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hey were the parents of twelve children - nine sons and three daughters. Four of the sons served in the late war, two of whom lost their lives on the battlefield. Samuel was brought up on the farm, where he remained until twenty-two years of age. Ile came to this county in 1868, and in the following year came to this place, and engaged in his present business, with a partner the greater part of the time. In the meantime Mr. Hadden traveled in the West, one year, in the interest of a mining company. Ile is now sole proprietor of an active business in this line. Mr. Hadden was married October 8, 1867, to Almira, daughter of Dr. J. W. and Sarah (McConnell) Law, of 'Tuscarawas county, Ohio. They are the parents of six children, viz.: William, Francis, Charles, Samuel, Annetta and John.

Hamivtron, Tuomas I1., New Lexington, Ohio, was born September 14, 1859, in New Lexington, Ohio; son of Thomas and Helen (Jobnson) Hamilton. Thomas Hamilton was a native of Virginia, and [een Johnson, of Perry county, Ohio. Mr. Ilamilton, the subject of this sketch, was married November 24, 1881, to Miss Libbie, daughter of William Haines, of Somerset, Ohio.

Hammirtr, SAMUEL, farmer, Madison township; post oflice, Mt. Perry. He was born April 3, 1823, in Madison township, Perry county. He is a son of George and Jane (Bergrin) Hammitt. Tle was brought up as a farmer, which occupation he has since followed. Mr. Il. enlisted in Company H, r6oth Regiment O.V. J., and served four months as acorporal. Ile was married December 22, 1850, to Mary J. ord, daughter of Charles and Harriet Ford. His second marriage was to sabe Danison, daughter of Edward and Aletha Danison. Mr. and Mrs. H. are the parents of eight children, viz.: William R., Charles N., Clarissa J., Andrew J., Jacob L. (deceased), John B., Adelaide R., and George W.

Hammonp, Joun, the venerable ancestor of the very respectable family which bears his name, was born in county of Donegal, Ireland, from whence he and his brother Thomas came to Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, where John was married to Miss Rebecca James. On the first day of November, 1805, he and his wife, with her mother and father, and his brother Thomas, arrived in a four-horse wagon at a spot near where Trinity Church now stands in Somerset. [Tere they began cutting a wagon road toward their destination, and were soon discovered by Jacob Finck, who at once offered his aid, and who, by bis natural kind heartedness, won the friendship of the Hammonds, which was ardently reciprocated to the end of their long and 'worthy lives. Arrived at last on the half section they had Selected for their future homes, they erected a tent around a dogwood tree, yet standing as a living witness, near the Sulphur spring, on the south side of the farm. Under this temporary shelter grandmother James, most probably wearied by the long journey just completed, took sick and died, November t7th, 180s. Her venerable husband followed her a few years later, and they are most probably the first aged pair whose death may be recorded in the county. John Hammond and his devoted wife, now deprived of the affectionate support of her parents, bravely adhered to the purpose of hewing a home ont of the frowning forest for themselves and their children. Jn this purpose they were also effectively assisted by Phomas, who made his home with them until fune goth, 1852, when he departed this life, at the age of sevénty-seven years, but not until his aim at suc cess and independence had been realized. Tle was a soldier in the

War of 18:2. It was no uncommon thing for this ee and others scattered here and there, to go as far as Chillicothe or Zanesville for grain grinding, and often the brave wife of John Hammond was left alone in her cabin home, with her little ones, to answer the demands of the roving Indian for salt or bread, and to defend her home against the intrusions of wild beasts. The life of John Hammond was prolonged to the age of eighty-eight years and that of his wife to eighty-nine ears. They lived to behold the fruitful fields which their firmness and industry had rescued from a forest waste, and to see their children grow to the estate of womanhood and manhood and take rank among the foremost in useful, life and in the esteem of society. Their children were Thomas, husband of Miss Olive Spencer, and who, about eighteen years since, removed from Perry county to McLane county, Illinois ; John, who died in East Rushville in 1832- Nancy, who preserves her maiden name, and resides with her sister, Mrs. Stewart; Mary Ann Cowen, wife of the late George Cowen, of Hopewell; James, who died in California, and whose wife was Miss Eliza Hukel, yet living with her sons in Iowa.

HAMMOND, JESSE, is the only survivor of all the sons of John and Rebecca Hammond, and to whom descended a share of the ancestral acres, and all of the manhood and social character of his ancestry. He is the husband of Miss Elizabeth Cowen, with whom he spent many years of a happy life, first clouded by her departure from it, a few years since. Ile is supported in his irreparable bereavement and in his declining years by the kind offices of a niece to his departed wife. Next in age to Jesse was Cyrus, who died on his farm in sight of Somerset. Elijah and William died before coming of age; and next is Rebecca, wife of Mr. John Stewart, who occupies the homestead, hallowed by all the holy remembrances of childhood, and blessed with a daughter, now sixteen, the only prospective heir to all the patrimonial domain, and a husband, whose skill as a farmer and success as a husbandman have added beauty, as well as acres, to the old home, where there ever has been, as there is now, an unaflected welcome to its kindred and its friends. The maiden name of Mr. Stewart's mother was Nancy Meldrem, whom, with all his brothers, he left in county Donegal, Ireland. His father was James Stewart. His marriage ceremony was pronounced by Rev. P. V. Ferree, in 1862.

Haney, Epwarp, proprietor of restaurant, New Straitsville. He was born May 5, 1830, in Glasgow, Scotland; a son of P. Hanley, a native of Ireland, who moved to Scotland when Edward was young. His parents had four children, two of whom are yet living. While the children were yet young, Mr. Hanley lost his life in a coal mine. Edward began work in the mines when but seven years and eight months old. At the age of fifteen he was a contractor, and at the age of twenty was married to Elizabeth Holmes, a native of Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Hanley became the parents of seven children, all born in Scotland, five of whom are still living. Jn 1866 they came to America, and four months after' Mrs. Hanley died. Mr. Hanley began mining in the Kanawha River region, in Virginia, where he worked eleven days with a 'pick -and drill," and had charge of two hundred men. In 1870 Mr. Hanley married Margaret Croal, a native of Ireland, and daugh- ter of Edward and Catharine Croal. She had two brothers - james and Francis - both of whom were killed in the late war, the former at Spottsylvania Court House, the latter at the White ITlouse Road, two miles from '*Old Church," on the 13th of June, 1863. In 1871, Mr. and Mrs. Hanley came to New Straitsville, where he took charge of the Troy mines until 1874. For the excellent work in this mine he received well merited praise from Andrew Roy, State Inspecter of Mines. Mr. Hanley now conducts an excellent restaurant.

Hannon, Joun Syivester, Rector of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Shawnee, Ohio, was born October 28, 1851, in Steubenville, Ohio, son of Bernard and Rose (O'Harra) Hannan. He received his preparatory education at Mt. St. Mary's of the West, then entered St. Aloysius Seminary, and completed his philosophical and theological education, at Columbus, Ohio. He was ordained November 7, 1879, by Archbishop Purcell, at St. Francis Church, at Cincinnati, Ohio. After his ordination he was stationed at St. Joseph's Cathedral, and had charge of the surrounding missions attached to the cathedral. At the same time he was chaplain to the Ohio State Penitentiary. From these duties he was transferred to Athens, Ohio, and had charge at St. Paul's Church about three months. He came to his present charge May 1, 1880. Before his appointment here this congregation was attended once a month from Straitsville. During his labors here he has built the present church building, and the congregation is steadily increasing.

HANSRERGER, JOEL J., proprietor of Park House, and lumberman and contractor, Corning, Ohio, was born September 14, 1840, in Amanda township, Fairfield county, Ohio, son of Joel and Elizabeth (Loose) Hansberger. Joel was brought up on the farm. At the age of twenty he enlisted in Company K, Seventeenth O. V. I.,and veteranized, serving four years, and never was absent from his regiment on account of sickness, and was engaged in thirty-two different battles. During his service he was commissary sergeant eighteen months. At the close of the war he engaged as dry goods clerk ; subsequently was drug clerk. He conducted a hardware store about six months; after selling this out he engaged in general merchandizing, which he has conducted for the last eleven years. At this time he owns a store at Baltimore, Fairfield county, Ohio. In the fall of 1881 he established his business here, and opened his hotel in the spring of 1882. Mr. Hansberger was married February 14, 1867, to Miss Caroline, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Tschopp, of Pleasant township, Fairfield county, Ohio. They are the parents of six children, viz. : Ulysses Franklin, Uarry Grant, William C., Carrie Clementine, Ernest Eugene, and Arthur Garfield.

~Harpaueu, DANIEL, farmer, Shawnee, Ohio, was born December 45 1818, in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, and son of John and Roxana (Wymer) Harbaugh. Mr. Harbaugh was raised a farmer, and has followed agricultural pursuits pretty much all his life. Ile lived to the age of seventeen years in Pennsylvania, when he came to Ohio with his father and settled in Perry county, Ohio, and of which county he has been a resident up to this present time. Ife was married Iebruary 14, 1845, to Mary, daughter of John and Jane (Travars) [azelton. They are the parents of nine children, viz.: John, Ilenry, James, Gabriel, Sarah Jane, Barbary Ellen, Wannah Lydia, Mary, Louisa, and

William T. S., all living but one - Louisa. All who are living are married, with but one exception, that of Willie, who is at home. Mr. Harbaugh has, at this time, twenty-five grandchildren, and is quite vigorous of his age. He helped to roll logs, in the days of yore, where now are the present sites of Shawnee and Straitsville, and has seen the farms change trom $10 and $12 per acre to $60, $70, $100, $150, and up to $300 per acre, all upon the account of developed mineral wealth, which was opened to commerce by the building of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad branch that reached this point, the first meeting of which he attended at Newark, Ohio, and which brought a copious shower of wealth into his community. He has been, and at the present time is, one of the reliable citizens of this county, and has filled the offices of township treasurer and trustee for several years. He also has held all the society official positions of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Shaw- 'nee, Ohio. He now owns two hundred and thirty-four acres of land at McCuneville, two miles from Shawnee, the coal of which is leased to a New York coal company, at ten cents per ton. His statement as to how Shawnée came by its name is as follows: In an early day, when the country was sparsely settled, and there were no Sunday schools and but few churches, the. youngsters were accustomed to grow up almost uncultivated, and with but little literary culture. During a winter term of school it so happened that some difliculty arose between the master (Stephen Wise) and a scholar by the name of James Small, and it happened that the master attempted to correct the scholar, who proposed, by pugilistic force, to resist the punishment, and thus ensued the tussle for predominance ; but the master - perhaps being the better of the two, and undoubtedly in the right - came off conqueror. Of course, the thing became news and took wings, flying from ear to ear, and came to the hearing of an elderly gentleman of the community - Mr. Henry Hazelton - who had served in the Indian wars; upon which he remarked that they (the boys of that community) reminded him of the Shawnees, meaning the tribe of Shawnee Indians; from which it became a title of the boys, and later the creek they lived upon, and still Jater to the mining town of that name.

