Washington Township (part 14 of 16)

CASPER B. WOODS, farmer, P. 0. Russellville, was born January 26, 1804, in what is now known as Byrd Township, Brown Co., Ohio. He was the son of Michael /md Hester Woods, of whom we have made mention in another part of this work. He was reared ou a farm, aud received the rudiments of education in a district school. On February 17, 1832, he married Eliza Baird, daughter of George and Jane Baird, by whom he had eight children, two of whom are still living, viz.: Abraham B. and Cynthia B. She died in March, 1877. After residing in different parts of the county, he finally settled in 1854 on the farm where he still re ides, in the eastern portion of Jefferson Township. He has served as Township Trustee, is a member of the Methodist Church and for many years acted as class-leader. He is one of our worthy, self-made men, for after his marriage he could barely get the means to procure a complete outfit with which to commence housekeeping. He is now living with his daughter, Mrs. Sowers, in his seventy-ninth year. William Sowers, Jr., was born in October, 1844, near Ripley, Brown Co., Ohio. His parents are Benjamin and Mary A. Sowers. He remained at home until the breaking-out of the war of the rebellion, when he enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventy-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. His regiment was stationed principally at Gallipolis, and in West Virginia, and patroled the Big Kanawha River. He received an honorable discharge prior to the close of the war. In November, 1868, he married Cynthia B. Woods, daughter of our subject, born December, 1847. This union has been blessed with six children, viz.: Jennie, Mary E., Cora M., Francis B., Daisy D. and an infant. Mr. Sowers has been successful in both agricultural pursuits and stock-raising, in the latter of which he has acquired considerable repute. He is of a clever, courteous disposition, hospitable dnd obliging, and a good conversationalist. He is a Democrat and the owner of 141 acres of land.

FRANCIS M. WOODS, farmer, P. 0. Russellville. Michael Woods, father of our subject, was b>rn in Pennsylvania. When a you ffi. he emigrated to Maysville, Ky., but owing to the depredations committed by the Indians, remained there but a short time. He then moved into the neighborhood of Augusta, Ky., where he remained till about the year 1800, when he came to Ohio. Before starting for Ohio, he married Miss Hester Bowman, by whom he had twelve children, seven of whom are still living. The goods which this couple brought with them to Ohio were all done up in a " red cotton handkerchief," with the exception of the wearing material worn by them. They settled on the waters of Eagle Creek, in what is now known as Byrd Township, Brown Co., Ohio, The country at that time was comparatively an unbroken forest. The dresses worn by his good wife were made of wild nettles, gathered by her own hands. He continued in his peaceful vocation until the breaking-out of the war of 1812, in which he served as a Captain. He served for about sixteen years as Justice of the Peace for Byrd Township, and as Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for perhaps seven years. His success in a certain measure perhaps may be attributed to his wife, for after her marriage she taught him to read, write and spell. He was a zeilous member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, serving for a number of years as class-leader. The Scriptures were read, and prayer offered daily in his house, and frequently for many years he had preaching at his house. He lived the greater part of his life in the neighborhood of where he first settled, and died about 1874 or 1875, having survived his wife but a few years. Francis M., one of the sons of Michael Woods, and subject of this sketch, was born in October, 1819, in Brown County, Ohio, and in his youth was trained to the pursuits of farming. He received a good English education, and subsequently taught school for perhaps five years. In October, 184G, he married Miss Hannah W. Cappel, daughter of Daniel and Martha Cappel. To them have been born twelve children, ten of whom are still living, viz.: Daniel H., Rachel A., Martha L., Caroline A., Sarah D., Michael S., Thomas R., Hester V., Mary F. and Emma K. After his marriage, he moved to Lewis County, Ky., where he remained for twenty-one years. In 1854-55, he served in the Kentucky House of Legislature. He also served as Deputy Sheriff for Lewis County. In 1870, he moved to his farm near Russellville, Brown Co., Ohio, where he still resides. He has served as Trustee for Jefferson Township. He is a gentleman of more than ordinary intellectual capacity, of a frank open nature, and a good conversationalist. His political views are Democratic ; he is a member of the Russellville Lodge of the F. & A. M., and the owner of 101 acres of land. He is recognized as one of the leading and most intelligent agriculturists of Jefferson Township.

DANIEL W. APPLEGATE (deceased), son of Benjamin and Rebecca (Wall) Applegate, natives of Mason County, Ky., was born in Mason County in June, 1816. He was reared on a farm, and followed farming and trading most of his life, being at the time of his death possessed of 600 acres of land. He was a prominent Democrat, and at the time of his death was Sheriff of Brown County. In 1841, he married Miranda Teshune, who was born February 19, 1819. They were the parents of seven children, five of whom are living, viz.: William M., Rebecca, Mary B.. Samuel and

Flora. Mr. Applegate was an intelligent, affable gentleman, honest in all his dealings, and highly esteemed by the people of the county, who experienced in his death the loss of a valued citizen, a good farmer and an efficient officer.

H. H. BARNGROVER, farmer, P. O. New Hope, was born in Scott Township August 13, 1833 ; he is the son of G W. and Julia ( McKinzee) Barngrover, the former a native of Ohio, and the latter of Virginia. He has adopted farming for a life work, and now owns 120 acres of land. He was educated in Scott Township, and remained at home until he reached his majority. In 1851, he married Martha Dye, daughter of John P. Dye, by whom he has had five children, all living, viz.: John P , Celia W., Martha M., Henry E. and Wayne Lee. The parents and children are members of the Christian Church, in which Mr. Barngrover has been a Deaeon several years.

DR. WILLIAM ALLEN BIVANS was born in Lynchburg, Highland Co., Ohio, March 11 . 1833. His father was Andrew Bivans, a native of the State of Maryland, who went to Highland County when a mere lad. Before her marriage his mother bore the name of Ruth Smith ; she was born in North Carolina, and was brought to Ohio when only six years of age. Dr. Bivans' father dying when he was but a year and a half old, he was left to the prudent care of an affectionate mother. With no fortune and dependent on a widowed mother, he early learned the practical value of self-reliance, and that " there is no excellence without great labor." When quite young, he began to teach in the district schools of the country, in which occupation he succeeded to a gratifying degree. He began the study of medicine in the office of the late Dr. W. C. Hall, of Fayetteville, Ohio, and after the usual office pupilage, matriculated in Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio. Completing a regular course, he graduated with honor February 28, 1861. Having learned by his early experience that every moment is a golden opportunity, he lost no time in hunting up an eligible place to begin the practice of his profession. He located at Arnheim, Ohio, Angust 2, 1861, and after remaining there six months, during which time he acquired considerable practice, he was induced by the solicitation of friends to exchange his location for another in New Hope, Ohio, where he removed in the spring of 1862. Dr. Bivans has been a resident of New Hope for twenty years, and by his demotion to business and fair dealing with every one, has deserved the respect of all who know him, and besides has amassed quite a competence for the support of approaching old age. April 22, 1862, Dr. Bivans was married to Melinda A. Creighead, a daughter of William W. Creighead, deceased. October 4, 1864, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventy-seventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and a little later was commissioned Assistant Surgeon with rank of First Lieutenant. When he had returned home after his discharge from the army at the close of the war, he was honored with the appointment of School Examiner of Brown County, which position he held for six years. For fifteen years as Township Treasurer he has been intrusted with the public funds, and has also served the people for many years in the capacity of School Director. Dr. Bivans completed his education at the old Normal School at Lebanon, now the Normal University. He is a member of the Clermont County Medical Association, and a member of the Brown County Academy of Medicine. The Doctor for many years has been a member of both charitable orders, the Odd Fellows and Freemasons. February 22, 1878, the Doctor's exemplary wife, after a short illness died, leaving a sorrowing and bereaved family. October 18, 1881, he was married for the second time, to Flora Creighead.

COLLINS BOOTH BY, farmer, P. 0. New Hope, was born in Scott Township September 21, 1838. He is a son of James and. Elizabeth (Dives) Boothy, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Maryland. Our subject received a common school education, and having adopted farming for an occupation, has followed it with good results, now having 1781 acres of land in his native township. In 1859, he married Lydia Ann Wardlow, a daughter of Preston and Nancy Wardlow, and by her had ten children - James P., Nancy E., Perry Lee, Lewis Warren, Emma, Charles W., Sarah E., Mary Nellie, N. C. and Edward. The parents and five oldest children are members of the Christian Church, in which the father has been a Deacon. He is a Democrat in politics, and has occupied the offices of Trustee, Clerk of the Township, School Director and Supervisor. He is highly respected in the neighborhood.

JAMES P. BOOTHY, farmer, P. 0. New Hope, was born in Scott Township, December 24, 1859 ; his parents were Collins and Lydia A. (Wardlow) Boothy, natives of Scott Township, of English descent. Our subject was schooled in the district schools and has adopted the occupation of farming, which he has successfully followed, being the owner of 126 acres of land. He was married to Melissa Laycock in 1882. They are both members of the Christian Church, and he is a Democrat.

EPHRAIM BROWN, farmer, P. 0. Brownstown, was born in Brown County, Ohio, August 11, 1815, he is a son of John and Lettice (West) Brown. His father, a native of New Jersey, enlisted during the war of the Revolution, but was not accepted on account of his youth; removed to Ohio about 1795. The subject of this sketch was married in 1835, to Lucy, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Wait) Fuller, a native of Vermont. They raised one daughter - Samantha Frances, born March 20, 1840, arid wife of John L. Smith. Lucy (Fuller) Brown was born November 11, 1819, and died April 14, 1882. John L. Smith was a member of the Fifty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was wounded at the battle of Stone River. Mr. Brown and wife are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Brown is a modest, hard-working farmer, and made what he owns by hard labor.

