Washington Township (part 11 of 16)

JOHN EARLY, Hamersville, station agent of the Cincinnati, Georgetown & Portsmouth Railroad, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, November 9, 1818. His parents were Thomas Eaily and Mary Stevens, natives of Maryland, and of English descent. The former, in 1814, carried the first wagon load of produce from Brown County to Cincinnati. He subsequently removed to Texas, where he was afterward killed by a mao named Isaac B. Desha. The latter expiated his crime on the gallows, being probably the first man ever hung in Texas. This was in 1829. There were nine children in the family at the time of his father's sudden death, of which our subject was the fifth. His father was a school teacher and himself and brother attended school, although it was only a log schoolhouse of those primitive times. He was reared on a farm, and in 1838 was married to Rebecca, daughter of Hugh Wisley, and a native of Brown County. After marriage, he rented a piece of land, on which he farmed for four years. He then commenced blacksmithiiig at $75 per month and boarding himself, and followed that for two years. He then rented a farm near Georgetown, and borrowed money to buy his farming tools. He remained there three years, working hard and exercising great economy. In 1847, he removed to Hamersville, and followed his trade of blacksmithing till 1868. He was farming the last four or five years of this time. He took a contract for cirrying the mail from Hamersville to Higginsport, remaining in this business many years. He has been agent of the C., G. & P. R. R. at Hamersville since the completion of the road to that point. He is connected with the Masonic fraternity. Mr. Early has been thrice married. Four children were born to his first union, two living, Melissa, wife of Thomas Molen, of this township, and Nancy, wife of Thomas Statman, of Hamersville. Mrs. Early died in 1848. He was again married in 1850, to Catherine, daughter of Robert Elli3, and a native . of Brown County. Five children were given them - Mary E., wife of John Moore, a blacksmith of Hamersville ; Martin ; Hanson Lee; Melitia, wife of J. Hannah ; and Olive, widow of Columbus Poe (deceased). This wife died August 18, 1866. Mr. Early's third marriage were in May, 1873, to Rebecca, daughter of John Gallaher, a native of Kentucky, as was also her parents. Mr. Early is the owner of 130 acres of land and property in New Hope. He is Republican in politics and was Township Assessor many years.

JEROME W. ELLIOTT, farmer, P. 0. Hamersville, a son of William and Eliza (Simons) Elliott was born in Adams County, Ohio, September 10, 1833, and removed with his father to Brown County the same year. William Elliott, a son of James Elliott, a soldier of the war of 1812, was of German descent and a native of Pennsylvania. The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm and received only a common school education. He was married, September 28, 1854, to Hannah, daughter of Absalom and Nancy (Owen) Halfhill, natives of New Jersey. They had born to them five children - Margaret, died at fifteen months old ; Granville 0., born May 20, 1860, married Lydia, daughter of John B. and Margaret Young ; Clement, born April 22, 1863, and married Martha, daughter of William and Jane Pride; Charles William ; John, died at ten months old. Mr. Elliott is a Democrat, and one of the present Board of Township Trustees, to which place he has been several times elected, also a member of the Board of School Directors, in wh'ch he has long served. He has been a member of De Soto Lodge, No. 374, I. O. 0. F., since 1870, and has discharged the duties of all the different offices of the lodge. He is also a member of Georgetown Encampment, having received his degrees in Felicity Camp in 1874. Mr. Elliott's modesty and sterling integrity make him universally esteemed and he contentedly cultivates his nice little farm. His wife is a member of the Christian Union Church.

DIMMIT C. ELLIOTT, farmer, P. 0. Hamersville, son of William and Eliza (Simons) Elliott, was born September 4, 1842. His father was born in Pennsylvania, of Welsh descent, his mother a native of same State of German descent. Mr. Elliott en- listed October 1, 1861, in Company I, First Light Artillery, and perhaps saw as much hard service as any man in the county - p irticipating in eleven hotly contested battles, besides many, and some pretty sharp, skirmishes, viz., Cross Keys, second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge, Resaca, Ga., Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek and the capture of Atlanta, the march from the Cumberland to Atlanta being almost a continual battle, in which the light artillery played a conspicuous part. Mr. Elliott's health was considerably shattered during the service, and he is now receiving a pension. He was married at the close of the war, in 1865, to Izora, daughter of Oliver Crawford. They have had seven children, six of whom are still living. The oldest boy, George, was killed at the age of seven years, by a saw log rolling over him. The living are Missouri C., Eliza B., Olive, Mattie May, Albert and Lueila. Mr. Elliott and wife are members of the M.

E. Church, of which he is Steward and Trustee. He is also a Superintendent and teacher in the Sunday school. He is a Republican in politics, a warm friend to education and School Director.

0. P. FITE, Hamersville, of Kellum & Fite, saw-mill owners, was born in Nicholas Co., Ky., August 15, 1823. He is a son of John W. and Millie (Cotterill) Fite, the former a native of Pennsylvania, of German ancestry, and the latter of Kentucky, of Irish parentage. Mr. Fite was reared on a farm, and has been engaged in agricultural pursuits a portion of his life. He is now engaged in running a sawmill in Hamersville, and is engineer in charge. He has been a member of the firm of Kellum & Fite since 1860. He was married, in 1850, to Eunice, daughter of Benjamin Gardner. They have two children - Cyrus L. and W. C. Mr. Fite and wife are members of the Disciple Church, and he is Democratic politically.

D. W. FITE, farmer, P. 0. Hamersville, was born in Clark Township on the farm he now occupies He is the son of John W. and Millie (Cotterill) Fite, natives of Pennsylvania and Kentucky. The former was in the American Army, and participated in its ignominious surrender at Detroit under Gen. Hull. In 1820, they left Kentucky and came to Brown County, Ohio, locating in Clark Township, where he resided till his death. Mrs. Fite still survives in her eighty-sixth year, and strong enough to do her own housework. They were the parents of ten children, five daughters and five sons, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. One son, B. F., enlisted in the Fifty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was killed at the battle of Mission Ridge. The subject of this notice was reared on the home farm, receiving a good common school education. In early life, he engaged in teaching, and has followed that profession twenty-four years, in the meantime carrying on a farm of 110 acres, where he resides. He has been successful in both his professional and farming operations. Politically, he is Democratic. He served as School Examiner six years, and once officiated as Trustee of the township. Mr. Fite was united in marriage, in 1857, to Johanna Daugherty, born in Clermont County, Ohio, in 1841, and of Irish descent. Eleven children have been given them, ten living, six daughters and four sons - F. W., G. P., Eva J., Clara, Alice, Millie, Martha, Elizabeth and Edward and Ella (twins).

ENOCH R. GARRISON, farmer, P. O. Hamersville, was born on the farm where he now resides, in this township, March 12, 1839. He is the son of Ephraim and Charlotte (Rammel) Garrison, natives of New Jersey, of English descent. He received a common school education, and early began the work of a farmer, in which he has since continued. He owns seventy-eight and a half acres, upon which his whole life has been spent with the exception of three years spent in Pike Township. He was the youngest of six children, and is the only one of them now living, and he and Mahlon F. were the only ones that reached their majority. Mr. Garrison was married in 1850 to Elizabeth Brooks, by whom he had four children, viz.: Charlotte

F. (wife of Merritt Turner), Abigail M., Mary A. and Arrilla. The parents are both members of the Christian Church. Mr. Garrison is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the society of Grangers.

WILLIAM GOULD, deceased, son of William and Miriam (Rounds) Gould, was born in Clark Township February 20, 1820, of English descent. Hi3 mother was a daughter of Lemuel Rounds, a Revolutionary soldier ; our subject was married to Mary Wilson, daughter of Levi and Elizabeth (Anderson) Wilson, natives of Vermont, who was born May 4, 1825. He enlisted in Foster's Independent Cavalry in February, 1862, and fell a victim to typhoid or malarial fever at Corinth, Teun., June 6, 1862, in the service of his country. He lefc four children, viz : Levi (married to Sarepta, daughter of J. W. Robbins), Sarepta (wife of Randolph Brooks). George D. (married to Sarah A., daughter of Peter Kellum), Rosella (at home with her mother). Mr. Gould only lived to participate in the battle of Corinth, and thus passed away one of our county's noble defenders.

REV. PETER A. HONAKER, carpenter aud preacher, Hamersville, was born in Virginia November 11, 1829. He is the son of Samuel and Amelia (Wright) Honaker, natives of Virginia, of German and Scotch descent. Our subject commenced learuiug the carpenter trade at the age of eighteen years, and has followed it most of the time since then. He was married, in 1844, to Martha Jane Lovill, a native of North Carolina, by whom he has had eight children, of whom five, four boys and a girl, survive. Mr. Honaker, in politics, is not bound by party affiliations, but votes for the man he thinks would make the best public servant. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church, in which he is a preacher.

JOEL J. JONES, wagon-maker, Hamersville, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, July 25, 1844. He is the son of Joseph and Ruth Ellen (Nicewarner) Jones, natives respectively of Ohio and Maryland. The subject of this sketch received a common school education, and at the age of eighteen years commenced working at the carpenter's trade, which he followed eight years. He then took up the wakon-maker's trade, at which he has continued. He is a natural mechanic, and having learned blacksmithing, he is now able to do all the work about a wagon. In 1865, he married Margaret Davis, daughter of John Davis, a farmer of this township. To them were born four children, viz.: Mary Ellen, Joseph John, Cyrus L. and Virginia Elzina. Mr. Jones is a Democrat, and with his wife, a member of the Christian Church.

