Washington Township (part 15 of 16)

DxVVID McMULLEN, farmer and blacksmith, P. 0. Five Mile, was born December 28, 1837, in Warren County, Ohio. His parents were John and Hannah McMullen. When seven years old, with them he came to Brown County, and located in Sterling Township, where his father now resides. His mother died in 1881. When seventeen years old, with James McCaffrey, at Fayetteville, he began the trade of blacksmithingj and with this gentleman he remained eighteen months ; he then worked at Chasetown, Perry Township, for Stephen Boutsey, two years. He then formed a partnership with Jacob Louiso and went into business at Five Mile, where he remained seven months ; he then dissolved partnership, and returned to Fayetteville, and was employed by Philip Breulport for two years. He then went to Stark County, 111., where he remained but a short time, when he returned to Brown County. In August, 1861, he enlisted in the Twenty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and became attached to the Army of the Cumberland. He participated in the battles of Corinth, Atlanta and numerous other important engagements and skirmishes, and was honorably discharged in August, 1864. In January, 1871, he married Cornelia Bangs, born in 1848, daughter of Bartimeus and Ellen Bangs. Their union has been blessed with four children - Ella, Mary, Lizzie and Laura. He settled in the western portion of Green Township, where he now resides, about the year 1872. Mr. McMullen is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., has served as Trustee of Green Township, and is the owner of 182 acres of land. He has traveled considerably in the West and Southwest, making himself somewhat familiar with several States in the Union. He is well worthy of representation in the history of Brown County.

GEORGE W. MINICK, farmer, P. 0. Union Plains, was born in January, 1830, in Warren County, Ohio. His parents were Michael and Sarah Minick. He received a rudimentary education in a subscription school, and from his youth up has devoted his attention to agriculture. In January, 1874, he married Catherine Heitsman, daughter of Jesse and Nancy Heitsman. To them have been born four children - William, Georgiana, Jessie and John. Directly after his marriage, Mr. Minick moved to Brown County, and settled in Green Township, where he now resides. His parents came from Virginia, and settled in Warren County at an early day. They had ten children, nine of whom are now living ; they are now both deceased. On August 7, 1862, our subject enlisted in the Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was attached to Army of the Cumberland. He participated in the battles of Resaea, Peach Tree Creek and numerous other engagements, and received an honorable discharge in June, 1865. He is the owner of 224 acres of land, and lives in the western portion of Green Township.

JAMES L. MOLER, dealer in liquors, Mt. Oreb. The subject of this sketch was born August 31, 1844, in Brown County, Ohio. His parents were Hyson and Nancy J. Moler. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and received rather a limited education. In September, 1865, he married Miss Ann Keethler, daughter of Lewis and Rebecca Keethler. To them have been born five children, of whom three are now living - Lutilla, Harley and Bob. After living in different parts of Brown County, Mr. Moler finally, in 1877, came to Mt. Oreb, where he now resides. He deals in wines and liquors. He contributes liberally to enterprises which prove beneficial to the county ; has good business qualifications, and enjoys a fair patronage in his line. His word is considered as good as his bond, always performing his part as per agreement. He has been quite successful in business financially, and we predict for him a prosperous future.

WILLIAM MOUNT, farmer, P. 0. Five Mile; the subject of this sketch was born September 22, 1839, in Warren County, Ohio. His parents were John and Mary (deceased) Mount ; they had five children, of whom three are yet living - William,

Samuel and Nancy. They, after their marriage, lived in Warren County until her death in August, 1863. John Mount then married Nancy Goodridge, and is now living in Highland County. Our subject has from his youth up, devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits. In November, 1859, in Warren County, he married Eliza A. Krownover, by whom he had live children, three still living - Maria A., Wilson and Laura F. She died in September, 1867, and he again married, March 1, 1872, Mary J. Young, born in November, 1850, daughter of Duncan and Elizabeth Young. To them have been born five children, four living - Elizabeth, Sarah C., Cornelius and Leonard. In March, 1878, Mr. Mount moved from Highland County, where he resided ten years, to Brown County, and located in Green Township, where he now resides. He has servpd as Trustee of Green Township, and is the owner of 100 acres of o-ood land.

HISTORY OF THE MOONS, OF CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. There are, perhaps, few families in Clinton County that rank so prominently as the Moons, judging not only from the sole stand-point of their being an extensive family, but also regarding them in all their praiseworthy characteristics - their abounding enterprise, energetic industry, loyalty and uprightness as citizens, generosity and kindness as neighbors, and their eminent social qualities as a people. The ancestral history of this family is quite elaborate - extending back the avenues of several centuries to Denmark, the kingdom of which their earliest progenitors were natives. They were of the Teutonic or Germany family, which is now the prevailing race of Europe, and yet scarcely 4,000 years old. It embraces the people of Sweden. Norway, Denmark, the whole of the German Empire and the masses of Scotland and England. In history has been recorded that this family was never known to have been conquered. During a certain period of history, the Kingdom of Denmark formed a part of the English Dominion, however only under a partial rule of the King of England. Within this period of English rule, the King of England made a requisition on the King of Denmark for a regiment of soldiers, a body-guard to His Majesty (himself). The Danish Monarch, regarding it an honor to furnish the distinguished King with a body-guard, issued orders that the best men of his kingdom be selected - persons erect in stature, athletic, of light complexion, blue eyes and red hair. A regiment from the best families of Danes, fully corresponding to the orders, was organized and sent to the King. The banner they bore had, in addition to the National colors, the inscription of a half-moon, and the regiment was known as the " Moon Regiment." At the expiration of their term, having rendered very efficient services, much to the pleasure of the King, he granted them land in England if they would settle there. A large number of them accepted the offer, and settled down in a colony. They then unanimously adopted the name of Moon, and the land grant was given in that name. Thus is given the history of the origin of the Moon name. From this date on, we see the Moons leading honorable, prosperous lives, devoting a portion of their time to the moral Und religious culture of the then superstitious people, till the time when George Fox, Robert Barkley and others lifted an insurrection against the principles and doctrines of the predominant churches of England. Among the noble Christians who suffered persecution on account of their religious opinions, we find a number of the Moons, who with them endured imprisonment and punishment for their honest views. In 1682, when William Penn emigrated colonies to America, he established a colony of Moons in Bucks County, Penn., and from there the family is traced to Red Stone, Western Pennsylvania, Western New York and to Virginia. The deed of lands from William Penn to John and Jasper Moon is now in the possession of Charles Moon, son of James Moon, a lineal descendant of John Moon. James Moon, the father of Charles, died iu 1858. This land in Pennsylvania is the homestead of their first American ancestors. Jane Moon, the mother of Charles, died some years since. She was a lady of fine intellectual culture and advancement, and was for many years Clerk of the Friends Annual Meetings at Philadelphia, Penn. Jasper Moon was the first to abandon the colony. He went to the " Old Dominion." He had one son, Simon, who has married twice. By his second wife he had one child - John. His mother dying when young, he was bound out to learn the carpenter trade. At the expiration of his seven years' apprenticeship, he emigrated to North Carolina, and settled on the Neuse River. He married Mary Farmer, and had a family of five children, viz., Rachel, who married M. Brookout; John Moon, went to Georgia, where he died; Joseph, married Ann Brewer, and had ten sons and three daughters - Daniel, William, Samuel, Joseph, John, Jesse, Harry, James, Thomas and Solomon ; and Mary, Grace and Jane. Grace died in infancy. Joseph (the father) lived on Deep River, on Randolph County, N. C., and in 1796, removed to Jefferson County, Tenn. Daniel, his oldest son, married Ruth Hutson ; William married Jane Hutson ; Samuel, to Martha Routh ; Joseph, to Sarah Camer ; John, to Elizabeth Mount; Jesse, to Rebecca Stidam ; Jane, to John Routh ; Mary, to James Garner ; James, to Anna Hockett ; Henry, to Elizabeth Hockett, and Solomon, to Hannah McLin. The latter four were not married till after they came to Ohio. In the spring of 1808, Daniel and Joseph, with their families, came to what was then Highland County, and settled near the site of Martinsville. The following autumn, Samuel and John Moon, and John Routh (their brother-in-law) and their wives and children, emigrated to Ohio, and settled in the same neighborhood as their predecessors. The spring of 1809, Joseph Moon, the father of the foregoing parties, with his family, and William and Jesse Moon, with their families, came to the county, and located in the Moon community. In the year of 1811, James Garner, husband of Mary Moon, with four sons and five daughters, came in and joined the " Moon colonists " in their new Ohio home. This Moon colony consisted of fifty-four persons - thirty-four males and twenty females. They were about the first settlers of what is now Clark Township - in fact, the very founders of that section or division of Clinton County. In this colony there were tradesmen of various kinds. They were not professional merchanics, but rather, possessing a brain of ingeniousness, were able to execute successfully the business of n, carpenter, cooper, harness-maker, saddler, hatter, cabinetmaker, chairmaker, shoemaker, gunsmith, locksmith, blacksmith, brick and stone mason, plasterer and master mechanic. Many of the old pioneer citizens of Ohio and Indiana have in their possession to-day guns manufactured by William and Jesse Moon, who did an extensive business in that line. Thus we see that they were prepared and well equipped for coming in on wild and unbroken forest, and make for themselves homes. Mr. Joseph Moon was the father of ten sons and three daughters, and had 829 greatgrandchildren and thirty three great great-grandchildren. Since the advent of the Moons in America with William Penn, they have multiplied till their descendants have scattered in every State and nearly all the Territories of the United States. The writer of this history has few words of eulogy to say of this family. They have made a record by their noble achievements as pioneers, their loyalty and enterprise as citizens, their sterling integrity, pure moral character and irreproachable lives, that has transformed itself in the memories of their contemporaries a living monument, and here made perpetual, more worthy and^ grand than the elegantly emblazoned monument that adorns a city cemetery.

