Troy Township (part 3 of 12)

The subject of this sketch was educated in the public schools of Delaware. On coming of age he began farming in Concord Township, being the owner of 163 acres. On this farm he spent all the years of his life subsequent to his marriage, dying in 1890 at the age of sixty-eight years. His wife, whose name in maidenhood was Harriett Amelia Day. to whom he was united in 1850. died also on the old homestead, July 11, 1900, aged seventy-four years. The}- were the parents of nine children, of whom the following is a brief record: Girard R. is a resident of Columbus. James II.. who was a physician in Delaware, died in California, to which State he had gone in the hope of recovering his health. Dorence E. is a physician of Delaware. William L. resides in Jamestown, North Dakota. Sarah E., who is now deceased, was the wife of Frederick Smith of Delaware. Amanda Ann is the wife of Martin Freese of Jamestown, North Dakota. Amy Catherine is the wife of John Kuhns of Scioto Township. Charles died at the age of four years. Harriet J. is the wife of O. P. Bird, of Scioto Township.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Hughs were members of the United Brethren Church, as were all the children, and Mr. Hughs was an ordained preacher in that denomination. In poli- tics lie was a Republican, and he served acceptably as clerk of the township for a number of years. He was a man the quality of whose citizenship was never in doubt, and who stood for what was highest and best in all that concerned either public duty or the private relations of life. His wife was a worthy helpmeet, and their home life was such that their children are now all prosperous and esteemed members of the community in which they respectively reside.

EV. AARON J. LYON, 1). I)., who since 1854. has been a member of the North Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, is one of the leading citizens of Delaware, where he is identified with large and important interests. Mr. Lyon was born on bis father's farm in Knox County, Ohio. June <>. 1828, and is one of a family of five children born to his parents, who were Daniel and Hannah ( Dalrymple) Lyon.

Mr. Lyon secured his elementary education in the local schools and was later - in 1854 - graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University. Of this institution he is now the oldest trustee, anil is the treasurer of the institution. For many years he was in the active ministry of the church. In 1905 he became president of the Delaware Savings Bank Company, the other officers being: C. B. Austin, vice-president; F. P. Hills, cashier, and W. H. Bodurtha. assistant cashier. The board oi directors include these well-known capitalists: A. J. Lyon, C. B. Austin. B. E. Freshwater. Charles Brundige. W. Shawaker, F. P. Hills. Colonel J. M. Crawford, J. E. McCullough and T. C. Jones. The institution was chartered under the laws of Ohio and does a general banking business, buying and selling foreign exchange and acting as agent for ocean steamship lines. Mr. Lyon is also president of the Electric Light and Power Company of Delaware. Mr. Lyon was first married to Olive Weatherby, who died in [876, and who was a daughter of Edmond Weatherby. The tour children of this marriage were: Lena, nowdeceased, who married William P. Sturges; Clotilda, who married Rev. W. F. McDowell, now a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church: Edmund 1)., who was graduated in 1882 from the Ohio Wesleyan University, and who is now principal of the Woodward High School at Cincinnati ; and Orrel, deceased, who married Frank B. Gibson, residing at Denver, Colorado. All of Mr. Lyon*s children were graduates of the Ohio Wesleyan University. Mr. Lyon was married, secondly, in 1878, to Rachel Hoy. Politically he is identified with the Republican party. Fraternally he is a Knight Templar Mason. Mr. Lyon is hale and hearty at the age of 80 years, and looks after his business interests with the same caution and ability that he did when 25 years younger.

HARLLS K. WATKINS, a prominent agriculturist of Radnor Township, Delaware County, Ohio, was born in this township in 1863. son of Edward and Sarah ( Evans) Watkins. His paternal grandparents, Evan and Margaret ( Davis ) Watkins, were natives of Wales, in which country the grandfather died, his widow subsequently coming to America with her children and settling in Radnor, Delaware County, Ohio. One of her sons. William, hail come to America pre- \ iously and was already settled here. He married Mary Jones, and among their children was Sarah Jane, who is now the widow of John Powell and resides in Radnor Village. On her arrival, Mrs. Margaret Davis Watkins built a small house in which she and her family took up their residence, and her sons soon acquired and set to work to clear a tract of land.

Edward Watkins, father of Charles K.. was but seven years of age when he accompanied his widowed mother to America. He resided in Radnor Township for the rest of his life, and at the time of his death, after eighteen years of retirement, he owned 195 acres oi

Charles R. Watkins was reared in Radnor Township, of which he is now one of the leading men. He served on the School Board frequently, has been assessor for eight years, and supervisor for fifteen years. He is the owner of the ten-acre tract in Radnor Village already mentioned, on which his father spent his last years. He married Grace Maugans of Ostrander, and thev have three children - Edward J., Wallace, and Elizabeth. Mr. Watkins is a member of the Congregate mal Church.

R. BENTON, proprietor of the Benton Brothers Tile factory and owner of a saw-mill, is one of the leading business men of Scioto Township, and he is a representative of two of the oldest and most substantial pioneer families of this section. Mr. Benton was born in Scioto Township. Delaware County. Ohio. November 5, [855, and is a son of Benjamin Thomas and Mary K. (Newhouse) Benton.

Benjamin Thomas Bent< m was born at Pbillipsburg. Pennsylvania, November 22, [824, and was nine years old when he accompanied his parents to Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. There his father, Edward William Benton, remained until [829, when he came to Scioto Township, Delaware County, purchasing the farm on which the subject of this sketch was born.

The Benton family originated in England, and was transplanted to America by four brothers, of whom Thomas II., the youngest, became a distinguished American statesman and the lather of the brilliant woman who became the wife of Gen. John C. Fremont. One of these brothers. Edward, was the great-grandfather of J. R. lienton. He bad three sons, one of whom went to California and was lost sight of; another is called to memory by the city of Benton Harbor, Michigan, which he founded; and the

Edward William Benton was born April 4, 1782, in Maryland, where he subsequently owned a plantation. This he abandoned on acci >unt of the slave laws, of which he did not approve. He moved to Pennsylvania and from that State to Knox County, and subsequently to Delaware County, Ohio. In 1806 he was married, first, to H. Duvall, and secondly, in 1820, to Matilda Phillips. His children were: Benjamin Thomas, Eli, Katherine, Anna, Erasmus and Nancy.

Benjamin Thomas Benton resided until bis death, which -occurred August 26, 1906, on the farm in Scioto Township, purchased by his father. He assisted in clearing this property, which, in the memory of his son. was still partly covered with native timber, and resided in the log house bis father had constructed. In his early political life he was a Whig and later embraced the Republican party principles, becoming a man of influence in his community in public affairs. He was a Free Mason, belonging- to the fraternity at Delaware. He was married August 13, 1846, to Mary K. Newhouse, who was born January 2, 1825, and who died January 9, 1901. She was a daughter of William ,and Annie (Richey) Newhouse. both members of the leading pioneer families. William Newhouse was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, March 11, 1800, and came with his parents, Anthony and Nancy (Coons) Newhouse, to Delaware County, in May. 1 814. On January 6, 1823, he married Annie Richey, who was a daughter of William Richey. After their marriage they settled near Bellpoint but later removed to Union County, whence they returned still later to Delaware County, settling on the farm in Scioto Township which is now owned by John R. Newhouse. They had eleven children, namely: Mary K., David Emery, Will Lafayette. Isaiah, Belinda, John R., Catherine. Nancy Jane. Adam, Joseph, and James II. William Newhouse died December 6. 1842.

Axd Representative Citizens

April H). 1847, wno 's engaged in the practice of medicine in Wyandot County, Ohio; Thomas Byron, born November 29, 1851, who died in November, [895; J. R., whose name begins this sketch; and Xarcissa M. G., horn May 14, 1858. married Hon. Brodrick, judge of the Court of Common Pleas at Marysvihe, Ohio, and Charles B., who resides on the home farm. Mr. Benton was a very active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, serving as a trustee, steward and class leader. He was a liberal contributor toward the building of the W. C. T. U. hall. When the sturdy manhood of the country was called on to rally to the defense of Washington, in 18O4, Mr. Benton became a member of the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served as long as his services were needed. He subsequently united with Tanner Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of which he was past commander. After reaching the age of sixteen years, with the exception of two years spent in Iowa and the time covering his army experience, Mr. Benton always lived in Scioto Township. In 1856 he purchased his farm from his father and contentedly passed his life raising grain and livestock.

J. R. Benton, the direct subject of this article, was reared in Scioto Township and was educated at the Delaware Union schools. After leaving school he learned the carpenter's trade. In the fall of 1884. he entered into the tile business on the home farm, and since 1895, has been also in the sawmill business. In the year above mentioned he moved to his present place, where he has facilities for shipping his entire product over the Big Four Railroad. Since 1906 he has done a large amount of building. His factory turns out 25,000 rods ot tile a year and his tile business is a prosperous industry. For twenty years Mr. Benton has been also a large producer of honey.

Mr. Benton married Eva L. Brodrick, who is a daughter of Isaac and Sarah P. (Hoff) Brodrick. who reside near Lewisburg, Union County. Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Benton have had four children, the three survivors being: Wyville E., who married Florence James of Xew Dover, O.. residing at Columbus; Dwight

Omar, who is a builder and contractor; and Mary 1\., who married Lorenzo Dow Poling, of Springfield, Ohio. Mr. Benton and family are members of the Presbyterian Church.

Fraternally, Mr. Benton is past grand of Edinburg Lodge of Odd Fellows and has served as deputy to the Grand Lodge. Both he and wife are members of Prosperity Lodge of Rebeccas, of which Mrs. Benton is a past noble grand, having been also a representative to the superior bodies. She belongs also to the Pythian Sisters, Xo. 261, of Ostrander. In politics, Mr. Benton is a Republican.

