Union Township (part 2 of 4)

Nancy, daughter of Archibald Ballard, married Jacob Claypool in 1814. She died February, 1825, and was buried inCramner's Graveyard. Her grave is now overshadowed by two large red cedar trees. Near by rest Jacob Fox and Obed Burnham. Jacob Claypool, son of Abraham Claypool, was born August 23, 1788, in Randolph County, Ya. At the age of twenty-one (1809), he took possession of the 500-acre tract on Glady Run, and, leasing it to Archibald Ballard, the first cabin was built near the lower line, west of Glady, in December, 1809, and January and February, 1810. Jacob taught school in Union Township, Highland County, about the mouth of Dodson Creek, known in early days as the Mike Stroup place. His patrons, as appears from his schedule, were: The family of Joseph Van Meter, four scholars; the family of Peter Yan Sant, three scholars; the family of Isaac Yan Sant, three scholars; the family of Ebenezer Harmer, two scholars; the family of John Jones, two scholars; total, fourteen. After teaching this school, he made his headquarters at Ballard's, and paid a visit to Yirginia. April 15, 1812, he entered the army at Franklinton, as Orderly Sergeant, in H. Ulry's rifle company, First Regiment Ohio Yolunteers, Duncan McArthur commanding. They marched to Detroit; was in all of Hull's little fights; was paroled; returned home August 30 of the same year, and settled down to hard work on his land. He was married to Nancy Ballard in 1814. In 1822, he moved to Indianapolis, but, the following year, returned, with a full cargo of ague, and remained on his farm until 1833. He sold 240 acres to Peter O'Connor for $2,000, having previously sold small tracts to Ben and Joseph Rider, Joseph Doughty, M. L. Jinoways and others.

March 1, 1834, he started on a prospecting tour through Illinois, and settled ai Morris, Grundy County, where Indians were then quite plenty, and only half a dozen white families thereabouts. William Brown and Jacob Robb and families, and William Robb and William Eubanks, accompanied him. The last two returned to Perry Township the following year. Mr. Claypool was well fitted for pioneer life, being hardy and robust, energetic and determined. He died August 17, 1876, at the age of eighty-eight years, leaving two sons, Perry A. and L. W. The former was born June 5, 1815; married Mary Halstead, youngest sister of A. A. Halstead, of Russel Station, in 1835, and died in Grundy County, 111., October 15, 1846, leaving a widow and four children, all of whom are living there at present. The younger son, L. W., was born in Glady Run June 4, 1819, and removed with his father- to Grundy County, 111., where he has held several important official positions.

Asa Dunham came in 1813 and settled here, but died in a few years, leaving a widow, who afterward married Peter Lane. In the same year came James Puckett, Isaac Ruth and James Leonard.

Gideon Dunham was a native of Virginia, and, in 1814, settled on the land now owned by his son, Wilson. He purchased 286 acres from Walter Warfield, a land speculator. Mr. Dunham was married twice, and had a large family. Three children of the first marriage - Charles, Asa and Melinda - and nine of the second, viz.: Mary, Bowen, Sarah, Ruth, Gideon, David,

Wilson and Elizabeth. Only two are living - David, who resides in Cincinnati; and Wilson, who occupies the old homestead. He was Justice of the Peace five terms subsequent to the formation of the township.

Edward and Nathan Bishop also came about this time. Edward held the office of Constable, and died in 1826. Nathan was also Constable for a number of years. He lived to an old age, and, at the time of his death, which occurred in 1876, was Mayor of the village of Fayetteville.

Samuel McCulloch and Joshua Drake, also Samuel Ashton and his sons - Sam, Thomas, Zach, James and George - came during this year. Ephraim Granger and family settled on Glady Run, where Thurston Granger, his son, now resides.

Joseph W. Jinoways, a native of France, had offended a priest in Paris. To escape the church, he joined the army at eighteen; was sent to St. Domingo, under Le Clerc, to quell the negro insurrectionists, who had taken the fort before the troops landed, and murdered the garrison. It became too hot for Jinoways. He deserted and swam to an American merchantman, landed in Philadelphia, married Miss Johns and settled on Glady Run, where he died. He had seven sons - Joseph B. , Augustus, Martin L. (who married Olive Bishop and removed to Illinois), Samuel, who married Charlotte Stanley July 21, 1838, moved to Missouri, and there died during the rebellion), Lewis (who, when last heard from, was in Peoria, 111.), Alexander (died in Illinois) and Jackson, a boatman, whose place of residence is unknown). Mrs. Jinoways died in Woodford County, 111., at an extreme old age. There were also a number of daughters in this family.

In 1815, Capt. William Lane was in the township. He was an early Constable. Adam Snell and William Curry were also here at this time. The latter was Justice of the Peace at the time of the first election of the township, and afterward moved to Highland County, where he was elected Sheriff. Joshua Drake was Constable of Perry Township in 1815.

In 1816, the following citizens were in the township - some of them may have come earlier: Russell Atkins, John Shackelford, Erastus Atkins, Thomas

Fox, William Eubanks, Jacob Sly, Ebenezer Hadley and Henry W. Royse. Thomas B. Bryan, well known as "Uncle Tommy," was a cooper and a widower. He had been a scout in Pennsylvania in the whisky insurrection. He lived on the Claypool place, and died about 1844. Yere Royse was a Consta ble in 1816. Obed Burnham was a chair-maker, and quite deaf. He died in this township. Obed Burnham, Jr., left the township early, and located at Jonesboro, 111. Betsy Burnham married Abel Mossman. Daniel Fox was the proprietor of a saw-mill. Jacob Sly had been with Gen. Wayne in 1793. He had a great fancy for buckskin clothing, and donned it whenever he could procure it. His children were Joseph, David, Rebecca (married toTti* Ashton). Cassie (married to James Ashton) and Clara. The son of Ebenezer Hadley, John Hadley, was residing near Streator, 111., a short time ago.

Alexander Cahall, Matthew Leonard, Samuel Adkins, Nathan D. Lane, Charles McCoy, Jacob Fox, Jr., Silas Huntley, George Ranis, William Leonard, Thomas Hart, Neal McGindley, Stephen Adams, Tyre Smithson, Jacob Fox. Sr., Michael Snell, Chenial Covalt, Isaiah Hallsted, Moses Wood and Eben Hadley. Samuel Adkins had been a Revolutionary soldier, and died in this township. He was father-in-law to Isaiah Hallsted Jacob Fox, Jr., was a good man; his first wife was Betsy Sly; he was buried in Cranmers Graveyard. William Leonard was probably here with his father in 1814. Neal Mc- Gindley settled on Grassy Run. He once shot his son, Manasseh, accidentally, in a corn-field, mistaking him for a deer. His daughter Margery married Samuel Brown, and moved to Grundv County, 111., in 1837; then to Iowa; both are dead; they raised a large family. Isaiah Hallsted came from Pennsylvania; he lived on Jacob Claypooks farm for years, then bought a tract on Glady Run; he had a large family of girls, and died here. Moses Wood afterward laid out Woodville, west of this township. Eben Hadley has long since moved to Lexington County, 111., where, when last heard from, he was living at an extreme old age.

In mentioning the following settlers, we give the dates at which, from occurrences, they were known to be in the township. Their actual settlement may in some cases have been years earlier. In 1818, the settlement included William Rybolt, Joel Curliss (who was a New Jerseyman), Michael Fritz. John Miller (a noted character), William McCune, James Rush and John Smith. Samuel Cranmer was here before 1815; he was from New Jersey, and, in 1820, was Treasurer of the township; he donated the ground for Cranmer's Graveyard; his sons were Samuel, B. Doughty and Richard. John Pullman was a boatman, and died in Fulton. Phineas Allen, a Justice of the Peace, had probably been here long before this date. David Brown was livingin the township in 1818; James and Abner were his sons; the latter married Martha Rider July 23, 1829, and both were living in Western Indiana in 1879.

In 1820, we have the following: William Boyle, a native of Ireland; was agent for Gen. Lytle; be had a son, William, and a daughter, Sarah, afterward Mrs. John Kelly. Edward Boyle settled near Fayetteville, and lived to the age of ninety; at the time of his death, in 1875, his descendants numbered eleven children and fifty- two grandchildren. Other settlers of 1820 were Patrick Morehead, Robert Alexander, William Brown, Charles Brooks, Joel Curliss, John Chamberlain, George Gearton, L. Ditto, Selby Huston, John Harmer, Mathias Pitzer, David Runyan, Charles Waits, Ellis Walling, Thomas Watson, John B. Mahan and James Leonard, Jr.

The dates of the advent of the following cannot be definitely ascertained, but were probably prior to 1820: Selby Hudson, William Hudson, Hugh Mc-

Roads), John Hedges, Benjamin Doughty, Richard Applegate, John Lafarre, Daniel Hankins, Henry Hankins, Levi Tucker, Caleb Clark, W. L. Curliss, Heth Hart. In 1822: John Eichelberger, Abram Fox, Josiah Hobson, Joseph Curliss, C. M. Foster, Joseph Morseman, John Snowhill, Joseph Potter, Richard W. Ditto and J ohn Eldridge. John Snowhill was a wagon-maker from Philadelphia; he died prior to 1840, leaving two sons, Andrew and Ben, and two daughters, Jane and Ellen. Joseph Potter had been a Revolutionary soldier; was under Gen. Wayne; he first settled on Sycamore, and died near Burnham's. Heth Hart was from Kentucky, and afterward moved to Highland County. W. S. and Joseph Curliss came from New Jersey; the former removed to Indiana.

After this period, immigration increased rapidly from the Eastern States and Europe. The identity of families and individuals was lost sight of, and, with the foundations which had been laid, the community advanced with the tide of progress which swept like magic throughout the entire State.

