Washington Township (part 16 of 16)

JAMES H. DUNN, farmer, P. 0. Brownstown. The largest landholder and one of the wealthiest men of Brown County is Mr. James H. Dunn. He was born near Youngstown, Ohio, February 2, 1808. His grandfather on his mother's side, Robert Hamilton, came from Ireland in 1776, enlisted in the Revolutionary war and served till its close. He died in 1837, aged eighty years. Clarkson and Elizabeth Dunn, the parents of our subject were natives of Maryland. Mr. Dunn was a soldier in the war of 1812, and in 1816, with his wife and three children descended the Ohio River in a flat-boat and landed at Ripley. He removed to the old county seat on Straight Creek, and in 1817 located near Georgetown, and two years later near Sardinia. He was for many years Trustee of the township, and was a prominent man. He died in September, 1852, and six years later Mrs. D. departed this life. James is the eldest son and child of a family of six children. He was reared a farmer boy, and for an education had access to the schools of the district, which were held in rude log cabins. When twenty years old he learned saddletree-making, which he followed winters for two years. In 1830, he bought a farm of 100 acres and afterward sold it. In 1838, he purchased 670 acres of Survey No. 3,519 from Gen. Thomas L. Hamer. The following year he made a trip to Marion County, Ind., for the purpose of purchasing land, but returned and located on his land. For nine years previous to this, he was engaged in the cabinet business with Robert Hamilton. Since that time Mr. Dunn has followed farming and stock-raising, and dealing with success almost unparalleled by any other person in Brown County. In 1880, he owned 2,700 acres of land, and at the present time he owns but 2,422 acres, having divided among his children. In 1862, he was the third largest tax-payer in Brown County. He is financially one of the most reliable solid citizens of Brown County. He is one of the heaviest stockholders in the First National Bank of Georgetown and is one of its chosen Directors. His political affiliations are with the Democratic party. His marriage occurred September 28, 1830, with Elizabeth, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Day. Mrs. Dunn was born in Clermont County May 1, 1812. Eleven children were born to this union - Ira B.; Abigail, wife of Louis Bingham ; Julia A., wife of Marion Tracy ; Elizabeth, wife of Martin Courts ;

ROBERT DUNN, farmer, P. 0. Brownstown, son of Clarkson Elizabeth Dunn, was born in Washington Township, December 29, 1815. When twenty years of age, he learned cabinet-making trade, which he followed for seven years. He then engaged in farming, which comprises his present avocation, residing a part of the time in Franklin Township. In 1874, he located on his present farm. He was married, November 11, 1844, to Miss Elmina Shaw, a native of Brown County, born June, 1824, and a daughter of Sylvester aod Elizabeth Shaw. Ten children were the fruits of this union - Dennis C., born September 11. 1842; Isadora, born September 20, 1844, wife of Thomas Bare ; Emma, born December 31, 1846, wife of John Tracy ; Laura, born October 20, 1848, wife ol" Robert Moore; Elizabeth (deceased), born September 9, 1851, wife of Noah Ellis ; Eulaha, born August 20, 1854, wife of J. R. Wardlow; Susan A., born June 2, 1860, wife of P. W. Wardlow ; Thurman E., born February 7, 1857 ; Robert

L. , born October 30, 1863, and Wilber F., born May 14, 1866. Mrs. Dunn departed this life June 14, 1877 ; and March 21, 1880, he married Frances A. Shaw, a daughter of Anthony and Temperance Shaw. Mrs. Dunn was born February 27, 1834. She is a member of the Christian Church. Mr. Dunn is connected with the Grange. He was Justice of the Peace two terms. He owns a farm of 187 acres of land ; is engaged in agriculture.

NATHAN S. DUNN, P. O. Sardinia, proprietor of Cincinnati and Eastern Hotel, Sardinia, was born in Washington, May 29, 1844. His father, Henry Dunn, was a native of Franklin, and his mother Lydia Purdum, of Washington. Henry Dunn's parents, Henry and Nancy Dunn, were natives of the" Old Dominion," and emigrated to Brown County among the early pioneers, and settled in Franklin. In 1836, they moved to Illinois, and the following year returned to this county. Mr. Dunn died in May, 1865, and Mrs. Dunn in 1859. Henry Dunn, Jr., was reared to manhood in Brown County. He filled the office of Trustee of Washington Township for six years, and was a stanch Republican. His death occurred October 6, 1867, his wife having preceeded him in October, 1857. Mr. Dunn was an earnest and active member of the

M. E. Church, and was prominently identified with it and its missions till his death. He assisted in organizing the church of his neighborhood, and aided liberally in its erection. He was the father of four sons and two daughters, of whom our subject is the eldest. He was reared on a farm. When only eighteen - August 12, 1862 - -he enlisted as a member of Company E, Fiftieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served in the Western Department, and fought at Perryville, and other engagements, and May 29, 1864, he joined Sherman, on his Atlanta campaign, and participated in all the chief engagements, including the siege of Atlanta, where he was disabled by havs ing his foot partially amputated by a cannon ball He was confined in a hospital till March 17, 1865, when discharged. He served as Corporal till August 3, 1864, when he was appointed Sergeant, and acted in that capacity till discharged from the service. After his discharge, he engaged as clerk for McIntyre & Dunn, with whom he remained till 1867, when he was married, and took charge of the Marshall House, which he has since run with success, providing first-class accommodations to the traveling public. November 14, 1867, he was married to Miss Rebecca J. Marshall, daughter of William and Rebecca Marshall, and a sister of Maj. L. G. Marshall, formerly of Georgetown. Mrs. Dunn was born near Georgetown July 18, 1837. Mr. and Mrs. Dunn are members of the M. E. Church, and highly respected and esteemed in Sardinia,

JAMES B. DUNN, farmer, P. O. Brownstown, was born in Washington Township, February 12, 1851. He is a son of Joseph C, and Tamar Dunn. His lather was born April 4, 1819, and his mother July 13, 1822. They were married July 9, 1840. Mr. Dunn died in November, 1872, and his wife in January, 1867. Our subject is the second son and fifth child of a family of ten children. He was married August 28, 1872, to Susie V. Straight, by whom he has had three children - Marion A., born November 14, 1873, and Sarah L., born June 20, 1876; Emma N. born January 10, 1879, and died January 31, 1882. Mr. Dunn and lady are connected with the M. E. Church.

and Christian Union Church. He is associated with the Grange, and is a Republican. He owns a farm of seventy-five acres, and pursues the avocation of farming.

JAMES DRUHOT, farmer, P. 0. Sardinia, was born in Northern France, February 4, 1823. When seventeen years old, his parents, Frederick and Susan (Rosellot) Druhot, emigrated to America, and located in this township, where they both died ; the former, April 27, 1841, and the latter May, 1870. Our subject is the eldest of four children. He was reared to maturity on the farm September 5, 1852, he was married to Margaret Beweler,a* daughter of John and Elizabeth Beweler. Mrs. Druhot was born in France, March 24, 1834. The parents came across the waters about 1845. Seven children were added to this union ; of these, six are living - Julia M., Julius F., Emily L., Ellis J., Louis P. and Margaret A. Louisa E. is deceased. Mr. Druhot owns a farm of 227 acres, with good improvements, and under a. high state of cultivation. He ranks as one of the first-class farmers of Washington Township.

JAMES R. ERVIN, of the firm of Ervin & Kennedy, manufacturers of lumber, Sardinia, was born near Hillsboro, Ohio, April 25, 1843. His parents were Francis B. and Mary (Houp) Ervin. James was reared to manhood on a farm, and was educated m the common schools. He farmed up to 18H8, when he formed a partnership with Stephen Hickel, of Hillsboro, and engaged in the saw-mill business. He remained a partner with Hickel nine years, running as high as three mills at a time. In 1877, he came to Sardinia, and the following year formed partnership with Mr. Kennedy. He married, May 20, 1873, to Margaret M. Wright, a native of Brown County, and a daughter of Seth and Sarah Ervin. She was born November, 1844. They have one son - Frank C.. born March 8, 1874. Mr. Ervin and wife are associated with'the M. E. Church. In politics, he is a Democrat. In 1881, he was elected a member of the Board of Township Trustees, and re-elected in 1882. He owns a one-half interest in a farm of 147 acres, located in Washington and Eagle Townships.

HENRY HAYS, farmer, P. 0. Sardinia, a native of Franklin Township, was born March 6, 1817. His parents, Benjamin and Sarah Hays, were natives of old Virginia. The former was born May 5, 1777, and the latter October 2, 1782. They were married in Virginia, and came to Brown County in 1811, and located in Franklin Township, where he was among the earliest pioneers. Mr. Hays died on the farm of his early settlement, January 8, 1868, and Mrs. Hays, September 28, 1860. Of their eleven children, seven are living. Our subject was reared to manhood on a farm. He married his first wife, Miss Martha Hannahs, who died April 23, 1844, and the 31st of July following, he married Mary A. Purdum, who bore him nine children, of whom seven are living, viz.: Low M., Areton W., Joseph P., William F., James F.,

Charlie G. and Clara M. Mr. Hays and wife are associated with the M. E. Church. In politics, he is a Republican. He owns a farm of 118 acres, and is engaged in farming and rearing stock.

