Troy Township (part 4 of 12)

Inly 3, [856, Mr. Liggett was married to Ann Carr, who died February 9, 1907, having been horn in Scioto Township April 25, 1845, a daughter oi Gideon A. (arr. They had two children, Maretta A. and William. The former, now d< was the wife of

Milo Howey. She left two children: William Earl and Clyde 1.. William rents one of his lather's farms. He married Anna Mc- Kirgin, and they hive two children, Olgy and Frank.

For a period covering thirty-six years Mr. Liggett has been a Mason, entering the fraternity at Marysville and demitting from Palestine Lodge, X". 1 5<S. to Ostrander Lodge. No. 594, of which he is one of the surviving charter members. He has been a member of the Baptist Church since 1857. his late wife having also been connected with this religious body, in which she was an active worker. Mr. Liggett killed the last deer that was found in this section, and can remember when it was no rare sight to see a herd of them.

G. LYBRAND, president of the Delaware Chair Company, at Delaware, ranks with the city's able business men and is identified with a number 'I the prospering enterprise- of this section. He was born in Pickaway County, ( )hio, in 1845, and accompanied his parents to Delaware in [857, where he attended school until abi 'tit hj years of age.

In 1864, Mr. Lybrand enlisted for service in the Civil War, entering Company G, Eighty-fourth Regiment. O. V. 1.. and three months later was elected captain of Company D, One Hundred and Ninety-second Regiment, O. V. 1.. and served as such until the close of the Rebellion. He participated in the Shenandoah Valley campaign, and received an honorable discharge at Winchester. Virginia. At this time his father was engaged in a stove and hardware business at Delaware, and Mr. Lybrand was associated with him until 1870. when the Delaware Chair Company was organized, the first president of the company being Samuel Lybrand. The present officers are: R. G. Lybrand, president and treasurer; A. Lybrand, vicepresident and secretary. In 1885 the company was incorporated with $150,000 capital stock. The business is the manufacturing of all kinds of chairs and is a very large and important industry of Delaware. Other concerns with which Mr. Lybrand is connected are. the Deposil Banking Company, of which lie is a direct"!", and the People's Building and

In 1870, Mr. Lybrand was married to Mary K. Ilurlbutt, of Beaver, Pennsylvania, and they have three children: Mary 11., who is the widow of Louis Welch; Blanche, who is the wife of George N. Bates, of New London, Connecticut; and Robert H., residing at In une. The family belong to the Episcopal Church.

Politically, Mr. Lybrand is a Republican, and served two years as a member of the City Council. Fraternally he belongs to the Blue Lodge, \. &. F. M., and to the Chapter and Council, at Delaware, and the Commandery at Marion. He is a member of the Loyal Legion and of G. B. Torrence Post, G. A. R.

\\AA AM POTTS, a substantial farmer and well-known citizen of Porter Township, residing 011 his farm of <jS acres, was born August 18. 1829. in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Charles and Mary Ann (Updyke) Potts.

The grandparents of William Potts were William and Susan Potts, who moved from Connecticut to New Jersey during the boyhood of their son Charles and remained in that State during the rest of their lives. Charles Potts was born in Connecticut in 1808 and lived in New Jersey until he was twenty years of age, when he moved to Pennsylvania. In 1828 he married Mary Ann Updyke. and eight years later they removed to Ohio, settling' in Licking County, near Utica. They had nine children, namely: William, Catherine, Benjamin. Joseph, John. Daniel. Susan. Margaret, ami Mary. Five of their children were born in Pennsylvania and four in Ohio. The survivors are: Benjamin, William. Joseph, Daniel, and Susan (Moore).

William Potts was a boy of eight when his parents came to Ohio. The first year was -pent with a maternal uncle livn Utica, and then the family moved to the father purchasing a farm mi which they resided for twenty-seven years. Charles Potts retired to Sparta after selling his farm and died there six months later, aged sixty-five years. His widow survived to the age of seventy-five years. She was born in New7 Jersey in 1809.

Mr. Potts has been a resident of Delaware County for the past thirty-five years and has owned his present farm for thirty years. He purchased this property from Attorneys Curtis and Irvin of Mt. Vernon, who disposed of it at sheriff's sale. Mr. Potts has made all the excellent improvements here and his buildings are tasteful, substantial and attractive as he put them up himself, being a skilled carpenter. For the past twenty years he has given the larger part of his time to general farming.

In 1853, in Knox County, Ohio, Mr. Potts married Malinda Spindler, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1830, and died in Porter Township April 14, 1905. She was a daughter of John Spindler. Mr. and Mrs. Potts had seven children bom to them, namely: John, James. Mary J.. Charles, Lenna. George and William. John Potts was born in 1854 and is a carpenter by trade, residing at Columbus. He married Addie Pierce and they have two children, Verna and Coral. James Potts, born in Knox County in 1857, resides at Olive Green, Ohio. He married «Par.a Mr'am.eJl and they have five children : Edith, Gertrude, Addie. Ray, and Hubert. Mary Jane Potts, born in Delaware County, in 1859, married Elmer Mandrel and they reside near Delaware, Ohio. They have two children. Alice and Howard. Charles Potts, born in 1861, residing in Morrow County, married Hettie Chambers and they have the following children: Elsie, Ernest, William. Belle. Fred and Mary Jane. Lenna Putts, burn in 1863 and George Pott-. burn in 1S05. both reside at home. William, w In 1 was burn in 1N07, died in 1908. Mr. Potts is a quiet, industrious, self-respecting citizen, one who enjoys the esteem of the community in which he has lived for so many years.

D1AMES !-:. CARTER, a representative agriculturist of Troy Township, was born December 26, [852, in Delaware - I County, Ohio, and is a sun oi Hugh and Nancy (Cash) Carter.

Hugh Carter, father of James E., was horn in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and was taken to Belmont County, Ohio, by his parents, in his childhood. He remained in Belmont County until after his marriage and the birth of two children, when he came to Delaware, probably about 1832. being one of the earliest settlers in Troy Township. He built a log house in the depth of the woods, and with his family, endured many pioneer hardships. He died December 25, 1887. His wife had passed away nine years previously, the date of her death being December 28, 1878. Of their children the following survive: William, residing in Colorado; Keziah, who is the widow of John Willey, residing in Orange Township; John H.. residing in Marlborough Township; Ellen, who married James Armstrong, residing in Belmont County ; Helen, who nlarried Murray Francis, and resides at Lima, Ohio; James E., whose name begins this sketch; and Alice, who married William Ryan, of Belmont County.

James E. Carter has devoted the larger part of his attention since leaving school, to agricultural pursuits and has made a specialty of growing sheep, with other stock. He owns 109 acres of excellent land and is one of the township's substantial men.

On January ,30, [879, Mr. Carter was married to Mary Jones, of Franklin County, ( and they have one daughter. Mattie F., residing at home. Mr. Carter and family belong to Troy Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, all being actively interested in its good work. Politically, Mr. Carter is a Republican. He has been willing to accept no office except that of school director, but was tendered the office of justice of the peace. He belongs to the order of Knights of Pythias, at I )elaware.

with the early settlers. Their three surviving children are: Mary (Mrs. Carter); Anna. who is the widow of James H. Walker, now residing in Delaware; and Sarah, who is the widow of David Davis, residing in Delaware Township. Mr. Carter is the only member of his family residing in Troy Township.

EORGE KIRBY, one of the successful agriculturists of Delaware Township, Delaware County, Ohio, who is cultivating his fine farm of more than 100 acres, was born April 10. i860, at Batesville, Albemarle County, Virginia, and is a son of William O. and Mary A. (Mayrield) Kirby.

William O. Kirby. who was also a native of Albemarle County. Virginia, received a common school education, and being a natural mechanic followed carpentering until the outbreak of the Civil War. He served four years in the Confederate army and after the close of the great struggle engaged in farming, as the freedom of the slaves had opened opportunities for the individual farmer. Mr. Kirby was married to Mary A. Mayrield, who was born in 1827, and died in 1891, and they had a family of children as follows: James Henry, a resident of North Garden, Virginia; John, who died in infancy; Nancy Jane, who married Joseph Mover: William J., of Massey*s Mills. Nelson County. Virginia; Mary, who died at the age of twentytwo years; George, subject of this sketch: Hamilton, who lives at Scottsville, Virginia: Catherine, the wife of Robert Freeman, of Alberene, Virginia ; and Calvin 0.

George Kirby received a common sch<">l education in his native locality. On May 8. [884, he removed to Ostrander, Delaware County. Ohio, where he worked as a farmer. and he continued thus employed until his marriage, at which time he went to Watkins, Union Count}'. There he farmed on his own account until 1904, in the spring of which year he purchased what is known as the James K. Brittain farm in Delaware Township, a tract of mure than ioo acres, eighty-five acres of which are under cultivation. Mr. Kirby raises oats, corn, wheat and hay, has a seventy-ton sili i. operates a small dairy and keeps from fifty to sixty hogs, and is considered one of the township's good, practical fanners. In political matters he is a Democrat, but he has never cared for public office.

In 1802 Mr. Kirby was married to Mary Easton, who is the daughter of Joseph and Margaret Easton, and three children have heen born to this union - Mary Ruth, Forrest Fa-ton. and Paul Mayfield. Mrs. Kirby was b -in in Coshocton County, Ohio, to which place her father had emigrated at the age of sixteen years with an elder brother, from Essex, England. He subsequently followed agriculture near Lafayette. Mrs. Kirby is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

EV. A. C. CRIST. From the Herald inn! Presbyter, a denominational organ of the Presbyterian Church, we quote the following: "Prominent among the forces of Presbyterianism in Delaware is Rev. A. C Crist, who resides here, and who is a sort of pastor-at-large in Marion Presbytery. By reason of his long and successful pastorates at Iberia and Ostrander, he is well, widely, and most favorably kii' i\vn. As a teacher he has gained great prominence. The lives of hundreds of students have been powerfully impressed by his noble individuality."