Harpy, Davin, farmer, Maxville, Ohio; born in Fairfield county, Ohio, July 2, 1829; son of Thomas and Jane (Huston) Hardy. At the age of three years he, with his father, came to Perry county and located in Monday Creek township, where he has ever since resided. His boyhood was spent on his father's farm, and he has continued to till the soil through his entire life. He was married October 25, 1852, to Lucretia R., daughter of Ralph and Sarah (Gunder) Webb, to whom were born six children - Sarah, Jane, Margaret, John R., Thomas W. and Gustavus A., all living in Monday Creek township, except Margaret and John, who died several years since. Mr. Hardy is a substantial farmer, owning one hundred and twenty acres in Monday Creek township, and enjoys the respect of all who know him.

Harvan, B. F., post office Somerset, Ohio, was born in the State of Delaware, May 5, 1831. His father was William Harlan, who died in Pennsylvania, in 1850, in the sixtieth year of his age. He was a pone mechanic in all kinds of wood work. His: mother was Miss Sarah mother of three sons and three daughters, who grew to manhood and womanhood. Ofthese, one sister, Mrs. Sarah Tague, wile of John Tague, post office Rehoboth, resides in this county. he family is of English descent on both sides. Its religion was of those Baptists known as Christians, or Campbellites. Mr. Harlan and his wife are Lutherans. In politics he was always Whig or Republican. Ile was married November 31, 1827, to Miss Mary Smitley, daughter of the venerable John Smitley, near Newtonville, Ohio. 'They lived in Muskingum and Licking counties until 1861, when they came to Perry. His occupation being that of a miller caused several removals, until 1874, he bought the farm on which he now resides. Ile has been successful as a miller, and still pursues this occupation. Ilis sons are John William and Joel. His daughters are Sarah Louisa and Elizabeth Ann, both single. Inheriting no patrimony but honesty, industry, and a reasonable degree of health, Mr. Harlan and his wife have attained to circumstances of comparative independence, while much of the time he nursed his health, and qualified himself for his avocation of a first-class miller. A close student of passing events, he has gained a competence by the stern virtues of industry, economy, perseverance and temperance. - Harsu, Jacos H., merchant, Rendville, Ohio; born June 25, 1844, in Franklin county, Pennsylvania; soi of Jacob and Mary (Gantz) Harsh. Jacob Harsh was a native of Virginia, and Mary Gantz a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, of German ancestry. Jacob H. was brought up on a farm until about twenty years of age, when he emigrated to Russellville, Kentucky, and clerked in a store about four years. From there he went to Owensboro, on the Ohio River, and engaged in the manufacture of brooms, in which employment he continued about three years. He then taught school one year, after which he returned to this State and located at Columbus. [is first employment in that city was to clerk in a dry goods house, which he followed for five years. He came to Rendville, his present abode, in August, 1879. the was married September 30, 1879, to Miss Leanna, daughter of Thomas and Penelope (McFarland) Barron, of Owensboro, Kenlucky. They are the parents of one child, Thomas Barron Harsh. ARTSOUGH, DANIEL F., minister of the gospel, Maxville, Ohio, was born April 10, 1826, in Fairfield county, Ohio; son of Daniel and Catharine (Fulcarth) Hartsough. He was brought up on a farm, and came to this township soon after his marriage, where he remained one and one-half years, and then went to Indiana and remained about thirteen years and six months in Huntington and Kosciusko counties. At the end of this time he again returned to this township, where he has since resided. His father was a German Baptist in religion, and he, at the age of twenty-one years, united with the same church, and at twenty-four years of age became deacon of the same, and at thirty years of age entered the ministry of that church, and at this time holds the second degree in that relation. le is now pastor on the Rush Creek District, and officiates at Bremen, Marion, and Durban Run. Rev. Hartsough was married March 8, 1849, to Susannah, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Fink) Henricks. They are the parents of six children, viz.: George, Isaac, Aaron, John, Elizabeth C. and Ira eu Harvey, Humenrey, grocer and baker, Shawnee, Ohio, was born in 1829, in county Cornwall, England; son of John and Thomasine (Cornish) Harvey. He came to America in 1850, and located in New York City, and worked in a bakery two years. He then went to Alleghany county, Maryland, and remained about twenty years. Mychiaie vey was married in 1850 to Miss Jane, daughter of Henry Bishop, of county Cornwall, England. They became the parents of one child, viz.: John. Mrs. Harvey died in 1856, and Mr. Harvey was 'again married in 1858 to Miss Lucinda Jane, daughter of Travis and Blanche (McCoy) Coppage, of Maryland. They are the parents of eight children, viz.: Thomasine Blanche, married to John Ritz, Lucinda Jane, William Alfred, George Travis, Henry James, Thomas Humphrey, Hattie May and Iva Grant. Mr. Harvey's is the oldest business house in Shawnee, and is succeeding well.

HATFIELD, Joun, miller, Monroe township, Corning, Ohio, was born February 17, 1820, in Pennsylvania; son of William and Mary Ann (Miller) Hatfield. Mr. Hatfield was brougnt up on 'a farm, and followed agricultural pursuits and running threshing machines for twenty-four years, until about twenty years ago, when he engaged in his present business of running a saw mill, which he is now about to change into a flouring mill. He also has managed threshing machines since he quit farming. Mr. Hatfield came to Ohio with his parents at an early day, who settled in Richland township, Muskingum county, and afterward moved to Indiana, where they lived about one year, when they returned to Fairfield county, Ohio, where they lived up to the time of their deaths. His father was a soldier in the che of 1812, serving two six months terms. His grandfather, Edward Hatfield, was married in England to Miss Mary as and emigrated to America during the Revolutionary War; became a soldier for freedom and right; endured the hardships and cruelties of war, but was encouraged by a brave wife, who continued with him during the campaign, and where their first child, Edward, was born, and afterward they became the parents of William, father of the subject of this sketch, and Samuel. John Hatfield lived with his father until he was past twenty-two years of age, when he was married to Miss Alice C. Darnell, born January 13, 1822, in Culpepper county, Virginia, daughter of Jeremiah and Narcissa Frances (Coppage) Darnell. They are the parents of nine children, viz.: Harriet Ann, married to James Moore; Eliza Jane, married to Joseph Bougle ; Narcissa Frances, married to John Eberts ; Lewis, married to Elizabeth Irwin; J. M., married to Cynthia J. Post ; Mary Alice, married to John W. Roberts; John Wesley, married to Frances Maxwell; Charles Calvert and Maggie E., at home. Mrs. Hatfieid's parents came to Ohio when she was a small girl, where they Ilved up to the time of their deaths. Mr. Darnell died in Morgan county, and Mrs. Darnell in Licking county, each living to a good, ripe age.

Hays, Grorce L., post office clerk, New Lexington, Ohio, was born December 14, 1840, in Jackson township; son of John and Zelda (Rinehart) Hays. Young Hays was brought up on a farm, where he remained until 1867, when he came to this place and established a provision grocery, which he conducted till 1872, after which he clerked in a store and taught school until 1877, when he took his present position.

IUSTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 425 Mr. Hays was married January 19, 1864, to Miss Barbara E., daughter of Isaac and Susan Baily. They are the parents of three children, viz.: Susanna E., George Franklin and Isaac Arthur (twins).

Wazevron, Henry, farmer, Saltlick township, Shawneé, Ohio; was born in this township; son of John and Jane (Traverse) Hazelton, Mr. Hazelton was brought up a farmer, and has made farming the business of his life. Having all his life been a citizen of Saltlick township, he is now the second oldest citizen in it. Was married May 20, 1860, to Lois Amanda, daughter of Joseph and Susan (Raymer) Woodruff, of Orange county, New York. They are the parents of three children, viz.: Ulysses S. Grant, John M. and Mary Jane) who are living, and one that died in infancy. Mr. Hazelton's father came from Pennsylvania to Ohio at an early day, and settled on Congress land at $1.25 per acre; the same land is now considered worth $100 per acre, and some in the neighborhood has sold as high as $300 per acre. 'Vhe land here, as farming land, yields about forty bushels of corn per acre ; wheat, about twenty bushels per acre. By good management Mr. Hazelton raises fifty bushels of corn per acre, and twenty-five bushels of wheat per acre. He now owns one hundred and sixty acres in Pike township, and four hundred and ninety acres in this township. That in Pike township, and eighty acres in this township, are optioned as mineral land. He enlisted in September of 1861, in Company H, Sixty-second Regiment, O. V. I., as Second Lieutenant for three years, or during the war, but was discharged in May, 1864, by reason of disabillity, caused by a wound received at Fort Wayner, South Carolina, in the attempt to carry the fort. Upon that charge the regiment lost three hundred and fifty men, killed and wounded, and every officer but one was killed or wounded. The Brigade Commander was also killed. Mr. Hazelton enlisted in the service as Second Lieutenant, and was discharged as First Lieutenant. His wound has made him a permanant cripple.