OHX HIEL MILLER, M. D., a leading physician of Delaware, was born October 6, 1858, in Greene County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Hiel and Mary (Warrick) Miller. The paternal grandfather was Jacob Miller, who went to Greene County, Pennsylvania, from Fayette County, settling there at an early date ami acquiring more than one thousand acres of land. Jacob Miller married Sarah McConnell, who belonged to a prominent and unmerous family for whom Connellsville, Pennsylvania, was named. On the maternal side, Dr. Miller is connected with Patrick Henry, the orator and statesman, whose services in Revolutionary times will never be forgotten by patriotic Americans. Hiel Miller, father of Dr. Miller, was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, and died there at the age of twenty-seven years, in 1863. Of his four children two died in infancy. John Hiel and Esther survive, the latter being the wife 1 if James Clouston, residing at Cameron, West Virginia. Mrs. Miller was married, secondly, to John Hinerman, and had one son, Ellsworth Hinerman, who resides at Beaver, Pennsylvania. After the death of Mr. Hinerman his widow was married to Jesse Wells and one son was born of the third marriage, James B. Wells, who is a dentist engaged in practice at McMechen, West Virginia. Mrs. Wells still survives and is now aged seventy years.

his father died. He attended the common schi H(ls. and in order to fit himself for the pedagogic profession, spent two terms in a private school, receiving a teacher's certificate when but fifteen years of age. He was subsequently engaged in teaching during eight winter terms. By a course of home study lie prepared for entrance into the college of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, in 1885, and after studying there, entered the Western Pennsylvania Medical College, where he was graduated in the class of [886-7, ut which he hail the distinction of being president. He obtained second honors in his class, and was always a very popular member both with his associates and the faculty. Dr. Miller immediately entered upon the practice of his profession, locating first at Bristoria, Greene County, Pennsylvania. He later practiced for one year at Washington, Pennsylvania, and then came to Delaware, where he has since been established. During President Cleveland's first administration, he was appointed a member of the Board of Pension Examiners of Greene County, Pennsylvania. In December, 1903. he took the examination required by the Ohio State Medical Examining Board, and became a member of the Delaware County Medical Society. He enjoys a large and lucrative practice and occupies a prominent place among the medical men of the county.

( )n November 21, 1878, Dr. Miller was married tn Charlotte A. Nuss, who is a daughter 1 if Joseph and Elizabeth (Geary) Xib>, of Greene County. Pennsylvania. Their surviving children are: Floyd V., who is a student at Starling Medical College, a member of the class of 1909; Ethel, who is a student in the Delaware High School; Ray, who is a clerk in a dry goods store; and John and Earl, both of whom are pupils in the public schools. Three of their children died in infancy. The eldest son, Leon, died of dyptheria, in 1896, aged almost seventeen years. Furman, a bright youth of thirteen years, was accidentally killed in the fall of [895, at Jacksonville, Pennsylvania. Dr. Miller has long been an active member of the Democratic party. Since locating at Delaware he has been urged to accept party favors, and in 1907 was elected

EV1 BISHOP, justice of the peace and representative citizen of Troy Township, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, October 22, 1830, and is a son of James and Sarah (Cole) Bishop. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Bishop, Joseph and Mary Cole, came to Troy Township from Virginia, among the early settlers, in 1808, locating in the dense woods that then covered all this section, the mother of Mr. Bishop being then eight years of age. The father of Mr. Bishop came also from Smyth County, Virginia, and settled in Troy Township in 1827. He was engaged all his life in agricultural pursuits and was a cabinet-maker. Upon the organization of the Republican party he became identified with it and continued a supporter of its policies until his death, in 1 884. He at one time served as clerk of Troy Township.

Levi Bishop grew to manhood on the home farm, assisting in its development, and in the meanwhile securing a district school education. He devoted himself to farming and stockraising. On December 25, 185 r, he was married to Lydia Main, who was a daughter of Lyman and Hannah Main. She died March 5, 1893. leaving one son, Wesley.

Wesley Bishop was born September 22. 1 !S 5 2 . and has always resided with his father on the home place of 164 acres, which is known as Pleasant Hill Farm. Since 1880 he has been engaged in the Merino sheep industry, and is now serving as secretary and treasurer of the Ohio Merino Sheep Breeders' Association, having served in this capacity since 1897. This body was organized in [882 and Mr. Bishop was one of the charter members of the association. He owns the largest flock of pure-bred Merino sheep in Delaware County and has done a great deal toward raising the quality of the stock in this section. He married Addie Rosella Jacoby, who was born in Marion County, Ohio, and who is a daughter of the late Jacob Jacoby, of Delaware County. Wesley Bishop and wife have had four children, namely: 0. Hartley, nowdeceased: Josie L., Archie J. and Violet R. Mr. Bishop is a Republican. He belongs to the order of Woodmen of the World.

For a number of years Levi Bishop has served in the office of justice of the peace and in this capacity is known and esteemed all through Troy Township. Politically he is a Republican. During the Civil war he served with the 100-day men, called out in 1864, as a member of Company C. One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 1 icing stationed at Arlington Heights. Washington, D. C. Mr. Bishop is one of the older residents of Troy Township and he and his son have been identified with a large part of its material development, both being men of excellent judgement and foresight and of the best type of citizenship.

E. KENDRICK, general manager of the Scioto Lime and Stone Company, at Delaware, which owns and operates the extensive plant on North Sandusky Street, and the only hydrating lime machine in this part of Ohio, has been identified with the interests of this city since August, 1902. He was born in Michigan, where he was also reared and educated, and immediately prior to coming to Delaware, he resided at Kalamazoo. In 1897 Mr- Kendrick was married to Edith Belle McCartney, who is also a native of Michigan. Mr. Kendrick is a member of the Masonic fraternity. I lie Scioto Lime and Stone Company of Delaware, owned by James Reamy. Jr., of Baltimore. Md., is one of the city's large and flourishing industries. Employment is afforded to from forty to fifty men in the busy season, and the plant has a capacity of 1.000 barrels of lime per day. It is thoroughly equipped with all manner of modern machinery required in the business and stands alone in this section in possessing the hydrating machine mentioned above. The local trade

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IONATHAN KELLEY JAMES. M. D., one of the leading physicians and surgeons of Delaware County, who has been a resident of Delaware since [888, was born in Brown County, . 'une 25, 1868, and is a son of Rev. Evan Phillip and Lucy T. Kelley James.

Rev. Evan P. James, who was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Wales. February 28, [828, and came to America when nineteen years of age. For forty years he was a member of the Cincinnati M. E. Conference. He is now living retired in Delaware.

Dr. J. K. James was educated in the best schools available in the places where his father's ministerial duties respectively located the family, and in 1887 he was graduated from the Bethel High School in Clermont County. He then came to Delaware and spent four years in the Ohio Wesleyan University. April 7. 1897. he was graduated from the Ohio Medical University, now the Starling Medical University of Columbus, Oho, and immediatelysettled down to the practice of his profession m Delaware. He has been received with public favor, and is in the enjoyment of a large and lucrative practice both in the city and county. He is a member of the Delaware County, the Ohio State and the American Medical Associations. At Delaware he has served as city health officer and is at present a member of the Board of Health. He enjoys the friendship of all his fellow practitioners.

On April 20. 1897, Dr. James was married to Maude Stanton, of Delaware. They have one sun, Dorrance Stanton, who was born February 24. 1900. Dr. and Mrs. James are members of the William Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Fraternally, he is a Mason. He is physician and surgeon for a number of the leading insurance organizations, including. the Bankers' Life, the Hartford Life, the Co- lunibia Life, the Aetna Life and Accident and the Connecticut Mutual, and is health examiner also for the Knights of Columbus. He is a Republican in politics.

Samuel Rittenhouse, the paternal grandfather, was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, and came to Ross County, Ohio, at an early day. He settled within seven miles of Chillicothe when a forest covered the whole distance. He died in October. 1872, when within a few months of being 100 years old.

Henry G. Rittenhouse, father of Joseph R., was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, in [812, and died in 1882. He was two years old when his parents moved to Ross County. He had but meager school advantages, his whole term of school attendance not exceeding three months,, but he was gifted with a good intellect and became a well-informed man. He followed the trade of tanner until 1850, and engaged in farming until 1854, when he moved to Dover Township, Union County, where he followed farming until 1N72. I lis last removal was to Henry County, Iowa, where he continued agricultural pursuits until his death. During the Mexican War he took part in militia drill, but his regiment was never called into action, lie married a daughter of Moses Latta, of Ohio, and they had nine children, seven of whom reached maturity, namely : Thomas C, residing at Wintield. Iowa; Joseph H. ; David, residing at Muscatine, Iowa; Clara, now deceased, was the wife of Frederick Swick, who is also deceased: Sarah, who is deceased; Emma, who married Samuel Connors, residing in Colorado; and John, residing at Muscatine, Iowa. The mother of the above mentioned family

Joseph H. Rittenhouse was reared in Dover Township, Union County, where he enjoyed excellent school advantages. He was but eighteen years of age when he became a soldier in defence of the Union, enlisting August 8, 1862, in Company F, Ninety-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was later transferred to Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment, being one of nine extra men in the former regiment. He continued with this regiment without losing a day, participating in all its dangers until June 2j, 1864, when he was wounded in the hip at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, the injury being of so serious a nature that he was disabled for further service and he received his honorable discharge on May 30, 1865, the day preceding his twenty-first birthday.