The Crist family traces hack through five generations in this country to three brothers; Johannas, Henricus and Stephanus Christus, natives of Alsace. Germany, who were among the large number of Huguenol refugees who came to America during the latter part of the 17th century as a result of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. They settled in Orange County, New York, and in course of time, the name became Anglicized, the "h" and the "us" g dropped. Henricus married Anne Bodine, a full-blooded French woman who came America with him. The families led the agricultural life of those times, and continued in the locality where they settled until Henry Crist, the grandfather of A. C, moved to the adjoining count)- of Sullivan. In religious belief they were German Lutherans. Here our subject's father, the third Henry in lineal descent from the original Henricus, was born January. 8, [81 1. He was a carpenter and followed his trade most of his life. He moved to Hocking Count), Ohio, in 1838, and resided there until 1848, when he took up his residence in Union County. He cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson, but was a stanch Abolitionist, and upon the organization of the Republican Party he identified himself with it.

He married Miss Marian Hollister of Sullivan County, New York, whose father was a native of England. This union was blessed by a family of eleven children. Two sons, Abner B. and James Alfred, lost their lives in the Union cause during the Rebellion, and one son, Alexander, lost a leg and died from the results of the injury, a few years after his return home. Henry Crist and his wife were for many years consistent members of the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Crist died January 30. 1 89 1, aged seventy-six. He died January 29, 1902, having only twenty-two days previously celebrated his ninety-first birthday.

Rev. Asahel Clark Crist, the immediate subject of this sketch, was born in Hocking County, Ohio. April 19, 1845. tne nttn child of his parents. He remained at home, helping" to clear up the farm, until he was nineteen years of age, having only the advantages of the district school for three or four months in the winter season.

During the summer of 1864. young Crist served in Co. 1).. 130th Keg. ( >. V. 1.. and entered the high school at Marysville, in the fall of that year. He taught a district school for three months during the winter. Our subject united with the Presbyterian Church of Marysville, in the fall of 1805. and was taken under the care of the Marion Presbytery (old school) at Cardington, at the spring meeting in 1806. That summer he was employed as a colporteur for the Presbytery, and canvas all that part of the Presbytery west of tin

Four Railroad. The following winter he taught a district school for three months and attended the high school at Marysville the remainder of the time. In July, 1867, he entered Vermillion Institute at Haysville, Ohio, and was graduated there in October, 1870. He was tutor of mathematics for two years of the time at Vermillion Institute, and by that means helped to defray his expenses. Immediately after graduating, he entered the Western Theological Seminar}'. During the junior vacation, he taught a select school at Worthington, Pennsylvania, for five months. Mr. Crist was licensed to preach at Liberty Church, Marion Presbytery, at the spring meeting, 1872, and supplied Brown, Kingston, and Porter churches that summer.

Mr. Crist was graduated at Western Theological Seminary, April, 1873, and immediately took charge of Brown, Kingston and Porter churches, living at Eden. He was ordained at Trenton Church, April 23, 1874. In 1875 'le dropped Kingston and Porter, and supplied Berlin and Brown until June, 1876. During this time the church at Berlin was rebuilt. He also supplied Ashley, in the evening, for three months in the winter of 1875. Me taught a select school much of the time, during his residence at Eden, thus supplementing his salary.

In the spring of 1876 lie was elected as Professor of Languages in the Ohio Central College, at Iberia, Ohio, and removed there the 13th of August. In the spring of 1877, Mr. Crist took charge of the Presbyterian Church at Iberia in addition to his work of instruction at the college. This pastoral relation continued for twelve years. For about live years of this time, lie supplied the pulpit al Caledonia, Ohio, in the afternoons. In March. [889, he took charge of the church at ( (strander, being installed there in the first week in March, and in connection with the work of tins pastorate supplied Providence and Jerome. This relation continued until September 13, 1897. when it was dissolved.

to Mr. and Mrs. Crist - Bessie and Henry Mickliff. Bessie, a bright, lovely girl, died December 10, 1894, in the twenty-first year of her age. Henry Wickliff, born November 19. 1873, was a graduate from Wooster University in 1897, after which he studied law with James R. Lytle. Esq., of Delaware, and was admitted to the bar on December 7, 1900. He is one of the able and prominent young attorneys of Delaware, and is now ( 1908) campleting a term of three years as a member of the General Assembly. It may be said' that he has done more and better work as a representative than an}- man of this count}" who has had the office in recent years.

The only fraternal order with which the subject of this sketch is connected is the George B. Torrence Post, No. 60, ( '-. A. R., of Delaware. When he was located at ( >strander, he served as commander of the Joseph Tanner Post of that town.

Probably no clergyman of any denomination in Delaware has such a wide personal acquaintance with the citizens of this count}'. To quote again from the Herald and Presbyter, "Every Sabbath finds him actively engaged in the Master's service, filling some vacancy, encouraging some weak church, or starting some new enterprise. Mr. Crist P a man of high intellectual attainments, and is possessed of rare social qualities."

DAM SIEGFRIED, agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, at Delaware, was born in Delaware Township, Delaware County; Ohio, March 23, 1837, and is a son of William and Susan ( Swartz ) Siegfried.

The grandparents of Mr. Siegfried came to Ohio from Pennsylvania, in 1827. They were Jacob and Elizabeth (Lantz) Siegfried. both of whom were members of well-known old German families of Berks and Northampton Counties. Jacob Siegfried located first at Stratford, in Delaware County, but in a few years he moved to a point north of the town of Delaware, where he kept a tavern for a short time. He died prior to 1848. aged fifty-six years. His eight children were: Angeline; William; Catherine, who married Ephraim Willy; Sallie; Rebecca; Samuel; [saac, who was blind from the age of eleven years, was a broom-maker by trade and a natural musician; and Benjamin, who removed from his farm north of Delaware to Columbus, where he died. He married Harriet Willy. Of the above family several never married and all have passed away with the exception of Angeline, the first-born. She married John Troutman and resides in Troy Township, having reached the age of eightysix years.

William Siegfried, father of Adam, was horn in Berks County, Pennsylvania, January 6, 1822, and was five years old when he accompanied his parents to Ohio. In November, [848, he was married to Susan Swartz, who was born October 17. 18.29. in Lehigh 1 1 nut v. Pennsylvania, and died August 31, 1905. She was a daughter of Daniel and Sarah 1 Smith 1 Swartz. Daniel Swartz brought his family to Ohio in [835, settling first in Fairfield County. Conditions there did not altogether please him and he left his family there while he came on a prospecting tour through Delaware County, covering the distance on horseback. He found two tracts of land located one and one-half miles north of Delaware, which met his requirements, and these he secured, and in 1836 brought his family to Delaware Township. At that time the land was all heavily timbered. He cleared it and made most of the substantial improvements. In 1849 he built a stone barn which still stands, and which, at the time of its erection, was the finest in the county. He also built a residence, which his son-in-law, William Siegfried, replaced, in 1876. with a fine brick house. Daniel Swartz died in 1870. aged seventy-seven years. His widow survived him seven years and was seventy-seven years old at that time. They had five children, namely : Susan M., the mother of Adam Siegfried; Daniel, who died in Delaware County; Ellen, who married Lewis Graham, and lived ami died in Marlborough Township; Caroline, who married Daniel Miller, and died at Delaware; and Elizabeth, who married Thomas Slough, and died on the old homestead. Daniel Swartz had 240 acres of land in his two farms, and this was considered the finest piece of agricultural property in Delaware Township.

William Siegfried took charge of the old tavern on the Marion turnpike, north of Delaware, which he conducted for two and a half years and then bought a farm adjoining that property, on which he resided from 1852 until the death of his father-in-law. Daniel Swartz. He settled on the Swartz farm in 1871 and resided there until his death, wl ich occurred May 0, 181)9. He and his wife had seven children, as follows; Three daughters, all of whom died in infancy: Adam, the direct subject of this sketch; Samuel, born May 5, 1861, who married Martha Thomas, and resides on his fine farm north of Delaware; Wilmer, born in 1804, who married Gwendolyn Hudson, and now owns his father's first farm and also the farm adjoining the old tavern property; Charles, born in [869, who resides in Delaware, having sold his farm and invested in city realty, and who married Mary Gross.

Adam Siegfried attended the district school, the sessions of which were held in the old stone school-house, north of Delaware. He continued to work on the home farm until he was twenty-two years of age, when he married. He then farmed for several years more in Delaware County, but in 1883. he moved to Omaha, Nebraska, in which city he resided for two years, being employed as a shipping clerk in a lumber yard. His next move was to Lincoln, in the same State, where he remained until the fall of 1885, when he returned to Delaware. He now remained on his father's farm until 1891. when he embarked in a livery business at Delaware, which he conducted for eighteen months. In [893, Mr. Siegfried went to work for the Columbus & Sandusky Short Line Railroad and continued as one of its employes after it became a part of the Pennsylvania system, in 1903. He has now maintained this connection for lift ten years. He entered the railroad business as a freight hand and baggage man and has been steadily advanced to his present responsible position as passenger and freight agent at Delaware. For fourteen years. Air. Siegfried remained at his post without a single day of absence. His fidelity was recognized by the company, which, in the summer of 1907. not only gave him a vacation but presented him with a pass over all its eastern lines. He thoroughly enjoyed this period of recreation but, like the excellent business man that he is, was ready to return to his routine work when the vacation expired.