JAMES J. CASE. Henry Case and Mary Jane Lake were married, and settled in Pleasant Township, Brown County, Ohio, where the subject of the subjoined sketch was born March 13, 1848. When a boy, Mr. Case attended the district school of the county in fall and winter, working on the farm during the summer season, and this he continued to do till the year 1869, when he received his first certificate to teach from the hands of the School Examiners of Brown County, and began his career as a popular instructor in the common schools. For thirteen years he has been an earnest, capable and successful teacher, never flinching from duty, but performing it firmly and conscientiously. In 1870 and 1871, he completed his education already well advanced, by two terms in the Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio. He was married in 1872 to Elizabeth Cotterill, the daughter of Elijah Cotterill, an old and esteemed citizen of the county. A few years ago Mr. Case purchased property in New Hope, and contemplates making that place his home for the future. Three children have blessed his marriage - Willie, Claudie and Birdie. Mr. Case says he has taught in Scott Township without interruption, for eight years, which in itself is an evidence of the appreciation in which his services are held.

NATHAN COURTS, farmer, P. 0. New Hope, is the son of Joseph and Margaret (Berry) Courts, natives of Ohio; he was born in Pleasant Township August 17, 1835. He was reared on a farm and attended the district schools of his township. He commenced life for himself by hiring out to work by the day and month. He now owns 125 acres of land, which he has accumulated by economy and honest toil. In 1865, he married Amnnda M. Pitser, a daughter of Joseph and Barbara Pitser, and by her has three children, living - Ada, William Lee and Cora Etta. Mr. Court is a Democrat in politics.

HARRISON COLTHAR, farmer, P. 0. New Hope, was born in Clark Township November 28, 1817. He is the son of Matthew Colthar, who was born in New Jersey August 7. 1777, and of whose mysterious disappearance mention is made in the history of Clark Township, and Mary (Church) Colthar, who was born in Kentucky in May, 1797, and died in 1872. Our subject's first work for himself was two years spent as a raftsman ; he then entered the ship-yard at Cincinnati, where he worked one year, after which he rented land in Clark Township, which he farmed until 1853. In 1854, he purchased a farm of 300 acres which was in litigation five years. During the rebellion he enlisted in Company K, Forty-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Capt. G. W. Patterson, and participated in the battles of Shiloh and Pittsburg Landing. He was appointed Sergeant but refused to wear the straps indicative of his rank. He was discharged at the close of the war and since his return has written a book about what came under his immediate observation while in the army. He was married in 1839, to Nancy Darrel, by whom he had five children, two of whom survive. He had two sons in the army - Matthew M. starved to death in Andersonville Prison December 1, 1864, and William, deceased, who enlisted in the One Hundred and Eighty-fourth Regiment.

WILLIAM W. CREIGHEAD (deceased) was born near Georgetown, Brown Co., Ohio, in June, 1817 ; he was the son of Robert and Elizabeth (Peddicord) Creig- head, of English descent. He was a hotel keeper in early life, and farmer until 1848, when he engaged in mercantile pursuits in New Hope, which was at that time one of the best business stands in the county. He was married, July 27, 1837, to Rhoda Applegate, daughter of Renjamin Applegate. They had twelve children, of whom only two survive, viz.: Flora Belle, wife of Dr. Bivans, and Emma E., wife of Jacob Lewis, a farmer in Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Creighead were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he was a local preacher.

FREDERICK ELSCLAGER, farmer, P. 0. Arnheim, was born in Germany September 25, 1836; he is a son of Caleb and Barbara Elsclager, and came to the United States in 1843. He was married to Lotta Bower in 1862; they had born to them five children - Peter, born April 11, 1863; Barbara, born November 22, 1864; Elizabeth, born May 14, 1867; Mary, born May 25, 1869, and Frederick, December 11, 1872. Mrs. Elsclager died. Magdalene Crisman, daughter of Henry and Barbara Crisman, was born in Germany in February, 1827, and came with her parents to the United States in 1832 ; she was married to James McNealy. Mr. McNealy enlisted in the Fiftieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died at Danville, Ky., November 3, 1862. They have two children - Emily, wife of David S. Euvarard, of Highland County, and Elizabeth, wife of George Thompson. Fredrick Elsclager and Magdalene (Crisman) McNealy were married June 17, 1873. Mr. Elsclager is a member of the German Reformed Church, and Mrs. Elsclager of the Presbyterian.

WILLIAM ESPEY, farmer and Justice of the Peace, P. 0. New Hope, son of Eli Espey, was born in Indiana in August, 1821. He received a common school education, and has devoted the greater part of his life to farming, but spent six years in early life at wool carding, and five years as a storekeeper in White Oak Valley. In connection with his farm operations he operated a threshing machine for thirty seasons. He owns 141 acres of land, on which he recently completed a handsome residence. In 1846, he married Lorinda, daughter of Samuel Berry, a wealthy and influential farmer of Pleasant Township. Mr. and Mrs. Espey are both members of the Methodist Church, in which she has been a member since eleven years of age, and in which he has held several offices. He was appointed Postmaster of White Oak Valley in 1852, and served fourteen years. He is a Democrat, and now occupies the office of a Justice of the Peace.

HENRY KIMBALL, farmer, P. 0. New Hope, was born in Scott Township, Brown Co., Ohio, January 7, 1818, and is consequently sixty-four years of age. He comes of good old Puritan and Virginia stock, his father having been a native of Massachusetts Bay, whose ancestors came over in the Mayflower in quest of religious liberty, and his mother of the proud old Dominion, whose progenitors helped to colonize on the banks of the James River. His father, Maj. Benjamin Kimball, who was born in Hopkinton, N. H., August 31, 1778, was the son of Abraham Kimball, .born April 18, 1742, and Phoebe Kimball, born May 8, 1740, and tenth in a family of eleven children, namely, John, born December 7, 1761 ; Aaron, born April 18, 1763 ; Smith, born January 9, 1765 ; Job, born January 19, 1767; Abigail, born May 4, 1768; Phoeba, born January 20, 1770; Abraham, born March 16, 1772; Isaac, born March 9, 1774; Jacob, born February 26, 1776; Benjamin, born August 31, 1778, and Sallie, born August 20, 1780. Maj. Kimball was twice married, the first time to Polly Kimball, March 22, 1797, who bore him five sons and four daughters - Phoeba, born February 24, 1800 ; Jasper M., born April 27, 1802; Sallie, born May 13, 1804; Benjamin, Jr., born July 23, 1806; Timothy, born July 27, 1808; Hazen, born April 13, 1810; Mary, born November 25, 1811; Eleanor, born February 28, 1814, and Hazen, who was born January 12, 1798, and died May 21, 1799; and the second time to Mrs. Martha Zumatt, relict of Col. Henry Zumatt, who gave him one child - the subject of our sketch. September 16, 1801, Maj. Kimball with his family in a primitive jolt wagon drawn by oxen, left Hopkinton to make his way overland to Wheeling, Va., where he contemplated making his home, and reached his destination November 16, 1801, after being en route sixty days. Some years later, he removed to Clermont County, Ohio. His wife died at Neville, Clermont Co., Ohio, August 13, 1815.

March 6, 1816, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Martha Zumatt. Martha Zumatt was born near Rockbridge, Va., October 19, 1776, and was the daughter of Robert Wardlow and Jannette (Downing) Wardlow. Her parents emigrated in an early day to the untamed wilds of Kentucky, where she met and married Col. Zumatt. Zumatt moved to Ohio, and settled on the east bank of White Oak in the year 1801, purchasing and living till his death, which occurred in 1814, on the site which is now the home of Mr. Kimball. Martha Wardlow had six brothers - Samuel, William, James, John, Joseph and Hugh, and one sister, Janette. Mr. Kimball has made the ancestral roof-tree his home for a period of more than sixty years. October 29, 1840, he was married to Melinda Jacobs, daughter of James Jacobs and Isabella (Feely) Jacobs. Melinda belonged to a family of nine children - Sarah, Elizabeth, William, Alfred, Melinda, James, Jr., Levi, Mary C. and Andrew J. By this union Mr. Kimball has been blessed with a family of seven children, five of whom are living - A. J. Kimball, born November 16, 1841; W. F. Kimball, born July 20, 1843; T. H. Kimball, born January 15, 1847 ; Martha I. Kimball, born May 15, 1851, and Mary J. Kimball, born September 21, 1853; and two deceased, F. M. Kimball, born April 15, 1845, and died September 27. 1848, and Samuel McCall Kimball, born June 1, 1849, and died December 21, 1850. Mr. Kimball . has been a farmer all his life, owning a splendid farm, one of the most fertile and productive in Southern Ohio. There are 247 acres, 150 of which was bought in 1801, by Col. Zumatt, for $375, and could not now be bought for less than $40,000. There are seventy-five acres of first bottom, a rich and exhaustless treasure of productiveness. There is a large apple orchard of 415 trees on ten acres of land, having a western hill-side exposure, capable of producing a thousand bushels annually. A few years since he turned his attention to tobacco culture. For seven years he has had under cultivation an average of eight acres a year, with an average yield of 1,000 pounds per acre, and has received for the entire product $8,700, which is $155.25 for each acre's yield, and this too, in the face of the fact of a partial failure one year, in consequence of scarcity of plants, whereby the crop brought only $700. Samples of the crop raised by Mr. Kimball in 1875, and sold to Robert Young, of Higginsport, were awarded the premium for excellence at the Centennial Exposition of 1876. In 1878, he received $760.50 for the tobacco that grew on three and a half acres, an average of $217.29 per acre. The crop of 1880 was sold to Sheriff Hoebling at 21 cents per pound, and brought $1,900. The farm is equally productive of wheat and corn, the largest average yields of both being annually harvested. At sixty-four, Mr. Kimball is a hearty, good-looking gentleman, his abundant hair and beard silvered by the touch of time, to be sure, but his step as elastic as in youth. He promises to live many years to bless an affectionate country-side, with his benevolent acts and kindly, sunny disposition. His good wife lives to cheer his home and brighten his fireside with her smile, while two unmarried children - a son and daughter - Jinger at home to share and lighten their cares and responsibilities. Among the old family records in the hands of Mr. Kimball, yellow with age, are found the military commissions of Maj. Kimbal ; one to which the great seal of the State was affixed at Chillicothe, May 22, 1805, and signed by Gfov. Edward Tiffin, clothed Maj. Kimball with the honor and authority of a Captain of a rifle company. Another, defaced and much mutilated, is dated in the year 1806. The third and last, as a family heir-loom, has enough interest to entitle it to preservation :

It being certified to me that you are duly elected Major of the First Battalion, Second Regiment, First Brigade and Fourth Division of Militia in this State. Now know you, that by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and Laws of said State; and reposing special trust and confidence in your courage , activity, fidelity and good conduct, I do by these presents, commission you as Major of said Battalion, hereby authorizing and requiring you to discharge all and singular, the duties and services appertaining to your said office agreeably to law, and such instructions as you shall from time to time receive from your superior officers.

of Ohio to be affixed, at Chillicothe, the sixth day of September, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ten, and in the thirty-fifth year of the Independence of the United States of America. ^ Samuel Huntington.

