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partnership with his brother operates the Baker Brothers' general store of Dialton, is one of the leading business men of the village and was born June 22, 1872, on his father's farm in Pike Township, Clark County, Ohio. He is a son of Samuel and Melinda (Jenkins) Baker.

Samuel Baker was born December 10, 1830, near Lawrenceville, German Township, Clark County, Ohio, and when about six weeks old his father, Martin Baker, who came from Virginia at a very early period and located in German Township, Clark County, removed to near Dialton, where the remainder of his life was spent. Here Samuel followed thresliing for a number of years, using a horse-power machine, and was also engaged in making tile for some years. He served four years in the army, enlisting in the Forty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and also in the Eighth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and participated in numerous important engagements, among them the battles of Gettysburg and Martin's Ferry. Samuel Baker was married September 26, 1871, to Melinda Jenkins, a native of German Township and a daughter of Da\'id and Elizabeth Jenkins, the former of whom died at the age of forty-six years, the latter living to the advanced age of eighty years. Four children were born to Sam- uel and Melinda Baker, namely: Viola (Mrs. Clinton Huffman), and Sidney Grant, who were twins; and Asa M. and Charles 0., who were also twins. Samuel Baker was always a very successful farmer and at the time of his death, which occurred September 26, 1903, was the owner of over 300 acres of fine farming land. He is survived by his widow.

Sidney Grant Baker was reared on his father's farm and received his educational training at the district schools of the township, later attending Nelson's Business College for two winters. On March 1, 1898, he purchased his present business from Baisinger and Smith and conducted it for one year, when he formed a partnership with his brother Asa M., and has since operated the business under the firm name of Baker Brothers. Baker Brothers ' general store is recognized as one of the leading business enterprises of the village of Dialton and enjoys an extensive patronage from the residents in this locality.

Mr. Sidney G. Baker was married September 26, 1900, to Olive 0. Overholtz, a daughter of Jonas and Laura (Hupp) Overholtz, who reside near Lawrenceville, German Township. Mrs. Baker has one sister, Lena, who married W. Circle. Mr. and Mrs. Baker have one child, Lucille Irene, born July 19, 1902.

Politically Mr. Baker is a Republican and has served a year as central committeeman. He and his wife are both members of the Reformed Church, of which he is a deacon, being also superintendent of the Sunday-school.

STEVEN D. SNYDER, who is engaged in general farming and stock-raising on a fine farm of 187 V2 acres located on the Jordon Pike in German Township, was born on a farm April 27, 1865, and is a son of EU and Sophia (Maxon) Snyder.

Felty Snyder, grandfather of Steven D., came from Pennsylvania at a very early period and entered a quarter section of land, which is now owned by our subject. He was married after coming to German Township and followed farming the rest of his life. He has two surviving children, Mrs. Rebecca McMillen and Peter Snyder.

Eli Snyder was born in the house that is now occupied by his son, Steven D. Snyder, and which has since been moved nearer the road. He lived at home until coming of age, and then went to the gold fields of California, remaining there for six years. Upon his return home he was married to Sophia Maxon, who was born and reared west of Northampton, Clark County, Ohio. They became the parents of eight children, whose records in brief are : Lj^dia (Mrs. McCuddy) ; Mrs. Sarah Domer; Steven D., subject of this article; Felty Valentine, who died in early manhood; Rebecca (Mrs. Unverzagt) of German Township; Clarke, who died in infancy; Ida (Mrs. Purtt) ; George, who is a resident of Chicago, 111. ; and John, who died in infancy. Eli Snyder died about 1876 and his wife in 1874.

Ms parents came to his present farm, and he has always lived here, with the exception of five years, when his father moved to the vicinity of Northampton. His mother died when he was nine years old, and two yeai"s later his father's death occurred, after which he came to live with his uncle, Valentine Snyder, who died December 5, 1904. Mr. Snyder has lived here ever since and has followed farming and stock-raising with much success. He was joined in marriage October 1, 1895, with Mrs. Otilda (Helman) Laird, a widow and a daughter of Ernest Helman. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder have two children - Mary Sophia, and Edgar Louis. Mr. Snyder is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and the White Star Lodge No. 292.

JOHN H. AVISE is a prosperous agriculturist, residing on his well developed farm of 212 acres, which is situated in Section 7, Springfield Township, and Section 12, Grreen Township, on the dividing line between Springfield and Green Townships. Mr. Wise was bom August 18, 1872, on the farm on which he lives, and is a son of Lewis and Melinda (Hatfield) AVise.

Lewis Wise was born on his father's farm, in Madison Township, near Selina, Clark County, Ohio, and was a son of Jesse AVise, who was born in Virginia and was an early settler in Madison Township. Lewis AA^'ise married Melinda Hatfield, who was a daughter of James Hatfield. Her grandfather settled on the farm John H. AVise now owns, in 1807, and it remained in the Hatfield family until it was purchased by Lewis Wise. He moved on the farm in 1856 and resided here until his death, which took place February 20, 1906, when he was seventyseven years old. His wife passed away September 26, 1892. They had six children, namely: Charles F., residing in Green Township; James H., deceased; Minnie J]., who married J. A. Tucker; John H. ; and Alice and Joseph, the eldest two, who died young.

John H. Wise was reared on the farm he has always resided on, with the exception of from 1901 to 1906, when he lived on his Green Township land. He attended the country schools and has devoted his attention exclusively to agricultural pursuits. Mr. Wise married Edna Morningstar, who is a daughter of Christopher and Margaret Morningstar, residents of Harmony Township. They have four children, namely, Alice, Olive, Mildred and Dorothy.

HARRY G. WRAIGHT, president of the Board of County Commissioners of Clark County, and one of Springfield's highly respected citizens, was born in Dover, England, in 1856, and at the age of six years came to America and settled at AVestfield, Chautauqua County, New York. Here he was reared to manhood and educated in the common schools, after which he went to Corry, Pennsylvania, and learned the painter's trade, remaining thei'e four years. In 1874 he came to Springfield and worked for seven years in the Lagonda Agricultural Shops, after which he engaged in business for himself, as a general painting contractor. He continued at this occupation until 1900, when he became district manager for the

Federal Life Insurance Company of Chicago, having imder his control Champaign, Greene, Miami and Clark Counties, which position he still retains.

Mr. Wraight has always taken an active interest in politics and in November, 1905, was elected a member of the Board of County Commissioners of Clark County, assuming the duties of that office in September, 1906. Since September, 1907, he has served as president of the board and was for about sixteen years a member of the Republican Central Committee. He was also for a number of years a member of the Executive Committee and served three years as a trustee of the Board of Water Works.

Mr. Wraight was married first in 187S to Susie Koepge, who died in 1895. He was married second in 1897 to Lilly M. Hensler of Springfield and of this union has been born one son, Henry L. Wraight. Fraternally Mr. Wraight is a member of the Anthony Lodge, F. & A. M. ; Red Star Lodge No. 205, K. of P., of which he is a charter member, and is also a member of the Uniform Rank No. 44.

formerly engaged in farming in the northern part of Clark County and later bought land in Illinois. He had eleven children. Joseph Hicks and wife went to Ogle County, Illinois, but returned to Ohio during the infancy of their son, and when he was three years old, came to the present farm in Springfield Township; This has been ihe home of J. William Hicks ever since, with the exception of three years spent in Springfield. The children of Joseph Hicks and wife were: Ella, deceased at thirteen years ; Carrie, also deceased, who married William Rock; J. William; and Joseph Edward, residing in Springfield. In August, 1887, Mr. Hicks was married to Fannie May Lefever, who is a daughter of Daniel Lefever, and they have two children: Wilbur Russell and Harry Sheaff. In addition to general farming Mr. Hicks keeps from sixteen to eighteen cows and sells his milk wholesale. For about eight years he ran a wagon, but finds it more profitable to adopt modern methods of disposing of the milk. He is a practical, euterpi'ising business man, and personally stands very high in the regard of his community.

J. WILLIAM HICKS, a general farmer in Spring-field Township, cultivating 150 acres of land situated in Section 2, was born in Ogle County, Illinois, April 6, 1864. and is a son of Joseph and Emily (Sheaff) Hicks.

Joseph Hicks was born at Reading, Pennsylvania, and is a son of William Hicks, who died when Joseph was about seven years of age. His mother came to Clark County with her children and later became a resident of Dayton. The maternal grandfather was John Sheaff, who

JOHN A. WILKINSON, a well known citizen and prosperous farmer of Madison Township, Clark County, Ohio, has a valuable farm of 200 acres lying just southwest of South Charleston. He was born in Ashtabula, Ohio, June 1st, 1847, and is a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Wilkinson. The Wilkinson family is of the English nobilitj% and but two generations of this branch of the family have been located in America. The grandfather of the subject of this sketch was Lord

Henry Wilkinson, father of John A., was born in Eng'land and spent his early manhood there. Before his marriage he came to America and engaged in farming near Ashtabula, Ohio, where he became an extensive landowner. He married Elizabeth Mitchell, also a native of England, and they became parents of seven children, four of whom are living, namely: Joseph, Richard, John A. and Martha Jane. Those deceased are Henry, Elizabeth and Margaret.

John A. Wilkinson grew to maturity at Ashtabula, Ohio, and lived at home until he was twenty years of age, when the family was broken up by the demise of both parents. After a time he purchased and moved to his present farm of 200 acres near South Charleston and has followed farming and stock-raising here since. He is a man of ability and has attained a high degree of success in his ' chosen occupation.

Mr. Wilkinson was joined in marriage with Elizabeth, a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Haley, and they have had three children born to them, John R., Minnie E. and Thomas Henry, the last mentioned being now deceased. In polities Mr. Wilkinson is unswerving in his support of Democratic principles. He is a member of the Episcopal Church, while his wife is a consistent member of the Presbvterian.