In 1880. Mr. Siegfried was married (first) ti> Maria Stimmel, who was a daughter 'if John and llettie Ann Stimmel. They had one son, John, who was reared mainly in 1 )elaware County and became a clerk in the freight department of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Delaware. He was popular with his employers and associates and was a valued member of Hiram Lodge, No. 18, F. & A. M., at Delaware. Ili> death took place February 1 _'. 1906, when he was aged twenty-four years. He was buried with .Masonic honors, fr< 111 the Masonic Temple at Delaware.

is, in October, iK<j_\ She was reared west of Delaware and is a daughter of David and Sarah Davis. Of this union there are two children. Paul I', ami Ruth Helen, aged fourteen and eleven years, respectively.

In politics, Mr. Siegfried, like his father, always been identified with the Democratic party. The elder Mr. Siegfried was a stanch supporter of iis policies through the greater part of his life and on man\' occasions

2 fried has been equally successful in overcoming the normal Republican plurality. In [907 he was elected a memof the City Council of Delaware. coming the regular majority ..f 200 in the city, and in [89] was made the Democratic nominee for sheriff and came within three votes of being elected to this office. He is a member of Hiram Lodge, No. 18, F. & A. M. He is a man who stands very high in the esteem of his fellow-citizens, one whose business capacity and personal integrity are universally recognized.

tired on his farm of 58 acres, a valuable tract of land which is situated in Scioto Township, has many valid claims to the respect of his fellow-citizens. Colonel Ayres was born in Pickaway County. Ohio, March 1 _\ 1841, and is a son of Isaac and Catherine (Freese) Ayres. Isaac Ayres was born in 1810, at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and died in Delaware County, Ohio, in 1872. He learned the blacksmith's trade in York County, Pennsylvania, which he followed more or less throughout the entire period of his industrial life. When he reached the age of twenty-one years he started on foot and crossed the mountains into Ohio, 'settling first in Pickaway County, where he married. He remained there until after the birth of five children, when he came to Delaware County, locating near Bellpoint, where he acquired a small farm, the operating of which was largely left to his son-,. He was a man of sterling character and frequently was invited to accept political office but consistently refused. He was married shortly after coming to Ohio, to Catherine Freese, who was born in 1814, and died' in 1848. She was a daughter of Rev. Isaac Freese. a minister of the German United Brethren faith. He was born and married in Germany and after coming to America settled first in Pickaway County, but subsequently moved to Bellpoint, where he conducted religious services in both the German and English languages. The children born to Isaac Ayres and his wife were: John, who died in the service of his country, following the battle of Perryville, Kentucky, as a member of Company C, One Hundred Twenty-first Regiment.

Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Ellen L., now cleceased, who married Royal Edwards; Andrew, who died in early manhood; Martha, who is deceased; Catherine, deceased, who married David Hamilton; Sarah, also deceased, who married Frank Speese; Jacob, subject of this article ; Abraham, who resides in Concord Township; Hester Flora, who married John Fuller, and resides at Roann, Indiana; Isaac, and one child unnamed that died in infancy. Both parents were very active church workers.

Jacob Ayres lived at home until his mother's death, and attended what was called the Haney School at Bellpoint. Until 1858 he resided with Green Xeff, at Berlin Station, and then, coming to Delaware, learned the carpenter's trade with Henry Robinson and ( 10 irge Perry. He continued to work as a carpenter until he enlisted in the Federal Army, on February 1, 1862. He became a member of Company 1. Eighty-second Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was sent to Grafton. West Virginia, thence to Moorefield and later to McDowell, Virginia, where the Union forces were defeated May 8, 1862, and retreated to Moorefield. Here they were reinforced by General Fremont and then crossed the mountains to Strasburg, where they defeated General Jackson's forces and drove him up the valley to Uarrisburg. < ',( -mpany I then fell back to Middletown, and from there went to Culpeper Court House to reinforce General Banks, going thence to the banks of the Rapidan River under General Sickles. At this point, the force with which I olonel Ayres was connected, being notified of General Lee's advance, began a retreat to Culpeper Court House. They subsequently fought in the .second battle of Bull Run, under General Pope, and after the defeat fell back to Washington. The corps was left at Arlington Heights to recruit, while the remainder of the army went to lake part in the battle of Antietam, as a part of the forces un- I leneral McClellan.

After that battle the Eighty-second Regiment was united with the Army of tin- Poto mac and later took part in the battle of Chancellorville under General Hooker. After his defeat they crossed the Rappahannock River and encamped in the Stafford Hills until General Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania. The regiment then broke camp and followed the Confederate forces into Maryland, and thence to Gettysburg. There, under Generals Reynolds and Howard, the Eighty-second took part in the first day's engagement. In relating the subsequent movements at Gettysburg, Colonel Ayres' own vivid description may be used to give a clear idea to the reader.

"At four o'clock in the afternoon we retreated to the village of Gettysburg and our lines were re-established by General Hancock and formed in line of battle around Cemetery Hill. The right wing stationed upon Culp's Hill was known as the Twelfth Corps and was under General Slocum. and the Eleventh Corps, under General Howard, joined the left of the Twelfth and extended around the horseshoe bend of Cemetery Hill. The First Corps, under General Newton, joined the left of the Eleventh Corps and extended around the foot of Cemetery Hill, to the Second Corps under General Hancock and joined the left of the First Corps and extended on down Cemetery, Ridge and was joined on the left of the Second Corps by General Sickles with the Third Corps that extended down to Big and Little Round Top. That position was held by each corps until the close of the following engagement. The second day opened upon the extreme left at three o'clock by General Longstreet of the Confederates against Generals Sickles and Hancock, and at eight o'clock Ewell's Corps of the Confederate army moved in upon the Union right and took the first two lines of the Union works, this closing the engagement of the second day. At the council of the generals it was decided to open against Ewell's corps as quick as they could discern an object in the morning. Slocum being re-enforced. The attack opened early in the morning upon Culp's Hill, and the Union position was re-established, the battle closing at eleven o'clock in favor of the Union forces. At 1 40 p. m. the artillery duel opened the advance of Pickett's charge, which immediately followed, and the Federal army was again victorious. The next day the scouts advanced and found that Lee was making arrangements to retire, having withdraw 11 Ewelfs corps from the front of Culp's Hill, and subsequently the Union army followed Lee for one day, being then drawn hack to Frederick City, and thence to Funkstown, where they remained in line of battle until Lee crossed the river. The Union army then marched across the river again into Virginia and hack to Bull Run battle-field, where the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps were detached from the Army of the Potomac and sent to re-enforce Rosecrans of the Army of the Cumberland. On the 27th they started from Bridgeport, crossed the Tennessee River, struck the Trenton Valley at the foot of Lookout Mountain, and at three o'clock in the afternoon, being the advance scout (having been detailed as a regular scout under General ( ). ( ). Howard in May. [863). 1 was wounded at the junction of the railroad where it passes around the mountain to Chattanooga and remained there until January 23, when I was furloughed from the hospital and went In ime. 1 returned from there to Camp Chase. Columbus, Ohio, and from there was discharged for a gun-shot wound in my right hip." In the limits of the present biography, it would be impossible to give any adequate account of the dangers, adventures and thrilling escapes of Colonel Ayres, for, as a scout, his was always the post of danger, the one where hazard was the greatest, and for this dangerous work only men of unflinching courage were selected. Colonel Ayres has a war record that should be preserved entire for it is one to which his descendants can refer with feelings of pride in years to come. In the heat of battle, or in making his way cautiously to watch the movements of the enemy in advance of the army, or in carrying a message through unfriendly territory. Colonel Ayres had several Imrses shot from under him, and on one occasion he ran a horse to death in making his escape from his captors. On another occasion he was taken prisoner in the Shenandoah Valley, and as rain was falling as it does fall only in Virginia, and the roads were such as only

Virginia can produce after such a rain, the officers of the capturing part)- decided that they would camp for the night in an old log cabin in a lonely spot, picketing their horses and taking their saddles and equipments within the cabin. There were fifteen Confederates in the party guarding Colonel Ayres. hut that did not prevent the alert Union officer from managing to get next to the door when the tired part_\- lay down around the room to sleep. All were worn out and all fell asleep except the prisoner, who managed to slip out of the door without arousing them, and catch the halter strap on one of the picketed horses; and while lightning flashed and thunder rolled, a Union officer Was wildly galloping bare-hacked in the direction of liberty which was fifteen miles distant. Pursuit was continued for almost the whole distance to the Union lines, the pursuers sometimes being -1 1 close that bullets whistled by the colonel's ears. Fortunately he knew the men on picket duty when he reached the Union forces and with the cry. "A friend in trouble and the enemy coining." he dashed by and fell exhausted in the arms of his comrades. This thrilling experience was more than once almost duplicated by him and its recital enables the reader in these peaceful times to appreciate the nerve ami valor of those who fought in the great struggle of 1861-65.

Colonel Ayres was married to Mary P. Rhoades. who was horn June 30. 1840. a daughter of Valentine Rhoades of Scioto Township, and who died March 9, 1907. leaving behind a sweet and gracious memory. She was a woman of many Christian virtues, one who bore years of suffering with patience and fortitude. There were four children born to this union, namely: John J., who is an auctioneer and carpenter; William A., who manages the home farm: Rosa Mary, who is the wife of Oliver Owens, of Radnor ; and George E.. who resides in Thompson Township. Colonel Ayres has fourteen grandchildren.

After his marriage Colonel Ayres settled in School District No. 1 1, Scioto Township, in which he has lived ever since, and where he has been a school director for eighteen years.

In 1870 he settled on his present farm and for twelve years followed carpenter work. In [875 he began auctioneering', in which occupation he continued for many years, being the oldest living member of that craft in this section. Although reared in a Democratic family, he is a stanch Republican. He has served Scioto Township as a trustee on many occasions and has been elected when the Democratic normal majority has been 100. He is a member of Edinburg Lodge, No. 467, I. O. O. F.. at Ostrander, being past grand of the same, and belongs to Tanner Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Ostrander. For a considerable period he lectured through Ohio, Indiana and Michigan on the subject of a Union ScoutV Personal Knowledge of the Battle of Gettysburg, and everywhere his vivid storyr \\a^ listened to with interest and benefit.