REV. JAMES B. LAW WILL, minister, Hamersville, is the son of B. B. and Dorcas (Jordan) Law will, natives of Ohio, the former of English, and the latter of Scotch-Irish descent. He was born at Georgetown, but received his education in the public schools of Aberdeen. He commenced his ministerial labors at the early age of eighteen years, and has since devoted his time, energy and talents to the cause he has espoused. In 1874, he was regularly ordained a pastor of the Christian Church. His first pastoral charge was Olive Chapel, Champaign Co., 111. In 1876, he took charge of the congregation at New Hope, and in 1877 he moved to this township, where he now has charge of Antioch Church and the church at Russellville. On October 3, 1873, he married Ellen Garrison, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah Garrison. She died in 1877, leaving one child - Leoma Bell. In 1878, he married a younger sister of his first wife, and after two years of married life, he was again made a widower. In 1882, he married Jennie Jester, a daughter of Nathan and Eliza (Armstrong) Jester, of this county. Mr. Lawwill owns a neat and substantial residence in this township, where he resides. He is a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity, a very industrious minister, and a man highly esteemed by his acquaintances.

ABSALOM LEONARD, farmer, P. 0. Hamersville, was born in Brown County, Ohio, March 1, 1852. He is the son of Marcus and Nancy J. (Curless) Leonard, natives of Ohio ; he of German and English, and she of German and Irish descent. She died February 17, 1873. Our subject received a common school education in Clark Township, and in 1872 married Sarah Lowell, daughter of B. B. Lowell. She died September 25, 1881, leaving three children - Leander, Marcus B. and Goldy. Mr. Leonard owns a farm in Illinois, on which he resided until the death of his wife, since which time he has lived with his father, who owns 205 acres of land in this township. Our subject was the second of a family of six children. He is a Democrat in politics.

ABRAM LIMING, farmer, P. 0. Hamersville, son of Abram and Mary Liming, was born in Clark Township, Brown Co., Ohio, May 28, 1833. Abram Liming, Sr., was a son of Joseph Liming, one of the first settlers in Clark Township. (See Township history.) The subject of this sketch was married in 1859, to Nancy Jane, daughter of James Montgomery, by whom he had five children - Emma Belle, Anna Eliza, Edward, Eugene and Wesley. Mrs. Liming died in 1868, and Mr. Liming was married in 1871 to Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Martin and Matilda (Creager) Red dick, of Sterling Township. They have three children - Luella, Mary Elizabeth and Martin Reddick. Mr. Liming was drafted in 1865, and paid $1,000 for a substitute. He is one of our quiet, hard-working farmers - one of the kind of men that makes a community prosperous.

J. W. LIMING, teacher, Hamersville. Jasper W. Liming, son of Abram and Mary Liming, was born in Clark Township, Brown Co., Ohio, October 18, 1854. The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm, until about of age, since which time he has been engaged in teaching. He is taking a thorough course at Lebanon Normal School, teaching during the winter. Mr. Liming is a member of De Soto Lodge, No. 374, I. 0. 0. F. Also a member of the Christian Church, and has represented Excelsior Class twice in Conference, nothwithstanding his youth. Mr. Liming is a young man of more than ordinary ability, and a noble ambition.

J. 0. LIMING, farmer, P. 0. Hamersville. James Orange Liming, oldest son of Jasper and Margaret (Redmon) Liming, was born in Clark Township, Brown Co., Ohio, July 16, 1855, and was raised on a farm ; and at an early age was inducted in the stock trade. He graduated at the Lebanon Normal School, in the mathematical and engineering class. He also commenced the study of law but did not complete his regular course, and decided to continue farming and stock-raising, as the business was not so crowded as the bar, and gave better promise. Mr. Liming was married, June 18, 1881, to Sabrah J., only daughter of Charles Oursler, who was born in Georgetown November 25, 1862. Mr.Liming was elected Justice of the Peace for Clark Township April, 1882 ; the youngest man ever elected in the township.

R. W. LIVINGSTON, farmer, P. 0. Hamersville, was born in Adams County, Penn., January 17, 1817. His parents were John and Anna (King) Livingston, of Scotch-Irish descent, and born within four miles of Gettysburg. In 1826, they came to Ohio, locating a short distance west of the Pennsylvania line. In 1853, he came to Brown County, and in 1854, settled here permanently. R. W. Livingston was reared a " farmer's boy," and after coming to Ohio, taught school on the Hamersville and Higginsport Pike, two and a half miles south of Hamersville. Since that time he has been engaged in tilling the soil. He has been very successful in his farming operations, now possessing 230 acres of good land. His political views are Republican, and he has served as Judge of Election on several occasions. He was united in marriage in 1854, to Mary McLain, a native of Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Johnson McLain. They have five children - John M., married and a farmer of this township ; Ann M., wife of W. C. Martin, a farmer and teacher ; Maria J., at home ; Rufus K. and Adam M. Mrs. Livingstone departed this life October 27, 1874. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church, in which body Mr. L. has been a Deacon for many years.

J. B. LIVINGSTON, farmer, P. O. Hamersville, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, September 1, 1834, and is a son of John Livingston. He obtained a fair education in his boyhood days, and has been engaged in farming operations probably all of his life. He is the owner of 208 acres of good land. He was united in marriage in 1854, to Anna E., daughter of David Trout, and a native of Lewis Township, Brown Co., Ohio. They have two children - Anna Belle and William A. Mr. Livingston and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church a,t Feesburg. He is an ardent Republican, and has served as School Director. Mr. Livingston is a hard-working and industrious farmer, and one of the most enterprising farmers of Clark Township. His residence and farm show neatness and precision, and are conclusive evidence of successful farming.

THOMAS G. LUCAS, clerk, Hamersville, was born in the village of Hamersville, where he now resides, January 18, 1856. He is the son of J. W. and Louisa J.

(Moore) Lucas; he a native of Pennsylvania, she of Virginia, and both of English descent. The former came to Brown County in 1847, and the latter in 1840. Our subject obtained a common school education, and since leaving school has devoted his attention to clerking, being now engaged in that capacity. He has full control of the store, and employs no help, being assisted in his duties by his wife Emma, a daughter of Rev. S. B. Smith, whom he married, in 1881. They have one child, Eunice E. Stella. Mr. Lucas is in politics a Democrat. He is a young man of good address, polite and affable, and with more than ordinary business ability.

JAMES McBETH, farmer, P. 0. Hamersville, was born in Brown County, Ohio, November 29, 1821. His parents were Samuel and Frances (Pitzer) McBeth, both natives of Pennsylvania, the former of Scotch and the latter of German parentage ; his early education was obtailfed in the neighborhood district school ; he has been a farmer and trader all of his life, and is now the owner of 280 acres of well-cultivated land. Mr McBeth is an earnest supporter of the principles adopted and set forth by the Democratic party, and has officiated as Justice of the Peace, and was Township Trustee twenty years. He was married to Elizabeth Spiers, a native of Brown County, and a daughter of John Spiers. Eight children are living - Emily, Frankie, Pierce, Samuel 0., Ella, Charles C., Warren F., Miza M. and Lee P. Mr. McBeth, wife and daughters, are members of the Disciple Church.

DRS. McCASKEY & LOVE, Hamersville, are prominent physicians of this village. The former, Hugh McCaskey, was born in Beaver County, Penn., in 1813 ; his parents were Robert and Jane (Curry) McCaskey, natives of Pennsylvania, of Scotch and Irish descent ; he received his early literary education at Augusta College, Kentucky, and subsequently attended medical lectures at the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati. He first commenced the practice of his profession at Newark, Ohio, where he remained four years ; he then removed to Ripley, this county, and three years later to Virginia. In 1849, he located at Felicity, Clermont Co., Ohio, where he resided fifteen years ; he then removed to Batavia, the county seat of Clermont, where he practiced eight years, and also served as United States Pension Agent ; he then went back to his native place, but in 1877, located at Hamersville, where he has met with good success. The Doctor is a prominent Freemason, and has passed all the chairs in the subordinate lodge ; he has been a close student through life, and is well posted on general subjects. He was united in marriage, in 1841, to Rebecca A. Tucker, daughter of Richard Tucker, and a native of Clermont County. They have two children - Eleanora and Adda (wife of Dr. Love). Doctor and Mrs. McCaskey are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which the former has officiated as Steward. He is Republican in politics.

Dr. John H. Love, the junior partner of this firm, was born in Lewis Township, Brown County, Ohio, November 23, 1847 ; he is the son of Charles and Elizabeth A. (Hover) Love, the former a native of Brown and the latter of Clermont County, Ohio ; his grandfather, Alexander, first settled in Brown County about 1800. Mrs. Love departed this life in 1877 ; Mr. Love is still living, and resides in Clark Township. The subject of this sketch received a good English education, and graduated from the Ohio College of Medicine and Surgery, at Cincinnati, in 1870. The same year, he came to Hamersville, and commenced the practice of his profession. The firm are doing a good business, and also are the proprietors of a drug store in the village. Dr. Love is Democratic in politics, and has officiated as Township Treasurer. He was married, in 1875, to Adda McCaskey, a daughter of the senior member of the firm. They have one child, Hugh M., born September 26, 1878. Mrs. Love is a member of the M. E. Church.

T. B. McCHESNY, blacksmith, Hamersville, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, June 4, 1837. He is a son of Abner and Eliza (Early) McChesny, the former a native of New Jersey, of Irish descent, and the latter of Maryland, of English parentage. He received his education in Clermont County, and when eighteen years of age, learned the blacksmith trade with John Early, of Hamersville. He has been engaged at his trade ever since, and has met with good success ; he owns his shop, home prop- erfcy and eight acres of land adjoining the village. In 1876, he invented a patent road scraper and cultivator, which has had a very good sale, and is in general use in this and adjoining counties. Mr. McChesny was married, in 1859, to Martha Burton, a native of Ohio and a daughter of Henry Burton. They have four children - Anna Eliza, wife of L. A. Rees, a farmer of Lewis Township ; Charles V., a student at the National Normal University, of Lebanon, Ohio ; Maggie and May.

