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the husband died before any of the sons were of age. The widow, assisted by the older sons, managed the home farm now owned by the heirs of Milton Arbogast, and educated two sons, James and Albert, to be teachers, both of whom gained distinction in educational affairs. The eldest daughter, Sarah Eliza, married Walter C. Henry, September 22, 1863, Charles (1841- ) married Eliza Byerly, and had one child, Mrs. Louis Jones, of South Vienna. Albert (1848 ) married Mary Porter, and their four children were: Ernest, of New York City; Ethel St. Clair (children, Lillian, John C. and Virginia); Lora and Pearl, of Columbus, Ohio. James (1845-1917) married Laura McConkey and had a daughter, Edna. Milton (1851-1918) married Elizabeth McClenen (1846- ) and of two sons, Howard died in infancy, while Creston Willard married Edna Harmison and had a son, Howard, and two daughters, Doris May and Madelon. Johanna (1857- ) married Charles Huffman. The eldest son, Charles, one of the organizers and an official of the Farmers Bank of South Vienna, served in Company K of the One Hundred and Seventy-ninth Ohio Infantry. Two sons of Cornelius Arbogast alsó served in the Civil war. With the same thrift that characterized the first American ancestor, Michael Arbogast, the sons of Henry kept and increased the ancestral acres or bought land elsewhere. The mother moved to London about 1880, where she died in 1894. Henry Arbogast and Susan Climer Arbogast are buried in Kirkwood Cemetery at London.

More than passing mention should be made of Rev. Cornelius Arbogast (1801-1883), son of the pioneer Peter, who developed into a man of the Abraham Lincoln type, both mentally and physically. He married Sarah Davisson, with whom he enjoyed sixty years of happy wedded life. His unusual ability was early recognized and he served the communities in which he lived in various capacities of trust. While living in Clark County he was justice of peace for fourteen years, and after his removal to Shelby County in 1851 served as county commissioner for many years. Although not an attorney, his advice was often sought in matters pertaining to the law. This legal turn of mind was also possessed to a marked degree by his nephew, the late Milton Arbogast, who seemed to instinctively interpret, as did his uncle, a difficult problem of law.

Although residing in Shelby County, Cornelius Arbogast kept in touch with his former home, and he and his nephew, the late James Arbogast, helped.to assemble the material for an earlier history of Clark County (1881).

He was ordained to the Universalist ministry in 1844, and for many years preached in various neighborhoods in Central Ohio. He was a forceful, logical speaker, genial in his manner, winning all who came in contact with him.

GEORGE SABIN Drar. In the person of George Sabin Dial, who has practiced so long and so ably at the Springfield bar, is linked the Springfield of the past and the present. A native of this city, both he and his pióneer father, the late Judge Enoch George Dial, have been parts of its progressive life, and in the law, in education, in business and in politics have contributed to the development of the city's institutions and the furtherance of its welfare and prestige.

Mr. Dial was born at Springfield, August 2, 1861, a son of Enoch George and Emeline (Sabin) Dial. His father was born in Clermont County, Ohio, October 16, 1817, a son of Shadrach and Susanna (Reed) Dial. Shadrach Dial, the son of Robert Dial, was born in North Carolina, in 1758, and in 1803 was married, two years after which event he came to Ohio and settled in Clermont County, where he spent the remainder of his life in agricultural pursuits and died in 1843. Enoch George Dial graduated from Miami University in 1843. Following his graduation he was for a year a teacher and member of the faculty of Ohio Wesleyan University, but resigned from that college in 1845, and, coming to Springfield, for four years was president of the Springfield High School and Female College. In the meantime he studied law and was admitted to the bar, and also, although continuing to reside at Springfield, was interested for a time in a newspaper at Urbana, Ohio. He was a democrat in politics up to 1860, in which year he became a staunch member of the republican party. In 1852 he was chosen an elector on the democratic electoral presidential ticket in Ohio. In 1869, as a republican, he was elected judge of the Probate Court of Clark County, and was re-elected in 1872 without opposition, but three years later refused a third election. In 1879 he was elected a member of the Ohio State Legislature, and served as chairman of the committee on schools and school lands of the House. While in the Legislature he introduced a bill to abolish the sub-district system and to establish the township system, the schools of each township to be managed by a board of education elected by the people thereof. He also introduced a bill providing for county school superintendence. The proposed legislation met with universal approbation by the leading educators and educated men of the state, and generally by the press, but, encountering decided opposition among the smaller politicians and press, the bills failed to pass. However, the ideas embraced in those measures were later adopted by the Legislature and became laws. He also served as a member of the Springfield Board of Education and was always interested in the cause. He died at Springfield in 1896. Judge Dial married Emeline Sabin, who was born at Troy, Miami County, Ohio, in 1827, and died at Springfield in 1882. She was a daughter of Dr. Roswell Sabin, of Troy, and to this union there were born four children: Mary, deceased, who was the wife of Charles D. Hack; Annie C., of Springfield, who is unmarried ; George Sabin, of this review; and Morris Rosl, of LaGrange, Illinois. i See Sabin Dial attended the city public schools, after which he spent three years, from 1878 to 1881, at Wittenberg College, and then entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, from which he was graduated with his Bachelor of Arts degree as a member of the class of 1882. He read law in the office of the Hon. Thomas J. Pringle, of Springfield, and was admitted to the bar in 1885, since which time he has been in the active practice of his profession at Springfield, of which city he served as prosecutor from 1895 to 1897. Mr. Dial has been interested for a number of years in city planning and park extension, and during his administration as president of the Springfield Commercial Club the campaign was inaugurated for the successful raising of the money for the purchase of the land which became Cliff Park, a campaign which was the beginning of the movement to bring Snyder Park up to the city. Mr. Dial was assistant attorney to the city solicitor in the condemnation of park land along the creek, by which proceedings the city acquired about forty acres of land for park purposes. $

During the World war Mr. Dial was active as a "Four-Minute Man, and took part in all the various campaigns for raising war funds. He is active in church work and is a member of and secretary to the Official Board of High Street Methodist Episcopal Church. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Springfield National Bank. Mr. Dial is a member of the Clark County Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association, the Springfield Chamber of Commerce, successor of the Springfield Commercial Club, of which he was president in 1908. _

On February 12, 1890, Mr. Dial was united in marriage with Miss Louise Baldwin, who died January 30, 1897, leaving one daughter, Mary Louise, who married Louis P. Kalb, of Detroit, Michigan. On March 8, 1913, Mr. Dial married Clara Eugenia Crane, daughter of J. W. Crane, of Springfield, Ohio. Mr. Crane was a prominent manufacturer, for many years being secretary and general manager of Mast, Foos & Company works.

ADAM GRUBE. The late Adam Grube was one of the substantial men of foreign birth who, coming to Springfield, became valued citizens of their adopted country and here amassed a fortune. He was born in the Rhine province of Bavaria, Germany, a son of Jacob and Philipena (Shearer) Grube, who in 1835 came to the United States and after living at Tiffin, Ohio, for two years, located at Springfield. During the time he was at Tiffin, Jacob Grube had to work very hard in construction work on the Wabash Canal. After coming to Springfield he continued to work by the day until his demise.

When still a lad Adam Grube helped to take care of his mother and brothers and sisters, working to do so by selling produce from house to house, and his honest measure and pleasant manner soon enabled him to build up a large trade. As soon as he was strong enough he began working out by the day, and in the meantime gained a knowledge of the brick industry, entering, when only twelve years old, the brickyard of James Robinson, and receiving for his labors $3 per month. He was patient and very thrifty and at last was able to go into partnership with his brother in the purchase of fifteen acres of land, on which the industrious young men carried on gardening. Later he bought his brother's interest in this property. For fourteen years he lived in a house built of logs before he replaced it with one of brick he had himself manufactured, for he and his two brothers, Jacob and Christian, had gone into the brick industry, in which they continued for six years. Then for a few years Mr. Grube again devoted himself to gardening, but once more began to manufacture brick, taking as his partner Charles Elmer Grube. They gave employment to twelve men and five boys and did a big business, but he retired from it before his death, which occurred July 19, 1910.

Adam Grube first married Anna Mary Wilch, born in Hancock County, Ohio, and they had eight children, the only survivor being one son, John A., who is living in Springfield, Ohio. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Grube married, October 6, 1868, Gertrude Rettig, born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, May 5, 1845, a daughter of John P. and Elizabeth (Heoffley) Rettig, who settled in Henry County, Ohio, in 1863. By his last marriage Adam Grube had nine children, of whom four survive, namely: George P., who is at 1756 Limestone Street, a sketch of whom follows; Samuel D., who resides in Moorefield Township, married Abbie J. Baker, and they have three children, Ruth, Mrs. Robert Scifers, has two daughters, Gertrude G. and Mary Jane Scifers; Margaret, Mrs. H. J. Robinson, who resides with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Grube, and Delbert I., who also lives with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Grube; F. Joseph, who lives in Moorefield Township, married Mary Helle, now deceased, who bore him one son, Irvin A. F. Grube, with his father; and Gertrude S., who is keeping house for her brother, F. Joseph, in Moorefield Township, just north of Springfield.

