Washington Township (part 5 of 16)

J. H. E V ANS, farmer, P. O. Ripley, was born on the old Evans homestead, in Huntington Township, February 15, 1854, and is a son of the Hon. Andrew Evans, of whom mention is made in the biographical department of Huntington Township. He was reared on the farm, and in the district schools received a good, practical education. He remained at the old home until his twenty-second birthday, February 15, 1876, at which time he was married to Miss Louisa B., the daughter of Samuel Dragoo (a son of Samuel Dragoo, old settler). After his marriage, he remained one year on the home farm, when he removed to his presen - place of residence. He owns 269 acres of well improved and highly cultivated land. He and his wife are members of the Huntington Presbyterian Church, to which they have been connected for some time. He is also a member of the 1. 0. 0. F., Union Lodge of Ripley, No. 118. They have three children, namely - Charles P., Ross H. and Archie L. Mrs. Evans was born MarchJ22, 1857, in Union Township.

SAMUEL FITCH (deceased). The subject of this sketch was born in Berkeley, now Jefferson County, Va., April 15, 1777, and died in Brown County, Ohio, March 23, 1851. His father was a native of the Kmerald Isle, and emigrated to the United States with two other brothers who were soon after, by some unaccountable cause, lost, and nothing of them was ever known afterward. Mr. Fitch was active in the noble achievements for our national independence, and only closed his service to his country at the termination of that memorable war. His military duties were rendered under the direct command of Gen. Washington. He contracted a disease from which he died in subsequent years, leaving a widow and three children - James, Samuel, the subject of the foregoing, and Jane. James and Jane both died in the place of their nativity, aged seventy years. Samuel was reared by a Mr. R. Bennett, who migrated with a colony to the West, stopping for a year on the farm which was the battle-field of Braddock's defeat. In 1795, they descended the placid waters of the Ohio in a flat-boat and landed at the mouth of Limestone Creek, Ky. Young Fitch remained with Bennett till of age, in the meantime acquainting himself with the blacksmith trade, which he followed in Maysville, Ky., for thirteen years. Some time during this period, he bought a horse and returned to the " Old Dominion " for his mother, who returned with him on horseback, being at that time in her sixty-third year, to his new Western home. Mr. Fitch married, in Maysville, to Miss Isabelle Martin, a daughter of Edmund Martin, and a sister to Capt. Elijah Martin, of the " war of '12 fame." .She was converted to Methodism under the able preaching of Rev. Valentine Cook, and subsequently, under the ministry of Samuel Parker, Mr. Fitch was converted. They removed to Brown County, then Adams, and purchased a farm of Belshazzar Dragoo. He moved his household goods by flat-boat, going down the Ohio, thence up Eagle Creek, arriving at their farm March 1, 1812. His new cabin home was opened to religious worship, and was, up to 1832, the rendezvous for the Christian Pilgrims. In 1832, the society erected a small brick church on Mr. Fitch's farm, which was dedicated as Fitch's Chapel. The dedicatory services were presided over by the Rev'. Henry B. Bascom, who was licensed to preach from the log cabin of Mr. Fitch. The following, in regard to this eminent pulpit orator, appears in Simpson's Cyclopedia : Henry B. Bascom, D. D., one of the Bishops of the M. E. Church South, was born in Hancock, N. Y., May 27, 1796, and died in Louisville, Ky., September 8, 1850. He united with the M. E. Church in Western Pennsylvania in 1811, and was licensed to preach and received on trial in the Ohio Conference in 1813. He soon became famous as a pulpit orator. He was elected Chaplain to Congress in 1823; in 1827, was elected President of Madison College, Perm., which position he filled until 1829, when he became the agent of the American Colonization Society. He was chosen, in 1832, as Professor of Moral Sciences in Augusta College, Ky., and 1842 he became the President of Transylvania University. He was delegate to every general conference from 1828 to 1844, and 1845 he adhered to the church South, He was editor of the Southern Quarterly Review from 1846 to 1850, when he was elected Bishop at the General Conference of the M. E. Church South at St. Louis. At one period, he was perhaps the most popular pulpit orator in the United States. The remains of the parents of this worthy divine repose in the old Fitch Burying-Ground, on the farm purchased by Mr. Fitch, and where the orator spent his early life and manhood, and from whence he embarked on his world's mission. The first house built in Brown County is now standing on the old homestead of the Fitch family. March 24, 1824, E. M. Fitch, the only surviving son, was born in the brick house erected by his father in 1821. He is the fourth son and youngest of a family of seven children - Samuel, Mary A., Jane, Martin C., E. M., James Q. and Hannah C., wife of James Howard. Our subject was married, December 8, 1842, to Jane, the youngest daughter of Col. Mills and Mary (Stephenson) Mills. Mr. Fitch has always resided on the old homestead, southeast of Ripley. He has been an active member of the community in which he resides, taking a live interest in all public and private enterprises that are calculated to benefit and enrich the community or commonwealth, and especially in the moral growth and improvement of his neighborhood. He has not only been engaged extensively in the industrial pursuits of his fame and avocation, but has displayed much interest, by his munificent assistance, in the gradual development of Brown County. Mr. Fitch has been a prominent factor in the Democratic partv of Brown County since the death of Webster and Clay. In 1865, he was elected a member of the Ohio Legislature and re-elected in 1867, serving two terms. His terms of service in the Legislature were active in the interest of his many constituents, and his duties were performed with honor and credit to himself. In 1876 and 1880, he was a candidate for Congress, but was unsuccessful. Mrs. Fitch was born November 4, 1821, and to her and her hus- band were given the following children : Mary I., born September 4, 1843, married L. P. Stivers September 10, 1861 ; Hannah J., born January 3, 1845, died April 25,