DAVID METZGER, farmer, P. O. Ilamersville, was born in Lewis Township, Brown County, Ohio, December 28, 1851. He is the son of Joseph and Nancy (Watson) Metzger, the former a native of Brown County, of German descent, and the latter a native of Clermont County, of Irish descent. Our subject received a limited education in the common schools, and from his youth to the present, has been engaged in farming. In his farm operations, he has met with good success, and now he owns a good farm near Hamersville, upon which he resides. Mr. Metzger was married to May E. Shinkle, a daughter of Walter Shinkle, an early settler of Brown County, where she was born. Mr. Metzger's graudfather, Conrad Metzger, emigrated to Ohio from Pennsylvania in 1802, and, in the same year, located in Lewis Township. Our subject and his wife are members of the Christian Church ; he is a Democrat.

WILLIAM NEAL, merchant and farmer, P. 0. Hamersville, was born in Clark Township, Brown County, Ohio, December 26, 1829. His father, William Neal, was a native of Virginia, of English descent, and a son of parents that emigrated to Brown County in 1810; his mother, Jane (Brooks) Neal, was a native of Kentucky, and also of English descent ; her parents emigrated to Brown County in 1805. Our subject was reared on a farm, and received a common school education ; he opened a store on his farm, in which he keeps a general stock, and in which he has carried on business very successfully since 1848. He was married, in 1855, to Susan Dean, a native of Brown County, by whom he has had eleven children, viz., R. B., Rebecca J., Augustus, Clement, William, Sanford, Lee, Mary, Ellis, Pearl and Iva L. Mr. Neal owns a good farm, and is now one of the Justices of the Peace for his township. His reputation for honesty and fair dealing promise him a liberal patronage as long as he continues in business.

SANFORD NEAL, farmer, P. 0. Hamersville, was born in Clark Township, this county, December 10, 1834. He is the son of William and Jane (Brooks) Neal, who are spoken of in the sketch of William Neal. The subject of this sketch was reared and educated in Clark Township, and is now one of its most enterprising and successful farmers. He has made farming the business of his life, and now owns a farm of 240 acres. In 1857, he married Margaret Reed, a native of Clermont County, by whom he has had eight children, viz.: Emily J., now the wife of F. P. Liming ; John R., Sarah L., William A., Benjamin Wade, Van Butler, Edmond and Ora. Mr. Neal makes a study of his life occupation, and has met with success in most of his undertakings. His wife is a member of the M. E. Church.

CHARLES OURSLER, farmer, was born on Eagle Creek, in Brown County, Ohio, March 21, 1809, and was raised on a farm. He followed , the river for thirty years, mostly as a pilot, part of the time on flat-boats and part of the time on steamers, his first trip being in 1827, when but eighteen years old. He was married, August 25, 1835, to Mahala Howland, by whom he had one child, James, who was killed at Georgetown July 11, 1860, by the premature discharge of a cannon, which he and others were loading. Our subject was married the second time on June 11, 1842, to Margaret Jones, by whom three children were born, viz.: John F., Sabrah Jane and Henry. Mr. Oursler was elected Sheriff to fill the vacancy caused by the death of D. W. Applegate, in 1857 ; re-elected in 1858, and at the expiration of his term, settled in the northern part of Clark Township, where he still resides. He has filled several offices in the township, is a consistent member of the Christian Church, a Mason and an Odd Fellow ; honest and upright, kind to all, he only needs to be known to be loved and respected.

WESLEY S. PENNY, farmer, P. O. Locust Ridge, was born in Clark Township, Brown Co., Ohio, September 18, 1829. He was a son of Peter and Jane (Hannah)

Penny, the former a native of Kentucky, of Welsh descent, and the latter a native of Pennsylvania, of Irish descent. Our subjeet received but a limited education in the schools of his township, and early commenced the work of a farmer, in which occupation he has since continued. He was married in 1818, to Martha A. Fiscus, a native of Brown County. They have six children, viz.: Florence, Commodore, Iselina, John, Clayton and Robert Lee. Mr. Penny is a practical and hard-working farmer, owning 138 acres of good land, which he has accumulated by his personal efforts. He has never speculated, or traded, but has made his substance by hard work and honest economy.

ALLEN PENNY, farmer, P. 0. Hamersville, Ohio, was born in Brown County October 15, 1822. He is the son of Lewis and Hannah Penny, the farmer a native of Kentucky, of French descent, the latter a native of Virginia, of Welsh descent. , Our subject received a limited education in the log schoolhouses of his day, and early commenced working on the farm, having chosen that occupation for his life work and having since followed it. In that honorable calling, he has met with good success, and is now the owner of a good farm of 140 acres. He was married in 1848, to Mary A. Hester, a native of Kentucky, by whom he has had six children, viz.: Lewis, Mary J., Caroline, Emma, Laurinda and Lydia Ann. Mr. Penny is in politics a Democrat; he has never aspired to official honors, but has served as a School Director from a sense of duty. He is an industrious and energetic farmer, and is considered by his fellows one of the best citizens of his township.

W. 0. PERKiNS, carpenter, Hamersville, born in Clermont Co., Ohio, May 28, 1830. He is a son of Aaron and Mary (Rieey) Perkins, the former a native of Kentucky , of German ancestry, and the latter of Ohio, of German-Irish parentage. Mr. Perkins received his education in Clermont County, and has been a' carpenter by occupation through life. One year, he was the proprietor of a hotel in Hamersville, and for nine years was Postmaster of the village. Mr. Perkins was united in marriage, in 1854, to to Paulina Flick. They havei an adopted daughter, Cora. Mr. Perkins and wife are members of the M. E. Church. His grandfather, Matthew Perkins, settled in this county in 1805, when this county was almost a wilderness.

ADAM POWELL, farmer, P. 0. Hamersville, was born in Bracken County, Ky., December 23, 1808. His parents were Joseph and Elizabeth (Dillman) Powell, natives of Pennsylvania, and of German descent. His early education was obtained in the old log schoolhouses of Pennsylvania and Ohio, and was rather limited. In 1816, he accompanied his parents to Brown County, Ohio, where he has since resided. He has been engaged in agricultural pursuits all of his life, and now owns 200 acres of excellent land. Politically, Mr. Powell has always been an ardent Democrat. He was united in marriage, in 1831, to Fannie Tatman, a daughter of Joshua Tatman, an honored pioneer of this place, and at the time of his death (April, 1882) was aged one hundred and two years - probably the oldest man in Brown County. Twelve children were born to this union, all of whom lived to the maturer years of manhood and womanhood, and were married. Mrs. Powell departed this life in the fall of 1839. Mr. Powell was again married, to Nancy Tatman, who has borne him six children, four daughters and two sons. The greater portion of this family are members of the Christian Church.

O. P. RALSTON, farmer, P. 0. Hamersville. Oliver Perry Ralston, youngest son of Joseph and Eleanor (Smith) Ralston, was born in Browu County, Ohio, March 11, 1824. As was common in those days, he received only a common school education, but such was his love and talent for mathematics, that at one time he was considered the best mathematician in the county. He was raised on a farm and has followed that occupation without interruption up to the present time. On April 27? 1844, he was married to Martha Ann, youngest daughter of John and Catharine Pitzer, also a native of this county. There were born to them six boys and two girls, viz,: James Polk, who married Permele Jacobs, and is now a citizen of Colorado Springs, Colo. He served three years as Principal of the Deaf Mute Institute of Colorado, and is now prospecting and mining among the Rocky Mountains Sarepta Jane, wife of Dr. R. B. McCall, of New Hope ; Thomas Hamer, who was boru April 27, 1849, and went to Kansas in the fall of 1868, and died of typhoid fever October 8, 1871, in Livingston County Mo.; Lewis Warren, born January 7, 1851, read law with Marshal & Thomas, was admitted to the bar in 1872, married Lutitia Case, and now resides in Hamersville ; Almira E valine, born October 28, 1852, still single; Eugene Archimedas, born July 12, 1856, and after spending two years in the South, is now farming the old homestead ; Edgar Lee, born July 7, 1860, and now in Crystal Basin, Colo., silver mines; Orlando Frank, born August 4, 1862, also in the prospecting and mining business. Mr. Ralston's public career is as follows: Was appointed School Examiner in 1854, elected County Surveyor in 1857, and re-elected in 1860, elected Justice of the Peace in 1864, served as Township Clerk during the latter part of the war, and was treasurer of the fund raised by Clark Township to fill her quota of men. He was elected, in 1880, to represent Clermont and Brown Counties in the State Board of Equalization. Martha A., first wife of 0. P. Ralston, died of consumption February 9, 1866, aged thirty-nine years and eight days. Mr. Ralston was married, April 17, 1867, to Ann J. (Brownfield) Stratton, daughter of James and Mary Brownfield, and widow of William B. Stratton, also a native of Brown County. She had one child - George W. Stratton, who was a member of the Forty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was a prisoner at Andersonville. Mr. Ralston still surveys and is often called to settle disputes, and his honesty and known ability make his decisions nearly always final. He has been a Notary Public for the last twelve years. He is one of the most prominent Odd Fellows of the county, was D. D. G. M. in 1871-72, when the district included Adams, Brown and a part of Clermont Counties, represented this district in the Grand Lodge of Ohio in 1877-78-79-80, and was Grand Guardian in 1881. He is noted as one of the strong friends of education in the county, although not a regular teacher, having only taught three or four quarters, but has always been found giving the cause aid and support when most needed. He was a member of the Patrons of Husbandry, represented Brown County four years in the State Grange, and was the first Master of Clark Grange. He was the first Odd Fellow in Clark Township, and his kind heart prompts him to be first always in the relief of distress. (For parentage, see Clark Township History.)