ALYA MOON, farmer, P. 0. Mt. Oreb, son of Samuel and Martha (Routh) Moon, was born in Clark Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, July, 1824. His parents were natives respectively of Randolph and Chatham Counties, N. C. The former was born April 17, 1781, and the latter March 5, 1781 ; they were married in Tennessee November 5.1801, and in 1808, came to Clark Township, where the famous "Moon Colony " located in 1809, and settled in the wilderness, as there were at that time but six cabins within the limits of what is now that township; they had twelve children, eight of whom are living - Joseph R., William R., Asa, Nancy, Joshua, David, George and Alva. Samuel Moon departed from the active scenes of life March 25, 1846. His widow survived him till 1852. The subject of this sketch was reared to man's estate on the home farm, and received the educational advantages to be had at the district school of those days. On February 20, 1845, he was united in marriage with Delila, daughter of David and Rebecca Sewell ; to them have been born ten children - Rebecca E., George S., Samuel, Joseph W., John C., Mattie E., Simeon H., McPherson, Clara M. and Priscilla A. In 1847, he moved from Clinton County to Green

Township, Brown County. He was elected, in 1855, Justice of the Peace, but before the expiration of his term of office, he returned to Clinton County, and for five years engaged in the milling business. In the fall of 1862, he removed to Green Township, Brown County, where he at present resides. In 1869, he was elected Land Appraiser and served one term, and in 1873, was elected Justice of the Peace, and served in that capacity six years. Mr. Moon is a member of the Masonic fraternity. His political views are Republican. He owns a well-improved farm of 161 acres.

LEONARD MOON, farmer, P. 0. Buford, Highland County. The subject of this sketch was born in November, 1845, in Clinton County, Ohio ; his parents are David and Margaret Moon. He was reared on a farm, and received a fair English education. When about two years old, with his parents, he came to Brown County, Green Township. In September, 1870, he married Lavina J. Kennedy, daughter of James Kennedy, to whom have been born seven children, six of whom are now living - -Nellie, Harley, Ettie, Hattie, Frank and Walter. After his marriage he located in Clermont County, where he remained a few years, then returned to Green Township, Brown County, where he at present resides. In connection with his farming, Mr. Moon has a portable saw-mill, and a steam thrasher which he runs during the proper season. He is enterprising and industrious, qualities which are securing for him marked success.

JOHN F. MURPHY, farmer, P. 0. Union Plains. The subject of this sketch was born June 23, 1847, in Fayette County, Penn. In 1849, with his parents, Henry and Jane Murphy, he came to Ohio, and they located near Buford, Highland County, for one year, thence located near Danville, where his father died in 1879. His mother yet survives her deceased husband, and is now living in Highland County. They were the parents of four children, three of whom are now living. The subject of this sketch from his youth has been engaged in agricultural pursuits, and received an ordinary common school education. He married Miss Elizabeth Shaffer, by whom he has four children - Foster E., Oscar A., Jessie A. and Henry. Forone year subsequent to his marriage, Mr. Murphy lived in Highland County, thence he moved to Adams County, where he remained two years. He then returned to Highland County, where he located eight years. In the spring of 1879, be located in the northern portion of Green Township, Brown County, where he now resides. This gentleman is one of the selfmade men of Green Township, having made all he has by his industry and hard work. Politically, his views are Democratic ; he is the owner of 193 acres of land.

JEAN PIERRE, farmer, P. 0. Five Mile, was born in September, 1836, in Belgium. His parents were Michael and Fannie Pierre. When nine years old, with his parents, he emigrated to America, came to Brown County, Ohio, and located in Perry Township, where they lived six years. From Perry they moved to the northern portion of Green Township, where our subject now resides, and where, in December, 1869, his mother died. His father is now residing in Perry Township. In April, 1860, he married Mary J. Leonard, by whom he had two children - William and Mary ; she died in April, 1882. Mr. Pierre is of a retiring, unassuming nature, and devotes his time entirely to his farming interests ; he is the owner of 200 acres of land, located in the northern portion of Green Township.

JOHN M. REES, farmer, P. 0. Union Plains. Martin and Elizabeth (Housh) Rees, parents of our subject, emigrated from Maryland to Ohio, and settled in Huntington Township, Brown County, at an early day. They had four children, one still living - John M., subject of this sketch. He was born in Huntington Township, Brown County, September 13, 1826, reared on a farm and received the rudiments of an English education in a district school. In December, 1847, he married Rebecca Wallace, daughter of William and Sarah Wallace, to them have been born six children, two of whom are now living - Oliver and Castellow. In the winter of 1853, Mr. Rees located in Clay Township, Highland County, where he remained four years ; he then returned to Brown County, and located for seven years in the northeast portion of Green Township ; thence settled near the central portion of the same township, where he at present resides. He is a member of the Christian Church, a Republican, and the owner of seventy-one and a quarter acres of land.

ANTHONY RESIBOIS, farmer, P. 0. Five Mile, was born April 1, 1825, in Belgium, and from his youth up has been engaged in agricultural pursuits. In September, 1847, he emigrated to America, and, by way of New Orleans, came to Cincinnati, Ohio, from whence he came to Perry Township, Brown County, where he remained six weeks. He then returned to near Cincinnati, where he worked two years : from thence to Tennessee, where he remained a short time, when he again returned to Cincinnati, and remained there three years. He married, in Cincinnati, Miss Mary A. Etnne, by whom he had four children, two of whom are still living - Mary C. and Augustus. Mr. Resibois has always been industrious and persevering in his habits, qualities which characterize his native country. He is likewise a self-made man, having comparatively little when he started in this world for himself. Politically, he is a Democrat; he owns 158 acres of land, well cultivated.

JACOB D. SHANNON, merchant, Five Mile, was born March 29, 1847, in Green Township, Brown County, Ohio ; his parents are Wesley and Lettie Shannon. His father was born in Ross County, Ohio, and is now living at Five Mile, Green Township. He married Lettie Hair, by whom he had six children, four of whom are now living - Joseph, Jacob D, Elizabeth and Anna. Our subject, after receiving a rudimentary education, attended for nine months a normal school at Georgetown, taught by Profs. Curry and Moore ; he subsequently, for several years, was engaged in teaching. In May, 1864, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Sixtieth Ohio National Guards, and was stationed principally in West Virginia, doing garrison duty; he was discharged in September of the same year. He re-enlisted in February, 1865, in the Forty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was attached to the Army of the Gulf. He participated in the battle of Mobile, and numerous other engagements, after which he received an honorable discharge. On October 8, 1879, he celebrated his wedding, leading to the marriage altar Miss Belle Meyers, daughter of Martin V. and Martha Myers, of Brown County. This union has been blessed with one child - Stella. In February, 1876, Mr. Shannon embarked in the mercantile business at Five Mile, Green Township, where he still is located. He keeps on hand all kinds of groceries, dry goods, etc., such as are usually kept in a country store. He has also, for three years, served as Postmaster, and as such, is now serving. He is a man of fine business qualifications, a member of the Christian Church, and merits the patronage of the citizens of the locality in which he resides.