HON. E. FLAUGHER. The subject of this sketch was born in Huntington Township, Brown County, Ohio, in 1822. His early years were spent on the farm, and the winter months devoted to securing such schooling as the log schoolhouses of that day afforded. He was an apt scholar, and became qualified as a teacher (although he never acted as one) under the tuition of Henry Brown, a teacher of that day. Mr. Flaugher had acquired a speculative taste, and at twenty-one years of age added to his farming pursuits the business of dealing in horses, buying here and selling in Kentucky. This he followed until twenty-eight years of age. In 1850, he was married to Mary J. Gray, daughter of Louis Gray, and in the same year he entered into partnership with Louis Gray & Co. in the pork-packing business at Ripley. In 1860, the firm bought the Buckeye Flouring-Mill and Pork House, in which they carried on an extensive trade for several years. In 1860-61, the pork packing establishment represented the names of Louis Gray, George K. Snyder, James Gilliland and Jack, Henry and Joe Bennington, being the strongest and wealthiest corporation in the county at that time. Mr. Flaugher was engaged principally in purchasing and supplying the house with stock, and he was considered a very successful and efficient business man. He followed the milling business, with slight intermissions, until 1868, when desiring better educational advantages for his children, he took up his residence near Ripley. Four years afterward, he returned to his pleasant residence in Union Township, upon which he settled in the spring of 1855. This place was formerly the William Dunlap place, and at the time of its purchase by Mr. Flaugher, consisted of 121 acres. Under the supervision of its present owner, it has increased to 250 acres, and is one of the richest and most productive and valuable farms in the county. Mr. Flaugher has a large and extended acquaintance throughout the county, having been identified with its interests all his life. He served as Township Clerk for one year in his native township when a young man, and as Trustee of Union Township several years. In party politics, he adheres to the Old-Line War Democrats. He was selected by the people as Representative to the Lower House of the Sixty-second General Assembly, and served in that body during the years 1876 - 77. Although nominated on the Democratic ticket, he was elected by the united voice of the people, receiving a large and flattering majority - a good evidence of the high esteem in which he was held. His service was in the interest of his constituents, and many of his strongest friends and associates were Republicans. Mr. Flaugher's marriage was blest with three children, of whom two, Louis E. and Mary E., are surviving ; they both live at home. Mr. Flaugher is at present leading, a quiet, unostentatious life in the enjoyments and surroundings of his family. He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since 1846 or 1848 - of Union Lodge, No. 71, Ripley Chapter, No. 82, and Georgetown Council. He is also a Knight Templar. He takes a deep interest in the County Agricultural Society, of which he has been an active member, and for ten or twelve years a Director.

HENRY FLEIG is a native of Bavaria, Germany, where he was born in 1842. When three years of age he was brought with his parents, John F. and Mary (Ring) Fleig, to the United States. The family settled in Ripley, and John Fleig is to-day one of Ripley's oldest respected citizens, now in the seventy-eighth year of his age. His estimable wife departed this life in May, 1870. Of the six children born to this couple three are living, viz. - John, Frederick, and our subject, who has been a resident of Brown County since 1848. During the rebellion, he served in the N. G. Second Ohio Artillery. His marriage to Miss Mary, daughter of Jacob Wyand, occurred in 1867. She was a native of Brown County, and the family number among the county's early pilgrims. To this union seven children have been born, viz. - Henry H., Lulu, Lillie, Minnie, Sally, Mamie and Bertha. Mr. Fleig established business in his present location in August, 1873, and during"this time he has established a permanent and lurcative trade, and numbers among the promising business ipen of this community. Is member of I. 0. O. F.

BOBERT FULTON, Ripley, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1822. In 1837, he, with two brothers, embarked to the United States and located at Winchester. A number of years, he, with his brothers, contracted for and built graveled roads. The roads between Maysville and Germantown are among the marks of their handiwork. For thirteen years, the brothers were extensively engaged in dealing in horses between Ripley, Mexico, Cuba, and the Eastern States. In 1846, he, with one of his brothers opened a livery stable in Ripley, in which business he has since been largely engaged, having two stables in this city, and making shipments to different points east and west. Mr. Fulton is also sole proprietor of the Ripley & Hillsboro & Ripley & Georgetown Stage lines. He succeeded Col. Granthum in the drug business in 1852, which he continues to the present day, carrying a complete stock of drugs, paints, oils, fancy articles and a choice line of cigars. He is also largely engaged in the grocery business, and his combined establishment at the corner of Main and Second streets, embracing two stores, is the most extensive in the city. Mr. Fulton is president of the Brown County Agricultural Association. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, over which hg presided over twenty years, and resigned after being wearied with the office. He is one of the oldest and respected citizens of the city, and has secured his well-earned position only by his indomitable will, energy and economy. He was married to Miss Abigail B. Murphy, who died leaving two children. He again married a sister to his former wife, Melissa, by whom he has six living children.