When the adventurous pioneer departed from the confines of civilization to seek a home in the unbroken wilderness, he brought with him his trusty rifle, to' serve the double purpose of procuring the necessaries of life and defending himself -against the wild denizens of the forest, or the more treacherous Indians, jealous of the white invader. The ax ranged next in importance, on account of its extended adaptability and varied powers of construction. With the addition of an auger, some powder, some lead, and the inevitable jack-knife, his outfit was complete. As he penetrated the woods, he marked his progress by cutting pieces of bark off the most prominent trees along the route, thus constituting the " blazed road " by which he was to return, and guide others in the same direction. Having selected a suitable location, his next care was the construction of a habitation, which was the usual log cabin, with its puncheon floor, clapboard roof and grating door, with the hospitable latchstring to welcome the weary traveler. The family was then removed. Other adventurous spirits soon followed. More cabins were built, and log-rollings were started. Ready help was given to all settlers. A new settlement was formed, and the foundations of civilized society were laid.

As a specimen of the customs of the early settlers of Perry Township, Mr. L. W. Claypool kindly furnishes from the private papers of his father a specimen of his exchanging work with his neighbors:

One of the saddest incidents in pioneer times was the loss of little Lydia Osborne, of Williamsburg, July 13, 1804, and the long but fruitless search for her by many hundred men. Although her parents were not residents of this township or county, a thorough search was made over what is now the territory of Perry Township, and the last traces of her were seen here and in this vicinity. Lydia, aged eleven years, and Matilda, aged seven, the two daughters of Ebenezer Osborne, started, on the afternoon of the above day, to bring home their father's cows from the " big field " about a mile from the village. Finding them, the elder girl supposed, from the direction the cows took, that they were going from instead of toward home. Bidding her little sister remain where she was, Lydia started to head off the cattle, but, failing in this, and fearing that Matilda might become lost, she left the cattle and started to go to the place where she thought she had left her, but instead of, finding her, she took the direction opposite from her home, and was soon hopelessly lost. The younger child, following the tinkling of the cow-bells, arrived safely at home. The following account of the search is principally from the graphic narration of the event written by Rev. James B. Finley, who participated in it. Night coming on, the parents of the unreturning Lydia grew anxious, and the alarm of " lost child" spread rapidly through the neighborhood. Bells were rung, horns blown and guns fired, and the woods and thickets beat and scoured all night, in vain. The news flew in every direction, and a constantly increasing crowd of frontiersmen gathered in and assisted in the search. On the third day, Cornelius Washburn arrived, with about five hundred others. Washburn was accompanied by his noted hunting dog, of which it was said he would follow any scent his master would put him on. The search was systematized, and continued by different companies in all directions. Perry Township was traversed, and the seventh night was passed on the head- waters of the East Fork of the Little Miami. Washburn had discovered traces of her - places where she had slept and gathered berries. The company grew, until a thousand men were believed to be in the field, many of them from Kentucky. An immense line was formed, the men being several rods apart, and the anxious, earnest search continued. On the morning of the fifteenth day, footprints of the wanderer were discovered on the banks of the North Fork of White Oak. Proceeding up a branch of the stream from this point, near a large blackberry patch was found a neat little house, built of sticks, with moss -covering the cracks. On one side was a little door, and in the interior a bed of leaves, covered with moss and adorned with wild flowers. All could see at once that it was the work of a child, and the tears stole freely over the bronzed and manly cheeks of the pursuers, who gazed upon it, far from any human habitation, deep in the recesses of a vast wilderness. There were evidences that the child had been here several days, but the signs were believed to be three or four days old. It was at first believed that the child was near at hand, and renewed hope sprang up in the minds of all. The grief -stricken parents were present, and gave expression to mingled feelings of hope and despair. A quiet, thorough examination was made of the country around, but no fresh signs of her presence were discovered. Horse-tracks, however, were seen, and, two miles from " Lydia's Camp," as this place was called, her bonnet was found hanging on a bush, and, eight or ten miles farther off, an Indian camp was discovered. It was believed the Indians had carried her off, none knew whither. Further pursuit was abandoned, and the men returned home. The father, however, continued the search alone, and finally died of a broken heart. The child was never found.

L. W. Claypool, speaking of this occurrence, says of Cornelius Washburn that he engaged in it with the keen perceptive intelligence which only a noted hunter possesses, and that it was wonderful to see him, calm and thoughtful* walking slowly along, noting a leaf upturned, peavine, brush or anything disturbed, while others could see nothing, except at times he would point out to them tracks of the child on sand-bars, beds of leaves, or the like. Some of the searchers made so much noise, hallooing, blowing horns, etc., that Washburn begged of them to desist, and he would find the child, insisting that the child, after having been lost so long, would hide from man as quick as a wild animal. They would not heed him, but dashed ahead. Mr. Claypool continues: "I was once lost, when eight or nine years old, with J ake Ashton, a year younger, and can fully realize Washburn's assertion of fright. We went out early in the morning to huut the cows; soon the path gave out, and we were lost in the flat beech swamps between G-lady and Grassy Runs. We wandered about until nearly night, coming out at a new road recently underbrushed, just at the time an infair party of about a dozen couple on horseback were passing. Although knowing the most of them, we hid until they had passed.

" I have seen Mr. W ashburn several times at our place on Glady - a peculiar looking man, large head, broad shoulders and chest, tapering down to small feet, out of proportion, as it seemed to me, his dress of hunting- shirt, leggings and moccasins adding to the illusion, perhaps. When last heard from, I believe he went on a trapping expedition to the Rocky Mountains, about 1830 or 1831, with one of the Hankinses, who came back without him. It was supposed the Indians killed him.

" I do not believe there were any Indians in Perry Township at the first settlement, perhaps not in the present century; at least, I never heard my father speak of it, but he would often allude to his experience with them in Virginia, in Chillicothe, Ohio, and other places. The township was rather an out-of-the-way place, or middle ground, only used at times by an occasional straggler. I have heard him talk of a few bears, but deer, wolves and wild turkeys were plenty, even in my day."

Political History

Perry Township was formed by the Commissioners of Clermont County on June 6, 1815, and remained in that county until December 27, 1817, when the Legislature passed an act creating Brown County, and ceding the townships of Pleasant, Lewis, Clark and Perry, with certain portions of Adams, to the new county. The first election was held October 10, 1815, resulting as follows: For Senator, John Boggess, 16; Thomas Morris, 2; for Representatives (two to be elected), John Polloc, 6; William Fee, 5; Amos Ellis, 13; Samuel B. Kyle, 7; for Sheriff, Oliver Lindsey, 17; for Commissioner, John Shaw, 16; George C. Light, 2.

There were twenty three voters then in the township. Their names, as near as can be ascertained, were as follows: Solomon Claypool, Archibald Ballard,

In 1817, Perry voted in Clermont County for the last time, casting twentyfour votes for John Boggess, Representative, and six for Andrew Foote, Commissioner. The number of votes cast at the Presidential election of 1880 was 642 - Republican, 74; Democratic, 568.

The following have been Justices of the Peace in and for this township: Jacob Claypool (1815), Isaac Ruth, Phineas Allen, Solomon Claypool, William Curry, Alanson H. Hallsted, Nicholas Halpin, Nathan Bishop, George Carrier,

The health of the community is generally good. Epidemics are very rare. The principal forms of disease occurring here are of malarial origin. ' Intermittent fevers of a mild type, bilious, and occasionally typhoid fever, present themselves. It is worthy of note here that the diseases mentioned are almost entirely confined to fiat lands and undrained districts. The death rate is low.

The presen* population is about three thousand. The majority of the people are of European birth or immediate descent, the Irish and French prevailing. The French language is spoken to a considerable extent. Fivesixths of the citizens of this community belong to the Catholic Church, the remainder are mostly Methodists. Improvements are slowly made, but steady growth has been the rule in every department. The condition of public and private morals is truly remarkable. Crime is almost unknown - five years without a crime of any mention. A physician engaged in practice ten years can report over two hundred cases of birth, without a single case illegitimate.

The writer is indebted to Mr. L. W. Claypool, without whose assistance the early history of this township could not have been written. He also wishes to return thanks to those citizens of the township who have assisted in the work, to the reverend clergy of the different churches, to the Ursuline Convent authorities, to John and William Boyle, Henry McCarthy, and many others, whose co-operation he gratefully acknowledges.

In this, as in all other enterprises connected with the early history of Perry Township, the name of Claypool comes first. Solomon built the first mill and started the first distillery. Ephraim Granger came next in order. Both of these were the original " corn-cracker " mills, around whose departed shadows hang so many scenes of rural sport and pastime, dear to the memory of the hardy pioneers of those days.

These mills were situated on the respective farms of their owners. Thomas Bamber built a mill on the East Fork, which was afterward sold to Bevans & Snowhill. This was the first steam mill in the township. Joseph Hallsted built the Bank Mill, on the East Fork, near the Clinton County line. Ebenezer Davis, a very eccentric character, was a veteran miller of the olden time; he occupied the site of Boyle's Mill, on the East Fork, near St. Martin's. "Uncle 'Nezar" had an unhappy faculty of changing his religious convictions, and, whenever his brethren in the church refused to agree with him on points of doctrine, he would force them into concession by refusing them the use of his mill. He was a power in the land, and, when he declared he would " never grind another grist for a Baptist," the most disastrous results were likely to follow unless he was acknowledged " leader, " with full power to instruct. He sold his mill and other property to Edward Boyle.

Dillen & McConn built the Fayetteville Mills in 1870. The buildings, which were frame, were destroyed by fire in 1874. John Dillen rebuilt an elegant brick mill, with modern improvements, in the same year. It is still in operation. James Connally is the present proprietor.

Cranmer's Graveyard is the oldest cemetery in the township. In this peaceful spot, after the toils and troubles of life, rest the mortal remains of the pioneers of Perry Township.