AMES WILLIAM JACKSON, general farmer and well-known citizen ol Scioto Township, was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, November 10, [853, and is a son of John S. and Dorothy Ann (Wilkins) Jackson.

The father of Air. Jackson was also a native of Fauquier County, Virginia. He was a cooper by trade but after coming to Ohio in 1 S 5 7 , he followed general farming and the raising of livestock. The first year after coming to Scioto Township, John S. Jackson resided at what is now called Eagleville. He died at the age of sixty-one years. He married Dorothy Ann Wilkins. who was also a native of Virginia. Her death took place when she was sixty-two years old. They had the following children: George T., now residing in Nebraska: John S., a resident of Montana: Medora, who married Asa Franklin; Virginia 1;.. now deceased, who was the wife of Perry Erwin, of Berlin Township: James William, subject of this sketch: and Richard H. L.. residing in Scioto Township. Both parents died in [876. They were held in high esteem in their community and were valued members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. For over

James William Jackson remained on the home farm until his marriage, and then moved to Rush Township, Champaign County, where he was engaged in farming" for four sears. He then resided in New Dover, Union County, for a few years, and later in Jack -on Township, Union County, thence going to Little Prairie Township, Marion County, and later again to Jackson Township. He then settled on the old Bird farm in Scioto Township, which he continued to operate for six years. In [900, he came to his present farm, which contains fifty-five acres, forty of which he has under a fine state of cultivation. He raises stock, making a specialty of hogs, and grows , m, oats, wheat and hay. November 11. [880, Mr. Jackson married Mary Bird, who is a daughter of Abner Johnson and Catherine (Newhouse) Bird. On both sides Mr. Jackson belongs to prominent and substantial old families of this section. Her mother. Catherine Newhouse. born January 22. [831, in Scioto Township, was married to Abner Johnson Bird, August 14, [856, and died January 5- 1885.

She (Catherine) was a daughter oi William Newhouse. who was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, March 11, 1800, and came with his parents to Delaware County in May. 1814. On January 6, 1823. he married Annie Richey. who was a daughter of William Richey. They settled on the banks of a river near Bellpoint, later moved to Union County but subsequently returned to Delaware County and settled on the farm now owned by John R. Newhouse. in Scioto Township. They had eleven children: Mary K.. David Emery, Belinda. John R., Catherine, Nancy Jane, Adam. Joseph, William Lafayette. James H., and Isaac. William Newhouse died December 6, 1842. He served as township trustee. He possessed mechanical genius, but followed agriculture as his life occupation. He constructed the first wagon ever made in this section and made many articles of household furniture.

ruary 10, 1772. He was about four years old when his father enlisted for service in the Revolutionary war. When he was eight his father died in the army, and Anthony remained with his widowed mother and assisted her in rearing the family. In 1794 he offered his services to suppress what is known in history as the Whiskey Rebellion, and remained in the military service for six months, going as far as Fort Pitt, and afterwards returning to Loudon County. In [798 be went to Wheeling. West Virginia, where be remained for six months, thence going to an old red stone fort, the locality being now in Fayette County. Pennsylvania. There be met Nancy 1 0 ms, to whom he was married March 28, [799. From there, with bis father-in-law, John Coons and family, and Henry More, he moved to Pickaway County. Ohio, this being in the early part of 1800, and settled on Scipio Creek, in Salt Creek Township. The place he ch"<e was one which the Indians bad cleared and somewhat cultivated, but the surroundings were still wild in a large degree. The nearest settlements were Chillicothe and Lancaster, the former thirteen and the latter settlers constructed cabins close together on the banks of Scipio Creek, with an eye to pro 'ii from the Indians, who were almost daily visitors. At this time the country was yet unsurveyed, all of it being Government land. The settlers subsisted on corn brought on horseback from Marietta, together with game which was plentiful. As there were no mills, native ingenuity bad to fashion dome-tic utensils to take the place of that almost necessary concomitant of civilization. What was called a mortar was made out of a sawedoff piece of log. eighteen inches in diameter and two feet long. An iron wedge was fastened on a strong stick, sometimes on a well-sweep, and the corn was pounded by this force in the scooped out end of the log until it was fa ivly reduced to meal, which was then

In 1 81 2, Anthony Newhouse enlisted from Pickaway County, in John Boggs' company, under, command of General Tupper. and they proceeded to Fort Defiance, to repulse the Indians. One night, while they were on the way. they were surprised by a band of Indians, one of whom struck Anthony Newdiouse's horse on the thigh, making a deep, bad wound. The poor animal made its way back to Pickaway County on three legs. Mr. Newhouse was discharged at LJrbana, Ohio. In January. 18 14, be sold his farm of 160 acres in Pickaway County and bought 200 acres in Seioto Township from Henry Massie, of Chillicothe, paying two dollars an acre. His first journey to this section was made under very uncomfortable circumstances, involving the fording of Mill Creek in cold weather, and the consequent freezing of his clothes on his body. In the following May he started back ti 1 Scioto Township, accompanied by his family, and bringing with him three cattle and three horses. Some of the descendants of these transferred live stock are now owned by John R. Newhouse.

The children of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson are three in number - Lenna Fay, Strother Bird and James Arthur. Mrs. Jackson was reared in the Presbyterian Church and she is an active member of the old stone church of South Radnor. Mr. Jackson takes no very active interest in politics, although he votes as bis lather did, with the Democratic party, but he is ever ready to perform all the duties of a

HOMAS OWENS, a well known prosperous farmer and a survivor of the Civil War, resides on a valuable, well improved farm of 100 acres in Radnor Township. Delaware County, time he emigrated to America, leaving Wales .May 1. [863, and taking passage at Liverpool on the ship City of New York, of the Inman line, which arrived at New York City in about eleven days. He came immediately to Ohio, locating for a short time at Marion, whence he came to Delaware County, and engaged in the lime business at Radnor, where he remained for several years. He then returned to Marion, near which place he carried on the same business for a number of years, but subsequently came again to Radnor Township, where he has since made his home. For a short time he was engaged in the manufacture of lime, but he has mainly followed agriculture, and his present farm is, through fertilty of the soil and advantageous location, admirably suited for general farming and stockraising. He has been very successful in his operations and is classed with the substantial men of the township. He enlisted in May, 1864, in Company A, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for service in the Civil War, and much of his time in the service was spent in guard duty at Arlington Heights. He received an honorable discharge at Camp Chase. August 24, 1864.

Mr. Owens was married (first) to Ann Williams, who was born in Wales, and of this union there was born one son : Oliver Ivor, who resides in Radnor Township. He marred Rosa Avers, and they have four children - Lloyd, Clyde, Myrtle' and Mildred. Mr. Owens was married secondly to Mrs. Rebecca Lewis, who was born in Wales, and she is also deceased. On March 8, 1900 Mr. Owens married for his third wife Mrs. Clara Thomas, who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and who is a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Jester) Johnson, who were natives of Butler County, Ohio. Samuel Johnson was a well-known hotel proprietor in his day, at one time keeping the Burnett House at Cincinnati, where King Edward of England, then the Prince of Wales, stayed during his tour of this country. Mrs. Owens' first husband was Samuel P. Thomas, who was born in Kentucky and died August 2, 1899.

In political matters Mr. Owens is a Republican, and he has always been interested 111 public affairs, although he is no officeseeker. With his wife he attends the Congregational Church in the southern part of Radnor Township.

ILLIAM W. JONES. Radnor Township can boast of many good farms and representative men, and both may lie found respectivelv in the property and person of William W. Jones, who owns a finely-cultivated estate of 265 acres. Mr. Jones is one of the township's native-born older citizens, his birth having occurred November 4, 1825. He is a son of John P. and Mary (Penry) Jones. The parents of Mr. Jones were born in Wales and came to America in 18 18, bringing with them three children. They came as far west as Delaware County, Ohio, the father purchasing a wild farm in Radnor Township. The family had few neighbors at that time, as this section was only partially settled. John P. Jones was one of the useful and hardy settlers of pioneer days, and he continued to be respected and esteemed until his death, which took place in 1864.

William W. Jones was born and reared in Radnor Township and obtained his early know ledge of books in the old-time log schoolhouse near his father's farm. He grew to manhood strong and sturdy, from the hard discipline of clearing the land and putting it under cultivation, and he has since continued to follow agriculture. During the progress of the Civil War be took a deep interest in public matters and when the call came for ioo-d:u men, in May, 1864, he went out with Company A, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was sent to Arlington Heights on guard duty. He was in the service 115 days and was mustered out in August, 1864. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and is connected with the post at Prospect.

ried to Eleanor Evans, who was born in Wales, August 15, 1829. She is a daughter of John and Margaret (Jones) Evans, who came from Wales when she was in her third year. They settled first at Philadelphia, later lived at Pittsburg for a short time and then came to Delaware County. She was still small when they settled in Radnor Township, where both parents died. Mrs. Jones has one brother and nne sister, namely: John Evans, residing in Scioto Township, and Elizabeth, who married lames R. McKinney, late of Delaware. Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have six surviving children: Margaret A., who married Evan Price, residing in Radnor Township, namely. John 1'. and Frank C, both residents of Radnor Township; Mary P.. who married David

Charles l\. residing in Radnor Township; and Ella, who married Perry J. Griffiths, and reside- ai Radnor Station.- Delaware County. Mr. Jones is a stanch Republican and takes rable interest in public affairs as liecome- an intelligent citizen. For a number of years he served as trustee of Radnor Township, and has acceptably filled other township offices. Mrs. Junes belongs to the Baptist Church of Radnor Township. They are well known and very highly esteemed residents of this section.