F. X. FREBIS, grocer, Ripley, was born in Germany in 1850, and with his parents, S. and Barbara Herfel, came to the United States in 1854, and located in this township. Mr. Frebis served a clerkship in this county, and opened a general stock of goods at Red Oak, where he was engaged nine months, when he came to this city and established himself in his present location in 1870. In 1872, he was married to Miss Josephine K. Doerlen, a native of Ripley, who died in the spring of 1878, leaving three motherless children, viz., Anna, Caroline and Adolph. He was again united in marriage to Miss Ida Scwitzen, a native of Kentucky, to whom has been born one daughter, Elizabeth. Mr. Frebis is one of the stanch and self-made business men of Ripley, active and energetic in his work, and a worthy citizen.

W. T. GALBREATH, banker, Ripley, is a son of Elisha and Rachael (Crosley) Galbreath ; was a native of Pennsylvania, and his wife of Maryland ; he came to this county in 1812, with an uncle when, sixteen years of age. He was a carpenter and cabinet-maker, and learned his trade with James Wright in this county. He moved and settled on a farm near Georgetown, after the location of county seat at that place, where he died of cholera in 1833; her demise is recorded in 1849. He was an excellent workman at his trade, of quiet habits, unostentatious, yet having an interest in the enterprises of the early times. The subject of this sketch was born in Brown County in January, 1818. He learned the trade of his father and became a proficient mechanic. In 1837, he began business for himself, which he carried on four years, when his health failed, and he was obliged to relinqush his labor. In 1840, he opened a small grocery store, which he conducted one year, and the four succeeding years followed a clerkship, during which time his health became greatly improved, and in 1845 he established himself in the dry goods business, which was successfully conducted for twelve years. In 1860, a partner was admitted to the concern, and the firm operated until April, 1864, at which time Mr. Galbreath withdrew, being appointed by the United States Government as Pay Agent in the Ohio Military Agency. This duty was faithfully discharged, and in the fall of the same year he resigned to fill a second position tendered by the United States Government. He entered upon the duties of his office in the Assesser's office as Assistant Assessor for the west half of this county, with headquarters at Georgetown. This position he filled until the occupancy of the Presidential chair by Andy Johnson. The following year, he engaged in the mercantile trade, and in May, 1869, was invited to the charge of the First National Bank of Ripley as Cashier. This important trust he has filled with great satisfaction, having under his charge the entire responsibility of the institution. Although Mr. Gialbreath has attained this position and won for himself hosts of friends, he is yet proud of his mechanical abilities, through which, with industry economy and sobriety, has won for him a place in the foremast rank of Ripley's honored citizens. Mr. Galbreath was married in 1839 to Miss Jane Maklen, a native of this county, who died in 1849, leaving one child, Martha, now the wife of John Blair. His present wife, Nancy McClain ( Galbreath), was born in Brown County. Seven children were born to this union, six of whom are living - Charles, Eva, Warren B., George W., and Elmer (who is associated in the bank), and Ella May. Mr. Galbreath has been associated with the Presbyterian Church of Ripley many years, and is widely and favorably known.

L. GRIM & SONS, furniture dealers, Ripley. This firm established business in their present location in 1866 - at that time, a one-story frame building. It was re-built in 1872, and the adjoining added to the edifice, which affords a frontage of forty feet, by sixty feet deep. The firm carry a stock of from $5,000 to $8,000, and, with the undertaking business, conduct a large trade. The senior member of the firm was born iu Prussia in 1810. He embarked to the United States in 1841, and located at Cincinnati, Ohio. Subsequently, he removed to Danville, Highland County, and there engaged in business until 1862. Two years afterward, he followed farming in that county, and after purchasing property at Winchester, Adams County, engaged in the saddlery business, which he followed until he arrived in this city. His marriage to Miss Theresa Brodbeck to this union, three are living, viz.: L., Jr., was married in 1876, to Miss Emma, daughter of Jacob Stamm, of this county; Joseph, who is engaged in the dry goods firm. Mr. Grim has been a Director of the Building Association, in which his son L., Jr., is an officer at the present time. He is also a member of the I. O. O. F., and K. of P. This elaborate establishment is the largest furniture house in Ripley, and their excellent work commands a large and just patronage.