Mr. Rittenhouse then returned to Union County, and when he had sufficiently recuperated, he engaged in farming which he followed there until 1872, when he came to Ostrander. Here he has since resided, being closely identified with some of the most important interests of the place. For many years after coming here he was engaged in shipping stock and he then became a member of the present firm. In 1892, poor health caused his temporary retirement from business, but in 1906, with returning health came renewed interests in business affairs and since then he has been very active.

Mr. Rittenhouse married Amanda Carr, who died December 6, 1906, at the age of fifty-nine years. She was a daughter of Evan and Phcebe Carr, residents of Scioto Township. Seven children were born to Mr. Rittenhouse and wife, five of whom reached maturity, namely: Hugh C, a resident of Columbus; Henry E., who resides in Virginia; Iva Lou, who married I. N. Gardner, residing at Columbus ; Kerr, residing at New Streetsvine. Ohio; and Bertha, who is a resident of Crestline. In politics, Mr. Rittenhouse is a Republican. He is a member and past commander of Tanner Post, No. 531, Grand Army of the Republic.

And Rhprksfxtative Citizens

HOMAS F. DYE, the efficienl superintendent of the State (iirls' Industrial Home, at Delaware, was born February 14. [860, in Meigs County, Ohio, and is a son of Martin and Martha ( Berkely ) Dye.

The parental grandfather, Martin Dye, was born in Pennsylvania and removed from that State to Meigs County, Ohio, where he was one of the early settlers. His father, Thomas Dye. was probably born in England. Idie father of Thomas F. Dye followed agriculture in Meigs County all his life. He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church.

Thomas F. Dye was educated in the schools of Meigs County, and remained until he was seventeen years old on his father's farm, when he engaged in farming for himself. From early manhod he has been identified with politics and almost from that time has held public and responsible offices. His first township election was to membership on the Hoard of Education, his second to membership on the Board of Trustees, and at the general election in 1893, he was made county commissioner and served seven years as a member of the Board of Commissioners of Meigs County. On April 27, 1901. he was appointed by Governor Nash a member of the Board of Managers of the Ohio State Reformatory for Boys at Mansfield, and served on that board for over three years. On April 1. 11104. he was elected superintendent of the Board of Trustees of the (iirls' Industrial Home at Delaware.

Mr. Dye is a man of striking personality. Few men have a more accurate knowledge of the industrial institutions of Ohio than he - knowledge that has been gained from years oi experience. He has been active in advocating and securing appropriations for a half dozen of the large buildings which have been added to the Girls' Home, in the past three years. Mainly through his efforts, what is known as the "cottage plan" has been adopted, and a building recommended and designed by him, for the accommodation of seventy members of the class designated Merit, has recently been completed. It is a fine building, equipped with all modern conveniences, with spacious halls, reading" and reception parlors, well furnished sleeping rooms, with the floors covered with attractive rugs. It is the idea to develop in the gir}s, by such attractive surroundings. a proper pride, that may act as a healthy stimulus to them after leaving the institution and inspire them to worthy and successful effi ri in the carrying out of their subsequent careers. While this building will accommodate no more than twenty per cent of the inmates, it stands as a reward for excellency in studies and meritorious deportment. It cannot but have a healthy influence on the life of all those who become its inmates, and the bread thus scattered on the waters may come back to Superintendent Dye increased a thousand fold.

On September 29, 1879, Mr. Dye was married to Addie C. Douglas, who is a daughter of John and Fmeline Douglas, of Downington, Ohio. They have had four children, one daughter and three sons, namely: Mattie Blanche. John Martin, Douglas Franklin and Charles Herman. In political sentiment. Mr. Dye is a stanch Republican. He is a member of Harrisonville Lodge. Xo. 411, F. & A. M., of the Knights of Pythias and of the Modern Woodmen of the World. Since he was sixteen years of age he has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

HOMAS J. GRIFFIN, who is engaged in a grocery business in Delaware, with commodious quarters at Xo. 177 East Central Avenue, is interested in a number of the other successful business enterprises of this city. He was born in 1857. in Delaware, in the same city ward in which he still resides, and is a son of James Griffin, who was born in Ireland and who came to Delaware in 1835.

Thomas J. (iriffin spent his early life as a school-boy and as an employe of several of the city's industrial plants. He then took up railroading, working for four years as a fireman and nine years as a freight engineer, and subsequently spending four years in the pas- senger service. For six years lie served in the office of chairman of the Locomotive Engineers' organization anil for two years was chairman of the Adjustment Board of that body. Since leaving the railroad, in 1895, Mr. Griffin has been engaged in a grocery business and in looking after his investments in other concerns. He owns a one-fourth interest in the Electric Rolling Mill Company, and is a director in the Delaware National Bank, in the People's Building and Loan Company, and in the Electric Light, Heat and Power Company. For six years he served in the City Council.

In Kj02, Mr. Griffin was married to Bessie Agnes Quilter, who is a daughter of Daniel Ouilter of Fremont. Ohio. He is a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church. His fraternal connections are with the Knights of Columbus, the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the Elks and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. As a thoughtful citizen he has ever taken more or less interest in politics, hut is in no sense a politician. His business interests are comprehensive and he possesses the capacity to look carefully after them.

HOMAS B. NEWHOUSE, a leading citizen and prominent agriculturist of Scioto Township, residing on his finely-improved farm of 180 acres. was born in this township, on the farm of his grandfather. Samuel Newhouse, January 30. 1806. Mis parents were Alexander and Hannah (Bryson) Newhouse.

The Newhouse family originated in England and the first of the name known in America settled in London County, Virginia, in [740. \nthony Newhouse, the great-grandfather of Thomas B. Newhouse, was born in Loudon County, Virginia, February 10. 1772. When he was about four years of age his father left lb .me to serve in the Patriot army in tlie Revolutionary War. and he was eight years old when his father died in the service. \ntli"m assisted his widowed mother to rear the younger children, lie was connected with several military movements, first in 1794. when he enlisted to assist in supressing what was known as the Whiskey Rebellion, and again, in 181 2. when he was a member oi John Boggs' Company that went as tar as Fort Defiance, in the Indian troubles on the border. In 1798 he spent six months at Wheeling and from there went to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where he was married March 28. 1799, to Nancy Coons.

In the early part of 1800, with his fatherin-law. John Coons, and Henry Moore, he moved to Pickaway County. Ohio, the women of the part going down the Ohio River on an old-fashioned keel boat, the only one running at that period, while the men took what was called the Zanes trail. The pioneers settled on a partly cleared tract of Government land, where the Indians had made some attempts at cultivation, on Scipio Creek, in Salt Creek Township. Pickaway Count)'. At that time the nearest settlements were Chillicothe and Lancaster, the former thirteen and the latter eighteen miles distant. They subsisted on corn which was brought on horseback from Marietta and was reduced to meal by homemade utensils, and on game which was abundant all through the forests. For many years their life was primitive, and while they had no luxuries and few of the comforts of life, they probably had as much contentment as many of the present generation who are able to make lavish expenditures. In January, 1814. Anthony Newhouse sold his farm of iC)0 acres in Pickaway County and bought 200 acres in Scioto Township. Delaware Count v. bringing his family, his household lielongings and some of his stock to the new home in May of that year.

Samuel Newhouse, the grandfather oi Thomas 11.. was born in Scioto Township, Vugusl 21). [817. In [838, he married Sarah McGee, who was born in 1816. Of their eight children, five survived infancy, namely: Nancy, Alexander. William, Nathan ami Martha. Samuel Newhouse followed agricultural pursuits all hi-- life and when he could not work his land he made barrels, having learned the cooper's trade. He was one of the Eoun- ders of the Methodist Episcopal Church in this section, and lie was one of the promoters of the organization known as the Sons ol Temperance.

Alexander Newhouse, son of Samuel and father of Thomas B., was horn September 27, 1840. in Scioto Township, Delaware County, Ohio. He attended the district schools of the township and grew to manhood on his father's farm. After his marriage he moved to Adams County. Illinois, where he was engaged in farming for nine years, lie then returned to Scioto Township and settled on his present farm of 115 acres. For some twelve years he lived retired, but during his active period he raised a large amount of stock and also much grain and hay. In August, 1864. he enlisted for service in the Civil War, entering Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was ordered to Kentucky and later to Tennessee, where Mr. Newhouse became so ill that he was returned to Camp Dennison. Later, when the call was made for 100-day men, he enlisted in Company K. One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was stationed near Washington, D. C. During the term of his first enlistment he participate! 1 in the battle of Perryville.

Alexander Newhouse has three children by his first marriage, namely : Thomas B., William, and Edgar. The mother of these children. Mrs. Hannah Bryson Newhouse, died while the family were residing in Illinois. Mr. Newhouse subsequently married Lydia Hill, of which union there is one child, Marie, who is now the wife of Earl Dunlap, of Scioto Township. Mr. Newhouse is a member of the old stone Presbyterian Church of South Radnor, in which he is an elder. He is a Dem- 1 icrat in his political views.

Thomas B. Newhouse was about one year old when his parents moved to Vlam- County, Illinois, and he was ten when the family returned to Scioto Township, where he completed his education. He continued to live on the home farm until his marriage, ami in [896 he settled on his present place, thirty acres ,,\ which belonged to the farm which his greatgrandfather, Anthony Newhouse, secured for two dollars an acre almost 100 years ago. Mr. Newhouse cultivates about 120 acres of his land, devoting from forty to fifty to haw forty to corn, and twenty to oats, and having a large amount of hay to sell. He keeps twenty-five head of cattle, thirty of hogs, forty of pigs. and twenty-five Delaine ewes, from which he breeds. Mi". Newhouse's surroundings are those of an enterprising and progressive farmer; his land is so thoroughly tilled, his stock is in such excellent condition, and all of his buildings are substantial in character, and attractive to the eye. His fine two-story frame residence, of twelve rooms, stands on the State Road, and since he completed the improvements on it in 1906, it is probably as fine a home as can be found in this section.