ROBERT D. RICE, farmer, P. O. Hamersville, son of Michael and Lutitia (Ham) Rice, was born in Bracken County, Ky., February 27, 1837, of Welsh desc<nt.. He was raised on a farm and in the low state of schools in that part he only attended school six weeks in his life. He was married, December 8, 1859, to Hannah M., daughter of Joseph Metzger, of Lewis Township. They have had three children, viz., Joseph H., Elijah F. (died when eight years old) and Susanna. He came to Ohio in 1862, and to Clark Township in 1879. He owns a beautiful farm of 100 acres near Hamersville. He and wife are members of the Christian Church, in which he has been Superintendent of Sabbath schools for the last ten years. He is a model man for piety, morality and sobriety - never in his life having sworn an oath, tasted intoxicating liquor, kept lewd company or gambled in any shape or form.

JOSEPH PERRY RICHARDS, farmer, P. O. Georgetown, was born on the farm which he now owns and where he resides. His father, Charles Richards, was born in Virginia January 7, 1804, and died in Ohio in pi 87 1 . His mother, Elizabeth (Connell) Richards, was born in Ohio December 6, 1809, and is still living. His grandfather, Richards, came to Ohio in 1829, and settled in Brown County. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. The subject of this sketch was educated in the common schools of his native county, and having chosen farming for an occupation, has since followed it with marked success. He is a Democrat in politics, and for four years was Township Trustee. He is President of the County Agricultural Society, and has occupied that position for five years. He has been twice married, first to Rebecca C. Norris, of this township, who died in 1863, leaving three children - William, Charles C. and Marion Lee. His second wife, whom he married in 1867, was Amanda Berry, daughter of Samuel Berry, of Pleasant Township. By her he has one child - Samuel F. Mr. and Mrs R. are both members of the M. E. Church.

WILLIAM LEE RICHEY, farmer, P. 0. Feesburg, was born in Lewis Township, Brown Co., Ohio, September 7, 1848. He is a son of John L. and Elizabeth (Trout) Richey. John L. Richey was a son of William and Sophia Richey, of Franklin Township, Clermont County. Elizabeth Trout was a daughter of William and Sarah Trout, of Lewis Township, Brown County. The subject of this sketch was married January 1, 1871, to Emma, daughter of James and Matilda (Coffman) Swope, of Clermont County. To them were born two children - George and Alpha. Emma Richey died February 27, 1874, and Mr. Richey married Jenney, daughter of Benjamin and Abigail Day, of Le^is Township, and to them were born three children - Thomas, Robert and Hattie. Mr. Richey, is of German descent, was raised on a farm, and only received a common school education. He and wife are members of the Christian Union Church. Mr. Richey is a Democrat, and serving his second term as Township Trustee.

A. J. ROBINSON, farmer, P. 0. Locust Ridge, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, November 28, 1856. His father, Dr. Thomas Robinson, is a prominent physician of Clark Township, widely and well known as a successful practitioner and a graduate of the Cincinnati Medical College. He has practiced his profession in Brown County for thirty years, and has also been an extensive farmer, now owning 700 acres of land. He has been twice married, his first wife being Mary Ann Wall, a native of Ohio, by whom he had three children, all sons - our subject, a young man of good address, of a mechanical turn of mind and of industrious habits, and who attended the Lebanon Normal School one term ; Charles and George. The Doctor's second wife was Minerva Blair, and by her had two children - Frank and Oscar Lee. In politics, Dr. Robinson is a Democrat.

JAMES S. SALISBURY, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. Hamersville, was born in Pleasant Township, this county, October 28, 1832. His parents were Thomas Salisbury, a native of Pennsylvania, and Martha (Martin) Salisbury, a native of Ohio and a sister of Judge Martin. He was reared on a farm, and received a common school education. He commenced life by farming ; rented land, after which he purchased fifty acres, concluding to settle in this county after an examination of three or four States. He resides on the Ohio pike, where he owns 180^ acres of land, most of which is under a perfect state of cultivation. He was married, in 1858, to Theresa Gray, daughter of Rev. Samuel Gray, a minister of the Christian Church. This union was blest with seven children - Albert G., Martha Etta, Mary Louella, Thomas L. (deceased), James W., an infant (deceased), and Sarah M. The three eldest, with the parents, are memb< rs of the M. E. Church, in which Mr. S. was Trustee and a class-leader for ten years. His relatives on both sides were Presbyterians and Republicans. He has made all he has by his own efforts, and is a much respected citizen.

GEORGE W. SHINKLE, farmer, P. 0. Hamersville, son of John L. and Malinda (Jones) Shinkle, was born in Clark Township, this county, March 23, 1848. His grandfather, Christian Shinkle, was among the early settlers of what is now Lewis Township, emigrating from the State of Pennsylvania and settling on what was known as Shinkle's Ridge, in this county, prior to 1810. John L. Shinkle, son of Christian and father of George W., was born in Lewis Township September 25, 1810, and his wife, Malinda (Jones) Shinkle, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, September 17, 1819, her father having emigrated from the State of Kentucky. John L. is by trade a cabinet-maker, having learned that trade at Higginsport, and there followed it for a number of years. The children born to John L. and Malinda Shinkle are Louisa J., Lewis M., Letha E., Thomas J., George W. and John C. In 1847, the father of our subject removed to Clark Township, and, in connection with farming, carried on a nursery for a number of years. Himself and wife are now residents of Clark Township. In politics, he is a Republican. Our subject was reared on a farm, and received the usual district school education known to farmers' sons, and having arrived at manhood he was united in marriage with Martha, daughter of Oliver and Barbara Crawford, April 14, 1870, and to them were born Maggie and Minerva G. The wife died Uctober 17, 1877. On the 28th of November, 1878, Mr. Shinkle was married to

Elizabeth, daughter of William and Caroline (Wood) Leach, the former a native of Kentucky, who was born in 1807, and the latter a native of Ohio. The wife of our subject was born in Lewis Township January 1, 1847. Their children are Willard E. and Silva E. Mr. Shinkle has been engaged in farming all his life, and for a number of years carried on the nursery began by his father. Both himself and wife are members of the Christian Church, and, in politics, he is a Republican.

S. B. SMITH, minister, Hamersville. Samuel Bernard Smith, a son of William and Elizabeth (Hoover) Smith, was born in Bath County, Va., March 24, 1820, both natives of Virginia. Grandfather Hoover was a native of Germany ; served six years and nine months in the Revolutionary war, and died in 1844 at the advanced age of 107 years. The subject of this sketch, while young, had the advantage of only a meager common school education, and came to Ohio in 1841 and engaged in the ministry two years later, in which he was engaged for thirty-six years, serving two years as Presiding Elder of the M. P. Conference. Mr. Smith was one of the mild, quiet, persuasive preachers, and never inclined to be stormy, but the high estimation in which he was held is attested by the houor conferred by being twice Presiding Elder. He was retired to the superannuated list in 1879. Mr. Smith was married, in 1846, to Ellen Jane, widow of Samuel Davis, and daughter of Robert and Margaret (White) Kennedy (see Clark Township history). They have five children - Samuel K. (married and living at Piketon, Ohio, and Principal of Schools), Ella Bell (widow of Elsberry Young, killed by the falling of the C., G. & P. R. R. bridge across the Little Miami July 24, 1877), Emma (wife of Thomas M. Lucas), Charles Garwood, Jessie Estella. Grandfather William Smith, of English descent, was a soldier in Gen. Marion's army, and lived to be one hundred and four years old. Mr. Smith is an honored member of Fayette Lodge, No. 107, F. & A. M. Was initiated in West Union Lodge, No. 43, I. O. 0. F., and is now a P. G. of De Soto Lodge, No. 374, and officiating Chaplain. Mr. Smith is an honest, quiet citizen, who only needs to be known to be esteemed

LAFAYETTE SPIRES, farmer, P. O. Hamersville, youngest son of John and Rebecca (Hill) Spires, was born in Clark Township November 24, 1844. His father, John Spires, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., March 27, 1803. He was a son of Richard and Rebecca (Gentle) Spires. Richard Spires, a native of Maryland, was of English descent and a soldier under Gen. Washington for three years, during which time he was severely wounded. He came to Ohio in 1810, and lived to be over ninety years old. Mrs. Spires' mother, Rebecca, was a daughter of John Hill, a native of Ireland. Her mother, Pitzer. a native of Kentucky, came to Ohio among the first settlers on Eagle Creek. The subject of this sketch was married, September 11, 1866, to Anna Mary, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Lay cock) Liming. Isaac Liming, a son of Abram and Phoebe (Still) Liming, was a native of Clermont County, Ohio, of Irish and Scotch descent. Elizabeth Lay cock, a daughter of Levi and Mary (Washburn) Laycock, was a native of Brown County, Ohio. Levi Lavcock was a soldier during the war of 1812. Abram and Phoebe Liming were married in Philadelphia, and a few years later, when they emigrated to Clermont County, Ohio, Mrs. Liming rode the entire distance on horseback and carri d her babe in her lap. Mrs. Spires was born iu Clermont County, Ohio, November 15, 1848. Their children are James Franklin Spires, born March 10, 1868, and Ada May Spires, born May 19, 1870. Mrs. Spires is a member of the Christian Church.