F. M. SMITH, Mt. Oreb. A little less than a century ago, where we now live in the enjoyment of churches, schools, railroads, telegraphs, daily mails, manuf mtories, National banks, and in fact nearly everything which lends to make up civilization, and to give to life enjoyment, lived another peculiar people, known as the red men of the forest. Here he pitched his wigwam beside the flowing stream, and the young Indian warrior wooed and won his dusky mate. Here the wild beast roamed at will, and was seldom molested in his forest home among the hills and along the valleys. Contentment reigned supreme and the Indian was monarch of all he surveyed. But at an unguarded hour the civilizer crossed the beautiful Ohio, pitched his tent upon its shore, and proceeded to take possession of the fertile spot now known as Brown County ; and with the oft repeated blows from the pioneer's ax the giant trees fell as doth the grass before the scythe. With strong arms and brave hearts, homes were established in the face of the savage and to the dismay of the wild beast, and now as we look upon the broad meadows covered with green verdure and golden fields of grain, and enjoy our pleasant homes, our hearts swell with gratitude to our fathers who braved the storms and disappointments of a then new and unbroken country, and established for us a free government. Among the early settlers of Brown County were Benjamin and Rachel Smith, who were both born in Maryland of Scotch and English parentage. From Maryland they emigrated to Kentucky, where they lived several years ; in 1804, they came to Brown County, Ohio, and settled where Georgetown at present is built. They cast their lot with others who preceded them, and made a purchase of a considerable tract of land. They had nine children whose names were respectively James, Nancy, Benjamin, Rachel, Mary, Benton, Rebecca. Nicholas and Elizabeth, However, the father did not live long to enjoy his home ; for, soon after the close of the war of 1812, he died, leaving his family in comfortable circumstances. The children proceeded to add to what was left them by their father, and gradually increased their possessions of this world's goods. But that spirit which characterized their father was inherited by the children, and they began to think of pitching their tents toward the setting sun ; so they continued to travel Westward until several of the families are represented in California. However, one Nicholas, the youngest son and father of the subject of this sketch, remained in this county. He was born in September, 1801, and when twenty-four years old, married Mrs. Sally Richards, a widow with two sons - John and William. They enjoyed the blessings of wedded life for more than half a century, when death called him away to the bright land above from whence no traveller returneth. He was the father of ten children, of whom four are now living - Alexander, resides in Illinois ; James G., Rebecca J and Francis M., our subject, who still lives near the old homestead. Richard fell, defe nding the flag of the Union in the late rebellion, at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, in April, 1862. About 1830, Nicholas Smith moved to what is now known as Green Township, and began to establish for himself a home in the forest. He participated in the organization of the first Methodist Episcopal Church in the township, of which he was a member, also a member of the first Sunday school, and is said to have been the second Whig voter in Green Township. He had served as Justice of the Peace, and was respected and honored by all who knew him. His wife, Sally, was born in Maryland April 13, 1800, and is of English descent. With her parents, Richard and Rebecca Spires, she came to Ohio in 1812. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church when first organized in Brown County. She is still living and enjoying good health at the ripe old age of eighty-two years. Their son Francis M., subject of' this sketch, the youngest child and seventh son of the family, was born in Brown County July 10, 1844, at the old homestead, two miles north of Mt. Oreb. He received a good common school education, and when twenty years old began teaching school, which he followed for perhaps three years. When twenty-four years old, he went on a Western tour, visited a brother in Illinois and returned home in March, 1868. On* February 16, 1870, he married Miss Sarah E. Rice, daughter of Benjamin and Eliza Rice, now of Clermont County, Ohio. At an early day, July 3, 1871, death entered his home, robbed him of the companion of his youth, and his home became broken up. On October 28, 1871, he formed with Joseph Clare, Esq., of Bethel, Ohio, a partnership in the mercantile business at Mt. Oreb, and continued therein six years, a portion of the time they having the only store in town. In April, 1875, our subject was again* married ; this time to Mrs. Mary E. Cochran, widow of the late John G. Cochran, son* of Joseph Cochran, President of the First National Bank at Georgetown, Ohio. She was the mother of two children - Ella and Peggie. Soon after his marriage, Mr. Smith quit the mercantile business and retired to his farm north of and adjoining Mt. Oreb, where he now resides. He became identified with the Cincinnati & Eastern Railway Company, in the infancy of the enterprise, and was elected one of the Directors, and as such still officiates. He was also one of the incorporators of the Columbus & Ohio River Railway Company, and was elected one of its Directors at the first election held by the company, and now holds the office of Secretary. He has been repeatedly elected and re-elected to office in Green Township, notwithstanding his being a Republican and the township largely Democratic. He has also been connected with nearly every public enterprise which would prove beneficial to the township in which he resides. Mr. Smith has for nearly nineteen years been identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church ; has held nearly every office in the church, and has repeatedly beep elected lay delegate to the Annual Conference. He is now in the ninth year of his superintendency of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday school at Mt. Oreb, which is in a flourishing condition. He has one child living - Sallie V., born June 14, 1876. As a leading and respected citizen of Brown County, there are none who are more worthy of representation in this work.

JOSEPH STEPHENS, farmer, P. O. Five Mile. John B. Stephens, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Belgium, where he married Theresa Fasty, by whom he had two children - Joseph and Rosalie. In March, 1847, he emigrated to*

America, came to Brown County, Ohio, and settled in the northern portion of Green Township, where our subject now resides, tie settled in the woods, but with undaunted courage and the energy which characterized the pioneer of his day, he began to clear off his land, and to-day it is in a high state of cultivation. He died September 2, 1864; his wife survived him until 1878. Joseph Stephens, subject of this sketch, was born January 23, 1835, in Bel ium, and, when about twelve years old, with his parents, he came to America. In January, 1857, he married Jennie C. Baune, daughter of Jacob J. and Catherine Baune, and by her has had eight children - Mary, Frank, Philip, Mary J., John, Rosa, Jennie and Ther sa. Mr. Stephens has served as Justice of the Peace for Gr en Township nine years, and on all occasions gave his decision in favor of justice with unswerving firmness. He is the owner of ninety-five acres of land, and is recognized as one o the leading agriculturists of Green Township.

SPICER & WASHBURN, millers, Five Mile. James J. Washburn, the' older member of the firm we represent in this sketch, wu- born in June, 1848, in Clermont County, Ohio. His parents were John and Elizabeth Washburn. In February, 1881, he married Miss Maggie Beam, daughter of William and Ellen Beam, by whom he has one child - Anne. In March, 1879, he formed a partnership with James B. Spicer in the grist and saw milling business, their place of business being located at Upper Five Mile, Green Township. James B. Spicer, the younger member of this firm, was born in May, 1846, in Vinton County, Ohio. His parents were George W. and Rachel Spicer. Having reached the age at which he considered himself capable of providing for himself, he was employed for five years as a fireman for the Cincinnati & Marietta Railroad Company ; thence was employed for three years as an engineer in the Zaleski Car Works, in Vinton County. He then went into the milling business, and a iter spending several years in each of Clinton, Warren and Clermont Counties, he finally came to Green Township, Brown County. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the Seventy-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Army of the Cumberland, and participated in the battles of Murfreesboro, Nashville, Kingston and numerous other engagements,, and received an honorable discharge in August, 1865. In January, 1861, he was united in marriage to Matilda Wolfe, daughter of Jacob and Phoeba Wolfe, of Warren County. To them have been born eight children, of whom seven are now living - Edward, Charles, William, Oscar, Elbe, Frank and James G. In 1879, Mr. Spicer located with his family at Upper Five Miie, where he still resides. As a firm, those two gentlemen sustain an excellent reputation in business circles, their word being considered as good as their bond. They do principally custom work, and always aim to give satisfaction. They are both practical workmen in their separate departments of business, and merit the patronage which is bestowed upon them by the surrounding citizens:

JULIUS THUNY, farmer, P. 0. Five Mile. The subject of this sketch was born in October, 1835, in the Province of Lorraine, France. When eleven years of age, with h s parents, John and Ann Thuny, he emigrated to America, came to Ohio and located in Clermont County for three years. They then moved to Perry Township, this county. In February, 1866, he married Mary Pierre, daughter of Michael and Fannie Pierre. By her he has a family of several children. He resides in the northern portion of Green Township, and is the owner of 170 acres of land, well cultivated and containing good and substantial buildings. Politically, his views are Democratic, and he is one of the most successful agriculturists in Green Township.

ELI A. TISSANDIER, merchant, Union Plains, was born June 16, 1853, in the southern portion of France. His parents are John and Mary Tissandier. When fifteen years of age, he went into the mercantile business, in which he has been engaged more or less up to the present time. In June, 1872, he emigrated to America, and by way of New York came to Brown County, Ohio, where he located at Greenbush, Green Township, and started in the mercantile business, at first on a comparatively small scale, but finding his business on the increase, he was obliged, in 1881, to build a larger and finer building, which would be better suited to supply the wants of both himself and patrons. He carries a fine stock of dry goods, groceries, etc., and sells at reduced rates, always striving to suit his customers. Mr.

Tissandier has served as Clerk of Green Township, performing the duties of his office with entire satisfaction to the people. Politically, he is a stanch Democrat, and will fill, with credit to himself and party, any office which might be bestowed upon him. We take pleasure in representing him as one of the substantial and reliable citizens of Brown County.

GEORGE WALKER, farmer, P. 0. Mt. Oreb. Henry B. Walker, father of .the subject ot this sketch, was born in Pennsylvania, probably in the year 1780, where he married Betsy E. Snell, by whom he had fourteen children, seven of whom are now living. They emigrated to Clermont County, Ohio, about 1801, where they remained till 1814, in which year they moved to Brown County, and settled in Sterling Township. He died in 1845, his wife died in the same year. Our subject was born February 20, 1811, in Clermont County, Ohio, in 1814, with his parents he came to Sterling Township, this county. On February 16, 1834, he married Miss Charity C. Bratten, daughter of Joseph and Nancy Bratten. To them have been born seven children, six of whom are now living - Nancy E., Nelson R., Oscar P., Hillery W., William B. and Laura. Mr. Walker had five sons who were engaged in the late war of the rebellion, and who have thereby enrolled their names with the thousands of others who so bravely volunteered to defend the federal flag, which was about to be dishonored and trampled under the heel of a most formidable enemy. They all returned home without any serious injury. He is a man of good judgment and sterling integrity, also a member of the Presbyterian Church, and the owner of eighty-five acres of land located in the southern portion of Green Township.

JOHN WALLACE, farmer, P. 0. Union Plains, was born April 17, 1811, in Huntington Township, Brown County, Ohio. His parents were William and Sarah Wallace. In his youth he was trained to the pursuits of farming, in which he is still engaged. In January, 1837, he married Mary Evans, daughter ol Judge Benjamin and Ruth Evans. This union has been blessed with six children, four living - Benjamin, William, Andrewand Sarah. In 1840, Mr. Wallace, located in the eastern portion of Green Township, where he now resides. He has served as Trustee of Green Township four years, has also served as Justice of the Peace, and is the owner of 250 acres of land, in a high state of cultivation. William Wallace, father of our subject, was born January 7, 1780, in Pennsylvania ; when a young man he emigrated to Kentucky, where iu February, 1807, he married Sarah Hawk, by whom he had ten children, six of whom are now living - John, Isaac, James, William, Richard and Rebecca. In 1804 or 1805 he came to Brown County, Ohio, and s ettled in Huntington Township, where he remained until 1844-45, when he removed to Clay Township, Highland County, where he remained until his decease January 14, 1865. His wife died August 4, 1853. Thus passed away not only one of Brown County's pioneers, but one of our most upright cincl. citizens

WILLIAM WALLACE, farmer, P. O. Union Plains, was born May 4, 1843, in Green Township, Brown County, Ohio. He is one of the sons of John and Mary Wallace, whose sketch appears in this work. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and received but a rudimentary education. On December 30, 1865, he married Maria L. Chaffin, born October 5, 1845, daughter of Margaret and Solomon Chaffin. To them have been bora three children - Ruth, Melissa and Alva. Mr. Wallace has always been a resident of Green Township, in which he is recognized as a ' prominent agriculturist. Solomon Chaffin, father of Mrs. Wallace, was bora in Ross County, Ohio. He has been twice married, the first time to Margaret Siders by whom he had five children, and next to Elizabeth Adair, by whom he had five children. In March, 1866, he moved to McLean County, 111., where he at present resides.