HazELToNn, JAMEs P., teacher, Straitsville, Ohio; born in Saltlick, township, Perry county, Ohio, May 7, 1860; son of Harrison and Louvina (Marlow) Hazelton ; brought up on his father's farm, and attended school at Straitsville, and began teaching at the age of twenty years, in the grammar department of the Straitsville Public Schools. United with the Baptist Church at Old Straitsville, at the age of fifteen years, and at the early age of seventeen years became superintendent of the Baptist Sabbath school at that place, in which honored position he remained for three years. At eighteen years of age he was chosen clerk of the Baptist Church and has continued to perform the duties of that office ever since. Mr. Hazelton isa young man whose future is bright. In the spring of 1882 he entered the Penmanship Department of the Ohio Wesleyan Universary, at Delaware, Ohio, and graduated in plain and ornamental penmanship at the Art Hall, under the instruction of Prof. G. W. Michael. ;

Heck, A. R., born March 7, 1815, on the farm where he now lives, near Somerset, Ohio; a successful and prosperous farmer. Tis father was Judge John Heck, bornin 1790, who came with his father, Frederick Heck, from Franklin county, Pennsylvania, to Ohio in 1796, and to Perry county in 1802. Frederick's sons were Judge John, of Perry county, and George Heck, of Seneca county, Ohio ; his daughters were Susan, wife of Jacob Pence ; Margeret, wife of Peter Middaugh ; Elizabeth, wife of William McCormick ; Katharine, wife of Isaac Pence; and Maria, single. Frederick Heck, on his arrival in Perry, purchased the splendid tract of three hundred and twenty acres where his descendants yet reside. The father of A. R. Heck was married in 1811, to Peggy Sanderson, <a sister of the late venerable General George Anderson, of Lancaster, Ohio.' Their sons were George and Alexander R; their daughters, Elizabeth, wife of Henry Brehm, and Huldah, wife of Hiram Dennison. George resided and died in Iowa, and of two sons, one fell in the battle of Franklin, Tennessee. + Alexander R. Heck was united in marriage, June 25, 1833, to Rachel Linville, daughter of Solomon, who was the brother of Joseph and Benjamin Linville, of Fairfield county, Ohio. They had six daughters: Margaret, wife of Isaac Brookhart, who has two daughters ; Elizabeth, wife of George L. Brehm,who has one son and one daughter , Katharine, wife of Raymond J. Dittoe, who has one son and one daughter ; Susan, wife of Clinton S. Dorris, who has one son, and Hannah, wife of Hayden Arnold, died 1881. Alexander A. Heck, is a church member, conservative independent in politics, a good, if not a superior specimen of American citizenship,and the last of his name now living in the county. His taxes in 1881, were 140.

$ AY oni, FRANKLIN L., farmer, Ferrara, Perry county, Ohio; was born August 5, 1849, in Monroe township, Perry county, Ohio; son of Cyrus and Abigail (Dye) Henry, Cyrus Henry was born in Carroll county, Ohio, and came to Monroe township with his father, John Henry, who entered a farm in the township about the year 1837. Abigail Dye was brought up near Clay's Monument, abaut five miles east of Wheeling, West Virginia. Franklin L. Henry was brought up on a farm, Began teaching school in 1869; taught first in the Dougan school Monroe township ; taught, in all, about six terms. He received a preparatory education at the Lebanon Academy. He entered the Ohio University at Athens, in the fall of 1871, and was graduated in the spring of 1876. In 1879 he formed one of a surveying party, under the supervision of Major J. W. Free and EK. N. Maxwell. They first visited Fort Griffin and Fort Worth, Texas. On his return to the frontier he was taken with typhoid fever, compelling him to abandon the enter - prise and return to Albany, Texas, where he lay fourteen weeks, a part of the time at the very point of death. When he became convalescent he returned to his native home, where he has remained up to the present time.

Henricks, DANIEL, farmer, Maxville, Ohio; was born in Monda Creek township, November 2, 1832 ;son of George and Elizabeth (Fink) Henricks. He was brought up on a farm; in 1851 he was elected township clerk ; in 1856 he moved to Lyon county, Kansas, where he lived fourteen years, and served as Justice of the Peace seven years, resigning the office when he left there. In 1870 he moved to the Indian Territory, where he remained three years; in 1873 he moved to Texas, steeping in the northern part, where he resided four years, and returned to Monday Creek township in 1877, and located on his present farm. Mr. Henricks was married the first time February 15, 1851, to Nancy daughter of James P. and Austis (Sherwood) Black, who died February 28, 1875. They became the parents of three children, viz.: John W., Elizabeth J. and James C. _He was married the second time April 10, 1879, to Annie, daughter of Thomas and Jane (Muston) Hardy. Mr. Henricks' grandfather, John Henricks, was a native of Germany, and emigrated to America shortly after the Revolutionary War, and settled in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, but in 1809, moved with his son, George, to Ohio and settled in Perry county, where he built the first grist mill on Jonathan's Creck.. Mr. Henricks' father, George Henricks, moved into Monday Creek township in 1826. i

Herre yt, JAMes W., engineer, Shawnee, Ohio; was born November 30, 1844. in Northumberland. England; son of James and Hannah (Brodee) Heppell; was brought up in the country, and worked in a coal mine up to 1863, beginning at the age of nine years ; was engaged as fireman on the railroad for nine years, and then on a ship for one year as engineer, running from England to France. We came to America in 1873, landing in New York, and has been employed at the following business since his arrival:+ At Dennison, Summit county, Ohio, one year; Shawnee, Ohio, as a miner nine months ; on the Jaltimore & Ohio Railroad, fireing engine fifteen months; as engineer at the XX furnace, where he has remained up to this tune. Mr. Eleppell was married July 7, 1864, to Miss Barbra, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Miller) Campbell ; they are the parents of six children living, viz.: Elizabeth, Christena, George, Barbra, Fannie and Mary, and six dead, viz.:]}George. James, Hannah, Walter, Thomas and Jedward. Mr. Heppell has passed some narrow escapes of his life sat one time he was forty-eight hours bound in a coal mine, in England, whose shatt was one thousand and seven hundred feet deep. "Fhis shatt was suuk in 1799, and is still running coal. Itis the mine in which Stevenson first proved his elevator engine to be a success, by which he amassed a fartune.

Hreeins, JAMES, was born in 1816. in Pennsylvania: son of Arthur and Mary (Brown) Higgins; he was brought up on a faym, and tollowed farming all his life, and was very successtul. Ile came to Ohio at the age of fourteen years, with his father, who settled upon the farm now owned by the family of the subject of this sketch. Mr. Higgins was married June 8, 1847, to Miss Ellen McMenomy, born November 1, 1822, in the northern part of Ireland, daughter of Roger and Marjory (McGinley) McMenomy. 'They became the parents of eight children, viz. : Arthur; John, James, Mary (deceased), flizabeth, Francis, Stephen and Thomas, deceased. Mr. Wiggins departed this life May 13, 1874. His wife, who still survives him, was brought. to America when a child, whose parents settled in New York State; at the age of ten years her uncle, Judge McGinley, brought her to Ohio, where she has since resided.

Hitt, Roper. farmer, born in 1843. in Thorn township, Perry county, Ohio; post office, Rushville. In 1867 he was married to Miss Levina Lehman. a daughter of Chrisuan Lehman, whose wife Was the daughter of Frederick Siple of Fairfield county, Ohio. The father of Robert, was James Lbll, deceased, in Perry county, Ohio: and his grandfather was Robert ITill, deceased, in Virginia. His mother's maiden name was Margaret Tailor, and that of his grandmother was Sarah White, a native of Marvland, and deceased near Thornville. The children of Robert and Bexina| Hill are: George. John Richard, Marbee Rezella, Ann. Robert served his country in Company L. Fourth

UWS: Artillery. six vearsin the regular army : was discharged i in March. and married in Mav. 1867. His "tirst lieuten ant was a son ot Henry Ward Beecher. This antaegs divine was visiting his son and saw a soldier shot down by the rebels while carrying sugar suspended trom one end of a stick and coffee at the other. the "stick being swung over his neck. The sight of this event. and the carelessness of the soldiery which seemed to border on indifference. made a deep i psy on the manner and conversation of their distinguished visitor. Mr. Thill's wite is a descendent of that Rev. Adam Lehman. whose name is connected with the first United Brethren Conference ever held in America: a name that will live in history while letters preserve its records. [ler grandfather. Jacob Adam Lehman. was also a preacher in the same church,

HitLery, MARSHALL, was-born. in Virginia. March 2d, 152 Emigrated with his parents to Ohio in 1830, and located on a farm near Lancaster, Ohio. After remaining a few vears in Fairtield county, he removed with his parents to Monday Creek tow nship, where he has resided ever since. His father. Elijah Hillery, was a native of Virginias He served in the War of 1812. and was a great triend ot the Union cause during the late troubles. He died October oth. 1873. Marshall Hillery is a farmer by occupation; although not largely engaged in farming, vet he maintains his position as one of the progressive farmers of the community. He was beers to Sarah Martin. October 3oth. 1850. She was born August 18, 1827. She is the daughter of Ellison Martin, of Logan, Hocking es Mr, Martin was a prominent man in his party and society: holding. at the time of his death. the offices of County Auditor. Justice of the Peace and Postmaster. He died November 3, 1839. Marshall and Sarah Hillery are the parents of five children. The first. a son, died in his intaney : : Elizabeth dine born September 20. 1854, died April 12. 1856: John M.. born September 30, 1857; Charles E.. born Julv 16. 1861; Laura Mav. born July 2, 1865. died February 25. 1870. John M.. a teacher by profession, is engaged in teaching 1 in the county of which he is a resident. Charles E. is a clerk ina drv goods establishment.

Hinziis, Eowarp. farmer. Pike township. New Lexington, Ohio: was born Mav 31. 1833. in Jackson township. this county; son of Elijah and Elizabeth (Freshour) Hillis. Mr. Hillis was taised a tarmer, And has tollowed agricultural pursuits up to the present time. Mr. Ffillis remained at home until the date of his marriage. October 26. 1852. to Miss Ellis Ferguson. born in December. 1837. daughter of Patrick and Margaret (McCabe) Ferguson. They are the parents ot six children. viz.: Richard. John. deceased: Mary. married to Clestin Mattingly : George. Edward and Charles. Mr. Hillis' father came to Ohio at an early day, and atter some time he entered eighty acres or land near what is now known as North Ferrara, but soon atter he was killed ita house raising about one mile south of where the Moxahala furnace now stands. on the Vanwey tarm, leaving a wife and ten children. Af- ter her husband's death, Mrs. Hillis still remained upon the farm, and her sons cleared it up and farmed it. Mrs. Hillis was again married in two or three years, to John Haughran, who lived with the Hillis family until the time of his death, which occurred in December, 1847. at which time Edward. the subject of this sketch, took charge 'of the farm. Haughran, atter his marriage to Mrs. Hillis, bought the eighty acres she lived upon. and also purchased eighty acres that Mr. Hillis now lives upon : md npon the occasion of his death, the property went into an administrator's hands, when Mrs. Haughran bought the eighty acres she lived upon at the time of her last marriage, which her two sons, Edward and Thomas. assisted her in paving tor, but was afterward allowed the amount ot their assistance in the purchase in partner- Sh of this same eighty acres of land. She also bought eighty-three acres at the same time. which she sold to her two sons, James and om Two vears atter the partnership purchase by Edward and Thomas. iS cis ard bought the share belonging to T homas. <At the adminisirator's sale. David, her oldest son, bought the eighty acres entered by Mr. Hillis. with whom she made fed home until she died. James bought out Washington ; and Edward, after the death of James, bought out his heirs in 1879 ; and upon the death of his brother, David, who was killed at a railroad bridge raising. on the O.C. R. R., bought out his heirs also: and owns a house and rcs lots in the The ward, Zanesville. O. He acted as administrator tor his brother David's estate. He also purchased in the spring of 1852, seventy acres of the John Rilev tarm. NAIL of the original Hillis family were natural mechanics. Edward does all of hie: own work, such as blacksmithing, wagon making. carpentering, etc. In connection with his other work, he ran a threshing machine fitteen vears. His health has been taaptiae ably good. as there has never been'a physician called to see him vet. When he was a bov. deer were so ple nty that they had to guard the wheat neld,. having seen as many as tw enty-five or thirty in one herd.