- Adam Grube was a business man of excellent judgment and invested his money wisely. He owned several farms in the vicinity of Springfield and the fifty-acre addition to Springfield that is known as Grube Addition. He belonged to Saint Luke's Evangelical Church of Springfield, in which he was an earnest worker. The democratic party had in him a firm supporter, although he never cared for public honors. He did his full duty as he saw it, was honest, sincere and helpful, and when he died one of the best citizens of Clark County passed to his last reward.

GEORGE P. GRUBE. One of the best-known and most highly respected families of Clark County is that bearing the name of Grube and its members are numbered among the most representative citizens of Springfield. One of them, George P. Grube, of 1756 North Limestone Street, is following a somewhat original line in his business operations, for he is not only a poultry fancier, but also raises Pekingese Chinese dogs and has built up a very valuable connection in both lines. Mr. Grube was born at Springfield, February 10, 1873, a son of Adam and Gertrude (Rettig) Grube, natives of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, a sketch of whom precedes in this work; and grandson of Jacob and Philipena (Shearer) Grube, natives of Germany, who came to Clark County, Ohio.

Growing up in Springfield, George P. Grube attended the Snow distriet school and Nelson's Business College and remained with his parents, who owned fifteen acres of land, now the block of 1700 Limestone Street, until his marriage, which occurred February 20, 1899, when he married Carrie E. Morgan, born at Tampico, Indiana, a daughter of William and Rachel (Mahanka) Morgan, natives of Tampico, Indiana.

After his marriage Mr. Grube built a house just south of the Home Road, on North Limestone Street, where he resided for seven years, during which time he continued working with his father in manufac- turing brick, in which industry the elder man had built up a large business. Selling his interest in this, Mr. Grube then bought one acre of land about two blocks south of his home, on North Limestone street, and erected a new residence. He was engaged in manufacturing brick on his own account until 1915, when he sold his business and bought one and three-quarter acres, with a frontage of 124 feet and a depth of 576 feet, on which he put up another residence. While working in greenhouses he at the same time began to raise single-comb, Mottled Ancona chickens, and has exhibited them in the principal poultry shows of the country. He won first prize at Chicago upon two occasions, first prize at Cincinnati; and in January, 1922, the first prize at Cleveland. He sold one hen for $100. He also received two prizes at the poultry show held at the Madison Square Garden, New York City, and he is still engaged in breeding and raising these fine chickens, and, as before stated, is raising the Pekingese dogs so in demand for pets by the wealthy.

Mr. and Mrs. Grube have no children. They belong to St. John's Lutheran Church of Springfield. Politically he is a democrat but he is not active in public matters. Fraternally he maintains membership Lone Star Lodge No. 732, 1. O. O. F. Mr. Grube has always been a hard worker and deserves the success which has attended his efforts. His fame as a poultry fancier has gone far beyond local bounds, and his exhibits are looked forward to with great interest by others in the same line of business as well as those who seek at these shows especially fine specimens for their own flocks.

E. W. STEWART, proprietor of the fine Red Bud Hill Farm, comprising 131 acres and situated near the village of Pitchin, in Greene Township, was born on this farm, which he now owns, and the date of his nativity was October 27, 1868. He is a son of Captain Perry Stewart and Rhoda A. (Wheeler) Stewart, both likewise natives of Greene Township, where the former was born, on this same ancestral farmstead, June 6, 1818, his wife having been born December 20, 1824. The captain was a son of John T. and Anna (Elder) Stewart, the former of whom was born in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, March 3, 1781, a son of Samuel Stewart, whose father Robert was a son of John Stewart, who was born in Scotland and was numbered among those who left their native land and established homes in the North of Ireland on account of religious persecution in Scotland.

Captain Perry Stewart was reared on the pioneer farm of his father in Greene Township, Clark County, Ohio, and was numbered among the gallant men who went forth in defense of the Union when the Civil war was precipitated. On the 15th of July, 1862, he recruited Company A, Ninety-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and he served as captain of this company until after it had participated in the battle of Chickamauga in the autumn of that year. He then returned home, his physical disability having disqualified him for further service at the front. In 1866-7 he served as county commissioner of Clark County, and in 1868-9 he represented the county in the State Legislature, his political allegiance having been given to the republican party.

October 15, 1844, recorded the marriage of Captain Stewart and Miss Rhoda A. Wheeler, who was born December 20, 1824, a daughter of Ebenezer and Jemima (Miller) Wheeler, who were born in New Jersey and whose marriage was solemnized at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1803, they having established their home in Clark County in 1806. Harriet J., eldest of the children of Capt. Perry Stewart, was born October 7, 1845, and is the widow of James Hatfield; Julia A., born July 3, 1847, is tne widow of R. N. Elder; David W., born December 19, 1848, resides at Clifton; John T., born August 21, 1850, is a resident of Houston, Texas; Mary E., born July 25, 1852, became the wife of Samuel Kerr and is deceased her death having occurred July 20, 1907; Charles F., born August 2, 1856, resides at Springfield and was formerly county commissioner of Clark County; Ellen J., born July 16, 1859, became the wife of George Nicholson, and her death occurred February 15, 1918; Jessie was born July 12, 1861, and died September 23, 1865; Perry M., born July 6, 1866, resides at Yellow Springs, Greene County; and E. W., subject of this sketch, was born October 27, 1868.

E. W. Stewart early gained his full share of practical experience in connection with the work of the home farm and in the meanwhile attended the district schools. He remained at the parental home until his marriage, October 26, 1893, with Miss Nettie Shobe, who was born and reared in Greene Township, and since that time he has had a progressive career as one of the vigorous and successful agriculturists and stockgrowers of his native county. Mr. Stewart is a republican, has served as justice of the peace and member of the School Board, and he and his wife are zealous members of the Methodist Protestant Church, he being secretary of its Quarterly Conference and both he and his wife being specially influential in the various departments of church work, including the Sunday School. Mr. Stewart is a past master of the local Grange and has served four years as state deputy of the Ohio State Grange, besides being influential as a member of Pomona Grange.' Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have two children: Edna A., born August 12, 1894, is the wife of Howard Price, a farmer in Greene Township; and Lois S. who was born September 26, 1897, is a trained nurse by profession, she having graduated in the Nurses Training School at Springfield, and both she and her sister are graduates of the Pitchin High School. Helen J., youngest of the children, was born June 16, 1903, and died on the 17th of the following September.

Frep G. STEWART is consistently to be designated as one of the progressive and successful representatives of constructive farm industry in his native county and township, and his vigorous operations are staged on what is known as the old Estle farm, in Section 21, Green Township.

On the old home farm of his father, in Section 22 of Green Township, Fred G. Stewart was born June 2, 1884, and on both the paternal and maternal sides he is a scion of old and honored pioneer families of Clark County. He is a son of Charles F. and Clara (Gailough) Stewart, both likewise natives of Greene Township, where the former was born on a farm in Section 23 and the latter on a farm in Section 16. After their marriage the parents settled on a farm in Section 22 of their native township, and there they remained until 1918, when they moved to the

City of Springfield, where they have since maintained their home. Of their five children the eldest is Josephine, who is the wife of Stephen Kitchen ; Fred G., of this review, was the next in order of birth; Howard H. is a successful farmer north of Springfield ; Samuel N. remains on and has active charge of the old home farm; Stephen W. served in the World war as a member of the Quartermaster's Department of the American Expeditionary Forces in France, and his death occurred March 31, 1920, within a short time after his return to his native land.

Reared on the farm and profiting by the advantages of the local schools, Fred G. Stewart waxed strong in mental and physical powers, and he supplemented his education by a course in Nelson's Business College at Springfield. At the age of nineteen years he successfully passed a civil service examination and was appointed a mail carrier on rural route No. 11 from the City of Springfield. He continued his effective service in this capacity three years.

November 7, 1906, recorded the marriage of Mr. Stewart and Miss Rachel Estle, who was born on the farm which is their present place of residence and the date of whose nativity was September 3, 1883. Mrs. Stewart is a daughter of Orson D. and Harriet (Anderson) Estle, and her father was born on this same farm, March 4, 1857, the mother having been born at Clifton, November 7, 1856. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Stewart were William H. and Rachel (Farrow) Estle, the latter having been born in Kentucky and having been a girl when she came to Clark County, where she was reared in the home of her uncle, William Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Estle became the parents of six children: William (died young), Edwin, Orson D., Henry R., Phoebe, and William.

Orson D. Estle was reared on the old home farm which was the place of his birth, and received the advantages of the common schools of the period. He was a young man at the time of his marriage with Miss Harriet Anderson, and the surviving children are four in number: Fred, a graduate of the Clifton High School, is a successful farmer in Greene Township, near Clifton; Rachel, wife of the subject of this review, is the next younger; Bessie is the wife of Walter E. Crossland; and Ellen is the wife of Orville Shaw. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have one child, Harriet L., who was born December 4, 1908. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart are active members of the Presbyterian Church, he is a republican in politics, and is affiliated with the Junior Order United American Mechanics. Mr. Stewart has been retained as the efficient incumbent of the office of clerk of Greene Township for the past ten years, and is one of the progressive and highly esteemed citizens of his native township and county.

Mitton Corr was a representative of one of the pioneer families of Clark County, where he passed his entire life and where he gained high vantage-ground as one of the able and distinguished members of the bar of this part of Ohio. He was born in Clark County in the year 1848, and was a son of Arthur Cole, who came from Virginia and established his residence in Clark County in 1830. Arthur Cole opened the first "gig shop" or carriage factory in Springfield, and besides manu- facturing buggies of the type then in use he was identified also with farm enterprise in the county. He is recalled as a man of sterling character, industrious and unassuming, and worthy of the unqualified esteem in which he was uniformly held.