FRANCOIS WARLikUMONT, Five Mile, a prominent agriculturist, was born in December, 1832, in Belgium. His parents were Nicholas J. and Mary Warlaumont, who had three children - Lewis, Joseph and Francois. When eighteen years old, with his parents he emigrated to America, and by way of New York came to Ohio and settled in Perry Township, Brown County. On December 17, 1861 he was united in marriage to Miss Martha J. Livengood, daughter of Eli and Margaret Liven- good of Brown County. To them have been born six children - Mary J., Katie N., Martha A., Millie, Frank and Josephine. In political matters Mr. Warlaumont has thrown in his lot with the Democratic faction. He is the owner of 162 acres of land in a fine state of cultivation. This gentleman is of a clever social disposition, and is recognized among the leading farmers of Green Township, in the north of which township his farm is pleasantly situated.

WILLIAM WEBER, farmer, P. 0. Union Plains. Lewis Weber, father of our subject, was born April 22, 1805, in Germany. He emigrated to America in 1832, and came to Pennsylvania, where he remained eight years ; thence he came to Cincinnati, where he remained until 1852, in which year he came to Brown County and settled in Green Township, where he now resides. He married Rosina Folmer, and by her had six children, four of whom are now living - Daniel, John, William and .Frederick. The subject of this sketch was born May 7, 1844, in Cincinnati, Ohio, and when eight years old, with his parents, he came to Green Township, Brown County. Besides his farming interests, he was for many years engaged in the milling business. In December, 1865, he married Lydia A. Choffin, daughter of Solomon Choffin, of Highland County. This union has been blessed with six children, four of whom are now living, viz.: Ollie, Rosa, Florence and Mary. She died in April, 1878. He again married, in January, 1882, Lydia E. Baldwin, daughter of Jonathan Baldwin, whose sketch appears in this work. Mr. W eber has served as Assessor of Green Township, is a Republican, and the owner of 167 acres of land, located in the northern portion of the township.

THOMAS WELLMAN, farmer, P. 0. White Oak, was born in January, 1814, in Penobscot County, Me. His parents were Thomas and Lydia Wellman ; he was reared to manhood on a farm, and received but a rudimentary English education. In the fall of 1839, he came to Mainevillle, Warren Co., Ohio, where he remained until the spring of 1849, at which time he moved to Brown County, Sterling Township, where he remained until 1856, and from thence moved to Green Township, where he at present is located. On March 17, '1847, he married Julia Rondabush, of Clermont County; this union has been blessed with seven children, five of whom are still living - Emeline, Elizabeth, Charles, Jane and Sarah. Mr. Wellman has also, for eighteen years, more or less, been engaged in the mercantile and manufacturing business, and resides in the eastern portion of Green Township.

JOHN M. ALEXANDER, farmer, P. 0. Ash Ridge. Samuel Alexander father of our subject, was born February 17, 1803, in Virginia. His parents were Andrew and Agnes Alexander, who emigrated to Kentucky about the year 1802 or 1803, and subsequently to Adams County, Ohio, about 1805. They settled on Brush Creek, Wayne Township, where they remained until their decease. Samuel was there reared to manhood amid the scenes of pioneer life ; he married Jerusha Baker, by whom he had two children - John M. and Sarah. About 1834 or 1835, he moved to Brown County and settled on Brush Creek in Eagle Township, where he remained until his decease in October, 1857. His widow survived him until May, 1876. He has served as Trustee for Eagle Township. He was considered a man of sterling integrity and reliable character. In his death Brown County lost one of her most worthy and respected citizens. Our subject was bornin Eagle Township, Brown County, in May, 1838; was reared to manhood on a farm and received a fair English education. In August, 1861, he married Angeline Bowin, by whom he has two children - William F. and Myrtle B. He lived in Eagle Township till 1865, when he moved to Russellville, where he remained one year, then returned to his farm in Eagle Township, where he remained until 1869. He then moved to Carlisle Village, where he still resides. He has served as Township Trustee, also as Treasurer. He has been successful in business, mainly owing to his energy, perseverance and industry. He believes in supporting enterprises which are for the benefit of the couuty and the elevation of humanity. He is the owner of 168 acres of land, in a good state of cultivation.

RICHARD ASKREN, farmer, P. 0. Winchester, was born April 2, 1820, in Adams County, Ohio. His parents were John and Martha Askren, who were among the early settlers of Adams County ; they were the parents of twelve children, six of whom are still living - James, Richard, Robert H., Dorcas, Martha J. and Elizabeth. Our subject was reared on a farm, and received a good English education, the means of which enabled him to teach school for perhaps thirty-three years. In March 4, 1846, he married Sarah McManis, born September 20, 1817, daughter of James and Rachel McManis (deceased). Her parents emigrated from Pennsylvania and settled near Georgetown, Brown County, about the year 1817. This union has been blessed with seven children - Martha J., Charles J., John N., David C., Rachel M., Joseph H. and Sarah E. D. In 1846, Mr. Askren, with his family, moved to Brown County, and located in the northeastern portion of Jackson Township, where T. J. Jacobs at present resides; he remained there until 1851, when he moved to the farm on which he is at present located. In 1871, he was appointed Census Commissionor. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church at Winchester, in which church he officiates as Elder. Is the owner of 178 acres of land.

GEORGE N. BAIRD, farmer, P. 0. Russellville, was born in April, 1843, in Jefferson Township, Brown County. His parents are James and Martha Baird, of Jefferson Township, whose sketch appears in this work. He was reared to man's estate on a farm, and received but a limited education. In November, 1880, he married Miss Stella Day, daughter of Ellis and Miriam Day. This union has been blessed with three children, one of whom is still living - AngyN. Mr. Baird is a man of good judgment, agreeable, a liberal supporter of all enterprises which tend to the rise and progress of the county and the elevation of humanity. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church at Russellville, a Republican, and the owner of eighty-eight acres of land located in the southern portion of Jackson Township.

BENJAMIN BRADY (deceased), was born May 22, 1813, in Franklin Township, Brown County ; he was reared on a farm and received but a rudimentary education. In October, 1849, he married Abigail Shaw, born in September, 1812 ; this union was blessed with ten children - William A., Mary J., Thomas H., Sarah A., Nancy E., Elizabeth T., Arminda, Joseph K., Benjamin D. and George E. Mr. Brady had served as Trustee of Jackson Township, and was held in high estimation by the community in which he resided ; his death was regretted by all who knew him. He was a kind and loving father and indulgent husband, and departed this life in June, 1875. Not only is his presence missed by neighbors and friends, but by loved ones of his own family who mourn their irreparable loss. His widow still survives him, now in her seventieth year, and resides in the northwestern portion of the township.

HENRY BUESCH, farmer, P. 0. Ash Ridge. Mr. Buesch was born March 13, 1808, in Bavaria, Germany. His parents were Henry and Elizabeth Buesch. In 1836, he emigrated to America, and by way of New York came to Brown County, Ohio. About the year 1837, he married Elizabeth Neu, born in August, 1819, by whom he had twelve children, nine of whom are still living, viz.: Elizabeth, John, Henry,

Peter, Mary, Adam, Matilda, William and Andrew. About three years after their marriage, they moved to Ripley, where they remained nine years ; they then moved to the northwestern portion of Jackson Township, where they still reside. As a family they are noted for their industry, perseverance and uprightness, and are worthy the respect in which they are held by the community surrounding them. Mr. Buesch is a member of the German Lutheran Church, a liberal contributor to all enterprises having for their effect the rise and progress of the county and the elevation of humanity. Mrs. Buesch is a lady of more than ordinary intellectual ability, hospitable, kind and considerate, and for visitors makes her home pleasant and attractive. They have 218 acres of land in a good state of cultivation. Conrad Neu, father of Mrs.

Buesch, was born in Bavaria, Germany, in January, 1794. In 1816, he married Elizabeth C. Wiseman, by whom he had eleven children, five of whom are still living - Elizabeth, John, Conrad, Peter and Mary. In 1831, they emigrated to America, and during the following winter remained near Philadelphia. In the spring of 1832, they came to Ohio, and settled in the northwestern portion of what is now known as Jackson Township, Brown County, where our subject at present resides. They remained there until their decease, he having died in April, 1873, and she in February, 1864. Notwithstanding they have left their earthly home, and we trust, gone to a higher and better sphere, there are dear friends still remaining who mourn their loss, and by whom they will ever be remembered.