On Thanksgiving eve, 1891, Mr. Newhouse was united in marriage with Miss Lulu Rittenhouse, who is a daughter of Hamilton W. Rittenhouse, of Scioto Township. His family now includes two children. Alexander Hamilton and Pauline Estella. All the members of the family belong to the Presbyterian Church at Ostrander, Mr. Newhouse being one of the elders.

ILLIAM BEVAN, a representative citizen of Delaware County, Ohio, and an honored survivor of the great Civil War. who is extensively engaged in agricultural pursuits in Scioto Township, was born June 26. 1835, in Breconshire, South Wales, and is a son of David and Margaret (Lewis) Bevan. David Bevan. Si"., who was also a native of Breconshire, South Wales, came from that country to America in [842 with his wife and six children, ami located in Delaware Township, Delaware County, Ohio, where his wife's sister and her four children lived. Mr. Bevan settled in a little loo- cabin on a fifty-acre tract on the Warrensburg pike, just north of where his son David now lives, and here commenced clearing the heavily timbered land. In a few years the family had a well-improved farm, and Air. Bevan prospered to such an extent that at the time of his death, May 23, 1879, lie was the owner of 400 acres of land. He was a man of great energy and ambition, was prudent and economical, and was esteemed by all with whom he had dealings. For many years he was engaged in dealing in and raising cattle and sheep, and in this line was as successful as in his other operations, lie was married to Margaret Lewis, who died in [863, having been the mother of six children, namely : Margaret, who died single; David, who is one of the most prosperous farmers of I )elaware Township, and who married Eliza Davis: William: James and Charles, who are now deceased; and Dinah, who keeps house for her brother William. The parents of these children were faithful members of the Congregational Church.

William Bevan received a limited education in the schools of Scioto Township, and in his youth learned the trade of carpenter in Delaware Township, an occupation which he followed until the outbreak of the Civil War. He enlisted September 26, iSo_>, in Company

C, One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and continued in Ins country's service until April. [865, when he was mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky. He continued with his company during the first seven months of his enlistment, and during his first winter in the army suffered many privations, the cold at one time being so intense that Mr. Bevan's cheek froze to the ground while he was sleeping. After leaving his regiment he served for ten or fifteen months with the Pioneer Corps, and the balance of his term of enlistment was spent in Company

D. L'nited States Engineer Corps. A courageous and ready soldier. Mr. Bevan gained the respect of comrades and officers, and his war record is one of which any man might well be proud.

For some years after In- return from the service, Mr. Bevan was engaged in working at his trade, but in [888 be located on the old home farm, which he has continued to operate with much success to the present time, raising large crops of grain ami hay and giving much attention to stock dealing. The fine old residence on the property has been standing for mam- years, and Mr. Bevan well remembers helping the builder make the brick therefor when he was nine or ten years old. While Mr. Bevan did not have such educational advantages as are extended to the youth of the present day. he has been a great reader of good literature, converses equally well in both English and Welsh, is familiar with the leading topics of the times, and is one of the best versed men in the Scriptures to be found in this section. He is a great Bible student, and is one of the leading members of the Welsh Congregational Church. located at Radnor. Formerly a Republican, Mr. Bevan has for several years been identified with the Prohibition party, but he has never aspired to public office. He is unmarried and his sister Dinah resides with him and manages the In >useh< 'Id.

\RRY LEONARD was born December 17. 1865, in Brown Township, Delaware County, Ohio, being the sou of Jonathan and Elizabeth Leonard, who were among the early settlers of Delaware County. Jonathan Leonard was born February 5, i8_>o. and came to this count}' from Washington County, Pennsylvania, in [826. He was engaged in the occupation of merchant tailoring for eighteen years. In [855 he engaged in farming and for nearly one-half of a century lived on the well-known farm in Brown Township, Delaware County. Ohio. In [890, on account of advanced age. he retired from the farm and has since lived in the city of Delaware. Ohio, retiring from active business.

Elizabeth Leonard is a daughter of .me of the well known and pronounced advocates of the abolition of slavery, and the sister of three brothers who engaged in the war for the settlement of the difficulties between the north and the south. Both parents have been deeply interested in public affairs and the welfare of their children.

Thus the early year- of Harry Leonard wer spent under the kind and parental care of his parents on the farm. His education liein the district school of his neighborhood, subsequently he attended the Normal school at Ada. Ohio, and spent several terms at the Ohio Wesleyan University. He read law in the offices of Judge McEIroy and F. A. Owen and was admitted to the bar in June. 1899,

-mil; with a grade above the average, and after receiving his diploma at once engaged in the practice of law at his present location. No. ^,2' j North Sandusky Street, Delaware. Ohio. In 1906 Mr. Leonard was admitted on examination to practice law in the United States Courts as solicitor attorney and counselor-at-la\v and proctor and advocate in admiralty. Mr. Leonard is an ardent Republican in politics, having served six years as justice of the peace in the City of Delaware. Ohio, is a careful and accurate thinker, a student of public and private affairs, a man of the strictest integrity and one whose moral character is without reproach. Ever since Mr. Leonard was seventeen year- of age he has been a member of the Presbyterian Church, and has been actively engaged in Sabbath school work, acting as president of Brown Township Sabbath School Convention for several years and cunty secretary of Sabbath school work.

On June 15, 1905. Mr. Leonard was married to Ruth I. Baker, who for many years was a teacher in the public schools 01 Delaware. Ohio. They have a happy and beautiful home at 444 West William Street in the city of Delaware. Ohio, and are the parents of one child - Georgia E.

[LAS W. FOWLER, M. 1).. of Delaware, was born in 1X47. in Prattsville. Green County, New York, the fourth child of Charles M. and Catherine Ann Fowler. His father was - a native of Prattsville. while his mother was horn in New Philadelphia. Tu-carawas County. Ohio. The parents settled on a 200- acre farm in Porter Township, Delaware

Silas W. Fowler received his primary education in the common schools of the township. In 1862-63 ne was sent to Central College Academy. During the winters, at the age of [5 and i(>. he taught school in the northern part of Franklin County. His ordinary occupations were interrupted by the Civil War, and in the spring of 1864 he enlisted in the One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Regiment. O. V. 1. After returning from the army, he entered Oherlin College, where he remained until the fall of 1868. He then began reading medicine under the celebrated Dr. J. W. Russell, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio. In 1869-70 he attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and in 1871 he was graduated from Jefferson Medical College, at Philadelphia Pennsylvania.

His father, having rented the farm, moved to Delaware in 1869. and the son. in the year of his graduation, settled in Delaware, where he has been steadily engaged in the practice of hi- profession, having for 32 years occupied the same office.

Dr. Fowler has been engaged continuously, more or less, in literary work, besides establishing a large and lucrative practice. 1 le has written articles for various medical journals. In 1880 he was a member of the corps that wrote the Delaware County History, writing the history of several townships and of the medical profession ; and he has a >ntributed the history of the medical profession, and of various schools of medicine from 1808 to the present time, as well as the history of the secret orders of the county, for the present history.

Dr. Fowler has been a frequent delegate from the various medical societies to which he belongs to the State Medical Association, the American Medical Association, and to the International Medical Congress. He has I an extensive traveler, and while traveling has been a close investigator of professional work and schools. While visiting on the Pacific slope one year, he had the good fortune 1 meet the celebrated Dr. Lorenz. and to study his methods on the bloodless reduction and treatment of the hip joint disease. While in California he investigated the history of the old Spanish missions, and wrote many letters concerning' them which were published. He made an extensive trip to Mexico and Cuba, as well as through the southern and eastern States of this country. Two years ago he made a trip to the Orient, visiting the Azores; Spain, northern Africa, Egypt, Palestine, Asia Minor, Turkey, Greece, Italy, and other European countries. While in the Orient he made a special study of leprosy in its various farms, and saw hundreds suffering from this dread disease. He has prepared an article on this ancient disease for the medical fraternity.

Dr. Fowler is a Free Mason, belonging to the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Delaware Council, the Commandery of Knight Templars at Marion, Ohio, the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite at Columbus, Ohio, and the Scioto Consistory, being a Master and 32d degree Mason. He is a member (if Asbury M. E. Church, having been thus connected with it since his early youth. His great-grandparents, grandparents, and parents were strict Presbyterians.

The Doctor has always been interested in the welfare of the town, and has written and published several articles on the hygienic condition of the city and its water supply, and has also been interested in perfecting and extending the use of the valuable mineral w aters in and around the city.

Dr. Fowler married Miss Iza Vail, a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University, and only daughter of the late Judge Isaac C. and Clara B. Vail, formerly of Cleveland, Ohio.

higher and higher in public esteem, through the conspicuous and honorable positions held by father and son in the professions of the ministry and the law. and by their right attitude toward all questions affecting the public weal, and their unselfish and untiring efforts in forwarding every movement for the common -good.