Hireucock. Coroner N. F.. was born December 20.,19325.10 Perry county, which has since been his home; boyhood was spent on farm: at the age ot eighteen he commenced teaching : followed it ten years, then organized a company of militia and went to the army as Captain : was promoted to rank of Lieutenant Colonel: served three years: was in the following battles: Richmond, Perryville, Stone River. Chickamauva. Chattanooga. Resaca, Romé: Jonesborough: Atlanta, Nashville. Franklin. Was married March 6th. 1854. to Miss Gemia, daughter of John F. and Rosanna (Kelly; Angle; are the parents of nine children, a UZ | JOUIT LL... Marv. Rosanna, James H., S. Clinton, E. Ross, Harvev F.. Alice J.. Lyda U. Mr. Hitchcock's parents are of English and Irish descent: has two brothers who were in the army, one being Captain. Mr. Hitchcock's grandfather on his father's side. Isaac H.. was one of the first pioneers.

Hire, CE... M..D-caras born 1545., in-tbancaster.-Ohio,;, isthe onlx son of Jacob Hite. an old and highly respected citizen of Lancaster. and a grandson of John Hite. a Baptist minister of the old school. - Dr. Hite's mother was Margaret Guseman: His sisters are Miss Mary and Misys Ella Hite of Lancaster. He was educated in the excellent free schools of his native city: read medicine in the ofhce and under the tuition of Dr. G. W. Boerstler, long celebrated as the foremost in his profession in Lancaster ; sraduated in Cleveland Medical College in 1868 ; located in Rushville, where he became acquainted with and married Miss Sue Lewis, daughter of the late venerable W. B. Lewis, of that village. In 1871 he ane inged his location to Thornville, and a fone months later became a partner of the late Dr. Allen Whitmer, who then, and to the day of his death in 1851, enjoy ed a very lucrative practice. By the death of this faithful physician and very excellent citizen, Dr. C.

E. Hite succeeded to the very large practice theretofore enjoyed by the firm of Hite & Whitmer. Iehas been Master of Lodge §21, and A.M.., since its organization in 1879; a member of the I. O.°O. F.. and in all respects a useful citizen, an ardent Democrat, and a thrifty man of affairs. Mehas two sons - Charles, the eidest, and Harry, now three years of age. Jacob Hite, his father, has been in business for nearly a half century as a merchant tailor in Lancaster . and such is the general confidence in his integrity and capacity that he has served as executor,

Houmes, Carr. JAmus M., former cashier of the Perry County Bank, New Lexington, Ohio; was born June 15, 1837, in Liberty township, Fairfield county, Ohio ; son of Eliand Catharine (Brown) Holmes. James M. was brought up on the farm, where he remained until twentysix years of age, when he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Regiment O. V. I., and served about one year. When he came out of the service he engaged in the grocery business at Terre Haute, Indiana, and rem: ined cabeu one year, after which he came to Zanesville, Ohio, and engaged in the coz iF business, which he followed until 1873, when he came to this place and engaged in the Perry County Bank as book-keeper, and was elected cashier in 1878. February 22, 1881, he was elected Captain of Company A. Seventeenth Regiment O.N. G., having previously held the office of Lieutenant of the company. Hecommanded the squad of the company which suppressed the miners' riot at Corning in 1880. Captain Holmes was married November g, 1862, to Miss Frances, daughter of James and Fannie (Stolts) Turner. They became the' parents of three children, viz.: Hattie A., Fannie K., and Mary E. Mr. Holmes is now a clerk in the Pension Department at Washington City.

HousrnoLper, ADAM, was born in Reading township, in 1816; is a farmer by occupation, his postoflice being Avion, on the county line. His father was Adam Householder, Sr., and his mother was Christina Siniff, who came to Ohio, in 1802, on horseback, carrying her eldest son, Philip, while her husband accompanie ed her on foot, carrying his trusty rifle, until they reached her father's (Philip Siniff) house, where the Wagner { arm now is. The brothers of Adam Householder, Jr., were, Philip, John, Andrew, George, and Levi; and his sisters were, Polly, wife of Levi Hodge : Betsy, wife of John Griggs ; Margaret Ann, wife of John Liles; Christina, wile of George Griggs, and Nancy, wife 'of John M. Johnson. Adam Householder, "Tre, first married Miss Margaret Lehman, daughter of Warner enn The only son living by this marriage is Thomas Le ehman, whose occupation is that of a farmer, and whose postoflice is Avlon, Ohio. © His second marriage Was to 'Elizabeth, daughter of John Lehman, about the year 1847. The sons of this marriage are, Lewis, Balser, and D. F.: all married, and postoflice, Avlon, Oo: and all tiving near the paternal homestead in homes of their own. The daughiers were, Margaret Ann, wile of Abanus Purvis; Caroline, wife ot iarney Purvis: Emma, wile of Turner Elder, and Levina. vet at home. The Householders were of Dutch Retorm parentage, but are now generally of the Brethren Church and or the Re spublican tnith. -Adam [ouseholder, Jr.. starting in life, as a married man where he was born and corer about the year 1840, depending alone upon his industry and good health for success, and rearing to a ANIC eLO MN OmIN er toners | four sons and four daughters, that rank i y society with honorable names and encouraging portions, illustrate rise benignity of American institutions. and the thrift, as well as respect: ibility. of the Housebolder name in the county of its adoption and its birth.

HowpysueELi, Micuar., farmer, Monday Creek township, P. O.. Webb Summit, O.: born May 4. 1810. in Rockingham county, Virginia, son of Jacob and Ntare (Miller) fLowdyshell. lle was brought up a farmer, and has made that the business of his life. In ist4 ins father years, when he moved to Hocking county, Ohio, and from there he went to Indiana, where both he and his wife died- - Jacob at eighty-five years of age and Mary at ninety-live vears of age. Michael came to this tow nship. about 1842, and located upon and entered the farm where he now lives. At the tme of his coming that part of the county was a wilderness, and he cleared up his own land. When his father lived in Hocking county, Logan was unknown, there pit but one log cabin at that place, occupied by a man by the name of Rhodes. They packed their wheat to Lancaster on horseback, and hi ! to go to Zanesville for salt, which cost one dollar per bushel. and it required about four days to make the trip. When a boy, Michael used to accompany his father, who made hunting his special business. At one time his father killed three bears without moving from his position. Wild turkevs were plentiful: deer and wild anim: Is-aeevemnidy lily sight. Michael's early school days were spent in a log cabin schoolhouse with puncheon floor, a split log for a seat. greased paper for window lights, clapboard door, anda split stick c himney that would take in a bac 'log nine feet long. He is one of a tamily of twelve children, seven ot whom were boys. Asa citizen, he has had but one lawsuit. and that before a Justice of the Peace. Ile was married, in 1831. [lis wife, Sarah, came with her parents to Ohio from Virginia. Mrs. Tlowdyshell died May 14, [S77 let became the parents of seven children, viz.: Silas, Delilah, iy. ances, William H., died at nine vears of age; Samuel S.. Catharine, and Jerome. who died at the age of thir tv vears

HowpysuELt, Isaac. farmer, Monday Creek tow nship, PUOs Sag ville, O.; born January 13, 1545, in this township, son of Samuel and Sylvy (Geiger) Howdy shell ; was brought up on a farm, a attende d cominon school tn the winter season. At the age of twenty-live vears he attended school in Logan, Ohio, and the following vear began te: a ing, and continued that business for eleven years , teaching most of this time in Hocking county,. Ohio, and five successive terms in one district in Green township. te began lite with no assistance. and now owns one hundred and sixty acres of well improved land where he now lives. He was married April 30, 1874, to Miss Nancy, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Blosser) Hufford. To them were born three children, viz. : Mary E.,SZelda J., and Sarah Amanda. Samuel Howdyshell, tather of Isaac was born in 1816, in Virginia. He was brought by his parents to Ohio when a boy and at about the age of twenty years, he went to Hocking county, Ohio, where he married Sylvv Geiger, who was born in 1824.) They moved to Perry county shortly before the birth of Isaac, their son. Unto them were born eleven children, viz. : Noah, David, Isaac, James A., deceased; Samuel, deceased< Phache, Philip, Henson, Sarah, Jacob, and Albert, deceased.

Howertn, J. W., farmer, Pleasant township; post oflice, Moxahala; born in Belmont county in 1843; son of Samuel and Sarah (Dolton) Howerth, and is of English descent. Mr. Howerth's parents emigrated to the United States about 1837. The subject of this sketch moved to Harrison county in 1857, and remained there until he came to this township, in 1871, and located on the farm where he now resides. In 1864 he married Miss N. Herriman, of Harrison county. They became the parents of three children: Etty M., Lydia E., and Effie C. In 1872 he married Rebecca Speer; her mother was born in Pennsylvania, and her father was of Irish extraction. They are the parents of three children: Dasie A., Sarah F., and William B. Miss Lorena D. Randals, Mrs. Howerth's daughter by her first husband, makes her home with the family.