NOAH HITE (deceased). One of the honored pioneers of Washington Township was the person whose name heads this sketch. He was born in Rockbridge County, Va., May 4, 1811. His father, Joseph Hite, was a native of Pennsylvania, and died in Washington, D. C., on his return from service in the war of 1812. His mother, Magdalene Rosenberger, was also a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. Hite, our subject, Spent his early life in his native place, and in 1836 came to Brown County and located on the farm where he died. He was married, April 8, 1833, to Miss Elizabeth Boice, a daughter of George and Eleanor Boice. Mrs. Hite, a native of Delaware, was born April 7, 1816. Twelve children were the fruits of this union; of these nine are living, viz.: William H., John L., Cassius C., Mary J., Ada E., Minerva E., Lewis K., Ida A. and Samuel B. Mr. Hite located on the homestead in 1836, and occupied it till January 10, 1882, when he died. Mr. Hite was a man of some prominence in his township. He served his township as Trustee for eight years, and filled other offices of minor importance. He was a man of public and privale enterprise, and took an active part in every benevolent and benefiting enterprise of his community. He aided largely in constructing railroads and plank-roads, and other public improvement of his county and township. As a worthy, representative citizen of his township, we present j a portrait of Mr. Hite on another page of this volume.

CASSIUS C. HITE, farmer, P. 0. Sardinia. An enterprising young man of Washington Township is a soa of Noah and Elizabeth Hite. He was born in Washington June 18, 1844. He was reared on a farm, and educated in the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio. In 1872, he engaged in teaching, and has followed it efficiently ever since. September 17, 1874, he was married to Miss Ida, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Flaugher. She bore him two children - Lizzie Florence, born August 18, 1875, and Edgar E., born October 19, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Hite are associated as members of the M. E. Church. Mr. Hite is connected with the I. 0. 0. F. society, and in politics is a Republican. He served as Township Treasurer two years, and in April, 1882, was elected a member of the Board of Trustees. He owns a farm of eighty-three acres with good improvements.

HUGH W. KENNEDY, farmer, P. 0. Sardinia, a representative citizen of j Washington, was born iu Rockbridge County, Va., November 15,1811. His parents, James and Margaret (Wardlow) Kennedy, came from Virginia to Brown County iri 1827, and settled near Sardinia, where Mr. Kennedy died June 14, 1851, aged seventy-five years. Mrs. Kennedy died September 22, 1849. Mr. Kennedy, our subject, was reared to manhood on a farm, and was educated in the common schools.

He followed the occupation, to which he was bought up to till 1862, when he engaged in the mercantile trade, to which he devoted his attention four years. In 1876, he resumed merchandising, and has since been interested in its pursuits. November 8, 1830, he married Miss Minerva E. Logan, a native of Nicholas County, Ky., where she was born September 6, 1813. Of their six children, five are living - William H., born December 16, 1831 ; Margaret J., born September 15, 1833, wife, of Isaac Mahon ; James L., born September 14, 1835 ; 'Paulina A., born January 26, 1838, | wife of J. K. Richards ; Addison A., born July 10, 1840 ; and Lucy A., born July 10, 1840, and died Nevember 9, 1862. Mrs. Kennedy died July 14, 1848 ; and Juty \ 17, 1849, he was again married, to Caroline L. Cutler, who was born in Ripley, this j county. Two children were given to this union - George A., born June 9, 1851, and Thomas, born April 8, 1855. Mr. Kennedy and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. Politically, he as a stanch Republican. He served his township in the capacity of Treasurer six years. He is a citizen of much enterprise, and has displayed a prominent interest in all public improvements. He aided liberally in securing the I Cincinnati & Eastern Railway, -and was Director of Columbus & Maysvil'e R. R.

fantry. He served one year in the Army of the Mississippi, and fought at New Madrid, Island No. 10, Fort Pillow and advance on Corinth. He re-enlisted August 5,

1863, as a member of Company C, Second Ohio Heavy Artillery. He was appointed and served as Corporal, Duty Sergeant, Commissary Sergeant, Quartermaster j

Sergeant, Lieutenant and Acting Adjutant. He participated in the following engagements: Sweet Water, Loudon, Athens, Strawberry Plains, Knoxville and Clinch Mount- j of the United States, but he declined it. In 1866, he engaged in general merchandis ing in Sardinia and followed it successfully till March, 1877. He then took charge of f the Woodward House, and ran it till December, 1881, when he removed to Washington Court House, and opened the Gardner Hotel, of which he is still proprietor. December 6, 1866, he was married to Miss Anna Hamilton, daughter of Norville and Nancy Hamilton. Mrs. Kennedy was born in Adams County,

April 20, 1845. Two children were added to this union - Ira A. and Guy H. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy associate with the Presbyterian Church. Politically, he is a Republican. He is identified with the I. O. O. F. and G. A. R.

GEORGE A. KENNEDY, lumber dealer, Sardinia, manufacturer and dealer in lumber, is a son of Hugh W. and Caroline Kennedy. He was born June 9, 1851. He was reared and brought up on a farm. When eighteen years old, he engaged as clerk for his brother, A. A. Kennedy, then a merchant in Sardinia. He clerked in his store three years ; then removed to Augusta, Ky., where he was in mercantile business till 1874, when he returned to Sardinia and engaged in the hardware and furniture trade till 1876, since which time he has been in the lumber trade. He was married, in November, 1875, to Miss Anna M anker, daughter of WW. Manker, of Adams County. Mrs. Kennedy was born in Brown County, June 9, 1853. They have two children - Edith Estella, born February 3, 1879, and an infant son, born May 11, 1882. Mr. Kennedy has been successful in his lumber pursuits. He owns a farm of 148 acre^ of land in Washington Township, besides fiftyseven acres in Jefferson Township and seventy-five acres of timbered land. He owns a one-half interest in a saw mill, besides town property. ' He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics, he is a Republican, and ranks as one of the active young business men of Sardinia.

P. R. KINCAID, farmer, stock raiser and dealer, P. 0. Sardinia, was born hear the village of his residence, on the old Kincaid homestead, December 16, 1823. His father, Matthew Kincaid, was born in Pennsylvania July 16, 1793, and was a son of Samuel Kincaid, who removed with his family to Adani3 County, Ohio, in 1797. He was killed by the Indians at Fort Meigs, May 5, 1813. Mr. Kincaid, the father of our subject, was reared and brought up on a farm. He served in the war of 1812, as Sergeant, and, in 1817, came to Brown County, and located near Sardinia, where he purchased fifty acres. He was a tanner by trade, and erected a tanning establishment, which he operated for about twenty years, then retired to farming, which he pursued till his death, January 9, 1871. Mrs. Kincaid departed this life in August, 1838. Mr. Kincaid, the subject of this sketch, is the third son and fourth child of a family of eight children, of whom three survive. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and received his training in the common schools of the times. In 1853, he engaged in butchering, which he followed successfully up to 1880. November 28, 1878, he removed to Sardinia, and, for the last two years, has dealt in livestock. He was married, August 9, 1847, to Miss Ruhamah Dunn, a native of Washington Township, where she was born December 27, 1824. Four sons and four daughters were the fruits of this union - Didama I., wife of A. W. Dunn ; Thirza A., wife of Robert Marshall, of New Richmond, Ohio ; George L. ; Angeline ; William I. ; Elmer M. and Emmett, twins, and Janette. Mrs. Kincaid is a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, and the children of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Kincaid is identified with the Masonic fraternity of Buford. Politically, he is a Republican. He has served his township in various official capacities with the utmost fidelity and ability. In 1874, he was chosen to the office of Justice of the Peace, and has since served his constituents in that capacity. He filled the office of Towaship Assessor for sixteen consecutive years, and as Land Assessor in 1880. He was also a member of the Board of Trustees two terms. He owns a farm of sixty acres in Washington Township, and the Methodist parsonage in Sardinia, as his residence. Mr. Kincaid is an honest, upright citizen, and a man of worthy enterprise.

GEORGE KRESS, farmer, P. 0. Sardinia, was born in Franklin Township December 15, 1840. He is a son of John A. and Catherine L. (Boners) Kress. The former came to America in 1825, and located in Franklin Township, this county. His mother and her husband, Peter Sneder, emigrated about the sime time and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, where her husband died, and the following year she came to Franklin Township. In 1843, Mr. Kress removed to Hillsboro and lived six years, then returned to Washington Township, where he died August 1, 1846. George Kress, our subject, was reared to his majority on a farm. September 2, 1861, he rallied to his country's call by enlisting in Company B, Thirty-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served in the West Virginia Army and was in the battles of Chapmanville, Princetown, Fayetteville, thence down to Charlestown. He veteranized at Charlestown, and fought at Cloyd Mountain, Lynchburg, Berryville, Winchester, Fisher Hill, Cedar Creek, and Beverly, where he, with 300 other soldiers, was captured and confined in the celebrated Libby Prison for forty days and was paroled. He joined the Thirty-sixth Regiment which was consolidated with the Thirty-fourth, March 1, 1865 ; he was appointed First Lieutenant and served in that office till August 25 following, when he received his honorable discharge. He then returned home and has since followed farming. He was married, October 4, 1869, to Miss Minerva E. Hite, daughter of Noah and Elizabeth Hite. Mrs. Kress was born in Washington Township December 7, 1847. They have five children, viz., Ida I., Ettie L., George A., Myrtie B. and an infant son. Mr. and Mrs. Kress associate with the M. E. Church. He is connected with the Masonic order. Politically, he is Republican. He served as Trustee of his township three years and Assessor one year. His farm contains sixty acres and is well improved.