J. MILTON RUNYAN, one of the leading citizens of Pleasant Township, carries on general farming and raises horses and mules extensively on his farm

The grandparents of Mr. Runyan, Abraham and Sophia Runyan, were among the Virginia pioneers who settled in Clark County in 1815. The burial of Sophia Runyan in 1823 was the second interment in the Asbury Cemeteiy.

Henry Runyan was born in Clark County, in 1809, and died in August, 1891. He married Rachel Jones, who was born in 1821, and died October 21, 1853. They had ten children born to them, seven of whom survived infancy, namely: J. W., deceased, who was married to Fidelia AVilson, had the following children - Clay, Lillian, Frank, Hattie; M. L., deceased, was married (first) to Sarah J. Mc- Conkey, and they had one child - Willie, deceased - was married (second) to Eliza Valentine, who survives, with their daughter, Irene; J. Milton; Esther A., who married J. W. Hendricks, has two children, Frank and Alfonso; Frank, who was a youthful victim of the Civil War, being killed at the battle of Louisburg, May 23, 1862. was the second soldier of Pleasant Township to fall; Mahala, who married Jesse Tarbutton, has five children, Jessie, Earl, Mertie, Claude and Carl; and Emma, who married Irwin Graham, has two children, Floy and Foster. Henry Runyan was married (second) to Maria Chapman and they had three children: Charles H., Maria and Cora. Charles H. Runyan, who is ])0stmaster at Catawba, married Malissa Melvine and they had five children. Maria married S. H. Neer and thev had one child, Ross. Cora married

J. Milton Ruuyan was educated in the public schools and from boyhood has been acquainted with agricultural pursuits. In August, 1861, he left his peaceful life on his father's farm and enlisted for service in the Federal Army, becoming a member of the Sixteenth Ohio Battery, and after being on the field for a year was taken sick and was honorably discharged in 1862 at Columbus. He re-enlisted, entering Company D, One Hundred and Fortysixth Regiment, Ohio National Guards, and served the full 100 days and was honorably discharged in 1864 at Camp Dennison. He has resided on his present farm for the past thirty years, engaged in a general agricultural line, but paying particular attention to raising fine horses and mules. By trade Mr. Runyan is a miller and for eighteen years he operated the old mill which is still standing in this section. He remembers that during the first 5'^ear he paid $2.50 and $3.20 for wheat per bushel, and even then was able to profit by grinding it. This mill was one of the first built in Pleasant Township.

On March 4, 1866, Mr. Runyan married Mary McClennen, who was born May 22, 1843, and is a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Ropp) McClennen, of Virginia. The McClennen children were : Mary J. ;* Elizabeth, who married Milton Arbogast, has on child, Creston; Charles, who married Malissa Runyan, has ten children ; George, who married Dorcas Hodge, has two sons, William aiTd Harry; Emma, deceased, who married William Longbrake, had four children.

children: Arthur, Clarence, Edward, Percy, Charles, Maud and Walter, the latter of whom was born in 1881 and died aged four months. Arthur Runyan, resides at Fairfield, Greene County, Ohio. He married Ola Sholty and they have two children, Helen and Hazel. Mr. Runyan is a graduate of the Ohio Normal University at Ada, and it was while attending there that he met the lady, a teacher, who became his wife. Mr. Runyan holds a life certificate from both the common and high schools of the state. Clarence Runyan, who was also educated at tjne university at Ada, married Millie Tavenner and they have two children, Marcus and P]mma. They reside at Catawba. Edward Runyan was also educated at the university at Ada and is a school teacher in Pleasant Township. Percy Runyan also enjoyed university advantages and is a teacher. lie married Mabel Keesecker and they have three children, McK., Philip and Marjorie. Charles Runyan was educated at Columbus. He married Zelda Bumgardner and they have one child, Marion. Charles is a teacher in the schools at Moorefield. Maud resides at home.

Mr. Runyan is one of the leading Republicans of Pleasant Township. He has served in the office of justice of the peace for ten years and has just been re-elected to another term of four years. For twenty-one years he has been a school director and at various times he has served in the offices of trustee and road supervisor. His membership with the Odd Fellows at Catawba dates very far back and he has held all the offices in the local lodge. Both he and wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is a trustee.

JESSE TARBUTTON, one of Pleasant Township's leading citizens and successful farmers, resides on his valuable farm of 132 acres, which is all in one body and which is devoted to general argiculture. Mr. Tarbutton was born in Clark County, Ohio, October 22, 1844, and is a son of Jesse and Abigail (Mowery) Tarbutton.

The grandparents of Mr. Tarbutton went from Pennsylvania to Kentucky, where Jesse Tarbutton, the elder, was born in 1819. He died in 1860. His wife, Abigail Mowery, was born in 1817 and died in 1900. They were married in 1837 and they had six children, namely : Sarah A., John E., James H., Jesse, Eli and Mary E. Sarah died in infancy. John E. served through the Civil War and died in 1865. James H., who died in 1893, married Sarah Given in 1866, and they had eleven children: Frank, John, Laura, Charles, Lewis, Mary, Norah, Harry, i\Iabel, Willard and one who died in infancy. Eli, who died in 1899, married Ellen Saums and they have three children, Harry, Pearl and Ollie, all of whom are married. Mary Ellen, the youngest sister of Mr. Tarbutton, was married (first) in 1875 to John Sperling and (second) March 11, 1903, to Eli SUvers, and died December 6, 1907.

Jesse Tarbutton, of the above family, was reared in Clark County and attended the country schools during his boyhood. His business has been farming. Since 1893 he has resided on his present place, coming here from another farm after his house had been destroyed by fire. He saw three years of hard service in the Civil AVar, enlisting in 1862, at Catawba, Ohio, in the Ninety-fourth Regiment,

Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private, but was soon detailed as a -musician. He was only a boy of seventeen years at the time and fought through two hard battles, those of Kentucky River and Perrysville, before he had reached his eighteenth birthday. He was also in the battle of Stone River, was at Chickamauga and Lookout Mountain and was one of the brave men who helped to gain victory so often for General George H. Thomas. During a large part of the time he was a drummer and on many occasions his inspiring music put courage into the disheartened soldiers. On one occasion his drum was used for a purpose perhaps never before thought of, being converted into a ballot bos, proving a safe receptacle. This was when the Ohio troops were returning from Atlanta, where they had marched under General Sherman's command, and the election was for the office of Governor of Ohio.

Mr. Tarbutton- went through the hazards and hardships of three years of war without being either wounded or taken prisoner, but he contracted measles and the disease settled in his eyes and finally resulted in destroying the sight of the left optic. He was under treatment in a hospital at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and it was during that time that he lost command also of his vocal chords to such an extent that he could only whisper. He finally escaped the discipline of the hospital and joined his regiment at Anderson Station, Tennessee. He is justly proud of the fact that he was one of the picked veterans chosen to march with General Sherman, being a drummer at that time. In that memorable march there were 62,000 men, a wagon train of

Mr. And Mrs. Jesse Tarbutton

2,500 six-mule team wagons and 600 ambulances. Mr. Tarbutton enjoyed the honors paid to the victorious soldiei'S at the grand review at Washington City. He received his honorable discharge papers at Columbus June 5, 1865, after which he returned home and has been a quiet, peaceful, useful member of his community ever since, proving as capable a farmer as he had beert courageous as a soldier. He has taken an active part in public affairs in this section, served one term as a township trustee, has been school director for eighteen years and has served a number of terms as road supervisor.

On March 8, 1870, Mr. Tarbutton was married in Clark County to Mahala Florence Runyan, who is a daughter of Henry and Rachel (Jones) Runyan. She was born in Clark County, Ohio, May 16, 1848. Her full brothers and sisters are : Wesley, Luther M., James M., Esther Ann, Francis M. and Emeline, and her half brother and sisters are : Charles H., Lucretia L. and Cora E.

Mr. and Mrs. Tarbutton have had seven children, namely: Jessie, Buddie, Eustice, Osco Earl, Myrtle, Claud H. and Carl. Both Buddie and Eustice died in infancy. Jessie was born October 21, 1871, mafried Laurence E. Davisson and they have four children : Edwin, born in 1895; Florence, born in 1897; Eustice, born in 1899, and Emily, born 1904. Osco Earl, born November 10, 1875, married Emeline Rupert, a daughter of Adam and Malinda Rupert, of Champaign County, and they have two children: Lillian Opal, born December 11, 1898, and Rupert Earl, born July 18, 1903. Myrtle was born February 3, 1878, was married to Howard Wolf in 1904 and they reside at Springfield. They have one child, Jesse Tarbutton, who was born December 8, 1906. Claud H., born July 16, 1882, in 1902 married Ella Lellis. They have had two children, and their surviving son, Mitchel, was born May 16, 1906. Carl, liorn in January, 1888, was married in 3906 to Sarah Brown.

Mr. Tarbutton did not recover his speech until some time after his return from the array. His family and neighbors had become accustomed to his conversing in a wliisper and when he suddenly discovered his ability to talk as loudly as any one, he was overwhelmed with congratulations, and since that memorable day he has had no return of the paralysis of the vocal chords. He is a member of the N. M. McConkey Post No. 391, Grand Army of the Republic. He attends the Methodist Episcopal Church at Catawba.

CLARENCE W. ARBOGAST, treasurer of Clark County, was born in Springfield, Ohio, April, 1875, and is a son of William H. and Elizabeth A. (Willard) Arbogast.

William H. Arbogast was born in 1840 in Moorefield Township, Clark County, Ohio, and spent his entire life in Springfield, where he was engaged with much success in the general contracting business. He was united in marriage with Elizabeth A. Willard, who died in June, 1905, and they reared a family of four children, namely: Victor R., who lives in Schoenebeck - Elbe, Germany, and has charge of the American Radiator Plant; Genevieve M., wife of F. M. Timmins of

Indianapolis; Gertrude M., who teaches in the public schools of Springfield; and Clarence W., subject of this article. Mr. W. H. Arbogast died in 1903 at the age of sixty-three years. In politics he was a Republican and took an active interest in the affairs of his party, sei-viug in 1895 as a member of the Board of Education.

