harry A. ; and Roy M. Roy and Nellie reside at home. In politics Mr. Waddle is an ardent Republican, and is religiously a member of the United Presbvterian Church.

HON. OLIVER S. KELLY. The late Oliver S. Kelly was one of the citizens of Springfield whose energy, foresight and enterprise contributed very largely to the upbuilding of this city, of which he was a continuous resident from 1856 until his death, April 9, 1904. He was born in Clark County, Ohio, December 23, 1824. and was a son of John and Margaret (Mc- Beth) Kelly. The Kelly family probably originated in Ireland and it is known to have been established in Virginia prior to the Revolutionary War, in which struggle James Kelly, the grandfather of the late Oliver S., took part, fighting for the independence of the colonies.

John Kelly, one of his family of twelve children, was born in Virginia and accompanied his father to Ohio in 1808, settling in what is now Clark County. He participated in the War of 1812. Later he engaged in farming and so continued until his death, which occurred September 25, 1825, at the age of thirty-six years. He married Margaret McBeth, a daughter of Alexander McBeth, who survived her first husband and contracted a second marriage.

At the age of fourteen years, the late Oliver S. Kelly became entirely dependent on his own resources. From 18.38 until 1842 he was engaged in farming for William T. Mclntire, after which he served a three-year apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade. According to the custom of the times, he then worked for one year as a journeyman, after which he formed a partnership with J. A. Anderson and together they carried on a large business until 1852, when Mr. Kelly decided to visit the mining regions of California. He was so successful in his efforts there that when he returned to Ohio, in 1856, he had capital enough with which to enter into business. In the fall of 1857 he invested his money in the purchase of an interest in the manufacturing business of Whitely &: Fassler, which then became "Whitely,

Fassler & Kelly, a business firm which for years was noted for its high-class products and honorable business methods. Prior to his withdrawal from this firm in 1881, in order to enter the independent manufacturing field, it had commenced the building of the Champion line of agricultural implements, a very extensive plant having been built on East Street.

In 1882 Mr. Kelly purchased the Rhinehart & Ballard Threshing Machine Works, after which he organized The Spring-field Engine & Tliresher Company, which was incorporated with 0. S. Kelly as president and 0. W. Kelly as superintendent. At a later date the capital stock was increased and the business became known as The 0. S. Kelly Company, its purpose . being the manufacturing of threshing machines and engines, with separators, feedmills and other similar products. An extensive plant was subsequently built at Iowa City. Iowa, where the feed-mills and sei^arators were constructed. For the past ten years the company has also been engaged in the manufacture of piano plates and it now stands at the head of this industry in the United States. Another of their active lines is the manufacture and exporting of all kinds of rollers.

At one time Oliver S. Kelly was also connected with the banking interests of Spring-field, and he built the Arcade Hotel and Nelson's Commercial College, a business block which remains one of the finest in Springfield. He was especially prominent in the city's public life. In 1863 he was chosen a member of the city council and served in that body for six consecutive years. He was one of the most zealous promoters of the city's im- portant public utilities. Wiien the waterworks was established here, John H. Thomas, Geoi-ge H. Frej^ and Oliver S. Kelly were appointed trustees to inaugurate and put the system in operation. In 1887 he was elected mayor of Springfield, by tlie Republican voters, and during his administration the City Hall was built and the City Hospital was completed. During this period also the city built the esplanade, of which it is .iustly proud, but the beautiful fountain in the vicinity was the gift of Mayor Kelly. He subsequently served in many civic offices and on manj' business and charitable boards, lending his influence to all that was calculated to advance the public weal, and to add to the sum of human happiness in his city. While thus occupied and interested, up to the close of his life performing a daily round of duties, the great company that he had founded was always the object of his first care and most engrossing thought. Since his death the same business policy has been continued and its officers are all of his name and kindred. Its i^resident is Oliver Warren Kelly, its vice-president, Edward S. Kelly, and its secretary and treasurer, A. L. Kelly, two of the above officers being Mr. Kelly's surviving sons.

WILLIAM WRAY, who has been a resident of Bethel Township, Clark County, Ohio, since 1868, where he has been successfully engaged in general farming, was born July 4, 1839, on a farm in Franklin County, Virginia, and is a son of Edmund and Betsy (Kensey) Wray.

by trade. They had the following children: Joseph, William, Abraham, Chesley, deceased, Catherine, Margaret, Louise, Alice, deceased, George, and Benjamin. Edmund Wray died about 1853, when still in the prime of life. His widow survived him but eleven months. A family of small children were thus left orphans, and necessarily they became separated, going to live with different relatives. Three of the sons were drafted into the Southern Army, all of whom deserted. One of these, Chesley, was recaptured and condemned to death, but before the sentence was carried out was taken prisoner by the Union forces and imprisoned in New York, where his death occurred. Since the Civil War the children have become scattered in various parts of the country, and two have been completely lost trace of.