J. B. McCLAIN, M. D., Sardinia, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, July 4,. 1836. His parents, Wesley and Mary (Blackman) McClain, were born near Egg Harbor, New Jersey. Mr. McClain was the fourth son and child of a family of six children, all of whom lived to the age of seventy years. Dr. McClain is the eldest son of his father's family. When eighteen years old, he engaged in teaching which he followed for seven years. In 1848, he commenced reading medicine with Dr. John H. Moore, of Clermont County. He read three years, aud attended the Starling Medical College of Columbus. He was engaged in merchandising in Point Isabel, Clermont County, from 1854 to 1861, when he began the practice of his profession in Laura, Miami County.. In 1866, he came to Sardinia, where he has since pursued his chosen avocation. October 29, 1850, he married Emma Higby, a native of Cincinnati, and a daughter ol John Higby, of Clermont County, She was born November 11, 1832, and died March 10, 1861, leaving three children - Laura G., wife of Isaac Weston ; Mary L. and Charles M. Dr. McClain was again married, October 7, 1861, to Melissa D. Ford, a daughter of Thomas M. and Elizabeth (Day) Ford, born in Clermont County March 24, 1846. They havehad two children - Wesley S. and Jessie B. Dr. McClain has always taken an active part in political affairs, and has figured rather conspicuously in local politics. His affiliations are with the Democratic party, and with them he has performed an important part.

JOSIAH MOORE (deceased), the son of John and Frances (Graham) Moore, an account of whom appears in the township history proper, was born in what is now Brown County (then Adams), Ohio, August 6, 1807. He was reared on his father's farm, and received a liberal education under the instruction of his father, who was a scholar and teacher. On the 28th of December, 1828, he was united in marriage with Patsy Gilliland, of the pioneer family of that name, settling in what is now Brown County. To this union was born one son - C. B. Moore - now a resident of Hillsboro, Ohio. Mrs. Moore died October 9, 1831, and on the 12th of the following March Mr. Moore was married to Phoebe Rondabush, a member of the Rondabush family, of Clermont County. There were born to the second marriage seven children, two of whom died in infancy. The eldest, Theresa A., married J. R. Cluxton, and they now reside in Hillsboro, Ohio. The second daughter married G. W. Henderson, of Warren County, this State; and the next daughter ma<ried G. G. Crane, a farmer of Clermont County, Ohio, where the couple now reside. The youngest daughter, Mary G., is unmarried, and resides with her sister, Mrs. Dr. Henderson. The only son, Oren B., is a resident of Sardinia, this county. Our subject died August 3, 1850, in the forty-third year of his age. He was a man of good education and much intelligence ; had a pleasing address, and possessed splendid social qualities. He was an active worker in the Presbyterian Church at Sardinia, of which he was a worthy member and a liberal supporter. In politics, Mr. Moore was a Free-Soiler, and afterward a strong and prominent Abolitionist, aud in 1843 was chosen by the Free-Soil party of Brown County as their candidate for Representative, but, the party being in the minority, he was defeated. He was an advocate of temperance, and in the laying-out of Sardinia, which village he, in connection with William Lilly, was the original proprietor of, it was generally understood that it was to be a temperance town. He became an active and enterprising business man of the village, and his death was deplored bj the community. Mrs. Moore, his wife, died in 1874, aged sixty-three years. Oren B. Moore, son of our subject, and the only representative of the Moore family in Brown County, was born in this county in the year 1845. He received his education in the common schools of his native village (Sardinia). In 1870, he married Miss Lizzie J. Campbell, of Sardinia, and to them have been born three children. Mr. Moore has inherited many of the good qualities of his father and grandfather. He displays much of the spirit of enterprise possessed by his father, and has made a number of improvements that are a credit to the village. Until his marriage, Mr. Moore was engaged in farming, since which period he has been speculating in stock and tobacco. In 1879, in connection with W. G. Campbell, his brother in-law, he embarked in the hardware business at Sardinia, and continues in that employment. Since 1880, he has been dealing quite largely in the leaf tobacco trade.

ELLIS PENCE, merchant, Sardinia. Ellis Pence, the leading merchant of Sardinia, was born near Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio, September 25, 1851. His father, George Pence, was born in Highland County February 28, 1816, and was a son of Henry and Catharine Pence, who were natives of Pennsylvania and early pioneers of Highland County, where the former died at a very advanced age. His mother, Catharine Wilkin, was born July 15, 1819. Her parents, Philip and Polly Wilkin, were born in Pennsylvania, and removed to Highland County, Ohio, prior to the late war with Great Britain. Mr. Wilkin was a soldier in that war, as also was Mr. Pence. He died, and Mrs. Wilkin still occupies the old homestead, near Hillsboro. Mr. Pence, the subject of this sketch, is the third son of a family of eight children, four of whom are living. He was reared to manhood on his father's farm, and acquired his education in the Hillsboro High Schools and in Tiffin College, of Tiffin, Ohio. In June, 1873, he retired from college, and engaged in the profession of teaching, which he followed successfully for seven years - from 1870 to 1877. He also taught vocal music for the same length of time in connection with his other business. In August, 1878, he removed to Sardinia, and formed partnership with J. 0. West, with the style of the firm as West & Pence, and embarked in the mercantile business. They did business together till January 26, 1881, when the firm dissolved, and Mr. Pence resumed merchandising alone, which he has pursued with fine success. He carries a fine stock of general merchandise to the amount of about $5,000, and does an annual trade of $10,000. Mr. Pence celebrated his marriage November 17, 1876, with Miss Margaret L. Langley, a native of Highland County, where she was born March 17, 1854. She is a daughter of La Fayette and Susan E. Langley. The former was born in Pennsylvania June 4, 1825, and the latter in Kentucky February 18, 1832. They were married in Highland County November 7, 1850. Three children were the fruits of this union - John T. (born March 16, 1852), Margaret L. (now Mrs. Pence) and Isaac N. (born January 25, 1858). Mr. Pence and his lady are members of the Reformed Church, but in Sardinia they associate with the M. E. Church. Mr. Pence is a gentleman of high moral character, sterling integrity and upright business principles, and he and his estimable wife have won many friends in Sardinia.

WILLIAM B. PETTIJOHN (deceased). The subject of this memoir was born in Brown County in 1807, and was a son of James and Elizabeth (Johnson) Pettijohn, who were natives of the Old Dominion and emigrated to Brown County among the early settlers. William B. Pettijohn was a private in the war of 1812, and died June 27, 1859 ; Mrs. Pettijohn died in April, 1868. Granville O., next to the youngest child of William B. Pettijohn, was born April 24, 1841. There were seven in the family, of whom five are living, viz., Johnson ; Sarah M., wife of Rev. G. S. McLaugb lin ; Norman ; Granville O., and Frances P., wife of J. L. Kennedy. Granville was reared on a farm. August 24, 1862, he enlisted in Company E, Fiftieth Regimeut Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He fought in the following battles: Perryville, Kenesaw Mountain, Burnt Hickory and in all the engagements on the famous Atlanta campaign up to Columbia, where he took sick, and, in consequence of which, was discharged July ,

1865. He was married in October, 1873. to Sarah S. MeNeeley, by whom he had four children, viz., Wilber B., Ora M. and Orpheus, and Bessie, deceased. Mr. Pettijohn owns fifty-four acres of the old homestead, and is engaged in farming. He and wife are connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically, he adheres to Republican principles.

SQUIRE PURCELL, farmer, P. 0. Sardinia, is a native of Kentucky. His birth occurred March 22, 1811. He is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Powell) Purcell. His father was a son of Irish parents who emigrated to the United States prior to the Revolutionary war. In 1819, they removed to near Sardinia, where they were among the early pioneers. Mr. Purcell died in 1867, and his wife in 1860. Squire Purcell is the third son and youngest child of a family of eight children. When of age, he engaged in farming, and has followed its pursuits up to the present time. April 21, 1831, he was joined in marriage with Sarah Hamilton, by whom he had three children - Nancy E., wife of William Dunn, and Joshua T., are living. Mrs. Purcell died in 1850, from cholera, and Mr. Purcell was again married, April 16, 1851, to Sarah Kirk, who was born near Baltimore, Md., July 30, 1813. She was a daughter of William and Mary Kirk. Mr. Purcell's eldest son, Robert W., was born August 10, 1832. He removed to Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, where he died in February, 1877. He served for a time in the late war. Joshua T., the second son, was born September 22, 1844. He enlisted in the war at its beginning, and served till its close.

He veteranized, and re-enlisted in Company H, Eleventh Ohio Cavalry. Nancy, the only daughter, was born May 7, 1840. Mr. and Mrs. Purcell are ardent members of .the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is serving as Class-Leader, and been identified with that church for fifty years. He has always displayed a deep interest in the cause of Christianity, and much of the success of the church is due to his earnest and j

SIMON E. PURCELL, farmer, P. O. Sardinia, was born in Washington Township July 29, 1838. He was a son of Alfred and Mary A. Purcell; the former a native of Mason County, Ky., was born December 17, 1808, and the latter a native of j father's family to this county in 1820, and died November 1, 1878. His parents, Thomas and Elizabeth Purcell, removed to Logan County, Ohio, where they died. Simon was reared to maturity on a farm. From his twelfth to his thirty-sixth year, he was afflicted with epilepsy, but securing the right remedy, he has been permanently cured. August 11, 1881, he was married to Mrs. Mary E. Miguery, widow of Charles j former husband - Charles O., born February 25, 1880. In 1868, Mr. Purcell took up | surveying, and has established a large business. In 1879, he was a candidate for |;

Pennsylvania in 1813, and effected a settlement in Penn Township, Highland Co., Ohio. Mr. Purdy was a farmer by occupation, and followed it successfully till he was killed by a runaway team in Mowrystown in May. 1842. Mrs. Purdy died in October 1849. William, our subject, was reared, till of age, on his father's farm. In 1842, he came to Brown County and bought 100 acres of land. He was married, September 1, 1847, to Elizabeth Calvin, daughter of Lewis and Zenia Calvin, born in Washington Township March 28, 1824. They have had seven children - John C., Zenia j

Purdy started in life poor, but through energy and economy, he made for himself good property, now owning 280 acres. He and wife are msinbers of the M. E. Church. In politics, he is Republican.