Milton Cole early gained experience in connection with the activities of the home farm, and his preliminary education was acquired in the common schools. In 1871 he graduated from Wittenberg College, at Springfield, and in 1871-2 he attended the law department of the University of Michigan. Thereafter he continued his study of law at Springfield, under the preceptorship of the law firm of Spence & Arthur, and zin October, 1873, he was admitted to the bar. He was a young man of exceptional intelligence and vigor, and in establishing himself in practice at Springfield he soon made his powers felt as a resourceful trial lawyer and well fortified counselor. In 1874, as a democrat, he was defeated for the office of prosecuting attorney, but in 1875, and again in 1878, he was elected mayor of Springfield, his ability and personal popularity enabling him to overcome the large republican majority. He was a close student, gained broad and exact knowledge of the science of jurisprudence, and he long controlled a large and representative law practice, which extended outside the limits of Clark County and involved his appearance in connection with many important cases tried in the various courts of this section of the state. His character was the positive expression of a strong and loyal nature, and he ever commanded the confidence and high regard of his fellowmen. While serving his second term as mayor of Springfield Mr. Cole wedded Miss Elnora Skidmore, and the only child of this union is a son, John M., of whom specific mention is made in the sketch immediately following this. Milton Cole was one of the leading lawyers and honored and influential citizens of Springfield at the time of his death, and his wife likewise is deceased.

Joun M. Core has been engaged in the practice of his profession in his native city of Springfield since 1904, and both as a lawyer and a citizen he is well maintaining the prestige which the character and achievement of his father here established, a memoir to his father, the late Milton Cole, being given in the article immediately preceding this.

John M. Cole was born at Springfield on the 21st of May, 1879, and after having duly profited by the advantages of the public schools he here entered Wittenberg College, in which excellent institution he was graduated in 1900, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In 1903 the college conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts, after he had taken an effective post-graduate course. In 1901-2 he attended the law department of the University of Cincinnati, and upon his admission to the bar in June, 1904, he engaged in the practice of his profession at Springfield. He now has a large and representative general practice but has specialized in corporation and commercial law. Mr. Cole served from 1904 to 1908 as assistant city solicitor. He is a staunch advocate of the principles and policies of the democratic party, is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, Knights of Pythias, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Phi Gamma Delta college fraternity. He was secretary of the local chapter of the Red Cross during the nation's par- ticipation in the World war, and was a member of the Springfield questionnaire board. He and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church. De: j

June 29, 1904, recorded the marriage of Mr. Cole and Miss Sarah Hoy, daughter of John F. Hoy, and they have six children: John H., Eleanor E., Fred M., George W., Robert W. and Richard T.

Rosert QuicLey KinG was a lad of about nine years at the time when his parents established their home at Springfield, in 1841, and with the passing years he played a large and worthy part in the civic and business development and progress of the city in which he passed virtually his entire life. He was widely and familiarly known by his personal initials, "R. Q.," which are most pleasingly perpetuated in the name of the fine Arcue Building which was erected by his sons D. Ward and Robert L. at the northwest corner of High Street and Fountain Avenue.

Robert O. King was born at Tarlton, Pickaway County, this state, August 13, 1832, and was a brother of Colonel David King, a venerable © citizen and still active business man of whom specific mention is made on other pages of this work. Mr. King was a son of David and Almena (Caldwell) King, who came to Springfield in 1841, the father here engaging in mercantile and later in the real estate business and having contributed much to the early upbuilding of the future city. His death occurred in 1849, and his wife survived him by several years. Both were earnest members of the First Presbyterian Church. Of their nine children six attained to mature years: Robert Q., Mary E. K. (Mrs. Luther A. Gotwald), David, Sarah J., S. Noble and Minnie.

Robert Q. King became a student in Wittenberg College at the time when its sessions were held in the First Lutheran Church at Springfield, and he was one of the early graduates of this now important educational institution which lends prestige to Springfield. As a young man he engaged in the retail hardware business, in which his associate was Alexander Runyon. The business was conducted under the firm name of Runyon & King until he sold his interest and turned his attention to the real estate business, of which he became one of the leading representatives in the city and county. He was an able business man, and in his real estate operations he did much to advance the material upbuilding of his home city.

Mr. King organized the first hook-and-ladder company in Springfield, and was one of the valued members of the old volunteer fire department. In the department of the later years he continued to maintain a deep interest, even to the time of his death. After the paid fire department was established he was the second to serve as its chief, a position which he retained about ten years. He was a republican in political adherency, and he and his wife were zealous members of the First (now Covenant) Presbyterian Church, of which he served many years as treasurer.

As a young man Mr. King wedded Miss Harriet A. Danforth, of New Albany, Indiana, who had come to Springfield as a teacher in the old Female Seminary on College Avenue, where now stands the Northern Public School of the city. The death of Robert Q. King occurred

November 26, 1917, his wife having preceded him to eternal rest. They became the parents of five children: D. Ward and Thomas Danforth are deceased; Robert L., the one surviving son, is individually mentioned m a sketch immediately following this memoir; Almena K. is the wife of Harvey J. Warrick; and Madge C. is deceased.

D. Ward King, the eldest son, was born October 27, 1857, was reared in Springfield and was educated in Wittenberg College. When a young man he went to Missouri and engaged in farm enterprise. He became known throughout the entire Union as a stalwart advocate of the good-roads movement, and was the inventor of the King Road Drag, which became widely used in the improving of roads. He married Mary Burbank, of Springfield, and they had four children. Mr. King died February 9, 1919, and is survived by his wife and children, namely: Lettia Reed, Robert Q., Jr., Miriam Caywood and David Bryant.

Asa W. Hopee. For a decade more than a century of years the Hodge family has been residing in Clark County, where it is well and favorably known. For the most part its members have followed the pursuits of agriculture, and all have been good citizens, contributing not less to the development of their community than they have to the building up of personal prosperity. A worthy representative of this old and honored family is found in the person of Asa W. Hodge, who is now operating the old Foley farm, situated one and one-half miles east of New Moorefield, in Moorefield Township.

Asa W. Hodge was born on the farm adjoining that which he now occupies, October 3, 1873, and is a son of J. M. and Mary A. (Hunter) Hodge. His great-grandfather, Andrew Hodge, was born in. Virginia, whence he went to Kentucky, and finally, in 1810, came to Ohio, where he entered land in Pleasant Township, Clark County, which is still in the Hodge name. Here he rounded out his career as a farmer, developing a good property and winning the respect of his fellow-citizens. His son, James M. Hodge, the grandfather of Asa W., was born in Pleasant Township, where, on attaining his majority, he purchased land and spent his life as a tiller of the soil. He was also a man of integrity and one who had his neighbors' esteem. He married Elizabeth Sayler, and they became the parents of four children, all of whom grew to maturity, but all are now deceased: Samuel, John, J. Milton and Sallie.

James M. Hodge was born on a farm in Pleasant Township, Clark County, May 2, 1837, and received his education in the public schools. He married Mary A. Hunter, who was born in Catawba, Pleasant Township, Clark County, April 20, 1839, and following their union settled on a part of the old home place, which he increased through industry and good management to a tract of 900 acres. He was honored because of his many sterling traits of character and his integrity in business affairs, and in his death his community lost a good and reliable citizen. In politics he was a republican, and on various occasions he was called to public office, at times serving as township trustee, member of the School Board and justice of the peace. He and his worthy and estimable wife were the parents of eight children, of whom three grew to maturity: Asa W.; Ida M., the wife of H. S. Andrew, of Dayton; and Anna I., a maiden lady, residing on the home farm.

Asa W. Hodge was reared on the home farm and acquired his education in the rural school in the vicinity of his father's farm in Pleasant Township. He remained on the home place and assisted his father in its cultivation until the time of his marriage, October 3, 1901, to Miss Bertha Page, who was born in Pleasant Township, June 19, 1880, and educated in the public schools, a daughter of Charles B. and Melissa Page. Following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Hodge settled on the old Foley farm in Moorefield Township, where they have developed a handsome and productive property and have installed many improvements which add to the property's appearance and value. Mr. Hodge carries on general agricultural work in all its departments, and is also a breeder of registered Poland-China hogs, a field of work in which he has met with much success. His standing in the community is that of a man who is strictly reliable in all his transactions. As a fraternalist Mr. Hodge holds membership in the local lodge of the Junior Order United American Mechanics. He is a republican in politics, and the confidence of his fellow-citizens is reflected in the fact that he has been elected a member of the Township Board of Trustees four times. He and Mrs. Hodge had one child, which died in infancy.

ROBERT LEFFLER KING, only surviving son of the late Robert O. King, to whom the preceding memoir is dedicated, was born August 24, 1863, and reared at Springfield, where his early educational advantages included those of Wittenberg College. He has been prominently concerned in the promotion of agricultural and live-stock industry in Hancock County, Ohio, where he is the owner of valuable farm property, and has also been a successful dealer in real estate. He was associated with his brother, the late D. Ward King, in the erection of the Arcue Building, one of the modern business structures of Springfield, and given its name from the initials of their father, R. Q. In this building he maintains his business office.