The family ancestry traces back to Rev. John Van Deman, the great-grandfather of the subject of this notice. He was a Presbyterian clergyman, who. with his family, emigrated from Holland, and settled in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, at an early day. His son John married a lady whose maiden name was Hester. In 1804 the family, including their son Henry, the father of Hon. John D. Van Deman, moved to Ross County, Ohio, and settled on a beautiful farm nine or ten miles from Chillicothe. John Van Deman was a very successful farmer, and a man of strong character, serving fi ir years as an elder in the Presbyterian Church. After his- ordination to the ministry, Rev. Henry Van Deman, in 1824, came to Delaware County, and for nearly forty years before his death, which occurred in 1872. he was pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Delaware. His wife, the mother of the subject of this sketch, died on January 26. 1888. aged eighty-six years. She was a native of Kentucky, and her maiden name was Sarah Darlinton. Her father. Gen. Joseph Darlinton, was a member of the territorial legislature of Ohio, and also a member of the convention held in 1801, to frame the first constitution of the State of Ohio. He was also a member of the first Senate of Ohio.

Hon. John D. Van Deman was born in Delaware, Ohio, February 12, 1832. When a child, Mr. Van Deman received his primary lessons from Mrs. Murray, in the basement of the building located on the Court House lot, on the second floor of which he completed his legal studies preparatory to his admission to tlie liar. President Hayes was also an alumnus of tlie same school. Young Van Deman took the full classical course in the Ohio Wesleyan University, from which he was graduated in 1851. Immediately thereafter he en- tered the law office of Powell & Buck, where his legal studies were pursued for two years. He was admitted to the Bar in [853, before the District Court presided over by Hon. Allen G. Thurman, then chief justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio, and began practice in Delaware, soon achieving a success that was very gratifying. His first partnership was with Judge T. W. Powell, which continued until 1862. He then formed a partnership with the late H. M. Carper, which was maintained without interruption until [889, when Mr. Van Deman retired from general practice. Theirs was the oldest law firm in the State at the time of its dissolution. It is a pleasing commentary on the carefulness and the mutual confidence reposed the one in the other, that when their final settlement was made, covering the whole period of thirty-six years of a partnership business, the final balance showed that one had received only one cent more than the other. There had been no comparison or settling up of personal accounts of either with the firm from the beginning of the partnership until its close. During all this period, their relations were not only friendly and cordial, but of the closest intimacy.

Mr. Van Deman's first case, was one which became famous afterwards, from the principal established in it when it reached the Supreme Court. It was a question affecting the grade of streets, and it became a leading authority everywhere on that subject. Judge Powell was associated with Mr. Van Deman in the case. Colonel Crawford, an old lawyer, had brought suit for damages against the city of Delaware, for cutting down the street in front of his residence. On a hearing in the District Court. Judge Powell was trying to call to mind a Latin maxim, which he thought was applicable to the case, but which eluded his grasp. Finally Judge Finch, a fine Latin scholar, said : "Mr. Powell, you refer to the maxim, 'Damnum absque injuria.' " "Yes, yes," said Judge Powell, "that is it." The Colonel, who was not a Latin scholar, at once spoke up: "I'll you whether it is a damn tight squeeze before I get through with you." There were very few important cases tried in the courts of Delaware Count) during the time of Mr. Van Deman's active relations with the Bar in which he was not engaged. One of the most celebrated cases he managed was that of Lou Honk, a manipulator oi Three Card Monte, who killed a man on a Hocking Valle) train. Of his argument in that trial, the Ohio State Journal said: "His address was admired bj all who were present: it was clear and sound in argument, and his rhetoric was unusually fine. The speech was pronounced one of the best ever delivered at the Bar of Delaware County. Another celebrated case was one growing out of the failure of a bank at Logansport, Indiana, which was tried in the Federal courts at Toledo. An attempt was made on the part of the Indiana bank management to hold Mr. Thompson, a non-resident, as a stockholder in the bank. There was a verdict against Mr. Thompson on the first trial. The case was taken to the Supreme Court of the United States, and the judgment reversed. After a delay of eight years, the case was again tried, and a verdict was hail in favor of Mr. Thompson's estate, Mr. Thompson having gone long before to his final account.

Mr. Van Deman always prepared his pleadings with exceptional care and tried his cases in court with great skill. He sometimes perplexed a witness by his sharp cross-examination. An amusing incident illustrative of this occurred during the trial of one of his causes. The question related to the genuineness of a signature. The defendant had verified his answer, and on the witness stand, as an expert, had given his opinion against the genuineness of the signature to the note. On cross-examination. Mr. Van Deman required the witness to state with positiveness his conclusions; then wrote something at the trial table on a paper, which he folded up in view of the witness ; then folded the paper on which the defendant's answer was written, in such a way as to expose the signature only. He handed this paper to the defendant, asking him to examine the name and see if it was his signature. The witness promptly denied it. at the same time pointing out with particularity the let- ters which showed it was not genuine. The witness was then requested to unfold the paper and tell the jury what it was. With complete astonishment and some embarrassment, he exclaimed: "Why, my God, it is my answer in the case, and my signature to the verification." His suspicion of a trap had led him into error. The incident also shows the weakness of that kind of expert testimony.

Mr. Van Deman has always been a Republican, but has rarely aspired to political honors, lie was satisfied with the emoluments, as well as the fame which a lawyer who attends strictly to the profession, may secure. He was just entering his professional career when the Republican party was burn. The condition of affairs and the issues which caused the formation of that party were of deep interest to him. and in [856 he took the stump in favor of Fremont and the new political platform, which opposed the further extension of slaver; Frequent visits to the South had convinced him that slavery was not such an institution that its wider spread over the virgin territories of the nation was desirable, or for the best prosperity of the country, lie hecame acquainted with Abraham Lincoln in [859, when the latter made his great speech in Columbus against Stephen A. Douglas, from the east side of the State House. He was so charmed with the great simplicity, candor, true nobility, and strong common sense of the .Martyr I 'resident, that he became one of his most zealous adherents, lie continued in campaign work until after the campaign of [884, when he retired from the political field. leaving the more arduous service to younger But in [896, when the national honor was at stake, and when the question of giving to the people a currency worth it- face value, or one that could not be received in the markets of the world, was the burning one in p tics, he again entered the field, and made many speeches in Ohio; and under "the aptmenl of the National Committee, spent four weeks on the stump in Kansas, most of the time in "Sockless" Jerry Sipson's Populistic district. Prior to the organization of the

Republican party, Mr. Van Deman was a Henry Clay Whig, and served as a delegate to the last Whig convention in Ohio, when Nelson Barrier was nominated for Governor. He was for four years prosecuting attorney of Delaware County; four years mayor of the city of Delaware; once a candidate for judge of the Court of Common Pleas of his subdivision, and later a candidate for Circuit Judge of the Sixth Circuit of Ohio; but in both cases the Democratic party had an overwhelming majority, and though unsuccessful, he made a satisfactory race, cutting down the majority of his Democratic opponents over one thousand votes. He was for several terms a member of the City Council and its presiding officer. The following resolution presented by the late Gen. J. S. Jones, upon his retirement, and passed unanimously, shows the opinion of his fellow-councilmen : "We desire to express our thanks and appreciation of our president. Under his administration the business of the Council has been transacted with accuracy and dispatch. The expenses of the city government have been largely curtailed, and. stimulated by his example, other city officers have been imbued with his commendable spirit of economy and reform. Our Council meetings have been exceptionally free from discord. No ruling of the Chair has been questioned, because all have been fair and impartial. We regret exceedingly that with the close of this term, the city loses his experience and ability in the direction of its government.*'

Mr. Van Deman's disposition is to be conservative, believing that permanent success for the country will be found in guarding carefully the public expenditures and discountenancing appropriation of the people's money for questionable objects, rather than in hunting up new forms of taxation, whereby the people become oppressed and all kinds of modern official graft flourishes, lie would reduce the taxes to a minimum, and exact of all officials a faithful performance ol duty and an honest execution of their several trusts.

ment U. S. I., in the Civil War. and a charter member of George B. Torrence Post, G. A. R., of which he is past commander. He served as aide on the staff of General Alger, when the latter was grand commander of the (i. A. R. for the United States.

Mr. Van Deman has a talent for business affairs which has been employed in various corporations and private companies. He assisted in organizing the Columbus & Toledo Railroad Company, and served as a director until the sale of the road to the Cleveland syndicate. For thirty-five years he was its counsel, and he served the "Big Four" in the same capacity for a period of nearly equal length. For about thirty years he has been a director of the First National Bank of Delaware, and is now its president.

He has been a member of the Episcopal Church for forty-two years, and is now its senior warden. He has served for many years ;;s president of the Board of Trustees for the Diocese of Southern Ohio, a board having the management of the church property of the diocese, and the investment of its benevolent and charitable funds. He organized and was president of the first building association established in Delaware, and has been connected as director with one or more such associations ever since.

In 1861 Mr. Van Deman married Lydia, daughter of Judge R. E. Runkle, of Logan County, Ohio, and they have three children - Ralph H.. a captain of the general staff of the United States Army, now detailed in the Military Information Bureau, at Washington, D. C. ; and two daughters, F.nnalla. and Mildred, living at home with their parents.

In 1903 Mr. Van Deman. having rounded .nit fifty years of work at the Bar, retired from the profession. Success came to him as the result of the determined application of his abilities and powers along the rigidly defined lines or labor, and the respect of the community was given him in a free acknowledgment of liis sterling worth, for he is a man of strong individuality, great mental force, and utmost rectitude in thought, word and deed.

'EPHEN POTTER, one of Delaware's prominent citizens who is serving in his second term as count)- commissioner of Delaware County, was born in Ireland, in 1844. His parents brought him to America in 1845. settling at Whitesboro, New York, where Stephen was reared and attended school.

