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County for thirty-seven years. She is a daughter of Charles and Harriet (Mc- Cann) Boberts, the former of whom was born in 1805 and died in 1853. The latter was born in 1814 and died in 1890. Tliey were, married in 1832 and had nine children, namely : John, Henry, Benjamin F., Catherine, Charles, Harriet, Peter, Mary E.. and Estelle, five of whom are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have two children, namely: Nellie F. and Frank E. Nellie F. was born October 14, 1876, married Balph Christ and they have two children, Glen W. and Katharine E. Frank E. was born January 20, 1882, married Myrtle Neer and they live in Harmony Township.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are members of the Christian Church and he is serving as a deacon in Wilson Chapel. He belongs to Lodge No. 345, Odd Fellows, at Vienna Corners.

EOBEET M. LeFEVEE, superintendent of the Ohio Pythian Home and one of Springfield's well known and Mghly respected citizens, was born in York County, Pennsylvania, in 1857.

Mr. LeFevre was seven years old when his parents moved to Union City, Indiana, where he spent his boyhood days. When sixteen years old his mother died, after which he returned to Ohio, locating at Troy, where for some time he worked on the farm. He was later employed as a body maker in a carriage works of Troy. He then engaged in the grocery business as a salesman, after which he returned to the farm, remaining there for about four years. In April, 1896, he came to Springfield as superintendent of the Ohio

On May 4th, 1882, Mr. LeFevre was united in marriage with Clara Ida Earhart of Miami County, Ohio. Fraternally Mr. LeFevre is past chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of the Domain of Ohio; also is a York Rite Mason, a member of the Modern Woodmen; and a past Grand of the I. O. 0. F. Mr. and Mrs. LeFevre are members of the Christian Church of Springfield.

MRS. MARY ANN ULERY, widow of George Ulery, who was one of the prominent farmers of Pike Township for many years, is a well known and highly esteemed resident of this township, where she was born, not far from her present home, on xiugust 8, 1832.

The parents of Mrs. Ulery were John and Elizabeth (Leffel) Funderburg. They had two children, Mary Ann and Samuel, the latter of whom is deceased. Both parents died when she was a child and she was reared by her maternal grandfather, Samuel Leffel. who was an early settler of Pike Township. Her brother was reared by the Funderbergs and he became a school teacher and a Dunkard preacher.

Mary Ann Funderburg attended the old log schoolhouse near that old landmark, the Black Horse tavern. On October 5, 1848, she was married to George Ulery, who was born in Lancaster County, Pennsj'lvania, December 3, 1826, and died in Clark County, Ohio, February 13, 1878. He was a son of John and Elizabeth Ulery and a grandson of Daniel L^lery, who was liorn in Werteraberg, Germany. George

Ulery became a' large farmer and acquired three hundred acres of land which he left to his family and his widow continues to reside on the old homestead. He later l>ecame a minister in the Brethren in Clirist Church. There were nine children born to George and Mary Ann Ulery, as f ollo\\<e : Elizabeth, who was boi'n November 20, 1849, died aged eleven years ; Samuel, who was born January 21, 1851 ; William, who was born June 4, 1854; John B., who was born December 6, 1856, died November 3, 1884; Mary, deceased, who was born May 8, 1860; Isaac, who was born April 3, 1862, is proprietor of the leading hardware store at New Carlisle, Ohio; Ezra, who was born March 30, 1864; Lueinda, who was born May 20, 1867, died aged two years ; and George W., who was l)orn February 22, 1871, and is a prominent farmer of Pike Township.

Mrs. Ulery is a valued member of the Brethren in Christ Church. She has lived a long and useful life and has a wide circle of warm friends and hearty wellwishers.

JOHN F. TROUT, residing on his valunh\e farm of forty acres of land situated in Section 5, Springfield Township, was born in German Township, Clark County, Ohio, February 14, 1856, and is a son of Philip and Sarah (Baker) Trout.

Philip Trout was a sou of David Trout, and in his boyhood accompanied his father from Virginia to Clark County, Ohio. He was reared in German Township, where he later became a successful farmer and at llie time of his death in 1902 he owned one hundred acres of land. He married Sarah Baker, who was a daughter of

John F. Trout grew up on his father's farm in German Township and attended the district schools, the township high school and the National Normal University, at Lebanon, Ohio. For several years following he taught school in German and Harmony Township and then began to farm in partnership with his brother Jacob. They owned the home farm together and continued to operate it until 1905, when the subject of this sketch desired to move to his present farm in Spring-field To^vnship. They then sold the property in German Township and Mr. John F. Trout has been established here since November 14, 1905. His land is a very productive property under his careful methods and he raises grain and stock. On June 25, 1902, Mr. Trout was married to Elizabeth Hixon, who was born in Highlahd County, Ohio.

ADAINI BAKER, one of German Township's leading citizens and large landowners, whose three farms, aggregating three hundred and twenty-five acres, all lie in this township, with the exception of eight acres in Moorefield Township, was bom on the farm on which he lives, near Eagle City, Clark County, Ohio, April 26, 1841. His parents were x\dam and Susannah (Klinefelter^ Baker.

The father of Mr. Baker ]H-obably grew to manhood in York County, Pennsylvania, but in 18.S5 he came to Clark Countv with his wife, from Marvland. For six months after reaching Spring-field, they conducted a hotel there. Adam Baker, the elder, then bought the farm on which his son Adam resides and also a mill and distillery which stood on the place. He operated the mill for some ten years, after which he gave his attention to general farming and stock-raising, feedingmany hogs. He lived on this farm until his death, which took place in 1863. His widow then removed to Springfield, where she died in 1879. They were the parents of twelve children, nine of whom reached maturity, the four survivors being: Elnora ; Johanna, who is the wife of Alexander Baker and lives at Springfield; John W., who resides at Topeka, Kansas ; and Adam. Those deceased were: Mrs. Elizabeth Ferree, William, Cornelius, Sarah Ann, George Washington, and three infants.

Adam Baker, bearing- his father's name, was reared on the old home farm, on which he has lived continuously, with the exception of fifteen months spent at Snyderville. He has followed farming and stock-raising, buying, selling and feeding many cattle and hogs. Mr. Baker is a good business man - industrious and practical - and he has accumulated a comfortable fortune. Although other members of his family have filled jniblic offices in German Township and Clark County, his inclinations never lay in that direction and he has kept out of politics.

Mr. Baker married Amanda Wilson, in October, 1869. They have no children. He is prominent in Masonry, being a "Shriner" and has attained the thirtysecond degree. He belongs also to the Knights of Pvthias.

IRA W. WALLACE, president of the Wallace Company, who has been identilied with Springfield business interests for the past thirty-three years, was born in 1844, in Mahoning County, Ohio. Mr. Wallace was reared in his native county and was mainly educated at Poland Seminary, having as a classmate, the late President William. McKinley.

In 1862 Mr. Wallace entered the Federal army, in which he continued as a soldier until the close of the Civil War. He was a member of the Ninth Independent Company of Ohio Sharpshooters and served as orderly sergeant, was commissioned second lieutenant and later first lieutenant, and was mustered out of the service at Cleveland, in September, 1865. He returned to Mahoning County and from there in the fall of that year went to Missouri, where he was engaged for seven years in an insurance and real estate business. Upon his return to Ohio, he was occupied in the same line of industry at Cleveland, imtil 1875, when he opened up an insurance business in Spring-field, where he has his two sons associated with him. He represents the leading insurance companies of the country, including, the Royal, the North British Mercantile, the Liverpool and London, the Niapara and New York, the Connecticut, of Hartford, the Hanover, of New York, and the Aetna Life, together with a number of other organizations. In 1879, Mr. Wallace was married to Lizzie C. Cornwell, and they have two sons, Gail C. and Fred M.

Politically, Mr. Wallace is a Republican and for a number of years has been a member of the Republican Executive committee. He is a valued member of

Mitchell Post, Grand Army of the Republic. He was chairman of the committee of this post that called the meeting that resulted in the organization of the Clark County Historical Society, and he has been a member of its board of directors ever since. He is a very active member of the Lagonda Club and at present is its vice president. He is in close sympathy with all movements of a public-spirited nature which promise to be of substantial benefit to the city.

R. G. CALVERT, postmaster of Selma and proiirietor of the Selma Grain Elevator is one of the leading citizens and influential business men of the village and was born in Pennsylvania, in 1856, a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Paist) Calvert, and a grandson of Reese and Deborah (Piatt) Calvert, life-long residents of Pennsylvania.

Thomas Calvert was one of a family of seven children. He was reared and educated in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, later engaging in farming which occupation he followed there until his death. He married Elizabeth Paist, a daughter of James Paist, also a resident of Pennsylvania, and to them were bom eight children, six of whom are living.

R. G. Calvert, spent his early boyhood days on his father's farm in Montgomery County, and in 1868 came alone to Selma, Clark County, Ohio and here obtained his education in the district schools and also a private school, in the meanwhile living with his uncle until 1875. He then obtained a position as clerk for Hollingsworth & Comiiany with whom he remained until 1880, when he went west to Iowa for a period of three years. Upon his return to Selma in 1883, he and his brother became associated with William Wildman, in operating a store, and a grain and coal business, under the firm name of Calvert Brothers & Company, until 1894, when they dissolved partnership, Mr. "VVildman taking charge of the store, and Mr. Calvert retaining the grain and coal business. With the exception of two years which he spent in California, on a pleasure t)-ip, Mr. Calvert has continued in the grain and coal line, establishing the business upon his return to the East in 1904. Mr. Calvert has served continuously as postmaster of Selma with the exception of three years, 1894 to 1897 inclusive, and is the present incumbent. Politically he is a Republican. His religious connection is with the Society of Friends.

Mr. Calvert was united in marriage with Ethel Kirk, a daughter of Charles and Eachel Kirk of Richmond, Indiana, and thev have three children.