ELLISON PURDY, farmer, P. 0. Sardinia, was born in Highland County, March 29, 1825. He is the third son and youngest -child of Thomas and Jan ; (Reed) Purdy, who were natives of Pennsylvania. When fourteen years of age, his parents removed near Sardinia and settled on a farm, where he grew to manhood. December 26, 1848, he was married to Margaret J. Purcell, born in Union Township July 10, 1831, and a daughter of Alfred and Mary A. (Ewing) Purcell. They had two children - Arrainda C., born January 18, 1855, and died June 8, 1875. She was the wife of John H. Purdum, by whom she had two children (twins) - Iva A. and Ida C. (deceased), born September 20, 1875. Alfred F., the youngest, was born December 1860, and died February 31, 1881, of neuralgia. Mr. and Mrs. Purdy are members of the Methodist Church. Mr. Purdy served as Trustee of his township two terms. Politically, he is a Republican. He owns a valuable farm of 260 acres-, and is by occupation a farmer and stock-raiser.

SAMUEL J. RICE, retired, P. O. Sardinia, was born in Jackson Township November 13, 1818. He is a son of Capt. John Rice and Jane McNight, the former a native of Philadelphia, Penn., and the latter of Ireland. Capt. Rice was born near the scene of the Declaration of Independence, and on the very day of that memorable event. His father, James Rice and family, came from Ireland prior to the American Revolution. Mrs. Rice, nee McNight, was born in Ireland, and came to America with her parents, when but a child. Capt. Rice had charge of a cavalry company in the war of 1812, and also served in the frontier of Ohio and Indiaua, and participated in the engagement of Tippecanoe. In 1816, he came to this county and settled in Jackson Township, and in 1820 located in Washington Township, where he purchased a farm of 126 acres. He was a man of decided pro-slavery sentiment, and radically adhered to its doctrines and principles. He was prominently identified with the political history of the township and county. He was a man who ever pursued his convictions of right and justice, and was eminently esteemed. His death occurred September, 1843. Mrs. Rice followed him in 1854. Samuel, the subject of this sketch, is the second son of a family of thirteen children. Alfred Rice, the eldest, left home in 1823, and went to St. Joseph, Mo. In 1856, he removed to Kansas, and was one of the framers of the constitution of that State, by the pro-slavery party. He was a Captain in the Confederate army, and subsequently served as Sheriff of Atchison County, Mo., two terms. Nothing of his whereabouts was known till in July, 1864, when our subject accidentally met him at Fort Laramie, Idaho. Our subject was reared to manhood on a farm. July 9, 1861, he enlisted in the Fourth Independent Ohio Cavalry. He served one year and a half in the Fourth, then was transferred to the Seventh Regiment United States Volunteer Cavalry. He trained and drilled Company D, and served as Sergeant, and subsequently recruited a company in Cincinnati, and became its First Lieutenant. He had command of Company E, of the Eleventh Regiment United States Volunteers, at Fort Laramie, till the close of the war, when he was discharged, with his regiment, at Omaha, Neb. He returned home and engaged in constructing pikes, bridges, etc. January 2, 1844, he was married to Miss Serepta Marshall, a daughter of William and Rebecca Marshall. Mrs. Rice was born in Lewis County, Ky., February 14, 1827 They had three children - Rebecca J. (wife of Cornelius Holmes), Sarah E. (wife of H. U. Beck), and Eliza M. (wife of E. H. Ranney. Mr. and Mrs. Rice reared one child - James Q. Marshall. Mrs. Rice is a member of the M. E. Church. Mr. Rice is a Republican, and has been active in local politics.

IRA TRACY, farmer, P. 0. Sardinia, was born in the Empire State October 16, 1806. His parents, Henry and Martha (Martin) Tracy, were New Jersey people, and moved to Clermont County in the fall of 1812. The former died there in May, 1864, and the latter in 1872. Ira is next to the youngest of a family of a dozen children. He remained with his father until after he had attained his majority. In 1843, he bought a farm of 100 acres, which was then all in woods. He erected a cabin, and commenced the work of clearing. He made additions to his farm, till he owns 220 acres well-improved and highly cultivated land. He was married, in 1 827, to Margaret Fer- guson, by whom he had three children, two are living - Francis M.,and Margaret, wife of E. L. Pettijohn; Lemon is deceased. Mrs. Tracy departed this life in January, 1832, and the following September Mr. Tracy joined himself in marriage with Margaret Hannahs, who bore him two children, Eli, and Enoch (deceased). Mrs. Tracy died, and our subject married for his third wife, Martha Thomas, who became the mother of ten children; of them, nine are living. Mr. Tracy has been prominently identified with the Grange since its organization. Politically, he is strictly Democratic. He served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the township for ten years, and is a man of integrity and enterprise.

JOHN WEIGHT, farmer, P. 0. Sardinia, was born in Pleasant Township Nov. 7, 1814. He is a son of George and Elizabeth (Eobins) Wright, natives of Pennsylvania. Mr. Wright was born July 31 , 1780, and Mrs. Wright April 12, 1782. Mr. Wright came to Brown County in the year that Ohio was admitted as a State, and settled one mile south of Georgetown, where he purchased a farm of 115 acres in the woods. He was a patriot in the war of 1812. He was married, Jan. 27, 1812, to Elizabeth Eobins, who bore him five children, two sons and three daughters, viz.: John, our subject, Samuel P., born September 22, 1816; Susanna, born May 27, 1819, wife of Sidney Ogden; Sarah, born November 22, 1820; and Seneth, born June 25, 1823, and died July 28, 1830. In 1827, Mr. Wright removed to Washington Township, where he died August 5, 1853. Mrs. Wright followed him November 22, 1857. Our subject is the eldest of five children, and was reared to manhood on a farm. Mr. Wright was united in marriage to Miss Anna Wardlow, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Wardlow, and a native of Washington Township, where her birth occurred September 9, 1834. Six children were the fruits of this union ; of these, five are living - Joseph W., Nancy (wife of Levi Wardlow), Mary A. (wife of Alexander Maham), Maxamelia (wife of W. F. Wardlow), and Clara A. (wife of Henry Boline), Elizabeth, the eldest, is deceased. Mr. Wright pursues the avocation of farming and stock-raising, in which he has been successful. He is identified with the Masonic order, and politically is Democratic. In 1850, he was elected a member of the Board of County Commissioners, and served in that capacity six years. In 1872, he was again chosen to that office and served two terms. He was elected Township Treasurer in 1867, and filled that office eleven consecutive years. In 1881, he was again elected Treasurer, and re-elected in 1882.

BENJAMIN FEANKLIN APPLEGATE, farmer, P. O. Eastwood, fifth child of Vincent and Ann (Lemon) Applegate, was born in Mason County, Ky., July 5, 1834. His father was a native of Kentucky, and his mother ol Maryland. His grandfather, Eichard Applegate, a native of Virginia. The subject of this sketch was married in 1856, to Frances Cardie, daughter of Thomas McLain, of Sterling Township. They had one child - Wesley O., now a resident of Illinois. Mr. Applegate emigrated to Kansas in 1856, and was there during "the border raids," and went with the first excitement to Pike's Peak ; was on the border eleven years, then went to Utah and remained three years, and then returned to Ohio. In 1879, he married a second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Frank and Johanna Vanbelt, and a native of Holland ; they have one daughter - Stella. Mr. Applegate is a member of Locust Eidge Lodge No. 618, I. 0. 0. F., and his wife of the Catholic Church. He is an energetic farmer.

JOHN AETHUE, farmer, P. 0. Eastwood, a son of Jonas and Margaret (Eeedj Arthur, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, October 6, 1825. His parents were natives of Kentucky. Isaac Eeed, hither of Mrs. Arthur, settled near Bethel, Clermont County, in 1800. Mr. Arthur married, in 1845, Elizabeth D., daughter of Edward and Mary (Lilly) Hughes. They had one child - Olive (wife of Elsworth Salisbury, of Indiana. First wife died of small-pox, May, 1850, and he married, December 24,

1851, Susan, daughter of Jacob Waits. They had six children, viz.: Columbus (married Ada, daughter of Tra B. Dunn), Erastus (still single), Arminda (wife of Samuel Robinson), Ohio (died at two and a half years of age), Katie (wife of Charles Hutchins), Leander and Esdras. Mr. Arthur was a Sergeant in Company K, One Hundred and Sixtieth Regiment National Guards, and in active service over five months. James Arthur (grandfather) was in the Revolutionary war, and James (father) was in the war of 1812. Mr. Arthur is a member of the Baptist Church, and Mrs. Arthur of the M. E. Church. Mr. Arthur is a farmer and mechanic.

HIRAM J. BINDLEY, farmer, P. 0. Eastwood, son of Edward and Rebecca (Newly) Bindley, was born in Pennsylvania April 23, 1835, of English descent. Mr. Bindley, when young, learned the trade of machinist, at which he worked until he came to Ohio in 1859. In 1860, he was married to Annie S., daughter of Edward Collins, who was born September 20, 1834. They have four children, the oldest, Ida, wife of Hugh Dyer, who is engaged in the United States mail service at Pittsburgh, Penn. Harry E., at home ; Annie and Pearly. Mr. Bindley has been extensively engaged; in the public works of this and adjoining counties for some seven years, and also attended his well-kept farm on the Williamsburg & Mt. Qreb Turnpike. His father is still living, a hale and hearty man, at the age of ninety-three years, at Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Bindley is one of our most systematic business men.