The Yera Cruz (Catholic) Cemetery is the most beautiful and best- regulated cemetery in the township. The oldest name is that of Edward Bishop, who died in 1826. Patrick McConn donated this tract to the parish of Yera Cruz about 1860.

Fritt's Graveyard is situated on the Anderson State road, between Fayetteville and St. Martin's. It is at present but little used as a place of sepulture. The silent gravestones here tell the sad tale of the ravages of the epidemic cholera in 1851. Among the pioneer names found here are those of Covalt, Hallsted, Alexander, Tritts, Shingle, Dunham and Curless.

The ground for St. Patrick's (Catholic) Cemetery, Fayetteville, was donated by Cornelius McGroarty and Peter O'Conner. It contains more graves than any other in the township, and many beautiful tributes of love in enduring marble and granite add a melancholy beauty to this last resting-place of the sainted dead.

St. Martin's (Catholic) Cemetery is situated near St. Martin's Church. It is comparatively modern, and has some beautiful and appropriate monuments.

The majority of the first settlers were members of the Methodist Church. In the absence of a place of worship, they were wont to gather at a neighbor's house whenever the Word of God was preached. Ezekiel Hutchinson was the first preacher of whom we have any record. He resided near Hartman's, below Pleasant Run. He was the pioneer preacher, having lived in the township several years prior to 1816.

Arthur W. Elliot, a celebrated pioneer and Methodist minister, began visiting this community as early as 1818. By his wise counsels he succeeded in uniting the few scattered families of the faithful into a regular church organization. A church was built near Cranmer's Graveyard, where regular services were held from 1828 to 1868, when it was abandoned, some of the congregation going to Marathon and some to the church at Fayetteville. Among the first Methodists were the following persons and families: Peter Lane, Samuel

The Fayetteville Methodist Episcopal Church was built in 1845. It is a neat brick building, pleasantly situated on the north side of Humber street, and is at present the only Methodist Church in* the township. Many of the pioneers and their families were members of this congregation, among whom were the following: Gideon Dunham, William Ulrey, Calvin Smith, Valentine Fritz, Peter Lane, Mrs. Phoebe Harris, Richard Applegate, Dr. W. B. Thompson, Elias Long, William Rybolt, James Ashton, Thomas Ashton, Thomas Reeves, Reuben Clayton, Tab Lenmen, William Reeves, Dr. Crew, Alanson H. Hallsted. The church is in a prosperous condition at present, with forty members. Divine service is held semi-monthly, and conducted by Rev. Mr. Jackson.

The Catholic Church Education

There is perhaps no department so surrounded by the vail of obscurity as that of early education in new countries, and certainly no better guide can be found with which to measure the /progress of a community than a comparison between the humble efforts of the early settlers in the cause of education, and the present admirable system of free schools, controlled and supported by the State.

The first attempts to teach were attended with the greatest difficulties, both to teachers and scholars. It is unnecessary here to detail the hardships, trials and adventures of the boys and girls of seventy years ago in Perry Township, who braved storm and flood, and wandered through woods and forded streams, without road or bridge to guide them, in search of the rude and cheerless cabin, provided with but few of the necessities and none of the comforts of a human habitation. Whoever learned to " read, write and cipher " in those days had to perform an amount of labor which would enable a youth of the present time to graduate with honors from any of our leading colleges.

But, in the face of all difficulties, the great majority of the " boys " now living who received their only education in these primitive schools have not only been successful in their respective avocations, but many of them have risen to eminence in the different departments of commercial, political and professional life.

The first school was taught by Jacob Claypool, commencing, as appears by an old copy-book used at the school, October 12, 1815. The school was kept in a log cabin, perhaps built for the purpose, on the bank of the East Fork, below the old State road, just where it leaves the stream to pass the Cranmer Graveyard. The patrons L. W. Claypool recollects having heard mentioned, were the Grangers, McCunes and Jinoways. There were perhaps others from below not now remembered. Jacob Claypool often mentioned, in after years, Clistie Granger, afterward wife of B. Doughty Cranmer, and sister of Thurston, as being a very apt scholar. The old log house stood there in after years, but its use is not remembered.

The next school known was taught in the summer of 1824, in a cabin on Jacob Claypool's lower line, east bank of Glady, afterward residence and cooper shop of " Uncle Tommy " (T. B. Bryan), until he died, soon after 1844. About the same time, Martin Bishop, Phineas Allen and Sam Ewing taught in the neighborhood at times.

John H. O'Connor kept school in a cabin adjoining his residence, on the north side of the State road, about one-third of a mile above Burnham's, or, say half way between Glady and Fayetteville. He commenced probably about 1827, and continued at intervals four or five years. Among the boys who attended school about this time who are still living are Joshua Fox, Thurston Granger, Wilson Dunham, John Boyle, Benjamin Snowhill, Andrew Snowhill and Andrew McQuillan, now. of Perry Township; Joseph Leonard, of Clermont County; A. A. Hallsted, of Russell Station; S. W. Claypool, of Morris, 111. ; and J ames Kirskadden.

In 1835, the free school system was established by the State. Emerson Jester taught for a number of years near Ferristown. William Allen was a teacher in the township about 1840. James Sloane, Sr., taught at Cedarville from 1840 to 1850. He afterward moved to Highland County. James Sloane, Jr. , taught at Campbell's Schoolhouse. He moved with his father to Hillsboro, and afterward became a distinguished lawyer. He was Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Highland County, and died in Hillsboro about 1876. Michael Lyons came to Fayetteville in 1847. He taught in the township for twenty- seven years, his service embracing more time and more pupils than any of his predecessors. He is still living in Fayetteville.

District No. 1 is located in the northern part of the township. The building is of wood, and stands in the southeastern part of Section 612. The district enumerates - males, 22 ; females, 24; total, 46. David Murphy, teacher. Wages, $40 per month.

District No. 2 is located in the village of Fayetteville. The building is of brick, and contains two departments and employs two teachers. The district enumerates - males, 66; females, 61; total, 127; A. J. Bookmyer and Kitty Chaney, teachers. Wages, $50 and $35 respectively.

District No. 3 is located on the Georgetown & Fayetteville Free Turnpike, south of the village of Fayetteville. The building is of brick. The district enumerates - males, 47; females, 54; total, 101. Anderson McQuillin, teacher. Wages, $40 per month.

District No. 4 is situated in the eastern part of the township. The house is in Section 10,861, and is known as the Campbell Schoolhouse. The district enumerates - males, 20; females, 32; total, 52. Mary Carboy, teacher. Wages, $35 per month.

District No. 5 is situated in the southwestern part of the township, in Section 4,790; enumerates - males, 18; females, 23; total, 41. Teacher, Annie McCloskey. Wages, $30 per month.

District No. 6 is located in the southwestern part of the township, and is known by the name of Kirskadden District. The district enumerates - males, 25; females, 18; total, 43. Edward McQuillan, teacher. Wages, $40 per month.

District No. 7 is situated on the Cincinnati & Chillicothe Turnpike, between Fayetteville and Yera Cruz, in the western part of the township. The

District No. 8 is situated in the western part of the township, and is known by the name of Grlady District. The district enumerates - males, 68; females, 43; total, 111. Thomas M. Barry, teacher. Wages, $40 per month.

District No. 9 is located in the northwestern part of the township, in the eastern corner of Section 5,229 ; districte numerates- - males, 33; females, 34; total. 67. A. J. Sever, teacher. Wages, $40 per month.

District No. 10 is situated in the northern part of the township, on the Blanchester pike. It is known as the Farristown Schoolhouse. The district enumerates - males, 37; females, 38; total, 75. Teacher, J. M. Edginton. Wages, $40 per month.

District No. 11 is located in the northeastern part of the township, in Section 2,790. It is known as the Aubry District. The district enumerates - males, 11; females, 15; total, 26. Teacher, M. J. Clark. Wages, $35 per month.

District No. 12 is situated northeast of St. Martin's, in Section 2,941. It is known as the St. Martin's Schoolhouse. The district enumerates - males, 31; females, 25; total, 56. C. C. Chaney, teacher. Wages, $40 per month.

District No. 13 is located in the southeastern part of the township It is known as the Huber Schoolhouse. The district enumerates - males, 33; females, 35; total, 68. Amanda Conrard, teacher. Wages, $35 per month.

District No. 14 is situated in the eastern part of the township, in Section 3,043, and is known as the Stringtown Schoolhouse. The district enumerates - -males, 33; females, 35; total, 68. Bridget Campbell, teacher. Wages, $35 per month.

Fayetteville is pleasantly situated on the south bank of the East Fork of the Little Miami, thirty-six miles from Cincinnati. It contains two churches, two schools, two hotels, several stores and saloons, two drug stores, and several other establishments for the different departments of trade, commerce and manufacture.

Erastus Atkins built the first house on the ground where Fayetteville now stands, in the year 1811. It was a double log house, and occupied the site of the present residence of T. S. Murray. In the same year, Thomas McCarthy bought a farm on the south of Atkins, which included the present corporate limits of the village. Russel Atkins, brother of Erastus, bought land north of this locality. He lived on his farm many years, and had a large family. He sold to Patrick McClosky in 1845, and moved to Newtown, Ohio, where he died in 1859. Cheniah Covalt owned the land on the east, including the present farm of John Cushing. He raised a large family, and lived here until his death. Mr. Hackeibander came about 1814. He had three sons - David,

Moses and John. He died here, after which his family moved to Illinois. Nathan Bishop came here from Virginia about 1811. He was a salt-manufacturer. He bought the farm on the west of the East Fork, from Erastus Atkins. He kept his farm, but ran a huckster wagon between here and Cincinnati ; afterward became Constable, Justice of the Peace, and practiced law for many years. He was Mayor of Fayetteville at the time of his death, in 1876 He was married three times, and left a large family. He was a native of Vermont.