ASA W. HODGE, residing on his extensive farm of 261 acres, which is situated in Sections 33 and 34, Moorefield Township, was born in this township October 3, 1873, and is a son of J. Milton and Mary Ann (Hunter) Hodge.

The founder of the Hodge family in Clark County was Andrew Hodge, who came here from Kentucky. He was a native of Virginia, but had accompanied Daniel Boone to Kentucky, and subsequently tiring of the dangers of pioneering in that state, known in early days as the "Dark and Bloodv Ground," came on into Ohio and entei-ed a section of land in Pleasant Township, Clark County. James Hodge, his son, was born in Clark County and the latter 's son, J. Milton, was also born on the old farm. The latter married the daughter of a neighbor, Lemuel Hunter, also an early settler in this section. Of their seven children three reached maturity, namely : Asa W. ; Ida M., who married Harry S. Andrew, of Dayton, Ohio; and Anna, who resides on the home farm, a part of which lies in Moorefield and a part in Pleasant Township, the residence being in the former and the farm in the latter. After their marriage, .J. Milton Hodge and his wife settled on this farm, on which he carried on agriculture, becoming also an extensive stock-raiser. He acquired 900 acres of land in the two townships. He erected the comfortable brick residence, where he died in April, 1901. His widow survived him until October, 1904.

Asa W. Hodge was reared in his native township and attended the country schools through boyhood. From choice and environment he has always been engaged in agricultural pursuits. After his marriage he moved to the present farm, which was originally the old James Foley place. Here he has made many improvements, which include the building of two barns and the modernizing of the residence. He is actively engaged in raising Shorthorn cattle, Delaine sheep and Poland China hogs.

On October 3, 1901, Mr. Hodge was married to Bertha Page, who is a daughter of Charles and Melis.?a Page, residents of Pleasant Township. The family is a prominent one in this section and is one of the most sulistantial. Mr. Hodge is not

EDWARD C. GWYN, formerly pres. ident of the Merchants' and Mechanics' Loan Company, also formerly manager and treasurer of the Safety Emery '\ATieel Company, as well as president of the board of trustees of the Springfield Water Works and a director in the First National Bank of Spring-field, occupied an assured position among the leadingcitizens and responsible men of this section. He was born in Spring-field, Ohio', Aug-ust 12, 1851, and died at his beautiful home in this city November 1, 1907.

The Gwyn family can be traced to John Gwyn, of London, England. Edward Gwyn, son of John and father of our subject, was born in London, May 12, 1816. He there married Isabella Tumbull and they came to America in 1847. They settled first in Wood County, but subsequently moved to Cincinnati, where he became a builder and contractor of gas and water works. He came to Springfield from Dayton and established the first gas plant here, which he operated for a number of years. He was engaged in other enterprises, notably the manufacture of small arms during the Civil War, and still later he was associated, as agent in foreign lands, with the Champion Reeper and Mower Company, of Spring-field. Accompanied by his wife, the father of the late Edward C. Gw>ai visited various expositions in his own and other countries, and pushed the sale of the products of the great concerns he represented to the fullest extent. It was while engaged in business of this nature that his death took place in Rotterdam, Holland, May 25, 1879. His remains were brought to Springfield and laid to rest in Ferncliff Cemetery. His widow survived him until 1899. Their living children are: Amelia (Spencer), who resides in Springfield; Rosa (Driscoll), also residing in Springfield; Mary (Sheibley), of Tiffin, Ohio, and Violet (Hyde), who is at present residing at Santa Anna, California.

Edward C. Gwjn acquired his education in private schools in his native city of Springfield, and at Hamilton, Ohio, where the family spent their winter months. Upon completing his literary studies he became his father's assistant and worked with him in various gas and water plants located both in Ohio and in Pennsylvania. After coming to Springfield lie was interested for a time in the wood and lumber industry. Later, in the interests of a gas company, he resided for a time at Upper Sandusky, coming back to Springfield in 1881, where for six mouths following he served as superintendent of the construction of the water works and then was made secretary and assistant superintendent of the Springfield Gas Light Company, serving as such for four years. In June, 1885, he was elected president of the board of trustees of the Springfield Water Works. As indicated, he had many important business interests in this city and was a large property owner. In polities he was a Republican, and, religiously, a member of the First Congregational Church.

On September 1, 1887, Mr. Gwyn was married to Isabella W. Smith, who was born at Springfield and is a daughter of William R. and Mary (Ege) Smith.

They had two children, a son and daughter, Charles W. and Mary Belle, the former of whom is a graduate of the Springfield High School and a student at Wittenberg College, the latter being a student in the high school.

JOSEPH CRABILL, JR., member of the Springfield Township School Board, resides on a well improved farm of 128 acres in Springfield Township, where lie carries on a general agricultural line. He was born in Madison Township, Clark County, Ohio, Jime 4, 1862, and is a son of William Jr., and Sarah (Wise) CrabiU. The Crabill family is an old agricultural one of Clark County. The grandfather, Thomas V. Crabill, was born in Moorefield Township, above Lagonda, on what was then known as the old Crabill farm, and he became a large landowner.

William Crabill, Jr., was born in Sjiringfield Township in March, 1834, on a farm now occupied by his brother, J. F. Crabill. After his marriage he moved to Madison Township, where he rented a farm for several years, then moved to Harmony Township, where he resided imtil the spring of 1874, when he bought a farm of 180 acres in Springfield Township, to which he moved in the following September. He owns also the well improved farm of seventy-eight acres on which his son, Joseph, Jr., located September 30, 1892.

Joseph Crabill, Jr., was twelve years old when he accompanied his parents to Springfield Township, where he has resided ever since. He obtained his education in the public schools and has ever since given his best efforts to farming.

For a time after his marriage, he continued to reside with his father and then moved to the farm the latter had formerly purchased, subsequently buying his own farm of fifty acres from Dr. Laybourn. He does a large wholesale milk business in addition to general farming, and is ranked with the representative business men of this section.

Mr. Crabill married Mary Hinkle, who is a daughter of Michael Hinkle, who was a prominent pioneer settler and large farmer of Springfield Township. They have five children, namely: Lester H., Sarah Wise, Alice, Joseph Elden and William. Mr. Crabill and family belong to the Lutheran Church, and he is a member of the church council.

Mr. Crabill, as a citizen, is interested in all that concerns the general welfare of his community and he has testified to his sincerity by consenting to serve for many years on the School Board, of which he was president in 1907. He is a member of the Knights of Pvthias.

WILLIAM BALDWIN, formerly justice of the peace in Moorefield Township, and a surviving veteran officer of the great Civil War, was born at Urbana, Ohio, January 11, 1834, and is a son of Samuel V. and Catherine (Van Meter) Baldwin.

The paternal grandfather was Joseph Baldwin. He was a Virginian by birth and married in his native state. When he decided to come to Ohio he traded a tannery for 120 acres of land in Moorefield Township, Clark County, Ohio. In a flat-boat he brought his family and possessions from Wheeling down the Ohio, and when they landed, he traded the boat for a wagon and they traveled overland in this to Clark County. Eventually he became one of the largest capitalists of the county, largely through the business sagacity of his eldest son, William Baldwin. The latter went from Virginia to New York and there prospered in the mercantile business and invested a large amount of money in land in Ohio. He died unmarried and his father was his heir to 2,000 acres of land. Joseph Baldwin died on the farm which is now the home of his grandson, William Baldwin.

Samuel V. Baldwin was born in Virginia and was ten years old when his father came to Ohio. He was afforded excellent educational advantages and was a man of brilliant parts. He graduated from Miami University, at Oxford, and subsequently became a leading member of the bar at Urbana, of which city he was prosecuting attorney for many years. He married Catherine Van Meter.

William Baldwin's youth was passed on his grandfather's farm and at Urbana, with his parents, and he grew to manhood with a fortunate environment. When the Civil War was precipitated he was eager to take part in the struggle and his first enlistment was for three months in Company K, Second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry Militia. His second enlistment was in the Sixty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he served for twenty-three days as a private and was then promoted to be second lieutenant in Company D, Twenty-sixth Regiment, later to be first lieutenant and still later to be captain of Company G, which continued to be his rank through the period of the war. He was on special duty, however, during the greater part of the time, serving as brigade inspector and as aid-de-camp to General E. P. Fyffe, and also on the staff of General George B. Buell as assistant general inspector of brigade. Captain Baldwin was ever at the post of duty and he did not escape some of the terrible wages of war. At the battle of Missionary Ridge he was shot in the head while in the lead of his company charging the enemy. Before Kenesaw Mountain, June 22, 1863, he received a bullet in the leg which debarred him from field service ever after. For a period of eighteen months he served in the Veteran Reserve Corps, and he filled the position of post adjutant of the battalion, during the discharge of the state troops at Augusta, Maine. Captain Baldwin's executive ability was still further recognized when he was sent to take command at Fort Sullivan, and after his duties were over there he was sent home on waiting orders, and subsequently received his honorable discharge.

After the close of his army service he returned to peaceful pursuits and in 1869 he went to Wichita, Kansas, where he lived until 1876, when he accepted a government clerkship in the quartermaster general's office at Washington City, where he remained for five years. Prior to entering the army Mr. Baldwin had graduated from the Cincinnati Law School and had engaged in the practice of his profession at Urbana. During his residence at AVichita he practiced law, and for five years was city attorney, and for one term was judge of the Probate Court. He had become a very prominent political factor and was a member of 1lie Kansas State Legislature when he decided to remove to Washington. In 1882 Mr. Baldwin returned to Clark County and subsequently he served as a justice of the peace in Moorefield Township. He is one of the representative citizens of this section.

After his return from the army Captain Baldwin was married to Emily Read, who is a daughter of Joel Read, and they have four children, namely: William residing at Osborn, Ohio; Blanche, who married James W. Roberts; Leah, who married Andrew G. Dey, residing at Springfield; and Read, residing at home. There 'are five grandchildren in the family. Mr. Baldwin is a Mason.