Hoy, CHarves, attorney at law, New Lexington, Ohio; was born March 4, 1829, in Wayne, now Ashland, county, Ohio, son of Charles and Mary (daughter of Adam Poe) Hoy. Charles was brought up on the farm, and began teaching-school when seventeen years of age, and taught about five years. H[e was educated at Ashland and Wooster Academies and Western Reserve College ; began reading law in 1849, and was admitted to the bar at Mansfield, Ohio, in 1853; began the practice of his profession, in 1854, at Coshocton, Ohio. In 1857 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Coshocton county, and re-elected in 1859. Attorney Hoy was married, in 1855, to Miss Mary Jane, daughter of General Joseph and Rebecca (Lewis) Burns, of Coshocton, Ohio. He came to his present location in September, 1877.

Hurrorp, Danigt, farmer, Monday Creek township, P. O., Maxville, O.; born May 28, 1831, on the farm now owned by his brother, John H., son of Daniel and Nancy (Welty) Hufford. He was brought up on a farm, and has given his attention to agricultural pursuits to this time. During his boyhood days he attended school a few months in the year. He has served as township trustee five terms, four of which were in succession, during the war. He was one of the Ohio National Guards, who were called out during the war. "Mr. Hufford was married March 4, 1852, to Elizabeth, daughter of John I. and Hannah (Ilufford) Blosser, of Hocking county, Ohio. They are the parents of six children. viz.: Nancy, married, April 30, 1874, to Isaac Howdyshell ; John W., a school teacher, was married, October 14, 1878, to Jane Vanatta, of Jackson township ; Hannah J., married to J.W. Davis, in 1875 ; Mary M., Alice A., died at the age of fifteen months, and Judson S. Mr. Hufford owns one hundred and fifty acres of well improved land where he lives.

Hurrorn, Joun I., farmer, Monday Creck township, post oflice Maxville, Ohio; was born October 12, 1833, inthis township; son of Daniel and Nancy (Welty) Hufford. John TH. was brought up on a farm, and while at home has made agricultural pursuits the business of his life. August 15, 1862, he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred ane TFourteenth Regiment, of which he was chosen Second Lieutenant, and served in the Tennessee Army under Sherman and Grant. Was engaged in the battles of Chickasaw Bluffs, Thompson's Till, Magnolia Hills, Champion Hill, Black River, Siege of Vicksburg, and was in two charges after he went to New Orleans, and thence to Texas under General Banks. Was discharged on the Mississippi river, above Vicksburg, July 4, 1864. While in the service he was promoted to First Lieutenant. Before going into the army he served three successive years as township assessor, and one since he returned. Was Jand appraiser in 1870. Ile was married the first time in January, 1853, to Elizabeth A., daughter of Peter and Margaret (Pulse) Beery, to whom were born two children, viz.: Margaret A. and Emanuel. Mrs. Hutford died March 23, 1856. Was married the second time October o, 1866, to Mary E. Kishler, widow of Daniel Kishler. They are the parents of two children, viz.: Dora Lorena and Nellie Blanche. Mr. Hufford owns one hundred and twenty acres of land where he lives, improved and well stocked. Daniel Hufford, father of John Il., was born January 11, 1795, in Rockingham county, Virginia, and is of German parentage, and was brought to Fairfield county, Ohio, about 1797, where he was raised a farmer. Nancy Welty, who became John U1. Hufford's mother, was born November 27, 1797, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and was brought to Fairfield county by her parents. After the marriage of Mr. Ilufford to Miss Welty, they moved to and located in this township on the farm now owned by John If., and was one of the pioneers of this vicinity, and knew all the invidents of a pioneer life.

Hux, Davin W., farmer, Pike township, post office New Lexington, Ohio; born February 15, 1824, upon the farm where he now lives; son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Goodin) Hull. Mr. Hull's father came from Pennsylvania to Perry county, Ohio, and took up Congress land, the same that is now the farm of David W., where he lived until his death in 1858. Mr. Hull, the subject of this sketch, was raised a farmer, and has followed agricultural pursuits up to this date. Ile was married August 21, 1849, to [liza N., daughter of Arthur and Nancy (Rinehart) Ankrom. They are the parents of five children, viz. : Arthur D., Emma M., William H1., Nannie E. and Anna Belle, all living, and two of whom are married, viz.: Arthur D. and imma M. Mr. Uull is one of the most prosperous farmers in this township, and now lives ina fine frame farm house, which has supplanted both the log cabin of yore, and the hewed log house of his boyhood days, and is one of the few who enjoy the farm of their nativity and the homestead. ;

Hui, Joun S., farmer and stock raiser, Clayton, township. post office Somerset, Perry county; born in this county in 1825; son ol John and Rachel (Sayer) Hull. The former died in 1867, the latter in 1854. The former was a native of Pennsylvania, the latter of New

Jersey. He is a grandson of Benjamin and Hannah Tull, and of Revel and Hope Sayers. Married in 1847 to Miss Anna C., daughter of Philip and Margaret (Chilcote) Miller. They are the parents of four children, viz.: Harriet E., Rachel E.. deceased, James A. and William A.

Ifuir, Davin, farmer and wool grower, post oflice Rehoboth ; born in Perry county in 1826; son of Samuel and Mary (Goodin) Hull, grandson of Daniel and Rebecca (Malont) Hull. Married in 1851 to Miss Sarah A., daughter of Reason and Julia A. (Thrall) Hammond. They are the parents of two children, viz.: Mary E., who is married to Austin Dells. of this county, and Alvab. Mr. Hull was drafted in the late war, but furnished a substitute.

Humpercer ApaAm, son of Peter and Mary Humberger, was born in Thorn township, Perry county, Ohio, in 1806. He worked on his father's farm « few years, after becoming old enough, but evincing a genius and desire for mechanical pursuits, he was apprenticed to an uncle to learn the trade of a gunsmith. After completing his apprenticeship, he was united in marriage with a Miss Terrell, and soon afterward moved to Somerset, where he established a shop and carried on_ business successfully for many years. THe had but a limited e@ducation - such as the schools of the day afforded - but he was a great reader and student all his life. When some of his children were old enough to go to school and study Comstock's Philosophy, he also became a very close student of the book. When he came upon the statement that Comstock then made and taught - that a ball shot from a gun directly upward would return to the earth with the same force and velocity that it left the gun - he declared that ''all nonsense ; for," said he, '' the resistance of the air against the ball, both ascending and descending, must be taken into account, and that would make it an impossibility for the ball to return with the same force it leaves the gun.'' Satisfied himself, he at once proceeded to make a practical experiment, to convince Prof. Nourse and others that Comstock's book was teaching erroneous doctrine. Ife carefully weighed his powder and balls, then Joaded his gun and placed the muzzle thereof against a board of a certain thickness. He then built a shed, covered with boards of the same character and thickness, set a gun upright in the center thereof, and sprung the trigger by means of a pulley and string, held by him in an adjacent building. The result was that, while the ball, shot from the gun, went through one board, and part of the way through another, the ball shot directly upward and returning, only buried itself about half in the board upon which it fell. Prof. Nourse was convinced, and wrote to the publishers of the philosophy referred to. The book was changed in this respect, and whoever will take the pains to examine a Comstock's Philosophy, published thirty years ago, will see that it contains and teaches the error which the practical experiment herein related disproved. Mr. Humberger also invented and manufactured three revolvers, several years prior to Colt's invention and patent. One of these revolvers was fired on a general muster day, at Somerset, in the presence of hundreds of people, years before Colt's revolvers were heard of. The three revolvers made by Humberger were hunted up, taken to the East, and used in law suits growing out of the right to

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. rey manufacture revolvers. He also visited New York, Washington, D. C., and Hartford, Connecticut. as a witness in some celebrated law suits pertaining to the same subject. Mr. Humberger also invented, and took out three patents, upon a corn harvester, upon which ht worked and studied much during his later years. Tis harvester was tried, and worked with some degree of success, but he would never engage in selling the patent right, for the reason that the machine was not perfected, and not what he designed it to be. He was still thinking and working about his harvester when his health began to decline, and his labors were done. Mr. Humberger died in May, 1805, at the residence of a daughter in New Lexington. Ie has three daughters - Melinda, married to Samuel Boyer, living at Pleasant Till, Missouri: Matilda, married to Jackson Parrott, and lives in Cass county, Missouri: Mary A., married to E. S. Colborn, and lives at New Lexington, Ohio. :

Humpercer, Henry. tarmer, post office Thornville. Te was born December 26, 1842. in section 26, Thorn township, Perry county, Ohio, where he still resides. [lis tather was John Humberger, bora in section 35, Thorn township, February 22, 1803, the same year Louisiana was purchased trom France by Thomas Jefferson. October 9, 1828, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Ann Basore, who was born February 24, 1809. whose father was Frederick Basore, who settled south from Rushville, in Richland township, Fairfield county, in 1803. Her mother's maiden name was Mary E. Weister, and her parents were of the Reform Presbyterian belief. Ifer father died at the age of sixty-five, her mother in her eightieth year, near New Reading, Perry county. The grandtather of Henry was Peter Ilumberger, who must have landed in Perry county in 1802, where his brothers John and Henry also came, and settled on section 35, where they found John King. The children of this Peter Humberger were, beside two who died young - Katharine, the wife of Philip King ; Peter, deceased in Thorn township; Margaret, wite of John Louis ; Hannah; and Adam, who lived as a gunsmith in Somerset, is said to be the true inventor of the first revolving pistol; died in New Lexington, buried in Somerset, and was the first Universalist who had a M. FE. minister promise to preach his funeral, and tell the congregation he died in the faith, as he had lived in it, that all mankind would be ultimately happy in the land beyond the grave. In addition there was Adam's brother Benjamin, who died in Sandusky county, Ohio; David, who moved to Whitley county, Indiana, and died there; Henry, who died in the same county ; Mary, wite of Jacob Civits, post oflice Colum - bia City, Whitley county, Indiana. The children of John and Mary Ann Humberger were David, the husband of Eliza Ann Karr, Columbia City, Indiana; Frederick, husband of Elizabeth Hetrick, same post oflice; Mary Ann, wife of Simon Long, deceased, post oflice Tiffin, Ohio; Peter. who was three times married, and died, leaving sons and daughters in Pike county, Indiana; Elizabeth Rankin, whose post oflice is Thornville: Margaret, deceased wile of Bernard Mechling, of Tfopewell : Rev. John. husband of Mary Coolman, of Somerset, post office Petersburg, Mahoning county, Ohio: George W se nis band of Emma Hudgel. Plymouth, Jeflerson county, Nebraska:

Benjamin F., husband of Elenora Karr, post office Thornville; and Henry, the youngest, except the last two named, who was married on the 14th of April, 1867, to Miss Eliza Ann, daughter of Daniel Snyder, of Thorn township. They have two living children - Miss Mary and Elva May. Henry Humberger, their father, is the proprietor of the ancient homestead, around which the precious memories of the family cling as a vine to the ancient oak. He joined the One Hundred and Fifty-second Indiana Regiment in 1865, and having served to the end of the war, was honorably discharged at Indianapolis. After the death of his father in 1846, his mother, yet living, at the age of seventy-four, had her maintenance in the homestead, which went into Henry's name in 1867, subject to her rights. The family mansion is a spacious two-story brick; the farm is just a round one hundred acres; the spring, like the location, ranks among the foremost in the county, and, to Henry, it is matchless in beauty and contentment.