Cornelius McGroarty bought the present site of Fayetteville in 1818. He was a native of Ireland; came here from Cincinnati. He had several children. His son, Stephen J., was Colonel of an Ohio regiment in the war of the rebellion. He was a brave and gallant soldier, and died in Cincinnati a few years ago. His son Patrick, the able lawyer and distinguished orator, is a prominent member of the Brown County bar, and resides at Georgetown. Cornelius McGroarty removed with his family to Cincinnati and died there. He donated the land upon which St. Patrick's Church and Cemetery were built. Alpheus White came in 1820. He was a carpenter; raised a large family, and died here in 1838. John Ballard came about 1830. He was a remarkable man. When a boy, he was engaged in the rebellion of 1798 in Ireland. He was a soldier in Napoleon's army, and survived the terrors of the bloody field of Waterloo. He served as a soldier in the United States Army; became Captain of a company; received a land grant from the United States Government, but refused to accept it. He was Postmaster of Fayetteville many years, and died in 1874, aged ninety-four years. Thomas McKittrick came in 1830. He had nine children. His death occurred in 1868, at the age of ninety-six. Ur. W. B. Thompson came about 1835. He was first Postmaster of Fayetteville; lived here many years, and was successful in practice. He died in 1878, in Cincinnati. Patrick McClosky came in 1845, and William Nugent in 1850.

Fayetteville was incorporated in 1868, the petitioners being W. C. Hall, S. Bavouset, John C. Kelly, A. Mosset, C. A. Sourd, Frank Jacquemin, John Dillen, James Connally. The first officials were: Mayor, Patrick Savage;

The professions at Fayetteville are to-day represented as follows: Attorneys at law, Milton Fox, Patrick Savage and J. A. Murray; physicians, F. Eichler, J. M. Hall and T. M. Beade; clergyman, Rev. John Bowe.

Fayetteville Lodge, No. 172, F. & A. M., was established in 1851, and removed to Marathon in 1856. The following- persons were charter members: U. G. Porter, J. G. Hilton, W. Boyle, E. C. Hartman, S. J. Bivans, John Beeves, Leonidas Mitchell and Peter Lane. The lodge holds meetings on Friday evenings of each month after moon, at their hall in Marathon.

Literary. - -The Uickens Club was organized in 1880. Weekly meetings were held at the office of Ur. T. M. Beade until the spring of 1882, when the schoolhouse was selected as the place of meeting. It embraces thirty members. It was organized by U. G. Campbell, A. J. Bookmeyer, T. M. Barry and T. M. Beade.

Temperance. - The Fayetteville Total Abstinence Society was organized in 1879. The officers were as follows: President, Thomas Barry; Vice President, Cornelius Carboy; Secretary, T. M. Reade; Treasurer, John Boyle, Jr.; Chaplain, Rev. John Bowe. The membership is sixty.

Chapter By Samuel Evans

THE township bearing the above name is situated in the southeastern corner of the county and is bounded on the north by Byrd Township, on the east by Adams County, on the south by the Ohio River and on the west by Union Township. It was organized prior to the erection of Brown County, and was named in honor of Samuel Huntington, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Its greatest length is from the Ohio River at the line between Adam3 and Brown Counties north to the Byrd Township line a distance of eight and three-eighth miles; the greatest width is about five and seven-tenths miles, being from the center of the east line to a point a few rods north of Logan's Gap. It contains nearly thirty two and three-quarter square miles, or 21,000 acres. The real estate value of the township as assessed in 1880 was $444,910; the village of Aberdeen, $55,629; total value, $500,539. The value of chattel property as returned at same time was $202,904, making a total valuation for taxation of $756,139; this being the assessed value, it will be understood that the real value would exceed $1,000,000.

The township ranks fifth in wealth as well as in area in the county, and is second to none in fertility of soil. The surface of the county is diversified by hills and narrow valleys. The southern part of the township has some very fine bottom land; the interior and northern is hilly, especially along the streams, and nearly the entire township is naturally well drained. The river hills and hills along some of the streams are steep and rugged, and generally very rocky. Along the river, there are some very fine stone quarries, where a good quality of building stone is obtained in abundance; the stone obtained is blue and gray limestone, with some fine grained sandstone or rather grindstone grit. The ancient drift of the bottoms along the Ohio River has at the bottom blue clay gravel or sandstones, and near the top yellow clay and black loam; the lower layers often contain logs, leaves, sticks and vines. There are no natural curiosities of importance in the township. Numerous evidences of the work of the Mound-Builders are found.

The principal agricultural products are corn, tobacco, wheat, oats, barley, rye and Irish potatoes. The soil and climate are well adapted to raising corn; the township, previous to the introduction of tobacco, produced about as much corn as any township in the county, and, in consequence of the abundance of corn, hog-raising was a flourishing business for years, but is not now so extensive.

The principal streams are Eagle Creek, Big Three-Mile, Little East Fork of Eagle Creek, Brushy Fork, Suck Run and Fishing Gut Run. Eagle Creek is a large and rapid stream, running a little southwest; it rises in Adams County, washes the western border of the township nearly the entire length, and years ago furnished good power for mills. Little East Fork of Eagle Creek was a good mill stream, being very rapid; it is not now very valuable for waterpower; it has its rise in Adams County, enters this township about two and one-half miles from the Byrd Township line, and flowing southwest empties into Eagle Creek near Logan's Gap. Big Three-Mile was a good mill stream till within the last twenty years, when it began to fail; it also rises in Adams County, enters this township from the east about three and one -half miles from the Ohio, and bearing west -southwest empties into the Ohio River two miles below Aberdeen. Fishing Gut Run is a small creek in the southeast part of the township. Brushy Fork and Suck Run are in the northern part, their course being nearly due west; they are rapid, and were once used for driving grist and saw mills.

Timber

Formerly the whole township was covered with a dense growth of timber. The principal trees were black walnut, white walnut, oak (five species), b-ue and white ash, poplar, hickory (three varieties), soft and hard maple, locust (three species), two of buckeye, beech, coffee-nut, linn, mulberry, two kinds of elm, hackberry, and, along the streams, sycamore. Underneath these was a thick growth of small trees, viz., dogwood, two varieties of haw, persimmon, crab apple, box alder, ironwood, wild cherry, cedar, red bud and papaw. There were some chestnut, whitewood and blackgum, and perhaps some other varie ties; in the shade of these was a heavy growth of vines and shrubs, viz., blackberry, raspberry, huckleberry and hazel, while the grape vine entwined its graceful arms from the hazel bush to the uppermost branches of the mighty oak; the wild strawberry grew luxuriantly in many places. It was there that the pioneers' swine were allowed to roam upon receiving a mark by which they could be known; they often strayed away from the settlements, and became as wild as the deer. In addition to furnishing food for the pioneers' stock, the forest also furnished many delicacies for himself and his family; wild honey was abundant^ and one of the main articles of diet for the pioneer's table as well as one of their delicacies.

The men and women who supplanted the native red men, and planted civilization where the wild, untutored savage roamed, were of a noble type. While we owe a debt of gratitude to our fathers, who freed our beloved country from the British yoke of tyranny and the oppressive chains of despotism, should we not revere and honor the memory of the hardy pioneers, who, taking this now rich, noble and happy country from a state of nature, by their enterprise and muscle made it what it is?

Ellis Palmer was without doubt the first settler in Huntington Township. Shortly after Wayne's treaty, he settled near the mouth of Big Three-Mile Creek, and built a cabin, where he remained until about the year 1804. He then built a cabin near Evan's mill dam, on land now owned by Dyas Gilbert. He was a great hunter, both of the red man and of all kinds of game, and cleared several leases, but never was the owner of any real estate; after leaving the township, he moved into Adams County, Ohio, where he died at an advanced age, the father of three sons and four daughters, viz., James, Ellis, Joseph Lethia (wife of James Riggs), and three whose names cannot now be learned

John Gunsaulus came to this township near the same time that Ellis Palmer did, but nothing is known of his first entrance into the township, except that, as early as 1803 or 1804, he erected a cabin and squatted on land now owned by Eliza and Arbelas Hiett, near the Ripley and Bradysville Turnpikes, on the Little East Fork of Eagle Creek. While here, he took a lease on Nathan Gilbert's land, now owned by E. Porter, about half a mile above Hiett Post Office. He was a man of great physical power, and did a vast amount of work in felling the mighty forest trees of this township. He was considered a good marksman, and often carried off the prize. About the year 1818, he moved into Jackson Township, where he died.

Benjamin Beasley, about the year 1797, built a cabin on the farm now owned by his grand- daughter, Mrs. Cord, about four miles north of where Aberdeen now stands. He planted an orchard of apple, peach and pear trees, and as soon as the peach trees came into bearing there was more fruit than could be used by the family or than could be sold; he erected a distillery, which he operated till his trees stopped bearing, and distilled the surplus fruit into peach and apple brandy. He was a soldier of the war of 1812, and a surveyor by profession. He was a native of Virginia, and moved to Kentucky about the year 1789; his wife Mary died about 1844, and he in 1846; both are buried in the family graveyard on the farm where he located. Nathan Ellis is believed to be about the second to make a fixed residence in this township. He located upon the present site of Aberdeen, and laid out the upper part of the village. Before the village was laid out, he established a ferry, the first one between Maysville, Ky., and this township; a short time after the ferry was established, a hotel was built by Evan Campbell. Ellis soon sold one-half of his ferry to Campbell, and Ellis became joint partner in the hotel. After the Evans ferry was established at the mouth of Fishing Gut Creek, Mr. Ellis bought five acres of land from James Edwards, next to the hill, on what is known as Gum street, for the purpose of making a public highway to the landing. He planted an orchard, which is supposed to be the first in the township. He was the first Justice of the Peace in the township, and died at an advanced age. His remains were interred on the top of the river hill back of Aberdeen on the farm belonging to A. J. Brookover's heirs. He was the father of a large and quite an intelligent and influential family. In politics, he was a Democrat.