During early manhood, Mr. Potter worked on a farm and then learned the cooper's trade at which he was employed until 1871, when he came to Delaware. Here he became connected with the Big Four Railroad and for eighteen years served as division master. He has always been popular with his associates, and. without any self-seeking, he was appointed !>' stmaster at Delaware, by President Cleveland during his first administration. Mr. Potter subsequently engaged in a grocery business which he continued until he was first elected to the office of county commissioner, on the Democratic ticket, although the county is normally Republican. The office came to Mr. Potter unsought but his administration of it was so satisfactory to all parties, that he was reelected in the fall of 1905. For ten years he served as a member of the City Council of Delaware, where his business discernment and public spirit made him a very valuable official.

In 1 S77. Mr. Potter was married to Ellen A. Hanlin. who was born in Canada, and they have one son, Mark S., who is chief clerk in the engineering department of the Iron Mountain Railroad^ with quarters at Van Buren, Arkansas. Mr. Potter is a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, of which he is trustee. He is identified with the order of Knights of Columbus.

Il.( ) D. GRAHAM, who for many years was engaged in general farming in Delaware Township, was mie of the best known men of his community, and in his death, winch occurred in [902, Delaware Count) lust 'iiic 1 E lis representative citizens. Mr. Gra

John Graham was horn in New Hampshire, and was taken to Pennsylvania by his father, who there abandoned him. bringing the other children, with their mother, to Ohio, and settling north of Delaware. John Graham was reared by a farmer in Pennsylvania, and learned the tailor's trade. He also succeeded education in those days, being regarded as a good scholar. He married in Pennsylvania, and on subsequently coming to Delaware, Ohio, he had dealings with his father for several years before either knew that they were related. His death took place in the fall of [878, when he had attained the advanced age of ninety years, three months, and several days.

Milo Graham located on his father's farm in 187(1, the property subsequently coming to him by inheritance. He engaged in general farming, and kept several head of cattle, a number of Chester White hogs and about 100 chickens, and was very successful in his operations. Since his death his widow and -sons have been cultivating this fine fiftv-nine-acre property, devoting five or six acres to garden trucking. Mr. Graham was a Democrat in politics and a Presbyterian in religious belief, while his widow is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Stratford.

Milo Graham was married on August 30, 1877, to Alvesta Kroninger, who is the daughter of John Kroninger, and they had eleven children, nine of whom grew to maturity, namely: Jennie, who married Guy Stickney of Delaware: Arthur, also of Delaware; Katherine, who married Abraham Baker, of Delaware: George, who operates the home farm; Martha, the wife of Charles Nugent, of Columbus; Ella, wife of (has. Thomas, of Delaware, and James Calvin. Daniel and Lydia Maybell, all residing at home.

John Kroninger. father of Mrs. Graham, was born in Pennsylvania in 1812, and there learned the trade of blacksmith. On attaining his majority, he came to Delaware Township, and engaged in blacksmithing north of the city of Delaware. He subsequently re- 1111 ived to Stratford,, where he continued that occupation. His latter years were spent in farming on the east side of the river, near Stratford, where his death occurred September 24, 1894. By his first marriage Mr. Kroninger had two sons, Peter and Hosea, and not long after his first wife's death he was married secondly to Elizabeth Swartz, by whom he had seven children, the following six of whom grew to maturity : James, a resident of Shelby, Ohio ; George, who resides at Shepard ; Alvesta, born May 5. 1853; Jacob; Daniel, who lives in Shelby County, Illinois; and Katherine, the wife of Charles Grojane, of Delaware, Ohio. Mr. Kroninger contracted a third marriage with Mrs. Hannah Stickney, willow of Hugh Stickney of Union County. The family were members of the Lutheran Church.

] C. FAY, M. D.. who has been engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery at Ostrander, since 1867. is the oldest continuous practitioner in Delaware County. He was born in Darby Township, Union County, Ohio. August 10, 1843, all(l 's a son ot Benjamin A. and Hester Ann (Robinson) Fay.

The paternal grandparents of Dr. Fay were David and Electa (Smith) Fay, who came to Ohio from Rutland. Vermont, prior to 1813. David Fay raised stock and quarried stone on his farm in Vermont, but after settling in Union Count}'. Ohio, he followed farming. His son. Benjamin A. Fay. father of the Doctor, was horn in Darby Township, in 18 1 3. and died at Marysville, Union County, in 1885. Mainly self-taught, as in his youth educational apportunities in his section were limited, he became a man of more than ordinary importance in the communities in which he lived. While carrying on, a farm of 1 50 acres, he learned civil engineering without instruction, and so thoroughly that the active practice of this profession occupied a large part of his time for many years. In i8(>o. after being elected county surveyor of Union County, he moved to Marysville, and continued in that office for six years. Prior to this he had served as justice of the peace in Darby Township, and tilled other offices. lie was much interested in improving the stock of sheep and horses and devoted time and money to this object. His last years were passed in honorable retirement. He married Hester Ann Robinson, who died in 1888, leaving but one child.

During his early years. Dr. D. C. Fay was instructed entirely by his father, who was by no means a lax disciplinarian, having regular hours for hearing his son's lessons and requiring that they be properly prepared; hence, when opportunity was afforded for academic instruction at Marysville and at Haysville, the son was advanced far beyond others of his age. For a part of the time while attending Marysville Academy, he taught school, and then entered upon the study of medicine under Dr. J. M. Southard, of that place. After attending one course of lectures at the Starling Medical College, he entered the Medical College of Ohio, at Cincinnati, where he was graduated in 1867. In the same year he settled at Ostrander, which village has since been his home, although for many years his practice included much adjacent territory, which he covered on horseback. Dr. Fay may almost be called the father of the medical guild in Delaware County. He was a charter member of the Delaware Medical Society and belongs also to the Ohio State and the American Medical Associations.

Dr. Fay married Mar}- A. Liggett, who is a daughter of Joab Liggett, a resident of Scioto Township. They have one daughter. Mima, who married Eugene C. Gee. Mr. Gee is chief electrical engineer for the Bell Telephone Company, at Tucson, Arizona. Mis. Fay is a member of the Baptist Church at Ostrander. Dr. Fay has never taken any very active interest in politics. He has been closely identified, however, with several of the leading fraternal organizations. Since 1808. he has been a member of Palestine Lodge, No.

158, F. & A. M., at Marysville: is past chancellor of Ostrander Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and belongs to Edinburg Lodge, No. y<j. ( Idd Fellows. He is the only living charter member of this lodge and was the first to hold the office of noble grand in this body.

Ev. Herbert Welch, A. M.. D.

EV. HERBERT WELCH, A. M.. D. D., LL. D., president of Ohio Wesleyan University. Some college presidents are great executives, some excel as educators, while others show marked business ability. Seldom, indeed, are these qualifications combined in one man, but Ohio Wesleyan University is unusually fortunate in having such a man for its president. h those who know Dr. Welch, the perfect balance, the all-roundness of the man. is a constant surprise. While an undergraduate he was a man of no specialty. The fourteen prizes which he won during his course - practicallyall that were open to him - show how he excelled in each department of scholarship. This characteristic has been notable throughout his career. As a preacher of the gospel, he is forcelul and effective: in dealing with business problems, he shows a business ability uncommon in professional men; as an executive, he conceives big plans, and has a grasp of detail that is truly astonishing when one considers the many and varied lines of his work. President Welch is one of the most accessible of men. He is never too busy to talk with any student who seeks his counsel, whether it be in regard to college matters or purely personal affairs.

Dr. Welch was born in New York City. November 7. 1X02, son of Peter A. and Mary L. ( Loveland ) Welch. His father was a merchant, as was also his maternal grandfather, Oliver Loveland. His elementary education was acquired in the New York Grammar School No. 35, which he attended from 1N70 to 1877, being graduated with the Girard medal. He then entered Brooklyn College and Polytechnic Institute, and was graduated therefrom in 1880, with a diploma tor proficiency in the scientific course. From 1880 to 1882 he was engaged in private and school study in the classics, becoming in the year last named a student in the Wesleyan Umversit) at Middletown, Connecticut, and so continued until 1887, being out of college, however, in l884-'85. He was graduated from the I'm versity with the degree of B. A. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Psi Upsilon fraternities.

In 1887 Mr. Welch began his theological studies in the Drew Theological Seminar}'. from which he was graduated in 1890, with the degree of B. D. He obtained his M. A. degree from Wesleyan University in 1890, alsi that of D. D. in 1902. and that of LL. D. in 1906. He was a student in Oxford University (England) in i902--03.

1 )n his graduation from Drew Seminar}'. being equipped for the ministry, he joined the Xew York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was appointed to Bedford Station, where he served from [890 to [892. 1 1 i s next held of labor was in Xew York City, in 1 Si )_>-'<)_:;. He was then transferred to New York Fast Conference and appointed to Summerheld Church. Brooklyn, which he served in iSiy'i).\ IPs next pastorate was that of the First Church at Middletown. Connecticut. [898-1902, and was followed by a two years pastorate at Chester Hill Church, Alt. Vernon, Xew York, i9o;rY)5. Dr. Welch is intensely interested in the purely evangelistic side of religious work, at the same time being a close student of the relation of the church and of ' Mianuy to public affairs and good citizenship. In 1905 he accepted and entered upon the duties of his present position as president of the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, m which capacity lie has since continued to e, with manifest benefit to the University and to the unmixed satisfaction of its friends. Welch has made some scholarly contributions to religious literature, which have been published in college and church periodi- ^mong them ma) be mentioned, "Selections from the Writings of John Wesley," Xew York, [901; and (published in pamphlet

College Student and the Christian Confession." and "The Resurrection the Crowning Fact of Christianity." He also performed useful services as a member of the Board of Managers of the Sunday School Union, i892--96; member of the Board of Managers of the Missionary Society, 1896-1905; member of the Board of Managers of the Board of Education. Freeman's Aid and Sunday Schools, 1907 to the present time; and trustee of Wesleyan University, 1 90 1 -'06.