JAMES M. GILLILAND, farmer, P. O. Ripley, is a son of James, Jr., and Marcissa (McLain) Gilliland, natives of South Carolina and Pennsylvania respectively. He came to this county with his son, James, whose record appears in another portion of this work. James, Jr., was a farmer by occupation, but was largely engaged in the pork business in this county for some years. He was one of the original organizers of the Farmers' State Bank, and its President for many years, and an active business man all his lif . He was deeply interested in church and educational affairs, and died in this county in 1880, on the homestead now occupied by his sun, the subject of this sketch. His wife followed him to the better home the following year. James M. Gilliland was born in Union Township May 5, 1842. He has always made farming his principal occupation, and under his supervision the homestead farm has been so improved as to make it one of the finest in the county. Mr. G. was united in marriage, it. 1873, to Miss Ella Sutherland, a native of Dayton, Ohio, and a daughter of William H. Sutherland, a Methodist divine, residing at Yellow Springs, Ohio. To this union five children have been born, four of whom are living - Mary N., James L., Yerna T. and Eddie. Mr. G. is a Director of the Farmers' National Bank, at Ripley, and Trustee of the Presbyterian Church ; a man of unostentatious tastes, who lives in the enjoyment of his home and family. Politically, he is a Republican.

W. W. GILLILAND, attorney, Ripley, is a son of Rev. James Gilliland, who was born in Lincoln County, N. C., October 28, 1769. His grandparents, Alexander and Frances Gilliland, were of Irish descent. James, during his boyhood, was occupied with his father on the farm, and assisting to support the family. He was fitted for college under the Rev. William C. Davis, of South Carolina. In due time, he became a member of the Dickinson College (Carlisle), where he graduated in 1792. Returning to his home, he prosecuted his theological studies, partly under the direction of the same clergyman by whom he had been fitted for college. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of South Carolina September 26, 1794. His views on the subject of slavery -seemed to have changed, and his zeal in the cause of emancipation subjected him to some embarrassment at his ordination and installation over Broadway Church in 1796. A remonstrance, signed by a number of persons against his ordination, is mentioned. He retained his connection with this congregation less than eight years. Both his character and ministrations were highly appreciated, and even those who dissented awarded him the credit of acting from conscientious convictions. He was dismissed from the church April 4, 1804, but had leave to travel beyond the bounds of the Presbytery. On April 3, 1805, he was dismissed to join the Presbytery of Washington, Ky., and about the same time settled in Red Oak, Brown Co., where ho remained to the close of his life. He was of a vigorous constitution, but it was much broken by a severe attack of typhoid fever in 1818, although he continued to preach till wirhin a year of his death. The disease which terminated his life was ossification of the heart, from which he died February 1, 1845, in the seventy-sixth year of his age. He was married to Frances Baird in 1793. She died August 23, 1837. They had thirteen children, three of whom received a collegiate education. He was a very humble and modest man, and shrank from ostentatious display. Extreme plainness characterized his style of dress, living, speaking and everything he said or did. Of a social, cheerful disposition, he was never forgetful of his high dignity as a Christian minister. " There is a higher law," is an expression used and said to have originated from Wiiliam H. Seward, when in truth it emanated from the lips of this divine long before Seward attained manhood. The subject of this sketch was born near Red Oak, Union Township, Brown Co., Ohio, in 1814. In 1835, he attended the Ohio University at Athens, Ohio, and remained one year. In 1836, he pursued collegiate studies at Hanover College, Indiana, and remained four years, graduating October, 1839, with the first honor in a large class. He was elected Principal of an academy at Charlestown, Ind., the same fall he graduated, where he remained until 1845, teaching and reading law with Judge Walker. Iu 1845, he removed to Georgetown, Ohio, where he was admitted to the bar and carried on a successful practice until 1850, when he returned to Indiana and located at New Albany. For two years he engaged in teaching the Female Seminary, and for nearly three years was Financial Agent of the New Albany Theological Seminary, collecting funds in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Miss souri. He removed again to Charlestown, Ind., and engaged in a large and lucrativpractice at the bar. In 1864, he was commissioned as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas by the Hon. 0. P. Morton, Governor of Indiana. This court embraced five counties, and required a great labor and travel. He removed to Ripley, Ohio, in 1866, where he has been practicing his profession with success. In 1869, he was appointed to the office of Deputy Collector of Revenue under the General Government, and filled that position two years. Mr. G. is a Presbyterian, and has twice attended the General Assembly of that church as a delegate. Elis marriage with Miss Margaret J. McCampbell occurred at her home, Charlestown, Ind., in October, 1840. To this union six children were born, four of whom are living. The eldest, William, a graduate of Marietta College, Ohio. Jennie, married in 1871 to J. S. Maoker, resides at Peoria, 111. The other two children, William H. and Belle, reside with their parents.