Evan Campbell, a native of Redstone, Penn., emigrated to Kentucky about the year 1800, and settled three miles above Limestone (no n Maysville) about 1801 or 1802. He purchased land opposite Maysville about the time Nathan Ellis established a ferry, and opened up a small hotel, it being the first in the township. Mr. Campbell owned a half -interest in the second steam ferry that plied between Aberdeen and Maysville. He died at a good old age, and left a large family, some of whom still live in Aberdeen.

John Gray and his wife, Mary (Stewart) Gray, moved from Nicholas County, Ky., to Huntington Township about the year 1799. They were the parents of a large family of children. They were both quite old when they were called from earth. Joseph Gray, their son, is now the owner of the real estate on which his father settled on locating in Ohio. Joseph Gray was born near where he now resides, on the Aberdeen and Zanesville pike in 1799. In 1817, he was married to Jane Kilgore, of Nicholas County, Ky., who died a few years ago. Mr. Gray is now the oldest person living in the township who was born within it.

William Hutchinson was born in Loudoun County, Va., about 1763, and about the year 1800 was married to Rebecca Cooper. He emigrated in the same year to Kentucky, and located at or near Washington, where he lived for eight years, when he bought sixty acres of land in this township about one and one-half miles from Aberdeen, where he lived till his death. They were the parents of eleven children, six sons and five daughters, all of whom lived to be grown. The family were all Democrats. He died January 7, 1847; his wife died January 15, 1853.

James Edwards and his brother were kidnaped in Scotland while small boys, and brought to America and sold into some servitude in Virginia at an early day. James was married to Sarah Jacobs, and in 1796 moved to Ohio, where he bought 1,000 acres of land of Col. P. Slaughter, who received the land for services in the Revolutionary war. Mr. Edwards built a cabin at the mouth of Fishing Gut at the lower end of Aberdeen. He paid $1,000 for 1,000 acres. He had three sons and three daughters, viz., George, James, William, Jane, Ellen and Nancy. Jane married William Rains, Ellen married John West and Nancy married John Rains. John Rains, son of William and Jane (Edwards) Rains, was born October 30, 1796, and was brought to Ohio by his parents when but six weeks old.

George Edwards, son of James Edwards, Sr., established a ferry at the mouth of Fishing Gut Run about seventy-five years ago, which was afterward owned and run by his nephew, John Rains, who ran it as a horseboat the last eight years it was used as a ferry. After the Aberdeen & Zanesville Turnpike was completed, this ferry was abandoned. There were at this time three ferries, viz., Campbell's, Powers' and Rains'.

John Evans was born in Maryland November 17, 1770, and died July 18, 1858. He was married in Pennsylvania to Mary Housh, daughter of John Housh, in the year 1792, and soon afterward moved to Blue Licks, Mason Co., Ky. In the fall of 1800, he came to Ohio, and purchased a tract of land about five and one-half miles north of Maysville on the waters of Little East Fork of Eagle Creek, near the center of Huntington Township, on which he built a small cabin. In March, 1801, he moved with his family into his cabin, near where he lived at the time of his death. Soon afterward he built a smith shop, which is believed to have been the first shop in the township. In 1827 and 1828, he erected a flouring mill, which he operated till within a short time of his death, when he sold it to his graudson, Samuel Evans. He was a hard worker, and so economical that in a short time he was in very easy circumstances. He was ever ready to lend a helping hand to the poor and needy, and was very liberal in public improvements, assisting in both money and labor. He was one of the first County Commissioners, his first term being for one year; he was re-elected for three years. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. He was the father of eleven children, nine sons and two daughters, viz., Abraham, Benjamin, John, William, Thomas, Hannah, Griffith, Andrew, Luban, Diana and Amos, of whom Griffith is the only one living, now nearly seventysix years of age.

In the fall of 1807, John W. Games and William Gilbert left Virginia in a partnership wagon, eac i furnishing one horse. Games spent, the first winter in a cabin near the center of Huntington Township on the farm now owned by Henry V. Martin. He shortly afterward took a lease, and sold it to William Hiett, and bought a tract of land from Samuel Daniels, where D. W. Games now lives. His first wife was Sarah Frjmr, of Jefferson County, Va., by whom he had five children - William, John F., Gideon G., Mary and Ruth. His second wife was Sarah Haynes by whom he had two daughters, Josephine and one whose name is not known; she died young.

William Gilbert came to Huntington Township and settled on the farm near where Dyas Gilbert now resides, and cleared out and improved the most of his land. He married Margaret Fryar, a sister of John W. Games' wif«, by whom he had the following children: Elizabeth, Ruth, Sarah, Rachffi, Margaret, Nathan, John, William, A. B., Robert D. and Benjamin. His seecond wife was Elizabeth Anderson, by whom he had one son, Harvey A. His third wife was Elizabeth Ramey. He died in 1836, and is buried on the farm which he first settled in the township.

Thomas Cunningham, a Virginian, moved to this township about eighty years ago, and bought land adjoining John Evans', on the north. His children were John, James and Mary. The ashes of father, mother and sons lie sleeping in the old Evans' Graveyard. After the death of his father and mother, James became owner of his father's farm.

Ebenezer Davis and his wife, Catharine (Watterson) Davis, came to the township in 1809 or 1810, and settled on a farm west of the center of the township, now owned by Robert Stewart. Ho sold it, and bought a farm of John Cotton, adjoining John Evans on the wr-t. In 1848, he sold it to James Hiett.

George Harrison married Mary Palmer, sister of Ellis Palmer, the first settler of the township, and settled on land now owned by James H. and Henry Y. Martin; he was one of the first common school teachers of this township.

Flaughers, four brothers, Adam, Jacob, David and Henry, were Pennsylvanians; they came to this township and bought land in the southwest part of the township on the river hills; their farms joined, and lay in the following order, going west: David's, Adam's, Jacob's and Henry's, the last running nearly to Logan's Gap.

John Haush and Anna (Pentacost) Haush, his wife, were from Pennsylvania, and came to Huntington Township the same time that John Evans did. They lived and died on John Evans' land, where H. Y. Martin now lives. John, and Mary, the wife of John Evans, were their only children. John Haush, Jr., married a Crusan, and came to this towDship in 1801. He afterward built a saw and grist mill about five miles southwest of Aberdeen on lands now owned by H. Y. Martin and A. Evans' heirs.

John and Joseph Cochran came from Pennsylvania to Huntington Township about the year 1806 or 1807. They bought land where John Hawk's heirs and Joseph W. Shelton now live. John Cochran was married to Tamar Howard, daughter of Cyrus and Milly (Booze) Howard, about the year 1809, and lived where J. W. Shelton now lives. They had thirteen children - Joseph, John, Milly, William, Mary, Elizabeth, James, Tamar, Ellen, Thomas J., Sarah J., Malinda and Lydia. John Cochran was eighty-four years old at his death; he died September 19, 1864, being the same day of the month on which he was born. In 1 833, he bought the farm now owned by Frank Schwalbe, on Eagle Creek, five miles east of Ripley. He served in the State Legislature as follows: Representative, from 1824 to 1829; Senator, from 1829 to 1831. He was also Brigadier General of the State militia, and a soldier in the war of 1812. His and his wife's remains repose in the new cemetery at Ebenezer Church.

John Hawk was a Pennsylvanian, and in 1807 settled on the farm now owoed by Owen Griffith. His wife's name was Susan Crabb, and by her he had the following children: Henry, Phillip, Jacob, Isaac (died young), John, Abram, William, Nathan, Susan, Sarah, Christena, Rebecca, Elizabeth and Catharine. Samuel Wilson married Christena Hawk about the year 1819, and settled on the farm owned by his son William, near the mouth of Three-Mile Creek. He was a fifer in the war of 1812, and died about twenty-five years ago; his widow is still living, eighty-three years old.

William Anderson was one of the pioneers who, with his wife, Isabella Daniels, came to this township as early as 1808. He was one of the Associate Judges of the Brown County Court. He owned the farm now belonging to William Shelton.

William and John Hiett came to Ohio about the same time as William Anderson, and settled in Huntington Township, six miles north of Aberdeen. William Hiett's wife was Mary Daniels.

It has been very difficult to obtain any very reliable information concerning a number of the pioneers; that they were here at a very early period is evident, but it may be thought that too much prominence has been given to some, too little to others very deserving, and no ment ion made of some meriting distinction; but, under the circumstances, the best has been done that could be at this late day. The following list contains the names of nearly all of the pioneers not mentioned heretofore: Jacob Swisher settled a little north of the present site of Hiett's Post Office, and died about twenty-five years ago: Timothy Shirly, Uriah White, James Parker, Jonathan Bees, Alexander Bees, Daniel Boone, Simon Beeder, John Scott, William Cooper, Ollie Kilgore, John Bichmond, Samuel Kaslam, a reed maker, Jonathan Ayres, Bobert Covert, Gregory Glascock, first singing teacher of the township, Peter Glascock, John Blair, William Taylor, a soldier of the war of 1812, who died while in the service having a family of five small children, Thomas Shelton, James Howard, John Lack, James Higgins, Adam White. Bichard Thomas, George Brown, - Bascom, father of Bev. Henry Bascom, Daniel aud John Moore, Mc- Kinney Burbage, Edward Veach, Henry Altic, Alexander Parker, Moses Bace, John and James Stewart, brothers, who built a mill near the mouth of Little East Fork of Eagle Creek, Bobert Taylor, Eli Hurin, father of Jeremiah and Silas and Samuel Hurin. Many of the men mentioned in the foregoing list were celebrated hunters, and some were " crack marksmen " with the rifle; John Gunsaulus is believed to have been as good as any of his day: he seldom missed his mark when the chances were favorable. It is related of him that he would bet on hitting a three- inch mark off-hand at a distance of 100 paces, and nearly always came off winner.