DR. JOSEPH C. STtERS, Postmaster, Hamersville, was formerly a wellknown practicing physician of Hamersville and Brown County. He was born in Clermont County, Ohio, October 21, 1820. His parents were Ralph and Elizabeth (Aidrich) Stiers, natives of Pennsylvania, of German and English descent. The former was a soldier in the war of 1812. His grandfather Aldrich enlisted under Gen. Washington in the Revolutionary army, when but seventeen years of age. Dr, Stiers' paternal grandfather, Jacob Stiers, was an early settler in Pennsylvania and twice married. His first wife and children were captured by the Indians, and the mother and children all killed except two daughters. These were carried into captivity and one finally suffered the same fate as the preceding ones. The remaining daughter grew to woman- hood among the savages, and was subsequently discovered by her relations. They endeavored to induce her to return to her old home, but it had been so many years since she had been abducted, that she did not recognize her father. She asked to see a stepbrother, and when brought before her, she lifted his hat and discovered a knife wound on his head which she had inflicted in her childhood days. Thus she knew it was her brother, but still refused to go back to her friends. She believed she could never again accustom herself to the habits and customs of the white people, and remained with the Indians until her death. Dr. Stiers came to Brown County in 1848, and located at Hamersville. His early education was obtained in the common schools, and subsequently he attended the Ohio College of Medicine, at Cincinnati. He commenced the practice of his profession at Hamersville, the year of his location in this county. .He is a member of the Allopathic School of Medicine. For fourteen years he practiced his profession, and administered to rich and poor alike, never holding back on account of a person's financial standing, but, full of sympathy and kindness, he treated all alike. During the last seven years of his practice, he rode night and day, only being at home one whole night in this period of time. In 1860, premonitory symptoms of that dreaded disease, amaurosis appeared in his eyes, and within two years his eyesight totally left him. This terrible affliction called forth the sympathy and kindness of his many friends and neighbors, and although the Doctor was forced to give up his practice, yet his subsequent life, with this one exception, has been peaceful and quiet. He and his wife are well known in Hamersville and the surrounding country and beloved for their kind hearts and cheerful dispositions. He owns the property where he now resides, also the small store on the premises. In 1880, he was appointed Postmaster, and the duties of that office are faithfully attended to by his son, Robert, a young man of good morals and industrious habits. The Doctor was united in marriage, in 1851, to Emily J. Moore, born at Hamersville March 16, 1832, and daughter of Eliakim and Jane (Francis) Moore, of German and Scotch descent. They have two children - Robert M., bom March 2, 1864, and Anna M., born December 12, 1871. These children were born after the Doctor's eyesight disappeared, and he has never enjoyed the privilege of seeing their forms and features. Since this affliction, the Doctor lias been a faithful and earnest expounder of the Gospel, and is a man of more than ordinary intelligence.

JESSE P. THOMPSON, farmer, P. 0. Hamersville, was born in Pennsylvania February 19, 1806. He is the son of John and Margaret (Mitchell) Thompson, natives of Pennsylvania, he of Irish, and she of Welsh descent. Our subject received a limited education in the subscription schools of Adams County, Ohio, and remained on the farm until eighteen years of age, when he commenced learning the wagon maker's trade, at which he worked twenty years. He carried on a shop in Clark Township this county, for several years, and throughout his business career was charactenz ;d by his honest dealings with his patrons. When he came to this township he settled on 100 acres of heavy timbered land that was willed to him by his father. He wis married in 1829 to Matilda Lawrence, a daughter of Jacob Lawrence, of Adams C >unty. She was a school-mate of our subject's, and he thought in his school days that he would marry her, but did not tell of it until after they were married, when she confessed to having thought the same thing. Their union was blest with these children - Christine, Barbara Ann (wife of S. H. Ellis), Thomas H. B. (a farmer of Kentucky), J >hn L., Milton, Sarah E. (wife of Samuel Williams), James and Semantha (wife of Henry Snider). Mrs. Thompson died in 1878, in the full faith of the Methodist Church, in which her husband is a local preacher. He is a Republican, and has held most of the offices in the township. He is the owner of a farm of 140 acres upon which he lives.

WILLIAM G. THOMPSON, farmer, P. O. Locust Ridge, was born N »vember 28, 1836. He is the son of Lewis Thompson, a native of Virginia, of Scotch descent, and Nancy (Brooks) Thompson, a native of Brown County, of English descent. Our subject was reared on the farm and educated in the public schools of his county. He chose farming for a life occupation and has since followed that time-hon- ored calling, with good success, now owning a good farm in this township. He was married, in 1857, to Miss Mintie Bartholomew, a native of Brown County. She is an intelligent and pleasant lady and, with her husband, a consistent member of the Disciples' Church. Mr. Thompson is a prominent Odd Fellow, a Democrat and a highly esteemed citizen. He served for a time as Trustee of his township.

J. THORNTON, farmer, chair manufacturer and proprietor of saw mill, P. O. Hamersville, Ohio, was born in Maryland April 26, 1826. He was the seventh son of John and Letitia (Matthews) Thornton, natives of Pennsylvania, he of English and she of Irish descent. They emigrated to Ohio in 1830, and settled in Clermont County, where they lived with their family of seven sons until 1843, when the father died. The mother survived him nine years, dying in 1852. After locating in Clermont County the father and sons engaged in the saw mill business in Bethel ; they soon added to their business the manufacture of wagons, which they continued until the breaking-out of the rebellion, which seriously interfered with their business; they continued, however, and manufactured wagons for the Grovernment until 1862, when they sold out their business in Bethel and moved into Clark Township, Brown County, where they built the Thornton Mill and Chair Factory, in which they still continue, having had their mill once consumed by fire. They own nearly a section of land and the handsomest residence in the township, the latter costing nearly $6,000 in its construction. The subject of this sketch is the only one of the boys that ever married, and he has married twice. His first wife, whom he married 1850, was Elizabeth Morris, daughter of J. P. Morris, and grand-daughter of Senator Thomas Morris. She died in 1857, leaving three children, and on February 13, 1872, our subject married Clara D. Cook, daughter of James Cook. Mr. Thornton and his brothers, in their manner of living, formed an example of successful communism ; they worked together, owned their property in common, kept no book accounts with each other, and when one died he relinquished all his right in the property to the survivors. The two youngest, G-eorge and our subject, are the only ones now surviving. The eldest, James, died in 1868; Samuel, in 1840; Isaac, 1850; W. P., 1878; Charles, 1882. W. P. was a prominent man during his life, and at the time of his death was a member of the Board of County Commissioners. The brothers were all men of more than ordinary intelligence, and men who deserve more than a passing notice in a local work like this.

JOHN TRISLER (deceased), born near Hagerstown, Md., Dec. 31, 1789, and died Dec. 10, 1880, being ninety years eleven months and eleven days old. His father Michael, when John was about ten years old, moved to Lexington, Ky., and soon after died, leaving John and his brothers to support the family. John Trisler was married in 1811 to Fanny Reed, and came to Lewis Township, Brown County, Ohio, at that time almost an unbroken forest. He, with a few others, erected the little stone church on Shinkle Ridge. In 1825, he lost his first wife, and afterward married Catharine Gray and moved to Tate Township, Clermont County, where he became one of the Charter members of Antioch Church, and where he remained until 1870, when he disposed of his farm and afterward lived with his children. At his death he left thirteen children, ninety-two grandchildren, over one hundred great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren. On the 11th of December, grandfather Trisler was interred at Mt. Zion Church.

HENRY W. TRISLER, farmer, P. O. Hamersville. The subject of this sketch was born in Clermont County, Ohio, April 26, 1832. He was raised on a farm and only received a common school education. He was married to Drusilla, daughter of John Spires, a native of Brown County, and settled in the township the same year. He and wife have four children - Isadora, who, besides a good common school education, has taken a course at select school, including a regular course in music, and has given lessons in the latter ; Cora Etta has been a fellow-student with her elder sister ; OrlandusC., who, although only taught in the common school, has been a hard student and ranks high for his age - has taught six months' school and is engaged at the same place for another term; Ada M., a bright little Miss. Mr. Trisler has been one of our most successful farmers, but thinks more of expending his money to educate his children to fit them for useful members of society, than to increase his broad acres. His wife and two eldest daughters are members of the Disciples' Church at Hamersville, of which church he is also one of the Elders, which position he has held for several years. In politics, he is a Jeffersonian Democrat, and as a friend of education has rendered considerable service as School Director and member of the Board of Education. To such men as Mr. Trisler we have to look for the prosperity and success of our country.

DANIEL V AND AMENT, farmer, P. 0. Hamersville, son of Benjamin and Susan (Shick) Vandament (see pioneer sketches, Clark Township), was born September 1, 1813, in Brown County, Ohio. He was married, in 1853, to Mary Halfhiil, daughter of Absalom and Nancy Halfhill. They have raised five children, three sons and two daughters, viz.: Benjamin P. (one of the ablest and most successful teachers of the county), Amanda B., Charlie A., MinnieS. and John J. Mr. Vandament is an old pattern of sobriety and honesty, a pillar of the Church and State, and a member of the Disciples' Church. As a life-long Democrat, he has been often chosen as Trustee of the township and School Director. He lives contentedly on his wed-cultivated little farm.

ZECHARIAH WEST, farmer, P. 0. Hamersville, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, May 10, 1813. He was a son of Thomas and Barbara (G-rey) West, both natives of Pennsylvania. The former was born December 19, 1785, and died April 5, 1878; the latter was born May 13, 1790, and died March 15, 1866. They had ten children, of whom our subject was the oldest son and third child. The father was a farmer by occupation, and paid for the first fifty acres of land he ever owned by splitting rails and clearing ground. It is said of him that he could read without glasses at the age of ninety-two, and that he was never involved in litigation of any kind in all his long and eventful life. His father died when he was but a youth, and he was taken by his grandfather from Pennsylvania to Kentucky. He emigrated to Clermont Counry at an early day, and in 1814 settled in Lewis Township, Brown County. Our subject received a very limited education in the subsciiption schools of pioneer days. He was early trained to farm labor, and chose farming for an occupation. He commenced life by working for his father, receiving an interest in the crops for his compensation. After working four years in this manner and when twenty-four years old he purchased a small tract of land and began farming for himself. In 1838, he married Rebecca Jennings, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Parker) Jennings. She was born February 7, 1818, and died December 15, 1865. By her Mr. West had nine children, viz., Mary Ellen, Thomas Hamer (deceased), James Irwin (a minister now in charge of a congregation at Grermantown, Ky.), William Worth, Alvin Miller, Laurin, Minnie, John Franklin (deceased), and Carr. The family are all members of the Christian Church. Mr. West is a Democrat; has been Township Trustee ten or twelve years, and a School Director most of the time since he was twenty-one years of age. He is a strong temperance man, but never took but one pledge, and that was his pledge to the church. He promised his mother in his youth never to drink, and has lived his long life true to that promise. His family are all grown up and doing well, and now as he looks back on his long and well-spent life, he can see but few changes that he could make for the better. He is a prominent farmer, and one of the most respected and highly honored citizens of this township.