[RISTOPHER POTTER, a representative citizen of Delaware, was born in County Meath, Ireland, March 27, [831, and is a sun of John and Mary 1 Lynch) Potter. In Ireland, John Putter was considered a man of some little means and il was not with the thought of increasing his own wealth that he came with lus Family in America, in 1844. hut with the hope that in this country his children might find easier conditions and better opportunities than prevailed in his own land, lie disco ered, however, as did many another e found after locating at Utica, Xew York, that he was nut able to care as thoroughly for his family as heretofore, and that his elder sons would have to become self-supporting and help to provide also for the younger members of the family. He bought a small farm in Westmoreland Township, Oneida County, New York, and settling on it devoted the rest of his life to its cultivation, lie died in the fall of 1 8 5 _» , at the age of sixty-five years. His wife died in October, 1849, aged fifty-two. Their second son, James, died in Ireland, in [843, while serving an apprenticeship to the blacksmith trade. The oldest of the family, William, learned the carpenter's trade and worked in Westmoreland, New York, where he died in 1848. He married Bridget Devoe.

The other children of John Potter and wife were: Ann. John, Christopher, Nicholas, Mark. Francis and Stephen. Ann Potter married Nicholas Walsh and accompanied him to Rome, Xew York, where he had a position as foreman on a boat in the service of the State, lie probably met an accidental death as his lifeless body was found in the sand after he had been absent from home for an unusual time. He left one child and his widow with her babe came to Delaware County with Mrs. Walsh's brother John, taking up their residence in a house owned by Christopher Potter. opposite The Children's Home. John Potter subsequently married and then bought property on Central Avenue, Delaware, on which he built a residence, and his death occurred in March, 1907. Mrs. Walsh, who is now over eighty years of age, makes her home with a nephew. John Putter is survived by a son, Frank Potter, who is employed by the Big Four Railroad as baggage master.

Nicholas Putter resided on the home farm until his father died, when he came to Delaware. Ohio. After ti\-e years of railroad work lie bought a farm in Troy Township, Delaware County, un which he lived some seven years, when he sold out and moved to Columbus. He married Rosa Dunn, who died in 1891, and they had four daughters and four sons. One of his suns went to the EClondyke gold regions. Another is employed as yard master for a railroad entering Columbus and one is a stationary engineer. Mark Potter also secured a railroad position, being walking foreman for a long period, for the Big Four Railroad, between Columbus and Lewis Center, Ohio, He never married. He died at Columbus, where he was first interred, but in 1907, his brother Christopher had his body brought to Delaw are.

Francis Potter resided with his brother Christopher until 1S5N. when he went to Sedalia. Illinois, where he was living when the Civil War broke out, being engaged as a contractor on the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy Railroad. He immediately enlisted in the Federal Army and served three months and then re-enlisted for three year-, but was taken ill and refused hospital care, dying in the service, in the hrst year of the war. He held the rank of corporal.

ier's trade. Later he came to Ohio, where hi- brother Christopher extended to him a helping hand, securing him a railroad position. After frequent promotions, he was made yardmaster and thus continued until he was appointed postmaster of Delaware, by President Cleveland, during the latter"s second administration. Since retiring as postmaster, he has twice been elected count}' commissioner of Delaware County, largely on account of his persona] popularity, he being a Democrat and the county being normally Republican by a majority of 600 votes. Stephen Potter married Ellen Oualey. and they have one son. who 1- chief clerk at Little Rock. Arkansas, for the Iron Mountain Railroad. He married and hi- one son is employed in the office of the locomotive department, being chief clerk for the chief engineer of the Iron Mountain Railway system. He also secured his position through the g 1 office- of Christopher Putter.

lured to check dff pork and beef, for a -alary of $14 a month, shortly afterward finding an easier position at the same salary with George Nichols, near Elyria, and from there he went to Detroit, Michigan. In the meantime he had married and shortly afterward he secured a situation as section foreman on the Lake Sin ire Railroad, his first work being on the construction of the line. Starting as section boss with a salar) of $36 a month, he was soon atter made conductor of a construction train. From railroad work Mr. Putter turned his attention t< > investing in land, this being just the time when agents for Nebraska land were visiting prosperous communities in the East. Air. Potter invested some of his hard-earned money in a land claim and traveled many miles and lived on deer and corn pone in order to reach it. When he finally found it he discovered that it was occupied by a family of squatters. The question of ownership was amicably adjusted, however, the squatters paying for the claim, and he set out on foot on his return journey, meeting on his way with many adventures.

After his return to Ohio he resumed work for the Lake Shore Railroad, receiving $60 a month, and he continued thus occupied for some years. In 1857 he purchased a farm in Lorain County. Ohio, which he subsequently sold, buying other property. In 1858 he went to Cleveland and became fireman on the Lake Shore road. After his second marrage in the following year, he moved with his wife to Lewis Center, and in the spring of i860, for a short time, resided in Delaware, but in the same year he returned to Lewis Center, near which he bought a farm of eighty acres, during all this time retaining his position on the railroad. At the beginning of the Civil War he worked a large force of men, engaged in purchasing Land and chopping wood. In 1870 he returned to Delaware and became roadmaster between flu- city and Cincinnati, a po-' sition he filled until [892, later taking in the Columbus division from Columbus to Cleveland, and in October of this year tilling the office of superintendent of stone quarries. Mr. Potter then went to [ndianapolis and accepted tlie position of roadmaster on the Big' Four Railroad, from Lafayette to Indianapolis, where he continued for eleven months, going thence to Desoto, Missouri, where he was roadmaster from St. Louis to Poplar Bluff and all branches, a position he retained until 1902. He took charge of the Bontair Railroad in .Missouri, where he remained one year and was made roadmaster of the Cotton Belt Railmad from Greenway to Pine Bluff. This road he left in 1905. His last railroad employment was as roadmaster of the Magnetic Springs Railroad, from which he retired in November, 1907. Few railroad men are better knjown or more kindly remembered by their associates than Mr. Potter.

In 1 85 1. Mr. Potter was married (first) to Catherine Burns, who was a daughter of Patrick and Elizabeth Burns, of Brownhelm, Lorain County, Ohio. They had one son. George X., who died at the age of five years, his death being followed four months later by that of his mother. Mr. Potter was married secondly, in 1859, to Emily Moran, who is a daughter of Francis and Emily 1 Baldwin) Moran. Mr. Moran was born in Ireland and his wife iu Cuyahoga County, Ohio, removing at the age of nine years to Lorain County. Of Mr. I 'otter's second union there have been four sons and one daughter, namely: George F., Mary E, Francis C, William J. and Ed ward S.

George F. Potter has been supervisor of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad between Cincinnati and Columbus for the past twenty years. He married Mary Breen, a daughter of Thomas and Ellen Breen, of Marion, Ohio, and they have children - Emily N., Helen C, Mary. Alice. George I'.. Dorothy and Margaret. Mary E Potter married Joseph D. Teasdale, and they reside at Kansas City. Missouri, Mr. Teasdale being division superintendent of the Kansas City Street Railway. lie lias one child, William Bernard. Francis C. Potter died in [887. lie was chief clerk in the roadmaster's office at Delaware. William J. Potter is an engineer on the P>ig Four Railroad running between Delaware and Cincinnati, lie married Josie Sullivan, who died in 1907. She was a daughter of Michael and Mary Sullivan, residents of Delaware. Mrs. William J. Potter left five children - Marie Frances. Christina, Ellen, Edward and James. Edward S. Potter died March 4. 1894, in Missouri, while in his father's employ. he being a collector for the Baltimore & Ohio and the Big Four Railroads.

Mr. and Mrs. Potter are members of St. Mary's Catholic Church at Delaware. Mrs. I 'otter was educated at the LTsuline Convent at Cleveland. In 1873 Mr. Potter erected The Children's Home, where he resided for thirteen years. He sold this beautiful property in 1885. In politics he is a Democrat, but when he was a candidate for the Board of Public Service at Delaware, he had no difficult}- in overcoming a normal Republican majority of from 400 to 450 votes. His fellow-citizens, irrespective of party, hold him in high esteem.

\COB M. SCHAFFNER, formerly sheriff of Delaware County, and a public official of recognized worth, resides on his well-improved farm of twenty-seven acres, which is situated in Troy Township. Mr. Schaffner was born in this township. August 7, 1866, and is a son of John and Mary (Bowers) Schaffner.

The father of Mr. Schaffner was born in Switzerland and emigrated to America in 1854, locating in Troy Township, Delaware County, Ohio, in 1850, where his death took place in 1905. He was twice married and his first wife died in 1871 and his second wife in 1904. Seven children of both marriages survive, namely: John H., residing in Troy rownship; Barbara L., who married S. R. Eckels, postmaster at Ashley. Ohio; Ida M., who married Isaac W. Kelchner, of Delaware. Ohio; Jacob M., subject of this sketch; Carrie 1)., who married E L. Jolly, residing in Troy Township; Clara B.. residing in Troy Township and Clarence E., residing at Troyton, Ohio, where he is engaged in a mercantile business. The late John Schaffner was a well known and much respected citizen of Troy

Jacob M. Schaffner was reared in Troy Township and obtained his education in the public schools. He assisted in the work on the home farm and also taught music for several years. From the age of maturity he has taken an active interest in politics, being a zealous Democrat, and in November. 1898, be was elected sheriff of Delaware County, and gave so excellent an administration of the office that in November. 1900. he was re-elected, being the first Democrat in Delaware County, who was ever elected to this office for two consecutive terms. For four succeeding years he performed the onerous duties of sheriff with the courage and impartiality that ensured him the support and confidence of all law-abiding citizens.

Mr. Schaffner was married March iy. 1896, to Louie M. Downing, who was born in Troy Township, and is a daughter of Oliver and Margaret Downing, of Delaware County. Mr. Schaffner is a member of Lenape Lodge, No. 29, Knights of Pythias.