The early settlers no doubt felt the great necessity of an education; they soon turned their attention to it, and began devising methods and providing means for educating their offspring. To this end, rude cabins were built by volunteer labor, and teachers paid by subscription, the rates paid per scholar for a term of thirteen weeks (sixty-five days) being from $1.50 to $2.50, owing to the number that could attend, making the wages of teachers from $8 to $10 per month. The books then used were Dilworth and Guthrie's arithmetics, Webster's and Cobb's spellers, English reader and American preceptor, Linley, Murray's and Kirham's grammars and Olney's atlas and geography. The Testament was also much used as a reader.

One of the oldest schoolhouses stood near the center of the township on land then owned by John Evans, now by H. V. Martin, and was built in 1805 or J806. George Harrison, Adam Calduward, a Mr. Swan and Samuel Ewings were the first teachers, teaching in the order named, as near as can be ascertained. The house was abandoned about 1823. About the year 1812, a log schoolhouse was erected on the farm now owned by D. W. Earley, about three hundred yards northeast of Ebenezer Church. The first teachers were Levi D. Beverage and Isaac W. Gibson. In 1822, the house was moved to what is now the cornel of the Ebenezer Churchyard.

In 1810 or 1811, a log cabin was built near Gilbert's mill-dam, about two hundred yards south of the junction of the Bipley and Brady sville and the Iron Bridge & Bradysville Turnpikes. James Said, a Mr. Goodwin, William McCalla, Silas Clark, John Coxet, Boyal Tyler and Beuben Case were all primitive teachers there. This house was used for a schoolhouse till 1843, when a new house was built one-half mile below it on the farm now owned by Dyas Gilbert. This was the first frame house used for school purposes in the township, and was twenty feet wide by twenty- five feet long. It was built by subscription, and cost $250, seats and desks excepted. Nathan Gilbert, son of William Gilbert, taught the first school in the new house.

The whole number of districts in the township, except Aberdeen Special District, is thirteen, with three fractional of Union Township and two of Adams County.

No. 1 is at the head of Fishing Gut Creek, running to the county line. No. 2 is west of No. 1, and extends to the corporation of Aberdeen. No. 3 is west of Aberdeen, lying on the Ohio River to the west side of the Hamilton farm, below the mouth of Three-Mile Creek. No. 4 lies on the river hills north of No. 3, and extends to East Fork on the northwest, and to Howard's land on the east. No. 5 lies mostly north of Three-Mile Creek on Slickaway Run. and has a good frame house 26x30 feet, built in 1870. No. 6 lies in the center of the township on Little East Fork of Eagle Creek, and has a new frame house, built in 1878, which now occupies the place of the one built in 1843; size, 25x28 feet. No. 7, located on the Ripley & Iron Bridge Turnpike, northwest of the center of the township, has a good frame house. No. 8, situated in the north part of the township, has a good frame house, built in 1872. No. 9, in the northeast part of the township, had lately part of its territory cut off, forming a joint subdistrict with a part of Sprigg Township, Adams Co. The house was built about 1847. No. 10, on Ellis Run, is known as Greerson's District, and has a new frame house, built in 1873. No. 11 lies along the Ohio River alove Aberdeen, and has a good frame house, built in 1869. No. 12 (California District) is located at Taylorsville, and has a good frame house, erected in 1872. No. 14 lies near the center of this township, and was formed principally from District No. 6, and lies southeast of it.

The fractions of Union Township are No. 13, at Logan's Gap; No. 15, at Fitch Bridge, and No. 16, at Martin's Bridge. All the districts in the township have been furnished with improved school furniture. There is one colored school in the township. The house is located in Subdistrict No. 7; it is a box frame, and furnished with best school furniture. There is also a colored school in Aberdeen.

The scholars in the township are as follows: Number of white males, 326; females, 290; colored males, 16: females, 21; total number males and females, 651.

The tuition fund for the year, exclusive of the fractional districts, is $3,- 000; whole contingent fund, about $1,000; average wages paid teachers, nearly $38 per month. The educational interest, has increased very considerable in the last few years, and is still increasing, with prospects for a brighter future.

The first preaching in the township was by. Rev. Waad, a Baptist, about the year 1806. A church organization soon began, and was in a short time completed, with preaching occasionally. There being no church houses, schoolhouses and family residences were occupied as such until about 1852, a good brick building was erected in Aberdeen, Rev. Baldwins, Pastor, and Rev. Mason occasional Pastor. A Mr. Hutchison, Hosea Paul, James Paul, Elizabeth Evans, Samuel Carpenter and family, William Ruggles and others were members. The first organization of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Aberdeen and vicinity was at the house of James Dennis.

The old schoolhouse in Aberdeen was used for a number of years. The McCallas, Campbells, Dennises and Kilgores were members of the organization. In 1845, the society erected a brick building on Main Cross street in the village of Aberdeen. The church is in a pretty good state of prosperity, having connected with it a flourishing Sabbath school, with all the other essential elements for church prosperity.

Huntington Presbyterian Church. - Some years previous to 1832, Rev. Rutter, Robert Rankin, Rev. James Gilliland and sometimes Rev. John Rankin, private houses, and schoolhouses, and a church was organized. The following persons were members: William Anderson and wife, Joseph

Daniels and wife, Robert Scott and wife, David Dunsetli, Thomas Gibson and wife and James Mears. In 1832, a brick house was erected on the opposite side of the creek, and near where Hiett's Post Office now stands. The church stood for years, but about 1850 the brick walls became cracked and much damaged, so that it was unsafe, and it was taken down and rebuilt on a smaller scale on the same site. The church membership became much reduced in the course of a few years by the death of some and the removal of others. Services have not been kept up regularly, and consequently the church has become weak both numerically and otherwise.

Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church. - About 1815, Robert Dobbins, a local Methodist minister, owned the farm now owned by D. W. Early, and often held religious services in the neighborhood. Nathan Gilbert's house, where E. Porter now lives, became a religious preaching place, and a class was soon organized. In 1822, an old log schoolhouse was moved to the corner of the present church lot, a few rods south of the site of present house, which became a regular point in the circuit for preaching. About the year 1818, Robert Dobbins sold his farm to John Meek, another Methodist Episcopal minister. In 1834, Rev. John Meek, Elijah Reikerds, John Hook, John W. Game, Elias Painter and George Woods, who was class leader at that time, felt the need of a building suitable for holding their meetings. The site was donated, John Hook and John F. Games were appointed building committee, and a brick church 40x48 feet was erected. It was some years before the house was completed, and for some cause it was never dedicated. Besides the members named above, there were Arthur Vain, a licensed exhorter, and his wife, John Blair, wife and family, Mary Ann and Rachel Parker, John Cooper and wife, William Gilbert and wife, John Shelton and wife and some others. In 1878, the old brick was taken down, and a new frame erected on the same site, but a little smaller. It was dedicated by the Rev. William I. Fee, then Presiding Elder for the district. The Trustees of the church are Thompson Maddox, John F. Games, John R. Glasscock, D. W. Early, W. B. Games and Samuel Maddox. W. B. Games and Samuel Maddox, Stewards; W. H. Simpson, Samuel Maddox, John Eubanks, and W. E. Hook, class leaders. The society numbers about seventy members. There is a flourishing Sabbath school maintained at the church. D. W. Early is Superintendent of the Sunday school, and W. H. Simpson, Assistant Superintendent.

Fellowship Christian Church. - This society was formed several years previous to having a church building. The schoolhouse and private dwellings were used for holding religious services fov a time, and a brick house was built, but did not prove to be a good structure. It was taken down about three years ago, and rebuilt on the same site and partly on the same foundation. For some years the church did not prosper, but now it appears to be in a promising condition.

Hiett Christian Chapel. - During the years 1867 and 1868, a number of members of Bethlehem and Fellowship, Churches, who lived at a distance from their churches, felt the necessity of a place of worship in their immediate neighborhood; prominent among the movers of this purpose were James Cochran, Dr. W. H. Evans, Rev. James Paul, Lewis Shelton and John K. Hiett. Meetings were first held at Buchanan's Schoolhouse; the interest increased rapidly, and on the 13th day of June, 1869, the church was organized with forty- eight members, Elder C. W. Garoutte, officiating. Measures were immediately taken to raise a subscription to build a church edifice; $2, 200 was subscribed, and William Shelton donated half an acre for a church lot on the Ripley, Ironbridge & Bradys - ville Turnpike, a little north of the center of the township. On June 4, 1870, the name of the church was adopted, and a frame building 32x50 feet was erected on the above named lot. On the first Sabbath in September, the house was dedicated to the worship of God by Elder N. Summerbell, D. D., assisted by Elders Garrautte, Pangburn and Gardner. To Elder William Pangburn the church owes a debt of gratitude for his unceasing efforts; he was its first Pastor. John K. Hiett donated about one-half of the money raised toward building the chapel, and he, with Thomas Beck and Dr. W. H. Evans, were the first Trustees. James Cochran, Lewis Shelton, Hiram McDaniel and Lewis Swearingen were the first Deacons. Additions have been made to the membership from time to time until now it numbers 150. The Sabbath school which i3 under the guidance of the church is maintained about one-half of each year with an average attendance of forty. The church burial-place is Shelton's Cemetery, for a history of which the reader is referred elsewhere in this work.

Colored Church of Aberdeen. - About five years ago, the colored people of Aberdeen and vicinity felt keenly the necessity of a suitable house in which to hold their religious meetings. They took steps toward erecting a house of worship, and to this end subscriptions were raised, the white people assisting them liberally in this good enterprise. The house was shortly afterward built, being a neat frame, upon which at that time there was a debt, but the church has continued to reduce it, and now have their house nearly paid for. The church has a pastor, and holds religious meetings regularly.