THOMAS J. WILLIAMS, farmer, P. 0. Hamersville, was born in Clark Township April 8, 1844. His parents were Robert Williams, a native of Delaware, and Jane (Stricklin) Williams, a native of Ohio, both of English descent. Our subject received a common school education. In 1879, he engaged in mercantile business in Clermont County where he remained two years, after which he moved to New Hope, this county, where he continued the same business two years. In 1872, he took full charge of his father's farm of 280 acres, where he now resides. In 1862, he enlisted in Company I, Forty-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Capt. Ross, in which he was appointed Corporal. In 1864, he re-enlisted in the same regiment, Capt. An- drew Cochran, and served until the close of the war. At the battle of Red River he was taken prisoner, and for six mouths suffered all the horrors of rebel prison life. He participated in the following engagements: Battle of Shiloh, Chickasaw Mountain,

Port Gibson, Champion Hills, siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, Miss., and Fort Blakesly and battle of Mansfield. In 1869, he married Cynthia Ann Milner, a daughter of William Milner. By her he has had four children, all living, viz., Mattie G., Carl H., Phillip E., Robbie Ray.

ROBERT M. WILSON (deceased), was born in Adams County, Ohio, August 1, 1819. He was the son of Ralph and Martha Wilson, natives of Pennsylvania, of German descent. He was reared on the farm and received a common school education. His father dying when he was young, he had to support his widowed mother during his early life, and watched over her affairs until her death. He took a deep interest in religious matters, ai|d was a consistent member of the Disciples' Church, in which he was a Deacon and Elder. He was a Democrat in politics, and for several years held the office of Justice of the Peace. He was twice married, his first wife being Margaret A. Plummer, by whom he had five children, viz.: S. B. S.,a physician of Olathe, Kan.; George W., an attorney of Minnesota; Nathan ; Mary, wife of John Mitchell, of this township; and Robert F., a citizen of Olathe, Kan. His second wife was a widow, who had three children, viz., John J., George P. and Mollie J. Her maiden name was Lucy M. Moyer, and by her Mr. Wilson had three children - Scott Miller, Harrison C. and Lauretta Bell. Mrs. Wilson since the decease of her husband has taken control of the farm, which she manages and has worked under her superintendance.

LEVI WILSON, farmer and dealer in agricultural implements, Hamersville, was born in Clark Township, Brown Co., Ohio, January 26, 1836. His parents were Levi and Elizabeth (Anderson) Wilson, natives of Vermont, and of English and Irish descent. Mr. Wilson was reared on the old homestead, and remained there until thirty years of age. He then engaged in the saw mill and subsequently in the machinery business. He is agent for the Aultman & Taylor machines, and the " Peerless Reaper." He handles all kinds of farming machinery, and enjoys a good trade. Politically, his views are Democratic, and he has served two terms as Township Trustee. He was married in 1861, to Louise Redman, a daughter of Lafayette Redman, who departed this life May 8, 1874. Three children were born to them - Lerastus. Lanella and Lafayette. Mr. Wilson's second marriage was in 1879, to Alice, daughter of Thomas Moore, and a native of this county. They have three children - Alice, Lena and Estella. Mrs. Wilson is a member of the Christian Church.

GEORGE M. WOOD, farmer, P. 0. Georgetown, was born in Byrd Township, Brown Co., Ohio, February 20, 1834. His father, Nicholas Wood, was born in Kentucky, and emigrated to Brown County in 1812. His mother, Margaret (Blair) Wood, was a native of Ohio, and both parents were of English extraction. His grandfather, Nicholas Wood, Sr., was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, and George Wood, the uncle of our subject, was a soldier in the war of 1812. The early life of the subject of this sketch was spent in teaching, and for three years he was a member of the faculty of the Commercial College at Cincinnati. In 1862, he commenced his present occupation of farming, and since that time has successfully followed that peaceful calling. In 1862, he married Annetta Richards, a native of this county, of English descent, and a daughter of Charles Richards. They have had the following children : W. C., Charles E., Emmont W., Lewis E., Maggie E., James E., deceased, and John A., deceased. The parents are both members of the M. E. Church, in which Mr. Wood has beeu Steward, Class-Leader and Clerk. He is a Democrat in politics, Township Trustee and Township Clerk, and a prominent member of Georgetown Lodge, No. 72, F. & A. M.

S. S. WOOD, farmer, P. 0. Hamersville, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, April 14, 1844. He is a son of Absalom and Phebe Wood, the former a native of Ohio, of English and German descent, and the latter a native of Kentucky, of Irish descent. Our subject received a common school education, and for his life work chose the occupation of his father, farming, at which he has since continued. He was mar- ried in 1866, to Miss Mary J. Smith, a native of Clermont County, and a daughter of S. B. Smith, a prominent farmer of that county. Their union was blessed with three children, viz., Alva C., Minnie and Rosa. Mr. and Mrs. Wood are members of the Christian Church, in which he has been an Elder and Trustee. He is a Democrat in politics, and has served his district as School Director in the past. He is a practical farmer and raises, among other stock, some fine horses.

JOHN WESLEY BARNS, farmer, P. 0. Georgetown, a prominent farmer of Franklin Township, was born at Monongalia, Middleton (now Fairmont) County, Va., Monday, July 16, 1810. His father, William Barns, was a native of Maryland, and of Irish descent. He was a physician by profession, and came to Ohio at an early day. He was a resident of Adams County for about ten years, and made a speciality of curing cancers and consumption. In December, 1830, he located in Brown County, Ohio, where he ministered to the physical wants of his many patients till the " fell destroyer " ended his earthly labors. He died August 11, 1833, aged fifty-four years and five months. Mr. Barns' mother was Jane Graham, a native of Philadelphia, Penn. After her husband's death, Mrs. Barns removed to Georgetown, and subsequently to Cincinnati, where she resided with her daughter till her death, which was caused by the removal of a tumor, weighing eighty-seven pounds. She died July 22, 1842, aged fifty-four years and six months. The subject of this notice assisted his father in the latter'." medical practice, and early learned the chair-maker and painter's trade. He located at Georgetown in 1840, and for ten years worked at both of his trades. During this time, he painted the cupolas of both the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Brown County Court House. At his wife's suggestion, he purchased 132 acres of land on Straight Creek, near the Ripley & Arnheim pike, and has since added thirty-three acres. Some time after buying this farm, he purchased a grist mill at Williamsburg, in Clermont County, which he ran two or three years. As his wife was then in failing health, he came back to the farm, where he has since resided. Mr. Barns was formerly a Whig, Know Nothing, Republican, and is now an earnest and outspoken advocate of Prohibition. During the war. Mr. Barns was also a member of the Union League. He is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was married, January 27, 1835, to Sarah Roudabush, a native of Goshen, Clermont County, Ohio ; departed this life September 26, 1881, aged seventy-two years one month and four days. She was the mother of five children - Eleanor J., born February 19, 1836, died July 27, 1838 ; Corydon Augustus, born April 1, 1840, at commencement of the war, joined Company C, Eighty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died of small pox at Danville Prison, Virginia, December 30, 1863 ; William McKendrie, born May 17, 1843, also in Company C, Eighty-ninth Regiment, and now running the grist mill formerly owned by his father, in Clermont County, Ohio; John Roudabush, born September 9, 1847, and now farming the old homestead. Mr. Barns takes a great interest in bees and bee culture, and is agent for many of the best beehives.

ABRAM BERRY, farmer, P. O. Georgetown, was born in Pleasant Township, Brown County, Ohio, February 27, 1824. His father, Samuel Berry, was a native of Pennsylvania, who came to this county when a young man. He located in Pleasaut Township, where he resided till his death. He was an engineer by trade, and worked at that through life. He married Catharine Sowers, also a native of Pennsylvania, who bore him ten children, six of whom are living. Our subject was reared a " farmer's boy," and has always been engaged in agricultural pursuits through life. His educational facilities were limited ; and, when quite young, he left the parental roof and went to Ripley, obtaining employment on a farm near that place. Some time after, he purchased a farm of forty-nine acres near his present one, where he resided thirty years. He then bought his present farm of seventy-one acres, a portion of which is woodland.

Mr. Berry is a firm believer in the principles set forth by the Democratic party, and has served his township as Road Supervisor. He was married, in 1847, to Elizabeth Abbott, a native of this county. Of the eight children born to them, six are living - Mary Ann, wife of Ira Hendricks, a farmer of Lewis Township; George, a farmer of Pleasant Township, who married Sarah Morrow ; Belle ; Alice ; Mary ; and Charlie. Mr. Berry, wife and eldest daughter are members of the Christian Union Church.