Mr. King as a citizen and business man has fully upheld the honors of the family name, which has been connected with the history of Springfield for more than eighty years, and he takes deep interest in all that touches the welfare of his native city and county. He and his wife are members of the Covenant Presbyterian Church.

June 4, 1891, recorded the marriage of Mr. King and Miss Lola Askam, of Vanlue, Hancock County, and they have three children: Edwin A., Hamlin C. and Jessie. Edwin A. married Miss Helen Wetmore, and they have two daughters, Marguerite and Ruth. Hamlin C. married Miss Edith Cole, and they have two children, Donald L. and Ethel Jessie.

Jonn W. Burk, whose death occurred on the 17th of April, 1917, left a distinct and most worthy impression on the industrial, commercial and civic affairs of the City of Springfield, and a tribute to his memory properly finds place in this volume. He was born and reared in Canada, the year of his nativity having been 1850. He attended school in his boyhood days, but early began the battle of life for himself. His first work was in a flour mill, and with the passing years he became skilled in all details of the milling business. In 1869 he came to the

United States, and he continued his association with milling operations at Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Coldwater and other points in Michigan, as well as in other states of the Middle West. /_ In July, 1897, Mr. Burk established his residence at Springfield, Ohio, where he purchased the Warder & Barnett milling plant, one of the oldest in this section of the state. The condition of the plant physically was at a low status, and many local business men, familiar with conditions, believed that the property and business could not be revived and placed on a paying basis. It was the energy, technical ability and well ordered executive policies of Mr. Burk that conspired to the development of this property into one of the most important mills in Ohio, the while the business became one of most prosperous order. In 1902 Mr. Burk effected a reorganization of the business and enlisted the capitalistic co-operation which made possible the enlarging and modernizing of the plant. It was in this year that he organized and incorporated the Ansted Burk Company, and with amplified provisions that left but little of the original equipment of the mill he was the guiding spirit in making the business so expand as to constitute an important addition to the industrial and commercial interests of Springfield and in bringing the products of the mill up to the highest standard. Mr. Burk's inflexible personal integrity was reflected in all phases of his business career, he was generous, honorable, progressive as a man of affairs and loyal and liberal as a citizen. His was a gracious personality, and he made and retained friends in all classes, for his character was the positive expression of a true and noble nature. He served two years as president of the Springfield Chamber of Commerce, and through this and other mediums did much to advance the interests of his home city. He gained national repute in his chosen sphere of business and was for two terms president of the Millers National Federation. He was a Knight Templar Mason, and in the Scottish Rite of the fraternity received the thirty-second degree.

RicHarD D. Patron has been a resident of Springfield since 1904, and was here associated with railroad service until 1916, when he became traffic manager for the Ansted & Burk Company, the important milling concern that has contributed much to the commercial prestige of the city. He is now vice president and general manager of this important industrial corporation and is one of the vital and progressive business men of the city. uf

Mr. Patton was born at Morgantown, judicial center of Monongalia County, West Virginia, and the date of his nativity was March 11, 1873. He is a member of a family of eight children, of whom five are living. He is a son of Dr. Frederick H. and Eliza C. (Dorsey) Patton. Dr. Patton was major of a West Virginia regiment in the Union service in the Civil war, and after being captured by the enemy it was his to endure the hardships of both Libby and: Andersonville Prisons, the names of which are odious in the history of the great conflict between the states of the North and the South. Dr. Patton, a physician and

Richard D. Patton was an infant at the time of the family removal from West Virginia to West Newton, Pennsylvania, where he gained his rudimentary education. He was about twelve years old when the family home was established at Dayton, Ohio, where he continued his studies in the public schools until he entered the Michigan Military Academy at Orchard Lake, a most excellent institution, the organization of which was later permitted to lapse, greatly to the regret of all familiar with its splendid record. In this academy Mr. Patton continued his studies three years, and he then found employment in a paper factory at Dayton, Ohio. Thereafter he was in railway service for somewhat more than ten years, and it was in this connection that he came to Springfield in 1904, as noted in a preceding paragraph.

Mr. Patton is a loyal member of the Springfield Chamber of Com- - merce and the local Rotary Club, and is a staunch supporter of the progressive policies of these organizations. He is a republican, he and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian Church, he is a member of the Lagonda and Country Clubs of Springfield, and in the Masonic fraternity his maximum York Rite affiliation is with the Springfield Commandery of Knights Templars, he having received also the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and is a member of the Mystic Shrine.

In 1906 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Patton and Miss Mabel Burk, daughter of the late John W. Burk, to whom a memoir is dedicated in the preceding sketch. Mr. and Mrs. Patton have no children.

Maurice M. SELLERS, sales manager for the Lagonda Manufacturing Company of Springfield, is one of the progressive business men of the younger generation in his native city, where he is also proprietor of the business conducted under the title of the Alpha Chemical Company.

Mr. Sellers was born at Springfield in the year 1885, and is a son of the late Charles E. Sellers, who was the owner of the industrial enterprise conducted under the title of the Alpha Chemical Company, of which he continued the executive head until his death. Charles E. Sellers was born and reared in Clinton County, this state, and was a young man when he established his residence at Springfield. Here he wedded Miss Carrie Johnson, who was born in the City of Columbus, Ohio, and she still resides at Springfield. In the manufacturing of medicinal preparations the Alpha Chemical Company controls a substantial and prosperous business, and since the death of his father, Maurice M. Sellers, of this review, has successfully continued this enterprise, besides which he has been for the past ten years sales manager of the Lagonda Manufacturing Company, his connection with which has covered a period of twenty years. The early educational advantages of Mr. Sellers included those of the local high school, and his business career in his native city has been one of consecutive advancement. He married Miss Laura E. Brenan, who was born at Marietta, this state, and they have one son.

Reap Lerrs Brett, M.D. : Regarded as the Dean of the Springfield medical profession, Doctor Bell has continued an active practice of medi: cine and surgery in that city for forty-five years. In that time he has three times been honored with the office of president of the Clark County Medical Society. He graduated in medicine with the class of 1876, the centennial year, at Harvard Medical School, being one of the thirty-six graduates in that year from that old and famous professional school of Harvard University.

Doctor Bell was born December 8, 1850, on a farm near Utica, Ohio. He represents two well known families in this state, the Bell and the Letts families. His grandfather, Benjamin Bell, was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, and in 1803, the year after Ohio was admitted to the Union, came to this state, settling in Knox County. Bell's Meeting House, built in his time and on his land, is a landmark in that county and is still used as a church. While in Pennsylvania Benjamin Bell married Elizabeth McClellan. Her father, Carey McClellan, was a soldier of the Revolution in Washington's Army, Captain John Marshall's Company.

The father of Doctor Bell was Jacob Bell, who was born and spent all his life in Knox County, where he followed farming. He died in 1873. His wife, Rachael Letts, was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, daughter of David and Thankful (Read) Letts, who on coming from Southwestern Pennsylvania settled in the Bell neighborhood of Knox County, Ohio. She died in 1874.

During his early years Doctor Bell lived on a farm, shared in its labors, attended the common schools of Knox County, and completed his literary education in Dennison University at Granville, Ohio, where he received the A.B. degree in 1872, and in 1875 his alma mater bestowed upon him the Master of Arts degree. In the meantime he had enrolled as a student in Harvard Medical School at Boston, graduated in 1876, and in the following year began his long and useful service as a physician at Springfield. His professional associates have always admired his remarkable vigor as well as the ability he has displayed in his profession, and apparently he is as active today as he was a quarter of a century ago. For many years Dr. Bell was on the surgical staff of the Springfield City Hospital, and he performed the first operation for appendicitis in that hospital. His patient is still living. Besides his active official connection with the Clark County Medical Society, Doctor Bell is a member of the Ohio State and the American Medical Associations. He is affiliated with Anthony Lodge, F. and A. M., Palestine Commandery No. 33, K. T., and is a member of the Episcopal Church.

In 1878 he married Sarah Robinson, who was born near Coshocton, Ohio, daughter of Edmund Robinson. Doctor Bell's only daughter spent three years in the study of kindergarten methods in Chicago, and is now engaged in the work of her profession at Pottsville, Pennsylvania.

CHartes Foster Harrison. Well known in financial and business circles of Springfield is Charles Foster Harrison, vice president and cashier of the Mad River National Bank and vice president and manager of the Springfield Clearing House Association. He has been identified with the former institution for a period of thirty-four years and is one of the prominent men of Springfield who has worked his own way up the ladder of success.

Mr. Harrison is a product of the agricultural community south of the City of Springfield, where he was born on a farm in Springfield Township, July 31, 1859, a son of Caleb and Catherine (Foster) Harrison. His father was born near West Chester, Pennsylvania, a son of Frederick Harrison, who was the founder of this branch of the Harrison family in Clark County. Catherine Foster, the mother of Charles Foster Harrison, was the daughter of William Foster, an Englishman born in London and an early settler of Clark County. The parents of Charles F. Harrison died the same day, in 1913, and were buried in the same grave.