Clarence W. Arbogast was reared in Springfield and received his educational training in the common schools. Early in life he entered the Spring-field Planing Mill as wood turner, remaining there until 1898, when he became associated with C. A. Little in the Hardwood Lumber business, operating with considerable success several saw-mills. In September, 1901, he became assistant treasurer under P. M. Stewart, acting as such for four years, and in November, 1904, was elected treasurer of Clark County. He was reelected to that office in November, 1906, and is now serving his second term, which expires September 1, 1909. Mr. Arbogast is also treasurer of Springfield Township, being the only Republican elected to office at that election, and is a teller in the American Trust & Savings Company. In August, 1904, he was united in marriage with Miss Marie B. Davies of Springfield. Fraternally Mr. Arbogast is a member of the Masonic order, and has attained the degree of Knight Templar. He is a member of the High Street Methodist Episcopal Church, and the Y. M. C. A.

JOHN GOODFELLOW, one of the substantial and progressive business men of Vienna, sole owner of the Enterprise Manufacturing Company at this point, owns also a valuable tract of farming land near the village, in Harmony Township. He was born in Clark County, Ohio, September 10, 1851, and is a son of Thomas and Mary (Sexton) Goodfellow.

Moore Goodfellow, the grandfather of John Goodfellow, was the founder of this family in Clark County. He was born in Ireland, in 1786, and came to America in 1808, shortly afterward settling in Harmony Township, Clark County, which continued to be his home during the remainder of his life. He married Mary Nicholson and they had a large family.

Thomas Goodfellow, son of Moore and Mary Goodfellow and father of John Goodfellow, was born in Harmony Township, in 1817. In 1842 he married Mary Sexton, who was born April 26, 1825, and is still living. Thomas Goodfellow died in 1893. They had nine children and all but the youngest survived infancy. Manly, the eldest, has never married. Jolm was the second in oi'der of birth. Scott died, aged forty-two years. Andrew married Amanda Hodge and they have one son, Elliott. George was accidentally killed by a horse at the age of seven years. Alice married William Shoray and they have two daughters, Mary and Hattie. Dora married D. H. Snaveley and they have three children, Mary, Glenna and Thomas. Clara married William H. Rob- . erts and they have two sons, Homer and Frank.

John Goodfellow was reared in Harmony Township and this section has always been his home, with the exception of four years spent in Kansas. In 1898 he went west and engaged in a grain and feed business at Topeka, Kansas, until June, 1902, when he returned to Clark

County and resumed farming. In the spring of 1904, he entered into partnership with Dr. E. H. Smith and John Mc- Coy, in the organization of a business which they carried on under the name of the Enterprise Manufacturing Company. The partnership continued for three years, when Mr. Goodfellow bought Dr. Smith's interest, and on December 11, 1907, he purchased Mr. McCoy's interest, since which time he has conducted the concern very successfully alone. He employs twenty-five girls in the manufacturing of comforts and produces so excellent an article that the demand comes from all parts of the country. Prior to entering into this industry, while keeping a general store, Mr. Goodfellow was impressed with the conviction that such a factory might be made very remunerative, and has proved it to be so.

On March 1, 1889, Mr. Goodfellow was married in Kansas to Helen Sexton, who is a daughter of Jonathan and Angeline (Dickerson) Sexton, natives of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Goodfellow have one son, Thomas, who was born April 22, 1895.

In politics Mr. Goodfellow is a Republican. For fifteen years he served as treasurer of Harmony Township, for three terms as trustee and for a long period was a member of the School Board. He belongs to Lodge No. 660, Knights of Pythias, at Vienna, in which he has passed all the chairs and is at present holding the office of chancellor commander.

JOHN H. LINDENMUTH, president of the Board of Education and trustee of Mad River Township, residing on the Michael Spangler farm, was born March

Erastus Lindenmuth was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, and was a son ot Michael Lindenmuth, who was born in Schuylkill County, in the same state, where his parents settled upon coming to this country from Germany, their native land. Erastus followed farming in Pennsylvania for many years, and in 1874 he and his wife, Julian (Shaffer) Lindenmuth, came to Ohio and settled on a farm south of Dayton, where the latter died in 1876. Erastus Lindenmuth served in the Federal army throughout the Civil War, and was made corporal of the Seventeenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry. He and his wife were the parents of five children - Sarah, who married David Heister, and lives in Dayton; Lewis, who is now deceased; Wilson and Eliza, who are also deceased; and John, who is the subject of this sketch.

John H. Lindenmuth was born and reared on his father's farm in Berks County, receiving his education in the district schools. He had two uncles living in Ohio, and having always had a desire to visit the west, left home at the age of fifteen and went to live with his uncle Hiram, after whom he was named, and who had a farm four miles south of Dayton. Two years later he began working out by the month on various farms, and he continued thus occupied until his marriage, December 31, 1879, to Louisa Ochsa. His wife was born in New York City, a daughter of John and Catherine Ochsa, who came from Germany. After his marriage Mr. Lindenmuth rented a farm in Montgomery County, Ohio, remaining there un- til March, 1891, when he rented the Beninger farm in Mad River Township, Clark County, which property adjoins his present farm. In 1898 Mr. Lindenmuth moved to the Michael Spangler farm, where he has since heen engaged in general farming and stock-raising and is one of the most successful and prosperous farmers of the township.

Mr. and Mrs. Lindenmuth have reared a family of seven children : Walter, who married Nellie Grube, and is in the employ of the Electric Railroad at Dayton, Ohio; Julia, William, Harry, Gertrude, John, and Mabel. Gertrude will graduate from the Enon High School in the spring of 1908, and Harry graduated from that school in 1905.

Politically Mr. Lindenmuth is a Republican. He served as road supervisor for six years, was elected a member of the school board in 1893, serving in the same capacity since, and was made president of that body in 1903. He was elected township trustee in November, 1907. Fraternally Mr. Lindenmuth is associated with the Knights of Pythias No. 374 of Mad River Township.

a life-long resident of this county, residing on his finely improved farm of eighty acres, located in Bethel Township, Clark County, was born on the old home place April 29, 1839, and is a son of Cyrus and Mehnda Elizabeth (Lamme) McKinney. Samuel McKinney, his grandfather, came to Clark County with his parents from Scotland, locating on the National Road two miles west of Donellsville. Here he married Sarah Forgey and to

Cyrus McKinney was born in 1814 on the home farm one mile west of Capt. McKinney 's present residence, where also he spent his entire life. He married Melinda Elizabeth Lamme, who was bom on an adjoining farm, in 1817, and who died in 1881, aged sixty-four years. Mr. Mc- Kinney's death occurred in 1870, while he was in his fifty-fifth year. Of this union were born four children: James L., the subject of this sketch; Wilham S. ; Martha, who married a Mr. Wise, and Frank E.

James L. McKinney, being the eldest child of his parents, much of the hard work connected with the clearing of the farm fell upon him. His educational advantages were of a limited nature, he attenchng the old log district school before the days of modern school buildings and improved methods of instruction. In 1861 he enlisted in the Sixteenth Ohio Light Artillery under Capt. James Mitchell and served nearly two years, when he was discharged owing to sickness. During this period he participated in many engagements, including that of Champion Hills, in which his captain was killed. After being discharged Mr. McKinney organized the Home Guard, of which he was elected captain, and when the president issued the call for soldiers he again entered the service, participating in Imboden's and Johnson's Raids in Virginia and serving until the fall of 1864. Upon his return to Clark Coimty, Capt. McKinney was married, November 28, 1865, to Elizabeth J. Lowry, a daughter of David and Eliza Jane Lowry. Of this union were born three children - Hershell, who died in infancy ; Carena B., who died aged twenty-eight years; and Athella M., who married Rev. McDanniel Howsare, and has three children, George, Elizabeth Evelyn, and James E. Captain McKinney is a member of the I. 0. 0. F. and of Mitchell Post, G. A. R.

DAVID BENTON JENKINS, formerly for two terms clerk of German TownshijD, is one of the best-known educators of Clark County. He was born in Page County, Virginia, March 27, 1865, and is a son of Daniel and Barbara Ann (Priutz) Jenkins. Daniel Jenkins was boi*n in Vii*- ginia, in which state also he died. In 1852 he visited Ohio, and in 1856 Illinois, but he never resided in any state except that of his nativity. He followed the shoemaker's trade.

David Benton Jenkins attended the country schools near his home until he was sixteen years old, when, through the interest of a cousin, William H. Jenkins, he became a resident of Ohio. This cousin had lived in Clark County for a time and had then gone back to Virginia, but later had decided to return to Ohio. He recognized the fact that in the latter state the ambitious young man and eager student, David Benton Jenkins, would'have better chances of success in life; hence he secured the consent of the youth's father to allow him to take David to Ohio. They arrived in Clark County, March 7, 1882. David went to work for Jacob Mitzell, near Tremont, and with that just man and his excellent wife he made his home for

For two years young Jenkins attended school at Tremont City, after which he entered the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio, and for one year he was fortunate enough to be under the instruction of that able educator. Professor Alfred Holbrook. Prior to this he had taught one term of school at Tremont, and after returning from the university he resumed teaching at the same place. He continued in this occupation almost continuously from 1884 until 1902, giving himself but short periods of rest and not really abandoning the educational field until 1902. During 1890-91 he taught the Lawrenceville High School. He has been prominently identified wiith educational work all over Clark County and during 1891 he served as county school examiner. Since giving up teaching he has lived on his farm. On September 20, 1892, Mr. Jenkins was married to Mary Margaret Overholser, who is a daughter of Samuel and Margaret (Callison) Overholser.