A.MUEL B. MYERS, who was elected in 1907. for the third time, a justice of the peace in Ostrander, was born in Mill Creek Township, Union County, Ohio, November 30, 1850, and is a son of Christian and Hannah (Graham) Myers. The grandfather of Mr. Myers reared his family in Pennsylvania, and when his son Christian was small he left home to fight the Indians and never returned.

Christian Myers was born in 1809, and he accompanied his mother when she came to Mill Creek Township, Union Count). Ohio, where she subsequently married Asa Robinson. Christian remained on his step-father's farm until his marriage, when he bought the farm which his son Samuel B. still owns but does not operate himself. Although entirely self-educated. Christian Myers was a man of much importance in his community and commanded the respect of his fellow citizens. He was a justice of the peace for mail) yearwas associate judge for some tune. His activities were designed to promote the general welfare and to raise his community to a higher plane. He was particularly active in the Christian Church and often occupied its pulpit, his exemplary lite making his appeals listened to with a large measure of resultant good. He died in March. 1861. his loss being deeplv regretted throughout the community. His wife, Hannah, who was born in the State of New York, was a daughter of George Graham, a native of England.

Samuel B. Myers was the youngest of his parent's family of twelve children and is now the only survivor. He was reared and educated in his native township and remained on the home farm until the fall of 1887. when he came to Ostrander, which thriving town has been his home ever since. He has been largely interested in lumbering, and at 1 me time owned a saw mill. He buys standing timber and manufactures lumber, which he ships to all sections. He was early enlisted into the ranks of the Democratic party, and has always taken an interest in public matter-. He has served for twelve years as a member of the Town Council and has been township assessor.

In 1872, Mr. Myers was married to Mary A. Bean, who was born in Scioto Township. Delaware County, and is a daughter of Hiram Bean, and a granddaughter of George Bean, who came to this section with, James Liggett, ami Solomon Carr, in 181 7, from Hard}' County, Virginia. These three pioneers together bought 600 acres of land in Scioto Ti twnship, which was later amicably divided. George Bean had 200 acres, and he carried on farming and stock-raising, becoming a man of prominence in his locality, and being foremosl in promoting the civilizing agencies of the time. He married Susie Carr and they had seven children, of whom Hiram was the third in order of birth.

Hiram Bean was born in Scioto Township and lived on the home place until i860, when be moved to the north of Ostrander and bought an interest in the Lawrence place. He died in 1864. aged forty-seven year-, lie mar- ried (first) a daughter of Abel Tanner, who died in 1N45. leaving three children - George H., residing in California, Mrs. Julia Cowles, and Jesse. He married (secondly) Eleanor Lawrence, a daughter of Joseph and Nancy (( chran) Lawrence. Van Emmon, a resident of California, and Mrs. Myers are the survivors of their three children.

Mr. and Airs. Myers have had six children, the three who survive being the following: Maw who married Joseph T. Richey, Of Dover Township, Union County, Ohio; Florence, who married George Lowe, of Leesburg, Lnion County: and Dana, residing at home. Mrs. Myers is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

Mr. Myers' fraternal connections include membership in Edinburg Lodge, No. 467, < )dd Fellows, of which he is past grand; and Ostrander Lodge, No. 348. Knights of Pythias, of which he is past chancellor. Mrs. Myers is a member of the auxiliary order of Rebekahs, 'in winch she has held official position.

of his long and useful life occupied 3 prominent place among Radnor's reliable and substantial citizens, was horn in the county of Llanafan. Breconshire, Wale-. May 21, 1830, son of Robert and Ann ( William- 1 Powell. The father. Robert Powell, emigrated with his family to America about [845, and spent almost the entire period of his life, after coming to Delaware County, Ohio, in Radnor. He married in Wales, Ann Williams, and he and his wife were the parents of two children - Margaret and John, both of whom are now deceased.

John Powell was fifteen years old when he accompanied his father to America. He attended the Ohio Wesleyan Seminary, after which he engaged in a hardware business at Newark, where he resided For some years, lie then came to Radnor, where he opened a general -tore, which he conducted for thirtyyears thereafter, and also for several - of that time carried on an undertaking business. He also acquired 300 acres of land and engaged extensively in sheep raising, f>oo head being no unusual number for him to have m his possession at one time.

In 1 Sj2 he was married to Sarah Jane Watkins. who was born in Radnor. July 24, [846, and who is a daughter of William and Mary (Jones) Watkins, and a granddaughter of Evan and Margaret ( Davis) Watkins. The grandfather, Evan Watkins, never came to America, but his widow and children all settled in Radnor, Delaware County, the first of the family to locate here being William Watkins. Mrs. Powell's father. The grandmother.

Mr. and Mrs. John Powell had five children, four of whom now survive, namely: William Robert, a well known architect, and a graduate of Columbia University, who spent two years studying in Europe; John Watkins. who was educated at Oberlin College and the State University at Columbus, and who operates the home farm, growing grain and hay : David H. and Edwin K., residing at home, the former of whom was educated at Culver Military Academy and the Ohio Wesleyan University.

Mr. Powell died June 15. 1902. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Delaware, and in politics a Republican. For many years he was a director of the Delaware Savings Bank. He was very strict in religious observance and in early life united with the Congregational Church, his wife being a member of the Presbyterian Church. He took an active part in church work and for, twenty-five years was superintendent of the Sunday school.

'AMUFL M. CLEAVER, who has been more or less identified with the sheep industry since boyhood and is probably one of the best informed men on the subject in the country, is also the able secretary of the American and Delaine-Merino Sheep Association, and re- side- on a beautiful farm of i 28 acres, known as the "Maplewood Stock Farm," which is situated on the Columbus, Delaware and Marion electric line, just south of the city of Delaware. Mr. Cleaver was born at East Bethlehem. Washington County. Pennsylvania. April [8, 1851, and is a son of Amos C. and Amelia (Morris) Cleaver.

The Cleaver family to which he belongs originated in Wales and in religious faith were Quakers. John Cleaver, the grandfather, was horn near Philadelphia, and later moved to Washington Count}', Pennsylvania, where he became a wealthy farmer and stock breeder. He married Annie Vail and they had the following children : Amos G., father of Samuel M. ; Eli. now deceased, who was formerly a member of the Ohio State Legislature; Dr. Hiram M., deceased, who was an instructor in a medical college at Keokuk. Iowa; Bentley, also deceased, who resided at Wapello, low a: and John Ira. who resides at Centervine, Pennsylvania.

Amos G. Cleaver was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and died in 1897, aged eighty-four years. As soon as his hoyhood days were over, he began to breed sheep, and in 1858 he bought his first fullbred Merino sheep in Vermont, although he had been engaged in the sheep breeding industry for several years previous. He was a man of sterl - ing qualities, and public offices were frequently tendered him. but he cared little for such honors. He belonged to the Society of Friends and lived faithful to their precepts. He married Amelia Morris, who died in 11)05. aged eighty-six years. She was a daughter of Samuel Morris. They reared seven children, namely: Lewis M.. Mrs. Annie Jones, Hiram T., William H.. Airs. Elizabeth Linton. Samuel M. and John, all residing at Centerville, except Samuel M. and Lewis M., the last mentioned being a resident of Orlando. Florida.

Samuel M. Cleaver was a small boy when he was first set to the task of tending -beep. When he was four years old his father presented him with a sheep of his own. and he has owned sheep ever since that early date in his life. He attended school at Centerville but liked better to be a shepherd than a student of books. This early and continued interest in the subject resulted in his becoming thoroughly posted on everything concerning the care, breeding, and raising of sheep. He remained at home until he was twenty-four years of age. and until he was of age lie assisted his father, after which he had an interest in the home Hock. In 1876 he started out for himself on a farm adjoining the homestead, with a thoroughbred flock made up if the best blood to be found in the New England States. He has continued that class of breeding ever since. In 1879 he became a member of the Vermont Sheep Breeders' Association and later he registered a portion of his flock in the United States Sheep Breeders' Association.

In 1889, Air. Cleaver assisted to organize the Standard Sheep Breeders' Association and for 16 years subsequently served as its able secretary. He then helped to organize the Consolidated Association of Merino^ Breeders, which was made up of the several associations in the United States, at which time (1905) he was elected secretary to this body. In March of the above named year, he bought his present farm of 126 acres, all of which he devotes to his sheep, keeping an average of 150 head at all times. He buys several times as many as he can raise but deals only in the offspring of sheep which he has raised himself. He owns some of the most noted rams in the country, Gold Standard, Fortune, Improver and Oil King having a great reputation with breeds, in all sections. Formerly he exhibited extensively both in Pennsylvania and Ohio, but no longer goes to that trouble. Then he sold to nearly all the exhibitors, while now his best trade is only with the owners of the finest flocks. He is always looking for unusually finely developed rams and when he heard of the phenomenal American Model, he purchased him and from his mating with equally fine ewes, produced a strain that has helped to make Maplewood Stock Farm still more favorably known than formerly. Delaware Count) may be congratulated on having so competent a sheep breeder, and so useful a citizen as Mr. Cleaver. For forty years he successfully developed the sheep industry in his native State, and his efforts have already proven of the greatest benefit to sheep farmers in Delaware County.

Mr. Cleaver married Ella Curry, who was a daughter of Thomas Curry, of Washington County, Pennsylvania, and they had one son. Frank W., residing at Centerville. Mrs. Cleav.er died in 1895. She was a devoted member of the Christian Church. Mr. Cleaver married for his second wife. Mrs. Mina Farquhar, who is a daughter of William Keenan of Monongahela City, Pennsylvania. Of this union there is one child, Elizabeth. Mrs. Cleaver was the widow of the late Dr. Charles Farquhar, who left two children - William and Blanche. Mr. and Mrs. Cleaver are members of the Presbyterian Church.