S. P. BERRY, P. 0. Ash Ridge, a well known and enterprising agriculturist ot' Franklin Township, is a native of Pennsylvania, where he was born April 19, 1833. His father, John Jacob Berry, was born in Germany, and emigrated to the United States about 1831. He first located in Pennsylvania, where he married Susan Rice, a native of that State, and a daughter of Andrew Rice. In 1837, he came to Brown County, Ohio, settling on a farm adjoining that now occupied by his son, where he lived till his death, October 26, 1881. Mr. Berry was the father of three children, two living - Elizabeth, wife of George Houck, of this township, and S. P. The subject of this notice was reared in Franklin Township, and what education he obtained in boyhood days was picked up during leisure hours. He lived with his father till attaining his majority, and then went to work on a farm by the month. Some time after, he learned the carpenter trade, which he followed as a business for many years. When about twenty-four years of age, he bought forty-six acres of his present farm, and has since added to it at different periods, until its present acreage numbers 233, mostly under cultivation. The buildings on the farm were erected by himself, and betoken the successful farmer. Mr. Berry's politics have always been strongly Democratic, and for four years he was annually elected to fill the office of Township Treasurer. He was married, September 16, 1855, to Mary A. Gwinner, a native of this county. Of the ten children given them, seven are living - Michael, Simon, Edward, Charlie, Lottie A., Louis F., Lafayette, Lizzie, Cora and Matilda F. Mr. Berry, wife and family, are members of the Protestant Evangelical Church of Arnheim.

FREDERICK W. BOEHM, farmer, P. 0. Georgetown, was born in Saxony, Germany, January 19, 1838. He is a son of Frederick Joseph and Caroline (Suntay) Boehm, both natives of Saxony. The former came to America in 1851, locating near Arnheim, in Franklin Township, where he purchased fifty-three acres of land. He afterward removed to Lewis Township, where he died in the fall of 1881. Mrs. Boehm departed this life February 21, 1879 The subject of this notice was reared on the farm in Franklin Township, and when eighteen years of age learned the shoemaker's trade. He served a two years' apprenticeship, and subsequently worked at the trade two years. He then commenced farming for himself, on fifty-two acres of land, in Lewis Township, where he remained thirteen years. In February, 1882, Mr. Boehm purchased of John Markley 30 1 j- acres of land, being a portion of the "old Devore farm," where he now resides ; 200 acres of this farm is under cultivation, and about 100 acres is woodland. Mr. Boehm has been a hard worker through life, and deserves credit for the unusual business ability he has displayed in his farming operations. He is insured in the Equitable Life Insurance Company and has been confirmed in the Lutheran Church. He was married, in 1862, to Catherine Neu, a native of Adams County, Ohio. They are the parents of nine children, Emma L., Henry W., Albert H., Matilda, Freddie A., Charlie E., Oscar, Johnnie and Edward.

HENRY BOHL, blacksmith, Arnheim, was born in Franklin Township, January 7, 1850, and is a son of Adam Bohl, native of Germany, and when eight years of age accompanied his father Adam Bohl to America. He was a farmer during life, and died August 14, 1881. He married Dardie Henning, a native of Germany, who is still living, and resides with her children. Henry Bohl was reared in Franklin Township and received a good common school education; when twenty years of age, he learned his present trade with Frederick Biehn, working with him one and a half years. He was then employed by Jack Lyman, of Georgetown one year, and subsequently with P. J. Miller, and James Wilson one year each. In 1873, he opened a shop for himself, at Arnheim, where he has met with good success. Mr. Bohl is a member of the Reformed German Church, at Arnheim, and the Democratic party. He has always taken a deep interest in educational matters, and at present is a School Director and Clerk of the School Board. He was married, in 1874, to Jane, daughter of William Hanselman, a prominent Herman farmer of Franklin Township. Five children have been given them, Joseph William and Jacob Charlie (twins), Edward H., Minnie A. and Emma L. Mrs. Bohl and family are also members of the Reformed Church.

PETER BOHRER, carpenter and builder, Arnheim, was born in Pennsylvania November 9, 1834. his father, John Jacob Bohrer, was a native of Germany, who came to America just before the birth of our subject; a year later, he came to Arnheim, in this township, where he resided a few years. He then removed Maysville, Ky., and after a twelve years' residence there, removed again to Arnheim. He is a tailor by trade, but is now seventy-five years of age, and of late years has been in feeble health. He married Catherine Wolf, a native of Germany, who bore him eight children - five of these are now living. Mrs. Bohrer is about seventy-four years of age, and like her husband suffers from ill health. The subject of this notice was reared mostly in Brown County, and received a good common school education in the schools of Franklin Township, and those of Maysville, Ky. When eighteen years of age, he learned the carpenter's trade, and subsequently that of a plasterer. He has worked at these two trades through life, having erected very many of the buildings in Arnheim and the adjoining country. Financially, his business has been good, and he is considered one the substantial citizens of Arnheim and Franklin Township. Mr. Bohrer is a firm advocate of Democratic principles, and served as Treasurer of Franklin Township, a period of five years. Mr. Bohrer was married, January 3, 1858, to Louise Hinchey, a native of Arnheim ; there has been twelve children born to them, nine living - Mary Louise, William Stephen, Catherine, Ida Viola, Josephine, Ardinia, Minnie, John Peter; and Charles Willis ; Indiana, Clara and an infant are deceased. Mr. Bohrer, wife and family are members of the Protestant Evangelical Lutheran Church of Arnheim.

JOHN E. BROWN, farmer, P. 0. Russellville, was bora on Straight Creek, in Franklin Township, April 26, 1828. His father, David D. Brown, was a native of Brown County, Ohio, and an agriculturist through life. He married Eliza Abbott, also a native of Franklin Township, who bore him eight children. Mr. Brown departed this life in 1879. Mrs. Brown still survives, and resides in Clark Township, four miles from Bethel. John E. Brown, attained his majority on his father's farm, obtaining the benefits of a good English education. He early learned the carpenter's trade, and followed it for about twenty years, erecting all the buildings on his own farm, and many of the substantial residences and barns in that portion of Brown County. He also worked at his trade in New Orleans for two winter seasons ; but not liking the country, came back to Ohio. On February 9, 1857, he purchased 111 acres of land - his present farm - which is located on both sides of Straight Creek, and the Ripley & Arnheim pike. A short time since, Mr. Brown gave one-half acre of his land to the school district in which he resides; upon which was erected a handsome frame schoolhouse. Mr. Brown has been fairly successful in life ; is Democratic on National questions, but locally votes for the man who will best serve the community ; and has officiated as School Director. He was married, March 6, 1856, to Sarah E. Coombes, a native of Southern Indiana. They have eight children - Willliam M. (who married Annie Kendall), Levi E., Clement A., Annie May, Addie Ora, Lee Owen, Eddie E. and Lora Eliza.

JAMES L. BARBERY, P. 0. Arnheim, farmer, and a life-long- resident of Franklin Township, was born in this township October 21, 1830. His father was Josiah Carbery, also a native of Franklin Township, and a farmer within its borders through life. His death occurred in 1847. Mr. Carbery's mother was Mary, daughter of Hudson Dennis, and a native of Kentucky. She died about 1865. Of the five children bom to this union, four are living - two sons and two daughters. The subject of this notice was raised on the old homestead farm, and when seventeen years of age, suffered the loss of his father. The duty of keeping his mother and the family, then fell upon his shoulders, and right manfully did he fulfill this obligation of love until her second marriage to R. Wardlow, five years later. Mr. Carbery com- menced the active duties of life, for himself, in Washington Township, where he rented a piece of ground, and " farmed it" for five years. He then purchased his present farm of 45| acres, where he has since resided. He has been a "tiller of the soil" all through life, and is a man respected by all. Mr. Carbery's politics are Democratic, and has served in the capacities of Road Supervisor and School Director. He was united in marriage, December 19, 1854, to Sarah, daughter of Adam Wells, a prominent farmer of Franklin Township. Of their three children, two are living - John J. and Mary Elizabeth. Mrs. Carbery and daughter are members of the Christian Union Church.

MARTIN A. COURTS, P. 0. Georgetown, a prominent farmer of Franklin Township, was born in Scott Township, this county, May 13, 1830. His father, George Courts, was a native of Ohio, and a farmer by occupation. He located in Scott Township at an early day, and there resided till his death a few years later. His death occurred about fifty years ago. Mr. Courts' mother was Catherine Hiler, a native of Ohio, and mostly reared in Brown County. She departed this life about twenty years ago. The subject of this notice was reared on the home farm, receiving a good common school education. He was reared by his mother till eighteen years of age, and then commenced active life by working on neighboring farms by the month till twenty-two years of age. He then farmed for himself, in Scott Township, two years. He then removed to his present farm in Franklin Township, where he owns about 400 acres of land, mostly under cultivation. When twenty-seven years of age, Mr. Courts was united in marriage to Elizabeth Dunn, a native of Washington Township, and a daughter of James Dunn, a prominent farmer and land-holder of Brown County. They have six children - James H. (who married Lottie Miller), George E. (at home), Josephine (wife of Stephen A. Kendall, a farmer of Franklin Township), Ormund F., Arminda and Bertie Edna. Mr. and Mrs. Courts are members of the Christian Union Church, on the West Fork of Straight Creek. Mr. Courts is a well-known citizen of this township, and well respected.