C. E. WADE, formerly secretary and treasurer of the Owen Machine Tool Company, and* now serving in the capacity of purchasing agent and office manager for the Oscar Lear Automobile Company, has been also, since 1905, secretary and treasurer of the Yieldable Gear Company, all of which are among the more prominent business concerns of Springfield. Mr. Wade is a native of Springfield and a son of John A. Wade.

C. E. Wade was educated in the Springfield public schools and his first business position was with the District Telegraph Company, where he was employed for eight months, going from there to McGregor Brothers, and later to the George H. Mellen Company. With the latter firm he remained for two years and a half, after which he was bookkeej^er for the Foos Gas Engine Company for tAvo years. As each business oi:>ening presented itself, ]\tr. Wade proved his ability to fill it and has climbed step by step to his present responsible position. From October 1905 to March 1908 he filled the position of secretary and treasurer for two important business combinations at Springfield. He is also a stockholder and a member of the advisory board of the Republic Life Insurance Company.

ISAIAH WOOD, one of the representative men of Pleasant Township, where he oAvns a small farm of fifteen acres, has been engaged for a number of years in raising fine horses and in dealing in live stock. He was born in Pleasant Township, Clark Coimty, Ohio, January 18, 1842, and is a son of Albert Wood.

His paternal grandfather, Benjamin Wood, removed from New Jersey to North Carolina about 1800. From there he went to Cincinnati and thence to the vicinity of Urbana, Champaign County. Ohio. About 1805 he came to Clark County. Albert Wood came to Clark County from New Jersey and married here some ten years later. His children were: Mary, Benjamin, S'arah, Juliet, Anna, Henry and Isaiah, five still surviving. Albert Wood was a well educated man and taught school. He died in 1843, aged thirty-five years.

Isaiah Wood was reared in Pleasant Township and attended the district schools. He married a Miss Malinda Endsley, whose parents were born in Virginia and came to Ohio in the early forties. They settled first in Logan County, where they remained until 1852, when they moved to Champaign County and for the next twenty years lived on a i-ented farm near Mechanicsburg. after which they jnoved to Pleasant Township. There ]\Ir.

Endsley died, aged sixty-nine years, and Mrs. Endsley at the age of sixty-seven. Mr. Endsley served in the Civil War as a member of the Sixty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, until after the battle of Bull Run, when he returned to Pleasant Township.

Mr. Wood has always lived in this section with the exception of a period of twenty-seven months, during which he was in the army. He enlisted in 1862 in the Ninety-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, starting in as a private, and for gallantry was promoted to the rank of corporal. He took part in the battles of Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and Resaca, at the latter receiving a serious wound that put an end to his military career. A bursting shell so shattered his left leg that it was necessary to amputate it, but before receiving surgical attention he had the painful experience of lying apparently deserted on the battlefield from one o'clock in the afternoon until ten o'clock at night. Wliile \jing in this position he received four additional woimds. Even after receiving aid he had to endure the pain of the amputation and the dressing of his other wounds while fully conscious, there being no anaesthetics at hand, and the danger of blood poisoning being also increased owing to the lack of that antiseptic treatment that forms an inseparable part of the surgery of today. In his weakened condition Mr. Wood was conveyed first to Chattanooga and thence to Nashville, and subsequently reached the hospital at Camp Dennison. There he remained for six months and finally was honorably discharged and received his papers in December, 1864.

After Mr. Wood returned to Pleasant Township he established a harness business at Catawba, in which he continued for eighteen years. Since then he has devoted his attention to raising fine horses and other stock. He owned the noted Helen P. and also American Boy, which had a record of 2 :09y2, and which was the best race horse ever known in this section. He was also the owner of Ivanhoe and Gambetta, the latter a French horse; the former was valued at $2,000, and the latter at $1,600. He has also dealt extensively in cattle.

Mr. Wood has two sons and three daughters, namely : Addie, born in 1868, who married Albert Tavenner in 1891, and has one son, Ralph ; Albert, born December 21, 1870, who married Annie Hoss, and has one child, Lois, born in 1903 ; Lorell, born in 1876, whp married Kemp Coffey ; Roy, born in 1882, who was married in 1904, to Nora Runyan and they reside at Muncie, Indiana; and Blanche, who was born in 1885, and resides at home. Mr. Wood is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Catawba, and is a class leader. He belongs to the local Grand Army post. Mrs. Wood taught several terms of school before her marriage.

JOSEPH VAN HORN, senior member of the Van Horn & Gilbert Lumber Company, of South Charleston, Ohio, dealers in hardwood and lumber, which is the largest concern of its kind in this section of the country, was born August 31, 1850, in Harrison County, Ohio, and is a son of Edward and Eliza (Gilbert) Van Horn.

Bucks County, Pennsylvania, of which his father, Christopher Van Horn, was also a native. The family was an agricultural one. Edward was one of seven children, three boys and four girls, all of whom are now deceased. When about fifteen years old his parents moved to Harrison County, Ohio, and later to Cedarville, Gf-reene County, where they both died. Edward engaged at various kinds of work, operating a well drill during his younger days and farming prior to his military service. For four years he was a member of the Tenth Ohio Battery during the Civil War and saw much hard service, his death, which occurred in Cedarville, Greene County, being due to rheumatism, which was contracted while in the army. He married Eliza Gilbert, of Harrisonville, Harrison County, Ohio, and to them were born four children : Edward, who died in 1885; Martha F., who married Thomas Carlyle, of Yellow Springs; Susanna, who married Frank Hilttabridle, of Baltimore, Maryland; and JoseiDh.

Joseph Van Horn was two years old when his parents moved from Harrisonville to Cedarville, Greene County, and there was reared and received his education. He remained at home, working at various things, as opportunity offered, until his marriage at the age of twenty-eight years, after which he remained in Cedarville for four years as lumber buyer for a Dayton firm. He then moved to Plarmon Township, Madison County, Ohio, where he owned a mill, which he operated three years and then moved to South Charleston, where he has since been engaged in the lumber business. About 1903 Mr. Gilbert was made a member of the firm.

Mr. Van Horn was married in 1878 to Sally Milburn, of Cedarville. Politically Mr. Van Horn is a believer in the doctrine of the Republican party and has served as a member of the town council. Fraternally he is a member of the Odd Fel-

AYDON ALLEN, who owns 146 fertile acres of what was formerly known as the old Thorpe farm, in Spring-field Township,, was born in Harmony Township, Clark County. Ohio, September 3, 1846, and is a son of William and Rebecca C. (Henkle) Allen.

William Allen was born in New York and was a son of William Allen, who was born in Yorkshire, England. The first William Allen came to America in young manhood and settled in New York, subsequently removing to Cincinnati, Ohio. When his son William was about ten years of age he came to Harmony Township, Clark County, where he took up a quarter section of land and on that farm he lived during the remainder of his life. AVilliam Allen (2) passed the whole of his life from the age of ten years on the same place. He married Rebecca C. Henkle, who was a daughter of Joel Henkle, and the granddaughter of a noted German scholar, who had seven sons, five of whom became Methodist ministers. Joel Henkle's inclinations turned toward agriculture instead of the ministry and when he reached manhood he came to Clark County and settled in Moorefield Township, where Mrs. Allen was born. William Allen (2) remained with his widowed mother until lier death, when he inherited the old Allen homestead of forty-two acres. He had three children: Aydou; Joseph W., who was formerly county recorder, residing at Springfield; and one died in infancy.

Aydon Allen was reared on the old Allen farm on which he lived for fifty years and six months. He obtained his education in the country schools and in young manhood worked as a farmer. When twenty-sis years of age he began to teach and for sixteen years followed the profession through Harmony and Moorefield Townships. After he retired from the educational field he returned to his farm, on which he continued to live until March, 1897, when he moved to his present place. Prior to this, however, he had bought his brother's interest in the old Allen farm, which then contained sixty-five acres, and he disposed of the property in 1901. Here he carries on a general farming line. He is widely known and highly esteemed and if his neighbors have ever found fault it has been because of his never setting up a domestic hearthstone, Mr. Allen never having married. He is identified with the Masons and the Knights of Pythias, and is a member of the M. P. Church at Harmonv.

G-EORGE W. DTJRKEE. who has been a continuous resident of Clark County for the past sixty-eight years, owns a fine property in Harmony Township, consisting of 140 acres, on which he carries on general farm.ing and stock-raising. He was born in Geauga County, Ohio, December 30, 1833. and is a son of Marcus and Sophronia M. (Work) Durkee.

Marcus Durkee was born in Connecticut and was a son of Martin Durkee. He was a mechanic by trade, becoming also a farmer after acquiring land. In 1827 he came to the Western Reserve and settled first in Trumbull County and lived later in Geauga and Lorain Counties, both he and his wife dying at Brighton, Ohio, when full of years. They were married in Connecticut and they had the following children born to them: Clarissa A., George W., Thomas C, Francis M. and Mary. Clarissa Durkee was born December 17, 1831, and died February 17, 1886. She married Philip L. Coe and they had four children, Delmar and Emory, residing in Ohio; Byron, living in California, and Clinton, whose home is in Pennsylvania. Thomas C. Durkee was born in 1840 and died in 1906. He married Emma Hopkins and they had five children : Lenora, Frank, Bertha, Herbert, Nettie, Bertha being deceased. Francis M. Durkee was born February 9, 1847, and resides in Kansas. He married Isabel Farrar and they have three children: Howard, Florence and Henry. Mary Durkee was born August 11, 1849. She married Elijah C. Smith and they reside at Dayton, Ohio. Thev have four chil dren living, one, Maud, being deceased.

George W. Durkee obtained a district school education and then learned the cooper trade, following it for a number of years at Brighton. During the Civil War he served as a member of what was called the Squirrel Hunters' Brigade, while hi? brother Thomas was in the Eleventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. George AY. retains memliership in the existing commemorative body at Springfield. In 1865 he purchased his ]iresent farm, which is situated ODe-half mile east of Brighton, on the National Turnpike Road. At that time it was covered with timber and for a part of it he paid $25 per acre. He has done all the clearing and has made the many excellent improvements which together have developed it into one of the best farms in the township.