GEORGE W. BINGAMAN, farmer, P. 0. Marathon, oldest son of Solomon and Rebecca (Hook) Bingaman, was born in Highland County, Ohio, August 15, 1825. His father, Solomon, was born in Pennsylvania July 6, 1795, and came to Ohio in 1797. His mother, Rebecca Hook, was born in Brooke County, Va., in 1804. They married in 1824. The subject of this sketch was married to Nancy A., daughter of Benjamin Hook, of Highland County ; they had one daughter, Catharine, wife of William Creager. Mrs. Bingaman died when her child was an infant, and Mr. Bingaman still remains single. He has led an active and varied life, sometimes as a contractor on public works, and sometimes trading in anything he thinks there is money in. He has traveled in almost every State east of the Rocky Mountains. He was drafted during the war and paid $700 for a substitute.

Y. B. CREAGER. farmer, P. O. Eastwood, son of Joseph and Harriet (Stiles) Creager, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, November 1, 1835. His father was a native of New Jersey, and his mother of Vermont; they came to Ohio about the year 1820. Both were of German descent. Mr. Creager was raised on a farm and educated in the common schools. He was married, November 18, 1858, to Charlotte, daughter of Reuben and Levina Harbaugh, a native of Clermont County, of German descent. They have but one child, Peter H., born May 14, 1861, and now in business in Cincinnati. Mr. Creager was a Sergeant of Company K, One Hundred and Sixtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in the Shenandoah Valley. He is a Republican, has served five years as Township Clerk, and is serving the third term of Justice of the Peace. His father was Justice of the Peace of the township for some years. Joseph Creager was a son of William and Sarah (Nitzer) Creager. Mr. Nitzer was a soldier in the Revolution. Harriet Stiles was a daughter of Benjamin and Margery (Brewster) Stiles, her mother being a sister to Ephraim Brewster, who was a Surgeon in the war of 1812, and drowned in Lake Champlain.

BENJAMIN F. DYER, farmer, P. 0. Georgetown, son of Joseph and Mary (Hally) Dyer, was born in Henry County, Va., December 23, 1839; his parents were of Irish descent. He left home at the early age of sixteen years and engaged as bill poster for Robinson's Circus, in which he traveled for two and one-half years ; came to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1859, and to Brown County in 1860. He was married, May 3, 1861, to Jane, oldest daughter of Henry and Louisa Aadinbrook, who were natives of England. Four children are the fruits of this marriage - -Joseph A., Mary Lou, Thomas A. and Hattie. Mr. Dyer's systematic business capacity will be best illustrated by a statement of the businesses he has been engaged in for the past twentyyears, viz.: Manufacturing tobacco in 1864; sellling goods in Mt. Oreb in 1865; with

68; selling goods in Mt. Oreb, 1879. engaged on the public work." in Brown, Highland, Clinton, Fayette, Adams, Clermont and Hamilton Counties from 1870 to 1878 ; served as Warden of Ohio Penitentiary from December 7, 1879, to May 6, 1880, and during this time ran his well-cultivated farm of 330 acres. He was the Democratic nominee for Sheriff of Brown County in 1874, but was defeated. In 1881 , he was elected Treasurer of the county. He is an honorable member of Locust Ridge Lodge, No. 618, I. 0. 0. F.

THOMAS FOSTER, farmer, P. 0. Williamsburg, son of John and Catharine (Fry) Foster, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, April 19, 1814 ; both parents were natives of Virginia. His father came to Williamsburg in 1805. Mr. Foster was married in 1839 to Harriet, daughter of Capt Stephen and Sarah (Kane) Smith. Mr. Smith was a Captain in the war of 1812, and Sarah Kane was the first white woman in Williamsburg, and her father, James Kane, the first settler. Mr. Foster only raised two daughters - Sarah, wife of J. B. Winsor, of Clermont County, and Mary Elizabeth, wife of J. W. Walker, of this county. Mr. Foster was raised on a farm and has been a farmer all his life ; he sometimes trades in horses. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, of which he is a Trustee. In politics, he is a Republican.

GEORGE L. HESLAR, farmer, P. 0. Union Plains, son of William and Catharine ( Waits) Heslar, was born in Kentucky June 12, 1819. His father came from Germany and his mother from Pennsylvania. Mr. Heslar came to Ohio in 1829, and was married, April 26, 1838, to Ariadna Waits, by whom he had nine children - Leslie died at nineteen years of age ; Oliver, married Barbara Ellen Bishop ; Clarrissa, wife of Houston Reynolds; Catharine, wife of George Weaver ; Anna, died at nineteen months of age ; Jane, wife of Charles Rounds ; Ada, wife of William Cramer ; Elizabeth, wife of Richard Creager; Mary, died at eight months of age. Mr. Heslar lost his first wife July 30, 1858, and remarried June 5, 1859, to Margaret, daughter of Titus and Nancy Sapp ; they had six children - Florence, Belle, David, Almeda, George L., Lucy A. and James. Mr. Heslar and wife are members of the Christian Church, of which he is Deacon and Trustee. He is a member of the Ohio Mutual Aid Association at Columbus, also a life member of the Christian Association and a Republican. He has served as Township Trustee, Assesser, Treasurer and School Director.

WILLIAM HIGHT, farmer, P. 0. Eastwood, son of Ellison and Nancy (Trout) Hight, was born in Brown County, Ohio, September 13, 1834. His father was born in New Jersey in 1798, and came to Ohio in 1816 ; his mother is a native of Ohio. Mr. Hight was raised on a farm and received a common school education. He learned the carpenter trade at twenty-one years of age, and has worked at that trade and farming since. He married Mary Ellen, daughter of John and Ari Ener (Chatmers) Davidson, a native of Ohio. They had born to them eight children - Allen, Elmeters, William Henry (died at eleven months of age), Ari Etta, Katie, Nannie, Rebecca, Belle and Emma. Mr. and Mrs. Hight are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is Trustee, class-leader and Superintendent of Sunday school. Mr. Hight in politics is a Democrat, and is at present one of the Township Trustees, and has been Supervisor of Roads and School Director. He owns a nice farm on the Williamsburg & Mt. Oreb Turnpike. He went into the army September 28, 1864, assigned to the Fifty-first Regiment and was in the following battles : Florence, Ala., Columbia, Tenn., Franklin, Nashville ; followed Hood until he crossed the shoals and went into winter quarters at Huntsville, and was discharged January 28, 1865. His wife died April 6, 1880.

SILAS W. KING, farmer, P. 0. Mt. Oreb, son of Robert and Eliza (Robinson) King, was born in Pleasant Township, Brown Co., Ohio, September 13, 1836. His father is a native of Virginia, and came to Ohio when a small boy. His mother is a native of Ohio, daughter of Silas Robinson. Mr. King was married, October 3, 1865, to Mary E., daughter of Ephraim and Sarah E. (Berry) Dunn, and a native of Ohio. They have four children - George B., Robert L., Etta, Rufus, Wilbur. Mr. King was the fifth man that enlisted in the three-months service in Washington Township on the breaking-out of the rebellion. He enlisted in Capt. Foster's Independent Cavalry; was a Corporal in second company ; after about a year's service, broke down and was discharged for disability. He is a P. G. of White Oak Lodge, No. 292, I. 0. 0. F., and served one year as D. D. G. M. He is a descendent of the most honored of our old pioneers, and an unwavering Democrat in politics.

ANDREW LEONABD, farmer, P. 0. Eastwood, son of John and Margaret (Smith) Leonard, was born in Brown County, Ohio, May 19, 1824. and was married in 1851 to Margaret, daughter of Benjamin and Katie (Day) Reed, and by her had two children - Felissa, wife of Robert Erwin, and Thomas J., who married Laura B., daughter of Walter Stevens. Mr. Leonard was raised a farmer, and, as was common in his day, only received a limited common school education, but his high moral character is attested by the fact that he never swore a profane oath, never was drunk and never had a lawsuit. He is a Republican in politics, and has served as Trustee, Supervisor and School Director. Mr. Leonard lives a quiet, peaceable life on his well-tilled little farm of ninety five acres.

JOSEPH R. LONG, farmer and blacksmith, P. 0. Eastwood, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Long, was born in Cleimont County, Ohio, May 4, 1824. His father was a native of Pennsylvania and came to Ohio in 1812. His mother was also a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. Long was married in 1843, to Lydia Ann, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Thomas) Newberry, of Brown County. Her parents were natives of New Jersey. They raised six children - Thomas, married Elizabeth Widner; Martha, wife of John Wilson, of Kansas; Maria, wife of Hiram Runion ; Mary E., wife of Charles Martin, of Kansas ; Charles, married Estella Ross ; and Alice, wife of Albert A. Hughs. Mr. Long was raised on a farm and served a regular apprenticeship to the blacksmith trade in Williamsburg, and carried on a shop ever since; he also carried on farming for the last eighteen years. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, class-leader, Trustee, and ordained a minister since 1867, a local preacher. He is a member of the F. A. M., and served in several subordinate offices. Republican in politics, he served as Justice of the Peace, Treasurer of township, and at present Trustee.