DAVID G. DEVORE, retired lawyer, P. O. Georgetown, was born in Union Township, Brown Co., Ohio, March 31, 1808. He is the seventh of ten children, born to David and Alice (Mann) Devore. His father, a native of Washington County, Penn., followed agricultural pursuits through life. He moved to Kentucky at an early date, and settled at Kenton's Station. In 1800, he removed to Union Township, Brown Co., Ohio, where he resided until his demise. Many of his ancestors were active participants in the Revolutionary struggle, notably, Nicholas Devore, his paternal grandfather, who was one of the famous Morgan rifleman, and an actor during Crawford's defeat. His mother was a native of New Jersey, and a daughter of Christopher Mann, a prominent pioneer of Kentucky, and Brown County, Ohio. Until his nineteenth year was attained, Mr. Devore worked on a farm at the old homestead, on Red Oak Creek, Union Township, Brown County. During those years, he received a liberal education in various select schools, and in 1827 entered the Ohio University at Athens. There he diligently pursued a course of classical studies ; was graduated in 1831, with the first honors of his class. He then returned to Brown County and began the reading of law under the supervision of Archibald Leggett, a prominent attorney of Ripley, Ohio. After continuing his studies with this preceptor for about six months, he moved to Georgetown, where he resumed his reading under the guidance of Thomas L. Hamer, an able pioneer attorney of this county. In 1833, he passed the required examination and was admitted to the bar. Hon. Thomas Corwin was on that occasion one of the examiners. Entering at once on the active practice of his profession, in partnership with Thomas L. Hamer, at Georgetown, he, in conjunction with his associate, rapidly secured an extensive legal practice. In 1833, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Brown County, and in this position served faithfully for two years. Of late years, he has almost retired from general practice, and has interested himself in agricultural pursuits. He resides with his son, James M., on the farm northeast of Georgetown. Politically, Mr, Devore is a supporter of Greenback principles, but cast his first vote in favor of Gen. Andrew Jackson. Religiously, he is a member of the Christian Union organization. He has always been a firm friend to the temperance cause, and has never connected himself with any secret societies. While in the practice of his chosen profession, Mr. Devore was always acknowledged to be one of the ablest members of the bar of Brown County. Mr. Devore was united in marriage, May 24, 1837, to Rebecca Murray, a native of Morgan County, Ohio, and a daughter of Thomas Murray (then deceased), an early pioneer of that county. Eight children were born to this union, five living - Lucy (wife of William Snedaker), David (clerk in a Cincinnati dry goods house), James M. (on the home farm), Rebecca J. (a teacher in the Georgetown public schools), and Sarah Phillips (at Glendale, Ohio). Mrs. Devore departed this life August 12, 1866. She was a consistent member of the M. E. Church, and a faithful attendant on its services. Mr. Devore's grandfather died at the advanced age of ninety-seven years, aud a year previous to his death, raised, by his own individual labor, over four hundred bushels of corn ; his father lived to be eighty-seven, and his mother eighty-four years old, and as our subject is yet in very good health, he bids fair to follow in the footsteps of his ancestors.

LEVI DUNN, P. 0. Arnheim, an honored pioneer citizen of Franklin Township and BroWn County, was born in this township Aug. 27, 1813. His father, Henry Dunn, was a native of Monongahela County, Va., coming to Ohio at an early date. He located near Arnheim, in this township, but in 1832 sold his farm and went West. Being dissatisfied with his new location he came back to Brown County, and located in Washington Township, where he resided till his death, probably about 1869. He was married in Virginia to Nancy Pindell, a native of the " Old Dominion.'' Twelve children were born to this union, six sons and six daughters, nine of whom are living, the youngest being fifty -two years of age. Mrs. Dunn departed this life about twenty years ago (1862). Levi Dunn was the fifth child and third son of this large family, and, as schoolhouses were scarce in the time of his youth, and money in proportion, his educational facilities were very limited. He assisted his father on the farm until of age, when he was united in marriage to Margaret Lucas, a native of this county. Soon after marriage, he purchased 112 acres of swamp land, located near Sardinia, in Washington Township, for which he paid 75 cents an acre. This was in 1834. Mr. Dunn resided at this place twenty years, improving and adding to his possessions, until when he left, he owned about 390 acres, 200 of which he had cleared. At the expiration of twenty years he sold his farm, and purchased his present farm of 287 acres, on the Ripley & Arnheim pike, most of which is under cultivation. u Uncle Levi," as he is familiarly known, began the active duties of life with nothing but a plentiful amount of brain, muscle and tireless energy. During his almost seventy years' sojourn on this earth, he has been a constant tiller of the soil, and his labors have not been unfruitful. Financially, he has been moderately blessed, having gained a competency sufficient for old age and its attendant wants ; socially, no man in Franklin Township stands higher. He is honored and respected by all, and justly deserves this place in the history of Brown County. Mr. Dunn is a Democrat politically, and has officiated in several township positions. His marriage occurred January 30, 1834. Of the six children born to this union, only two are living - R. B. (residing at Carlisle, in Jackson Township), and Isaac (a farmer of this township, residing near his father). Mrs. Dunn departed this life February 5, 1840. Mr. Dunn was subsequently married to Rebecca Kratzer, also a native of Brown County. Four children are the result of this union - Elsie (wife of a farmer of Scott Township), Roanna (widowed wife of Nimrod Lindsay, keeping house for father and mother), Jane (wife of Peter Wall, of Wallsburg, Scott Township), and Philip (who married Nancy Hendrixson, and resides on the home farm).

CHARLES ELSCHLAGER, P. O. Wallsburg, a prominent German citizen of the western part of this township, born in Germany March 3, 1832. His parents, Caleb and Barbara (Masner) Elschlager, came to America in May, 1845, locating on Sycamore Run, in Franklin Township, two miles above Arnheim, where he bought thirtythree and a third acres of land. Eight or nine years later, they removed onto a farm of 160 acres, then in Franklin, now in Scott Township, and subsequently added thirty-two acres to their first purchase. They there resided till their death. Charles Elschlager is the oldest of six children, four sons living. He obtained a fair education in his native land, and when thirteen years of age, accompanied his parents to America. When young, he labored upon a farm in Kentucky, and at twenty-two years of age, rented land in Scott Township, where he " farmed it for eight or nine years. He then removed to Jay County, Ind., residing there six years, but, suffering from the ague, came back to Brown County, and lived one year with his father. He then purchased 112 acres of his present farm, to which he has since added thirty-one and a half acres. Mr. Elschlager is Democratic in politics, and was formerly a member of the Herman Reformed Church at Arnheim. He was married, December 6, 1865, to Rosa Schulien, a native of Germany. Seven children were sent to bless this union, six living - Louisa (wife of Francis M. Lindsey, a farmer of this township), Charlie, Annie (wife of James Shaver, a farmer of Franklin Township), Caleb, Joe and Lydia. Mrs. Elschlager died in June, 1878. Mr. Elschlager was again married in June, 1879, to Mary Troutman, a native of this township. Two children have been born to them, one living - Jessie, aged two years.

DR. SIDNEY C. GORDON, P. 0. Georgetown, one of the more prominent farmers of this township, was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, Dec. 29, 1840. He is a son of Thomas W. Gordon, who has been an honored physician and surgeon of Georgetown and Brown County for many years. Dr. Gordon's mother was Minerva Elvira Scoville, a native of Trumbull County, Ohio. She departed this life December 20, 1869. Dr. Gordon lived in his native county until ten years of age, when he accompanied his parents to Georgetown. He was reared and educated in the latter place, and in early life studied medicine with his father. He remained with the latter the prescribed term of three years, during this time attending three courses of lectures at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, graduating in 1860. Soon after the commencement of the war, he enlisted in Company C, Fifty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and while at Camp Kenton was detached, by order of Gen. Nelson, as Assistant Surgeon of the post. He remained in this position till the camp was broken up, and was subsequently, commissioned (in August, 1862) to the same position in the Fifty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served as such till the regiment's term of enlistment had expired, when he was honorably discharged. He returned to Georgetown, and the following spring went out as Surgeon of the One Hundred and Eighty-ninth Regiment, being finally mustered out in the fall of 1865. He returned to Georgetown once more, and in the spring of 1866 formed a partnership with his father in the practice of medicine. This relationship continued until the fall of 1868. Dr. Gordon then gave up his practice, the main cause being failing health, and located on a farm of 116 acres in Franklin Township, which he had purchased the year previous. This farm is located on Straight Creek, west of the Ripley & Arnheim pike, and is mostly under cultivation. Dr. Gordon finds farming more suited to his health, and has therefore almost entirely given up his medical practice. He is an earnest advocate of the principles adopted by the Republican party, and in 1869 was their candidate for Representative from Brown County. This was more of an honor than the expectation of electing him, for the almost solid Democratic vote in the county rarely fails to elect a Democratic candidate. Dr. Gordon is an active member of the Board of Directors of the Brown County Agricultural Society, and 'always takes a deep interest in those matters pertaining to the moral, social and educational advancement of the community in which he resides. He was married, February 15, 1872, to Olevia, daughter of William S. Marshall, an old and honored pioneer of Pleasant Township. They have five children - Nellie M., William Winslow (named after both grandfathers), Claribel, Sophie S., and an infant, Hugh B. Mrs. Gordon is a lady of culture and refinement, and highly respected by all with whom she has acquaintance. Dr. Gordon and wife are connected by membership with the Methodist Episcopal Church of Georgetown. Dr. Gordon is the author of the history of Franklin Township, in this volume.

BYRON W. GORDON, P. 0. Georgetown, a young and enterprising farmer of this township, was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, March 5, 1847. His parents are Thomas W. Gordon and Minerva E. (Scoville) Gordon, the former of whom removed to this county when our subject was but four years of age, and for many years has been a prominent physician and surgeon of Southern Ohio. Mr. Gordon was reared in Georgetown, and there received the benefits of a good English education ; when still young, he entered the office of the Southern Ohio Argus, edited by John G- Doren, with whom he served a four years' apprenticeship. He subsequently followed his trade for some time, also attending school. In February, 1865, he enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Eighty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was soon after made Hospital Steward. While stationed at Camp Chase, he was taken sick, and June 23, of the same year, was discharged on account of disability; which to a certain extent still continues. In the spring of 1869, he moved onto his present farm of seventy-two acres, in this township. Mr. Gordon was formerly a member of the Grand Army Republic Post, at Georgetown, and Hamer Grange, both organizations now extinct ; he is now connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church at Georgetown ; Franklin Grange P. of H., of Franklin Township, and is Republican in politics. He was united in marriage, March 4, 1869, to Sallie J. Hicks, a native of this county, and a daughter of John Hicks, born in Pleasant Township. One daughter was born to their union, Annie L., aged ten years. Mrs. Gordon departed this life in November, 1875. Mrs. Gordon's parents reside with our subject on the farm.