LAFAYETTE B. CAMPBELL, blacksmith, Ash Ridge. Jacob S. Campbell (deceased), father of our subject, was born June 6, 1817, in Harrison County, Ya. In his youth, he learned the trade of blacksmithing, which he followed the greater portion of his life. He came to Brown County, Franklin Township, and located at Arnheim in 1839, where he remained several years. From Arnheim he moved to Pink Hill, Jackson Township, where he remained but a short time. In March, 1862. he moved to Carlisle Village, where he remained until his decease in February, 1877. While at Arnheim, on October 29, 1840, he married Jennie L. Long, daughter of Joseph Long. To them were born ten children ; the following are the names of those still living : George M., Anna, Asenath A., William A., Lafayette B., Delila A.

and Charles S. Mr. Campbell has served as Clerk and Treasurer of Franklin Township, and Trustee of Jackson Township. Politically, his views were Democratic. His widow survives him, and at present is living at Carlisle Village. Lafayette B. Campbell, our subject, was born August 26, 1856, in Franklin Township, Brown County, and received but a limited education. On March 30, 1882, he married Sylvie Dunn, daughter of R. B. Dunn., Esq. He at present is engaged in blacksmithing at Carlisle Village. He is a good wookman, and guarantees satisfaction.

SAMUEL DIXON, farmer, P. 0. Winchester, was born December 18, 1818, in Brown County, Ohio. His parents were among the early settlers of Brown County. He was reared on a farm and received but a limited education ; on June 4, 1840, he married Lettie A. Reynolds, daughter of Joseph Reynolds, who, also, was one of the first settlers of Brown County, having settled in the neighborhood of Carlisle Village at a very early day. This union has been blessed with nine children, five of whom are still living, viz.: Samuel K. married Beile M. Short, by whom he has two children - Arthur A. and Vernon C.; Columbus E. married Mary Records, daughter of Andrew and Bella Records ; they have two children - Ettie L. and Myrtie ; Fidelia married Aaron Edenfield, by whom she has four children - Cora, Alta, Walter and Charles ; Alice married Alexander Bayless, by whom she has two children - Bertha L. and Lola B.; and Joseph B. married Elizabeth Young, by whom he has one child - Rueanna. About 1850, Mr.

Dixon, with his family, moved from Fincastle, where he had been living perhaps two years, to the northeastern portion of Jackson Township, where he now resides. He has served as township Trustee, is a member of the Christian Union Church, and the owner of seventy-eight acres of land. The Dixon family are noted for their industry, perseverance and uprightness in dealing with their fellow-men.

RICHARD H. EDENFIELD, farmer, P. 0. Ash Ridge. Among the citizens of Brown County there are none who are more worthy of representation in the history of our county than the worthy subject of this sketch. Richard H. Edenfield was born in July, 1817, in Delaware State. When eight weeks old, his parents, Samuel and Jane Edenfield, emigrated to Ohio. They settled in Highland County, where they remained until their decease. Our subject was reared on a farm in Highland County, and received in his youth rather a limited education ; but being a lover of books, he has, by continual reading and study, made himself familiar with many important topics of the day. In December, 1840, he married Rachel Eyler, a lady of more than ordinary intellectual capacity and rare conversational powers. She is the daughter of Aaron and Elizabeth Eyler, who were among the early settlers of Brown County. This union has been blessed with nine children, five of whom are still living, viz.: Elizabeth,

(wife of John Baird), Mollie, Aaron (married to Fidelia Dixon), Samuel and John. About the year 1853, Mr. Edentield moved to Jackson Township, Brown County, where he still resides. He is of a modest, unassuming nature, of good judgment, and uses a proper share of discretion in his business transactions. He is hospitable and entertaining, and believes in contributing literally to all enterprises having for their effect the rise and progress of the county, and the elevation of humanity. He is the owner of 223 acres of land, and well worthy the respect in which he is held by the community surrounding him.

ALFRED L. EDGINGTEN, farmer, P. 0. Winchester, was born August 8, 1838, in Eagle Township, Brown Co., Ohio. His parents are Jesse and Elizabeth Edgingten,vwho settled in Fincastle, Brown County, about 1830. In or about 1864, they moved to Winchester, Adams County, where they still reside. They are the parents of nine children, seven of whom are still living, viz.: Alfred L., Turner, Franklin, Zerilda, Louisa, Effie C. and Robert. Our subject was reared to man's estate on a farm, and received but a limited education. On August 22, 1861, he was united in marriage to Melinda Drake, an estimable lady ; this union has been blessed with eight children, viz.: Ellsworth McLellan, Sarah E., Columbia E., Hiram J., Nancy J., Zerilda, Lewis A. and Mary. About 1869, Mr. Edgingten moved to the eastern portion of Jackson Township, where he now resides. He is a member of the Christian Church, a liberal contributor to all enterprises having for their effort the rise and progress of the county, and the elevation of humanity. Mr. Edgingten is strictly honorable in dealing with his fellow-men, always performing his part as per agreement, and the owner of 42 J acres of land. Hiram Drake, father of Mrs. Edgingten, was born about 1808, in what is now known as Brown County, Ohio; in 1831, he married Sallie Pollitte, by whom he had seven children, five of whom are still living - Elisha, James, Melinda, Nancy and Elizabeth. After his marriage, he lived near Eagle Creek in the eastern portion of Jackson Township, where he remained until his decease in January, 1851. Richard D. Edgingten, a relative of our subject, was born in September, 1819, in Adams County, Sprig Township. His parents were Jacob and Mary E. Edgingten. In February, 1836, he married Nancy Pollitte; in 1869, he 1 moved from Adams County to the eastern portion of Jackson Township, where he still j resides. He is a member of the Christian Church, the owner of seventy-nine acres of land. He is a man of sterling worth and reliable character, and worthy the estimation in which he is held by the community in which he resides.

JOHN W. EYLER, farmer, P. 0. South Fincastle. Henry Eyler, father of our i subject, was born September 25, 1801. in Adams County, Ohio. In 1825, he married J Mary Miller, by whom he had nine children, of whom six are still living, viz.: Joseph M., John W., Carrie C., Henry B., Hugh L. and Latha J. About the year 1834, he { mained till, perhaps, 1865, when he moved to Jackson Township, north of Carlisle Village, where he remained until his death in August, 1869. He had served as Trustee of Eagle Township, was a member of the Christian Church, and his death was a source of regret to all who knew him. John W. Eyler, our subject, was born September 2, 1832, in New Market Township, Highland County ; he was reared on a farm, and received but a limited education. In May, 1854, he married Nancy McVey, daughter of Solomon McVey (deceased). To them have been born three children, two of whom are still living - Emma J. and Rachel E. (married to Dr. Baird of Fincastle). In the autumn of 1871, he moved to the northern portion of Jackson Township, where he still resides. He served as Trustee of Jackson Township in 1881, and was re elected i

JAMES W. FAULKNER, farmer, P. O. Ash Ridge, was born December 2, 1860, in Woodford County, Ky. His parents are James W. (deceased), and Martha Faulkner. James W. Faulkner, Sr., was born, reared, and died in Woodford County,

Mary, Martha, and James W., subject of this sketch. In 1873, one year after the death of Mr. Faulkner, the family consisting of five members, moved to Ripley, Brown County, where they remained until the spring of 1874. They then moved to a farm, one and one-half miles north of Carlisle Village, Jackson Township, where they remained perhaps six years. James W., subject of this sketch, was reared on a farm, and received but a limited education. Having selected for his betrothed, Miss Emma Thomson, their nuptials were celebrated in November, 1880. This union has been blessed with one child - Luella. In March, 1882, he bought a farm of fifty acres in the southwestern portion of Jackson Township, where he still resides. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Lodge No. 127, at Carlisle. Mr. Faulkner is a young man of energy, perseverance, and decision ; also a liberal contributor to all enterprises having for their effect the rise and progress of the county, and the elevation of humanity.

TURNER FENTON, farmer, P. 0. Winchester. Jesse Fenton, father of our subject, was born October 9, 1799, in Kentucky. He was the son of Jeremiah Fenton, one of the first settlers of Brown County, having settled in the southeastern portion of Eagle Township, where he remained until his decease. In 1835^ Jesse married Mary Lawrence, by whom he had eight children, viz. : Louisa, Ruth, Turner, Ann, Emily, Margaret, Hannah, and Harrison. In his youth, he learned the trade of tanning, and followed the same for a number of years. He was highly esteemed by the community in which he resided, a member of the M. E. Church, and departed this life February 4, 1860. His widow survives him, now in her seventy-sixth year. Turner Fenton, our subject, was born October 18, 1838, in Eagle Township, Brown County. He was raised to manhood on a farm, and received but a limited education. In November, 1867, he married Martha McClanahan, born in February, 1843; she is the daughter of John B. and Elizabeth McClanahan. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and the owner of 57% acres of land. He contributes liberally to all enterprises which would prove beneficial to the county, and the elevation of lumanity, and a pleasant and agreeable gentleman.

JAMES W. FRANCIS, farmer, P. 0. Winchester. Edward Francis, father of our subject, was born in Ireland, and when about three years old, his parents emigrated to America ; they came to Brown County, Ohio, about the year 1818, and settled in Jackson Township , near Ash Ridge. The neighborhood in which they settled, was at that time considerable of a forest; the hardships and self-denials which they were obliged to undergo, are too well understood by the intelligent reader to demand a minute delineation of the same. Edward was here reared among the stirring scenes of pioneer life, and received but a limited education. He married Elizabeth Plummer, of Adams County, Ohio, by whom he had four children, three of whom are still living-Nathan A., James W. and William H. After his marriage, he settled on the farm at present occupied by our subject, in the eastern portion of Jackson Township, where he remained until his decease in November, 1870. He was a man of sterling integrity and reliable character, and a member of the M. E. Church. James W. Francis, our subject, was born in January, 1846, on the old homestead in Jackson Township. On November 10, 1875, he married Maria McManis, daughter of Samuel and Martha McManis, of whom we have made mention in this work. To them have been born two children, - Lulu and Ethel. Politically, Mr. Francis is a Republican.