W. F. KIMBALL, farmer, P. O. New Hope, was born in Scott Township July 20, 1843; he is the son of Henry Kimball, of whom an extensive biography is given elsewhere. He received no other education than was afforded by the district schools of his native township. He was reared on a farm, and chose farming for his life occupation. On June 26, 1865, he married Mary M. Shroupe, daughter of John Shroupe, and by her has had two children - Francis M. and William Henry. Mr. Kimball is a Democrat and he and his wife are members of the Christian Church.

T. H. KIMBALL, farmer, P. 0. New Hope, was born in Scott Township January 15, 1847; he is a son of Henry Kimball, of whom an extensive sketch is published elsewhere in this work. He attended the common schools of his township, and adopted the farming profession. He was married to Clarinda A. Stratton, a daughter of N. B. Stratton, in 1866, and by her has had three children - Melinda J., James C. and Adda E. The parents are both members of the Christian Church. Mr. Kimball is a Democrat in politics.

GEORGE WILSON LEONARD, blacksmith, Wahsburg, is a son of Wilson and Mary A. (Kennedy) Leonard; was born in Brown County, Ohio, August 9, 1851. His father died when he was an infant, and his mother married Abram Liming. After going through all the hardships incident to the life of an orphan, at the age of about seventeen, he went to learn the blacksmithing trade with his uncle, Aaron Leonard, and after serving an apprenticeship, September 18, 1873, he was married to Mary Jane, daughter of Walter Gooden. After running a shop one year, he came to his present residence, Wahsburg, in 1874, where he has built a nice residence and a good shop, and is doing a prosperous business as a country blacksmith. He and his wife have three children - Lizie C., Robert Warren and Frank. Mr. Leonard and wife are both descended from the pioneers of Ohio, through an honorable line of ancestors. Mr. Leonard is a member of the I. 0. 0. F. fraternity, and he and wife of the Christian Church.

SAMUEL McCALL, farmer, P. 0. New Hope, was born in Scott Township April 6, 1828, he is the son of Robert McCall and a brother of John C. McCall, whose biography appears in this work. He received his education in the township schools and, having chosen farming for an occupation, he commenced working at it by the month. He afterward purchased land for himself and now owns 300 acres. In 1856, he married Nancy Parker, daughter of Stephen Parker, and a native of Brown County. They have four children, all girls - Mary, xVddie, Nettie and Maggie. Mr. McCall is a Democrat in politics, and now occupies the office of Township Trustee. His father was a soldier in the war of 1812, and belonged to the family that entered Scott Township at a very early day.

JOHN C. McCALL, farmer, P. 0. New Hope, was born in Scott Township April 12, 1831 ; his parents were Robert and Phebe (Kimball) McCall, the former a native of Pennsylvania of Irish descent, and the latter a native of Ohio of English and Scotch descent. The subject of this sketch receivel his education in the common schools of the township, and at an early age commenced farming, in which occupation he has since continued with good success. He commenced life by working by the month and then worked rented land until able to purchase a far n for himself; he now owns 600 acres of good land. He was married in 1852 to Rachel McKinzee, a daughter of R. R. McKinzee, and a native of Scott Township. They have six children - Robert, Mary Jane (wife of J. R. Burris), Lillie (wife of A. Lemons), James, Marcus and Emma E. Mr. and Mrs. McCall are members of the Christian Church. He is a Democrat; in 1870, he served as Land Appraiser. He is a pleasant, agreeable gentleman, sound in judgment and has the reputation of being an .honest and shrewd

ROBERT McCALL. farmer and teacher, P. 0. Wahsburg, was born in Scott Township October 14, 1852; he is a son of John C. McCall, who is mentioned elsewhere in this work. He attended the schools of his native township and also the Normal School at Fayetteville and the graded school at Georgetown. He was raised on a farm and has made farming the principal occupation of his life. In early manhood, he commenced teaching school, and was engaged in that profession for eight years. He now owns a saw and grist mill which he operates in connection with his farm labors. He was married in 1874, to Barbara Hiler, a daughter of B. F. Hiler, and a native of Scott Township. Their union has been blessed with two children, of whom only one, Minnie S., survives. Mr. McCall is a Democrat in politics, and socially a young man of affable and agreeable manners. His wife is a member of the Christian Union Church.

DR. R. B. McCALL, whose name heads this brief biographical notice, was born in Scott Township, Brown County, Ohio, October 8, 1841. A. G. McCall and Louisa B. Stratton were united in marriage in the year 1840, and settled on a farm inherited of Robert McCall, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch. The farm is now a part of the extensive land interest of Samuel McCall, and is situated on the west bank of White Oak, half a mile north of White Oak Valley. When three years of age, his parents sold their farm and went to Higginsport, Ohio, from which place, eight years afterward, that is to say in 1852, they removed to Cincinnati, Ohio. His mother being a confirmed invalid, after their removal to Cincinnati, would spend the hot summer months in the country, and while at her father's. Lot Stratton's, died in the spring of 1860, and was interred in the Young's Burying-Ground, south of New Hope. She was a Christian lady, and one who in her daily life practiced the holy precepts of that beautiful faith that inspired her heart. His father is living, and enjoys the well-merited distinction preferred by his many friends, who esteem him one of the leading mechanics and machinists of the West. The doctor has but one sister living, Mrs. Mollie McCall Meredith, who was married, in 1865, to John R. Meredith, of Pittsburgh, Penn., and is the mother of two children, a son and a daughter - Albert, sixteen years old, and a pupil at the Polytechnic School of Pittsburgh, and Addie, aged ten years. He has besides two brothers and a sister who sleep in the beautiful cemetery at Higginsport. Dr. McCall's education was commenced at the age of six years ; he attended his first school in an old domed brick church that stood on the hill behind Higginsport. Subsequently, for a few years, he went to school in the first two-story brick schoolhouse which occupied a site a little back of the handsome new edifice recently erected. His father, who was one of the builders, fell from the cupola while it was in process of construction, and only saved his life by clutching the eves as he was plungiag off the roof. He recalls the names of Prof. E. C. Ellis, Prof. Smith, Mr. Spafford, S. White and Isaac Kelso (author of " Danger in the Dark") as kind and capable instructors, under whose supervision he had, at different times, the good fortune to be placed. Should this meet the eye of Prof. Ellis, he will smile at the recollection of a certain barricading business in the old domed brick, and the liberal tre^t he bestowed afterward. Leaving the Higginsport schools, Dr. McCall entered those of Cincinnati, taking the grades iu regular order. These schools were divided into three classes, district, intermediate and high, the latter being represented by Woodward High School and Hugh's High School. After acquiring, in eight years, such an education as those schools afforded, he engaged in school teaching, which oqcupation was followed for several years. In 1859, he accompanied his mother in one of her annual excursions to the country for her health, and after her decease, employed himself in teaching in the common schools of Brown County, varying the monotony of the calling by occasionally taking a select or grammar school for the instruction of teachers. He commenced the study of medicine in 1860, while teaching, receiving books and instructions of Dr. E. B. Fee, of New Hope. In 1862-63, he attended his first course of medical lectures in amphitheater of the Medical College of Ohio, at Cincinnati, and the successive courses of 1863-84 and 1864-65, and

1866. Dr. James T. Whitaker, Professor of Theory and Practice in Medical College of Ohio. Dr. William W. Seely, Professor of Diseases of the Eye and Ear, and Dr. Samuel Nickells, Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics in the Medical College of Ohio were class-mates of his. At the instance of Profs. Roberts, Bartholow and Dr. David Judkins, he was appointed to a position in the Fourth Street Cholera Hospital in the late epidemic. In April, after graduation, he was offered a partnership with Dr. Helm, one of the popular physicians of Louisville at the time, and a little later was indebted to Dr. John Tate, of Third and Broadway, for his kindly offices in an attempt to establish a practice in Cincinnati, which failed of its accomplishment because of the poverty of the hero. He had a realizing appreciation of country air, green fields and majestic woodlaads, and consequently sought a location where he could enjoy these while he practiced his chosen profession. In the fall of

1867, he perfected a partnership with Dr. Ross Russ, of Danville, Highland Co., Ohio, where he had his first experience in private practice. Although building up a lucrative practice, he soon became displeased with his surroundings, and the following year left Danville to open an office in Arnheim, Brown Co., Ohio, from which place, after discovering the unsuitableness of the situation, he finally removed to New Hope, and entered a partnership with Dr. E. B. Fee, which lasted to the spring of 1869. In the fall of 1869, after dissolving the partnership with Dr. Fee, he returned to Cincinnati, and resumed teaching in the intermediate schools of that city, having previously passed through a five days' examination by the City Board of School Examiners. He held the position in the intermediate department two years, and was then transferred, and at the end of the third year resigned. In 1872, the directors and stockholders sought to rehabilitate Farmers' College at College Hill, and advertised in the Cincinnati dailies for a Principal. Dr. McCall, with references from the best educators in the State, and from leading professional men of the city, presented an application for the situation, but by mistaking the date, fixing the time of meeting, it was received too late to be considered. In 1873, Dr. McCall having married, came back to New Hope, and resumed the practice of medicine. On September 1, 1871, he was married to Sarepta S. Ralstin, the eldest daughter of Hon. 0. P. Ralstin, of Clark Township, Brown County. The result of this union has been three children, two sons and one daughter - Henry, aged nine years, Mollie Meredith, aged seven, and Albert, aged five.