Charles F. Harrison was reared on the home farm in Springfield Township until he was a lad of seven years, and then, in 1866, his parents removed to Burlington, Iowa. In 1877, however, the family returned to Clark County and to the old farm. The lad was educated in the public schools of Clark County and the high school at Burlington, Iowa. After leaving the latter institution he followed agricultural pursuits with his father until the time of his marriage, then entering the Farmers National Bank of South Charleston, Clark County. Starting with the bank in a minor capacity, at a salary of thirty dollars per month, he was gradually promoted until when he left the service of the bank, three years later, he was filling the positions of bookkeeper and teller. On March 10, 1888, Mr. Harrison entered the service of the Mad River National Bank of Springfield in the capacity of general bookkeeper. Later he was appointed assistant cashier, and in 1910 was promoted cashier. He became identified with the Springfield Clearing House Association in 1906, and has been manager and vice president thereof for ten years. In point of length of active service Mr. Harrison is the oldest banker in Springfield. Much of the prestige that is maintained by the Mad River National Bank has come as a result of his ability, energy and sound practicality, while his courtesy and at all times obliging nature have served to gain many friends for the institution. In banking circles he is accounted able and thoroughly informed, and his associates have the utmost confidence in him. Mr. Harrison is identified with a number of civic bodies, including the Springfield Chamber of Commerce, and, possessing pride in the city of his adoption, is always ready to assist worthy movements pertaining to its welfare and advancement along constructive material lines. While he is an extremely busy man, engrossed in the daily routine of his important duties, he is not adverse to the companionship of his fellows and is one of the popular members of the Springfield Country Club.

Mr. Harrison was united in marriage in Clark County with Miss Lucy Griffith, the daughter of Cyrus and Martha Griffith, of South Charleston, Clark County, and to this union there was born one daughter, Elizabeth, who is now the wife of Charles A. Crummell, formerly a resident of Dayton, but now of Springfield. Mrs. Harrison is a member of the Episcopal Church, of which Mr. Harrison is an attendant.

BENJAMIN BUTLER MCINTIRE, educator of Springfield, and for the last twenty-seven years principal of the Washington public school of that city, has been engaged in teaching for a period of thirty-six years, during which time he has risen to a justly recognized place in his pro-

E The McIntire family is an old one in Clark County and Springfield, and for six generations its members have had part in the civic affairs of both county and city. The Clark County settler was William McIntire, who with a brother came over from Scotland prior to the Revolutionary. war, in which struggle for independence William McIntire served as a soldier in the Virginia line. After the close of the Revolution he married his brother's widow, and soon afterward came to Ohio and settled in what is now Clark County, of which region he was a pioneer. Here

son Samuel was born and figured as an early farmer of German Township. He reared a family of several sons and daughters, one of whom, William T., was for twenty-five years prominent in the public affairs of the county. Another son, Joseph, served as sheriff, and a third son, John, was a successful general contractor.

Albert M. McIntire was born at Springfield in 1835, and died in 1903. In 1868 he removed to Kansas, but returned to Springfield in 1876, and, resuming his contracting business, continued to be interested therein until he retired from active life some years prior to his death. His wife, who was the daughter of David Peck, died in 1888. To this marriage children were born as follows: William D., of Springfield; Benjamin Butler, of this review; Lillie May, deceased, who was the wife of James Dick; Albert H., M.D., a practicing physician and surgeon of Springfield; Ada, deceased ; Edwin K., of Springfield; Samuel, deceased ; Jane, who married A. A. Wright, of Springfield; Sarah, who. married Walter F. Kitchin, of Springfield; John D., of Springfield, who married Belle Parker and has three children; and Pearl, deceased.

Prof. Benjamin Butler McIntire attended the public schools and Antioch and Wittenberg Colleges, and has been a deep and close student all of his life, his range of practical reading extending into medicine, anatomy and science and kindred subjects. That he was well equipped for his profession and has made a success as an educator is testified by the following expressions of two well-known local educators:

"Prof. B. B. McIntire, of this city, is recognized as one of the leading educators in this community. For several years he has been the efficient principal of Washington School. His work as a teacher and administrator has been very successful. He is deeply interested in all civic and community welfare movements. He has unusual initiative, and has the ability to inspire his students to follow his leadership. Mr. McIntire was formerly a student in Wittenberg College, and, while not a graduate, has covered the entire field of the college curriculum. I can thoroughly recommend him as to his scholarship, his good judgment in school management, and his qualities of leadership. I shall be glad to answer any letters addressed to me personally. Respectfully, Charles G. Heckert, President of Wittenberg College."

"Mr. B. B. McIntire has been known to the writer for many years as one of the progressive principals of the public schools in Springfield, Ohio. He has maintained a high standard of efficiency in all his work. He has inaugurated many new features which have added interest to the course of study. For eight years he was a member of the Board of Examiners for the City of Springfield, which gave me, also 2 member, an opportunity to study the thoroughness and accuracy of Mr. Melntire's scholarship and his acquaintance with all lines of knowledge bearing on his profession. He is in all respects an up-to-date public instructor and, in addition, a man of large information on many subjects. In character and life he is the peer of the best. Sincerely, B. F. Prince, Professor . in Wittenberg College."

Professor McIntire began teaching school in 1886, his first school having been the Benson School, east of Springfield. He began teaching at the Fair Street School in Springfield in 1887, then taught at the Lagonda School, and in 1895 became principal of the Washington School, where he has since continued. He has been very progressive in his school work. Springfield's first kindergarten was taught at Washington School; the first playgrounds and school gardens were established at the same school; the "First Aid" organization had its beginning at Washington School; the first "Mothers Club" was organized there; and the "Washingtonian" was the first ward school journal published in the city, which little sheet was printed in the Washington School print shop which was the first printing office in the city schools. Professor McIntire has been a member of the National Educational Association for thirty-five years; of the Ohio State Educational Association for thirty-six years; of the Central Ohio Educational Association for thirtysix years; and for a number of years has been a member of the Springfield Teachers Association and of the West Ohio Superintendents Round Table. He is a past master of Clark Lodge No. 101, F. and ASM:

In 1892 Professor McIntire married Jeannette F. Lutz, who was born near Circleville, Ohio, daughter of Henry Lutz, and granddaughter of John Lutz, who came over from Germany and became an early settler of Piqua County, Ohio. Mrs. McIntire graduated from the Tarlton (Ohio) High School, after which she took special work and then taught in the Tarlton schools for five years prior to her marriage. She is active in educational, charitable and religious work, she and the Professor being members of the Central Methodist Episcopal Church.

CHARLES MARTIN FREDERICK KELLER. The late Charles Martin Frederick Keller, of Springfield, was one of the solid business men and good citizens of Clark County, who, although of foreign birth, became thoroughly Americanized and identified with the development of the city in which his interests were centered. He was born in Germany, June 26, 1834, a son of Godfried Keller, who died in Germany many years ago.

At the age of eighteen years young Keller left his native land for the United States, and spent a year in New York City, and then came on westward to Indiana, where he attended school for a year so as to gain a working knowledge of the language. He was naturalized October 8, 1856. Coming then to Springfield, he began working at his trade of baker and confectioner, which he had learned in Germany, and acquired a business of his own. This he sold in 1870 and bought twenty-five acres of land, and 1408 Clifton Avenue is now a part of this tract. Here he was engaged in farming. In 1862 he made an excellent investment when he purchased a three-story brick block of three stores, 21 to 23 West Main Street, that is now very valuable. During the years he lived at Springfield he did his full part in civic matters, and among other things served as a member of the Rover Volunteer Fire Depart- , ment. A member of Goethe Lodge, I. O. O. F., he passed all its chairs, and was alsó a member of the Encampment. This most excellent man died December 29, 1909, and in his passing Springfield lost one of its most representative citizens. on December 31, 1857, Mr. Keller married Catherine Koepge, born in Prussia, Germany, October 5, 1834, a daughter of Peter and Catherine (Herr) Koepge, the former of whom was a highly educated man and a schoolmaster. Mrs. Keller died August 24, 1898, having borne , her husband the following children: Charles William, who died at Dennison, Texas, aged thirty-three years; Sophia Catherine, who died at the age Of five and one-half years; Elizabeth Helen Gene, who died at the age of three and one-half years; Caroline, who is Mrs. William Seybold, of Cincinnati, Ohio; Katherine Marie and Augusta Emily, who reside at the old homestead, 1408 Clifton Avenue; Bertha Sarah, who is the widow of John Rolfes, lives at Merced, California; and Rosa Rebecca lives in Springfield.

The beautiful residence, a ten-room house, heated by both a coal and gas furnace, affords a delightful home for the two daughters, Katherine Marie and Augusta Emily. They own this property and also the business block on West Main Street. The children all attended the grade and high schools of Springfield. Mr. Keller and his wife were charter members of Saint John's Lutheran Church of Springfield, and the daughters belong to the First Lutheran Church of this city and are members of its various societies. Miss Augusta E. Keller has been president of the Book Club, and both ladies are popular in the congenial circle they have gathered about them.