A. GROPPENB ACHER, tailor, Ripley. The subject of this sketch was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1845. In 1861, he crossed the Atlantic and selected a location at Cincinnati, Ohio, where he became occupied working at his trade. In 1868, he made his way to Ripley, and with the small capital at his command opened his present place of business. His stock will now average about $6,000, and by close attention to business has secured a permanent trade, which will aggregate from $18,000 to $20,000 per annum. His marriage to Miss Mary Emerich, a native of Connecticut, occurred in this city. The union has been blessed with two children, Frank and Willie. tMr. G. is a member of the Masonic order, and he numbers among the enterprising * merchants of Ripley.

JAMBS HENRY, Jr., farmer, P. 0. Ripley. The grandparent of this subject, James, was a native of Ireland, who emigrated to the United States and settled in Pennsylvania, where he raised a family. Subsequently, he, with his son Jamej, the father of our subject, who married Miss Sarah Baird, moved and settled in this township, where James, Jr., was born in 1820. James, Sr., raised a family of six children, five of whom are residents of this county. His death occured in this county, in 1851. James, Jr., was married in 1842, to Miss Ruth, daughter of John Day, a family of early pioneers, of Pleasant Township, where she was born in 1822. This union has been blessed with ten children, nine of whom are living, viz.: Joseph, Frank, Charles,

Lucy, John, Etha, James, Jr., Richard and Sarah. Mr. H . began the battle of life emptyhanded. Possessed of a natural ambition, and having but limited opportunity for educational advancement, he applied himself in the physical forces of his nature to attain success. For fourteen years he rented farms, and in March, 1864, settled upon the estate of his present home, consisting of 135 aores. In 1873, he erected a large and commodious residence at a cost of about $4,000, which, with all its improvements, is one of the finest in the township. He has made a subsequent purchase of 383 acres adjoining the homestead, and has one of the finest farming localities in the county. Mr. H. has for many years been connected with the Presbyterian Church of Ripley, and is widely and favorably known.

ROBERT HOPKINS (deceased) was one of the early pioneers of Brown County. He was born in Virginia, and was a son of Archie Hopkins, who removed with his family to this county when he was but a boy. He was reared and brought up on a farm, and was educated in the pioneer schools. He married Miss Fanny Gilliland, a native of Pennsylvania, and a daughter of James and Fanny Gilliland. Of the six children by this union, four are living, viz.: Elizabeth, born November 9, 1821, married James McPherson ; Mary J., born May 15, 1825, married Henry Bennington, and died December, 1869 ; Amanda, born August 15, 1827 ; James A., born December 6, 1833, married Mary Coulter; and Frances H., born July 13, 1838. Mrs. Hopkins departed this life July 16, 1869. Mr. Hopkins was by occupation a farmer and stockraiser. His death occurred September 30, 1874. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Ripley. Pie aided liberally in building the new church at that place, and was a man of enterprise. He acquired a good competency in life, leaving at his death a farm of 115 acres.

CAMPBELL HOWARD, Ripley, one of the band of surviving pioneers of Brown County, was born May 23, 1811. He is a son of Abner and Priscilla (Byne) Howard; the former was born in March, 1788, and the latter in 1790. Mr. Howard died April 1, 1872, and Mrs. Howard March 31, 1827. The former's parents Cyrus and Millie Howard, came to Aberdeen in 1807, and in 1809 located on the farm now occupied by the subject of this sketch, where they both died. Abner Howard, the father or our subject, was a soldier during the last year of the war with Great Britain. Campbell Howard is the eldest of a family of six children. When eighteen years of age, he made his first trip to New Orleans by flat-boat. In 1832, he made his second trip with a boat load of chickens. They all died on the way from the ravages of cholera. Mr. Howard continued boating in the old pioneer style for twelve years, making an annual trip. Mr. Howard's' avocation has always been that of a farmer and stock-raiser. For twenty years he dealt in mules, and for a longer period in raising tobacco, which has formed the leading feature of his occupation. August 28, 1834, he was married to Angeline Forsyth, daughter of William and Rebecca Forsyth. She died August 19, 1879. Seven children were the fruits of this marriage, of them five are living - Abner, born December 15, 1835; William F., born January 25, 1838 ; Thomas B., born July 6, 1841 ; Rebecca J., born May 14, 1845, wife of Salem Hensley ; and Mary E., born May 7, 1848, wife of Charles B. True. Henry and George D. are deceased. The three eldest were soldiers in the late rebellion and won laurels that will long be remembered. Abner and William F., were members of the Fourth Independent Cavalry, and Thomas B., was in the Ohio National Guard service. Mr. Howard celebrated his second marriage March 7, 1881, with Mrs. Rebecca Martin, widow of

Samuel Martin, (deceased). Her first husband was Jacob Debolt, by whom she had one son, George H. Debolt, who was born in Savannah, Ga., May 20, 1839. He enlisted in the late war June, 1862, in Company E, Eighty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was elected Second Lieutenant, and subsequently promoted to Captain of the company of which he was a member. Mrs. Howard is a daughter of George and Sarah Hartter, and a native of Washington County, Penn. She was born December 23, 1814. Mr. and Mrs. Howard are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Ripley. Mr. H. served in the capacities of Class Leader and Steward for thirty years. He is also identified with the fraternity of 1. O. 0. F. His political views are Republican. He was one of the first Abolitionists in Brown County. Honestly and consientiously did he believe in the emancipation of the colored race a thing of justice, and both by word and vote did he work to promote this element of equity and right. Mr. Howard is a mau who stands high in the estimation of his fellow-men, and this tribute is well merited.