At Springfield, Ohio, in 1862, Mr. Durkee was married to Matilda Perkins, who was born Februarj- 18, 1835, and is a daughter of Samuel and Frances (Ward) Perkins.

Samuel Perkins was born December 16, 1805, and died March 22, 1850. He married Frances Ward, who was born December 24, 1810, and died July 5, 1863. They had the following children: Henry W., AVillard D., Walter D., Matilda W., David W., Sarah M., Columbia L., Esther and Abigail J. Henry W. Perkins was born April 3, 1828 and" died December 7, 1853. He married Jane St. John, and they had one child, Granville R. Willard D." Perkins was born July 30, 1830, and died May 25, 1896. He married Eliza N. Bell and they had four children: Elnora, Celia, Edith and Elmer. Walter D.»Perkins was born January 18, 1833. David W. Perkins was born March 30, 1838. He married Elizabeth Ervan. Sarah M. Perkins Avas born January 18, 1841. She married (first) James Thomas and (second) George Truitt. Three children were born to the first union: Harry, Addie and Nettie. Columbia L. Perkins was born January 23, 1844. She married Alfred Ervin and has four children: Leon, Mary, Charles- and Harry. Esther 0. Perkins, deceased, was born November 12, 1847. Abigail J. Perkins was born November 1, 1849. She married Daniel

Davis and they had six children : Glenna, Blanche, Oliver, Nettie, Irma and Orrie. Mrs. Frances (Ward) Perkins and family arrived in Clark County March 29, 1851.

Mr. and Mrs. Durkee have had four children: Carrie B., Ella F., Ernest C. and Arthur L. Carrie B., born December 5, 1862, died December 27, 1889. She married Benjamin Woosley and they had tAvo children, Leonard C, born September 17, 1887, and Lohren F., who was born in 1889 and died May 22, 1906. Ella F., born September 23, 1864, married David Woosley and they have two surviving children, Ethel and Ercil. Ernest C, born August 3, 1867, died E'obruary 17, 1872. Arthur L., born June 12, 1871, resides at Springlield, Ohio.

Mr. Durkee is a good citizen, taking an active interest in what concerns his community. He and wife are valued members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Vienna Cross Roads.

JA:\IES EDWARD LOWRY, county commissioner, and owner of 225 acres of highly cultivated farm land, located in Bethel Township, Clark County, Ohio, was born on his present farm August 27, 1852, and is a son of Robert Mitchell and Elizabeth (Bancroft) Lowry.

David Lowry, his grandfather, was one of the first settlers of Clark County, coming here in 1795 with J. Donnell, who laid out Donnellsville. They came from Virginia to Cincinnati, Ohio, where they joined the surveying party of Rogers and (,^lark. The entire party came up the Miami River as far as Dayton and encam]5ed at the mouth of the Mad River. The next day - Sundav - Mr. Lowry and

Mr. Donnell strolled up Mad River imtil they came to Jackson's Creek and Mr. Donnell drove his stake into the ground on the present site of the Donnellsville elevator. David went on farther and took np the site of the present C. W. Minnich farm. In 1796 he brought his parents to this place, where the remainder of their lives was spent. David Lowry was married twice; first to Sarah Hamer, of Clark County, by whom he had children - Mary, Nancy, Elizabeth and Susan. His second wife was Jane (Wright) Hodge, widow of a Mr. Hodge and a native of Botetourt County, Virginia, where she was born September 26, 1778. To them were born four children - Martha, David W., Robert M. and Sarah R.

Robert M. Lowry, father of James Edward, was born in Bethel Township in 1815 and spent his life on the old home place, passing away in 1902. He made many hunting trips to Michigan and while there married Elizabeth Bancroft, of White Pigeon that state. She was born in Canada October 4, 1820, and died October 16, 1887. They had five children, namely: Selina E., who died when young; John, now deceased; Martha, who died aged sixteen years ; David, who died in infancy; and James Edward, the subject of this sketch.

James Edward Lowry, like his father, has spent his life on his present farm, engaged in farming and stock-raising. His education was obtained in the district school and the normal school at Lebanon, Ohio. He was married October 26, 1880, to Emma 0. Wallace, who is a daughter of Smith and Sarah (Stephens) Wallace. One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs.

Politically Mr. Lowry is a Republican, and in 1905 he was appointed to fill the unexpired term of County Commissioner Joseph H. Collins. After serving one year he was nominated at the county convention in 1906 and elected to the office that same year. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Mad River Lodge No. 374, of Enon.

J. B. CIJNGERMAN, who is engaged in an investment and security business, with offices in the Bushnell Building, has been a resident of Springfield for twenty- .seven years. He* was born in Logan County, Ohio, where he received his educational training.

From boyhood until 1881 Mr. Clingerman was in the employ of the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank at De Graff, Ohio. He then came to Springfield and entered the employ of P. P. Mast & Company, with which business house he remained for eight years, subsequently carrying on a manufacturing business of his own for two years. He was then elected to the office of justice of the peace and was twice re-elected, serving eight years, when he resigned. Mr. Clingerman was then elected clerk of the County Court of Clark County, for six years being one of the most efficient and popular officials of the county. After retiring from office Mr. Clingerman engaged in his present business, dealing in securities and investments. His political connection is with the Republican party and he has served as chairman of the County Executive committee, the Congressional Committee and for two years was chairman of the Kepubliean State Central Committee. He is an astute politician and a hard and loyal worker for his friends.

In 1880 Mr. Clingerman was married to Mmnie I. Youngman, a resident of De Graff, Ohio, and they have four children, namely: Byron Horace, who is general superintendent of the People's Light, Heat and Power Company, of Springfield, being a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and also of Wittenberg College; Marie; Eobert Lewis, who is also with the above named company; and Paul A., who is a student in the Springfield Seminary. Mr. Clingerman and family belong to the High Street Methodist Episcopal Church. He belongs to the Masonic Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council and Commandery, to the Knights of Pythias, to the Junior Order of American Mechanics and to several insurance fraternities. He is a charter member of the Springfield Commercial Club and is president of the Masonic Club.

D. D. LAWPtENCE, a well known resident of Springfield, who has been identified with both business and political affairs of this city for the past twenty years, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, in 1868. There he was reared to manhood and when about twenty years of age came to Springfield and entered the employ of the Wickham Piano Plate Company, with whom he remained for two years, after which he was associated with Myers-Lafferty & Company for a period of ten years. Mr. Lawrence has always taken considerable interest in political affairs, and was elected constable in about 1900,

Mr. Lawrence was married March 31, 1889, to Anne E. Conn, and of their union have been born three children - Clarence, Irwin and Wesley. Mr. Lawrence is a member of the First Lutheran Church of Spring-field and is fraternally a member of the Knights of Golden Eagle, Knights of Pythias and the Maccabees.

BENJAMIN F. GABLOUGH, a well known and highly esteemed citizen of Green Township, residing on a finely improved farm of 160 acres six miles south of Springfield, has been a life-long resident of this township and was born on his present farm January 26, 1838. He is a son of Jacob and Nancy (Luce) Garlough and a grandson of John Garlough.

The Garlough family has long been established in Ohio, the grandfather of our subject, John Gai'lough, a native of Maryland, having moved here in 1808. Just 100 years ago, in March, he settled on the farm now owned by our subject. Tne grandfather and great-grandfather of Benjamin F. Garlough both died on this farm and were buried in the cemetery just across the road from the farm. Jacob Garlough was just eleven years old when his parents moved to Ohio and here he was reared and followed farming all his life. He married Nancy M. Luce, a native of Clark County, and to them were born seven sons - William, John, Thomas, Justis, James, Edward and Benjamin F.

served as a private in the army for four years, particii)ating in many important engagements in Tennessee, Pennsylvania, I\[arylaud and West Virginia. Mr. Garlougli was united in marriage with Sallie Jane (Littler) Garlough, and to them were born six children, namely: Charlie Irvin, Anson A., Effie A., Glen E., deceased, Maud E. and Alda May. By the first marriage Mrs. Garlough had one child - Lillie (Hayes). Mr. Garlough has always followed fax-ming, as did all his ancestors for many generations back, and is one of the foremost men of the township. He is public spirited and enterprising and is held in highest esteem by his fellow citizens. Mr. Garlough is a member of the G. A. R., Mitchell Post, and is politically a Republican.

W. G. CAMPBELL, a well known member of the Springfield bar, was born at Preston, Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1874, where he was reared and prepared Jfor the National Normal University, at Lebanon.

After completing his pollege course, Mr. Campbell engaged in teaching and for some time was principal of a school at New Haven, Hamilton County. Later he entered the Ohio State University and was graduated from the law department of that institution in 1903. He immediately located at Springfield and now occupies convenient offices in the new Zimmerman Building, since ]904 having been alone, but prior to that time in partner- .ship with his former classmate, Clarence Rice, under the firm name of Rice & Campbell, a connection which was dissolved by the death of Mr. Rice. Besides attending to the large practice which he has built up, Mr. Campbell is interested in the AleCain Realty Company. Politically Mr. Campbell is identified with the Republican party and he takes quite an active interest in political matters and is a factor in local public movements.

In 1907 Mr. Campbell was married to Nina Serviss, who is a daughter of O. F. Serviss, assistant postmaster of Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell belong to the Ignited Brethren Church. His fraternal relation.ships include the Masons, the Knights of Pythias and the Woodmen of the World. He is also a member of the Springfield Commercial Club.

HENRY ROCKEL, a highly esteemed retired resident of Tremont City, has spent the larger part of"his long and useful life engaged in agricultural pursuits. He owns three valuable farms in German Townsliip, aggregating two hundred acres. Mr. Rockel was born on the old Rockel farm, on the Valley Turnpike, in German Township, Clark County, Ohio, March 1-1, 3835, and is a son of Adam and Mary A. (Baker) Rockel.