GEORGE McDONOUGH, M. D., physician, Crosstown, -native of Clermont County, Ohio, was born March 24, 1820 ; he is a son of Samuel and Lucy McDonough, both natives of Ohio, of Irish descent. Dr. McDonough was raised on a farm till sixteen years old, when he learned the cabinet-making trade. He was married in 1839 to Eve, daughter of Robert Hutchins. To them were born eight children - Wesley, married Jane Watt ; Mary A., wife of P. Hutton; John, married Frank Conover; Sarah Louisa, wife of E. B. Risley ; Harris, married Emily Sloan ; Aaron, single and at home ; George, who died at seventeen years of age; and Jane, wife of George Smith. Mrs. McDonough died in 1862, and in 1863, the Doctor was married to Susan Watt. Dr. McDonough and wife are members of the U. B. Church, of which he has been a class-leader. In politics, he is a Republican. He enlisted in the Twenty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry in 1861 ; was elected First Lieutenant in Company K, and resigned March, 1862, on account of sickness of first wife; here-enlisted May, 1864, in Company K, One Hundred and Sixtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served to the close of war. He has been practicing physician over thirty years.

ARCHIBALD McLAIN, farmer, P. 0. Eastwood, is the son of Archibald and Mary (Shaw) McLain, pioneers of Clermont and Brown Counties, ^ and of whom a sketch appears elsewhere in this work. Our subject was born in what is now Brown County, Ohio (then Clermont), March 27, 1809. He was reared on a farm, and on the 28th of April, 1836, was united in marriage with Phoebe, daughter of Benjamin Ross, a native of Pennsylvania and of German descent. To this union were born the following-named children : Harrison, Mary, Edwin, Idella, Orion W., Emma A. and Henry C. Of the three sons, Edwin served in the late war with the 100-days men, and Orion served in the Fifth Regiment of Ohio Cavalry, and was wounded at the battle of Shiloh, Tenn., receiving a shell wound, for which how receives a pension. Harrison married Emma, daughter of Robert Thurston, of Indiana, in which State they now reside ; Mary married xVlfred Bishop, of Brown County ; Edwin married Amanda Wells, of this county ; Idella became the wife of Randolph F. Bogis, of Brown County ;

Orion W. married Martha Severs, of Indiana, where they are now residing ; Emma A. is the wife of Prof. W. W. Pennell, of this county, and Henry C. married Ella, daughter of Robert Glaze, of this county. Our subject and wife are worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Salem, in which the former has served as Steward for many years. Mr. McLain has served the people of his township in various capacities for a long period of years. He was one of the early school teachers of this section ; was Township Clerk for a period of some years, and officiated as a Justice of the Peace for nearly forty years. In politics, he is a Republican, and, as a citizen, is highly respected.

ERAST US S. MOORHEAD, farmer, P. 0. Williamsburg, was born in Ohio October 10, 1841. He is a son of Fergus and Jane (Walker) Moorhead. Fergus was born in Pennsylvania, of German and Irish descent, and Jane Walker was a native of Ohio; his father came to Ohio about the year 1800. The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm until twenty years old, when, in August, 1861, he enlisted in the Twenty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was assigned to the Western Division, and participated in the following general engagements, viz. : New Madrid, Mo.; Island No.

10 ; Farmington, Miss.; Corinth, Miss.; was then sent on detached service ; was captured at Holly Springs, paroled on the ground and sent to Columbus, Ohio, where he remained about six months, when he was exchanged, and again joined the regiment at Memphis, Miss. He was veteranized December 31, 1863. He was in the battle of Decatur, Ala., and soon after was sent to the hospital sick, but rejoined the regiment before Atlanta, and participated in that siege, and was in innumerable skirmishes and in line at the grand review at Washington, D. C. He was discharged, came home and was married, October 11, 1865, to Nancy A., daughter of Greenwood K. and Corintha A.. (Newton) Davidson, of Cincinnati. He lived in Hamilton County eight years ; then came here and bought a farm of 175 acres, where he and his very lady-like wife are enjoying life and wanting for nothing.

WILLIAM MOORHEAD, farmer, P. O. DeLa Palma, son of Patrick and Anna Moorhead, was born in Pennsylvania July 1, 1819, and came to Ohio at an early age.

He was married, May 27, 1841, to Margaret Arthur, a daughter of James and Margaret (Reed) Arthur, of Clermont County, Ohio. The Arthurs and Reeds were among the first settlers in the vicinity of Bethel. Mr. Moorhead raised eleven children - Evaline C., born March 25, 1842, wife of A. Snell, of Illinois; Otis D., born October 29, 1843, married Lucy Nowland, and resides in Iowa (Otis was a member of Company B, Forty-eight Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was wounded and taken prisoner at Banks Defeat, and paroled and discharged on account of his wounds); Arthur, born May 13, 1845, died November 19, 1848; Caroline, born May 27, 1847, wife of Henry | C. Winkle, of Clermont County; Alfred, born July 14, 1849, died September 13,

1849 ; Missourie, born March 12, 1851, married John Pelton, and died July 23, 1878; Martha J., born October 3, 1853, wife of Oscar Jones, of Clermont County, Ohio; Ira, born July 31, 1856, a resident of Illinois; Elizabeth, born October 4,

1858, married P. R. Graham, who was drowned in an ice pond in Butler County July 1, 1882; Esther, born February 12, 1862, and James V , born April 10, 1864. Mr. Moorhead is a turner by trade. He worked at turning most of his time, leaving his boys to farm his little place of seventy-two acres. Has been a member of Lodge No. 26,

He never sought office, but his stern, honest character has placed him in many positions of trust, such as collecting the taxes, charge of the relief fund during the war, Township Trustee and School Director. Mr. Moorhead serenely looks back on a well spent 1 life. Family record of Patrick Moorhead: Patrick, born October 1, 1776, died January 31, 1827 ; Ann, born September 27, 1771, died October 20, 1832 ; Joseph, born February 14, 1801, died October, 1843; Fergus, born November 11, 1802, died December 16, 1813; Sarah, born January 24, 1805, died September 16, 1805 ; Jane, born September 30, 1806, still living; James, born March 13, 1809, died, 1838 ; Catharine,

JOHN T. PARKER, farmer, P. 0. Five Mile, son of William and Patience (Drummond') Parker, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, October 11, 1826 ; his parents were natives of New Jersey, and came to Ohio in an early day. The subject of this sketch was married, in 1846, to Savilla, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Park) Hare, of Green Township. Mr. and Mrs. Parker had two children - Mary, wife of George Hill, and William, who died at thirteen years of age. Mr. Parker has a nicely improved farm of seventy-five acres, upon which he lives. Himself and wife are members of the Christian Church. He is Republican in politics, and though he never seeks office, he has served as Supervisor of Roads and School Director.

W. W. PENNELL, teacher, Ripley, son of David and Nancy (Snedaker) Pennell, was born in Brown County. Ohio, October 17, 1850. His father was a native of Pennsylvania and a soldier of the war of 1812, of Irish and German descent. The subject of thi3 sketch was put to the shoe bench when old enough, and learned that trade, but having an inquiring mind and high aspirations, he attended Russellville High School and has been teaching for the last twelve years. He is one of our most enterprising and successful teachers. He was married to Emma A., daughter of A. McLain, of Sterling Township. He is a member of Ash Ridge Lodge, No. 492, I. 0. 0. F., and Lafayette Encampment, No. 51. He is a man of energy and enterprise, and is bound to leave his mark in the world.

MARION PHILLIPS, farmer, P. O. Marathon, son of John and Anna (Ross) Phillips, was born in Kentucky January 22, 1831, and came to Ohio in 1844. He was raised on a farm, received a common school education, and was married in 1857 to Mary, daughter of John and Mary (Kramer) Morgan, pioneers in Ohio. By this marriage he has four children - Nancy Jane, Joseph Bruce, Ida May and Thomas, all of whom are still under the parental roof. Mr. Phillips served nine months in the One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but was crippled by the cars at Cincinnati, soon after enlistment and disabled for active service. His father, John Phillips, was a soldier of the war of 1812. Mr. Phillips is a Democrat in politics, and has filled most of the offices in his township, including Treasurer three years ; at present he is one of the Trustees of the township. He is one of our best farmers, as his well kept farm attests.

JAMES POLLOCK, farmer, P. 0. Williamsburg, son of Ezekiel and Mary (Findley) Pollock, was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, October 22, 1816. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio in 1798. His mother was of New Jersey and came to Ohio, 1806. The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm, and married to Lucinda, daughter of John and Katie (Snider) McCowan, in August, 1,839. They have raised five children - Minerva, wife of William Latimer, of this township ; Hiram, a citizen of Indiana ; Amanda, wife of Burwell Britton, of Clermont County ; Ezekiel, who resides in this State ; and Kate, at home. Mr. Pollock has done considerable business in buying land, improving it and selling, be first bought thirty-six acres in Hamilton County, at $9 per acre, and sold it at $40, and went to Illinois, stayed six months, and came back minus $400; bought John Worman's farm for $1,800, and eighteen months after sold for $2,600 ; then bought sixty-four acres of H. Thompson for $1,200 ; and two years after sold it for $1,900 ; then bought out the Butler heirs, and four years later sold at a profit of $2,500 ; then bought the Dennis farm at $40 per acre, and three months later sold for $46 per acre; then bought the Simpkins farm at $35 per acre, and one year after sold for $43 ; then again bought the Dennis farm at $40 per acre, lived on it seven years, and sold it for $50 ; then in 1870 came here and bought at $34.30 per acre, and sold a part at $40 per acre, retaining 105 acres. He is a consistent Democrat, and an industrious, honest citizen.

JOHN W. RICHEY, farmer, P. O. Mt. Oreb, was born in Lewis Township, this county, May 25, 1843. His parents were David and Annie (Trout) Richey, the former a native of Clermont County, Ohio, and of English and German descent, and the latter a native of this county and of German descent. Our subject was reared on a farm, and at the breaking-out of the war of the rebellion volunteered in Company H, Fiftyninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and participate! in the battles of Stone River, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Chattanooga. Pumpkin Vine Ridge, Crab Orchard, Peach Tree ('reek and Atlanta, having served two years and nine months. On the fifth of July, 1867. Mr. Richey married Harriet J. Miller, who was born December 3, 1851.