C VRUS HOWARD (deceased). One of the leading influential farmers of Union Township in his day was the subject whose name heads this sketch. He was born near Ripley December 9, 1812. His parents, Abner and Priscilla (Byne) Howard, were among the earliest pioneers of Brown County. Mr. Howard was reared on his father's farm till fifteen years of age, when he engaged in transporting pork and provisions by flat-boat to New Orleans. He made fifteen trips to the Crescent City. The last one he made in 1842. He then turned his attention to farming, which he followed with marked success up to his death. In 1835, he purchased the farm on which occurred his demise, and cleared it up from its original wild state. He was a man of good business qualities, and attended to the settlement of a number of estates. He was a stockholder and Director in the Farmers' Bank of Ripley for a number of years. He was a man of uncompromising honor and sterling integrity. As a citizen, he was enterprising, and as a neighbor, kind and generous to a fault. He was a member of the Christian Church of Ripley for over forty years, and was one of its ablest pillars. His political affiliations were with the Whigs till the organization of the Republican party, in 1854, when he united himself with that political body, and ever afterward remained an earnest advocate of its principles and doctrines. He was a man, quiet and unostentatious, and never sought the honors of a political position, but rather declined offices of trust. On the evening of February 14, 1877, on his way home from Ripley, he was attacked by robbers and beaten so badly that he died on the 13th of March following. He left a widow and two sons. His marriage with Mrs. Howard, nee Miss Mary Stephenson, occurred April 16, 1835. She was a daughter of James and Isabell (Kilpatrick) Stephenson, who were among the earliest settlers of Brown County, and still earlier of Mason County, Ky. Four children were the fruits of this union ; of these, two are living - Alfred S., born April 16, 1836, married Anna True, and William C., born July 24, 1840, was married, May 15, 1866, to Lizzie M. King (daughter of G. H. and Hannah King), by whom he has had two children - James H. and Alfred S. July 9, 1861, W. C. Howard entered the Fourth Independent Cavalry and served as bodyguard to Generals McKinstry, Halleck, McPherson and Howard. He was present when the gallant McPherson met his tragical death. He participated in the following engagements : Silver Creek, Blackwater, siege of Corinth, Port Gibson, Raymond, Utica (where he was slightly wounded), and subsequently Jackson, Champion Hills, Big Black Bridge, siege of Vicksburg, and in all the battles on the famous Atlanta campaign up to July 5, 1864. A portion of his services were rendered in the capacity of Orderly Sergeant. He was honorably discharged and mustered out at Cincinnati. He returned home, and the same year was elected Sheriff of Brown County. He served one term, and was a candidate for the office, in 1866, but was defeated by only 150 votes. In 1866, he was appointed United States Marshall, and filled that office one year. In 1868, he removed to Kansas, where he resided till March, 1877. Since that time, he has divided his time - spending his summers in Kansas, and winters in his native place.

J. M. HUGHES, blacksmith and manufacturer of carriages, wagons, buggies, etc., Main street, Ripley. The manufacturing establishment of Mr. Hughes has been in operation since 1870, but the present commodious location was not occupied until 1872. He carries the largest stock of buggies, carriages and road wagons in the city, turning out from twenty-five to thirty per year. He employs a number of men, and orders for his work are constantly increasing. William Hughes, his father, and Catherine (Marsh) Hughes, his mother, were both natives of Pennsylvania, and emigrated to Ripley in 1835. He was a butcher by occupation, and did business in the market house, as was the custom of the early days. His demise occurred in this city. His widow survives him. and lives in this county. The subject of this sketch was born in Ripley, in 1843. He learned his trade with Horace Kellogg, and, in the spring of 1862, enlisted in Company E, Tenth Kentucky Cavalry, and served fourteen months. In 1869, he was married to Miss Abigail V. Boyd, a daughter of Mrs. Harriet Boyd, and a native of Norfolk, N. C. Three children, all of whom are living, are the fruits of this union, viz.: Walter W., Edna M. and Harry M. Mr. H. is a member of the K. of P., U. 0. W. and Gr. A. R. His reputation as a manufacturer and business man is fully established.