Henry Rockel was reared in German Township and after a school attendance of some years, took upon himself a large portion of the work of cultivating the home farm. He continued to reside on the same farm after his marriage and until 1882, when he moved to a farm located a short distance south and resided there until October 27, 1906, when he moved to Tremont City. He still retains a lively interest in the management of his property, although not taking any part in the actual work. For manv vears he was con-

On January 19, 1860, Mr. Rockel was married to Mary A. Richards, who is a daughter of John and Susan (Landis) Richards. They have had five children, namely: Oscar James, who is a trustee of German Township, married Laura A. Haus, and they have six children; Laura E. who died aged thirteen years; Emma, who married Abraliam Thomas; Clara, who married Charles Schalfer, who is in a grocery business at Springfield; and Warren Adam, who married (first) Pearlie A. Lorton, and (secondly) Ida M. Pearson. Mr. and Mrs. Rockel have a number of grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. The children of Oscar James Rockel and wife are : Lydia, who married Merlin Lorton; Gay, who married Noah Myers, and had two children, both of whom are now deceased; Carlisle, Emanuel Henry, Mary Elizabeth, and Esther Corinne. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas are : Elsie, who married Clement Dean; and Grover Clyde, who married Glenna Bushong and has one daughter, Mildred; Henry Lewis (deceased) and Earl LeRoy. Warren Adam Rockel had two children by his first marriage, both of whom are deceased. He has three by his second union - Edna Corinne, Russel M. and Nora Catherine. Mr. Rockel and sons are Democrats. He is a member of the old German Lutheran Church.

SAMUEL REEDER BATTIN, president of the Clark County Farmers' Mutual Protective and Aid Association and a prominent resident of Madison Township, has been a citizen of this coimty since

1874. He was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, March .3, 1829, and is a son of David and Sarah Ann (Reeder) Battin, a grandson of John and Ann (Raley)^ Battin, and a great-grandson of Richard and Elizabeth (James) Battin.

The Battin family is of Welsh origin, its members being in general of the Quaker faith. The name at one time was spelled Batten. It is an old family in this country, its establishment on American s.oil, as traditionally given, dating back to a short time after the arrival of William Penn. Richard Battin, above mentioned, and his family located in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. They were valued members of the Society of Friends.

John Battin, the grandfather, was born near Wilmington, Delaware, June 13, 1767, and in early life learned the trade of a cooper. After arriving at maturity, he moved to Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he followed his trade in connection with farming, and here he married Ann Raley, and they were parents of ten children, each of whom lived to a ripe old age. The combined ages of these children at the time of their respective deaths, totaled seven hundred and seventy years, or an average of seventy-seven years, which is truly remarkable for so large a family.

David Battin, father of Samuel R., was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, June S, 1803, and as a child accompanied his parents on their removal to Stark County, Ohio, thence to Columbiana County, where his father died in 1847. There he grew to maturity and was engaged in farming and stock-raising all his life, being especially prominent as a breeder of fine sheep. Upon reaching man's estate lie had bought a heavily timbered tract of land, which he cleared and transformed into a good farm, and as his two sons grew up and assisted in the work the acreage of the farm was increased to more than double that of the original purchase. David Battin married Sara Ann Reeder, a daughter of Samuel and Ann (Malone) Reeder, who were among the pioneers of Columbiana County, coming from near Westtown Boarding School, Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1806. They also were members of the Society of Friends. Mr. Battin died September 6. 1877, aged seventy-four years, and his wife, who survived him six years, died at the age of eighty years.

Samuel Reeder Battin was reared on the home farm in Columbiana County, and attended the common schools during the winter months of his boyhood days. He was brought up to hard work and at the age of twenty years began working on a farm for ten dollars per month, a paltry sum in view of the present day wages and hours. He soon turned his attention to the saw-mill industry, purchasing a half interest in a mill, for which he made part payment with what he had been able to save of his wages, giving a note for the balance to his uncle who had faith in his honesty and capacity. He subsequently resumed farming in that county, and so continued until 1874, when he came to Clark Coimty, Ohio. Here he purchased one hundred acres in Madison Township (to which he has since added eighty- three acres), and set about making much needed improvements and converting it into a modern farming property. At the time of his arrival here, he was four thousand dollars in debt, and the fact that he now takes rank among the substantial and affluent residents of his community is ample evidence of his industry and his ability in matters of business. He has followed general farming and stock-raising, jiaying especial attention to the raising and breeding of fine wool sheep and shorthorn cattle. Mr. Battin was one of the charter members of the Clark County Farmers' Mutual Protective & Aid Association, of which he was adjuster for many years, and now holds the office of president. Under his able direction the association has prospered, doing an extensive business in insuring farm property in Clark and adjoining counties and now carrying two and a half million dollars of risks, its membership being over twelve hnndred.

In 1853 Mr. Battin was united in marriage with Miss Lydda Ann Winder, a native of (Columbiana County, Ohio, and a daughter of Joseph and Efphama (Yates) Winder of Carroll County, Ohio. Four children were born to them, of whom the following is a brief record : Efphama Ann married John Cole of Fairfield County, and died leaving a son, Harry Battin Cole, who is now married and has a (laughter and son ; David, now Dr. David Wilmot, and a resident of Shell Rock, Iowa, married Jui-a Cubbison and has a daughter Edna Cubbison Battin ; Charles Sumner, a plumber of South Charleston, married Mary Ann Mather and has two children, Leonard Winslow and Jessie; Amanda, the youngest of the family, died at the age of three years. Mrs. Lydda Battin died December 24, 1864, and Mr. Battin married June 7, 1866, for his second wife, Emilv Tomlinson, a native of

Jefferson County, (Jliio, and a daughter of Samuel S. and Eachel (Street) Tomlinson. Of this union there are four children, namely: Orlando T., who assists his father on the farm, married Esther Matthews, and has three children - Edith W., Edward M. and Raymond Francis; Kersey Raley, who is now engaged in the building of electric railways; Martha Alma, who lives with her father; and Mary Alice, wife of Walter Sanders Boone, whose home is near Richmond, Indiana, and who has a daughter, Emily Elizabeth.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Battin remain steadfast members of the Society of Friends. In politics, the former was a Free Soiler up to 1856, since which time he has uniformly cast his vote for the Republican nominee for president. He is a broadgauged, thinking man, and believing it to be a duty as well as a pleasure to get out of the beaten path of everyday life, has traveled quite extensively, visiting many points of historic and national interest in our country, as well as the original homesteads of some of his ancestors.

WALTER DICKASON, general farmer and leading citizen of Pleasant Township, resides on his valuable farm of 114 acres, which is situated on the London and Catawba Turnpike Road. He was born in Madison County, Ohio, December 10, 1852, and is a son of Samuel and Eliza (Rafferty) Diekason.

The Diekason family came to Ohio from Virginia. The grandfather, Samuel Diekason, settled in Madison County in 1810, where he bought land for one dollar and a quarter an acre. He had a

Samuel Diekason (2nd), father of Walter, was born in 1822, in Madison County, Ohio, and in 184-3 married Eliza Rafferty, he died July 24, 1894. His widow still survives. They had the following children: Sarah Ann, Jacob, Emeline, Oscar, Walter and Marshall of wliom there are two survivors - Oscar and Walter. Oscar Diekason married Alice Cupples'and their five children all survive, namely: Lona, who married Mr. Foreman, and resides at Columbus ; Willard, who married a Miss Wilson, and lives in Colorado; Walter residing at Springfield; Fern, who married George Ashmore, and lives at home ; and Harry, who also lives at home.

Walter Diekason was six years old when his parents came from Madison County and settled in Pleasant To^v^lship, Clark County, and this section has been Mr. Diekason 's home ever since. He was educated in the district schools and has always followed farming as an occupation. On April 20, 1886, Mr. Diekason was married to Nettie Willard, who was born January 26, 1858, and is a daughter of James and Ella (Hull) Willard.

Col. Abner S. Willard, the grandfather of Mrs. Diekason, was a son of an officer who served in the Revolutionary War. He was born Augaist 2, 1791, in Vermont, served in the War of 1812, and died December 16, 1872. He married Huldah Culver, who was born March 11, 1796, in New York, and they had seven children, namely: Pei'melia T., born in 1816, who died in 1885; Calvin, born August 22, 1817, who died in 1846; Mary C, born

James M. Willard was married November 26, 1849, to Ella Hull, who died December 1, 1896. They had the following children : Talitha, who was born September 6, 1850, married M. T. Candler, November 24, 1869, and died June 14, 1886; William S., who was born October 3, 1853, died September 1, 1854; Edwin E., who was born May 9, 1856, and married Alice Evans, January 17, 1878; Nettie, born January 26, 1858, who became the wife of Walter Uickason; Louie R., who was born February 4, 1861, and married Frank Newman, October 3, 1894; and Horace M., who was born June 22, 1864, and married Estella Hicks, December 28, 1893.

Mr. Dickason is one of the popular men of his district and was elected to his present office of township trustee on the Democratic ticket, receiving a large majority although the township is normally Republican. He belongs to Lodge No. 481, Odd Fellows, at Summerford, Ohio. He is a member and a trustee of the Universalist Church at London, Ohio.

STEWART L. TATUM. attorney at law, who served two terms as city solicitor of Springrield, was born at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1871, where he resided until eighteen years of age.

Arbor, and was graduated in the law department of that great school in 1898. He settled immediately at Springfield, becoming associated in the practice of law with F. M. Krapp, under the firm style of Tatum & Krapp, a partnership which continued imtil 1903. At that time Mr. Tatum first assumed the duties of city solicitor, having been elected to the office in the spring of that year. He was subsequently re-elected, his last term expiring January 1, 1908. In 1900 he was the Democratic candidate for Congress. He is now engaged in the private practice of law in the Gotwald Building, Springfield.