Politically Mr. Jenkins is a Republican. From 1894 until 1898 he served most efficiently as clerk of German Township, being one of the very few members of his party who were in office during those years. He is a Knight Templar Mason, belonging to the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council and Commandery at Springfield.

DAVID SHROYER, a representative citizen of Pike Township, has a fine farm of 110 acres about fifteen miles northwest of Springfield. He was born in Miami County, Ohio, a short distance from the Clark County line, May 24, 1835, is a son of John and Eliza (Rail) Shroyer, and a grandson of Thomas Shroyer.

Thomas Shroyer, the grandfather, was born in Maryland and there followed his trade as a carpenter. He hved there many years after his marriage, then came west to Ohio with his family, making the journey in wagons. Arriving in Dayton they there spent the winter and when spring came purchased 170 acres of land in Miami County, just west of New CarUsle - the farm on which Henry Shroyer now lives. They cleared this farm and Thomas made it his home for the rest of his life.

John Shroyer, father of David, was born in Maryland and was about fifteen years of age when his parents came to Ohio. He followed farming throughout life and was a very prosperous man, owning several tracts of land in addition to the old home place. He married Eliza Rail, who was born in Bethel Township, Clark County, Ohio, and was a daughter of Abraham Rail, who was one of the very early pioneers of the county. He made the brick, laid the foundation, built the walls and plastered the first brick house erected in Clark County. His home place was the farm on which is located the Sckrff Nursery. Mr. Shroyer died at the age of fifty-four years, and his wife, surviving him some years, died at the age of sixty. They had nine children, as follows: David; Harrison, deceased; Henry ; Elizabeth, wife of J. P. Meranda, deceased; Amanda, wife of William Overton of North Dakota; Mary, who fi^rst married David Reed, and is now the wife of John Slattery of Dayton; John, who lives in North Dakota; William F., who lives in Wisconsin ; and Sarah Ellen, who died at the age of nine months.

David Shroyer was born in a log cabin on the old home place, and received a very meager educational training in the old log school of the district. This school, like most others of its kind, had a puncheon floor, and was equipped on three sides with slabs fastened to the walls for desks, and slab benches, with wooden pins for legs. Mr. Shroyer assisted in clearing the old farm and hved there until he was twenty-six years of age, when he came to Clark County, locating on a farm in Pike Township. Four years later he located on the farm on which his daughter now lives, and made that his home until August, 1893, when he bought of Seth Black the farm on which he lives at the present time. In his younger days he worked to some extent in a stone quarry, and at one time operated for three years a threshing machine, in which he owned a half interest. He has devoted his attention to general farming, and success has crowned his efforts. He is considered one of the substantial men of the township.

February 17, 1861, Mr. Shroyer was joined in marriage with Eliza Jane Jenkins, who came of a prominent Clark County family, being a daughter of Dr. Wiley Jenkins. They had three children : Sarah Ann, who died at eighteen years; Ida J., wife of Joseph Lippincott, died at the age of forty years; and Rebecca, wife of Henry Jones, who has two children - Bertha and Lona. Mrs. Eliza Shrov- er died in 1880, and Mr. Shroyer' formed a second marital union, March 5, 1899, with Adelia A. Whiting, a daughter of Giles and Margaret W. (DeGroot) Whiting, her father being a native of New York, and her mother of New Jersey. Her parents were married in New York, and went from there to Michigan, and later to Xenia, Ohio, where Mr. Whiting conducted a store for a time and afterward a hotel. They then moved to Preble County, where he died, and after his death Mrs. Whiting moved to Franklin, Warren County, where the remainder of her days were spent. Mrs. Shroyer was one of nine children, six of whom grew to maturity, namely: Mary, William W., Adelia A., Lucy A., Junius F., and Frances Helen.

Politically Mr. Shroyer is a Democrat and has served two terms as supervisor. While in discharge of the duties pertaining to that office he was buried in a gravel pit, breaking a leg in three places, and after the expiration of his term he declined to run for the ofiSce again. Eeligiously he is a member and elder of the Reformed Church.

A. VAN BIRD, county surveyor of Clark County, and a well known resident of Springfield, was born September 19, 1857, four miles east of Springfield in Springfield Township, and is a son of Silas Van Bird.

Silas Van Bird was born in Virginia and came to Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, in 1816. He was a millwright by , trade, and followed the same for many years during his early life, but subsequently located on a farm near Springfield, and was engaged there in fai'ming until his death in 1892.

A. Van Bird was reared in Spring-field Township, and attended the district schools, later graduating in 1880 from Wittenburg College, after which he spent much time in traveling. In 1888 Mr. Bird was elected township clerk and also assistant to county surveyor William Sharon, and in 1897, upon the appointment of the latter to the Board of Public Service, Mr. Bird was appointed county surveyor by Judge J. C. Mills and Judge Distin, and has since served continuously in that capacity. In 1886 Mr. Bird was united in marriage with Martha J. Hoffman, and they became the parents of two sons and two daughters, namely: Laui'a E., Silas Van, Martha M., and Paul S. Mr. Bird is a member of the First Baptist Church of Spi'ingfield.

JEREMIAH FROCK, one of Clark County's most substantial citizens, residing in a pleasant home at Vienna Cross Roads, owns 160 acres of valuable farming land in Harmony Township and 203 acres in Moorfield and Springfield Townships. He is a native of Ohio and was born May 12, 1836. His parents were Samuel and Mary Ann (Wient) Frock. The paternal grandparents of Mr. Frock, Benjamin and Malinda Frock, were Maryland people, who came to Ohio in 1844".

Samuel Frock, father of Jeremiah, was born March 7, 1812. He was married, first, to Mary Ann AVient and they had six children : Jeremiah, Henry, John and Daniel (twins), Amos and an infant, llenrv was born June 12, 1840, and died in 1906. He served for over tliree years in the I^nion Army during the Civil War. In 1865 be married Martha Clark and they had two children, Harry and Frank. John and Daniel were born January 6, 1842. John died in 1861 and Daniel died in 1864, while serving as a soldier in the Ci^nl War. Amos was born June 7, 1846. He married Sarah Pentony and they have two children, Pearl and George; they reside in Indiana. The mother of the above family died November 15, 1854, and the father was married, secondly, to Barbara A. Teach, who was born August 29, 1826. They had four children, namely : Samuel, born in 1859, who married Emma Stanford in 1882 and has one child, Maud; Fannie J., born in 1856, who married Emory White in 1877 and has three children - Arthur, Fred, and Edward; Edward, born in 1867, who died in 1904. He married Minnie Rathburn in 1890 and they had one child, Ellen. The fourth child died an infant.

Jeremiah Frock has been a resident of Clark County since 1859, with the exception of three years spent in Illinois prior to his marriage. He first rented farming land on Mad River. In 1868 he boughl forty-seven acres of his present farm and has kept adding to it until he now owns a great amount of property. He has carried on a large business in raising grain and stock and has been one of the largest hog-raisers in Clark County. He now lives retired at Vienna. In 1864 he enlisted at Camp Dennison and sei'ved until the close of the war as a member of Company F, One Hundred and Fifty-third Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry. His main service was in doing guard duty at Harper's Ferry and other points, and during tliis period he took part in a number of sharp skirmishes. For ten days he was confined in a hospital suffering from measles, but otherwise he returned unharmed to his home when his services were no longer needed.

On January 16, 1862, Mr. Frock was married to Sophia Christina Rudolph, who was born August 14, 1844, and who was the only child of John W. and Elizabeth (Baldner) Rudolph. Mrs. Frock's father was born in Pennsylvania in 1810, and died in 1873. Her mother was born in Germany in 1816, and died in August, 1896. Mr. and Mrs. Frock have had four children, as follows : Charles, born in 1862, married Jessie Walker in 1886, and they have one son, Robert; George Edward, born in 1864, lives at Vienna ; Effie J., born in 1867, died aged ten years ; and Orran, born in 1868, married Minnie Shellebarger in 1903, and they reside in Clark County. Mr. Frock is of German ancestrv.

WILLIAM H. BITNER, who is manager of the Pure Milk Company at Springfield and the owner of 145 acres of excellent farming land in Springfield Township, is one of the representative men of this section. He was born in Pennsylvania August 18, 1855, and is a son of Henry and Nancy (Glass) Bitner.

The parents of Mr. Bitner were natives of Pennsylvania and both died at Bigler?- ville, in Adams County, in that state. For a number of years Henry Bitner operated a grist-mill and then kept a hotel at Mummasburg, later removing to Biglersville, where he followed a butchering business until 1862, when he sold out and served one year in the Civil War, during which period he was wounded. After returning to Biglersville he engaged in a nursery business for a time, but later in life he rented his lands and operated a small store. He married Nancy Glass and they had the following children: Jennie, Elizabeth, William H., George, Emma and Alice, both of whom, with Jennie, are deceased. Henry Bitner was married (second) to Rose Bean and they had two children, one of whom, Bessie, survives.