PERRY ANDREW GRUBE. Although now living retired at Springfield, Perry Andrew Grube has had a useful life and accomplished much of a practical nature, doing everything on his own account, for he left school when he was eleven years old to earn his own living. He was born in German Township, Clark County, Ohio, May 11, 1859, a son of Jacob and Catherine (Nawman) Grube, natives of Tiffin, Ohio, and German Township, respectively. The paternal grandparents, Jacob and Philapine (Spearer) Grube, natives of the Rhine Province, Germany, came to the United States about 1836, and remained until 1838 at Tiffin, Ohio, but in the latter year came to Springfield and bought 600 acres on West North Street. The maternal grandparents, Jacob and Elizabeth (Kemp) Nawman, were natives of Virginia, where the great-grandfather, Thomas Nawman, was born in 1779. About 1801 Thomas Nawman brought his family to Clark County, Ohio, traveling across country with three wagons drawn by oxen. He took up land in German Township, cleared his farm, improved it, and developed a large property. This farm was later divided among his children, and Jacob Nawman received his share. The parents of Perry Andrew Grube settled in Springfield after their marriage, but a year later moved to the present site of Ridgewood, German Township, now a part of Springfield, where they owned 156 acres, and this they operated for many years, but subsequently moved to a farm of fifty-six acres nearby, and there he died March 23, 1915, his widow surviving him and making her home at Tippettville, Florida, with her daughter, Mrs. Laura Brenning. The children born to Jacob and Catherine Grube were as follows: Perry Andrew, whose name heads this review; Laura, who is Mrs. Luther Brenning; Benjamin, who is deceased; Sarah, who is Mrs. Wilbur Morris, of Fremont, Ohio; Christopher and Solomon P., both of whom live on Grube Road, Springfield.

From the time he was nine until he was fifteen Perry Andrew Grube lived on a farm in Ridgewood, and then moved to one in German Township. Until he was eleven years old he attended the district schools, and then began working in a wood yard, where he remained for four and one-half years, during which time he disposed of the wood on twentyfive acres of land, hauling it to different customers at Springfield, and was then engaged in farming for a time. When he was twenty-two years old he went on the road as a salesman and traveled through Indian Territory and Texas for three years, then returning to Clark County and going on his father's farm in German Township.

In 1896 he married and moved to Grube Road, which was named in his honor, and was there engaged in farming for five years, at the expiration of that time going into the dairy business on Grube Road and Saint Paris Pike, which he conducted for eleven years. He then bought 142 acres of land from his father-in-law in Harmony Township, and for three and one-half years conducted this property, and then abandoned farming and once more went into a milk business and maintained a milk route. On May 12, 1910, he organized the Home Diary, in partnership with George Ustler and George Wendel, and this was so successful a venture that William and Orville Trout were admitted to the firm in 1912, and the manufacture of ice cream, under the name of the Standard brand, was added. This connection was continued for eight years, and in 1922 Mr. Grube disposed of his interests and is now retired. He owns his handsome modern residence, 1206 Fountain Avenue, Springfield; ten valuable lots at Ridgewood, and a farm of 156 acres Of land three miles west of Fremont, German Township, which is operated by his sons.

On March 18, 1896, Mr. Grube married Addie F. Slentz, born in Harmony Township, a daughter of Henry and Ruth (Bennett) Slentz, natives of German Township; and granddaughter of Erastus and Elizabeth (Dickerson) Bennett, natives of Kentucky. Mrs. Grube died July 29, 1911, having borne her husband the following children: Henry, who lives at Kalamazoo, Michigan; Jessie, who is Mrs. Freeman Campbell, of Plattsburg, Ohio; and Andrew, Ira and John Lewis, all of whom are farmers of German Township. On May 11, 1915, Mr. Grube married Mrs. Minnie (Thompson) Brown, born in Pickaway County, Ohio, the widow of Charles Brown. Mrs. Grube has two children by her first marriage: Turney A., who lives at Albany, New York; and Bessie, who is Mrs. Clyde Dillon, of Dayton, Ohio. Mr. Grube is independent in his political affiliations, and for nine years served on the School Board of Springfield and Harmony Townships and represented Harmony Township on the Board of Supervisors of Clark County for nine years. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Grube is a most highly-respected citizen and is recognized as one of the best rep-

PETER F. Icou. The late Peter F. Igou was for many years one of the substantial men of Springfield and successfully conducted a teaming business and dealt in hay and grain. He always lived up to high conceptions of civic duty, and when he died his city lost one of its most representative citizens. He was born in Champaign County, Ohio, February 8, 1845, a son of Peter and Elizabeth A. (Purtlebaugh) Igou, natives of Indiana and Virginia, respectively. The paternal grandfather,

Igou, was the first white child born in Boone County, Indiana, where his parents had settled upon coming to the state from Maryland. The maternal grandparents, Henry and Margaret Purtlebaugh, came to Champaign County, Ohio, in 1830. Peter Igou and his wife were married in Champaign County and settled on a farm in that county, where both later died.

The only child of his parents to survive infancy, Peter F. Igou, remained at home until he was fifteen years old, but at that time began working for farmers in the vicinity of Champaign, Illinois. At the outbreak of the war between the North and the South he enlisted in Company I, Second Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, a three-month regiment, and when discharged at the termination of his period of enlistment, re-enlisted in the same regiment, with which he continued to serve until the close of the war. Following his second discharge he returned to Champaign County, Ohio.

On October 4, 1867, Mr. Igou married Lureatha Bayless, born in Champaign County, Ohio, October 28, 1851, and following his marriage he settled on a farm in Champaign County and was there engaged in farming until 1880, when he moved to Springfield, Ohio, and here he embarked in a teaming business and dealt in hay and grain, and was so occupied until about seven years before death claimed him, April 23.1002

Mr. and Mrs. Igou had the following children: Iona, who was born February 12, 1869, is Mrs. Ivin Johnson, of Champaign County, Ohio; Hugo, who was born January 29, 1870, died February 29, 1919; Albert L., who was born June 29, 1871, lives at Cleveland, Ohio; Dennis T., who was born January 30, 1873, lives at Springfield, Ohio; Arnett E., who was born September 13, 1874, lives at Springfield, Ohio; Effie May, who was born March 20, 1876, is Mrs. William E. Sullivan, of Springfield, Ohio; Durward B., who was born October 5, 1878, lives at Cleveland, Ohio; Dale C., who was born February 20, 1880, lives at Springfield, Ohio; Edward G., who was born December 2, 1882, lives at Springfield, Ohio; Maude A., who was born July 28, 1885, is Mrs. Charles R. Weber, and lives with her mother; and Harry, who was born February 14, 1888, died March 3, 1888.

Mrs. Igou is a daughter of William C. and Mary Ann (Colbert) Bayless, natives of Champaign County, Ohio. The grandfather, Flezekiah Bayless, was a native of Virginia, and he married a Kentucky-born lady. The maternal grandparents were Thomas and Margaret (Richardson) Colbert, natives of Kentucky, where he died, she coming to Champaign County, Ohio, with her children, four or five in number, but later moved to Hardin County, where she died. Mr. and Mrs. William C. Bayless lived on a farm in Champaign County, seven miles east of Urbana, where both died. They were the first persons in the early days to use a coal oil lamp in Champaign County. Their children were as follows: Nelson, who is deceased; Mrs. Igou, who was second in order of birth; Lydia Alice, who is deceased; Elnora, who is the widow of David Johnson, lives at Cable, Ohio; and Jennie M., who is the widow of Alonzo Reed, of Rockford, Iowa.

Mr. Igou attended the common schools of Champaign County and the academy at Urbana, Ohio, and his widow attended the public schools of Champaign County and the Urbana Normal School. He belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church, but his widow is a member of the Disciples Church. He was independent in his political affiliations. Mitchell Post, G. A. R., held his membership, and he maintained his interest in it until his death.

DENNIS SULLIVAN, now retired, for nearly forty years was engaged in an express business at Springfield, and is regarded as one of the substantial citizens and old soldiers of Clark County. He was born at Toledo, Ohio, in October, 1842, a son of Jeremiah Sullivan. Becoming an orphan in 1843 the little Dennis Sullivan was bound out to a Mrs. Early, a widow living near Terre Haute, Indiana, at Saint-Mary's-inthe-Woods, and here he lived until he was sixteen years old, when he went to Sullivan, Indiana, and learned the painters' trade and worked at it in different parts of the country until 1876, when he settled at Terre Haute and went into the furniture business. This he sold in 1880, and coming to Springfield established himself in business as a deliveryman, and was so engaged for over thirty-nine years, building up a large and valuable connection, and then, in 1920, retired.

Intensely patriotic, Mr. Sullivan sought to enter the army in 1861, but was refused, but embarked with the others in the company in which he wanted to enlist. When discovered he was put off at Terre Haute, Indiana, but re-embarked with another company and was once more put off, this time at Greencastle, Indiana. With a third company he traveled as far as Indianapolis, Indiana, and there enlisted with Company E, Twenty-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry, which left for Baltimore, Maryland, July 6, 1861, where the command was under General Dix, drilling and doing guard duty until in February, 1862, when they were sent to Fortress Monroe, Virginia. After a few weeks in camp there they went to Ship Island, near Mobile, Alabama, where they were put under the command of General Butler and started with a fleet of frigates up the Mississippi River to New Orleans, Louisiana, with a solid Confederate battery turned against them.