WILLIAM H. FRANCIS, farmer, P. 0. Winchester, was born in January, 1848, in Jackson Township, Brown Co. Ohio. His parents were Edward and Elizabeth (Plummer) Francis. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and received but a limited education. In October, 1871, he was united in marriage to Mary Kendall, daughter of Wilson and Elizabeth Kendall, of whom we have made mention in this work. To them have been born five children, viz.: Albert W., Ida B., Lettie M., Charlie E. and Arthur. Mr. Francis is a liberal contributor to all enterprises having for their effect the rise and progress of the county and the elevation of humanity, a member of the M. E. Church, and the owner of sixty acres of land, located in the eastern portion of this township.

JAMES H. FRITTS, physician, Ash Ridge, was born November 24, 1846, in Adams County, near Locust Grove. His parents are Jefferson and Jane A. Fritts. He was reared on a farm ; when nineteen years of age, he attended for one session the North Liberty Academy, in Adams County. He then was, for about three years, engaged in the mercantile business at Youngsville, Adams County, after which he taught school for two sessions in Meigs and Wayne Townships. In 1868, he was again engaged in the mercantile business. In 1869, he began to read medicine with Dr. Arthur Noble, at Sugar Tree Ridge, Highland County, with whom he remained perhaps twenty-two months. During the fall of 1871 and winter of 1872, he attended the Miami Medical College, at Cincinnati. In March, 1872, he located in Carlisle - now Ash Ridge - Jackson Township, where he still resides. He has secured for himself an excellent reputation as a physician, and enjoys a large patronage. Politically, he is a Democrat. In 1878, he was elected Township Treasurer and served two years. Mr. Fritts is of a clever, agreeable disposition, and a liberal contributor to all enterprises having for their effect the rise and progress of the county, and the elevation of humanity. In December 1876, he married Mary E. Potts, daughter of Andrew and Hester Potts. The Doctor is well worthy the confidence placed in him by the people of this and adjoining township.

ANDREW J. HENDERSON, farmer, P. 0. Winchester. Jonathan Henderson, father of our subject, was born in July, 1798, in Pennsylvania. His parents were Jonathan and Ellen Henderson, who emigrated from Pennsylvania to what is now known as Brown County, Ohio, about the year 1820, and settled in the eastern portion of Jackson Township, where our subject at present resides. In March, 1827, he married Nancy Carl, by whom he had nine children, six of whom are still living - Andrew J., John, Joseph, William, Michael and Elizabeth. He was a man of sterling integrity and reliable character, and worthy the estimation in which he was held by the community surrounding him. He departed this life in June, 1865. His widow survives him, now in her seventy-third year, and living with our subject. Andrew J. Henderson, our subject, was born September 15, 1828, in Jackson Township, Brown County, near where he at present resides ; he was reared to man's estate on a farm, and received but a limited education. In February 1852, he married Priscilla Sargent, by whom he had six children, viz.: Mary E., Nancy A., Serilda, Edward, John and

Samuel. She died May 25, 1875. In February 1865, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Ninety-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until August, the same year, when he received an honorable discharge. He has served as Clerk of Jackson Township, and as Justice of the Peace for fifteen years, and is serving as such at the present time. His political views are Democratic. He is a man of good judgment, and uses a proper share of discretion in business transactions.

FOUNTAIN INSKEEP, farmer, P. 0. Ash Ridge, is a son of James Inskeep, an account of whose life appears in the general history of this township. Our subject was born April 14, 1822, in what is now known as Brown Co.. Ohio. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and received but a limited education. On January 29, 1846, he married Elleanor West, daughter of Edward^ and Sarah West, of Brown County. This union has been blessed with eleven children, viz.: James, Edward, George, Job,

Origen, Reason, Sarah E., Susan, Martha A., Ella and Mary. In 1870, he moved to a farm in the southwestern portion of Jackson Township, where he still resides. He has served as Trustee and Clerk for Jackson Township, also as Justice of the Peace for twelve years. Mr. Inskeep is of a modest, unassuming nature, a man of good judgment, reliable integrity and unblemished character, and the owner of 250 acres of land, in a good state of cultivation.

JOB INSKEEP, farmer, P. 0. Ash Ridge, was born in November, 1852, in Jackson Township, Brown County. His parents are Fountain and Eleanor Inskeep, whose sketch appears in this work. He is a worthy son of a worthy sire. In November, 1872, he married Minerva Leonard, a lady of taste and appreciative qualities. She is the daughter of Harvey and Mary Leonard, of Brown County. To them have been born five children, four of whom are still living - Ada, Harley, Jenna L. and

John. Mr. Inskeep has, since his marriage, lived on the farm at present occupied by him. He is a member of the F. & A. M. Lodge, at Russellville, and the owner of 100 acres of land. In business transactions, he has the reputation of being strictly honest - his word being as good as his bond.

WILSON KENDALL, farmer, P. 0. Ash Ridge. Jesse and Mary C. Kendall, parents of our subject, settled in the southern portion of Jackson Township, Brown County, Ohio, about the year 1828 or 1829. They were the parents of eleven children, eight of whom are still living, viz., Wilson, Nelson, William, Samuel, Merrill, Delanah A., Hester J. and Phoebe M. Jesse had served as Trustee for Jackson Township. In 1861, he moved to Locust Grove, Adams County; in his youth he -learned the trade of tanning, which he followed for a number of years. He was a man of reliable integrity and unblemished character ; in his transactions with his fellow-men he always was strictly honorable. He died May 19, 1880 ; his wife, in June, 1863. WTilson Kendall, our subject, was born January 4, 1826, in Adams County, near Winchester ; was reared to man's estate on a farm, and received but a limited education. In March, 1848, he married Elizabeth Marshall, daughter of John Marshall, whose sketch appears in this work. By this union there was an issue of nine children, seven of whom are still living, viz., William C., Albert, John, Mary C., Jane M., Alice B. and Ida M. She died January 31, 1873. He was again married, in December, 1875 ; this time to Margaret McNown. This union has been blessed with one child - Jessie C. Mr. Kendall is of an agreeable disposition, affable and courteous, and in all respects a true gentleman. His wife is a lady of taste and culture, and takes pleasure in making her home pleasaut and inviting to visitors as well as the members of her own family. He is the owner of 117 acres of land, in a fine state of cultivation, and located in the eastern portion of this township. He is recognized as one of the leading agriculturists of this township.

THOMAS P. KNOTT, farmer, P. 0. Ash Ridge, one of the leading citizens of Jackson Township, was born in June, 1844, in Highland County, Ohio. His parents are John (deceased) and Ann Knott. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and received but a limited English education. When eight years old, his parents moved to Jackson Township, Brown County, and settled where he at present is located. In February, 1868, he married Jane Bowan, daughter of Kendle Bowan. To them were born seven children, viz., Frederick R., Eddie R., Iva, Ida, William J., Oreyand Minnie. Mrs. Knott died February 4, 1881; the bereaved family had the sympathy of the entire surrounding community. His father, John, died in March, 1872 ; his mother is at present remaining with him, in her sixty-seventh year. Mr. Knott is of a pleasant, agreeable disposition and a good conversationalist. He has a farm of eightytwo acres, in a fine state of cultivation, and located in the southwestern portion of this township.

JACOB KUNTZ, farmer, P. 0. Ash Ridge. George J. Kuntz, father of our subject, was born in the Province of Alsace, France (now Germany), about the year 1795. He married Magdalena Burger, by whom he had nine children, five of whom are still Jiving, viz., John, Frederick, George, Frank J. and Jacob. About the year 1828 or 1830, with his wife and four children, he emigrated to America, and, by way of New York, came to Ohio. He located about two miles south of Sardinia, Washington Township, Brown County, where he remained perhaps two years ; then moved to the northwestern portion of Jackson Township, where our subject now resides. He remained there until his decease, in March, 1870. His widow survived him until May, 1878, when she, too, departed this life. He was highly esteemed by those who knew him ; in his death Brown County lost a worthy man and an honorable citizen Jacob Kuntz, our subject, was born December 13, 1841, in Jackson Township, where he at present resides ; he was reared to manhood on a farm, and received but a limited education. On September 24, 1872, he married Mary Mitchell, a lady of prepossessing appearance and rare intellectual powers; she was born October 16, 1854, and is the daughter of Nathaniel and Lucretia Mitchell, of Mason County, Kentucky. This union has been blessed with four children, three of whom are still living - Charles W., born October 19, 1873 ; Loretta C., born July 20, 1879, and Rosine E., born May 25, 1881. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry ; he participated in the Vicksburg campaign, battle of Jackson (Miss.), Mission Ridge and numerous other battles and skirmishes. While in the army he contracted a disease, from the effects of which he is still a sufferer. He received an honorable discharge in July, 1865, and returned to his home in this township. He is of a retiring and unassuming nature, hospitable and obliging, and believes in contributing liberally to all enterprises which would prove beneficial to the county and the elevation of humanity.