Since he was a lad of nine years William H. Bitner has been self-supporting, for at that tender age he started out to work on farms in his native neighborhood, engaging by the month. Prior to this, in July, 18C3, while he was living at home, in a small town named Heidelberg, the great battle of Gettysburg was fought, ten miles distant, and the scenes before, dui'ing and after, that came under his own eyes, made impressions which can never be effaced from his memory. Mr. Bitner relates that on the day before the battle the Confederate troops came to the quiet little Dutch town of Heidelberg, where they encamped, tearing down the residents' fences to feed their camp tires. A large detachment settled on a vacant lot immediately next to the boy's home, and at first demanded all the food in the house and then gave the family three minutes to vacate the premises. His father had fortunately driven his horses to Lancaster and thus saved them. He was preparing to leave the home to the invaders, when the order to vacate was suddenly countei'- manded and they were not further distui'bed.

an end on Friday, although smoke of gunpowder still hung over the battlefield on Sunday, when ]\Ir. Bitner, accompanied by two others, went to view the scene. It was a terrible sight, horses and men lying in every position so close together that the horrified visitors could scarcely touch ground with their footsteps. The great Lutheran College had been thrown open as a hospital, and every poor mangled body in which there still remained a spark of l^fe had been gathered up and crowded in this building in the hope of easing their sufferings. This was no sight proper for a child of eight years, and probably William Bitner was one of the few ever an eyewitness of such an appalling sight on American soil. He walked ten miles to the scene of battle and then tramped over the grounds, returning to his home after covering a distance of twenty-five miles without even a morsel to eat. It is no wonder that Mr. Bitner has ever been a man of peace.

When about fourteen years of age, and living at Biglersville, he suffered a very severe accident through catching his arm in a circular saw. After his recovery he went to work again on different farms, but received such meager compensation that when eighteen years old he became a miner and worked in the ore mines of Pine Grove. Pennsylvania, for two years. Mining is a dangerous industry, and Mr. Bitner was once taken from a mine cavein, supposed to be dead. A strike was declared while he was working in these mines and he left that neighborhood and went to Noble's Mine, near Mt. HoUey. Here some fifteen or twenty men lived together in one house, doing their own cooking. Mr. Bitner remained there six months and then went back to Adams Comity and engaged in farming for Daniei Sheeley. In AngTist, 1875, Mr. Bitner came to Ohio in company with Wilson Walley, stopping first with Michael Kline, near Medway The first work he ever did after reaching Clark County was for David Neff, near Medway, later worked for Michael Kline, still later for John I.ipp and then worked as a farm hand for A. Holcom.l), in Springfield Township, for four years and seven months. Another accident laid him prostrate for a long time, he being run over by a team with two and one-half cords of wood, and although he was obliged to go about on crutches for a considerable period, he survived this, as he had done other serious injuries. This, however, was not the end of his misfortunes. After his marriage he bought an interest in a steam threshing and sawmill, and while operating it he fell from a log and thereby broke a bone in his leg. This accident, which wduld have made an invalid of a less courageous man, kept Mr. Bitner from his business for two days only. His physician gravely advised him to keep in bed, he having had his leg placed in a plaster cast, but with this in that condition and with a crutch and cane he ran a saw until his recovery.

In 1883 Mr. Bitner rented the Creighton farm, on the Dayton Turnpike, south of Springfield, and there he started into the dairy business in the fall of 1884. In April, 1885, Mr. Bitner removed with his family to the Snyder farm on the Valley Tui-npike, north of Springfield, where he remained, renting, for thirteen years and eight months. On October 25. 1898, he sold out the stock he had aceimmlated and bought the home farm of his wife's parents, where the family has continued to reside, although Mr. Bitner has other interests. This farm is situated on the south side of the National Turnpike Road, two miles west of Springfield. The commodious residence was on the place, but the many modern features have been added and substantial improvements have been made by Mr. Bitner. He has here a beautiful rural home.

On December 28, 1880, Mr. Bitner was married to Elraira A. Miller, who is a daughter of Cornelius and Henrietta (Kieffer) Miller, old and respected residents of this section. Mr. and Mrs. Bitner have two daughters, Etta B. and Grace M. Both these young ladies have been given educational and social advantages and both are graduates of Wittenberg College.

In September, 1902, Mr. Bitner was one of the organizers of the Springfield Pure Milk Company, the starting of the enterprise, being largely due to his persistent eiforts, and now one which is recognized to be of incalculable advantage to the farmers of this whole section. He was the first purchaser of stock and holds a large amount at the present time. Since October, 190,3, he has devoted his entire time to the business and is its general manager and one of its board of directors. He is also a director of the Lagonda National Bank and of the Springfield Coal and Ice Company. In considering the fact that when Mr. Bitner reached Ohio, a five dollar bill represented his entire capital, his present ample fortune and responsible position among his fellow-citizens tells a story of industry and perseverence that should not be lost on those who read. With his familv he belongs to

In 1898, accompanied by his wife, Mr. Bitner made an extended trip through many of the western states, the only unpleasant feature of which was the expei'ience of being snow-bound at one point. The travelers visited a lead mine in Warder, Shoshone Coimty, Idaho, where 600 men are at work, and this was a very interesting sight to Mr. Bitner, recalling as it did his old experiences in the Pennsylvania mines. Mr. Bitner continues very active in promoting dairy interests and on December 14, 1907, he made an excellent address on dairy farming before the Farmers' Institute, at Donnelsville, Ohio. The subject was so well handled that the address was secured from Mr. Bitner and was published in the local newspapers.

JAMES CLARK, who was one of the leading citizens of Moorefield Township, and for over a quarter of a century filled uninterruptedly the office of township treasui'er, was born November 20, 1838, in Moorefield Township, Clark yCounty, Ohio, under the same roof that sheltered him through the whole of his long and busy life. He was a son of John David and Susan M. Clark.

John David Clark was an early settler in Moorefield Township and was one of the wealthy agriculturists of his day. He erected the fine brick residence which is occupied by the widow and younger son of the late James Clark, one of the most pretentious of this section. James Clark continued his father's activities and developed still greater business qualities. He gained almost a national reputation as a breeder of fine trotting horses, and was able to secure very large sums for these valuable animals, the price occasionally being as much as $20,000. He bred what was known as the fastest yearUng trotter in the world, which was purchased by Frank Rockefeller, who then was a member of the Standard Oil Company. James Clark was also engaged extensively in farming and stock-raising and became one of the capitalists of Clark County. He was also one of her most useful and resjiected citizens. For ten years he was a prominent member of the Clark County Agricultural Society and in his own township he was held in such esteem that he could have filled any office in the gift of his fellow-citizens. When his death occurred on March 16, 1906, not only Moorefield Township but Clark County felt the loss of a man of unusual worth.

Emerson E. Clark was born October 24, 1879, and was educated in the schools of Moorefield Township and the Nelson Business College. For a number of years prior to his father's death he had been the practical manager of the farm. On February 26, 1903, he was married to Ethel McConkey, who is a daughter of Ohver Y. McConkey. They have one little daughter, Mary Katherine. She is very fortunate in having a large number of devoted relatives, for not only her immediate ones but both of her great-grandmothers still sui-vive, Mrs. Mary Morgan and Mrs. Catherine Nicklin. The maternal grandfather of Emerson E. Clark was the late Charles Morgan, who is remembered as the proprietor of the old Taylor mill. His widow still survives, at the age of eighty-two years. A picture of the residents of Ml*. Clark's home would show four generations, from the aged greatgrandmother to the little babe just upon the threshold of life.

JAMES T. EICHELBARGER, who is engaged in agricultural pursuits in Green Township, owns a tract of fifty acres on which he resides, and has also for the past tAventy-five years rented eighty-two acres of land from his mother. He was born on his present farm April 29, 1847, and is a son of Michael and Margaret Ann iTodd) Eichelbarger.

Michael Eichelbarger was born September 3, 1815, in Washington County, Maryland, and was a son of John and Fanny (Baker) Eichelbarger, both natives of Maryland and farmers by occupation. Michael, who was a farmer, carpenter and millwright by occupation, came to Ohio in 1836, when about twenty years old, and worked with James Todd at carpentering and as a millwright.

James Todd, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was born near Philadelphia on October 22, 1796, and was by occupation a farmer and millwright. He married Elizabeth Garlough, who was also a native of Maryland and who was born January 12, 1799, and of their union were born nine children. Mr. Todd subsequently came to Clark Coimty, Ohio, and built all of the mills which are on Mad River. Margaret Ann Todd was born November 21, 1819, and was married Mav 27, 1841. Her union with :Michael

Eichelbarger resulted in the birth of four children - Frances Elizabeth (Tuttle), Margaret Ann (Paschall), James T., the subject of this sketch, and J. W., who is deceased. Michael Eichelbarger died January 7, 1867, and is survived by his widow, who lives in Pitchin and is now eighty-eight years of age.

James T. Eichelbarger was reared on liis present farm, which is part of the old home place, and attended the district schools of Green Township. He worked for his father until the death of the latter, and at the age of nineteen assumed the responsibilities of the home place, having followed farming, with the exception of seven years spent in operating a saw-mill, all his life. Mr. Eichelbarger was united in marriage with Eliza Nave, a daughter of Jacob and Mary (Knable) Nave, who lived on the farm just below Mr. Eichelbarger's farm. Mr. Nave was born on the Garlough farm in Clark County, Ohio, and died in 1865 ; his wife, who was a native of Pennsylvania, died in 1903. Mr. and ]\Irs. Eiclielbarger have been the parents of four children - John, Nina, Claude (deceased) and Byron. The three living reside at home and assist in the work on the farm. In politics Mr. Eichelbarger is an independent voter.

FRED SNYDER, clerk of Clark County and a life-long resident of Springfield, where he was born October 26, 1875, is a son of John Jacob Snyder, deceased. ,

John J. Snyder was born in Somerset, Pennsylvania, and in 1848 came to Ohio and located in Spring-field, where he engaged in the practice of law until the time of his death in 1898. He served two and

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Fred Snj'der was reared in Springfield, and obtained his education in the public schools and Wittenburg College, after which he was for six years manager for the New York Life Insurance Company, having three counties in .this vicinity. In 1896 he became a member of the Signal Corps of the Third Regiment, Ohio National Guards, and served in the Spanish- American War in Company D., United States Regular Army. He saw service in Cuba and Porto Rico and was mustered out in Washington in November, 1898.