At the beginning of May, 1862, they reached New Orleans and remained there for some months. On August 2, Mr. Sullivan had the misfortune to be taken prisoner at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was taken to Jackson, Mississippi, three months later was sent to Vicksburg, Mississippi, and from there up the Yazoo River to the Union lines, where he was exchanged. Following his exchange he was sent north up the Mississippi River, by way of New York City, and thence by water to New Orleans, where he rejoined his regiment. He was honorably disi ary io charged July 31, 1864. Mr. Sullivan participated in the expedition through Merrimac and Northampton counties, November 14-22, 1861 ; moved to New Orleans, March 4-12, 1862; attacked by Sewell's batteries, March 5; operated against Forts Jackson and Saint Philip, April 18-28; went on to Berwick Bay, May 5; took part in the expedition to Caillou Bayou, June 9-10; battle of Baton Rouge, August 5; Bayou des Allemands, September 4-5; the engagement near Charles City Courthouse, September 8; expedition to Donaldsonville and skirmish, September 24; operations in La Fourche District, October 24 to November 6; action of Bayou Teche, November 3; engagement and destruction of gunboat "Cotton," January 14, 1863, after which, February 4, 1863, the fegiment was changed to heavy artillery. They operated against Fort Hudson, to which they laid siege in the latter part of May or June, and until the fort surrendered July 8, 1863, were engaged against it. From July to September they were in and about Baton Rouge, and September 5-11 were in the Sabine Pass expedition. During his very hard and varied war service Mr. Sullivan was not once wounded, nor did he spend a single day in the hospital, a very remarkable record.

On August 31, 1876, Mr. Sullivan married Rebecca M. Reeves, and they became the parents of the following children: William E., who lives at Springfield, Ohio, is connected with the O. S. Kelley Company, married Effie Igou, and they have three children, Leota, May, William, Theobert and Stanley E.; and Carrie May, who married E. G. Igou, an auto dealer, and they have one son, John Reeves.

While Mr. Sullivan never had much schooling he is a very wellinformed man and can talk entertainingly upon a number of subjects, especially those relating to his army experience. He is a member of Mitchell Post, G. A. R., and has held all of the offices except that of commander. While he is a staunch republican he has not been active in politics. A loyal soldier, good citizen and sound business man, Mr. Sullivan has done his full duty and has earned the position he holds in the esteem of his neighbors and friends.

WirLiam Francis, M. D. There is one vocation, that of the physician, which opens to its devotees an extremely wide range of usefulness. Its avenues are numerous, and that particular phase of its sphere which accomplishes the more than splendid work of preserving God-given life says nothing of the world of sorrow that is banished or of the happiness which is re-enthroned through health restored at the exercise of the divine art. It is indeed a divine art, and those who study and follow it, mellowed and enriched as they are through their association with unmasked humanity, are possessed of a priceless ability to answer the command to "heal the sick." Among the leaders of the profession at South Charleston, Clark County, is Dr. William Francis, who since engaging in practice in this community has gained the confidence of all and the gratitude of many.

Doctor Francis was born on a farm in Franklin County, Ohio, October 6, 1869, and is a son of Frederick and Eliza A. (Heath) Francis. Frederick Francis was born in County Kent, England, in 1833, and was a babe of three years when brought to the United States by his parents, the family locating in Franklin County, Ohio, where the youth was given his educational training in the public schools and reared to stalwart manhood. Brought up as a farmer's son, he adopted that vocation when he reached years of maturity, and was engaged in the pursuits of the soil at the outbreak of the Civil war, when he enlisted in a volunteer infantry regiment of Ohioans, in the Union Army, and fought gallantly until the close of the struggle. After his military career he resumed his operations as an agriculturist, and continued to be engaged therein during the rest of his life. He had a successful, useful and honorable career, and died at the ripe old age of seventy-eight years. Mr. Francis was a popular comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic, and always attended the meetings of his old brothers-in-arms who wore the Blue. He was a democrat in his political allegiance, and at one time served as a member of the Board of Township Trustees. Of the nine children born to him and his worthy wife eight were living in 1922.

William Francis was educated primarily in the district schools and was reared on the home farm, where he learned the dignity of labor and the value of honesty. Later he attended the Northern Ohio Normal School at Ada, where he prepared himself for a career as teacher, but after three years spent in the school-room entered Starling Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1897 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. At that time he located for practice at Sedalia, Ohio, where he spent nine years, then going to southwestern Missouri, where one year was passed in professional work. Returning then to Ohio, he took up his residence and practice at South Charleston, which has since been his home and the scene of his material and professional success. During the fifteen years of his residence here he has acheived prosperity and atracted to himself the confidence as well as the patronage of a large clientele.

Doctor Francis by a former marriage has three children: Dona, who was educated in the high school and at Wittenberg College, and is the wife of Paul R. Jones, of Springfield where he is Teller in the First National Bank; Ruby, who is attending high school; and Mary E., a graded school pupil. In 1917 Doctor Francis married Mrs. Maud (Yeazel) Hodge.

Doctor Francis holds membership in the various organizations of his calling, including the Clark County Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association, and is a close and careful student of the many advancements being made constantly in his calling. As a fraternalist he belongs to the Masonic Order and is a Past Master of Leanore Lodge No. 512, Free and Accepted Masons, of Sedalia, Ohio. He is also a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, at Springfield, in both of which he is popular. He has several business connections, and is president of the Paint Creek Oil and Gas Company, an enterprise for the product on these commodities, and the owner of a valuable and well-cultivated farm near South Charleston. A democrat in politics and a man who has always accepted his public responsibilities and duties cheerfully, he has been prominent in civic affairs and a supporter of public-spirited movements, and during his one term as mayor of South Charleston he gave his city a businesslike administration.

Harry MELLINGER. In the public life of Clark County Harry Mellinger is distinguished by the service he has rendered as a county commissioner, and particularly as a good road advocate and one of the "men who have made possible the extensive program of good road construction. Mr. Mellinger has lived in Clark County all his life, and has been a successful farmer and horseman.

He was born in the house where he lives today on December 20, 1861. This home is four miles south of Springfield, in Springfield Township. He is a son of John Hertzler and Rachael (Rosser) Mellinger. His mother was born in Clark County, west of Springfield, daughter of John Rosser, a native of Wales and an early settler in Clark County. John H. Mellinger was eight years of age when brought from Lancaster County by his parents, Jacob and Martha (Hertzler) Mellinger, about 1841. The family settled in Mad River Township, where Jacob Mellinger lived until his death, in the late *70s, in advanced years. He owned a 180-acre farm there. His family were Lutherans. His sons Jacob and John H. were jointly interested in the ownership of a section of land in Ford County, Illinois, where Jacob Mellinger spent his active business career, but finally returned to Springfield, and died in that city. John H. Mellinger was a partner in this land until it was sold. Before his marriage he bought the land included in the present homestead of Harry Mellinger, and largely developed it as an agricultural proposition. He started there with eighty acres, mostly in timber, and this timber was worked up into barrel staves and spokes. John H. Mellinger was widely known over Clark and adjacent counties as a stock buyer and shipper, and he continued in that business until his death, at the age of sixty-two, having in the meantime increased his farm to 140 acres. His widow survives him and is now living in Springfield. In politics he was a republican. In his private life he practiced the Golden Rule, and it is thought that he never had an ill word for any one. The five children of John H. Mellinger and wife were: Harry; Emma, wife of David Herr, an undertaker at Springfield; Martha, wife of Harry Hedges, of Cleveland; John, who died at the age of twentytwo; and Annie, who married Robert Mills and died, leaving two children.

Harry Mellinger as a boy began taking some of the responsibilities of the work of the farm. He was educated in the Possum School House, and while he earned a certificate as a teacher, he never used it. After reaching manhood he acquired the interests of the other heirs in the farm, and he now has 176 acres, part of which cost him $100 an acre. He has one of the very fine country homes of Clark County. In live stock he has handled Poland China hogs, and became well known as a grower and breeder of horses for the road and track and he still keeps a few road horses. One of the fine horses owned by him was Colonel Coyp, a noted show horse that was sold for $2,000 to Harry Mitchell of Philadelphia, and later was sold for $25,000.

Mr. Mellinger served two terms as township trustee before entering upon the public duties of county commissioner. For years he has been interested in the good roads problem, and he was first elected to the Board of County Commissioners on a good roads platform in the fall of 1916. He entered office in 1917, and has twice been re-elected. Nearly all the modern highways of Clark County have been built since he entered office, including the hard surface roads and many secondary roads that have been put in good condition the year around. Mr. Mellinger has been active in party politics and conventions. He and his family are members of the Congregational Church at Springfield, and he is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias.

Mr. Mellinger's first wife was Emma Flenner, of Hamilton, Ohio. She died four years later, leaving one son, Flenner, who attended Wittenberg College and is now a student in the Iowa State College of Agriculture at Ames. Mr. Mellinger's present wife was Pearl Kauffman. Her father, Henry Kauffman, who died several years ago, was a former teacher and for many years in the greenhouse business.

LemueL Mircu. One of the fine farms of Clark County is owned by Lemuel Mitch, whose life has been spent in this county and whose energy as a farmer and capability as a citizen have brought him a high degree of appreciation from his fellow citizens.

Mr. Mitch's farm is situated on the National Road, a mile and a half east of South Vienna, in Harmony Township. He was born only half a mile away, August 2, 1867, son of Charles and Mary (Bennett) - Mitch. His father, a native of Germany, was brought to this country at the age of twelve years by his parents, who settled at Springfield, where | they lived out their lives, the grandfather dying in 1882. Charles Mitch was reared in Springfield, and from early youth worked as a farm hand until his marriage, when he located on a rented farm near Brighton. During the administration of Governor Bushnell he was appointed a guard in the State Penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio, and served there four years. After that he returned to his farm. He was active in republican politics, served as a trustee of Harmony Township two terms, became a soldier in the Union Army in July, 1861, and served until December, 1865, when he was discharged at San Antonio, Texas. He first enlisted in the infantry, served three years, and after re-enlisting was in the cavalry. He and his wife had eight children, six of whom are living: Lemuel; Charlotte B., wife of S. A. Miller, of Springfield; Jane, who is married and lives at Sedalia, Ohio; Alice, wife of Arthur Madder, of Brighton; Emma, wife of William Clark, of South Vienna; and Bruce B. Mitch.