JOHN MARSHALL, farmer, P. 0. Ash Ridge. Benjamin Marshall, one of Browi; County's pioneers and father of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania, where he was reared to manhood on a farm. He married Betsy Ashunhust, by whom he had nine children, three of whom were born in Pennsylvania ; four of those children are still living. In 1817, he emigrated to Ohio, and settled in what is now known as Byrd Township, Brown County. Having arrived at his destination, he built for his family a log cabin, into which they could retire when the toils of the day were o'er. After becoming somewhat comfortably situated in his log-cabin home, he prepared himself for the more arduous duties of clearing off his timbered land. The hardships and self-denials which this, as well sis other pioneers had to undergo, are too well understood by the intelligent reader, making it unnecessary to enter into the minute particulars of the same. After devoting a life of usefulness to his fellow-men and country, this old pioneer passed away about the year 1840. His widow survived him perhaps thirty years. John Marshall, our subject, was born December 15, 1802, in Pennsylvania, and, when about fifteen years old, his parents emigrated to Ohio. Like his father, he was reared on a farm, and received but a rudimentary education. He married Mary Campbell, daughter of Matthew Campbell, by whom he had thirteen children, four of whom are still living - Benjamin, Nathaniel, Wilson and Hannah. About two years after his marriage, he moved to a farm in the southeastern portion of this township, where he still resides. He is a pleasant, agreeable old gentl man, a liberal contributor to all enterprises having for their effect the rise and progress of the county or the elevation of humanity. Is the owner of 200 acres of land.

SAMUEL McMANIS, farmer, P. O. Winchester. Joseph McManis, father of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania in 1796. In 1815, he emigrated with his parents, Charles and Ellen McManis, to what is now known as Brown County, Ohio, and settled in Jackson Township, near Carlisle Village. His parents, after living in Brown County several years, moved to Adams County, and settled about two miles east of Winchester, where they remained until their decease. In March, 1819, Joseph married Jane Donaldson, by whom he had nine children, six of whom are still living - William, James, Samuel, Mary E., Hiram and John ; she died in May, 1838, and in 1840 he married Mary Bishop, by whom he had three children, two of whom are still living - Alexander and Francis. She died in June, 1845, and he again was married in November, 1847, this time to Ruth Mathias, by whom he had seven children - Jacob, Catherine J., Lydia, Eliza, Martha, Sarah and Wilson. He was a resident of Brown County for forty years ; he then moved to Adams County, and located eight miles east of West Union, where he remained eleven years. From Adams County he emigrated to Livingston County, 111., where he remained until his decease, in November, 1872. The united time of service of his several sons who fuught under the flag of the Union during the late war of the rebellion amounted to fifteen years ; they all, however, returned home at or near the close of the war, and are now scattered from Brown County, Ohio, to the Walla Walla Valley, Washington Territory, and in several States and Territories. Samuel McManis, our subject, was born in October, 1827, in what is now known as Jackson Township, Brown Co., Ohio. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and received but a limited education. In April, 1851, he married Martha Greathouse, by whom he has four children, three of whom are still living - Edwin, Maria and Barton L. In 1853j our subject moved to the eastern portion of Jackson Township, where he still resides. Although his early opportunities for obtaining an education were limited, yet by constant reading and study, and having a love for good books, he has made himself familiar with many important topics of the day. He is a member of the M. E. Church, a liberal contributor to all enterprises which would prove of interest to the county and the elevation of humanity. Is the owner of 104 acres of land in a good state of cultivation.

JOHN T. POTTS, merchant. Ash Ridge, one of the leading merchants of Ash Ridge, was born September 21, 1841, in Byrd Township, Brown County, Ohio. His parents are Mathew (deceased) and Polly A. Potts, of whom we have made mention in this work. He received but a limited English education in his youth, but being somewhat of' a reader and having a love for good books, he has familiarized himself with many important topics of our day. On March 20, 1866, he was joined in matrimony to Margaret E. Evler, daughter of Aaron and Elizabeth Eyler. This union has been blessed with four children, viz., Commodore P., Matthew W., Toad and Charley.. In 1862, he entered into the mercantile business in the northeastern portion of Byrd Township, where he remained until the spring of 1867. He then moved to Taylorsville, Highland County, where he was until the fall of 1875 engaged in the mercantile business ; he then moved to a farm near Ash Ridge, where he remained a short time. In 1878, he entered into the mercantile business at Ash Ridge, where he is at present located. In April, 1882 he was elected Treasurer of Jackson Township. Politically, he is a Democr&t. . Mr. Potts keeps on hand a full stock of goods, such as is usually kept in a rural store ; his sales per annum amount to about ten thousand dollars. He is a clever, intelligent gentleman and a good salesman, always striving to suit his customers. He is justly entitled to the estimation in which he is held by the community surrounding him. Is the owner of ninety acres of land.

JACOB M. REYNOLDS, farmer, P. 0. South Fincastle. Oliver Reynolds, father of our subject and son of Stephen Reynolds (an account of whom appears in the history of Jackson Township), was born in 1794, and when seven years of age emigrated with his parents to Brown County, Ohio. In May, 1820, he married Zylpha Middleswart by whom he had ten children, eight of whom are still living, viz., Stephen, Hannah, Jacob, Barbara, Olive, Zylpha, Freelove and Joseph. After his marriage he moved to Ash Ridge, north r-f Carlisle, where he remained until about 1854 ; he then moved to where our subject now resides, in the northern portion of Jackson Township. He had served as Township Trustee, and died in 1866. He participated in the war of 1812 ; his widow survives him, now in her eighty-third year and since March 9, 1879, has been drawing a pension from the Government. Jacob M. Reynolds, our subject, was born September 14, 1826, in Jackson Township, Brown County ; he was reared to man's estate on a farm, and received a rudimentary education in a district school. On October 24, 1858, he married Mary A. Neil, by whom he had seven children, five of whom are still living, viz., Florence, Clement, Edna, Jacob and Mary L. She died in October, 1869. Mr. Reynolds has served as Township Trustee. Is the owner of 185 acres of land.

THOMAS B. RICKEY, farmer, P. 0. Winchester, is a son of Brice Rickey, whose history is given in the history of Jackson Township. Thomas B. was born in December, 1845, in Jackson Township, Brown County, on the homestead farm ; he was reared to the pursuit of agriculture, in which pursuit he has been engaged until the present time. In October 1867, he married Missouri A. by whom he has five children - Martha, Alice, Anne, Maggie, and James A. Mr. Rickey is a gentleman of a pleasant, agreeable disposition, courteous and hospitable, a member of the M. E. Church. Is the owner of 104 acres of land in a good state of cultivation. He is well worthy the estimation in which he is held by the surrounding community. He is also a liberal contributor to all enterprises which are of interest to the county and tend to elevate humanity.

WILLIAM SCHWEIGHART, blacksmith, Ash Ridge, was born in July, 1861 , in Franklin Township, Brown County, Ohio. His parents are Christian and Eva S. Schweighart of this county. He remained on his father's farm till he was perhaps seventeen years old, when he began to learn the profession in which he is now engaged. He was employed by William Johnson, of Russellville, with whom he remained about three months, he then was employed by Lewis Klump, near Ripley, with whom he remained somewhat over two years. In the autumn of 1881, he bought the business stand at present occupied by him located at Carlisle Village. He does horseshoeing and general blacksmithing. He is an excellent workman and does his work with neatness and dispatch. We can recommend him to the public as one who is master of his profession and worthy the patronage of* the community surrounding him. He is energetic, persevering and industrious - qualities which will ensure him success. In his dealings with his fellowmen he is strictly honest, and always meets his obligations ; he is also a liberal contributor to all enterprises which prove of interest to the county and the elevation of humanity. He stands high in the estimation of the community in which he resides.

JACOB SEGONDOLLAR, farmer, P. 0. Winchester. Henry J. and Elizabeth Segondollar, parents of our subject, emigrated from Bavaria, Germany, to America in 1841, and by way of New York, came to Pennsylvania, where they remained two years. They then came to Brown County, Ohio, and located near Arnheim, in Franklin Township, where they remained perhaps two years ; from thence they moved to the northeastern portion of this township and settled on the farm at present occupied by M. Rysinger, where they remained until their decease, he having died in September, 1862, and she in March, 1863. They were the parents of three children, two of whom are still living - Jacob and Michael S., now residing in Kansas. Jacob Segondollar, our subject, was born in October, 1830, in Bavaria, Germany ; when eleven years old, he, with his parents, emigrated to America. On March 25, 1855, he married Elizabeth Fiscus, by whom he had five children, four of whom are_still living - Henry C., Theodore, George W. and Sherman. In the spring of 1855, Mr. Segondollar moved to the farm on which he at present is located in the northeastern portion of Jackson Township. In October, 1862, he enlisted in the Seventh Ohio Cavalry and participated in several hotly-contested battles. He has thus enrolled his name with thousands of others who so bravely volunteered to defend the old flag of the Union, when about to be trampled under the iron heel of a most formidable enemy. He received an honorable discharge in July, 1865. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Is the owner of 102J acres of land.

ANTHONY SHAW, Jr., farmer, P. 0. Ash Ridge, was born July 9, 1808. When two years old, his parents emigrated to Ohio ; he was reared on a farm and received but a limited education. In October, 1832, he married Temperance A. Mofford, by whom he had nine children, six of whom are still living- - Francis A., Sarah A., Nancy J., Mary, Rebecca and William T. Mr. Shaw has served as Trustee of Jackson Township. He believes in supporting all enterprises which would prove beneficial to the county and the elevation of humanity. He is the owner of 100 acres of land located in the northwestern portion of Jackson Township. For the genealogy of his family, see history of Jackson Township.

ANDREW J. SHAW, farmer, P. 0. South Fincastle, was born December 9, 1816, in what is now known as Jackson Township, Brown County; he was reared on a farm and received a rudimentary education in a district school. In November, 1839, he married Jane Brady, daughter of Thomas and Ann Brady (deceased). To them have been born five children, four of whom are still living - Thomas W., William A., McCord and George F. The parents of our subject were Anthony and Sarah Shaw, of whom we have made mention in this work. In 1859, Mr. Shaw with his family moved to the northern portion of Jackson Township where he still resides. He is of an unassuming and retiring nature, courteous and obliging, and a good conversationalist. He is recognized as one of the leading agriculturists of this township ; is a liberal contributor to all enterprises having for their effect the rise and progress of the county, or the elevation of humanity. Is the owner of 150 acres of land in a good state of cultivation.