William Wray was fourteen years old when his parents died, after which he made his home with his uncle, Christopher Kensey, a farmer of Virginia, with whom he remained until twenty-one years of age, when he went to Indiana and worked by the month on different farms for about two years. He then came to Clark County, Ohio, and worked for four months on John C. Beckner's farm, after which he worked for Mr. Stewart several months. After his marriage, in December, 1863, to Catherine Snyder, a daughter of Feltz and Chi-istina Snyder, he rented a small farm in Pike Township, Clark County. Here Mr. Wray and wife lived in a tworoom log bouse, and experienced the coldest winter of their lives, the snow often blowing in through the cracks of the old house. Many times, however, that hard winter, they gave shelter and food to soldiers returning from the war, willingly sharing what little they had, with true Virginia hospitality. After living for eighteen months on this farm, Mr. Wray removed to a better improved farm in Pike Township, where he remained one year, after which he rented the Stndebaker farm in Miami County for two years, and in 1868 he bought sixty acres of his present farm in Bethel Township, from William Gordon. An old log house and other buildmgs were on the land at the time of his purchase, but have been replaced by more substantial and modern buildings. Mr. Wray later added thirty acres to his original purchase and his farm, which is about five miles west of Springfield, is situated on both sides of the old Troy road. Mr. Wray has been very successful as a general farmer and fruit grower, and disposes of his fruit in the Springfield market.

Mrs. Wray passed out of this life August 9, 1906, aged sixty-eight years, the mother of nine children, namely: Forrest, who is an electrical inventor, lives at Boston; Ella, who lives at home; Mary E., who is the wife of F. Cooksey; Theresa, who married William Prentz, has two children, Wilbur and Omer; William Jason, who married Pearl Brown, has one child, Donald; Nora, who is the wife of Moses Peterson ; Anna ; and John A. and one unnamed child, died infants. Religiously Mr. Wray is a member of the German Baptist Church, as was his father.

ROBERT H. FOOS, formerly president of the The Foos Manufacturing Company, at Springfield, has long been identified with the business interests of this city, and for almost a quarter of a century was connected with the industry mentioned, which was foimded by his late father. He was born at Springfield, Ohio, in 1850, and is a son of Gustavus S. and Elizabeth (Houston) Foos.

Robert H. Foos prepared for college in the Springfield schools, and in 1872 was graduated from the Ohio AVesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio. Following his imiversity career came a visit to Europe, where he not only became proficient in the German and French langaiages, but also devoted a large amount of attention to the study of agricultural and industrial conditions and also to foreign methods of doing business. Uj^on his return to his native citj^ he became teller of the Second National Bank at Spring-field, where lie remained until he joined his father when the latter organized The Foos Manufacturing Company, on January 1, 1884. This company began business with a capital stock of $115,000, with Gustavus Foos as president, Robert H. Foos as vice president, and William F. Foos as treasurer. On the death of Gustavus S. Foos, which occurred July 11, 1900, Robert H. Foos became president, and William ,F. Foos vice president and treasurer, the brothers thus serving until they sold out the business. The Foos Manufacturing Company gave employment to 300 men and their manufactured product included special grinding machinery, scientific grinding-mills, portable forges, farmers' tools, corn harvesters, corn shellers and other implements of a like character.

other iudustries. He is identified politically with the Republican party, but his life is that of a business man and not of a iDolitician. He belongs to the Lagonda Club, and was the organizer of the Country Club and has been its president from its inception. His home is in a beautiful residence situated at No. 560 East High Street, Springfield.

JOHN E. HELFRICH, proprietor of the Green Lawn Farm, consisting of sixty acres of well-improved land, situated in German Township, on the Flick Turnpike Road, about one-half mile west of Lawrenceville, was born on this farm, February 27, 1851. His parents were Michael and Anna Barbara (Shafer) Helfrich.

Michael Helfrich and his wife were both born in Germany, where they married and were the parents of five children when they emigrated to America and took up their residence in Clark County. For seven years they rented a farm situated one-half mile south of Lawrenceville, and then purchased and moved onto the farm now owned by their son, John. There they lived until the close of their lives, the father dying Januaiy 26, 1881, and the mother in March, 1900. They had eight children, five of whom were born in Germany, where two died, the other three being born in Clark County, Ohio.

John E. Helfrich secured his education in the district schools. He learned practical farming under his father and has always resided on the homestead, where he carries on general agriculture. The first house on the present farm stood back about one-fourth of a mile from the road, but in the summer and fall of 1901 Mr. Helfrich built his present commodious residence on the highway and moved his barn and other buildings conveniently near.