She was the daughter of David L. Miller. Our subject removed from Lewis to Sterling Township in the spring of 1882, and is residing on a farm situated on the Williamsburg & Mt. Oreb Turnpike. In politics, he is a Republican.

ALPHEUS REED, farmer, P.O.Eastwood, son of Benjamin and Katie Ann (Day) Reed, was born in Brown County January 29, 1838. Benjamin Reed was born in Clermont County, Ohio, April 10, 1800, his father, Isaac Reed, being one of the first settlers. Katie A. Day, daughter of Absalom Day, was also amoDg the pioneers. The subject of this sketch was married, December 30, 1860, to Mary T. Simpkins, a daughter of Absalom and Elizabeth Simpkins, and a native of Pennsylvania. They had born to them five children - Benjamin A., Elizabeth, Joseph E., Milliceut D. and Carrie Lee.

Mr. Reed was raised on a farm and has been a farmer all his life. He is a Democrat in politics, and for nine years was a School Director. He and his wife are members of the Patrons of Husbandry. He is an honest, industrious farmer, such as build up communities.

MARTIN REDDICK, farmer, P. O. Marathon, a native of Clermont County, Ohio, was born January 22, 1812, and is a s,n of Richard and Mary Miller Reddick, who came to Ohio about the year 1800. His days were spent on a farm until sixteen years old, when he went to Cincinnati and drove team nine years. He was married March 23, 1837, to Matilda, daughter of William and Catharine Nitzer, who was born March 30, 1812, in Essex County, N. J., and came to Ohio with her parents when five years old. Mr. Reddick and wife raised eight children - Richard P., married Esther Cramer ; Emily Jane, wife of P. P. Applegate; William M., married Mary Jane Birsall ; Elisha, married Sarah Reed ; Theodore, married Evaline Boose ; Mary Elsie, wife of Abram Liming ; Maria Louisa, wife of Alexander Work ; and Hannah A., wife of Walter Gordon. Mr. Reddick bought the farm where he now resides in 1839, and moved on it. Besides his own family, he has raised three orphan children. His boys made the following honorable record during the war of the rebellion. Richard Reddick was in the Seventy-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; William in the First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry and went with Sherman to the sea ; and Elisha was in the Forty-eighth, I and wounded at Shiloh, in three places. Mr. Reddick is an old school Democrat and served in the capacity of Supervisor and School Director for some time.

STEWARD ROUNDS (deceased), son of Daniel and Martha (Richardson) Rounds, was born in the State of Maryland March 1, 1808, of English descent. Mr. Rounds was married, November 11, 1840, to Rebecca M., daughter of Samuel and Phoeba (Williams) Trahoon, and a native of Kentucky. They raised seven children, viz., William C., who served during the war in the Fifty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and is now a resident of California ; Mary J., wife of George B. DeWitt ; Amelia, wife of George W. Wilson ; Charles A., married Jenny Hesler; Steward, married Irene Hatton ; Julia A., wife ol William Wright; and Samuel W., inspector of material on the C. &

S. E. R. R., Kentucky. Mr. Rounds was raised on a farm, and was in the grocery business twelve or fourteen years in Maysville, Ky., after which he came to Ohio, in 1849 and settled on this farm in 1856. He was a member of the F. & A. M., and Mrs. Rounds of the M. E. Church. Since Mr. Rounds' death, Mrs. Rounds cultivates the farm.

JUDGE THOMAS SHELDON, farmer, P. O. Five Mile, son of Thomas and Mary (Burr) Sheldon, was born August 11, 1807, in the State of New Jersey, of Eng- j lish and Welsh descent, and came with his parents to Ohio, in 1818. He was married in 1831 to Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Bradbury, a native of Clermont County, of English descent ; her parents came to Ohio about 1800. They had born to them six children - Mary S., still single ; Caroline, wife of A. Scott, of Green Township ; Elizabeth, wife of Elder C. W. Garoutte, of Dayton ; Lydia B., wife of Alfred Conner, of Perry Township ; Anna H., wife of Tayler Conner, of Sterling Township ; and Dr. S. B. Sheldon

Judge Sheldon settled in Tate Township, Clermont County, Ohio, in 1 833, and served as Justice of the Peace eleven years, when he was appointed Associate Justice on the Common Pleas bench of Clermont County, and served seven years. He was Trustee of Tate Township. He removed to Brown County in 1853, and has been Trustee of Sterling Township, and Justice of the Peace six years, also -a Notary Public over forty years. His business ability and sterling honesty have kept him in business all his life, but he always operated a nicely kept farm. He is a member of the Christian Church, licensed to preach in 1840 and Clerk of the General Conference thirty-one years. He lost his first wife and married Mary, daughter of Thomas Fitzwat >r, and widow of J. J. Thompson, July 4, 1874. Few men can look back on a more busy or well-spent life than Judge Sheldon, who is venerated and respected by all.

DR. S. B. SHELDON, physician, P. 0. Five Mile, young' st child of Thomas and Mary Sheldon, was born in Tate Township, Clermont Co., Ohio, December 16, 1842, and was raised on a farm, and received a good common school education. He enlisted as a private December, 1861, in the Forty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was veteranized in 1814, and was discharged in January, 1865. He participated in the following hard-fought battles : Shiloh, Corinth, Holly Springs, Yazoo Swamp, Arkansas Post, Magnolia Hills, Champion Hills, Black River Bridge, siege of Vicksburg and Jackson. He graduated in Miami School of Medicine and Surgery, Cincinnati, in 1869, and commenced the practice of medicine. He was married, December 25, 1872, to Ruth A., daughter of James and Elizabeth Dennison of Cincinnati, and sister of Dr. Dennison, of Westboro. Dr. Sheldon is a respected member of the I. 0. 0. F. fraternity; he is a well-read physician, and enjoys an extensive practice.

WILLIAMS N. STEWARD, merchant and farmer, P. 0. Crosstown, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (McIntosh) Steward, was born in Sterling Township October 14, 1834. His father and mother were natives of New York, and came to Ohio in 1820. He was raised on a farm until sixteen years old, when he commenced the carpenter trade, at which he has worked at intervals ever since. He was married, February, 1855, to Malissa, daughter of Peter Malott, and a native of Clermont County, of German descent, by whom he had three children - Annie, wife of James McKewer, of Clermont County ; Posy E., single and is running a blacksmith shop in this township ; and William Sherman, single and works on the farm. Mr. Steward keeps a general assortment of goods, and is doing a thriving business; he also owns a well-cultivated farm.- Thomas Steward, father of William, made the first brick made in Georgetown.

STEPHEN WAITS, farmer, P. 0. Eastwood, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Day) Waits, was born in Sterling Township March 14, 1824. Jacob Waits was born at Red Stone Fort, Penn.; came to Kentucky in 1802, and to Sterling Township soon after. Elizabeth Day was born in Sterling Township September 2 1 , 1800, the first white child born on Crane Run. Mr. Waits was married in December 28, 1848, to Annie, daughter of Levi and Sarah Smallwood, and raised five children - Granville A., married Louisa, daughter of Hiram Malott ; Henry, married Barbara, daughter of Alcana Malott ; Sarah E., wife of Milton C. Ballanger ; Minnie E., single and at home, and Iva Jane, also at home. The two boys, Granville and Henry, are running a flouring mill at Mt. Oreb. Mr. Waits is a model farmer and owns 195 acres of land, made by his own industry. James Waits, his grandfather, was a soldier in the Revolution, and died at ninety-fiv-e years of age. Jacob Waits' father moved to Missouri, and came back, and died at eighty-six years of age, after raising a family of twelve children.

GEORGE W. WILSON, farmer, P. 0. Eastwood, son of Curtis and Isabel (Gray) Wilson, was born in Sterling Township, Brown Co., Ohio, May 1, 1834. His father was a native of Vermont, and his mother of Hamilton County. George Gray, grandfather, was a soldier of the war of 1812, and was the largest man in his regiment, being six feet and seven inches in his stockings, and weighing 250 pounds. The subject of this sketch was married, in 1862, to Amelia Bell, daughter of Steward and Minerva Rounds. They hive six children - -Alice (wife of John M. Arthur), William, Steward, Lawrence, Bertha, Isaac Sharp. Mr. Wilson was raised on a farm, and now occupies a nice little farm of his own near Eastwood Station on the C. & E. R. R. He is a Democrat of the old school.

WILLIAM H. H. EDWARDS, farmer, P. O. Russellville, next to the youngest son of Darias and Jane Edwards, was born in Byrd Township July 17, 1840. October 10, 1861, he rallied to his country's call, and enlisted in Company A, Seventieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He took part in the following engagements: Shiloh Corinth, Vicksburg, LaGrange, Jackson and Lookout Mountain, tie veteranized, and January 5, 1864, re-enlisted in the same company, and went on Sherman's long and toilsome march to the sea. He fought in all the battles up to Statesboro, Ga., where he, with fifteen others, was captured. He was confined in Florence prison three months till March, 1865, when he was paroled. He was honorably discharged June 15, 1865. He was married December 24, 1869, to Miss Lizzie T. Spears, a daughter of Spencer Spears. Three children were given to bless this union - Spencer D., Arthur E. and Archie H. (twins). Mr. and Mrs Edwards are members of the Christian Church. He owns a good farm of 120 acres.