R. R. McKINZEE, farmer and blacksmith, P. 0. New Hope, is a son of George Wesley and Barbara (Coon) McKinzee, natives of Virginia. He was born in Virginia December 25, 1810, and received but a limited education. He was reared on a farm, and at an early age learned blacksmithing, at which he still works in connection with his farm labor. At the age of twenty years, he married Azula Babbins, a native of the village of New Hope, by whom he has had eighteen children. They have one hundred and sixty-three descendants - children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren living. Mrs. McKinzee, in her youth, was deprived of the educational advantages offered by the superior schools of to-day, but she readily acquired a knowledge of house-heeping and such other domestic duties as were then thought more important than book-knowledge. She is a tidy and industrious house-wife, and as active and strong as when twenty years of age. Mr. McKinzee is a Democrat, and for twenty years was Assessor of his township. He is also hale and hearty for one of his years.

JAMES McKINDLEY, farmer, P. 0. New Hope, was born in Eagle Township, January 25, 1832. His parents were John and Nancy (Clarke) McKindley, natives of Pennsylvania, the former of Irish, and the latter of Scotch descent. He adopted the occupation of farming, and has made that the business of his life. In 1859, he married Matilda Young, a daughter of Capt. Henry Young, and by her has three children - William Henry, Nancy Jane and Ada L. Mr. McKindley is a Democrat, and has been a School Director six years. He is a life-resident of the county, well-known and highly esteemed by his associates.

R. F. M. MILLER, farmer, P. 0. Wahsburg, son of John A. and Jane (Spires) Miller, was born October 29, 1835, in Scott Township, Brown Co., Ohio ; his father was a native of Brown County, and his mother of Pennsylvania. Mr. Miller waseducated in the common schools of the county. His father died when he was ten years old, and he and his brother, two years older, took charge of the farm and assisted their mother to raise the family. Mr. Miller was married in 1855, to Martha McCoy, daughter of James and Sarah (Fite) McCoy, who was born October 17, 1835. They have ten children living - James A., Frank A., John C., William H., Lillie A., Mary E., Nancy E., Thomas L. H., Nettie J. and Richard Lee. James is married to Ella, daughter of Hiram Day. Mr. Miller, wife, James, John and Lillie, are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Miller is also a School Director and a member of the Township Board. He is a quiet industrious farmer.

WILLIAM N. PARKER, farmer, teacher and Justice of the Peace, P. 0. New Hope, was born in Brown County, Ohio, May 10, 1831, and is the son of William and Elizabeth (Levi) Parker, the former a native of Dublin, Ireland, and the latter of Virginia. Our subject received a good education in the graded schools of Georgetown, and when quite young commenced teaching school. He taught twelve years iu three districts, and also taught in the villages of Mt. Oreb, Aberdeen and New Hope. He is a close student, and has been a School Director and teacher in the same district. In 1854, he married Elizabeth Stumps, a daughter of John B. Stumps, and by her has one child, a son - J. W. Parker, a teacher at Mt. Oreb. Our subject is a Democrat, and is now serving his township in the capacity of Justice of the Peace. His father was a soldier in the war of 1812, and died in Brown County in 1864 ; his mother died September 22, 1859. His grandfather, Levi, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war ; was taken prisoner by the British, and escaped ; was shot in the eye and through both legs, but recovered and lived to a ripe old age.

F. M. PATTON, merchant, New Hope, was born in New Hope, Brown Co., Ohio, March 16, 1831, the year preceding the disastrous flood in the White Oak Valley. His father was Morecroft M. Patton, for many years a prominent merchant of this village. Mr. Patton has lived all his life in the town where he was born. Eighteen years ago, he commenced business as a merchant in New Hope, with Dr. W. W. Ellsberry as a partner. In two years, the partnership was dissolved by mutual consent, and Mr. Patton began business on his sole responsibility. He has been engaged in mercantile traffic since 1864 - two years in partnership and sixteen years by himself. For ten years he has been considered one of the leading merchants of the county. In 1864, Mr. Patton received the appointment of Postmaster, under President Lincoln, and has held that office ever since. In 1880, he was the deputy census taker for the township. Besides, he has filled, at various times, different township offices ; he has been twice elected Township Assessor, and has served many years as School Director of District No. 5. Mr. Patton has been twice married. The first time to Amanda L- Purd'um, February 12, 1853, and the second time to Sylvania Higgins, March 21, 1874. The issue of the first marriage were Leonidas, Thomas, Lizzie, William, Butler and Code. Of the second, David and Mary. He is a zealous member of both the Odd Fellows and Freemasons.

MARSHALL PATTON, farmer and trader, P. 0. Georgetown, son of William M. Patton and Margaret (Fox) Patton, his wife; was born in Scott Township March 13, 1832. He received a common school education, and since leaving school has had experience in a number of occupations. He first learned the trade of a wool-dyer; then he carded wool for four years ; then followed wagon-making five years ; next he spent two years manufacturing pumps and wind-mills ; he then followed boot and shoe making one year; in 1862, he went South as a photographer, and remained one year; he was then elected Sutler of the Twelfth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he was engaged two years; in 1864, he returned home, purchased a farm, and, lastly, engaged in tilling the soil. He now owns a farm of 303 acres, well improved and supplied with a, comfortable dwelling, in which he resides. He was married, March 31, 1858, to Margaret D. Thomas, a native of Brown County, by whom he has had nine children, viz.: Mary M. (wife of T. D. Rush, of Cincinnati), Martha, Milton M., Miranda May, David Marshall, Jennie Lee, Maggie

L., Myrtle Maud and Claude. Mr. Patton is a Republican, and has served his township as Trustee four terms ; he has also been a School Director for several terms. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and a Past Grand in the Odd Fellows society.

HENRY PICKERING, farmer, P. 0. New Hope, was born in Scott Township October 17, 1837 ; he is the son of J. F. and Susanah (Hamilton) Pickering, natives Ohio. He worked with his father in a saw-mill until fifteen years, when he commenced working on his father's farm. He was married, in 1858, to Sarah J. Vance, a native of Highland County, by whom he had four children - Ida, Effie, McCullum and Lillie. Mrs. Pickering died in 1865, and he married Mary Anna Wrestler, a daughter of Henry Wrestler, and a native of Brown County. By this marriage four children were born - Amanda, Rose, Charlie and Maggie.

JOHN W. PITSER (deceased), son of Joseph Pitser, was born in Brown County, Ohio, October 18, 1834, and died in the same county July 12, 1879. He was reared on a farm and followed the occupation of farmer until his death. He was an industrious, energetic and economizing farmer, and at his death owned sixty-three acres of land. His political views were Democratic. He was married, November, 17, 1854, to Rebecca Calvin, who was born December 5, 1829. They had six children - John M., born January 13, 1856 ; Tabith<* J., born March 25, 1858 ; Jasper N., born March 24, 1860 ; Clement L., born June, 19, 1863; Uriah, born May 31, 1867, and Mary A. (deceased), born July 12, 1879. The three eldest children are now married.

HENRY N. REMLEY, plasterer, Wahsburg, son of Abraham and Mary (Lucas) Remley, was born May 9, 1852 ; his father was born in Pennsylvania in 1799, of German and Irish parentage. He came to Ohio about the year 1812, and settled in Scott Township, Brown Co., Ohio. He was a farmer and raised a family of ten children - Granville; Purlina, wife of E. C. Ellis (deceased) ; Samuel J. ; Sarah, wife of Walter Gooden ; Emanuel ; Albertine, died at the age of fourteen years; George ; Abraham F.; Mary E., wife of Leonidas Thomas (deceased), and Henry N., the subject of this sketch. Esquire Walter Gooden, husband of Sarah, was born March 25, 1832 ; he was a son of John and Harriet (Leach) Gooden, of Irish descent. Mr. and Mrs. Gooden have two children - Mary Jane, wife of G. W. Leonard, and George Warren. Mr. and Mrs. Gooden, Abraham F. and Henry N., are all members of the Christian Church. Mr. Gooden is a plasterer and stone-mason, and also runs his wellkept little farm on the Georgetown & Fayetteville Turnpike.

JAMES R. ROBERTSON, carpenter and builder, Wahsburg, only son of James R. and Nancy (Stratton) Robertson, was born in Scott Township, Brown Co., Ohio, July 11, 1854. J. R. Robertson, Sr., came with his father Capt. Robertson, from Scotland about the year 1845. Capt. Robertson was well known in steamboat circles about 1850. Nancy Stratton is a daughter of Lot and Mary (Davidson) Stratton. The subject of this sketch, being left to the care of his mother from infancy, received rather a meager common school education, but his natural ability and quick wit make him one of the ablest contributors to our papers in the county. He has chosen the carpenter trade for his vocation, in which his natural ability and quick perceptive faculties will enable him to take a high rauk, if he continues to apply himself to the trade.