In 1899 Mr. Tatum was married to Grace M. Cowan, of Chicago. He is prominent in Masonry, having attained the 32nd degree, and belonging to the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Coimcil and Commandery at Spring-field and to the Shrine and Consistory at Dayton. He is a member of the Spring-field Commercial Club, the Lagonda C'lub and the Country Club.

HENRY FISHER, one of German Township's best-known citizens, owns six tracts of valuable farming land, aggregating three hundred and twenty acres, all situated in German Township, Clark County, Ohio, where he was born April 28, 1860. He is a son of John Henry and Christina (Fritchey) Fisher. The parents of Mr. Fisher were born in Germany. They came to America in 1858, accompanied by two children, and settled in Clark County, where John Henry Fisher followed farming during the remainder of his life.

father's farm. lie was educated in the public schools, after completing the common school course attending the German Township High School for four terms. In 1889 he tirst officiated as an auctioneer, crying a sale for a neighbor in German Township. He soon found that he possessed a natural talent for this line of work and since that discovery has made auctioneering his main business, and his reputation now extends far beyond Clark County. Although he owns so much land he tinds it more profitable to rent it out on shares than to cultivate it himself. He is a hearty, genial man and possesses the quick wit and ready tongue, combined with the business judgment which enables him to make a success of the auctioneer business. He is very popular and has friends wherever he is known.

Mr. Fisher married Laura Jenkins, who is a daughter of Frederick Jenkins, and they have two children, Lola and Virgil. Mr. Fisher is a Democrat and has served for ten years as a trustee of German Township. He belongs to the Knights of Pvthias.

T. AV. LUDLOW, secretary and superintendent of the Springfield Malleable Iron Company of Spring-field, was born in this city in 1858. He is a son of A. R. Ludlow, also a native of this city, who was born in 1826, and who was for many years one of the leading manufacturers of the city, and a grandson of Cooper Ludlow, a native of Cincinnati, who was one of the pioneer settlers of Clark County, coming here in 1790.

the public schools. He has been engaged in manufacturing all his life, and became associated with the Springfield Malleable Iron Company as secretary and superintendent, in 1879, and has been serving in that capacity ever since.

Mr. Ludlow was joined in marriage in 1882 with Carrie Trader and of this union have been born four children, namely: Harold and Thurston E., who are associated in business with their father; Elizabeth and Catherine. The religious connection of the family is with the Second Presbyterian Church of Springfield. In politics Mr. Ludlow is a Republican.

NATHAN V. BRANSON, a highly respected citizen of the village of Selma, who for many years was one of the most prosperous farmers of Madison Township and owner of two hundred and two and one-half acres of farm land, now the property of his son-in-law, was born November 19, 1834, near Cedarville, Greene County, Ohio, and is a son of Thomas and Anna (Vail) Branson, and a grandson of Abraham Branson, a native and life-long resident of Virginia.

Thomas Branson was a native of Virginia. When he moved to Ohio, he located in Belmont County for a time, moving from there to Greene County, and in 1854, to the present home of his son, Nathan V., where be engaged in farming until his death in 1875. He was first married to Anna Vail, a resident of Belmont County, Ohio, and to their union were born three children, of whom but one is living, Nathan V. After the death of his first wife, he married Thomasin Walker, no children being born of the second union.

Nathan V. Branson was reared in Greene County and obtained his educational training in its schools and at Richmond, Indiana. After completing his education he worked on his father 's farm until 1854, when he came to Clark County and located on the farm near Selma, where he has since continued to reside. In 1906 he sold the property to his sonin-law, Howard S. Smith. On November 18, 1858, he was united in marriage with Anna Swain, who died March 1, 1902. She was a daughter of Charles Edwin Swain, of Pendleton, Indiana. Three children were born to this union : Evelyn, wife of Ralph Howell, T. Swain, and Lewella.

Politically, Mr. Branson is a Prohibitionist and has served his township as trustee. The religious connection of the family is with the Society of Friends.

Howard S. Smith, son-in-law of Mr. Branson, was born in 1870, in Selma, Clark County, Ohio, and with the exception of three years, has lived here all his life. He is one of a family of four children and a son of Samuel and Esther (Cook) Smith. Samuel Smith, whose death occurred in 1901, was a resident and farmer of Greene County, Ohio, near Selma. His wife was a daughter of M. S. Cook, a resident of Avondale, Pennsylvania. She died in 1885.

Mr. Smith was reared in Selma, receiving his education in the village schools and at Earl College, Richmond, Indiana. He then engaged in farming, which occupation he still follows and is one of the most enterprising young agriculturists of the township. On October 4, 1899, he married Lewella Branson, the younger daughter of Nathan V. Branson.

SAMUEL ULERY, whose farm of one hundred and twenty-seven acres, situated in Pike Township, lies about ten miles west of Springfield, is a representative farmer of his section. Mr. ITlery was born January 21, 1852, in Pike Township, Clark County, Ohio, and is a son of Rev. George and Mary Ann (Funderburg) Ulery.

The Uleiy family came to Ohio from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. John L'lery, the grandfather of Samuel, walked from his home there to Clark Coimfy,Ohio, and selected a farm in Pike Township and returned to Pennsylvania on foot. Shortly afterward he returned to Clark County, 1)ringing his family and possessions in a wagon. They settled on the pioneer farm and for many years struggled with the hardships which beset all the early settlers, but overcame many of these by industry and perseverance. Both John Ulery and his wife Elizabeth died on this farm, leaving a family of six children, namely : Nancy, who married David Neiswander; John; George; Jacob; and Mollie, who married Jacob Biller.

George Ulery was fourteen years old when he accompanied his parents to Clark County and he assisted greatly in clearing up the farm from its wild condition. He became a farmer and acquired land until he owned about three hundred acres. In his later years he became a preacher and served in the churches all through this section. He married Mary Ann Fimderburg and they had nine children. She was bom in Pike Township, Clark County,

Ohio, August 3, 1832, and was reared in the home of her grandfather, Samuel Letfel, who was one of the early settlers. She still survives but her husband died February 13, 1878.

Samuel Ulery lived at home until his marriage, in the meanwhile obtaining a common school education. He received a part of his land from his father's estate and bought the remainder from Jacob Baugh. He built the large barn and remodeled the house and has a very comfortable and attractive home.

On February 13, 1877, Samuel Ulery was married to Mary S. Littrell, who is a daughter of Henry S. and Elizabeth (Ashfelt) Littrell. They have a family of five children, namely: Olive Odella; Beulah, who married Dyre Edminson, has three children. Marie, Ernest and Howard; Harvey, who married Susan Hamilton; Charles and Edith. Mr. and Mrs. Ulery belong to the Brethren in Christ Church, in which he is a deacon and of which he is treasurer.

CHAELES H. PETRE, a well known general farmer and dairyman of Springfield Township, residing on a fine farm of one hundred and two acres, situated in section 1, about three miles south of Springfield, was born on his present farm, September 17, 1866, and is a son of Lewis and Angeline (Printz) Petre.

Lewis Petre was born and reared in Hagerstown, Maryland, and was a son of Ludwick Petre, who died when Lewis was a small child. The latter was a shoeraaker by trade and came to Clark Countv, Ohio, when a voung man and lived for some years in Springfield, but in 1833, he bought a farm of one hundred and forty-seven acres in Springfield Township, which his son, Charles H., later purchased. Lewis Petre married Angeline Printz, who was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, and came to Clark County when a young girl, with her father, Daniel Printz, who came from Germany. Six children were born to Lewis and Angeline Petre: Andrew J., who resides in Green Township, Clark County; Mary E., who married Addison Wilson of Spring-field ; Lewis D., who lives in New York; Laird V., who lives in Lincoln, Illinois; Charles H. ; and Frances, who died aged four years. Lewis and Angeline Petre both died on their home farm, the former in 1881, and the latter in 1898.

Charles H. Petre was reared on his present farm, in an old log house which is still standing, and attended the disti'ict schools of the township. After buying the farm from the heirs of his father, Mr. Petre sold forty-five acres and has since been engaged in general farming on the remainder, and engages extensively in dairying, making and selling butter. Mr. Petre was married October 10, 1888, to Matilda Hamma, who was born in Greene County, Ohio, but has spent the greater part of her life in Green Township. Clark County. Her parents, Andrew and Matilda (Carter) Hamma, were prominent farmers of Green Township, the former of whom is now deceased.

Mr. and Mrs. Petre have six children: Alda, Helen, Grace, Robert, Andrew, and Charles Kenneth. Mr. Petre erected his large frame house in 1904. For six years he was a member of the School Board,

THOMAS M. HESS, a prosperous farmer of Green Township, Clark County, Ohio, residing on a fine farm of one hundred and eleven acres, was born December 9, 1841, near Pitchin, Clark County, Ohio, and is a son of John and Sibbia (Mills) Hess.

Johii Hess was born and reared in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and when a young man came to Ohio with his parents who located on a farm near Pitchin, Clark County, where they spent the remainder of their lives. John owned and spent a great many years on the Elton Tuttle farm, moving late in life to a farm west of the Selma Pike in Springfield Township, where his death occurred some years later. He married Sibbia Mills, a daughter of Thomas Mills, and of their union were born six daughters and two sons, five of which children are still living.

T. M. Hess was reared on his father's farm near Pitchin and received a limited amount of schooling in the schools of that locality. He worked on the farm until his marriage, after which he rented a farm near Clifton one year, then moved to his present farm, which he rented several years previous to buying, eighty-six acres of his land having been previously owned by Isaac H. Stratton, his wife's father. He subsequently purchased a tract of twenty-five acres in Spring-field Township. Mr. Hess has always farmed in a general way and keeps a number of cows, making a specialty of selling butter.