Mr. Snyder is a Republican in politics and has always taken an active interest in the affairs of that party. He was elected clerk of Clark County in November, 1905, and has served two terms as secretary of the Republican Central Committee. Fraternally Mr. Snyder is a member and past Exalted Ruler of the Springfield order of Elks, and is also a member of the Knights of Pythias.

In 1906 Mr. Snyder was united in marriage with Miss Genevra R. Carey of Springfield, Ohio. They are members of the First Presbyterian Church of this city.

beth Ropp, who was born September 10, 1825, and is now deceased. They had three children - William, Eli and John W. William Silvers, born December 1, 1852, married Lida Melvine and they have the following children: Esther, Florence, Laura, Howard, Perry, Bertha and Omar.

Eli F. Silvers attended the schools of Pleasant Township and grew to manhood on his father's farm, which he now owns. He was married, first, in 1877 to Floretta Sewell, a daughter of Thomas and Mary Sewell, of Clark County. They had one child, William Clyde, who was born December 17, 1880, and died in 1898. On March 22, 1903, Mr. Silvers was married, secondly, to Mary E. Tai'button, who died December 6, 1907, leaving no children. She was a daughter of Jesse and Abigail Tarbutton. Mr. Silvers is a member of the Knights of the Golden Eagle, Lodge No. 4, of Catawba, being past chief of the same and at present filling the office of venerable hermit. He is a member of the M. P. Church, at Catawba.

ELI F. SILVERS, general farmer and stock-raiser, whose farm of forty-three acres is situated in Pleasant Township, was born in Clark County, Ohio, July 27, 1854, and is a son of T. M. and Elizabeth (Ropp) Silvers.

T. M. Silvers was born in Clark County, Ohio, February 15, 1828, and is a son of Francis Silvers. His occupation through his active years was farming. He was married July 23, 1850, to Eliza-

H. E. BATEAIAN, a retired agriculturist and highly respected citizen of South Charleston, Clark County, Ohio, was born in Greene County, Ohio, in 1837 and is a son of Daniel H. and Elizabeth (Surlott) Bateman, and a grandson of William Bateman, who was a native of Maiyland, residing there when that present state was a colony, under the administration of Lord Baltimore. William Bateman mar- ried a Miss Ducker, also a Maryland colonist, and tliey became the parents of fiA^e sons and two daughters, Daniel H., father of the subject of this sketch, being the only one who married. AYilliam Bateman was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, and was by profession an educator.

Daniel H. Bateman was born and reared near Baltimore, Maryland, and was one of the early settlers of Greene County, Ohio, going there in 1816. He came to Clark County, Ohio, in 3851. He was united in marriage with Elizabeth Surlott, a descendant of the Carroll s, of Maryland, and to them were born three sons and two daughters, all of whom are now deceased but two - A. L. Bateman, of London, Ohio, and H. E. Bateman, whose name appears at the head of this article.

H. E. Bateman was about fourteen years old when he came to Clark County from his native county, Greene, and was for many years successfully engaged in farming in Madison Township. He is now living in retii-ement in South Charleston, enjoying a well earned rest after years of unceasing activity. Mr. Bateman married in 1866 Ann Amelia Paullin, who was a daughter of Newcomb and Mary A. Paullin, and of this union were born two children - Howard D. and Mary A. Howard D., who is engaged in business in Cincinnati, Ohio, was educated at Andover College, Massachusetts. Mary A. attended Miss Phelps' school, of Columbus, Ohio, and also the McDonnel- Ellis school, of Washington Citj\ In politics Mr. Bateman supports the Republican party. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian Church.

HON, JAMES JOHNSON, JR., formerly mayor of the city of Springfield and a leading member of her bar, was born in Springfield, Ohio, December 3, 1856, and is a son of James and Catherine (Eby) Johnson.

The late James Johnson was long one of Springfield's honored citizens and for many years he was prominently identified with her building interests. He was born in County Donegal, Ireland, December 4, 1821, and was a son of James and Ellen Johnson. He was seven years of age when his parents came to America and, subsequently, to Springfield. James was the eldest of the family of eight children and he proved of great assistance to his father in the clearing of the 400-acre farm on which the family settled. When he reached his majority he learned the carpenter's trade and in the course of time built up a business in this and other related trades that brought him both position and wealth. Through his public spirit he became prominent in civic life and was tendered many offices of trust and responsibility by his fellow-citizens. He was a member of the city School Board, of the City Council and was twice postmaster of Spring-field.

In 1845 James Johnson was married to Catherine Eby, who was born in 1824, in Virginia, of old Jefferson County stock. They had the following children : Louis, James, Albert, William, Emily and Anna B. Miss Anna B. Johnson is a lady well known throughout Ohio. After completing her education at Vassar College she returned to her native city and became the principal of Spring-field Seminary. James Johnson died June 10, 1902, aged eiglity-one years.

James Johnson, Jr., was gi-aduated from Wittenberg C'Ollege in the class of 1877, after which he entered upon the study of law with the law firm of Bowman, Pringle & Scott. He was admitted to the bar in April, 1880, immediately afterwards becoming a partner with Mr. Pringle under the style of Pringle & Johnson. For seventeen years following tliis firm maintained high rank in the legal profession of Springfield, each member bringing to bear upon a case the peculiar talent with which he was endowed. When by mutual consent the partnership was dissolved, one of the strongest law offices of Spring-field went out of existence. Mr. Johnson continued in practice and now occupies a very prominent position in the legal profession in this section of the state. From early manhood he has been a factor in Democratic politics and his influence carries weight throughout Clark County. At various times his party has urged him to accept public office and in 1886 he was nominated for circuit judge of the Second Circuit of Ohio. In the contest he carried his own count}', against great odds, by almost one thousand votes. In 1893 followed his election as mayor of Springfield, and during his two years in office he worked assiduously for public improvements, discouraged the dishonest and corru]:)t element which is ever ready to profit' by lax discipline, guarded the city's interests on every hand and left the office at the close of his term with the consciousness of having performed every known duty with fidelity. In 1897 followed his election to the presidency of the Springfield Board of Trade. He has served on many important charitable commissions and various civic boards, and has contributed time, money and influence to furthering and fostering enterprises which have resulted in the general welfare of the city. In 1888 Mr. Johnson was married to Blanche Obenshane, of White County, Indiana.

WILLIAM H. NEER, a well known and highly resi)ected citizen of the village of Catawba, and owner of 380 acres of well improved farm land in Pleasant Township, Clark County, was born July 5, 1848, on his father's farm two miles west of Catawba. He is a son of Nathan and Mary Ann (Hunter) Neer (the former born on the same farm above mentioned), and a grandson of Amos Neer, a native of Virginia and one of the early settlers of Clark County, Ohio, who served in the War of 1812.

Amos Neer was born in Loudon County, Virginia, and came to Ohio in 1817, settling on land entered by his father, Henry Neer. The latter was bo^n in 1748 in Virginia, came to Clark Coimty, Ohio, at an early day and died in this county February 3, 1828.

Nathan Neer was born August 15, 1822, and died November 13, 1886. He married Mary Ann Hunter, who was born on the adjoining farn-" March 1, 1823, and who died June 22, 1889. They had seven children, namely: Levi, William H., Miranda E., Luther, Charles F., Alonza W. and Laura J. Levi was a member of Company F, Eighth Ohio Cavalry, serving five months and subsequently dying at the age of twenty-three years.

his educational training was received in tlie district schools, after which he taught school for four years. Since beginning industrial life Mr. Neer has been engaged in agricultural pursuits and is one of the most enterprising and substantial farmers of the township. His land consists of two farms, both situated in Pleasant Township, and although a resident of the village of Catawba since 1890, he still continues the management of both these farms. '

December 29, 1874, Mr. Neer was united in marriage with Anna E. Cartmell, and to them have been born four children : Estelle ; May, who died aged sixteen years; Carrie Amelia, Laura Edna and Mary Cartmell.

Politically Mr. Neer has always given his support to the Republican party and has served in various township offices, having been a trustee for a period of eight years and treasurer of the township for two years. His religious connection is with the Methodist Protestant Church of Catawba ; he is now successor to Alex. McConkey as class leader and served as Sunday-school superintendent for about twentv years.

JOSEPH WEAVER, whose blacksmith shop and thirty-five acres of valuable land is situated at Vienna, and in Harmony Township, has been township trustee for the past three years and is an active and leading citizen of this section. He was born in Clark County, Ohio, April 13, 1859, and is a son of Abraham and Mary Ann (Jones) Weaver.

Hedrick having served, with two of his sons, during that struggle. The paternal grandparents of Mr. Weaver were Joseph and Sarah (Hedrick) Weaver, the former of whom was born in 1794, and died in 1852, and the latter was born in 1796, and died in 1885. They had four children: Eliza, Nancy, Amanda and Abraham. Eliza was born in 1821, married John Dubree and had three childi'en. Nancy, born in 1825, married Samuel Peters, had five children and died in January, 1908. Amanda, born in 1828, mai;- ried James Hicks and they had seven children.

Abraham Weaver, father of Joseph, was born January 24, 1823. He married (first) Sophia Spragiie, who died in 1851, the mother of two children : Theresa and Orlando. Mr. Weaver was married (second) to Mary Ann Jones in 1852. She was born in 1827 and died in 1889. There were nine children born to this union, namely: Eliza, James, Charles, Kate, J oseph, Nancy, Hattie, Laura and Frank. The surviving members of this family, exclusive of Joseph, are : James, who married Caroline Ensley, Charles, who married Ida Carr, has six children ; Kate, who married Fletcher Timibelsion, has two children; Harriet, who married Samuel Prugh, has two children; Laura, who married John Sharp, has four children; and Frank, who married Lillie M. Tavender. has four children.