JOHN W. ROBBINS, farmer, P. 0. New Hope, was born in Scott Township December 5, 1830; he was a son of Vincent Robbins, who was twice married, his second wife being Nancy Haynes, a native of Pennsylvania, of Seotch-Irish descent. Four children were the issue of the first marriage, and seven of the second ; of the latter our subject was the sixth. His father died when he was a boy, and he remained with his mother. When in his eighteenth year, he commenced learning the blacksmith trade, and after three years spent in acquiring the trade he commenced work for himself. He continued at his trade until thirty-five years of age, after which he engaged in the manufacture of tobacco in White Oak Vadey. and continued in that employment one year, after which he engaged in merchandising. He has twice been overtaken by financial disaster, the last time in 1869 ; but through his industry and indomitable energy, has overcome his difficulties, and is now on the high road to success. He is now engaged as a farmer and merchant. Tn 1853, he married Mary Peddicord, a daughter of James Peddicord, who died in 1863, leaving two children - Ida, the wife of Levi Gould and Effie. In 1864, he married Jane Landon, daughter of George L. Landon, and by her has had six children - Emma, Amanda. Charles, Enoch, Hattie and Lillie. Mr. Robbins is a member of the Christian Church, in which he has been a Deacon. He is a Republican in politics.

J. R. SCOTT, farmer, P. 0. New Hope, was born in England June 29, 1815, and emigrated to America with his parents, Thomas and Ann (Leahman) Scott, when he was quite young. They first settled in Edwards County, 111., but subsequently moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where our subject received a good common school education. He was the fourth child of a family of eighteen children, and at the age of fourteen years was put to work at the butcher's trade. He soon opened a shop of his own, .and for nearly twenty-eight years sold meat in the markets of Cincinnati. Since 1854, he has been engaged in farming in Scott Township, where he owns 141 acres of land. He was Township Treasurer when the rebel Gen. Morgan made his raid through South ern Ohio, and of course received a call from that brigand robber. In 1838, Mr. Scott married Margaret Gibson, a daughter of George Gibson, of Brown County, and by her had nine children - W. G., a physician in Pueblo, Colo.; Thumas, a soldier in the Seventh Ohio Infantry, died in Indiana, in 1879 ; Mary Ann (deceased) ; Albert, who lost his life in the service of his country ; Elizabeth (deceased) ; Mattie, wife of M. Watson, of Indiana ; Sarah A., wife of George Brooks; J. B., a farmer in Iowa, and George at home with his parents. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has been Trustee, class-leader and Superintendent of the Sabbath school. He is a Republican and a charter member of the Odd Fellows Lodge .

JAMES J. SMITH. Mr. Smith is about a year younger than Henry Young, and these two gentlemen are the oldest persons in the township. Mr. Smith is one of those fortunate persons who have a real history, that is to say, an eventful life whose incidents are not all merely personal. He was born September 8, 1803, in what at that time was called Tinkey Bottoms, in Hamilton County, Ohio. His mother's maiden name was Morris, and she was a sister of Hon. Thomas Morris, who acquired fame in the Senate of the United States by the fearless advocacy of certain political innovations of his day. Her father was Isaac Morris, a native of Harrison County, Va., and as Mr. Smith styles it, an "old-side Baptist" preacher. Mr. Smith's father dying when he was only six years of age, he was left to the care of relatives, and thus became the ward of his uncle Thomas Morris. At the age of ten years, he was placed in the office of the Western American , a paper published at Williamsburg, Clermont Co.r Ohio, by Mr. Morris, to learn the art of printing. Here he was diligently employed for a year, and then was intrusted with the distribution of the paper to the much scattered subscribers of the county, although he was scarcely more than eleven years old at the time. He did not ride part of the distance on stage coach, or cart, or in a buggy or wagon, but made the entire voyage on horseback through a wilderness where roads were not one of the conveniences of traveling. While in the family of his uncle, Thomas L. Hamer, then a student of law, joined it to read law in the office of Mr. Morris. The friendship and intimacy that sprung up between the young printer's apprentice and the young law student and future statesman continued till the death of the latter in Mexico after a meteoric career, crowded with brilliant achievements. Prior to the year 1829, Mr. Smith was employed in different printing offices, sometimes as journeyman, and others as superintendent. He and Mr. Hamer owned and conducted the Benefactor , a weekly published at Georgetown, Thomas L. Hamer, editor, and James J. Smith, printer. Subsequently, he served one year in the office of the Ohio Monitor , published in Columbus, and one year in the State Printing Office, also in Columbus. He worked one year in the office of the Star, printed in Cincinnati, and, finally, in 1827 or 1828, co-operated with Samuel Medary in the management* of the Ohio Sun , printed at Bethel, Clermont Co., Ohio. Mr. Smith was married to Rosanna Wood, of Clermont County, September 16, 1835, John Quinlan, Justice of the Peace, officiating. He has been several times chosen Justice of the Peace, has filled nearly every office in the township, was elected Auditor of Brown County in 1840, and re-elected in 1842, has a commission of Coroner dated 1836, and signed by Gov. Lucas, and was appointed by John Patterson, United States Marshal, to take the sixth census in 1840.

E. A. STANSBERRY, farmer, P. 0. Wahsburg. John Stansberry, the father of our subject, and one of the oldest settlers of Scott Township, was born in New Jersey November 18, 1792, just when the country was mourning over the sad defeat of St. Clair by the Indians in the Northwest. When an infant, John's parents carried him to Virginia, where he lived till the age of eighteen ; then thinking to better his fortune he emigrated to Ohio, settling in Clermont County in 1810. In 1S12, he enlisted in the service of his country, joiniug the command of Capt. Lockhart. Under this brave officer, he faithfully performed the arduous duties of a soldier till the date of Hull's disgraceful surrender at Fort Detroit, where, with 1,800 brave militiamen, he was handed over to Gen. Brock, the British commander. Mr. Stansberry was married, July 1. 1812, to Rebecca Washburn, and settled on Straight Creek, in Franklin Township, two miles below the village of Arnheim. In March, 1819, he moved to Scos t Township, where he purchased land in the northwestern part, and began to cut off tho timber preparatory to farming. He erelong had the pleasure of beholding the fruits of his industry in the smiling harvests that sprang up in his footsteps, when he underwent the hardships and privations of a frontier life ; there he remained till the day of his death, soum sixty years iu all. He died January 3, 1830. aged eighty-seven years, one month and sixteen days. His son, E. A. Stansberry, the subject of this sketch, was born in Scott Township May 15, 1830, and attended the common schools of his township. At the age of twenty-one years, he rented his father's farm and operated it several years, alter which he purchased ninety-one acres near Sardinia, which he worked three years. In 1369, he traded it for a part of his present farm of 237 acres. He was married, in 1850, to E:izabeth Hughs, a daughter of David Hughs, and by her has had ten children - Coriuta J. (wife of J. Harris), John G., Lydia E. (wife of Thomas M. Pitzer), Sabina E., Mary R., Emma E., Clinton Allen White, David P., George W., and the youngest (deceased). Mr. S. is an intelligent and industrious farmer, a Democrat in politics, and a member and officer in the Masonic fraternity. He has served his township in the capacity of Justice of the Peace, and is now prominently identified with the society of Grangers.

F. M. STRATTON, farmer, P. O. Wahsburg, was born in Scott Township October 1, 1325. His father, Lot Stratton, was a native of Kentucky, of English and German descent. His mother, Mary (Davidson) Stratton, was a native of Pennsylvania, of Sootch-Irish descent. In 1810. they came to Brown County, where the father died in 1866, the mother having died eight years before. They had eleven children, of whom our subject and his sister, the widow of Newton Louderback, are the ouly survivors. Mr. Stratton, our subject, received his only education in the schools of his native township. He commenced life by working on a farm by the month. At the death of his father he was appointed administrator of the estate. In politics, he is a Democrat. Mrs. Louderback has been twice married, and now has two children - James, by her first husband, and Francis M., by her second.

J. G. THOMPSON, wagon-maker, New Hope, was born in Scott Township November 2, 1818. His parents, James and Margaret (Gibson) Thompson, were natives of Pennsylvania, of Irish descent. They emigrated to Brown County in 1810, and settled in Pike Township, where they remained until the father's death. Our subject was educated in the subscription schools of his day, and learned the trade of a wagonmaker and carpenter, in which occupation he is still employed. On May 16, 1844, he took to himself a wife, who survived her marriage but five years. On October 21, 1852, he married Elizabeth (<ribson) Purdutn, widow of William Purdum, and by her has had seven childreu - Enoch, William J., Andrew J., Helen (wife of Newton (\ Wardlow), Mary E. (deceased), John (deceased) aud Marcena. Mr. T. is a Democrat, a member of the Christian Union Church, and an Odd Fellow. He is a man of sound judgment and decided opinions, and expresses his opinion without regard to the public mind.

F. W. THOMPSON", farmer, P. 0. New Hope, was born in Pleasant Township May 23, 1847 ; he is the son of William and Jane (King) Thompson. His grandfather, Edward Thompson, settled in Brown County in 1796, and here married Susan Feagin ; she was the daughter of Capt. Feagin, and the sixth child of a family of nineteen children born to Capt. Feagin by one wife. She died October 29, 1855, in the seventy-sixth year of her age. Capt. Feagin was a native of Virginia, and served his country with honor during the whole of the Revolutionary war as Captain. In 1786, he emigrated from Loudoun County, Va., to a place called Kenton Station, in Kentucky, where he located a large tract of land. By some mishap he lost his land, and, in 1796, he removed to Brown County, settling in sight of where Georgetown now stands. After opening a farm, he, with several of his sons and their families, removed to Fayette County, Ohio, where he died in July, 1815. The subject of this sketch was the oldest in a family of six children. He was educated at Decatur College, 'and adopted the occupation of farmer and trader, sit which he is now engaged, being the owner of a fine farm of 106 acres. In 1872, he married Ella Sells ; she. was born in Brown County in 1848, and was a daughter of Benjamin Sells, a retired farmer. Their union was blest with four children - Erma Lee, King Gibson, Benjamin Sells and Lulu Belle. The parents are both members of the Presbyterian Church, in which Mr. Sells has been a Trustee. He is a Republican. From his grandmother's obituary we copy the following : Died - On the 29th of October, 1855, Mrs. Susan Thompson, consort of Edward Thompson, Esq., in the seventy-sixth year of her age. The deceased was a daughter of Capt. Feagin, and the sixth child of a family of nineteen living born children of Capt. Feagin's by one mother. Capt. Feagin was a native of Virginia, who served his country with honor through the whole of the Revolutionary war in the capacity of Captain. In 1786, he emigrated from Loudoun County, Va., to Kentucky, intending, when he embarked with his family aboard the boat to go to Limestone, now Maysville, but they stopped for several years at Kenton Station, and while there he located a large tract of land, which he by some mishap lost. In 1796, he removed to Brown County, and settled in sight of where Georgetown now stands. Several of his sons settled around him, but after opening farms they all left the country and located in Fayette County, where the Captain died in July, 1815.