The first members of the Dilsaver family to come from Pennsylvania to Delaware County were William 11. Dilsaver and his brother, the former then in boyhood. He was born July 5, 1814, and died May 28, 1901. lie was reared in Ohio and married Sarah Dilsaver. who was burn February 4. 1X16, and died August 30. [896. They had four children: Lavina, who married William Wiles, died in Michigan; Jane, who lives in Michigan, is the widow of Louis Gearhart, formerly cf Virginia; Simon, father of Guy Ernest Dilsaver; and Martha, who is the wife of Benson Smith, residing in Michigan. Simon Dilsaver was born in Thompson Township. Delaware County. ( (hio, in 1N42, and has been a life-long resident oi this township, lie married Kate Irving, who was burn in [841, in Liberty Township, near Powell, Ohio, and is

(in}' Ernest Dilsaver was reared on his father's farm of 135 acres, which is a part of the old homestead property on which William H. Dilsaver settled. Very little change has been brought about during the lifetime of Mr. Dilsaver, his parents having lived all their married life in the same residence and even the cook-stove has not been moved for forty vears. Mr. Dilsaver was mainly educated in the schools of Thompson Township and his life has been devoted to agricultural pursuits. For seven years following his marriage be resided on his father 's farm and then moved to bis present farm which he purchased from Jane Pitcher, and here he has engaged in general farming. He has an excellent farm and has placed it under a fine state of cultivation.

In December, 1887, Mr. Dilsaver married Alice Manuel, who was reared in Union County. Ohio, and is a daughter of A. J. and Sarah (Franklin) Manuel. The father of Mrs. Dilsaver was born in Virginia and her mother in Scioto Township, Delaware County. Ohio. Both are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Dilsaver have three children: Paul Irving, Clifford and Burr. Paul Irving was born June 10. 1889, and died August 7. [905, aged sixteen years, one month and twenty-eight days. Despite his youth he had attained to the stature of a full-grown man, at the time of his death being six feet, two inches in height. Clifford, born May 27, 1895, an^ Burr, born December 20, 1 901, are both attending school.

Mr. Dilsaver has been identified with the Republican party ever since the first election of the late President McKinley and he has taken a very active interest in public matters and works loyally for his friends in 'the various campaigns. \:<>v a period of eighteen months he served as a justice of the peace and on numerous occasions he has attended county and Congressional conventions as a delegate. recently being a member of the convention that cast 1,501 votes for Delaware County.

James B. Hodges

AMES B. HODGES, who is the owner of nearly 400 acres of farming land in Radnor Township, Delaware County. is a progressive and public-spirited citizen, and a veteran of the great Civil war, in which he participated for over three years. He was horn near Delaware, Ohio, Feb. 7. 1844, and 's a s"u of Nathaniel W. and Sallie A. ( Underhill) Hodges.

Nathaniel W. Hodges was born in Massachusetts, and came to Delaware County, Ohio, at an early day, being one of the pioneer settlers in the vicinity of Delaware. During the gold excitement of 1840. Mr. Hodges went to California by the overland mute, and there followed blacksmith ing in the mining district for eighteen mouths. On his return he engaged in agriculture, which he followed for the rest of his active period. His death took place in Delaware. He held the office of trustee for a number of years in Radnor Township.

James B. Hodges was reared to manhood in Delaware County, and acquired his education in the schools of Radnor Township. On November 18, 1861, he enlisted in Company E. Sixty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was first connected with the Eastern Army and was later transferred to the Army of the Cumberland. Mr. Hodges participated in all the movements of his regiment until the battle of Port Republic, where he was wounded and captured by the Confederates, by whom he was held prisoner at varpoints for three months. At the end of this time he was duly exchanged and rejoined his regiment, becoming brigade orderly, a rank in which he served during the rest of his term of enlistment. During his long and active service Mr. Hodges won the esteem of his comrades, and the respect of his officers, by his bravery, cheerfulness, and faithfulness to . the cause, and his war record was one of which any man might well be proud. On receiving his honorable discharge, he returned to Radnor Township, where he has since carried on agricultural pursuits.

to them four children were born - Clarence O., Homer 11.. Orrie J. and Watterman M. Clarence O. married Lelia Sullivan, of Union County, Ohio, and they have one daughter, Avanelle E. He resides in Radnor Township on one of his father's farms. Homer H. took for his wife Nella V. Rosencrans of Kankakee. Illinois. They have one son, Wilbur R. This family resides in Columbus, where Homer H. is employed on the Columbus Dispatch, being at the head of the classified department of advertising. Mr. Hodges is a popular comrade of the Grand Army Post and Union Veteran League, both of Delaware. He is a Republican in politics. With his wife he attends the Methodist Episcopal Church of Warrensburg, Ohio, where he is now serving in the capacity of trustee.

ARLES CRYDER. who is now serving in his third term as trustee of Scioto Township, carries on general farming and stockraising on his well-improved property which consists of 156 acres. Mr. Cryder was born April 28, 1863. in Scioto Township, Delaware County Ohio, and is a son of John M. and Mary (McClure) Cryder.

The Cryder family can be traced back to 1710. when John Jacob Cryder (or Kreider) fled from Switzerland to Wurtemburg, Germany, on account of religious persecution, and subsequently - about 17 16 - sailed from Rotterdam for America, reaching Lancaster County as one of the earliest settlers. His grandson. Michael Cryder. was born at Lancaster, in July. 1 74J and was a son of John Jacob Cryder. Jr. Michael Cryder married first Susan Carpenter and they had three sons and three daughters, namely: Israel. John. Daniel. Mary, Susan and Elizabeth. For his second w 1 fe he married Salome Carpenter and they had five children. In 1771, Michael Cryder moved to Huntingdon County. Pennsylvania, where he acquired a large tract of land. \\ hen the Revolutionary War broke out. he was appi nited a commissary officer and for the supplies he furnished to the s, ildiers. he accepted.

Continental notes, which were never redeemed, and this resulted in his having to sell his property. He was an old man when he came to Ross County. Ohio, in 1797. His son, George Sewirt Cryder, the grandfather of Charles Cryder, was born in Pennsylvania and there married Leah Stattenberg. He settled at White Sulphur Station in 1848. He participated in the Mexican War.

John M. Cryder was a son of George S. and Leah (Stattenberg) Cryder, and the father of Charles Cryder. He was born at Alexandia, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, October 5. 1837, and died in Delaware County, Ohio, March 24, 1894. He was five years old when he accompanied his parents to White Sulphur Station. Delaware County. Early in the Civil War he enlisted in Company < i. Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and remained in the service for three years. He was taken prisoner and before being exchanged suffered confinement at Belle Isle, after which he was very ill and it is probable that he never fully regained his former health. His record is that of a brave and efficient soldier. In 1877 he bought a farm situated on what is now known as Klondyke Road. He followed agricultural pursuits during the remainder of his life, and was a man who stood high in the regard of his fellow citizens. In [859 he was married to Mary McClure. She was a daughter of James McClure and was born in Scioto Township. Delaware Countv, Ohio, August 3. 1837. She still survives and is a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church.

Mr>. Cryder came of Scotch ancestry. Her father, James McClure. was born near Greensbur,^. Pennsylvania, and was a young man when he accompanied his parents to Ohio and settled on what is now the John McClure farm. At that time it was a heavily wooded tract, covered with valuable oak, walnut and maple trees, and it was necessary to clear a spot before a loo- cabin could he erected. The grandparents of Mrs. Cryder, William McClure and wife, came originally from Scotland. James McClure raised cattle and sheep and became a man of considerable substance. In politics he was a Democrat and fraternally he was a Mason. He married Olive Skinner, who was a daughter of Robert Skinner, of Perry County, Ohio, where the McClures stopped for a short time after reaching Ohio prior to settling in Delaware County. To this marriage the following children were born: William, now deceased; Eliza, also deceased, who was the wife of Isaac Newton Richey, of Scioto Township; Jane, who married I. R. Xewhouse. of Scioto Township; Robert, now deceased; Mary, who is the widow of John M. Cryder; Isabella, who married William H. Cutler, of Delaware; James, deceased; John McClure; and Olive, who is the widow of Emory Cutler, and resides at Barnesville, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. McClure joined the "Id stone Church at South Radnor, in their later years, but he had helped to build the church at Delaware. James McClure died in 1851,. aged sixty-four years. His widow survived until the age of 98 years, dying in January, [899.

The children of John M. Cryder an.' his wife were: Charles, born in 1803; George S., born in 1867; Robert, born in 1870; John M., born in 1872; and Louella. born in 1881, who is the wife of Fred Davis, residing at Delaware.

Charles Cryder was educated in the local schools and when he was eighteen years of age he rented the home farm and continued to operate it until after his marriage. In 1885 he purchased his present farm of his father and this be has successfully conducted ever since, lie carries on a general agricultural line, raises the crops that do best on his land, cultivating seventy acres, and both raises and buys stock, having eighty acres of permanent pasture. He keeps about 100 head of sheep, thirty hogs, twenty head of cattle, all of acknowledged superiority of breed.