PHILIP A. JOLLY, farmer, P. 0. Ripley, a native of Union Township, was born December 8, 1840. His father, Philip C. Jolly, was born in Union Township March 18, 1805, and his mother, Phebe Ralston, was born in Pleasant Township August 22, 1803. His father's parents, Alexander and Sarah (Kay) Jolly, were natives of Maryland. They were married, and came to Brown County among the earliest pioneers. They located on 150 acres of land in Union Township, where they both died. Mr. Jolly was a prominent member and worker in the Baptist Church. He was one of the organizers of Union Township, and aided in many of its important improvements. Philip C., the father of our subject, was married, May 25, 1826, to Miss Phebe Ralston, a daughter of Henry Ralston, and now resides in Ripley. Our subject is the fifth son and ninth child of a family of eleven children. Two months of the rebellion, he was a member of the Second Ohio Independent Artillery. He was married January 3, 1866, to Miss Mary K. Kendall, a daughter of Owen and Eliza (Stephenson) Kendall, and a native of Brown County. She was born November, 1845. Seven children were the fruits of this marriage; of these, six are living, viz.: Louisa F., M. Maud, William D., Earl D., Clifford E. and Sarah E. Edna is deceased. Mr. Jolly owns a farm of 99 acres. His political views are Republican.

RICHARD B. JONES, merchant, Levanna, is a son of William and Mary Calvert, and was born in Covington, Ky., in 1849. His father was a carpenter by trade, and in 1850 removed to Texas, when he died in 1862. His wife who survives resides at Covington, Ky. The subject of this sketch has all his life been engaged in merchandising. He served a clerkship of two years in Clarksville, Texas, and in 1865 removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he formed a copartnership with J. M. Fisher in the wholesale grocery business. This firm pursued a flourishing trade for two years, when it was dissolved by the death of Mr. Fisher. H. Hollister was then admitted, and two years afterward Mr. Jones disposed of his interest. He then removed to Levanna, and purchased one-half interest in the store and copper shop of C. W. and S. Gr. Boyd, under the firm of Boyd Bros. & Jones, having both branches under his control. This firm was organized in July, 1879, and the business was conducted under that head until December, 1881, when the company was re-organized under the firm name of the Boyd Manufacturing Company, and Mr. Jones assumed the position of Secretary and Treasurer of the concern, in which capacity he is still engaged and in charge of the store. Mr. Jones was married, in 1871, to Miss Sally C. Cloon, a native of Covington. Ky. Mr. Jones at present fills the office of School Director, and is an honored officer in the Church of Christ at Ripley. Also is a member of the I. O. O. F. His children are R. Bryson, Cary W. and Clifford C.

GrEORGrE KAUTZ, vine grower, Ripley, was born on the Rhine, in Grermany, in 1800. In 1828, he, with his wife and one son, embarked for America. Her maiden name was Doritv Lewing, who was born in Hesse-Cassel, Germany in 1800. He had but $10 in money when he reached the free land, but had served his time at cabinet-making. After a residence of three years in Baltimore, Md., he removed to Cincinnati, and in the spring of 1833 located at Georgetown, Brown County, where, .for eleven years, he was engaged in carpentering. In 1844, he moved to Union Township, and was the second man engaged in grape-raising in the county. From this production, he was enabled to purchase thirty-six acres of land, which he has converted into fields of vineyards. He has an immense wine cellar, where he keeps constantly on hand wine of all ages. In this business, Mr. Kautz has been eminently successful, and although past his threescore and ten, is strong and vigorous. Of the seven children born to this aged couple six are living. The eldest, August V., is a graduate of West Point, and has risen to the rank of Colonel of the Eighth United States Infantry, at this time located near San Francisco, Cal. The second, Frederick R., is a farmer residing in this county. George A. is a banker in Christian County, 111. Louis T. is in the lumber business at Cincinnati, Ohio. Albert, a graduate of Annapolis United States Navy Academy is at this time Commander of the United States War Steamer Michigan. Sophia L. is wife of A. Schafer, residing at home. They have one child, Bessie. Mr. Kautz was the first German resident that settled in Ripley, and throughout the county he is widely and favorably known.

VEARNER KERR (deceased) was born in Allegheny County, Penn., December 1, 1809. His parents, David and Elizabeth (Pangburn) Kerr, were natives of Pennsylvania. He was reared to manhood on a farm. In 1833, he came to Brown County with Samuel Pangburn and located near Red Oak. January 3, 1840, he was united in marriage with Miss Margaret Thompson, daughter of William and Agnes (Kerr) Thompson, the former a native of Ireland and the latter of Allegheny County, Penn. Her father emigrated to the United States in 1792, and settled in Pennsylvania, where he married, and in 1808 removed to Lewis County, Ky., where he died. Mrs. Thompson afterward married William McMiehaet, who came from Ireland in 1792. In 1818, the family removed to Mason County, Ky., and in 1839 to Brown County, where Mrs. McMichael died August 14, 1874. Mr. Kerr removed to Ripley in 1855. In 1850, he purchased an interest in the Franklin Mills and operated them up to within three years of his death, which occurred December 8, 1866. He was an honored and highly esteemed citizen of Ripley, and was a man of much enterprise. He was successful in the pursuits of life and accumulated considerable property. In 1872, Mrs. Kerr located on her present farm one half mile east of Ripley, where she owns two hundred and twenty-five acres of excellent land.