JOHN C. VANDAMENT, minister, New Hope, son of John and Catharine (Esther) Vandament, was born in Highland County, Ohio, December 27, 1828. His father, John Vandament, was born in Brown County, was a son of Henry Vandament, a native of Kentucky, of Germ-in descent, and one of the early settlers of Ohio. Mr. Vandament's father died when he was three years old, and he was subject to the privations, and hardships incident to an orphan's life, receiving little schooling until he was grown, after which he attended common and select schools until he had a good English education. He was engaged in teaching for ten or twelve years. He entered the ministry at twenty-six ye^rs of age, and has been a regular pastor in the Christian Church ever since. He was married, April 27, 1856, to Deliverance, daughter of Josiah and Deliverance (Hannah) Boothby ; she was born in Clark Township, Brown Co., Ohio, December 23, 1831. They have six children, viz.: Solomon F. (now in Springfield, 111.), Isadore (the wife of Alfred Swigart,' deceased), Lorinda, George Collins (deceased), William Sherman and Rachel. Mr. Vandament has spent most of his life in Brown County, although he has been at short intervals employed out of the county ; of late years he has been in the agency business to considerable extent.

HENRY WARD LOW, farmer, P. 0. New Hope, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Nesbit) Wardlow, was born in the present limits of Brown County May 12, 1812 ; his parents were both natives of Virginia; his father came to Ohio in 1798, with his grandfather, and settled near the Forks of White Oak Creek, with no white settler within ten miles of them. His father served a campaign in the war of 1812, aud his uncle William Wardlow was wounded at St. Clair's defeat, so he was unable to make his retreat, and the last seen of him he was sitting against a tree and said, " I will try and save another red skin before l die." The pioneer life of the Wardlows would be voluminous and interesting, but much of it is lost. The subject of this sketch was married to Mary L., daughter of Benjamin Purdum, and raised a family of seven children - William (married Maxie, daughter of John Wright), Benjamin F. (married Sarah, daughter of William Campbell), Elizabeth (wife of 0. F. Dunn, deceased), Mary M. (wife of Peter McKee), Thomas (married Margaret, daughter of Frances M. Patton), James (married Maranda J., daughter of John Davison), Nancy (wife of J. J. Hiler). Mr. Wardlow settled just above the village of New Hope, where he owns 166? acres of well-cultivated land. He also owns and runs a portable saw-mill.

PETER WAHL, merchant, Wahsburg, was born in Franklin Township, Brown Co., Ohio, September 20, 1847, and is a son of Christian and Elizabeth (Berry) Wahl, who were both natives of Germany. Christian emigrated to the United States, first to Baltimore, then he pressed forward to Franklin Township, Brown Co., Ohio, where he has lived ever since. Our subject is the second son and sixth child of the family. He was united in marriage, November 10, 1870, with Miss Jane Dunn. Peter, when twenty-one years of age, engaged in working by the day ; thus he continued for two ytars, at which time he engaged in farming as a renter ; after following that business for awhile, he next engaged in the mercantile business at Wahsburg, Brown County, Ohio, a business he is still following ; he has a general Store and a good country patronage. He acquired a common school education. Mr. and Mrs. Wahl are the parents of five children, viz.: David, John, Wilda, Elmer and Jesse. Mr. Wahl has filled the office of Township Assessor of Scott Township for two years, with credit to himself and his constituents, and is a member of the Christian Union Church.

JOSEPH H. WILLS, farmer, P. 0. Georgetown, was born in Scott Township December 2, 1810 ; he is a son of John T. Wills, a native of Virginia, of Irish descent, and Margaret (McFadden) Wills, of German descent. He received a common school education, and in addition to farming, learned the trade of a cliair-maker under his father. He remained at home until twenty-three years of age, when he rented and commenced farming for himself. After several changes, both in occupation and location, he settled in Scott Township, where he now owns 320 acres of land. On October 1, 1833, he married Elizabeth Hindman, a native of Brown County, and a daughter of William Hindman. By this union twelve children were born, of whom five survive. Mrs. Wills died in 1851, and in 1852 Mr. Wills married' Hannah, daughter of Joshia Rhoten. She was born in Kentucky in 1807. They are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he has occupied the offices of Trustee, Superintendent of Sabbath School and Member of Session. He is a stanch Republican, and for years prior to the rebellion, was an active factor of the Underground Railroad. His second marriage has been without issue.

HENRY YOUNG. The venerable subject of the following sketch was born in Rensselaer County, N. Y., December 20, 1802 ; his parents emigrated to the Northwest in 1816, and settled on a tract ot land lying on Eagle Creek, in Franklin Township, Brown Co., Ohio. There Mr. Young was employed in farming for many years, and here, April 12, 1821, he was married to his estimable wife. Mrs. Young, whose maiden name was Nancy Spires, was six years the senior of her husband, having been born December 2, 1796. Recently, they commemorated the sixty-tirst anniversary of their happy marriage by a birthday festival, which was joined by three persons, who were guests at the wedding feast sixty-one years ago ; they were John Spires, Mrs. Sallie Smith and Mrs. Jane Peddicord, brother and sisters of Mrs. Young. Fifteen years after his union with Miss Spires, that is to say in 1836, he moved to his present home in Scott Township, having previously bought of Garland Anderson the mill, then known as the Anderson mill," and a farm of seventy acres, attached, for $4,000. Mr. Young has since added several hundred acres to his original purchase, and is now one of the largest land owners in the county. When the cholera broke out in 1849, in New Hope, he left his farm and business, and devoted his whole attention to caring for and cheering the sick and dying. He and Martin Gotts and Perry Applegate took a mutual pledge to give their time, their energy, and, if need be, their lives to the heroic conquest of the dread scourge. They faithfully kept the pledge, but at the cast of two lives - Gotts and Applegate, who fell victims to the enemy. Mr. Young has always been an ardent upholder of the party whose father was Jefferson. He has been called to fill offices of trust and profit, both in the township and county ; he was Township Treasurer for many years ; was three times elected a Justice of the Peace; and in 1852 was chosen Sheriff of Brown County. He is a member, or was, of White Oak Lodge, No. 292, and an earnest working Mason. Four children were the issue of his matrimonial alliance - Richard, Matilda Reynolds, Lucinda and Robert, of whom only the second child, Matilda, is living.

EMILE ANDRIOT, dealer in liquors, Five Mile, was born September 20, 1845, in France, and when seven years old, with his parents, Anslem and Mary Andriot, he emigrated to America. After arriving, they spent one year at honkers, N. Y., then went to Tioga County, Penn, where they remained seven years ; thence came to Hamilton County, Ohio, where they spent nearly one year. From Hamilton County they came to Fayettville, Brown County, where they remained a few months; thence located at Five Mile for one year; thence located on a farm ten years, near where William Dennford at present resides. Our subject then moved to the western portion of Green Township, where he at present is located. He deals in groceries and liquors of all kinds. His father died in July, 1872, and his mother in March, 1876. To them were born three children, two of whom are now living - Emile and Eufrase. In November, 1873,. our subject married Miss Josephine Muel, by whom he had five children, three of whom, are now living - Catherine, Emily and Ellen. Mr. Andriot has been successful in business in a financial sense, and is the owner of thirty-six acres of land.

JONATHAN BALDWIN, farmer, P. 0. Five Mile. The subject of this sketch was born in Clermont County, Ohio, April 21, 1833; he was a son of William and Lydia Baldwin. In his youth he was trained to the pursuit of farming, to which he has ever since adhered. He married in October, 1852, in Clermont County, Miss Rebecca Washburn, daughter of Cornelius and Elleanor (Long) Washburn. To them have been born eight children - William C., Lydia E., James L., Sarah E., Lavina M., Maria, Lulu F. and Yesta A. In the fall of 1866, Mr. Baldwin, with family, located in Green Township, Brown County, where he now resides. He is a member of the Christian Church, a Republican, and the owner of 150 acres of land. His farm is pleasantly located in the northern portion of the Township, and contains fine and substantial buildings, making it one of the best farms in the county. In the management of his farm work, Mr. Baldwin has everything done in the most orderly and advantageous manner, which secures for him financial success. His father was a native of New Jersey, and settled in Clermont County at quite an early day, and married Lydia barker. Four of their children are now living - Maria, Elijah, Rebecca and Jonathan. He remained in Clermont County until his decease.

WILLIAM C. BALDWIN, farmer, P. 0. Five Mile, a worthy young farmer, was born June 11, 1853, in Clermont County, Ohio. When thirteen years old, with his parents, Jonathan and Rebecca Baldwin, whose sketch appears in this work, he came to Green Township, Brown County. Having received a rudimentary education, he attended for several months, at Georgetown, a normal school taught by Prof. T. J. Currey, thus securing to himself a good education. In August, 1877, he married Miss Olive M. Shumard, an estimable lady, and daughter of Thomas and Esther Shumard of Clermont County. They have one child - Walter A. Mr. Baldwin is comfortably located near his father's homestead, and is meeting with marked success in agricultural pursuits.