Mr. Hess was joined in marriage with Calista A. Stratton, a daughter of Isaac H. Stratton of Green Township, Clark County, and to them have been born four children: Cora (Garlough) ; Warren L., a resident of Springfield; Jessie (Starr) and Burton, who died in infancy. Mr. Hess served 100 days in the army during the Civil War. He is politically, a supporter of the Republican party and his religious connection is with the Methodist Episcopal Church.

ISAAC TTTTTLE, one of the representative agriculturists of Green Township, owner of a fine farm of one hundred acres located just southeast of Pitchin, was born January 15, 1840, in Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio, on the farm now owned by Judge Kunkle, and is a son of John and Margaret (Prickett) Tuttle.

John Tuttle was born in Virginia and when a lad came to Ohio with his parents, Sylvanus Tuttle, also a native of Virginia, and his wife, who was a Miss Brown. They located in Clark County, where John became a farmer and owner of the Judge Kunkle farm in Springfield Township. There his death occurred when the subject of this sketch was quite young. He married Margaret Prickett, Tvho was then a resident of Clark County and they became the parents of fifteen children, of whom but two are living: Harvey, now a resident of Springfield Township, and Isaac, with whose history we are more directly concerned.

father's death. He theu purchased a farm iu Noble County, Indiana, where he remained for one year. He then returned to Clark County and bought his present farm of one hundred aci-es in Green Township, and has since resided here. He married Fannie E. Eichelbarger, a daughter of Michael Eichelbarger. Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle have four children, namely: Ermina B., Effie A., Harry E., and J. Elton. Ermina B. is tlie wife of Perry Herbert Stewart, of Green Township. Effie A. is the wife of Oliver E. Allen, Principal of the Jefferson school, Springfield. Harry E. married Mary Belle McCullough and resides in Green Township. J. Elton married Annie E. Walters and resides in Green Township. Mr. Tuttle sei-ved in the Civil AA^ar a short time, enlisting in 1864. He has always taken a keen interest in political affairs, but has never cared to hold ofSce, although he served as a school director for some time and votes independentlv.

J. L. COLEMAN, president and manager of the Home City Brewing Company of Spring-field, who has been a resident of Springfield for the past twentyeight years, is one of the leading and influential business men of the city, and is financially interested in various business enterprises.

Mr. Coleman is a native of Ireland, where he spent his boyhood days, and at the age of eighteen came to America, locating at Spring-field, where he engaged for a time as a common laborer for Dr. Buckingham. He sul)sequently learned the moulder's trade, at which he worked for over nine years, when he engaged in business for himself. He afterwards embarked in the coal, coke and cement business at No. 1212 W. Main Street, where he is still located, doing an extensive and profitable business. He has been president and manager of the Home City Brewing Comj^any since its organization in 1896, and has continued as such since its incorporation in October, 1906. Jacob A. Hax is the present secretary and treasurer. Mr. Coleman is also a stockholder is various other business enterprises of the city.

Mr. Coleman was united in marriage, in 1884, with Bridget Garrity, also a native of Ireland, and to them have been born seven children - Raphael, John, Edward, James, Thomas, Mary, and Helen. Religiously he is a member of St. Raphael's Catholic Church. Socially, lie is a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians (of which he was for four years a member of the board of ofiSeials) is a member of the Roliert Emmet Club, the Spring-field Commercial Club, and also of the Fraternal Order of Eagles.

LEMUEL LUTHER YOUNG, who is engaged in general fai-ming on a well improved farm of seventy-two acres, located on the T^rbana turnpike, about seven miles north of the center of Springfield, was born April 11, 1861, in Moorefield Township, on the old Young homestead, and is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Hullinger) Young.

Jacob Young was bora in Baltimore, Maryland, and when a boy came to Clark County witli a Air. Bullinger and family, for whom he -norked for some time, and then found employment at Baker's Mill. This mill he operated for several years after his marriage, and then purchased the old Young homestead farm of one hundred and twenty-four acres, in Moorefield Township, which he successfully conducted until his death, at the age of eighty-two years. Jacob Young was married twice, and had one son by the first union, Samuel, who is deceased. His second marriage, which occurred in Clark County, was with Elizabeth Hullinger, who was born and reared in Terrehaute, a small village in Champaign County, Ohio, and was a daughter of Abraham Hullinger, a prosperous farmer of that county. Thirteen children were born of his second union, eleven of whom are still living.

Lemuel Luther Young was reared in Moorefield Township and received his educational training in the district schools enjoying one term's tuition under William M. Rockel, editor of this work, who was then a teacher in the Moorefield Township schools. At the age of about nineteen years he left home and obtained work at the Lagonda shops where he continued for several years after his marriage. He then lived for several years on a farm of fifty-one and eighty-six hundredths acres, which was situated in Moorefield Township, on the county line separating Champaig-n and Clark Counties, which he sold after the death of his first wife. Prior to 1903, he worked again in Lagonda, and then bought his present well improved farm in Moorefield Township, where he has since been successfully engaged in general farming.

with Lizzie Benedick, who died in 1899. She was a daughter of John Benedick, a well known farmer of Moorefield Township. One child was born of this union, namely, Mabel R., who lives in Springfield. In 3903 Mr. Yoimg married May Goode, who was reared in Champaign County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Isaac and x\nna (Leips) Goode, well known residents of Urbana. Mr. and Mrs. Young have one child, Lemuel Luther, Jr.

CHASE COLVIN, a leading business citizen of South Charleston, who is engaged in the wire fence business, both as a dealer and manufacturer, was born near Cedarville, Greene County, Ohio, March 1, 1864, and is a son of David T. and Maria (Larkin) Colvin.

The grandfather of Mr. Colvin, Thomas Colvin, was born in Pennsylvania, October 16, 1798, but grew to manhood in Virginia, where he was married in 1826, to Rachel Taylor. David T. Colvin, father of Chase, was born in Frederick County, Virginia, February 18, 1829. By occupation he was a farmer. On April 13, 1853, he married Maria Larkin, who was born Jime 25, 1831, and died December 14. 1898. David T. Colvin died December 21, 1886. They had six children.

Chase Colvin was educated at South Charleston and in the Nelson Business College at Springfield. After leaving school he continued to reside on his father's farm until he married, when he moved to South Charleston and engaged in his present business. He handles all kinds of wire fencing and manufactures steel fence posts. Mr. Colvin married Nellie Ramsey, who is a daughter of William J. Ramsey, of Madison Township, and they have two interesting children - Jane, who was born October 10, 1898, and Edith, who was born September 25, 1902. Mr. Colvin is a member and liberal supporter of the Methodist Episcopal Chui'cb. In politics he is an independent voter.

T. J. McC.ORMICK, a leading member of the Clark County bar, was born at Springfield, Ohio, and is a son of Mark McCormick, who located at Springfield shortly after the close of the Civil War.

He was admitted to the bar March 17, 1899. Since his admission with the exception of two years during which he was associated with the firm of Bowman & Bowman, he has been alone in practice and has occupied large and well equipped offices in the (rotwald Building, Springfield. He is interested in the Clark County Building & Savings Company, being a director and also its attorney. He is vicepresident of the Springfield and Clark County Humane Society. Mr. MoCormick is a member of St. Raphael's Catholic Church and of the leading Catholic organizations, including the Knights of Cohunbus, the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the Knights of Total Abstinence, and other organizations of a similar nature. He belongs also to the Springfield Commercial Club. He is numbered with Springfield's representative men.

of Spring-field, was born 1855 in this city. He is a son of Charles Rabbitts, now deceased, a pioneer of Springfield, who established the first woolen mills to operate in this locality.

William S. Rabbitts was reared in Springfield and his early educational training, received in the public schools, was supplemented by a course of study at Wittenberg College. In 1873, after completing his literary education, he entered the Lagonda National Bank as messenger boy. Here he continued until 1880 working his way upward when he went to Boulder, Colorado, and accepted a position as teller in the National State Bank. After occupying that position for two years, he returned to Springfield and shortly after was tendered the position of assistant cashier of the Springfield National Bank, in which capacity he served until 1899. He then became cashier of that institution, which position he still occupies.

Mr. Rabbitts is one of the foremost men of Spring-field, enterprising and public spirited, and is held in highest esteem by his fellow men. He is part owner of the Commercial building, is treasurer of the Associated Charities, treasurer and stockholder of the liagonda Club, a member of the Country Club, and also of the Commercial Club, of which he was for two years treasurer. Politically he is a Republican and is treasurer of the Re- ]mblican Central Committee. Fraternally he is a i)rominent member of the Mystic Circle, of which he has been treasui'er since its organization. He is a member of the Second Presbyterian Church, of Springfield.

EBEN SKILLINGS, whose comfortable home and fine farm of uinety-five acres are situated in Section 1, Spring field Township, the latter lying on the line dividing Springfield from Green Township, was born on this farm June 14, 1833. His parents were Lewis and Anna (Craig) Skillings.

The ancestral history of Mr. Skillings is verj^ interesting. His grandfather, Lewis Skillings, was born in Prussia and became a soldier. At the beginning of the Revolutionary AVar England hired some 20,000 soldiers from the ruler of Hesse- Cassel and other German princes, to which troops the general name of Hessians was applied, and Lewis Skillings happened to be one of the soldiers dispatched to the American coast. The task of fighting for an alien land did not inspire him with much enthusiasm, and when the English vessel was off the shore of the state of Maine, Mr. Skillings, with a companion, managed to desert the vessel during the night and swim to the land, a distance of about a mile. They were assisted by a brave young woman, who hid them until pursuit was over. The name of this courageous and loyal maiden is not remembered, but she subsequently became the wife of Lewis Skillings, whom she had saved from certain death. They became parents of a numerous family and lived a happy and contented life until Mr. Skillings was accidentally killed while clearing up his farm in Maine.