WILLIAM A. GRIMES, farmer, P. 0. Decatur. Joshua Grimes, the grandparent of our subject, located in this township, near the Adams County line about the year 1807. He cleared a farm and raised a family. John, the father of William, our subject, was then only sixteen years of age. He, John, married Mary Geeslin and they raised a family of nine children, six boys and three yirls. Of these children, seven are living. Grandparent and father of William A., both died in this county ; ;

Martha Pettingen. Mr. Grimes has always taken a keen interest in the growth and advancement of Brown County. For twenty years he has been prominently identified with the M. E. Church at Decatur, and is one of the enterprising, energetic farmers of the county. His living children are John W., Mary E., Minerva J., Laura, tives of Pennsylvania. They removed to Mason County, Ky., and April 4, 1804, j came to Byrd Township, where Mr. Hatfield purchased a tract of 200 acres of land.

This was all in woods, and he made the first improvements by clearing a spot and erecting a log cabin. They both died in Byrd Township, respected for their social traits of character. They were the parents of ten children, of whom only one, the subject of our sketch, is living, viz. : Thomas, John, Jonas, Isom, David, Mary, Sarah,

Martha, Deborah and Betsey. David was married, in 1826, to Lettise Middleton, by whom he had ten children; of these four are living, viz.: Cornelia (wife of Russell

West). David B., George E. and Ferdinand. Mrs. Hatfield died June 16, 1861, and May 30, 1869, Mr. Hatfield married Matilda Middleswart, who bore him two children, of these Mary L. is living. Mr. and Mrs. Hatfield are members of the Liberty Chris- '

THOMAS C. HENRY, son of Col. John W. and Melinda Henry, was born in j Byrd Township, April 16. 1852. He passed his early life on his father's farm, and was educated in the common schools. He celebrated his marriage, December 2, 1874, with Miss Josephine Wilson, a native of Union Township. She was born August 4, 1853, and is a daughter of John W. and Harriet Wilson. Three children were added to this union - Martha B., born August 13, 1876 ; George F., born May 6, 1878, and James W., born October 13, 1881. Mr. Henry located on his farm in 1880, and is by occupation a farmer and stock-raiser. He and wife associate with the Christian Church. He is identified with the Grange, and in politics is a Republican. He filled the office of Township Trustee one term, 1881. He is a young man of enterprise and energy.

GEORGE E. HOWLAND, merchant, Decatur, son of Willis and Susan Howland, was born in Byrd Township November 20, 1849. His father dying when he was two years old, and his mother in his seventh year, he was taken by his grandfather, James Edwards, who cared for him and his wants till he was fourteen, when he started out in life working by the month, at $13 per month. He continued in this employment five years, then worked at blacksmithing two years. In 1867, he formed partnership with M. A. Neal in huckstering. In April, 1872, he engaged in the mercantile trade with a capital of $3,700, which he had accumulated in other pursuits. By close attention and careful management, he has achieved a good success, and has established a large business. In 1882, he erected a fine store building at a cost of $2,500. He was married, June 12, 1879, to Miss Nannie Howland, a daughter of William and Jane Howland. She hore him two children - Orville Ray and Bertha Lee. Mr. Howland is serving his third term as Township Treasurer. Politically, he is a Republican. He is a young man of sterling business qualities, and well merits the successs which he has acquired.

JAMES P. MOORE, farmer, P. O. Decatur, is a son of Samuel and Betsy (Gilliland) Moore, natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania respectively. He (Samuel) came to Adams County with his father, James Moore, in 1815. James was a native of Rockbridge County, Va., and ranked among the early pioneers of Adams County ; he died in 1835. Samuel is at this time living in the seventy-seventh years of his age. His wife (Betsy) died in 1862. The subject of this sketch was born on the homestead in Liberty Township in 1830. Securing such education as could be had in the schools of the day, he followed teaching for twenty years in the district schools of Brown, Adams and Champaign Counties. He was married in his native township, Adams County, in 1856, to Miss Mary A., daughter of William B. Ellis. To them eight children have been born, seven of whom are living, viz., William E., Samuel A., Louis E., John T. Lorena, Ella C. and George H. Mr. Moore moved to Brown County in 1869, and settled on his present estate, consisting of 157 acres, valued at $40 per acre. He is Township Trustee and School Director, and an Elder in the Liberty Presbyterian Church. He was appraiser of the township in 1880, and served on the committee of elections, and has always taken an active interest in public affairs. Politically, he is a Republican.

WILLIAM F. PICKERILL (deceased). The subject of this memoir was a native of Kentucky. He was born November 18, 1804. In 1810, he, with his parents, Samuel and Mary Pickerill, emigrated to Brown County, and located on the homestead of William F. Pickerill in Byrd Township. Samuel Pickerill was a drummer in the American Revolution. * He entered 160 acres of land on Eagle Creek, and died May 3, 1850, aged ninety-six years. William F. was reared to maturity on his father's farm. March 27, 1825, he was married to Abigail Fisher, who was born January 1, 1804, and by her had eleven children, of whom eight are living. He was prominently identified with the growth and development of Byrd Township, and for many years served in the capacity of Trustee. He was a member of the Board of County Commissioners one term. He aided largely in organizing and founding the Liberty Church, of which he remained a prominent and useful member till his death, April 25, 1864. He was closely attached to his church and its various missions. His political affiliations were originally with the Democratic party, but at the organization of the Republican element, he became a hearty and able indorser of its doctrines and principles. He was a man of good and noble traits of character, and ever pursued an honest course. Samuel W. Pickerill, son of the subject of this sketch, was born on the homestead March 10, 1841 ; June 30, 1861, he married Mary J. Howland, a daughter of John and Sarah Howland, and a native of Byrd Township, where she was born August 31, 1844. Six children were the fruits of this union - John R., Caroline, Sarah J., Jesse and Florence G.; Julia, the eldest, is deceased. In May, 1864, Mr.

Pickerill enlisted as a member of Company K, One Hundred and Sixty-second Regiment Ohio National Guards, and served as Corporal till September 1, 1864, when discharged. He has served as Township Trustee five years, and was instrumental in organizing No 561 Eagle Grange. He owns a farm of 230 acres, and is a successful agriculturist. Green N. Pickerill, youngest son of William F. Pickerill, was born September 21, 1845. In May, 1864. he volunteered in Company A, Seventieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He joined the regiment at Raleigh, N. C., and marched to the sea. He then went to Washington, D. C., and attended the grand review, then was sent to Little Rock, Ark., thence to Camp Dennison, Ohio, where he was houorably discharged August, 1865. He was on the unfortunate boat Argosa that exploded forty miles above Cairo,4 resulting in the death of twenty soldiers. He married, January 24, 1868, Fanny D. Reynolds, a daughter of James and Eva Reynolds, of Marion County, Iowa, formerly old residents of Brown County. They have five children - Eva, Clarence, Leroy, Jimmie and George. He was Township Trustee two terms, and inherits the political views of his father. He occupies the old homestead with his mother, and is engaged in farming.

JOHN M. THOMPSON, insurance agent, Decatur, is the son of J. P. and Amelia Thompson. He was born at Decatur May 20, 1858, and has maintained a residence there ever since. He attended the village schools until 1876, when he entered the Normal School at West Union, then under the superintendence of Prof. W. A. Clark. In 1877, he attended the Normal School at Decatur, under the instruction of Prof. William Stevenson, and fitted himself for a teacher, but has never followed this avocation. He has been variously engaged, and is now in the insurance work.

JOHN WEST, farmer, an old and highly esteemed pioneer of Brown County, was born January 1, 1797. He is a son of John and Eleanor West. His father was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and emigrated to Brown County, with his family, in 1798, and lived four years under the Territorial government of Ohio. He died Jn August, 1808, aged fifty years. Our subject was reared to manhood on the farm. In 1816, he located on a farm one-half mile north of his present farm, and in 1832 removed to his present location. He was married, January 15, 1817, to Louisa Stewarddaughter of Joseph and Lovina Stewatf8> by whom hehad the following children - Susan, Eleanor, James, William W., Joseph S., Abigail and Caroline. M,r. West is a prominent member of the Christian Church. Politically, he is a Democrat. He served his township as Trustee and Treasurer for many years. He owns a valuable farm of 202 acres, and has always pursued that avocation. Mr. West was born at Kenton Station, Ky., and when one year of age his parents removed to Brown County, where he has spent the remainder of his life. He has passed the meridian of life, and is now going down into the shades of the valley. Over fourscore years of his existence have been employed in the growth and improvement of Brown County. His hind of assistance has been felt in the church and its missions, and in all educational, benevolent and charitable enterprises, and his life can be said to have been one of usefulness and success. He reared a large family, all of whom are filling positions of usefulness and respectability.

REV. J. S. WEST, pastor of the Church of Christ, Liberty Chapel charge, is the third son of John and Lovina West. He was born in Byrd Township December 7, 1825. He received his education in Franklin College, Harrison County, Ohio, from which he graduated in September, 1854. When of age, he engaged in teaching, which he followed at intervals for thirty years. In April, 1855, he was assigned the pastorate of Liberty Chapel charge, and labored with its people till 1857, when he was honored with the trust of Representative. He served two years with credit to himself aud to the utmost satisfaction of his constituents. In 1859, he resumed charge of Liberty Chapel, and has since been its pastor. His labors as minister have been efficient, and the church under his care has prospered. April 26, 1855, he was united in holy matrimony with Miss Susan Dixon, daughter of William and Mary (Carr) Dixon. Mrs. West was born in Union Township, April 28, 1833. This union was blessed with the following children, viz.: Louise, John W., Miry L., William N., Thomas A.,

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