Hunt, Hixson, carriage manufacturer, New Lexington, Ohio ; born May 24, 1819, in Sussex county, New Jersey: son of John and Jemima (Hixson) Hunt; his grandfather Hunt came from England. Hixson was brought up on the farm until the age of fourteen, when he went to his trade and served seven years. In 1840 he came to this place, where he has followed his trade to the present time. Mr. Hunt was married December 23, 1842, to Miss Ann Eliza, daughter of William and Mary (Eagle) Pruner, of Wythe county, Virginia. They are the parents of eight children, viz.: Mary, deceased; Almeda, deceased ; William Austin, deceased; Ann Eliza, deceased ; Catharine, married to W. C. Hickman; Almira, married to John E. Parker; John H., married to Clara M. West, and Charles W. Mr. Hunt is one of the best mechanics in the county.

Huston, ANpRreEw, farmer, Monday Creek township, post office New Straitsville, Ohio; born August 16, 1805, in Erie county, Pennsylvania ; son of Christopher and Elizabeth (Work) Huston. He came to Fairfield county, Ohio, wiih his father, in 1806; spent his boyhood days on a farm; came to Monday Creek township in the spring of 1836, where he has lived, except a short time, ever since. Was married to Anna E., daughter of Alana ee and Margaret (Love) Buchanan, of Fairfield county. They became the parents of one child, John. Mrs. (Buchanan) Huston died some time after. He was married the second time to Elizabeth Hardy, to whom was born one child. Was married the third time to Margaret Gosser, by whom he had one daughter, Elizabeth C. Mr. Huston took charge of the post office at Old Straitsville, under President Iillmore's Administration, for nearly seven years. He was elected justice of the peace in Saltlick township in 1859, and re-elected in 1862, and served six years.

Huston, Joun W., farmer, Madison township, post office, Mount Perry. He was born September 27, 1829, in Madison township, and is ason of Edward and Jane Huston. His father was born in Ireland, and came to this township in 1812. Mr. A. has always followed farming, and now owns an excellent farm. He enlisted in Company H, One Huudred and Sixtieth Regiment, serving four months as Lieutenant in that company. He was married March 30, 1852, to Eliza McBride, daughter of Andrew and Mary McBride. They are the parents of seven children, Edward G., Mary M., (deceased), Andrew J., Malanthon F., Hannah J., AnnaR., and Leslie A. ;

Husron, R. W., proprietor provision grocery, corner of Main and Brown streets, New Lexington, Ohio. He carries a large stock of groceries, queensware and glassware ; also oysters and ice cream in season. He has a full share of the trade in his line.

Hynus, Henry, born May 20, 1834, in Cambria county, Pennsyl- 'ania; post office, Somerset, Ohio. [lis father was Myrod Hynus, and his mother's maiden name was Mary Ann Swope. Ile had one brother, Joseph, who died belonging to the Regular Army, and who left a widow and one daughter in Newark, Ohio, from whence he enlisted. Ilenry's father died in Newark in 1877, at the age of eighty-two. His mother died at the age of fifty-six, and is buried in the Catholic cemetery in Somerset. His sisters were Martha, wife of Martin Kureth ; Rachel, wife of Henry Flowers; Maria, wife of Ellis Bader, all of Newark, Ohio; and Mary Ann, wife of Jacob Petry, supposed residence Hine allies fornia. After his marriage to Miss Rebecca Barker, daughter of John Barker, an old settler of Perry, and _ sister of Rev. David Barker, an Old School Baptist minister, who deceased at Pleasantville in . 1882, they emigrated to Crawford county, JIlinois, came back to Perry county in six months, and three years later, in 1867, again moved west to Adams county, Iowa, and from here he again returned to Perry county, where he has since resided, in prosperous circumstances. These journeys were performed in a wagon, and that to Iowa required thirty-two days going, and the same returning. Mr. Hynus exhibits *¢ Old Nance," a mare twenty-two vears old, which has performed_all these journeys, and which animal, if she had kept a strict book account against her master at twenty-five cents per day for her work, and a fair allowance for her colts, would have him in debt over $4,000. Mr. Hynus is an enterprising gardener, and has proved that onions as large as tea cups can be raised from the seed in one year. During 1881, he experimented with forty-eight kinds of potatoes and forty of corn. Ile took the first premium at the Ohio State Fair in 1881, on best amber and red wheat, and bushel of meal, and yellow corn; also first on best display of cereals, and best new varieties of potatoes, the Belle, and best on other varieties, Mammoth and Pearl. Also a premium on the ten best kinds of potatoes, with many second premiums on other articles. [lis presence at the State Fair has elevated Perry to a high rank in premium winning. Tle is equally up in hogs and horses, and is called far and near as 2 doctor of the last-named animals. His sons are Jefferson J., Vincent, a teacher; Isaac Y., Arthur and John II. Ifynus. His daughters are Miss Mary E., Nancy Jane, and Clara Ie. Hynus.

Iuirr, Wesvry, post office, McLuney ; bornin Pennsylvania tu 1814. Settled here in a very early day. Son of John and Anna (Ifenry ) Jift. Mr. lif! has been twice married, first in 1836 to Miss Harriet Teal, who died in 1878. This union was blessed with seven children, viZ. : Sarah %., deceased, Isaac, deceased, ' Elizabeth, deceased, John F., Thomas C., Acy T., James W. Thomas C., after graduating at Athens University, entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church,

Jackson, Joseru, born at Rockaway. Morris county, New Jersey, November 15. 1832: came to Ohio in 1937. settled at Johnstown, Licking county, Ohio: entered the army of tle United States, August, 1562, One Hundred and Thirteenth Regiment. Company F, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was wounded at the batile ot Chicamauga, September 20, 1863. in left arm. which is seriously impaired. Was 'discharged on account of wound, December 31. 1863. at 'paels Chase. Removed to Perry county. October, 1875. being engaged | in the business of Insurance. Was married in January, 1861. to Abbie A. Merrill. of Johnstown, Licking county, Ohio. She was born in the State of Maine, and came after her parents. about the vear 1858. Their living children are Henry Merrill. Joseph Elsworth. and Lilly E. Jackson. The grand. father. whose name is borne by the subject of this sketch. Colonel Joseph Jackson, ranked as Colonel in the War of 1812: was postmaster under Washington at Rockaway. New Jersey. which office he held until deposed by Tyler in 1542. He claimed to have built the first rolling mill in the United States. at Rockaway. in 15240r 1825. Joseph is a persevering insurance agent. and is deemed highly successtul and strictly reliable.

Jackson, CoLoneL Lyman J.. of the tirm ot Jackson & Conly, attorneys-at-law. New Lexington. Ohio: was born January 12, 1834. near West Rushville, Fairtield county. Ohio. His father. John J. Jackson, was born in Otsego county. New York. February 7, 1792. and was descended trom Abram Jackson. who emigrated trom England to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in om His mother. Marvy C. "Grate. was a native of Emmettsburg. Maryland. but resided trom 1804 till 1827, at Franklinton. Franklin county. Ohio, with her parents, who died there. In March, 1839 the Jackson family removed trom Rushville. Fairtield county, to a farm near New Reading. Perry county. Ohio. The parents lived here during the rest of their lives. the mt an dving in March, 1871, and the father in September . 1876. Lyman lived and worked on the farm until October. 1851. when He Was sent to St. Joseph's College. in that county, and attended its sessions until 1855. From this time until 1857 he worked on the farm in summer. and taught school in winter, at the s pare time studving law and continuing his college studies. In May, 1857, he was adinitted by the Supreme Court to the practice of law, one at St. Joseph's College, July 7, 1857, and in that month commenced the practice of law at New Lexington. In the fall of 1859 he was candidate for Prosecuting Attorney of Perry county. running on what was then the Northern ticket in a county seat contest, and was elected, though the rest of the ticket was heavily defeated. He was the first volunteer from the county in the Union army. Immediately after the firing on Fort Sumter. he raised Company E, Seventeenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Militia, which he commanded as Captain during its three months service in Western Virginia. When it was mustered out. he was appointed in August. 161. Captain ot Company G, Thirty-tirst Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Intantry, and served as such until January. 1862. when he was promoted and commissioned as Major of the Eleventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. With this regiment, a great part of the time in command of it, be served, in 1862, in Maryland and Virginia through some of the severest battles of the war. Resigning this position, he was in May, 1864, appointed Colonel of the One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and commanded it during its term of service. In the fall of 186s he served for a short period by appointment to fill a vacancy as Prosecuting Attorney of Muskingum county. February 17, 1863, he was married to Miss Mary E. Taggart, daughter of Arthur Taggart, Esq., late of Morgan county, Ohio. Resuming the practice of law at New Lexington shortly after the war, he was, in April, 1873, elected delegate for Perry county to the third Ohio Constitutional Convention. In October, 1877, he was elected State Senator from the district composed of Muskingum and Perry counties, and in October, 1876 he was re-elected to the same position. In religion, Colonel Jackson is a Roman Catholic, and in politics has always acted with the Democratic party except during the Rebellion.

James, H. C., farmer and stock raiser ; post office, McLuney, Ohio ; born in Muskingum county, Ohio, in 1833; settled in this county in 1876; son of Isaac and Mary (Hollow) James. Married in 1855, to Miss Hannah, daughter of William and Abigal (Search) Barrel. They are the parents of nine children, viz.: Milton J., Alice, Edmund, Cornelia, deceased; Mary C., Linna B., Cora. Curtis, Matilda. 'I'wo are married, one living in this Gounty and one in Morgan county.