Mr. Helfrich married Emma Ellen Meranda, daughter of Jeif erson and Mary (Dillahunt) Meranda. Mrs. Helfrich was born and reared in German Township, as was also her father. Her grandfather, too, George Meranda, was a pioneer settler here. After their marriage on March 29, 1876, Mr. and Mrs. Helfrich settled down on their present farm, where they have since continued. Thej' have reared a happy family of four children, the two younger sons, Clarence Michael and John Russell, still remaining under the home roof. The eldest son, Walter Jefferson, married Delia Rust and they live at Lawrenceville. The second son, Harry Edgar, married Catherine Xanders, and they reside in German Town.ship. In politics, Mr. Helfrich is a Democrat. He is a member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics at Tremont Citv.

ADAM WESLEY FERREE, owner and operator of Grand View Farm, a tract of eighty-one acres, situated about six miles north of Springfield on the Urbana Turnpike, was born December 31, 1847, in German Township, Clark County, Ohio, and is a son of Peter and Elizabeth (Baker) Ferree.

Peter Ferree was born in York County, Pennsylvania, a son of Jacob Ferree, who died when his son Peter was about fourteen years old. Peter was reared on a farm in York Countv, and when about twenty-two years old came to Ohio and located in German Township, Clark County, near Lawrenceville, where he and his cousin, Greorge Lautz, purchased a small farm. Shortly after his marriage he removed to Tremont, where he conducted a hotel for several years. About 1852 he removed to a farm one mile north of Tremont, on the Valley Turnpike, remaining there until 1865, when he removed to the farm now owned by his son, Adam W. Peter Ferree became a very prosperous and well-known farmer, and at one time owned three farms, but previous to his death he sold two of these, one of 114 acres in German Township, and another of seventy-six acres, north of his son's present home. In 1896 he erected the comfortable frame house which is on the farm and died here three years later. Peter Ferree married Elizabeth Baker, who was also born in York County, Pennsylvania, and died in 1889. She came to Clark County, Ohio, when fifteen years of age with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Baker, who settled near Eagle City, in German Township. There were four children born to Peter Ferree and wife, namely: Susan, who died, aged seventeen years ; Adam Wesley ; Mary, who married Edward Fish, of Spring-field, and Annie, who is the wife of Paul Grindell, of Springfield.

Adam W. Ferree was about five years old when his parents located on a farm north of Tremont, where he was reared and was instructed in practical farming. Since his marriage he has followed general farming on his present place, known as Grand View Farm, and is also extensively engaged in stock-raising, including horses, cattle, hogs and sheep. With the exception of three years, during which he resided one mile farther north, he has spent all of the past thirty-five years on his present farm. Mr. Ferree owns, rin partnership with Edward Holman and James Caldwell, a corn busker and shredder, which they operate principally for themselves.

Mr. Ferree was married February 10, 1875, to Ella Brannaman, a daughter of Joseph Brannaman, and to tliis union have been born six children, namely: Glenna, Carrol, Lizzie, Oram, Anna Belle and Royal. Glenna is the widow of George C. Neff, who was employed on the railroad and was accidentally killed in 1906. She has two children, Howard and Virgil. Carrol is married and is employed in an automobile shop in Dayton, Ohio. Lizzie lives at home. Oram, a plumber of Springfield, Ohio, is married and has two children, Pauline and Clara Belle. Mr. Ferree is a member of the First Lutheran Church at Spring-field.

WILLIAM F. FOOS, president of the Springfield National Bank, and a leading citizen of Springfield, has long been identified with large business interests here. He was born in Springfield, Ohio, March 5, 1852, and is a son of the late Gustavus S. and Elizabeth (Houston) Foos. For many years the late Gustavus S. Foos was closely connected with Springfield's business prosperity and was rightly considered as a representative citizen. He was the founder of The Foos Manufacturing Company, with which he continued to be associated as its president until his death in 1900.

University in 1873, William F. Foos became associated with his father and only brother, Robert H. Foos, in building up an enterprise which subsequently developed into The Foos Manufacturing Company. Of this he served as treasurer until the death of his father, when he also assumed the duties of vice president, his brother at that time becoming president. After a number of years spent in this branch of manufacturing, both brothers acquired other interests and, in 1905, sold out their holdings in the Foos Company. The business was one of large proportions, employment being afforded to some 300 workmen. William F. Foos was made receiver for the Springfield Malleable Iron Company.

Mr. Foos married Mary Stewart, who is a daughter of Col. James Stewart, of Springfield, and they have two children - Elizabeth and Gustavus Stewart. Mr. and Mrs. Foos are attendants at the Methodist Episcopal Church. They enjoy a beautiful home at No. 560 East High Street, Springfield. Politically, William F. Foos is a Republican. He belongs to the Lagonda Club, of which he was a charter member and served as president for several years. Mr. Foos and his brother have a country residence of 500 acres, known as "Twin Oaks Farm," on the South Charleston Pike, where he spends a good portion of his time.

JESSE E. GARLOUGH, owner of seventy-five and one-half acres of farm land in Green Township, comes of one of Ohio's old and well-known pioneer families. He was born on the old home place one mile south of Pitchin, Clark County,