Joseph Weaver was reared in Clark County and attended the district schools. In 1885 he settled in Madison County, where he lived until 1890, when he came to Vienna, where he owns property and has conducted a blacksmith business and engaged in farming ever since. He is a

In 1885 Mr. Weaver was married to Luemma Smith, who was born in 1861, and they have two children : Gilbert, who was born March 31, 1886, and is a student in the Ohio State University at Columbus, and Irene, who was born March 24, 1896. The father of Mrs. Weaver, Josiah 0. Smith, was born April 15, 1831, and died April 27, 1907. On September 9, 1852, he was married to Nancy Lane, who was born in 1833 and died May 27, 1905. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had ten children, namely: Sarah, Edward H., Mary, Clara, Luemma, Warner, Dosa, Wade, Frank H. and Alice.

Mr. Weaver belongs to Lodge No. 345, Odd Fellows, at Vienna. He is a leading member of the Christian Church at Vienna and is a member of its board of trustees

DAVID BENJAMIN BEARD, president of the Board of Trustees of Mad River Township and owner of 382 acres of valuable farm land, was born January 24, 1859, and is the son of John B. and Margaret (Shellabarger) Beard.

John B. Beard was born in Mad River Townsjiip on what is now known as the Fulton farm and was one of a small family of children, all of whom are now deceased. He was reared in this township, which was then wholly undeveloped and was always engaged in farming. He married Margaret Shellabarger, also a native of this township, and they became the parents of ten children, namely: Esther; Samuel, who died aged twelve years; Ephriam, who died aged fifty-six years; Ann Rebecca, now deceased; Mary Etta;

William; Abigail Elizabeth, who is now Mrs. H. R. Miller; John Samuel, who died aged twenty-five years; George, a practicing attorney at Springfield, Ohio; and David Benjamin, the subject of this sketch. John Beard died in 1870, aged fifty-six years, after which David operated the farm for his mother until her death in 1900, when she was in her eightythird year.

David Benjamin Beard was born on his father's farm one mile south of Enon, where he was reared and where he resided until about twenty-one years of age. His education was obtained in the district school at Maple Grove, and at the age of fifteen he began farming for himself. He was married November 24, 1880, to Anna Kline, a daughter of Samuel and Rachel (Herr) Kline, both her parents being natives of Pennsylvania.

Samuel Kline came from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with his father, Samuel, Sr., to Ohio and settled in the timberlands near Medway. After his marriage he kept a toll gate on the Valley Pike at a small place called Texas, which is now. a part of Dayton, Ohio. He shortly after purchased a small stock of provisions and opened a store on his porch. He subsequently came to Mad River Township, Clark County, and bought a farm from James Bier and became one of the most successfiil farmers in the township. He died May 16, 1904, aged seventy-seven years, and his wife died in December, 1893, aged sixty-seven years. They were the parents of nine children, namely: Joseph, Sarah Jane, Mary Elizabeth, Benjamin. John, Anna (Mrs. Beard), Jacob, Elizabeth (Mrs. George Schauer) and Emma. Of these Joseph, Sarah J.,

Shortly after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Beard came into possession of the Samuel Kline farm, which lies east of their present farm and they resided there until 1905, when they removed to their present property, which is situated on the Dayton Pike, about eight miles west of Siiring-field, Ohio. Mr. Beard has turned all of the farm work over to his sons, who also deal extensively in stock, buying and selling cattle, horses, etc. Mr. Beard also has charge of another -farm of one hundred acres.

Four children have been born to ]\Ir. and Mrs. Beard as follows: John Samuel, who graduated from Wittenberg College in 1905, married Bertha Wahlay, and is a resident of Philadelphia, where he is clerk in the '^avj Yard; Elmer Herr, who married Bessie Swadner, and lives on the old home farm across from his father, and has one child - Benjamin; Harry, who married, November 14, 1907, Jessie Hupman, and lives at home; and Esther Thelma. Politically Mr. Beard is a Republican. For the past sixteen years he has served as school director and for seven years has been president of the Board of Trustees of ^lad River Township, having been the first Republican elected to that office in years. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and was formerly associated with the I. 0. 0 F. order.

most prominent and highly respected farmers of this section, resides on a fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Bethel Township, Clark County, Ohio. She was boi-n August 28, 1828, on her father's farm in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of Jacob and Magdaleua (Hartman) Byle.

Jacob Byle was a native of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and his wife, who was born in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, died in Montgomery County, Ohio, at the advanced age of ninety-three years. Jacob Byle follo'ned farming in Pennsylvania for some years and in the spring of 1833 brought his famUy to Ohio and settled at Fairtield, Greene Covmty, where for some time he conducted a grocery. He then moved to a farm in Indiana, where he remained but a short time when he went to Dayton, Ohio, and operated a grocery store. He later returned to Greene County, where he bought and located on a farm on which he resided until his death at the age of eighty-five years. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Byle: Elizabeth, subject of this sketch; Solomon; Sarah, died aged five years; Catherine, deceased, was the wife of J. Bartman, deceased; Matilda, deceased; William, died in infancy; and. Joseph. Elizabeth (Byle) Kauffman was a girl of nine j ears when her parents moved from Pennsylvania. They made the entire journey over the mountains in wagons, it requiring about four weeks. This section of the country was still in a wild, uncultivated state, consisting mainly of timber in which large quantities of all kinds of wild game found cover. At the age of twenty, Elizabeth Byle married Emanuel Kauffman, a son of Christian and Anna

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Kauffman, and the eldest brother of Levi Kauffman, mention of whom is made elsewhere in this work. Seven children were born to Mrs. Kanffman, namely: Theodore, who is engaged in the implement business at Osboru, Ohio, married Anna Hershey and has four children - Treva, Lloyd, Rodney, and Edwin ; Franklin died at the age of seven years; Agnes died when young; Reuben also died young; Oscar who is now treasurer of Greene County, Ohio, and lives at Xenia, married Winifred Rail and has two children - Rail and Fred; and Walter, who farms the home place for his mother,married Myrtle Miller, a daughter of Oliver Miller, and has one child - Louise. Mrs. Kautfman is a member of the Reformed Mennonite Church, to which her husband also belonged.

ELI C. BOWER, a successful farmer of Clark County, Ohio, is located on a farm of eighty-Jive acres in Pike Township, and is also owner of a tract of fortyeight acres in Bethel Township, Miami County. He was born in a log house on a farm in Perjy Township, Franklin County, Ohio, October 8. 1849, and is a son of Peter and Mary (Davis) Bower.

Henry Bower, his paternal grandfather, came west from York County, Pennsylvania, with his family, and settled in Franklin County, Ohio, near Columbus, when that city was about the size of a frog pond. They settled on a farm in the woods and it took three men two days to cut the timber and make a clearing for their cabin. Later Henry Bower moved to Clark County where he died.

Pennsylvania, and was one of two children, having a sister, Rachael, now deceased, who married Jacob Miller. He there grew to maturity and during his early days learned the trade of a tanner. He was a young man when he moved with his parents to Franklin County, Ohio, and thereafter he followed farming. He acquired a tract of ninety acres near the Scioto River, in Perry Township, was married there and continued to make that place his home throughout life. Mrs. Bower died in 1874, and he survived her two years, dying at the age of seventysix. He married Mary, a daughter of William and Mary Davis, she being a young girl when brought from their home in Maryland to Franklin Count3% Ohio. This union was productive of the following issue: Mary Ann, wife of John Reiley, both deceased; Joseph, deceased; William ; John ; Amanda, wife of R. Sells ; Sal'ah, deceased, formerly wife of James Thomas: Margaret, who died young; Alexander ; Eli Cicero, whose name heads this sketch; Walter; and Frank.

Eli Cicero Bower remained on the home place and cared for his parents until their death. He attended the common schools of his home district and has always followed agriculture. At the age of twentyfive years he started out for himself, going to Plain City, where for some time he worked on the Pike. After his marriage he purchased a farm of forty acres of the Thomas heirs in German Township, Clark County, and later bought additional land in S])rino'field Township, but continued to make his home on the former place for eight years. August 12, 1885, he purchased his present farm, known as the old Andrew Black farm, from Jeanetle

Dilly, remodeled and improved the buildings and has resided there since. He has followed general farming and stock-raising and the success attending his efforts has been the result of hard work and capable management.

Mr. Bower was married October 26, 1876, to Rebecca Thomas, who is a daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (Vale) Thomas, well known residents of Clark County. P'ive children have been born to them: Charles Eber, who married Nancy Funderburg and lives on his farm in Bethel Township, has two children - Herma and Ruth; Delbert, who married Bessie Musselman, has two children - Verna and Marie. (He lives in Miami County, Ohio, on his father's farm) ; Homer ; Harrison ; and Hazel. Our subject is a Republican in politics, and while a resident of German Township served on the Republican Coimty Central Committee. He formerly was a member of the order of Odd Fellows, passing through all its chairs at Dublin, and is now a member of the Evening Star Lodge. He and his wife belong to the Brethren in Christ Church. Mr. Bower also served as member of the Board of Education of Pike Township for several years.

WILLIAM S. WILSON, president of the Springfield Savings Bank, with which he has been prominently identified sincfe 1885, is one of Springfield's most highly respected citizens and representative business men. He was born in Moorefield Township, Clark County, Ohio, and is a son of Hugh and Martha B. (Rutherford) Wilson.

Hugh AVilson was a native of Pennsylvania who came to Clark County, Ohio, in 18.33 and here engaged in business until the time of his death, which occurred in 1860. He married Martha B. Rutherford, who was also born in Pennsylvania, and their union resulted in the birth of four sons and one daughter, three of whom are still living, namely: Moses S., who lives in Green Township; Mary E., wife of Jacob Barnett of Springfield, and William" S., subject of this notice.