Lemuel Mitch grew up on the home farm and acquired a common school eucation. For thirty years he has been prosperously engaged in farming and has a place of 347 acres. Outside his farm he has other interests and is a stockholder in the Ohio Gate Company and the Springfield Stock Yards.

December 29, 1892, he married Effie M. Wilson, who was born in Harmony Township, November 26, 1871. They have three children: Mary A., a graduate of the Plattsburg High School; Leroy B., who married Mabel Snodgrass and lives on a farm; and Floyd H., a graduate of the Plattsburg High School, who is married and lives in Harmony Township.

The family are members and Mr. Mitch is a deacon in the Wilson Chapel Christian Church. He is a past grand of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, past chancellor of the Knights of Pythias Lodge, and has been active in republican politics. He is a member of the Board of Election, and is the present trustee of Harmony Township.

Harry B. FIDLER is the efficient and popular manager of the fine farm of the Ohio State Home maintained by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in section 35, Greene Township, Clark County, and he takes great pride in keeping this farm up to the highest standard and making it a credit to the noble fraternity under the auspices of which it is operated.

_ Mr. Fidler claims the old Buckeye State as the place of his nativity, his birth having occurred in Shelby County, Ohio, on the 21st of September, 1868. He is a son of James and Lucinda (Epler) Fidler, the former of whom was born in 1847 and the latter in 1849. James Fidler was born in Miami County, this state, a representative of a sterling "pioneer family, and after his marriage he established his residence on a farm six miles east of Sidney, Shelby County, his wife having been reared in that county. After remaining a comparatively short period on the farm in Shelby County Mr. Fidler and his wife removed to Michigan, where he found employment at Charlotte in Eaton County. After the return to Ohio he remained for a time in Shelby County, and he then removed to Auglaize County, where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives, both having been earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Fidler was a staunch advocate of the principles of the republican party, and was affiliated with the Masonic fraternity. Of their seven children two are deceased: Harry B., of this review, is the eldest of five surviving; Emma is the widow of M. A. Carnes; Gertrude is the wife of William Rose; Judson H. is a carpenter by trade and vocation and resides in Logan County; and Maude is the wife of Frederick Simpson. ;

To the public schools Harry B. Fidler is indebted for his youthful education, and he remained at the parental home for some time after attaining to his legal majority. In the passing years he gained broad and practical information concerning all of the details of farm enterprise, and thus he is most thoroughly fortified for the responsible position of which he is now the incumbent. He has been long and prominently affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he is a past noble grand of Mosgrove Lodge No. 754; past chief patriarch of Champaign Encampment No. 29; a member of the Daughters of Rebekah, Lodge No. 188, at Urbana; and past captain of Canton Occidental No. 21. He has been a representative of his lodge in the Ohio Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows. He is a republican in political allegiance. It should be noted that the father of Mr. Fidler represented Ohio as a gallant soldier of the Union in the Civil war, he having been a member of Company K, Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and having been in active service three years and four months. In later years he vitalized the memories and associations of his military career by active affiliation with the Grand Army of the Republic.

The maiden name of the first wife of Mr. Fidler was Emma Kennedy, and no children were born of this union. In 1916 he contracted a second marriage, when Miss Nellie Liston, of Adams County, became his wife. They have no children.

tive of one of the sterling pioneer families of Clark County, Ohio. Nathaniel Hatfield, great-grandfather of the subject of this review, came from Kentucky to Ohio in the year 1805, and in 1808 he settled on a frontier farm in Clark County, where he became a pioneer in both civic and industrial development and where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. Their son, James, grandfather of him whose name initiates this sketch, married Margaret Kitchen, and the latter's son James, who was born in Springfield Township, Clark County, April 12, 1844, married Miss Harriet J. Stewart, daughter of Captain Perry Stewart, who was another of the well known pioneer citizens of Clark County. James Hatfield, Jr., father of Charles S., represented Clark County as a gallant young soldier of the Union in the Civil war, his first enlistment having been in the Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he saw active service at the front, as did he later as a member of the Eighth Ohio Cavalry, in which he enlisted after the expiration of his first term. In later years he perpetuated his association with his old comrades by maintaining active affiliation with the Grand Army of the Republic. His marriage with Harriet J. Stewart was solemnized April 12, 1866, and they removed to Logan County, Illinois, where they remained one year, within which, on the 27th of May, 1867, their son Charles S. was there born. Within a short time afterward they returned with their infant son to Clark County, and here James Hatfield farmed on rented land until 1872, when he purchased the fine homestead farm now owned and occupied by his son Charles S. On this place he continued his activities as one of the enterprising farmers of his native county during the remainder of his active career, and he was a citizen of prominence and influence in his community, as shown in the fact that for five years he was representative of Clark County in the State Legislature, his political allegiance having been given to the republican party. He and his wife were zealous members of the Christian Church on High Street in the City of Springfield. They are survived by three children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the eldest; Jessie R. is the widow of Professor Alonzo C. Stretcher, who was a teacher of science in Antioch College; and Julia M. is the wife of J. Clarence Anderson, a hardware merchant at Yellow Springs, Greene County.

Charles S. Hatfield was reared on the farm which is now his place of residence, and in the public schools he continued his studies until he had duly profited by the advantages of the Springfield High School. Thereafter he completed a commercial or business course in Antioch College, and he showed the good Judgment to continue his allegiance to the great basic industries of agriculture and stock growing, to which he has applied careful business methods and progressive policies and through the medium of which he has gained substantial success. He has continuously been associated with the operations of the old home farm which property he purchased after the death of his father. He is giving special attention to the breeding of fine Polled Jersey cattle, and has the distinction of being secretary of the American Polled Jersey Cattle Club. He is a leader in the breeding of Polled Jerseys in this part of Ohio, and has made the enterprise eminently successful. Mr. Hatfield is a stockholder in the Emery Farmers Grain Company at Springfield, is a director of the Miami Deposit Bank, and his fine farm of 135 acres is situated in sections 27 and 28, Greene Township. He is a stalwart An the local ranks of the republican party and served as vice chairman of the Clark County Republican Committee. He is progressive and liberal as a citizen and has given many years of service as township assessor and real estate appraiser. He is a past chancellor of Clifton Lodge No. 669, Knights of Pythias. The name of Mr. Hatfield still appears on the roster of eligible bachelors in Clark County.

JAMES T. EICHELBERGER has made worthy contribution to the further- of the prestige of Clark County along agricultural and live-stock lines, and though he is now living virtually retired he still remains on his fine homestead farm on the Selma Turnpike in Greene Township, five miles southeast of the City of Springfield. This old homestead has added value to him by reason of the fact that it was the place of his birth, which here occurred on the 29th of April, 1847, a date that indicates that he is a representative of a pioneer family. Mr. Eichelberger. is a son of the late Michael and Margaret (Todd) Eichelberger, the former of whom was born in Maryland and the latter was born in Greene Township, Clark County, November 21, 1819, her parents having been numbered among the very early settlers in this county. John and Fannie (Baker) Eichelberger, parents of Michael, passed. their entire lives in the State of Maryland.

Michael Eichelberger was born in Maryland in September, 1815, and he was a young man when he came to Clark County, Ohio, where was solemnized his marriage with Miss Margaret Todd, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Garlough) Todd, the former of whom was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, October 22, 1796, and the latter of whom was born at Hagerstown, Maryland, January 12, 1799. James Todd, who was a millwright by trade, came to Greene Township, Clark County, early in the nineteenth century and here his marriage was solemnized January 28, 1819, his wife having been a daughter of John Garlough, who was born in Germany, in 1728.

Michael and Margaret (Todd) Eichelberger became the parents of four children, of whom the subject of this review was the third in order of birth; Fannie became the wife of Isaac Tuttle; Margaret became the wife of J. M. Paschall; and John W. is now deceased.

James T. Eichelberger has resided on the old homestead farm from the time of his birth to the present, and in his active career was recognized as one of the most vigorous and progressive farmers of his native county, his success being such that he is able to pass the gracious evening of his life in peace and prosperity and in a community that is endeared to him by the memories and associations of many years. His farm comprises 133 acres of the valuable land of Greene Township and is maintained under a high state of cultivation. In addition to farming Mr. Eichelberger was for a number of years the owner and operator of a portable saw mill. He has shown loyal interest in community affairs and is independent in politics.

December 26, 1872, recorded the marriage of Mr. Eichelberger and Miss Eliza Nave, who was born January 22, 1853, and died January 28, 1919. She was a member of a family that is specifically mentioned on other pages of this volume. Of the four children of Mr. and Mrs. Eichelberger three are living: John, a bachelor, remains at the old home and has the active management of the farm; Miss Nina likewise remains at the old home; Claude is deceased; and Byron is one of the progressive young farmers of Greene Township. His wife's maiden name was Mabel Hansell. Byron Eichberger is affiliated with the Junior Order United American Mechanics, and his sister Nina is a member of the Daughters of America. Byron Eichelberger has one son, James W., who was born July 9, 1919.