Bethlehem Christian Church. - This church was organized by Elder Mat thew Gardner, who commenced preaching in this vicinity about 1823. Elder Gardner writes: " After giving up preaching at the old stone meeting-house, on Lawrence Creek, in Kentucky, I began to preach once a month on the Ohio side of the river, opposite Maysville, some twelve miles from my home. I had occasionally preached there on my way to the Lawrence Creek Church. The neighborhood was famed for wickedness. Sabbath-breaking, by horse-racing and gambling, cock-fights and whisky-drinking, was common. I had a great desire to carry the Gospel there. Thera was no preaching on the Ohio side of the river within ten miles of them. A Methodist minister had sent an appointment, but when he rose to speak, the congregation, in concert, as previously arranged, arose and left the house and empty benches to preach to. They needed salvation. Could I reach them ? I would try. I appointed meetings in their dwellings or log cabin schoolhouses, but the congregations soon became so large that, when the weather permitted, our meetings were in the woods. A church was soon organized. The revival continued. Many were added to the church, and, in a few years, Bethelehem Church numbered over four hundred members. We soon built a good brick chapel, and the church prospered. If ever the power of the Gospel was manifest to all, it was in that section of country. "

The Bethlehem Church became the largest and most important Christian Church in the conference to which it belonged. Elder Gardner was its pastor for forty-five years. In 1829, the first brick house of worship was erected. This was* destroyed by a storm in 1860, and a new frame edifice erected the same year, near the same site. On the third Sabbath in May each year, this church held a " big meeting," as it was termed. These annual meetings were attended by vast congregations. Some came a distance of twenty miles, and as many as three thousand persons were sometimes collected together. At some of the meetings, more than one hundred joined the church. The church now has a membership of over four hundred, and sustains a large Sabbath school.

The Great Storm Of 1860

A great storm swept over the West on Monday, May 21, 1860, destroying houses and barns, and blowing down forests. Elder Matthew Gardner gives a

" The third Lord's Day in May, 1860, was our communion meeting at Bethlehem Church. I was assisted at that communion by Brother William Pangburn and Brother Charles W. Garoutte, whose labors were blessed. We continued the meeting on Monday at 1 0 A. M. , and met again at 8 P. M. The congregation was large. The house was of brick. It was 35x50 feet in size, and was nearly full. A few minutes before the hour for preaching, a heavy cloud appeared in the west, of a dark green color, attended with a roaring sound. The ministers had ascended the pulpit, which was at the side of the house, and I was sitting on a chair, leaning back against the pulpit. The men occupied the west end of the house. As the cloud approached, the storm gathered strength, the roaring becoming louder and louder. Trees were swept down, limbs and brush were driven along, all accompanied by deafening thunder. Great drops of rain began to fall. The preachers waited, for almost utter darkness prevailed. Suddenly a crash was heard; the cries and screams could be heard above the roaring of the storm. Half of the roof, commencing at the west end, had blown to a great distance. The west gable had blown in, down to the square, and came crashing through the ceiling upon the men, closely seated below. Then distinctly, above all the din of the storm, was heard the cry, * What shall I do to be saved ? What shall I do to be saved ?' I did not at first leave my seat. Having my trust in God, I felt as safe there as anywhere else, and I knew not yet the end of the calamity. I supposed that a shaft of lightning had struck the house; and as I saw the mass that had fallen upon the men, I said to myself, 'There are six men killed.' None were killed. The rubbish was quickly removed, and the men were assisted out, bruised, but all living. A young man who had run from the house got out in time to be struck by a falling rafter, which broke his arm. His was the most serious injury. All started home with sad hearts. "

Many of the burial-places in the township seem to have been selected with a view to their peculiar fitness, while others are very inappropriately situated. The greater number of the burial-places are private. Some of the oldest are now turned out into the cultivated fields, and corn, wheat and other crops flourish where sleep the ashes of the venerable pioneer. These are called family " graveyards," but few are regularly laid out, and a great number are shamefully neglected.

The Odd Fellows of Charter Oak Lodge of Aberdeen bought and laid out about four acres in the year 1852. Its location is a beautiful one. It is well cared for, and is usually in fine trim, and is much the largest in the township. It is estimated that three hundred are already buried there.

Shelton Cemetery, on the Bipley & Iron Bridge Turnpike, about one mile north of the center of the township, was laid out into lots in 1870 or 1871, and, soon after, the company was incorporated. The cemetery is beautifully located, and is kept in good condition. The first person buried there was John B. Hawk. The lots, especially the choice ones, are already disposed of, but there are yet some very good ones for sale.

Martin's Graveyard has perhaps the largest number of graves in it of any other family graveyard in the township. Most of the graves are marked by marble monuments, or marble head and foot stones, while others are marked with freestone, and a few have only rough limestone, or no mark at all to des-

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Ebenezer Graveyard, at the Ebenezer Church, is a large country graveyard, and nearly all the ground that could be used is filled with graves. The site is not a pretty one. being too much inclined. The Gaines, Hooks, Earleys, Simpsons, Griersons and many others are here interred. D. W. Early, Sr., deeded to his sons a lot west of the Ebenezer Church, that might properly be called Early Addition, as it is regularly laid out into lots. There are buried there I). AY. Earley, Sr., and wife, Hon. John Cochran and wife, Hon. Andrew7 Evans, two sons and one daughter, and other persons, nearly all being connected with those just mentioned.

Hiett's Graveyard, on Ephraim Martin's farm, has been well taken care of, and is on a fine site. The Hiotts and their connections are the principal occupants of this burial-place. William Iiiett and his wife, Mary, and John Hiett's wife, are buried here. They were among the early settlers of this part of the township.

Hickory Ridge Cemetery, at Fellowship Church, near the north end of the township, is now in a little better condition than it has been for years. It has a considerable number buried there. AYilliam Jenkins, Sr., an early settler of that neighborhood, is interred at this place.

Slickaway Graveyard is near the Bethlehem Church two miles north of Aberdeen. It is very badly cared for, although there are many persons buried here.

Beasley's Graveyard is on the farm of Mrs. Card, four miles north of Aberdeen. It is surrounded by a stone wall. Benjamin Beasley, Sr., his family and connections, are buried there. Benjamin Beasley was one of the very earliest pioneers of the township.

Evans' Graveyard is situated on the farm owned and cleared out by John Evans, who was one of the first settlers of the township. In it rest the ashesof John Evans and wife, John Iloush and wife, Watty McDonald, Edward Mc- Daniel and wife, Joseph Cochran and wife, John Iloush, Jr., and James Cunningham and wife, all pioneers or early settlers, besides divers others. But few graves are marked so that a stranger could tell by passing whose remains are resting there. It is very much neglected.

Besides the cemeteries named above, there are several others that it is proper to mention, all of them being private or family, viz., McDaniels, Gilbert's, Maddox's, Anderson's, two Scott's, Griffith's, two Cooper's, Rain's, Veech's, Barker's, Flaugher's, Boone's, and perhaps some others, which have been left out unintentionally. The greater portion of these have been almost totally neglected for years.

Roush's Mill was built by John Iloush, on the right bank of the Little East Fork of Eagle Creek, four miles from its mouth, about 1808. It was a small saw and grist mill combined, with one run of buhrs, with which corn, wheat and buckwheat were ground, the bolting being done by hand. It did the grinding well, and served the neighborhood for some time. The saw-mill was rebuilt about 1830, and operated till 1848.

Alfred and Evan Griffith built a saw-mill on the same stream, about twro and a half miles from its mouth, but it never did much work. About the year 1870, Evan Griffith completed another saw-mill, half a mile below the former, but, lilt© the first, it was not a success.

Gilbert's saw-mill, oil the same stream, about five and a half miles from its mouth, was built about 1816, by William Gilbert, and operated till his death, in 1836, when it changed owners, A. B, Gilbert becoming the owner. He has owned and operated it ever since. It has done more work than any other water saw-mill in the township, and the work has always been of the best character.

In 1827, John Evans began to erect a fiouring-mill on the right bank of the Little East Fork of Eagle Creek, five miles north of Aberdeen, and in 1828 it was completed. It was operated uutil 1858, when Samuel Evans became the owner. He remodeled it the next year, and operated it till March, 1876, when a severe flood washed away the dam and injured the races. When the mill was built, the stream afforded considerable power, but, as the timber was cut away along the stream, the power began to fail, and now the stream does not afford power for more than one- third of each year. The mill had a fine reputation for its work, and the flour commanded the best prices in its day. It is a three-story frame, 30x36 feet. It had two run of buhrs - one for corn and one for wheat - and did a general milling business. It was driven by an eighteen-foot overshot wheel.

Cochran's mill, near the mouth of the same stream, was built by Robert and James Stewart about 1816. John Cochran bought it about the year 1823, remodeled it, and operated it for about twenty years. The building was a two-story log, 24x28 feet, and had two run of buhrs - one for corn and one for wheat. It did a general milling business. It was driven by an overshot wheel.

Young's mill, on Eagle Creek, in the north end of the township, was built about sixty-five years ago. John Richmond then became the owner, and operated it. for several years, and then sold it to James Baldwin. It was then a log building. Baldwin and Dr. Hamilton rebuilt it, enlarging it and putting in new machinery, costing them a large sum of money. John Ellis became the next owner, and he operated it till his death, in 1848. Milo Melvin then bought it, and ran it about ten years, when John K. Hiett became the owner, and, in 1869, sold it to Thomas Young, the present owner, who put in a new turbine water-wheel and otherwise repaired it. It has two run of buhrs, but never did a great deal of work.