SAMUEL R. BROWN (deceased), was born June 20, 1817, in Antrim County, Ireland. His parents were Allen and Margaret E. Brown, with whom, when seven years old, he emigrated to America, and by way of Baltimore came to Kentucky, where they remained but a short dm3. About the year 1825, they came to Ohio, and located at Point Pleasant, Clermont Co mty, whore they remained but a short time.

They then went to Highland County, where they engaged in the mercantile business several years. They theu spent one year in Brown County, when they went to Oxford, Butler County, and engaged in the mercantile business several years; from Butler County, Mr. Brown move<i to Hillsboro, Highland County. In April, 1868, he located in Brown County, Green Township, where his son Charles E. now resides. He was one of the most prominent stock-raisers in Southern Ohio, his farm, known as the "Sterling Stock Farm" is now judiciously managed by his son Charles E. Brown, who, since his father's death, has sustained the reputation of the Sterling Stock Farm which his father established. Mr. Brown was greatly given to hospitality and kindness, and his marked success in a financial view is apparent, having left to his family a fine estate of 550 acres of land. The homestead farm is pleasantly located in Green Township, and is one of the finest in Brown County. He died at the homestead December 22, 1881. His wife died December 12, 1880. They were the parents of eight children, seven of whom are now living - Margaret E., John A., Anna M., Charles E., Edward W., James D. and Mary B. Mr. Brown was a man of sterling integrity and reliable character, and in his death Brown County lost one of her most worthy citizens.

JAMES H. COLLINS, farmer, P. 0. Five Mile, was born July 27, 1837, in Clermont County, Ohio. His parents were Thomas and Elizabeth Collins. Our subject was reared to manhood on a farm, and received a fair English education. In March 23, 1863, was celebrated his wedding, he leading to the marriage altar Miss Susan McKinnie, daughter of Josiah McKinnie, of Clermont County. To them have been born four children, three of whom are now living - Alberta F., Carrie W. and Anna L In 1863, shortly after his marriage, Mr. Collins located in the northern portion of Green Township, Brown County, where he now resides. He is a member of the Christian Church, a member of the Grange Lodge, No. 980, at Maple College, and the owner of 108 acres of land. Thomas Collins, father of our subject, was born in March, 1808, in Delaware, and when quite young, with his parents, emigrated to Ohio. His parents were among the early settlers in Clermont County, having settled in Goshen Township, where they remained until their decease. Thomas was there reared, amid the stirring scenes of pioneer life, and in March, 1836, married Elizabeth Murphy, by whom he had six children, three of whom are now living - James H., John and Samuel. He remained in Clermont County until his decease, on April 3, 1882. Josiah Mc- Kinnie, father of Mrs. Collins, was born in Pennsylvania, where he married Elizabeth Armel, by whom he had nine children, seven are now living, viz., Thomas B., Lydia A., Susannah E., Samuel B., Ellen J., Walter L. and Emma B. The date of his settlement in Stone Lick Township, Clermont Co., Ohio, we have failed to ascertain accurately, but in all probability it may have been in the year 1844 or 1845. He is still a res'dent of Clermont County. His wife has been deceased many years, and left behind her a wealth of love and affection. We are pleased to give our subject a place among the many men of his township who are so well represented in this history, and whose memory can thus be perpetuated while time shall last.

JACOB M. COOK, manufacturer, Mt. Oreb. Amos Cook, father of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania, and, when a young man, learned the trade of wagonmaking, which he followed until he was perhaps forty years of age. He married Anna Mathews, by whom he had ten children, six of whom, are now living - William T., Samuel M., Ann E., Jane, Jacob N. and Hannah L. They came to Clermont County, Ohio, about 1829, where they remained eleven years; then came to Clark Township, Brown County, where they remained a short time, when they returned to Clermont County, where they remained until his decease, in 1842. His widow survived him until 1872. Our subject was born in January, 1831, in Clermont County, and received a common school education. In 1875, he went to Tennessee, and for four years was engaged in the lumber business; he then returned to Green Township, Brown County, and at present is engaged in the manufacturing line, making chair material, hames and shingles, as well as sawing all kinds of lumber. His place of business is in the western portion of Green Township. Politically, he is a Republican ; he is the owner of 450 acres of land.

JOHN F. CRAWFORD, former, P. 0. Mt. Oreb. The subject of this sketch was born November 26, 1824, in Highland County, Ohio. His parents are James 8. (deceased) and Eleanor (Fennor) Crawford. In i842, with his parents, he came to Green Township, Rrown County, where he now resides. In December, 1861, he married Sarah M. Honaker, daughter of John and Julia Ilonaker. This union has been blessed with eleven children - Yerry, Frank, Alice, David, Carlton, India A., Julia. Aloy, Luella, John C. and Wilbur. We have made mention of his parents in the sketch of Jackson Crawford, his brother. Mr. Crawford has been remarkably successful as a farmer, and at present is the owner of 111 acres of land, well cultivated, and containing fine and commodious buildings, making his homestead one of the pleasantest in the county. We are proud of the records which the Crawfords, as a family, possess.

JACKSON CRAWFORD, farmer, P. 0. Mt. Oreb, was born January 18, 1829, in Highland County, Ohio, his parents are James S. (deceased) and Eleanor Crawford. He has from his youth up been engaged in agricultural pursuits, and received a fair English education. On March 3, 1852, he married Elizabeth A. League, by whom he had eleven children, eight of whom are now living, viz., Charles L., Martha

E. , Nancy E., Cary R., Edward S., Jesse L., Maggie B. and Hanson E. In 1842, with his parents, he came to Green Township, Brown County, where he has served as Trustee and Clerk of the township. At one time he was a member of the I. 0. 0. F. at Mt. Oreb. He is the owner of 112 acres of land, in a fine state of cultivation. His father, James S. Crawford, was born in 1800, in Virginia, and about 1819, emigrated to Highland County, Ohio, where he married Eleanor Fenner, by whom he had five children, three of whom are now living - Andrew, John F. and Jackson. In 1842, he settled in Green Township, Brown County, where his son, John F., at present resides. He departed this life May 22, 1857 ; his widow survives him, now in her eighty-second year.

CRAWFORD & MILLER, merchants, Mount Oreb. Frank Miller, the older member of this firm, was born January 5, 1852, in Perry Township, Brown County; his parents are Christian and Agnes Miller, deceased. Having received a rudimentary education, he attended for some time the normal school at Lebanon, and subsequently taught school several years. In 1879, he married Martha E. Crawford, daughter of Jackson and Elizabeth A. Crawford. To them has been born one child - Burch. He is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., Lodge No. 291, at Mount Oreb.

Charles L. Crawford, younger member of this firm, was born in January, 1853, in Green Township, Brown County ; he is a son of Jackson and Elizabeth A. Crawford; his youthful days were spent on a form, and he received a fair English education. In December, 1878, he was united in marriage to Miss Mollie A. Boggess. This union has been blessed with two children, viz., Claude and Ada L. In May, 1879, he formed a partnership with Mr. Frank Miller, in the mercantile business, under the now wellknown firm title of Crawford & Miller. They deal in dry goods, groceries, fancy articles, etc., and are recognized among the leading merchants of the county, having a large and commodious store room, and carrying a large and fine stock of goods. They are meeting with marked financial success, their trade being continually on the increase. We take pleasure in representing the interests of this firm in this work.

JOHN C. DAY, former, P. 0. Mount Oreb. Our subject was born in Williamsburg Township, Clermont County, September 25, 1828. He is a son of Samuel and Miriam Day, of whom we have made mention in this work. This gentleman has from his youth up devoted his time to agricultural pursuits. On November 6, 1856, was solemnized his wedding, he leading to the marriage altar, Miss Sarah J. League, who was born March 13, 1840, and a daughter of Coleman W. and Nancy League. By this union there have been born six children, five of whom are now living - Emma E., Coleman II., Mary A., Susan P. and Samuel B. Mr. Day is a member of the I. O. 0.

F. , Lodge No. 291, at Mount Oreb, and at present he is engaged in the manufacturing of tile for draining purposes. He is the owner of 100 acres of land, under a good state of cultivation. Coleman W. League, father of Mrs. Day, was born in Virginia in 1810, and in 1814, with his widowed mother and uncle, he came to Clark Township, Clinton County, where he remained until January, 1845, when he came to Brown County ; his mother died in 1846. He married Nancy Moon, daughter of Samuel and Martha B. Moon, and by this union had three children, two now living - Elizabeth A., now Mrs. Jackson Crawford ; and the wife of our subject. He died in January, 1875 ; his widow survives him, now living in Green Township.

JOSEPH E. H. DAY, farmer and teacher, P. 0. Mount Oreb. The subject of this sketch was born in September, 1833, in Clermont County, Ohio. In his youth, he received a good English education, which enabled him to teach school for probably twenty-five years. In August, 1861, he enlisted in the Twenty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company K, and was attached to the Army of the Tennesee. He participated in the battles of New Madrid, the siege of Corinth, Iuka, and the siege of Atlanta, where he received a wound on the right foot, which disabled him for some time ; he was honorably discharged in August, 1864. In May, 1868, he married Susan Sweet, daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth Sweet. To them have been born four children, viz., Maggie, James F., Walter H. and Grace. In 1868, he went to Omaha, where he spent nearly one year, then to Kansas, where he remained eight years. He subsequently returned to Brown County, and is now located in Green Township. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and contributes liberally to enterprises which prove beneficial to the county.