October 25, 1891, Mr. Cryder married Elizabeth Cryder, who is a daughter of John Cryder, a remote relative of his own. Mrs. Cryder's paternal grandfather was Emanuel Cryder. Her maternal grandfather was Benjamin Cryder, and the latter was a son of John Cryder, who was a son of .Michael Cryder,

John Cryderj the father of Mrs. Charles Cryder, was born in Ross County, Ohio, February 24, [834. He married Rebecca J. Cryder. February 5, 1 S 5 7 . who died November 20, 187(1. her birth having taken place June 17. 1836. She was a daughter of Benjamin Cryder, a son of John and a grandson of Michael Cryder. The father of Mrs. Charles Cryder was a general farmer. In [86] he moved to Illinois, for four years previously having been a guard in the penitentiary at Columbus. In politics, he was a Democrat, lie had the following children: Helen Adelle, Levi Calaway, .Martha Alice. Elizabeth, Henry M., Mary A., James \\\, Amanda Lillie, Minnie M. and John T. The mother of Mrs. Cryder was a worth)- member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which religious body her husband gave liberal support.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cryder have four children, namely: Mildred, John. Annabelle and Nellie. In almost every generation of the Cryder family the name of John appears, it being one that is perpetuated as a token of respect and affection for those who have previously born it. Mrs. Cryder is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Warrensburg, of which her husband is an attendant and supporter. Like other members of his family, the latter is a Democrat. He has held township offices and takes an active interest in public affiairs. He is a member of Ruffner Lodge No. 330. I. O. 0. F., at Warrensburg and is a past grand of the order.

VIN X. GARDNER, whose tine dairy farm is situated in Libert}' Township, has been a life-long resident of the portion of Delaware County lying within one mile of Powell. He was born three-fourths of a mile south of that village. February 9, 1850, and is a son of Jonathan and Delia ( Brenton ) Gardner.

Count\ and his was the first burial that place in the Powell cemetery. The gi mother was Nancy Pond, a widow, who had formerly lived in Knox Count}-. Jonathan Gardner, father of In in X.. was born in Vermont and accompanied hi-- parents to l v County, Ohio. He married Delia Benton, who was born on the banks of Alum Creek, near Westerville, and they settled on a farm south of Powell. They had the following children: Nettie, now aged about sixty-six years, married Rev. J. G. Evans, of the Methodist I copal Church, and the)- reside near Kank Illinois; Lyman, aged sixty-three years, married Lillie Hall, a daughter of Gordon Hall, and he is now engaged in a banking business at Worthington; Bryon A., residing east of Powell, married Florence Lowery, a daughter of John Lowery; Isabel is survived by her husband. Edward Xeds. residing in Franklin County, Ohio, anil one son Robert Franklin Xeds; and Franklin and Henry, both of whom died young. Jonathan Gardner is dece but his venerable widow still survives. SI indeed a remarkable lad}-, being in full possession of all her faculties although she celebrated her ninetieth birthday on April 24. 1908. More than this, she appeared on this happy occasion in a becoming costume made by Iter own hands, the dainty stitching on it putting machine work to shame. Her hands have ever been useful ones and for years were busy doing helpful things for others. Since there is no longer am- need for her practical use of them, she has gratified her love for beautiful objects by doing fine bead and - fancy work and so accurately and exquisitely that her display took first prize at a late held at Kankakee, where she has been a resident for the past twelve years.

Irvin XT. Gardner attended the district schools in his boyhood but as his eldest brother entered the army to serve in the Civil War. he was obliged to take up the work on the while young. Following his marriage be engaged in general farming for twenty-five ; and during this time also did stock-buying I a large extent. In [884 he came to his present place, where he has 132 acres, and for the past two years he has followed dairying, milking thirty cows and ships from fifty to sixty gallons of milk per day to Columbus, lie has greatly improved his farm since settling ort it. as lie found nothing here but an excellent well. He built first what is now the rear of his handsome residence, which he later completed, subsequently adding fine barns and commodious sheds. He also cleared a large part of the farm. He remembers that in his boyhood, an old log house stood on the place.

In 1872. Mr. Gardner married Mary Burss, who died in 1879. She was the only child of Amter Burss, of Libert)' Township. Mr. Gardner was married (second) in 1881, t" Martha Washington Tone, who is a daughter "i Lafayette Tone. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner have had four children, namely: Lora, who is the wife of J. I'. Drumhiller, residing in Liberty Township; Lillie and Guy, both deceased; and Jay T., who manages the home farm for his father. He married Amelia Pounds, who i~ a daughter of William Pounds, and they have one sun. Lesley.

.Mr. Gardner is a member of Powell Lodge, Odd Fellows, No. 465J of Lowell Lodge, Knights of Pythias, No. 684; and of the Improved Order of Red Men, Tribe Xo. 112, at Hyattsville. Formerly lie was identified actively with the Republican party, but in recent years has been independent in his views. He 1- ;i trustee of Liberty Township, having

Ev. John Franklin Shaffer

1 >. 1 ».. \\ In ' for nearly a quarter of a century ha- been in charge of the Lutheran Church at Delaware, was born on hi- father's farm in Fairfield nty, ( >hio, March 28, [837, and is a son of the honorable old name. Isaac Shaffer, the grandfather of Rev. Shaffer, was born in Lancaster County. Pennsylvania, in 1768. coming from there to Fairfield County, in 1798.* and locating in the wilderness before the county lines were drawn and when the larger number of inhabitants were Indians. He located on a desirable tract of land very near to what is now the county seat and he it was who suggested the naming of the place Lancaster, in memory of the old home toward which his thoughts so often turned. The town of Lancaster was laid out in the fall of 1800 and Mr. Shaffer's farm, a few miles to the southward, became doubly valuable. Here he lived until he passed away, at the age of eighty-two years. He had married Julia Reem. also of Lancaster and also of German extraction. At the time of death, the Shaffer children each received 200 acres of land and as there were six in his family, this amounted to a large body.

John S. Shaffer, father of Dr. Shaffer, was the youngest son of his parents, and was born in Fairfield County. Ohio, June 20, 1807. At the age of twenty-one years he married (first) Mary Koontz, who subsequently died, leaving two sons, who survived to early manhood. He was married (secondly) to Sarah Stuckey. and to this union were born ten children. Mr. Shaffer continued his father's agricultural activities and through a long exemplary life remained a leading man in his community. He was particularly active in Christian work and fellowship, being one of the pillars of the Lutheran faith in Fairfield County. It was mainly through his efforts that a congregation was organized at Hamburg, and in the building of the church he assumed one-sixth of the expense and also subsequently provided for a large part of itmaintenance. He was one of the trustee-, also an elder and for twenty years was superintendent of the Sabbath school. He was a man beloved for bis many virtues and admired for bis sterling character. He died April 20. [875, at Carthage, Missouri, to which place he had moved in 1869; he was aged sixtyeight years and three months.

Up to the aye of seventeen years, the subject of tin's sketch, who was the fifth child of his parents, assisted in the management of the home farm, attending school as opportunity was afforded. The youth of that day had few educational advantages, and no matter how ambitious and intellectual a boy might he, he was fortunate, in that section of Fairfield County, if he could obtain three or four months' instruction during the winter in the country school. Young Shaffer was exceptionally bright, and long before he entered Wittenberg College, in 1854, he had mastered everything taught in the rural schools. At Springfield he entered earnestly into study. taking the regular literary and classical course as then prescribed, and when he graduated he -i' d fifth in a class of ten students, and with one exception, was the youngest member o\ that brilliant class.

After graduating at Wittenberg College, Mr. Shaffer at once began the study of theology, entering the theological seminary connected with Wittenberg College, and remained until he completed the course. He was licensed to preach in 1861, by the Miami Synod. convened at St. Paris, and was ordained a minister of the Lutheran Church, at Circleville, in 1862. His first appointment was to the church at Xenia, Ohio, and when Mr. Shaffer took charge it was in poor condition both as to membership and interest. Under his pastorate it was revived and has had a continuous, steady growth up to the present time. At the time of his resignation of the charge, some twenty years later, it had increased in spirituality, membership and material possessions.

Dr. Shaffer has been the recipient of many honor.- in his church and has effectively tilled many very responsible positions. lie was thrice elected secretary of the Miami Synod and four time- it- president, lie was retained

directorate of Wittenberg College by tlie Miami Synod, for nearh a third of a century, the college hoard twice elected him its president, and on numerous occasions lie repnted his synod in the general synod, lie lias served on the Examining Committee to examine candidates for the ministry, for more than thirty year-. While residing at Xenia, Dr. Shaffer took an active interest in civic matters pertaining to educational movements and for fifteen years served as an examiner of teachers for the county schools; for twelve years he served in the same capacitv for the city schools, and for fifteen years served on the Xenia Board of Education. He has never lost his deep interest in educational progress and at the time of this writing, is serving as clerk of the School Board at Delaware.

In March. 1881, Dr. Shaffer moved to Springfield in order to give his children what he deemed better educational advantages, placing them in his alma mater. Wittenberg College. He continued, however, to supply his charge at Xenia until a successor could be found, which was done in the following June, the old pastor never, in the meantime, having disappointed his congregation on a single occasion. He also supplied the churches at West Liberty and Tippecanoe City for some months. In addition to his pastoral work. Dr. Shaffer has done much literary work, all showing a high grade of scholarship. From September, 1881, to December. 1885. he prepared the comments on the Sabbath school lessons for the Lutheran Evangelist, and within this period also provided many articles covering a wide range of subjects for that and other papers. For two years he was associated with Dr. Ort as editor of the Evangelist, and with Dr. Singley a- corresponding editor. He also taught in the theological seminary connected with the college the important branches of Hebrew. Biblical Archaeology, Sacred Philology. Biblical Evidences, Church History and Catechetics.

However, under this stupendous amount of work. Dr. Shaffer began to find his former robust health breaking down, and as his soul yearned for the regular work of the ministry, when the opportunity came to organize a church at Delaware, he came to this city. This organization was effected in November, [885, and in eleven month- the little but enthusiastic congregation dedicated a line brick church, with a seating capacity of 500. In June. 1887, the board of Wittenberg College, at the recommendation of the faculty, conferred upon Rev. Shaffer, the degree of D. D. He has remained in this charge ever since, each year but serving to bind pastor and congregation in closer bonds. With the exception of Dr. Stuckenberg, Dr. Shaffer is given credit of having had more to do than any other man in bringing into existence the Women's Home and Foreign Mission Society of the General Synod.