Dr. Welch, in his vacation intervals, both during and since his student days, has spent some time in travel, visiting Canada in 1S74 and 1882; the far west in 1879, i88_l-'85 and 1889; and Europe in 1897, 1899. and 1902- '03. He was married June 3. 1890, to Adelaide F. McGee, of Plainfield, Xew Jersey, whose father, James McGee. was a merchant of New York City. Mrs. Welch's mother was in maidenhood. Elizabeth A. Merklee. Two children have come to bless the household of Dr. and Mrs. Welch - Dorothy, born June 7, 1891 ; and Eleanor, born September 3. 1900.

Dr. Welch is one of the most modest and unassuming of men. Generous to a fault,' he has often sacrificed personal interests to aid his friends, and his is the charity that "knoweth no evil." The Doctor has a keen sense of honor, and a fund of stories that is apparently inexhaustible, in the telling of which he is inimitable. Both the Doctor and Mrs. Welch are strong in their social instinct, and are capital entertainers, as those who have enjoyed the free and open hospitality of their home will testify.

and the owner oi a fine grain and fruit farm of 100 acres on the Radnor pike, is one of Delaware County's representative citizens, and a survivor of the Civil War. Mr. Ousey was born April 30. 1S47, near Xew ton. Sussex

Martin Miller

Edward Ouse) was born near Liverpool, England, where he resided until sixteen wars of age, at which time he came to America and found employment in the iron mines of Sussex County, New Jersey, remaining thus employed until 1851. In this year he came to Orange Township, Delaware County. Ohio, and began farming on his own account, being followed here by his wife and family the following year. He was living at Westerville at the time of his death. Mr. Ousey was a stanch Republican in politics, and his patrii itism was shown by his three years and nine months service in the Union army as a member of Company D, Twentieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. He was married to Anna Washer, whose father was a Revolutionary soldier and an old-time mail carrier in New Jersey. Of this union there were born six children, three of whom grew to maturity, namely: William H.. who is now deceased; Susan, also deceased, who was the wife of William Lane, of Worthington, Ohio; and James, whose name appears at the head of this article.

James Ousey was educated in the common schools of Orange Township, and was working on the home farm at the time the Civil War broke out. In January, 18(4. at the age of sixteen years, he enlisted in Company K. Second Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and joined his regiment at Munfordsville. Kentucky, remaining with it until the close of the war. when he received his honorable discharge. He then returned to the farm, on which he worked until 1876, and in this year became a railroad brakeman. being later promoted to conductor. A severe injury to his arm. which left it partially crippled, caused him to abandon railroading, and in May, [884. he established himself in the livery business, in which he continued until 1888. In this year be sold out and purchased a farm in Henry Count}-, still keeping his residence in Delaware, however, but this farm he soon sold and purchased his present property of 100 acres on the Radnor pike, just outside of the corporation limits of Delaware! This he operates as a grain and fruit faim. having [,500 apple trees, 500 pear trees, 200 peach trees and 100 cherry trees. Mr. Ousey's tine twostory brick livery stable at Delaware was built by him in 1891, and he now keeps fourteen horses and boards many more.

Mr. Ousey was married to Catherine Lienfenderfer, who came from Germany as a child with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ousey are members of Zion Reformed Church of Delaware. Fraternally he is connected with Olentangy Lodge, No. 53, I. O. O. F., of Delaware, and in politics he is a stanch Republican, although no office-seeker, preferring to give his entire time and attention to his business interests.

\I\TI\ MILLER, vice-president of the First National Bank, at Delaware, is one of the city's astute financiers and most substantia] citizens. He was born April 1. 18-7. in Bavaria, Germany, and is one of a family of three children born to his parents, who were Adam and Cunigunde Miller. At the age of seven years he accompanied his parents to America. A short stop was made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and they then moved to Wheeling. West Virginia, where they remained only a few months, thence going to Columbus, where also a few months only were spent, when the family moved to Delaware, in either 1834 or [835. Here the subject of this sketch took up his schooling. When about 1 _> years of age he began to learn the baker's trade with his brother Adam, who had learned the trade of baker and confectioner in Wheeling. For several years .Mr. Miller worked at the trade. at the same time attending school. When Adam Miller went to California, the subject of this sketch took a partnership in the baker's business, and on Adam's return. Martin Miller bought out his interests, and thereafter conducted the business alone, though in .1 different location. He succeeded and made

Mr. Miller was one of the first stockholders of the First National Bank, and in 1895 was elected its vice-president. He has been treasurer of the Delaware Electric Light, Heat and Power Company since its organization, and has also other business interests. Mr. Miller was first married in 1847 tn -^'lss Lydia Worline, by whom he had three children: Mary R., who is now the widow of Hon. E. 1\ I'oppleton. formerly Congressman from this district; Frances, wife of James Naughton, a merchant of Columbus, Ohio; and William M. who is single and resides at theparental home. Mrs. Lydia Miller died n 1875. and Mr. Miller was married second in 1880, to Mary E. Moran, a native of Lorain County, Ohio. The family residence is at No. 32 West Winter Street. Mr. .Miller is a Democrat in politics, and in religion a Catholic.

OEL W. DILL, general farmer, stockraiser, and stock-feeder, of Radnor Township, where he owns a farm of 208 acre--, is a representative citizen of this section. He was born in this township. March 8, 1853. and is a son of Augustus 1!. and Elizabeth (Turney) Dill. To trace his ancestral line on either side, a backward glance at history is necessary, and we therefore yield the pen to a member of his family who thus briefly sketches his antecedents: "1 Vrhap-. the annals of history do not furnish examples of greater heroism and bravery than the narrative of the siege of Boyne, Through the reigns of Charles II. and James II. the lot of the Protestants was a painful lie 111 Ireland, as well as in Scotland. The King countenanced the Roman Catholics in Ireland, while the Free Kirk people were op pressed by both the English prelates and Irish papists. In the revolution oi 1689, when fames ||. with his French allies, entered Ireland and made a stand against William of Orange, the Roman Catholic armv joined his army in large numbers; while the Scotch-Irish in the North withstood him. They drove the Irish from their borders and in Londonderry, their chief city, withstood the most determined siege in history. After one hundred and Ave days the}- were relieved by the arrival of the Orange fleet. Then ensued the sanguinary conflict between the forces of the two kings, known as the Battle of the Boyne. From this period dates the feud between the Roman Catholic Irish and the Orangemen the world over. Some time after this, tired of the persecution of both the Roman Catholic and the Established Churches, these more than Covenanters although well-to-do in their adopted country as manufacturers of linen - these peace-loving Scotch-Irish - began to emigrate tn the American colonies, many of them settling in Maine, Xew Hampshire, and Massachusetts, and many in Nova Scotia and New- Brunswick. It is related that such a thing as a Loyalist was unknown among the Scotch- Irish.

"During the Revolution many of them rose to places of distinction both in the army and in the Civil government. Of the twenty-four major-generals of the war, no less than half were Scotch-Irish. The religious fervor of these settlers, as well as their moraility, was noticeable. Yet a witty humor was also a prominent trait in their character. The lively and the sedate, the old and the young alike indulged in it and enjoyed it, and they took care not to miss any proper occasion for sport.

"It is unfortunate that we are unable to trace the ancestry of our family farther back than to the grandparents of the older generation now living. The family came from the county of Londonderry, Ireland, to Nova Scotia, but the time cannot be definitely stated.

"John Dill, the paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Nova Scotia about 1780. He married Sophia Beckwith, a native of Maine, and they emigrated to Baltimore, Maryland, in [819. They had four sons born in Nova Scotia - David. John, Edward, and Augustus B., and three in Baltimore - George 11.. Joseph, and James. In [829 they moved to Columbus, Ohio, and the following year to Mifflin Township, Franklin County, about six miles northeast from Columbus to the farm, which they made their permanent home. John Dill had a very good education lor his time and at once became a leading citizen of the community, lie was a one "f the wealth}' men of his neighborhood, owning at his death some 000 acres of land and money besides. He was very public-spirited and helped with money and influence every worth}' enterprise. He was one of the projectors of the Columbus and Sandusky Turnpike, built in 1852, and its first treasurer. He was often called upon to settle the estates of his deceased neighbors, which work he performed with good judgment and fidelity, lie died in i860, aged eighty years, his wife having passed away the year previous.

They immediately removed to the wilds of Mercer G unity, where he cleared the trees from the spot where he built their cabin. Becoming dissatisfied there he sold his land - Mine 500 acres - and came back to Franklin County, and in 1848 to Delaware Count}', where he lived only a short time, for he died in 1855. at the early age of thirty-seven years. He was a man of great energy and good business faculties, and for the short time he lived he accomplished much. Having been gone so long, and those who knew him intimately having also passed away, we are unable to give much of his life story. He had a good education, obtained in the schools of the early days and by private study, and he had quite an extensive library, perhaps one of the largest in the township. He was a great reader and was well informed upon the topics of the day. Mr was an abolitionist and a Whig in politics and was violently opposed to ECnownothingism, then oik- of the burning questions of the day. He was a man highly respected, and his earlv passing away was sincerely mourned by all who knew him. At the time of his death lie owned 100 acres of land, having a number of years previously purchased the farm now owned by his son Joel in Radnor Township, which at the time was heavily timbered. To this property his widow and sons added from time to time until -it reached its present proportions.