Lewi's Skillings (2d), father of Eben, was born during the Revolutionary War and was the eldest of the large family, of which he took charge after his father's death, providing for its members until he was twenty-two years of age. In 1811. in company with a Mr. Haywood, he set out from Maine to prospect in Ohio, desiring lo find a more genial climate and better agricultural conditions. When they reached what is now Green Township, Clark County, Mr. Skillings decided to stop, but Mr. Haywood continued his journey and settled near Troy, in Miami County. Mr. Skillings entered a quarter section of land in what is now Springfield Township, but money was so hard to get in those days, on any terms, that he was obliged to release a part of this land in order to retain the rest, but at a later date he regained it.

Prior to settling permanently in Spring-field Township he had visited other sections of the coimtry, going as far south as Natchez, MississiiDpi, where he could easily have obtained a remunerative position as slave driver had he not scorned the offer. He returned north, lived for some time in Cincinnati, and worked in the salt works at Kanawha, on the Ohio River. After settling on a place of permanent abode he was married to Anna Craig, who was a daughter of John Craig. The latter had served with his father, Andrew Craig, in the Revolutionary War. Mrs. Skillings was born at Roxbury, Vermont, and her parents came to Clark County, Ohio, among the very early settlers. A family of seven children was born to Lewis and Anna Skillings, namely : ]\rary. who married James Leybourn ; Hannah, who married William McKinney; Sarah, who married Abel Leybourn; John, who died in 1852; Lewis, who is a ]irominent farmer in Green Township; Eben, subject of this notice; and Wesley, who died in 1861. The only survivors of the family are Lewis and Eben, the par-

Mr. And Mrs. Iibex Skillings

Even Skillings was reared on the home farm and has devoted the larger part of his life to its improvement. He was married, first, to Susan Runyan, who died in the spring of 1860, leaving one child, Laura, who is the wife of Rev. James H. Hollingsworth, a Baptist minister, located at Clyde, Ohio. Mr. Skillings married for his second wife Phebe Paullin, who died September 2, 1S81. There were six children born of that marriage, namely: Otis G., who is a farmer in Miami County ; Wesley, who is a farmer in Kansas; Luella, now deceased, who was the wife of James Rodgers; Elizabeth, who married Anson A. Garlough, of Green Township; Frank, who resides at home; and Byron E., who lives on a part of the home farm. Mr. Skillings was married (thirdly) to Luciuda V. Miller.

In addition to his farm in Springfield Township, Mr. Skillings owns one of sixty acres situated in Harmony Township, and another that he owned in Green Township he has turned over to his sons. He is a leading member and a trustee of the Free Baptist Church at Pleasant Grove, in Green Township. In politics Mr. Skillings has always been a Republican, but is now a Prohibitionist.

THOMAS COLLINS, one of Pleasant Township's representative citizens, enjoys the distinction of being the oldest Irish resident of Clark County and was the second of his nationality to settle here. He was born in Ireland in 1837 and is a sor^ of Henrv and Nellie Collins.

The grandparents and also the parents of Mr. Collins died in Ireland. The six children born to Henry and Nellie Collins bore, respectively, the following names: James, Francis, Patrick, John, Thomas and Margaret. James lived and died on the old sod. Francis left home in early manhood and after working in Scotland he went to America. He never forgot those he left behind and a part of his earnings were sent back each year to the little Irish home. Finally he sent money to pay the passage of his next brother, Patrick, to America, but the latter was not yet ready to leave Ireland, so the money was given to Thomas. Francis married Rose Brady, in New Jersey, and their children who survived infancy were, Margaret, Ella, Anna, Prank, Thomas and Mary. Patrick came to America in

1854 and joined liis brother Francis in New Jersey, where he worked in a saw-mill, after which he came to Ohio, later went to Illinois and still later to Nebx'aska, where he died. John, the next brother, died in Ireland, unmarried. Margaret, the only daughter, followed her brothers to America, where she subsequently married Hugh Brady and died in 1905. She left five children.

Thomas Collins spent the first few years after coming to America, in New York and Brooklyn, working mainly as a lather, having learned that trade. He also made a number of voyages as a sailor to Liverpool and other points. He resided at Philadelphia for a short time, but in

1855 he turned his face to the West and came to Clark County. His first work was done in a tannery, and from there he began to clear land for Thomas Houston, by whom he was employed for two years.

after which lie rented a piece of land, which he operated as a farm for three years. From there he moved to South Charleston and was engaged up to 1868 working for different farmers, in the meanwliile saving his money. When he had accumulated enough capital he bought a farm of fifty acres from Newton Conway. It was wild land, but Mr. Collins cleared off the timber, of which he made railroad ties, and for seven winters he hauled wood to Springfield. By his constant industry and wise frugality Mr. Collins made money, but he was heavily taxed for varioiis improvements, having to pay assessments for all the turnpike roads in this section. He continued by purchase to increase the acreage of his farm as fast as he was able. He now owns the home farm in partnership with his son James. It contains 170 acres, sixty-five of which Mr. Collins has reserved for himself. He still assists his son in the management of the place. They carry on general farming and make a specialty of raising cattle and hogs.

In 1855 Mr. Collins was married to Mary Lagion and they have had nine children, namely : John H., Patrick, Thomas, Mary J., Christopher, Margaret, James, Patrick (2d), and Sarah. John H. Collins was born in 1856. He has led a life of adventure, leaving home in 1877. He was a soldier in the Spanish-American War. Patrick, who was born in 1858, died in 1862. Thomas, who was born in

. topher, who was born in 1863, was married in the West and now lives in Nebraska, has one child, Thomas. Margaret, who was born in 1867, now resides at home and looks after the household affairs. She is the widow of Cornelius Lecy, who died in 1888. They had three children, Mary, Annie and Sarah. Mary, born in 1884, died in the same year, and Annie, born in 1885, died in 1886. Sarah Lucy, born in 1887, married Jeremiah Sullivan and they reside in Madison County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan have two children, Francis, born in 1906, and Mabe], born in 1907. James, who was born in 1868, is part owner of the home farm. Patrick (2d), who was born iij 1869, died in 1896. Sarah, the youngest of Mr. Collins' children, married Augustus Seidler and they reside at Hannibal, Missouri. They have the following children; Warren, Viola and Vincent. Mr. Collins and all his family belong to the Catholic Church at London, Ohio.

CLARK E. JONES, justice of the peace and prominent citizen of Harmony Townshiji, residing at Vienna, was born in Clark County, Ohio, May 13, 1869, and is a son of William Wallace and Amanda M. (Clark) Jones.

The In-anch of the Jones family to which Clark E. belongs is an old one in Clark County, his grandfather, J. Henry Jones, having been born here January 30, 1821. He died February 24, 1870. On March 19, 1840, he was married to Jemima C. Botkin, who was born March 14, 1820, and died February 5, 1875. They had five children: William Wallace, George Hamilton. Harriet Ann, and Virginia and Isabel, twins. George Hamilton, the sec- ond son, was born March 6, 1843, and was killed while serving as a soldier in the Union Army. Harriet Ann, born in 1845, married Jacob Yeazel. Virginia and Isabel were born September 28, 1858. They both survive, the latter being the wife of C. O. Neer.

William Wallace Jones was born July 29, 1841, and died December 20, 1904. He Avas married at Vienna, by Reverend P^'orshea, February 4, 1866, to Amanda M. Clark, and they had six children : Frank, Clark; Belle, Jennie, Burr G. and Scott H. Frank, born November 13, 1866, married Lizzie Baird, in 1891, and they have four children, Harriet E., Ho, Eva and Mabel. Belle, born February 15, 1872, married Howard Logue and they have two children, Leah and Lydia R. Jennie, born August 11, 1874, married Wade H. Smith, and they have two children, Richard and Mary. Burr, born April 23, 1876, married Ethel Smith and they have three children, Robert, Shurrell and Wade. Scott, born August 1, 3883, resides at home and is employed by the Ohio Electric Railroad.

Clark E. Jones was about ten years old when he came to Vienna, where he completed his education and where his life has been mainly spent. He has been more or less continuously interested in farming, owning twenty-two and one-half acres in Pleasant Township, together with two valuable properties in the town. His mother still survives. She was born at Vienna, October 21, 1844, and is a daughter of W^illiam B. and Rebecca Clark. Her brothers and sisters bore the following names: Martha A., Nancy T., Mary J., Thomas M., Albert H., Eli T., Anna

On March 12, 1891, j\tr. Jones was married at New Moorefield, Ohio, by Rev. 0. M. Sellers, to Nellie A. Baird. She was born in Clark County, Ohio, November 2, 1872, and is a daughter of William and Nancy J. (Kim.ble) Baird. Her greatgrandparents, William and Dorothy (Cameron) Baird, lived in Pennsylvania until 1794, when they journeyed to Kentucky and in 1808 came from there to Ohio on horseback, settling in Harmony Township. William Baird had been a soldier in the Revolution and served as a guard over certain Hessian prisoners. Family annals tell that after he had heard some of his prisoners declare that they would never return to Germany, but if they could escape would become citizens of the great Republic, he exercised discrimination and permitted some to evade his vigilence, knowing that the colonies needed strong, sturdy men of that type. The Bairds originated in Scotland, were ])robably driven to Ireland by religious persecution and subsequently came to America. In Kentucky the Bairds and Breckenridges were connected by social and business ties.

The father of Mrs. Jones was bom in Clark County, Ohio, March 27, 1826, and died February 20, 1907. He married Nancy J. Kimble, who was born August 5, 1840. They had tive children, namely: Clara E., born in 1869, married Frank C. Jones in 1891 ; Milton, born in 1870, married Flora Neer; Nellie A., Mrs. Jones; Eva, born November 2, 1875; and Laura E.. born November 14, 1877, married Minor Slagle.

Episcopal Chnreb at Vienna, while his wife is a member of the Christian Church. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias at this place, and has held all of the offices in its gift, being at present keeper of the records and seals. In 1907 he represented the lodge at the Grande Lodge at Zauesville. He belongs to the higher branch, the Uniform Rank, at Springfield and also to the auxiliary, the Pythian Sisters.