Sharondale Mill was built by Daniel Boone. The building was log, and stood on the right bank of Big Three Creek, two miles north of Aberdeen, near the old stone still-house, a little below where William Bradford's residence now stands. Hickson bought out Boone in 1832, and Parker & Wright bought out Hickson, rebuilt the mill, applied steam-power, and operated it till 1835. William Carpenter then bought out Parker & Wright and operated it till 1844, when Dr. Moore bought it, and, a short time after, T. B. Fulton went in as a partner. In 1857, T. B. Fulton bought out Dr. Moore, and operated it very successfully till 1874, when he sold it to Jacob Pimm, who operated it till 1876, and then A. R. Brookover became a partner. In March, 1878, Brookover became a bankrupt, and, in the same fall, his interest was sold to William Bradford, who also bought Pimm's interest, and operated the mill till in May, 1882, when it was burned down.

Reeder's mill was a small log mill, standing on the same side of the same stream as Sharondale, a little higher up the stream. It was built by Simon Reedei* about 1820. I. H. Warstell owned and operated it for several years.

About 1855, a company bought the Reeder Still-house, which was built for a distillery, but never used. It was fitted up for a mill, and operated for a year or two. I. H. Warstell bought out the company, remodeled the mill and ran it occasionally till after the war, when he converted it into a distillery. It stands on the opposite bank of the creek from Reeder's mill.

Parker & Carpenter's mill was built in 1844 by William Parker and William Carpenter. It was a large frame steam mill, on the river bank, below Market street, in Aberdeen. It did not prove to be very remunerative to its owners, and it was only operated a few years, when it was taken down and moved to Kentucky.

The Ohio Valley Mill was built in the fall of 1881, by T. B. Fulton and Elijah Davis. It is a steam flouring-mill, on the west side of Market street, in Aberdeen. The building is a frame, three stories, of wood, and a basement of stone, and cost $12,000. It has four run of buhrs and all the modern improvements in the way of mill machinery. It has a good reputation for its work, and, without doubt, is one of the finest mills of its size in the State.

Turnpike Roads

The township is pretty well supplied with regular laid out macadamized pikes, running in different directions. The Aberdeen & Zanesville pike was the first built, and has been much the best in the township. Its direction is northeast from the Ohio River, at Aberdeen, to Zanesville, leaving the township and passing into Adams County about three and a half miles from Aberdeen. It was built in 1840, 1841 and 1842.

The Ripley & Bradysville Turnpike was built in 1860 and 1861, by a company. It enters the township two miles northeast of Logan's Gap, and runs nearly east to the county line, one and a half miles above Ebenezer Church. The road lies between Ripley and Manchester, and six and a half miles are in the township.

The Ripley & Iron Bridge Turnpike enters the township at Eagle Creek, two miles above the last named, and bears a little southwest till it intersects the Ripley & Bradysville pike at East Fork, one mile below Hiett's Post Office. The distance in the township is about four miles. It was built in 1860 and 1861.

The Aberdeen & Huntington Free Turnpike was built, or commenced, in 1868, and completed in 1870. It was built under what is called the two-mile law. Its direction is nearly north, commencing at the old Aberdeen & Zanesville road, two miles north of Aberdeen, and intersecting the Ripley & Bradysville road one- fourth of a mile below Hiett's Post Office. Length in township, four and one-third miles.

The Huntington & Maysville Free Turnpike begins at the Ripley & Bradysville road, at Evan Griffith's farm, and, bearing southeast, intersects the Aberdeen & Huntington pike at J. C. Waldron's farm, three and a half miles north of Aberdeen. Length, two and one- fourth miles. It was built during the years 1880 and 1881.

Hiett's Post Office and Neel's store road was laid out in 1880, and is now nearly completed. Twenty per cent was raised by subscription, and the county furnished the balance of the money to build it. Its direction is nearly north, beginning at Hiett's Post Office and passing out of the township at Neel's Store, on Eagle Creek, thence up Eagle Creek to Decatur; whole distance, about seven miles; nearly four miles of it are in this township.

Henry B. Bascom was the most noted of any man who ever resided in this township. At one period, he was perhaps second to none in popular pulpit oratory in the United States.

Church in the western part of Pennsylvania in 1811. Two years after, he was licensed to preach, and was received on trial in the Ohio Conference. At the age of sixteen, he moved into this township, and settled about three miles northwest of Aberdeen, where Conrad Eppensteiner's widow now lives. While he lived there, he devoted his time to study and laboring for his church. In 1823, he was elected Chaplain to Congress. In 1827, he was elected President of Madison College, Pennsylvania, which position he filled until 1829, when he became agent for the American Colonization Society. In 1832, he was elected Professor of Moral Science in Augusta College, Kentucky, and in 1842 he became the President of Transylvania University. He was a delegate to every general conference from 1828 to 1844! At this latter date, he wrote the famous " Protest of the Minority, " in the general conference, and the report on organization at the formation of the Methodist Church South. When the agitation of the slavery question began to disturb the Methodist Episcopal Church, he attached himself to the South Branch, and edited the Southern Quarterly Review from 1846 to 1850, when he was elected Bishop, in which capacity he was serving at his death. He published several works.

An early Justice of the Peace, and a very prominent and well-known citizen, was Thomas Shelton. The Maysville (Ky.) Bulletin of February 17, 1870, contains the following personal sketch of him: "Death of Esq. Thomas

Shelton, at Aberdeen, on Tuesday last, at the age of ninety-four years. He was born in Stafford County, Va., in 1776, and in about 1812, emigrated to this county. In 1816, he was elected a Justice of the Peace, which office he held without interruption to the day of his death. He was perhaps the most remarkable man of his section, from the fact that he has officiated at the solemnization of more marriages than any person in the United States. It has been estimated that he has united in the bonds of wedlock over four thousand couples, or eight thousand persons. Hundreds of young people from this State, whose parents were unfavorable to their plans, have flown to the old i Squire, ' and found his services an efficient remedy for their misfortune. He always claimed that the majority of his marriages were happily made, and, if they turned out to be contrary, he consoled himself with the reflection that his own part was well done, and he was not to blame. The old gentleman for many years previous to his death, had a peculiar passion for buying and trading watches, and it was said of him that he seldom made a good trade. He has purchased as many as six watches in one week, and has traded them off for other watches within the next week. He was a zealous and life-long Democrat, taking great interest in the progress and prosperity of his party, and never voting any other ticket. He had many generous impulses, and the members of his family and his neighbors were much attached to him."

Shelton was succeeded by Massie Beasley, who has solemnized more than three thousand marriages since 1870, a large proportion of them being without the authority of a license. Aberdeen has thus become as famous in Ohio and Kentucky for its irregular marriages as Gretna Green in England and Scotland. The following is the form of marriage certificate given by Esq. Beasley in cases of marriages without license, which is similar to one used by the officiating blacksmith of Gretna Green:

To All Whom It May Concern

John Cochran was a Senator and Representative to the Ohio Legislature. The reader is referred to pioneers of this township for further information of him.

Benjamin Evans, son of John and Mary (Housh) Evans, was born January 17, 1796, at Blue Licks, Mason Co., Ky., and died July, 1861. He was married twice. His first wife was Ruth, a daughter of William and Margaret (Fryar) G-ilbert. They were married in 1818, and Ruth died about 1826. There were four children born to them - Mary, Margaret, Hannah, and a small child, whose name is unknown. Elizabeth Allison, his second wife, was a daughter of Joseph Allison, born April, 1806, died June, 1863. They were married about 1829. The fruits of this marriage were four sons and five daughters - W. G., Andrew J., Ruth, Thomas, Diana, Angeline, Matilda, Tacy and John; last two named died young. Benjamin held the offices of Land Appraiser, County Auditor from 1829 to 1831, and was elected Associate Judge shortly after his term of office as Auditor expired. He served two terms in the Ohio Senate, from 1847 to 1849, and also served two or three terms as Justice of the Peace.

John F. Games was born March 11, 1810, educated in the common school of his day, and taught school several terms. He served one term as Justice of the Peace in this township, and was elected Representative to the Ohio Legislature in 1854, but was not a candidate for re-election.

Andrew Evans, son of John and Mary (Housh) Evans, was born December 12, 1809, and died September, 1879. He held the office of Justice of the Peace of this township for twelve years, and represented Brown County in the Ohio Legislature from 1864 to 1866. He was a candidate for re-election, but was defeated by a small majority. He was elected as a W ar Democrat.

John C. Waldron was born in Adams County, Ohio, and emigrated to Huntington Township in 1829. He served as Township Constable fifteen years, as Justice of the Peace, and was elected Representative to the Ohio Legislature two terms- - from 1870 to 1874. Politically, he is a Democrat.

Military

Huntington Township bore an honorable part in the great war for the supremacy and perpetuity of the Union, and her soldiers have a record of which her people may justly be proud. From that memorable day of April, 1861, when the glorious old flag was struck with traitorous hands, and when the rebel batteries centered their fire on Sumter, until the grand and lasting victory at Appomattox, the sons of Huntington Towns ip, with their lives and all they held dear, were at the service of their country and on the side of the Union. In victory as well as defeat, in camp and field, in bivouac or on the march, at the cannon's mouth or around the quiet camp-fire, they showed themselves worthy sons of worthy sires. At the beginning of the war, their response to their country's call was prompt and cheerful. As months and years rolled on, the decimated ranks were filled by fresh and determined troops; and when the end came, there were but few families that had not laid on the country's altar some costly sacrifice. Of those who slumber in unknown and unmarked graves, upon fields exposed to the parching rays of a Southern sun, are sons of Huntington Township. There they wait the reveille for the brave and honored dead. But they have left the memory of their heroic deeds impressed upon the hearts of a grateful people, who will, to the latest generation, call them blessed. Those who were fortunately permitted to return feel a just pride in the war record of their township. There were tears and sorrows; their ranks and files had been fearfully thinned; the human sacrifice in behalf of the nation had been intensely severe; but better this sacrifice than a divided country.