"Augustus B. Dill ami his wife Elizabeth were the parents of fixe sons - William Augustus. John Beckwith. David Turney, Joel Wesley, and Charles Wallace - and their history in brief is as follows; William Augustus married Alary Elinor Farnum, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Farnum. she of Prospect, died in 1887 at the age of thirty-two years. They had rive children - Mary Elizabeth, Dill Augusta, Raymond, William Hoyt, and Walter Page. John Beckwith married Jennie Merchant, and died in 1889 aged forty years. His wife Jennie died in 1907. They had four daughters, of whom two died when young, the other two being Agnes, wife of Leonard Harmon of Prospect, and Jessie, wife of Charles Saner, of Prospect. David Turney died in infancy as did Charles Wallace. Joel Wesley, whose name appears at the head of this article, resides in the old home in Radnor Township.

"Elizabeth Turney Dill was horn in Mifflin Township, Franklin County, Ohio, November 18, 1818. She is a lineal descendant of a French Huguenot family, who were driven from France in the latter part of the Fifteenth Century by papal persecution, a short time previous to the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV. Three brothers - Daniel, Peter, and Adam Turney - leaving a considerable property behind them, fled their native country and landed in Philadelphia in 1668. Elizabeth Turney is a great granddaughter of Daniel Turney, the Huguenot refugee.

"John Turney, grandfather, son of Daniel, removed to Hagerstown, Maryland, where he married Mary Grove. The fruit of this union was six children - Daniel. Adam, John Henry. Joseph. Susan (Robinson), Mary 1 Hawkins). Daniel married Susan Ridenour, daughter of Mathias Ridenour and Catherine (Fake) Ridenour, also .if Huguenot family.

These pioneers came to Ohio from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and settled first in Ross County, about 1806, and to Franklin County in 1810. John Turney and Mathias Ridenour had each entered large tracts of land in Mifflin Township, Turney on Alum Creek, Ridenour on Big Walnut, where the village of Gehanna is now situated.

"Elizabeth Turney was married to Augustus B. Dill, March 31, 1846. She was the mother of five sons - Willam Augustus, John Beckwith, David Turney. Joel Wesley and Charles Wallace, of whom two died 111 infancy - David and Charles - and John B. in the prime of life eighteen years since. She leaves two sons - William A. and Joel Wesley, seven grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. In 1848 they came to Delaware Count)', where she lived fifty-nine years on the same farm. None who came in contact with Elizabeth Turney Dill but felt at once the impress of the strong character she possessed. No descendant of the family more fully vindicated the purity of descent in her own clearly defined habits and strong decision of mind, from thi ise sturdy French Huguenots who could leave home, country, and fortune under the bloody persecution of papal despotism, but could not surrender their freedom of conscience and the liberty to worship God in their own way. She was the last of a large family, namely : John, Jacob, Daniel. George R.. Daniel. Henry, Mary (Dill). Susan (Bell), Catherine (Noble), and Phebe ( Xoble). The force and positiveness of mind was joined with bodily strength which gave her a long life - eighty-eight years, nine mouths and twenty-eight days. She was a member of the church for over seventy years, first of the Presbyterian, later of the Methodist Episcopal Church for over fifty years. She was a subscriber and constant reader of the Western Christian Advocate, her church paper, for over fifty years. She was mother to all. and her works of charity and words of comfort were always ready for those most in need. Her heart was always open to the needy and her deeds of kindness are best known bv those she helped. She was thorough in religion, remarkably even in temperament, generous to a fault, always the same faithful friend to all who knew her. A trusted friend, valued counselor, wise and prudent in her advice, constant in her affections. Her good ancestry showed through all her life - a life that makes the actions of the just smell sweet and blossom in the dust. At life's sunset, in the shadows of the day's decline, she stood looking back at the graves of her household, where the little children were put away with white hands folded. How the older ones followed the friends we best loved cut down in the prime of life, while standing on the brow of the hill with bright eyes looking to a happy future. But for all this silence is the most expressive language. We feel more than words can express while writing this brief sketch of the mother who had been more to us than all else, and whose light shines brighter in the Eternal day."

In their early married life the parents were members of the Presbyterian Church, but 'inlater years Mrs. Dill united with the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Joel W. Dill acquired his education in the district schools and at his mother's hands received a careful and judicious training. His whole life has been passed on the home farm. and every part of it possesses more than a money value to him on this account. He devotes thirty-five acres of his land to corn, from thirty to thirty-five to wheat, and thirty-five to hay. The remainder is mainly given over to pasturage, as he raises and deals largely in stock. His comfortable home - a two-story brick residence of six rooms - was built by his father in 1850, who then possessed the finest house in the township. The other farm buildings were erected about the same time. Mr. Dill is a' member of the Masonic Lodge at Prospect, and of Deurwood Lodge. No. 153. K. of P., also of Prospect. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church at Prospect and is a member of its official body. He is known to all as a public-spirited and conscientious citizen.

Ili-'.SI.IA WORNSTAFF, a member of the firm of Sperry & Wornstaff, proprietors oi the Hank oi Ashley, has been a life-long resilient of Delaware County and is descended on both sides from old established families of this county. He was born on a farm west of Ashley, in Oxford Township, and is a son of Lewis and Sally Ann (Bartholomew) Wornstaff. His grandfather, Daniel Wornstaff, was the first of the family to locate in this county. He was a native of Pennsylvania and at an early date removed to Ross County, Ohio, and came to Delaware County in [829. He bought a farm of about 100 acres on the west branch of the Whetstone River, and erected a log cabin. Here he lived the life of a hardy farmer ana converted his farm from a wilderness into tillable land, remaining there until his death. Lewis Wornstaff, father of Chesley. was born in Ross County, Ohio, in 1822, and was seven years of age when brought by his parents to Delaware County. He grew up on the old home place and then purchased a tract of about fifty acres of unimproved land in Oxford Township. He first erected a cabin of poles and it was in this the subject of this sketch was born. He subsequently built a log cabin and finally a frame house which stands on the farm now owned by his younger son. He remained on the farm until his death Jul}- 20, jSijo*, aged sixty-eight years, and at that time he owned about 300 acres of land. He married Sally Ann Bartholomew-, who was born in Liberty Township, in [829, and at the present time resides with her son Sperry. at Ashley. Her father. Milton Bartholomew, came from the Xew England States to Delaware County at about the same time the Wornstaffs came. He moved from Liberty Township, where he first located, to Oxford Township, where his death occurred. Three children were born to Lewis Wornstaff and wife: Chesley; a child that died in infancy, and Sperry, who owns and resides on the old home place.

trict schools and also the schools of Ashley. He bought a farm of seventy-eight acres known as the Eckles farm, one and one-fourth miles southeast of Ashley, and has always been very successful, ha\ inincreased his holdings until he has 260 acres in his home farm, and 110 acres in Peru Township, Morrow Count}-. In 1884, in partnership with his brother-in-law, C. E. Sherry, he established the Bank of Ashley,. with which he has since been identified, but did not move into town until 1888. He still oversees the work on the farm, owns a fine brick In rate here and has other property.

Mr. Wornstaff was married November 9, 1870, to Mary Ella Sperry. who was born in Knox Count}-. Ohio, and is a sister of C. F. Sperry. This union resulted in the birth of one son. Albertus. who was bookkeeper in the Bank of Ashley at the time of his death. March 22, 1903, aged twenty-six years. A mute from birth, he was of exceptional brightness and possessed educational attainment-. He was a graduate of the State Institution at Columbus, and a graduate at Gallaudet College, Washington, D. C. and his earl}' death, amid bright prospects, was a sad loss to his devoted parents. Albertus Wornstaff married Laverna Carr. Mr. Wornstaff is a Republican in politics, but has never taken an active part in political affairs.

Joab Liggett was born in 1806, in Hani} County, now West Virginia, and was a child when his parents. James and Susan (Carr) Liggett, came to Delaware County. Ohio, and settled south of the present town of Ostrander. James Liggett was born in Virginia in 1770 and died in 18(14. His wife was born in [782 and died in 1856. James Liggett, Solomon Carr and George Bean purchased 600 acre- ol land when they came to Delaware Count)', and a large part of Ostrander stands on land that once belonged to the Liggett heirs. James Liggett served irl the War of [812. His children were: Job, Joab, Aimer. Absolom, William. Amelia, Susan, Jarries, Conrad and I rideon. The mother of the above family was a devoted member of the Christian Church.

Joab Liggett was a successful farmer and representative citizen. At the time of death he owned 256 acres. He served as trustee oi Concord Township, which then included a part of the present territory of Scioto ["ownship, lie married a daughter of Solomon ( arr, and they had the following children: Sarah Jane, now deceased, who married Hamilton \V. Rittenhouse; Milton, subject of this sketch; Henry, Joseph and Priscilla, all now deceased; and .Mary, who married Dr. I). C. Fay, residing at Ostrander. The maternal grandparents of the above family. Solomon and Priscilla (Dean) Carr. were natives of Virginia. The Cans were members of the Baptist Church.

Milton Liggett attended the district schools during boyhood when work on the farm did not press too heavily, for at that time the present well-cultivated acres belonging to Mr. Liggett were in man}- parts still covered with native timber, and lie assisted in clearing and developing the place. He recalls when the busy town of Ostrander was a belt of w< odland. Mr. Liggett owns 200 acres of fine 'and. on which lie formerly raised grain and livestock, hut for some years he has rented mt both of his farms.