James, Cyrus Marson, shoemaker, New Straitsville, Ohio; was born July 10, 1838, in Coshocton county, Ohio; son of William and Sarah (Bagley) James. Wasraised a farmer, and followed agricultural pursuits until he was twenty-one vears of age. His father having moved .into Athens county, Ohio, while he was quite young, he was raised in that county, and went to his trade at Millfield, working with J. W. P. Cook, who was employed with one Woodworth of that place, where he worked about eight months, when he began journey work for himself, working in all in this place some cight or ten years, and one year in Nelsonville, Ohio, and has been engaged at the following places ; Amestown about six months; again in Millfield until 1874; Chauncy, same county, four months; Hemlock, Perry county, Ohio, about sixteen months, from whence he came to this place, where he has since remained to this time, engaged at his trade. Was married October 6th, 1861, to Mary King, born March 21, 1842, in Washington county, Ohio, daughter of Job and [Elizabeth (McCants) King. They are the parents of three children, viz.: Albert, Eugene and Charley.

James, Tuomas P., collier, Shawnee, Ohio; was born January 13, 1853, in Risca, Monmouthshire, England; son of Daniel M. and Mary Ann (Price) James. Was raised a collier and emigrated to America with his parents at the age of twelve years, who, landing in New York, September 19, 1865, went to Newark, Ohio, where they lived about one year, when they moved to Summit county, Ohio, and where Jamies, the subject of this sketch, remained ten years, from whence he came to Shawnee, Ohio. While living ot Newark, he worked ona farm for his uncle, since which he has been engaged at his business of mining. Was married November 11, 1873, to Ann, daughter of David B. and

Jenxins, Jorn, collier, Shawnee Ohio; was born July 12, 1833, in Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales; son of David and Mary Jenkins. Lived in Cardiganshire until he was twelve years of age, when he moved to Monmouthshire, and lived there until 1864; at this time he ayain moved to Brecknockshire, remaining one year, from where, in 1865, he emigrated to America, landing in New York, and thence to Pomeroy, Meigs county, Ohio, which place he made his home until 1872. eat his family in Pomeroy, he went to Straitsville in July, and remained until February following. He then moved his family to Shawnee, and there they have lived to the present time. Mr. Jenkins is, at this time, township trustee, and has been elected four terms in succession. He has seen Shawnee grow from its infancy. Has made mining his business during his life. Was married August 6, 1853, to Mary, daughter of Daniel and Eliza (Price) Jones of Brynmawn, Wales. They are the parents of eight children, viz.: David, Daniel, Mary Jane, John, Mordecai, Lizzie, William, deceased, and an infant, deceased.

Jounson, Joun K., millwright, Shawnee, Ohio; was born I*ebruary 13, 1817, in Adams county, Pennsylvania; son of John and Mary (Koon) Johnson. Was raised a farmer, and followed agricultural pursuits until he was eighteen years of age, when he went to the millwright trade, which business he followed until 1872, building flouring mills at Tuscarora, Mt. Union mill in Maryland, and rebuilt some in Pennsylvania; one near Cumberland, Muskingum county, Ohio, for James McClurg ; one on Meigs Creek, Morgan county, Ohio; one in Sharon, Morgan county, Ohio, now in Noble county; two at Sulphur Springs, Perry county, Ohio, on same foundation, one burning down; one in West Virginia, on Twelve Pole River, nine miles from Guyandott ; one for John Dickerson, in Meigs township, Morgan county, Ohio; and remodeled quite a number in different places ; also built a steam tannery in Perry county, Pennsylvania, for John McFarland, that is calculated to tan thirty thousand hides per year. In 1854 he bought a farm of seventy-eight acres in Saltlick township, Perry county, Ohio, for $1,000, which he sold to the Smith Mining Company of Shawnee, for $7,800, in 1873, since which he has been living a retired life. Was married January 16, 1845, to Margaret, daughter of James and Nancy McClerg, of Muskingum county, Ohio. Mrs. Johnson died April 30, 1873.

Jounson, JAcos J., President Perry County Bank, New Lexington, Ohio; was born August 28th, 1821, in Waynesburg, Greene county, Pennsylvania; son of Jacob (who died in Sy eae Sarah (Gorden) Johnson. His ancestors came from New Jersey. hen Jacob J. was about nine years of age, his mother located on a farm in Reading township, where he was brought up and remained until eighteen, when he began teaching school, and taught several terms. In 1850, Mr. Johnson was elected Sheriff of Perry county, and served eight years in all. In 1870, Sheriff Johnson was elected Treasurer of Perr county, and served four years. In 1880, he was elected member of the State Board of Equalization. In January, 1879, hé was elected President of the Perry County Bank - the last two offices named he now holds. Mr. Johnson was married in April, 1847, to Miss Permelia, daughter of John and Nancy (Greene) Tutwiler. "They are the parents of tenchildren, viz.: Susan, deceased; Mary, deceased; Lucretia, Albert V., Francis J., Victoria, William, Jacob, Martina, and Sarah, deceased.

Jounson, Joun, superintendent of laborers at XX Furnace, Shawnee, Ohio; was born April 10, 1827, in the county of Durham, in the northern part of England; son of Adam and Ann (Ayer) Johnson, Mr. Johnson came to America at the early age of thirteen years, Janding in New York, July 3, 1840, and has been engaged at the following places and busines: At Sackage's Iron Works, North River, New York, about six months; Troy, New York, in rolling mill, fifteen months; White Hall, New York, two months; St. John's, Lake Champlain, New York, about five months; Albany, New York, worked on levee, about seven months ; Saratoga Springs, on fish pond, six months ; Buffalo, New York, on streets, six months; Erie, Pennsylvania, on docks, six months; Brady's Bend Iron Works at Blast Furnace, two years ; Guitanquin Iron Works, in rojling mill, one year ; Pittsburg, in rolling mill, (before any blast furnace was built in Pittsburgh), six months ; Cincinnati, a day laborer ; Cleveland, Ohio, on canal docks ; Sandusky, Ohio, in lumber yard; Detroit, Michigan, two months ; Port Huron, two or three months in lumberyard ; from Cleveland, Ohio, to Baltimore, Maryland, driving cattle ; fisheries on Bush River, South Carolina, hauling seine for herring, six weeks; Baltimore, Maryland, engaging as fireman and strokeman on a steamer, sailing to ports of St. Petersburg, Russia; Konstadt, Prussia ; Copenhagen, Denmark ; Elsinore, Denmark; Rochelle, France ; Cadiz, Spain; Gibralter, Spain ; Malaga, Spain; Carthagena, Spain, for two years and six months, returning to Baltimore, Maryland; Mt. Savage iron works, Alleghany county, Maryland; at furnace one year; Cleveland, Ohio, at furnace ; Detroit, Michigan, at furnace ; Ann Arber, at furnace ; Flint, Michigan, walked across Indian Reserve to Saginaw City, about 100 miles distant ; took berth of firing on steamer, one year and six months; Cleveland and Portsmouth, on Ohio canal; Hanging Rock furnace region, among furnaces, five or six years; Easton, Pennsylvania, about five months; at Cooper's iron works, Jerseytown, Pennsylvania ; again in Mount Savage; at Isesferry, Virginia ; in Monongalia, Preston, Harrison, Marion and Taylor counties, Virginia, digging iron ore and working at furnaces for twenty-one years ; at Zanesville, Ohio, on court house, six weeks; at Frazeysburg, Ohio, digging iron ore four months for Zanesville furnace: Glenford, Perry county, Ohio, and opened limestone quarry for Fannie Furnace, while it was in Newark, Ohio, working about eight months. Came to Shawnee in 1875. and by his. advice as to the paying quality of iron ore at Jrov Point, the annie Furnace was moved to this place, where he has remgined up to this time ; he is now overseer of laboring hands at XX Furnace in this place. Was married June 12, 1854, to Mary, daughter of [lenry and Sarah Frankinville. hey are the parents of two children, Henry and Mary, both deceased. ; en name of his mother, who is still living at the age of eighty-six years, was Sarah Law, a daughter of Robert Law, of Scotch descent. His father was of English and Irish parentage, and both his parents were of Quaker extraction; both became Baptists, of which church Aaron Johnson died a member in full fellowship, in 1879, at the age of eightyeight years. He was tall and athletic, and in his younger days complained very much, and often of ill health. Ten children were born to this marriage, all of whom grew to be men and women; the wife of John Skinner being the eldest; two brothers live in Iowa, and one, Aaron, in Kansas. One uncle, Nimrod Johnson, died in Van Wert, Ohio, without children. Thomas sold the farm he had bought of his father for $2,000, after adding twenty acres to it,for the sum of $4,100, and embarked in mercantile life in Somerset, and is one of the very few who have been successful after such a change. In religion he isa Methodist, while his present wife, who was Miss Lizzie Levitt, is a Lutheran. His father brought the first fine sheep to Perry county, and on account of his success and devotion to sheep husbandry was often called '"'Shepherd Johnson.' He was elected to the Senate of Ohio, about the year 1843, onthe Democratic ticket, and remained a firm supporter of that party to the time of his death, and sank to his grave respected for his sterling honesty and sincerity through a long life. The first tax paid by Thomas Johnson did not exceed ten dollars,which rose afterward to $300. One hundred and seventy one acres of land in sight of Somerset, stocked with cattle and sheep, a large stock of dry goods, and valuable town property, are the witness of that excellent judgment of what the market demands, and how and when to supply it, which testify to his solid success, while he indulged the utmost hospitality, and his purse was ever open to the demands of want.

Jounson, A. D., farmer, Madison township, Mount Perry post office. He was born November 22, 1838, in Shelby county, Ohio, and is a son of John H. and Christenia (Rhinehart) Johnson; has always followed farming, now owning an excellent home. Mr. Johnson was married August 23, 1863, to Caroline Fullerton, daughter of Samuel Fullerton ; they have four children, Louisa L., Samuel S., Emma B. and Anna F.