JAMES D. SHORT, farmer, P. 0. Winchester. Nathaniel Short, father of our subject, was born in Hampshire County, Va.; he married Sarah Wallace, by whom he had five children, three of whom are still living - John W.. Emily and James D. About the year 1832, they settled near Winchester, Adams Co., Ohio, where they re- mained until their decease. James D. Short, subject of this sketch was born October 21, 1838, in Adams County, reared on a farm and received but an ordinary English education. In December, 1865, he married Elizabeth Botleman, daughter of Christian and Dorcas Botleman ; to them were born two children - Harry F. and Minnie M. She died in December, 1869 ; he was again married in August, 1872, this time to Sarah Shinn, born March 2, 1848, daughter of Francis Shinn, of Adams County. This union has been blessed with five children, of whom four are still living - Bertie C., Nora E.,Lule E. and Joseph E. In August, 1862, Mr. Short enlisted in the Ninetyfirst Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was attached to the Army of West Virginia. He participated in the battles Cloyd Mountain, New River Bridge, Stevenson's Depot, Cedar Creek, Fisher's Hill and Winchester; in the latter battle, he received a wound in the right foot, which compelled him to remain in Hadington Hospital, Philadelphia, for perhaps three months. In June, 1865, he received an honorable discharge. In March, 1866, he moved to the northeastern portion of Jackson Township, Brown County, where he still resides. He is of a retiring and unassuming nature, believes in supporting enterprises which prove of interest to the county. Is the owner of eightyfour acres of land.

JACOB TROUTWEIN, farmer, P. 0. Ash Ridge, was born in January, 1802, in Wurtemberg, G-ermany. His parents were Mathias and Annie M. Troutwein ; his mother died when he was but three years old. In 1805, his father emigrated to America and settled in Pennsylvania. Our subject was reared on a farm and received but a limited education. In June, 1823, he was united in marriage to Judith Sheak, born November 12, 1808, daughter of Jacob and Magdalena Sheak. This union has been blessed with eleven children, of whom seven are still living, viz.: Catherine,

David, Jacob F., Amelia, Louisa, Rebecca and Sarah. In March, 1852, he emigrated te Ohio and settled in the northern portion of what is now known as Jackson Township, Brown County, where he still resides. Mr. Troutwein has always been industrious, persevering and energetic, qualities which secured him success. He is the owner of 177 acres of land in a good state of cultivation. The Troutweins, as a family, are noted for s)briety, honesty, and industrious habits, and believe in supporting all enterprises which would prove beneficial to the county or the elevation of humanity.

HUSTON BARE, farmer, P. 0. Sardinia, a native of Franklin Township, was bom April 14, 1814. His father, William Bare, was a son of William and Margaret Bare, who emigrated from Ireland in 1783, and settled in Mason County, Ky., where they both ended their lives. His grandparents, on his mother's side, Robert and Jane Ewing, also natives of the Emerald Isle, came across the waters in the same boat with William Bare and family, and subsequently settled in Franklin Township, where they were among the first settlers. Mrs. Bare, nee Miss Esther Ewing, was born in Ireland, and came to this country with her parents. In 1808, William Bare, the father of our subject, came and located in Franklin .'Township. He died in Montgomery, Mo., in 1848. Mrs. B. departed this life in 1822. Huston, the third son of the family, was reared to manhood on a farm. In 1840, he moved to Sardinia, and was a partner with Moses B. Riggs in merchandising till 1850, when he removed to his present farm. He is the oldest and most successful merchant of Sardinia. April 30, 1835, he was married to Miss Jane McKinney, who died December 2, 1862. Mr. Bare celebrated his second marriage, August 27, 1863, with Miss Elizabeth J. Feike, a daughter of Francis and Nancy M. Feike. Mrs. Bare was born in this county, October 23, 1836. Five children were the fruits of this union, of these two are living, viz.: Orlan E., born July 10, 1864, and Francis A., born July 11, 1867. Effie M.,

Baptist Church and Mrs. B. of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically, Mr. Bare is a Republican. In 1841, he was elected Justice of the Peace, and served twenty-seven years consecutively. He was Trustee of Washington Township six years and Treasurer ten years. Jn 1864, he was chosen a candidate for County Commissioner and was elected by a handsome majority - receiving a popular vote from the opposite party. When fourteen years of age, he started out to fight the battles of life. He first began by working by the month, going from good to better salary till he made a small compentency, which he judiciously applied, and, combined with unceasing industry and rigid economy, he has accumulated large and valuable property, owning at the present time 600 acres of land. For the last thirty-two years, he has dealt extensively in cattle and Poland-China hogs, and has been eminently successful in its pursuits

DR. ISAAC M. BECK, Sardinia, a practicing physician of the village of Sardinia, is a native of Clermont County, Ohio, where he was born March 29, 1807. His parents were Samuel and Hannah (Morris) Beck, the latter a sister of the late United States Senator, Thomas Morris, of Ohio. Both of the parents of our subject were natives of Western Pennsylvania, of what is known as the Redstone country. Jeremiah Beck, grandfather of the Doctor, came from England in 1788 and settled in the Redstone countrv, and removed from there to the State of Kentucky. On his mother's side, the Doctor is of Welsh extraction. Both parents were early settlers in Clermont County. Our subject received his schooling in the rude log schoolhouses known to the youth of that period. Until he had reached his seventeenth year, he had been occupied in tilling the soil, having lived near the village of Bethel ; at this age he went to Georgetown and entered the printing office of the Benefactor , then published and edited by the late Gen. Thomas L. Hamer. Here he remained only six months ; the trade he had commenced being distasteful tp his mother, he gave it up, and when eighteen years old he commenced the study of medicine, reading at home. A year later, he entered the office of Dr. William B. Chipley, of Bethel, with whom he furthered his studies, and was licensed to practice medicine by the Medical Society at Hillsboro, of that Congressional District, in May, 1828. He then located as a practitioner at Sinking Spring, Highland County, but remained a few months only. From this point he went to Russellville, in this county, and remained six months, and in July, 1829, he located at Sardinia, or rather where the village was afterward built, and with an absence of only about five years has since been a resident of the town, and engaged in the active practice of his profession. In November, 1833, he was united in marriage with Cassandra, daughter of David Graham, a pioneer of that locality. To the Doctor and wife have been born the following named children - Hannah J., Letitia J., Cephas L., Emily I. (died young), Hermas U., Berthena C., Emily I. and Ann M., four of whom are still living. In politics, the Doctor has been somewhat changeable. His first vote was cast for Gen. Andrew Jackson; he was then, using his own expression, a red-hot Democrat. In 1838 and 1839, he voted the Whig ticket, and in 1840 he was one of the 909 who voted with the Liberty party. He belonged to the Free-Soil party, and in 1856 became a Republican, and with that party he has ever since been identified, and worked in almost every campaign since for its cause. In 1830, he became a strong temperance man, and on the first of August, in that year, delivered a lecture on that subject, in a Methodist Episcopal Church, in Highland County, and in August, 1880, just fifty years from that day, he repeated the same lecture and to some of the same audience. He was the first lay lecturer on temperance in Southwestern Ohio, if not in the State at large. His earliest sentiments were anti-slavery, and in 1835 he became an Abolitionist and was identified with the movement in Brown County. He has been a successful practitioner but not a good collector. He is a man ot marked intelligence and is scholarly. In his religious views, he is of the Campbellite faith, but is not identified With any church, as there is none convenient. He is affable and courteous and a highly esteemed and respected citizen.

THOMAS CURREY, farmer, P. O. Sardinia, was born on his father's farm on the line of Brown and Adam Counties, about ten miles from Aberdeen, October 28,

1808 ; he is a son of Thomas Currey, who was horn near Redstone, Penn. He was a son of Thomas Currey, who emigrated from England prior to the American Revolution and settled in Pennsylvania. He participated in the achievements for our National Independence under Gen. George Washington. Mr. Currey's mother, Polly David, was a daughter of Zebediah and Jane David, the former a native of Wales, and the latter of Loudon, Eng. Her father came to America previous to 1776, and served from beginning to end in the war of the Revolution. Mrs. David, his wife, came to the United States about the same time. They were married and removed to Washington, Ky., at a very early day. Mrs. David taught the first school in Washington. Mr. Currey, the aged subject of this sketch, is the second son and third child of a family of nine children, of whom three sons are living. He was reared to manhood on a farm and received such an education as the pioneer schools afforded ; the houses were log structures of the rudest sort and furnished with slab-seats, greased paper window lights, and heated with a huge fire-place. At the age of twenty years he learned the trade of bricklaying in Maysville, Ky. He made the first brick in Aberdeen and built the first house of that material. He followed his early chosen trade for fifty years, and is doubtless the oldest bricklayer in Brown County. In 1856, he located on the farm of his present residence. Since 1868, he has followed the pursuits of farming. His marriage occurred April 7, 1830, with Miss Elizabeth Goldsborough, a daughter of Benson and Elizabeth Goldsborough. Mrs. Currey was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, September 13, 1808. Of five children by this union, four are living - Benson G., Thomas J., Newton W. and Low E. B. America J. is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Currey have been identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church sixty and fifty years respectively. Mr. Currey and his aged lady have borne the toils and hardships of over threescore and ten years, and have led successful and useful lives. The vast changes of Brown County in the last half-century are still distinct in their memories. They are much-esteemed pioneers in the community and well merit the good estimation of the people.