SAMUEL A. DAY, farmer, P. 0. Mt. Oreb, was born May 24, 1845, in Green Township, Brown Co., Ohio. His parents are Samuel and Miriam Day. He has, from his youth up, been engaged in agricultural pursuits. In January, 1862, he enlisted in the Forty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which formed a part of the Army of the Tennessee, and subsequently became attached to the xArmy of the Gulf. He participated in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, the siege of Vicksburg and Mansfield. At the latter battle, in April, 1864, he was taken a prisoner by the Confederates, and confined in Camp Ford Prison, Texas, for six and one-half months, when an exchange of prisoners took place, which secured for him his freedom. He again joined his regiment, which was subsequently consolidated with the Eighty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he became one of the supernumerary non-commissioned officers. He received an honorable discharge in January, 1865. On January 2, 1866, he married Lucretia Bryant, by whom he has one child - Lizzie A. Mr. Day is the owner of thirty and a quarter acres of land located in the somhern portion of Green Township, and is a member of the M. E. Church. Samuel Day, father of our subject, was born in November, 1802, in Clermont County. He married Miriam Hayward, by whom he had ten children, nine of whom are still living - George W., John C., Mary E., Joseph E. H., Harvey W., Susan J., Samuel A., David L. and Hanson L. In 1832 or 1833, Mr. Day located in the southern portion of Green Township, Brown County, where he at present resides. He has served as Township Trustee, Justice of the Peace and Township Clerk, and is the owner of 216 acres of land.

JOSEPH DENNIS, farmer, P. 0. Five Mile, was born October 3, 1824. in Belgium. His parents were John J. and Mary Dennis. In 1853, he emigrated to America, and by way of New York came to Ohio. Having spent five years in Highland County, he came to Brown County, and in 1859 settled in the northern portion of Green Township, where he now resides. In April, 1863, he married, in Brown County, Miss Eufrase Androit, by whom he has seven children - Mary, Emily, Eufrase, Anne, Margaret, Josephine and Joseph. Mr. Dennis says he borrowed $68 with which to come to America, and he is now the owner of 205 acres of land, which attests his industry and pluck to overcome the hardships and self-denials he was obliged to undergo. To his parents were born four children - Jeannette, Margaret. Nicholas and Joseph. They emigrated to America in 1856. In his youth our subject received but a limited education in French, but by constant heading and a close application to matters which pertain to the welfare of the public, he has become tolerably well informed on the general topics of his time. Politically, he is a Democrat. His farm is pleasantly located, and in a good state of cultivation.

WILLIAM DUMFORD, farmer, P. 0. Five Mile. The subject of this sketch was born November 24, 1824. in Stone Lick Township, Clermont Co., Ohio; his parents were William and Mary Dumford. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and received a rudimentary education in a district school. On October 11, 1853, in Clermont County, he married Mary Weimer, born in Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Jacob and Hester A. Weimer. To them have been born three children - Adeline (who married Thomas Evans, of Higginsport), Hester A. (who married Nathan Mullux) and Mary J. (who married William Bennett); they have one child - Mattie. For four years after his marriage, Mr. Dumford lived in Clermont County; he then moved to Brown County and settled in Green Township where he now resides. He is a Democrat, a member of the Christian Church, and the owner of eighty-five and one-fourth acres of land. We take pleasure in representing this gentleman in the history of our county.

GEORGE T. GROVES, merchant, Mt. Oreb. Michael and Eliza Groves, parents of our subject, came from Virginia to Ohio, and settled in Clermont County, in 1832. They were the parents of eight children, five of whom are now living - -William, John, Martha, Sarah and George T., our subject, who was born January 13, 1845, in Clermont County, Batavia Township. He was reared to man's estate on a farm and received a fair English education. In March, 1874, he married Miss Anne E. Goff, daughter of Leonard and Sophia Goff ; to them have been born two children - -Mabel and Harry. Mr. Groves was engaged in agricultural pursuits in Clermont County until April, 1882, when he moved to Brown County and embarked in the mercantile business at Mt. Oreb. He deals in groceries, dry goods and country produce, and always strives to give his customers good bargains. He manages his business in a judicious manner, so that both he and his patrons will be thereby benefited, and which will bring him success.

BENJAMIN F. HOCKMAN, farmer, P. 0. Union Plains, was born in February, 1825, in Clermont County ; his parents were Abraham and Anne Hockman. In March, 1852, he married Miss Sarah Hannah, daughter of James and Amanda Hannah. To them have been born eleven children, nine of whom are now living - John, Julia A., Melissa, Wesley, Thomas, Mary A., Sarah B , Benjamin F. and Luella. When seventeen years old, with his parents, he came to Brown County, Pike Township, where he remained five years. ^He then spent eight months in Iowa, then returned to Pike Township, Brown County, and remained until 1852, when he moved to Clark Township, where he located until 1863; he then again returned to Pike Township, where he remained until 1873, when' he moved to Green Township. In September, 1864, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Army of the Cumberland, and engaged in the battles of Franklin, Nashville, Columbia, Spring Hill, and numerous other engagements. In July, 1865, he received an honorable discharge, and returned home to his family. He is the owner of eighty-four acres of land, in a good state of cultivation. The father of our subject is a native of Kentucky, and his mother a native of New Jersey. They had seven children, five of whom are now living. In 1850, they went to Iowa, where they now reside.

HENRY H. JONES, Justice of the Peace, Mt. Oreb, was born February 28, 1825, in Clermont County, Ohio. His parents were Henry and Martha Jones. When nineteen years old, he came to Pike Township, Brown County, where he remained until March, 1881, at which time he moved to Mt. Oreb, where he still resides. In June, 1845, he maried Elizabeth Hewitt, by whom he had four children, of whom two are living - William H. and Ella. While residing in Pike Township, Mr. Jones served as Justice of the Peace fifteen years, Township Clerk eleven years, and as Assessor two years; in April, 1881, he was elected Justice of the Peace in Green Township, and is still officiating as such. Politically, he is a Democrat, a member of the I. 0. 0. F., and the owner of 240 acres of land. Henry, the father of Mr. Jones, was born near Philadelphia, Penn., in 1790 ; he served during the war of 1812 against the British. He was married twice - first to Elizabeth Sheldon, by whom he had two children, one of whom is now living - Elizabeth. His second wife was Martha (Winens) McCollum, a widow lady, by whom he had three children, two of whom are now living - Henry H. and Daniel W. In 1813, he emigrated to Ohio and settled in Clermont County, where he remained until his decease, in June, 1843. His death was a source of regret to all who knew him.

EDWIN B. LANCASTER, attorney and school teacher, Mt. Oreb. James Lancaster, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in January, 1821, in Virginia ; his parents were Thomas and Susan Lancaster. His youthful days were spent in Virginia, devoting most of his time to agricultural pursuits, to which he ever afterward adhered. In his twenty-seventh year, he emigrated to Ohio. Brown County, and one month after his arrival, he married Mary T. Evans, born in December, 1822, and whose acquaintance he had formed in Virginia. The wedding was solemnized on April 5,1848; her parents were Anthony and Mary A. Evans, with whom, when fifteen years old, she came to Brown County. They settled in Green Township, where they remained until their decease. A short time after their marriage, Mr. Lancaster and wife settled about one mile east of Mt. Oreb, Green Township, where he remained until his decease, January 29, I860, and where his widow now resides. To them were born five children, viz., our subject, John R., a physician at Mt. Oreb, born August 19, 1855 ; William A., born February 27. 1858; Thomas C., born February 6, 1849, and died August 1, 1849; and Pauline E., born January 29, 1853, and died April 15, 1868. Mr. Lancaster was of a retiring, unassuming nature, and respected by all who knew him ; he was a member of the M. E. Church, and left to his widow, who resides on the homestead, forty-one acres of land. Edwin B. Lancaster, our subject, was born July 29, 1850, in Green Township, Brown County. His mother being a widow, necessity demanded him at home to see that the wants of the family were provided for, he being the mainstay of the family ; hence he attended school very irregularly till he reached his eighteenth year. When twenty years old, he attended, for two terms, a normal school taught by Profs. Vance and Mitchell at Georgetown. He has since then been connected with the educational interests of our county unto the present time ; he has taught school many years, and for six years has been Principal of the Mt. Oreb Graded School. In 1881, he was chosen a member of the Executive Committee for the Brown County Teacher's Institute, and at the close of the year was elected President of the same, in which capacity he now officiates. He has served as Clerk of Green Township five years, also as Treasurer five years, and for three years as Mayor of Mt. Oreb. On June 24, 1877, he celebrated his wedding, leading to the marriage altar Miss Mary E. Lukemire, who was born June 1, 1851, daughter of William B. and Hannah Lukemire. This union has been blessed with one child - Mary, born February 22, 1880. We take pleasure in representing this gentleman with the many worthy men who have biographies in this work.

ANDREW J. McFERREN, dealer in pumps, Five Mile. The subject of this sketch was born April 9, 1825, in Hamilton Township, Warren Co., Ohio. In his youth he was trained to the pursuits of farming, and for many years, also, worked at the carpenter's trade. On December 4, 1850, in Warren County, he married Miss Esther E. Terwilliger, daughter of Henry and Mary Terwilliger. By this union there has been an issue of two children, one of whom is now living - Amanda, the wife of Timothy W. Talley. In 1853, Mr. McFerren moved from Warren to Brown County, and located in the western portion of Green Township, where he now resides. He is the owner of eighty acres of land, and at present represents, as an agent, the Arthur Lyon three valve chain pump, manufactured at Loveland, Ohio. For seven years this gentleman has served as Trustee of Green Township, performing the duties of his office with entire satisfaction. When two years old, the mother of our subject, who was born in Ireland, was brought with her parents to America, and with them located in South Carolina. James, the father of our subject, was a native of Tennessee, and when a boy was by his mother taken to South Carolina (his father being deceased), where he married. In 1813, he came to Warren County, Ohio, where he died about the year 1868 ; his wife died in 1855 ; they had in all eleven children. The parents of Mrs. McFerren emigrated from New York State to Warren County, Ohio, at quite an early day. They settled in Hamilton Township, where they remained until their decease, he having died in 1862, and she in 1846. We take pleasure in presenting to the public the record of this worthy family.