Jounson, GeorceE M., trader, Corning, Ohio; born April 29, 1848, on Malta Hill, in Morgan county, Ohio; son of Stephen and Catharine (O'Leary) Johnson. His father was a native of Maryland, and _ his mother of Morgan county, Ohio; her parents were natives of Ireland. Her mother was first married to William Townsend, by whom she had two children, Mary and William ; her second husband's name was Morgan O'Leary, by whom she had one child, Catharine, named above. George M. Johnson was brought up on a farm, and has followed agriculture and dealing in stock up to the present time. In 1862, he came to Monroe township, this county, and located on a farm adjoining the town of Corning, which he held until the spring of 1882. Mr. Johnson was married February 15, 1872, to Lucy A., daughter of William and Delilah (Miller) Fisher, of Monroe township, who entered and owned , the land where Corning now stands. The present site of Corning was oncea sugar camp. 'They are the parents of one child, George M.

1851, in Brownsville, Licking county, Ohio; son of Seth R. and Isabell (Miner) Johnston. James E. Johnston was brought up at Glenford, this county. and assisted in his father's store until 1874, when he began reading law with W.E. Finck. He graduated at the Cincinnati Law School, in 1878. Began practice at Shawnee, where he remamed one year, then came to this place and continued the practice of his profession alone until March, 1881, when the present firm was formed. Mr. Johnston was married in October, 1878, to Miss Lydia L., daughter of James Brown, then of Bowling Green township, Licking county, Ohio. Jones, Jenu B., was born in 1813, in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, and was but two years old when his parents, Jehu Jones, oie and Jane (Kilpatrick), settled on the farm now held by the heirs of S. C. Dick. This farm had then about fifteen acres partly cleared ; here these pioneers lived until 1844, when mother Jones, and, ten years later, father Jones, were called to rest. The sons,who grew to manhood, are: David, who married Miss Jane Pugh, and who died in Pikestownship, leaving three sons and two daughters ; John, who lives in Warren county, Illinois, and who married Miss Elizabeth Rush,having five sons and four daughters ; Jehu B., who married Miss Rebecca Goodin, Mirch, 1846, and still resides on the farm adjoining the an - cestral homestead - his wife died in 1866,leaving two sons ; David, who resides in Blackford county, Indiana, and who is married to Miss Addie Shull, now the mother of two daughters, and George M., who is single,and remains with his father. There are two daughters, Phidelia,the wife of Charles Stickel, a successful tanner and currier, near Somerset, blessed with four sons and one daughter, and Miss Mary, who shares with her brother, George, and her father, the comforts and the cares of the homestead. Jehu B. Jones is worthy of the beautiful home he enjoys, and the broad acres he has transtormed from a forest waste to fruitful fields. He has held several oflices of trust and profit in his township, and never yet was a candidate when he did not show strength beyond the lines of his party. True to his convictions of right and duty he has not always remained loyal to party, but while acting within party lines, no man is more faithful to his ticket, or more zealous for the right. He possesses brave impulses, is true to his friends, generous to his foes. benevolent to the poor, sympathizes with the suflering and hates the oppressor, while he defends the victim. onES, WILLIAM J., collier, Shawnee, Ohio; was born March 19, 1840, in Falkirk,Stirlingshire, Scotland ; son of John and Sarah (Leaky) Jones ; was raised in town to the age of seven years, and then in the country to manhood, and has worked in mines since he was nine years old. Was married March 12, 1861, to Jane, daughter of John and Susan (Paul) Cowie, of Stenhouseneuir, Stirlingshire, Scotland. They are the parents of six living children: Sarah, Jennie, Susanna, Willie, Robert and Emma, and four dead: Susan, John, James and Jno. Mr. Jones came to this country, landing in New York, August 6, 1872, but left his family in Scotland. He came direct from New York to Shawnee, Ohio, and soon after sent for his family, who landed in New York January 2, 1873, from whence they came direct to Shawnee, where they have lived to the present time, and where he has been engaged in

Jones, Lewis, collier, Shawnee, Ohio; was born May, 10, 1845, in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales; son of John and Elizabeth (Richards) Jones. Mr. Jones was employed in the coaleriesin Wales at eight years of age, and followed that business until 1869, when he emigrated to America, leaving Liverpool in October, and landing in New York on the 25th of October, 1869 ; from there he went to Pomeroy, Meigs county, Ohio, mining about two years, and soon after reaching Pomeroy, his family, whom he had left in Wales, joined him and have remained with him up to this time. He has been engaged as follows: Syracuse, Ohio, remaining over two years ; New Straitsville, Ohio, one year, when he came to Shawnee, Ohio, where he has since made_his home and been employed as a miner. Mr. Jones was married September 1, 1867, tu Sarah, daughter of John and Ann (Byron) Reese, of Tredegar, Wales. They are the parents of eight children, viz.: Mararet, Elizabeth, Sarah Jane, John William, Caroline, Anna, Lewis and Elizabeth, deceased.

Jones, Ilenry, of the firm of Jones Brothers, dealers in lumber, contractors, undertakers and dealers in real estate, Corning, Ohio; was born January 29, 1851, in Liverpool, England; son of James E. and Rosanna (Henry) Jones. Henry-came in 1871, and located in Shawnee, Obio, in 1872. In 1873, went to Columbus, Ohio, and remained about three years ; then returned to Shawnee, where he remained until he came to his present residence in 1881. Mr. Jones was married in November, 1875, to Miss Jane, daughter of Richard and Ellen (Jones) Richison, natives of North Wales. They are the parents of two children, viz.: Edith Madaline and Ellen. 'This firm is doing an active business, having quite an extensive trade.

Kacay, Martin, P. O., Somerset; was born August 2oth, 1825, in Berne township, Fairfield county, Ohio; the youngest of the twelve children of Rudolph and Hannah (Siple) Kagay, who were born, married and united with the German Baptist Church in Shenandoah county, Virginia. 'The sons born there were John, Jacob, Christian, Abraham, and Rudolph Kagay, Jr.; and those born in Fairfield county, Ohio, whither Rudolph and his family emigrated in 1819, were Henry and Martin. The daughters were five in number - Katharine, wife of Andrew, the son of John Tite; Barbara, wife of Elder Lewis Seitz; Hannah, wife of John Crooks, Sr.; Elizabeth, widow of John Beaver ; and Polly, widow of Hezekiah Kanode, and the only one of the five yet living. Of the sons, Christian, Jacob, and Rudolph are no more. So that of the twelve children of father Rudolph and mother Hannah Kagay only five remain - John, in his eighty-sixth year; Abraharn, in his eightieth year; Henry, in his sixty-first year; Mrs. Kanode, in her sixty-eighth year; and Martin, in his fifty-eighth year. All lived to be men and women, and all reared large families except Jacob, who died a bachelor in his sixtv-seventh year. All were farmers or the wives of farmers except Polly, whose husband was a plasterer and bricklayer, and Martin, who became a physician and engaged otherwise. Father Rudolph lived to the age of. fifty-six, and is buried three miles south of Lancaster, while mother Hannah Kagay lived to see her ninety-first year and then died of hernia. Martin was left an orphan in his fourth year by the death ot his father, and to his twelfth year was sent to school, and then to the saddler's trade in Rushville to his fourteenth year. He resumed work on the farm and home of his brother Jacob to his eighteenth year; taught his first school in his nineteenth year in Seneca county, Ohio; taught one year in Marion county, Illinois; attended college at Granville, Ohio, in 1847~48 ; read medicine and practiced his profession at Pleasantville ; was elecied Clerk of the Court in 1851; was beaten, with his entire ticket, in 1854; raised and sold eighty acres of corn in Licking county in 1855; became editor of the Democratic Union in Somerset in 1856, and spent that entire year and not less than one thousand dollars in cash to revolutionize Perry county from the domination of the Know-Nothing arid Republican party, and succeeded in restoring that county to the Democrats that year by an average majority of forty votes against two hundred and ninety-eight for Governor Chase in 1855; and in 1859, when the Union newspaper, which he then edited, had secured the entire county patronage, he transferred it for a '¢ song"' to those who never appreciated his generosity ; engaged in a patent corn cutter invented by Rible; taught school in Somerset; inaugurated the purchase of the present school Jot, and carried it by five majority in a poll of two hundred and fifty votes ; stumped the county for Douglas, in 1860; took a decided stand for the war against the South, which had, by its bolt, defeated Douglas and the Democratic party; became the first Assessor of Internal Revenue in Perry county, as he had been the first Clerk of the Courts, under the present Constitution, in Fairfield ; was appointed Commissioner of Enrollment, or '* Draft Commissioner," as it was called, by President Lincoln. on recommendation of Hon. Alfred McVeigh and Hon. Carey A. Trimble, in 1862, in-which capacity he served to the end of the war, receiving an honorable discharge from Secretary Stanton; started the Somerset Adzvocatc, in 1867, to revive the railroad idea from Newark to Straitsville, which cost one and a halt million dollars, and moved, perhaps, twenty millions more of capital into furnaces, lands, towns, and mining, and added not less than ten thousand to the population of Perry county, directly or indirectly ; bought three sections of coal lands, on option, and realized large and sudden profits, and never sold to a man who did not also realize profits ; bought lands in and about Somerset, carried on a grocery trade, and, between the losses on the credit system of the latter and the depreciation of land prices after the panic of 1874, lost all his property, which had cost him more than double his liabilities; was cast into jail on a charge of embezzlement, made by a perjured villain whom he never before had seen or known, and who could, therefore, know nothing as to guilt or innocence, and on which charge no indictment could be found, and hence the prisoner was discharged, with a reputation limping in the hobbles of unjust suspicion ; but, with a spirit unbroken and a resolve unshaken, the conflicts of life were renewed: sympathy for the oppressed toiler was awakened into newness of life by his return to labor in the fields. The flat and heavily timbered lands of North-western Ohio, joined to their scarcity of stone and gravel for pikes, and the great cost of these even where material is plenty, suggested to Mr. Kagay the application of trench and tile, with charcoal covering, to the making of pikes. Martin Kagay became the husband of Christina Walters in 1850. Their surviving children are, Samuel, Rudolph Rizzio, Della, Ida, and Maggie. Three children died in infancy. The father of Mrs. Kagay was John Wal- - ters, deceased, of Fairfield county. Her mother was Mary Magdalena, daughter of the venerable Rev. William Foster, of 'Yhorn township. Her vocal powers were rare in her maiden days, and.she was in request at the singing schools of those times, and her voice, even now, possesses a compass and melody of the most engaging sweetness. She 'vas reared and educated in the Lutheran belief.