William S. Wilson was reared and educated in Spring-field and early in life entered the Old Springfield Bank, with which he was connected for some time, having been in their employ at two different periods. In 1861 he enlisted in ('ompany H, Seventy-first 0. V. I., and was in the service for about four years, his regiment forming a part of the Army of the Cumberland. Beginning as a private, he was promoted to second lieutenant, and later to first lieutenant, and was mustered out October, 1865, as captain of his company.

Upon his return from the war, Mr. Wilson engaged in the grain business in Springfield, buying and shipping grain for some ten or eleven years with much success, after which he served as treasurer of Clark County from 1881 until 1885. In 1888 he became president of the Springfield Savings Bank, and has since been prominently identified with that institution, retaining the presidency. Mr. Wilson is also president of the Springfield Coal and Ice Company, and is interested in other business enterprises of Springfield.

son's second marriage occurred in 1894 to Maria Goode and tliey have one son, William G. Wilson. Mr. Wilson is a member of the Mitchell Post G. A. R., and religiously, of the Second Presbyterian Church.

HENRY- SEITZ, a well-known citizen of Tremont City, who owns a valuable farm of one hundred and fifty-seven acres, which, is situated in ChampaigTi County, Ohio, was born on Snow Hill, just north of Springfield, Ohio, June 15, 1834, and is a son of Andrew and Ann (Baker) Seitz.

Andrew Seitz was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and was a son of Henry Seitz, who brought his family in wagons from that state to Clark County, Ohio, in 18.31. Andrew Seitz subsequently married Ann Baker, who was born in Virginia and was a daughter of Rudolph Baker, who came to Clark County after the close of the War of 1812. Mr. Baker settled in German Township, near the present base ball grounds on the Valley Turnpike. After marriage, Andrew Seitz settled at Snow Hill for a time, but during the boyhood of his son Henry he moved to a farm on what is now the Valley Turnpike, where he also purchased a small saw and grist-mill. In 1845, he bought the mill at Tremont and in 1859 he built the mil] which is now operated by Amos Seitz, oue of his sons.

In 1849, Henry Seitz went to work in the Tremont mill and after the new one was built he worked in it and later ran it until 1873, when he left the mill and settled on his farm in Champaign County. He continued in agricultural pursuits until 1900, when he returned to Tremont, but still retains his farm, which is a very valuable property.

In 1863, Mr, Seitz was married to Hester Ann Rector, who died May 4, 1904. She was the mother of the following children: Annie, who married Frank White; Carrie, who died April 19, 1908, and was the wife of Charles Maggert; Ira; Ada, who married Eugene Phillips ; Nellie, and Stanlev.

New Moorefield's skilled physicians and esteemed citizens, who has been engaged in the practice of his profession here since 1889, was born December 21, 1853, in Fletcher, Miami County, Ohio, and is a son of William and Martha (Denman) Mc- Clintock.

William McClintock, the doctor's father, was the village wagon maker of Fletcher, Miami County, Ohio, and died there at the age of thirty-two years, in January, 1857, when the subject of this sketch was three years old. His wife died in June of the same year, aged twentysix.

Albert McClintock, after the death of his parents, went to live with his maternal grandfather, Abraham Denman, and was reared on the latter 's farm, which was located four miles east of Piqua, Ohio. His elementary education was obtained in the countiy schools and was supplemented by a course at the Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio. He then taught school for a period of thirteen years, teaching in Fletcher, where he was principal of the school for two years. In 1885 he entered the Columlnis Ohio ^ledical College and graduated in the spring of 1888. He first engaged in the practice of medicine in Shelby County, Ohio, remaining there but a short time, however, when he came to New Moorefield, where he has since made very satisfactory progress, having become well and favorably known throughout the community.

Dr. MeClintock was united in marriage on Thanksgiving Day, 1875, with Ella Robinson, a daughter of James Robinson, a well known farmer of Miami County, Ohio. Four children have been born to Dr. and Mrs. MeClintock, namely: Martha Belle, wife of Edward Rawlings, who has one child - Harold ; Clarence, now in New Mexico, who is a gTaduate of the Piqua Commercial College; Edgar, born November 4, 1883, who died September 16, 1907; and James F., who is residing at home. Edgar attended the Piqua Commercial College and also Nelson's Business College, of Springfield, after which he went to Chicago, where he entered the employ of a firm by which his brother Clarence was also employed. Failinghealth necessitated a change of climate, and he was accompanied south to New Mexico by his mother and his brother, Clarence. He remained there for two years, returning Jvlj, 1907, and his death occurred in September, two months later.

HARRY G. REDMOND, owner and manager of Redmond's Mill, which is located in Springfield Township, five miles east of Springfield, succeeded to this property on the death of his father, the late

Judson Redmond, who was a pioneer miller of Clark County. He was born at Stony Creek, Logan County, Ohio, December 31, 1864, and is a son of Judson and Harriet (Hinmau) Redmond.

Judson Redmond, whose death took place on June 21, 1906, was born in Cattaraugus County, New York, August 16, 1824. In 1838 he began to learn the milling business, and in 1841 came to Ohio and located at Maumee City, where he lived several years. In 1847 he returned to New York and was married to Harriet Hinman, and in the following year he came back to Ohio and settled near "West Liberty, in Logan County, where he engaged in farming and milling. In the fall of 1865 he purchased what were called the Jimction Mills, on account of their standing at the junction of Sinking Creek and Little Beaver Creek, now the site of Redmond's Mills. From 1866 until he retired from active industrial life, Mr. Redmond was engaged in milling at this point. This mill site is an old one. The first structure of frame burning down in 1837, it was replaced in 1840, by the brick building now in use, which was built by a Mr. Rodgers. After jMr. Redmond bought the mill property from L. C. Huffman, the business was subsequently conducted under the firm name of J. Redmond & Son, which continued until Harry G. Redmond became proprietor.

Judson Redmond and wife had the following children: Francis, Edgar J., Sarah 0., Clara E.. Inez I., and Harry G. In 1871, with his wife, Mr. Redmond united with the Trinity Baptist Church of Springfield. In December, 1880, they with others formed the Sinking Creek branch of the Lisbon Baptist Church, which a few years later became a separate bod^^ At the organization of this church, Mr. Redmond was chosen a deacon, and he was continued in this office during the remainder of his life, also serving in other church offices. Not only to his church was he generous, worthy objects of charity at all times claming his attention and receiving his aid. His widow still lives.

Harry G. Redmond was two years old when his parents came to Springfield Township, and when he grew old enough he was taught the milling trade under his father's supervision. His whole business career has been connected with milling and the larger part of his experience has been in his father's and his own mill. In June, 1904, Mr. Redmond installed the celebrated Wolf rollers and sifter, and in 1907, the Richmond City sifter, and with these modern mill appliances, he has been able to produce a still better grade of flour than that on which the firm had already built up a fine reputation. The special product of this mill is the ' ' Golden Crown" brand of flour, other brands being also produced, together with different kinds of meal. Two millers and two assistants are required by Mr. Redmond and his business is constantly on the increase. On October 14, 1903, Mr. Redmond was married to Mary Suavely, who is a daughter of D. H. Suavely, of Springfield, and they have two children, Harold Judson and Elizabeth Dora.

the past sixteen years and is a native of Spring-field Township, Clark County, Ohio. He was born in 1856, a son of George Tuttle, now deceased, who was born in 1821 within the corporation of Spring-field, and who died in 1891. He was always engaged in agricultural pursuits and was one of the leading and public spirited citizens of the county. John Tuttle, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Pennsylvania and came to CUark County, Ohio, in October, 1806, with his father, Sylvanus Tuttle, who died and was buried in Clark County, as were also the grandfather and father of our subject.

William E. Tuttle was reared on his father's farm in Springfield Township and received his education in the public schools of the township. He was then engaged in farming and stock-raising with much success for a great many years. About 1882 he began shipping clover seed, which enterprise so expanded in his hands that he was finally shijjping more clover seed than any other man in the county. This resulted in his gradually drifting into the general grain business, in which he is now engaged, shipping his grain from Locust Grove.

In 1893 William E. and W. F. Tuttle bought out Brooks & Green, grain dealers, of Springfield, and established a graiu business in Springfield, operating under the firm name of Tuttle & Tuttle. Two years later, in 1895, they built a grain elevator which was the first grain elevator in operation in Springfield, and which is still successfully operated by Mr. Tuttle. During the year 1899 Mr. Tuttle handled twenty-Pour cars of clover seed, shipping 1,600 bushels direct to Germanv. In

1899 W. F. Tuttle retired from the firm and the subject of this sketch continued alone in the business for about one and a half years. In September. 1900, Thomas A. Paine became a member of the firm, which has since been known as W. E. Tuttle and Company. In addition to regular grain shipping they make a specialty of seeds, handling great quantities of timothy seed which they obtain in car lots, jobbing it mostly to retail dealers. Mr. Tuttle is also interested in other business enterprises of Spring-field, being vice president of the Reed Bros. Manufacturing Company, and a member of the firm of F. 0. Jones & Company.

In 1880 Mr. Tuttle was joined in marriage with Clara Otstot, who was born in Clark County and died in April, 1900, leaving five children, namely: Florence, Grace, Amy, Pearl, and Roger. Politically Mr. Tuttle is an adherent of the Republican party and has served as a member of the Republican Central Committee. Religiously, he is a member of the First Baptist Church and has been president of its board of trustees for the past two vears.

M. H. COLLINS, M. D., one of the best known physicians of Clark County, is now living in retirement in the village of South Charleston, which has been his place of residence since birth. He comes of a well known family of physicians, his father and his maternal grandfather having practiced medicine here before him.

Dr. M. II. Collins was born in the house in which he now lives, in 1853, and is a son of Dr. Elijah T. and Sarah Louise (Houston) Collins. The paternal grandfather,

Thomas Collins, came from Virginia when young and located in Clark County, Ohio. His wife's maiden name was Murray, and their union resulted in the birth of sixteen children.