GUY H. KINKEAD, farmer, P. 0. Ripley, an old and highly esteemed citizen of Union Township, was born on the farm of his present residence July 14, 1805. His parents, William and Anna (Dunlap) Kinkead, were natives of Augusta County, Ya. The former was born June 6, 1769, and the latter November 6, 1770. They were married December 1, 1789. His parents, William and Eleanor (Guy) Kinkead, removed to Kentucky among the earliest pioneers of the State. Mr. K. was born January 9, 1736. Mrs. K. was born August 17, 1740, and was captured by the Indians on April 14, 1764. She had three children when taken - Margaret, Isabel 1 and Andrew. She saw her son Andrew murdered by the savages, when he was two years old. She had one child born during her captivity, a son who was christened Andrew. He was born in Ross County, Ohio. She was released in the early part of 1765. William Kinkead, Jr., the father of the subject of this sketch came to what was then Adams County, and settled on the old Kinkead homestead two and a half miles from Ripley. Prior to this, he purchased 3,000 acres of land in Union Township, 2,000 acres near Chillicothe, and 1,000 acres near Columbus. In the latter part of 1796, he with his family removed to his land near Chillicothe, but owing to the hostility of the Indians returned without unloading his goods. He died April 30, 1855. Mrs. Kinkead departed this life August 12, 1855. Guy H. Kinkead is the seventh child of a family of nine children. He was reared and brought up on the old homestead, and was married, September 17, 1839, to Miss Mary D. Gay, daughter of James and Catharine Gay, and a native of Woodford Couuty, Ky., where she was born February 15, 1818. They had three children, all of whom are deceased. Mary C. died, aged twentysix, and James G. and Anna died in infancy. Mrs. Kinkead departed this life March

28, 1854, and Mr. K. celebrated his second marriage in Springfield, Ohio, November 17, 1859, with Miss Mary P. Bechtle, a native of the Queen City, where she was born November 27, 1820, and a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Perry) Bechtle Two children were the fruits of this union - Lizzie G., born March 12, 1861, and Sallie B., born December 10, 1864. Mr. Kinkead owns a valuable farm of 137 acres, 120 of which is a part of the original homestead, aod which his father gave him in 1826. Mr. Kinkead has always pursued the avocation of agriculture, except two years, which he spent in a store at Ripley, and six months in the mercantile business at Russellville, besides two years he was engaged in a queenswure store at Ripley. He is one of the finest farmers in Brown County. Since 1873, he has devoted his attention to the breeding and raising of Short-Horn Durham cattle, in which he has been successful. Mr. and Mrs. K. are members of the Red Oak Presbyterian Church, and their daughters of the Ripley Presbyterian Church. Mr. K. is a Republican, politically, and one of the most honorable and highly respected citizens of Union Township.

SCOTT KINKEAD, farmer, P. 0. Ripley, youngest child of William and Anna Kinkead, was born in Union Township April 3, 1808. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and received his education in the common schools, which were held in log cabins of the rudest sort. May 5, 1847, he was united in marriage to Miss Eliza L. Fisher. Mrs. Kinkead was a daughter of William and Rachel Fisher, and was born May 1, 1815. Two children were the issue of this marriage - William H., born February 26, 1848, married Luella Patterson, and has two children - Ada S. and Elmer G. John S., the youngest, was born May 13, 1850. His biography is given on another page of this volume. Mrs. K. died on April 9, 1852, and our subject again married, September 2, 1856, to Miss Eliza A. Dickey, daughter of Alexander and Jane (Henry) Dickey. She was born in Ross County, Ohio, December 15, 1817. One child, now deceased, was born to this union. Mr. Kinkead is an agriculturist and stock-raiser by occupation. For the last twenty five years he has raised fine Short-Horn cattle with good success. Since I860, he has raised tobacco to a considerable extent. His farm contains 179 acres of excellent land, with good improvements, which is principally the result of Mr. Kinkead's arduous labors. He is a citizen well esteemed in his community.

JOHN S. KINKEAD, Ripley, the youngest son of Scott and Eliza L. Kinkead, was born on his father's farm May 13, 1850, where he was reared to his majority. He acquired his education in the high schools of Ripley and Washington Court House. In 1877, he engaged in the dry goods trade in Ripley, and followed it till April, 1881. He was married, February 4, 1874, with Miss Kittie Crozier, a daughter of Richard and Margaret Crozier. Mrs. Kinkead, a very estimable lady, was born in Ripley, Ohio, January 28, 1847. Their two children are Bessie, born March 5, 1878, and Gus. Honshell, born December 3, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. K. associate with the Presbyterian Church. He is connected with the Knights of Pythias, and, politically, is Republican.

G. L. KIRKPATRICK, tobacco dealer, Ripley. The subject of this sketch was born in Union Township, Brown County, in 1858, and is a son of Samuel and Nancy (Finley) Kirkpatrick, who were among those of Brown's earliest pilgrims. Mr. K. established himself in the tobacco trade in 1879, which has proved a complete success. His annual shipments amount to about 125,000 pounds, shipping mostly to Cincinnati, Ohio, and other points. He was united in marriage to Miss Angelia Stratton, a native of West Virginia, September 22, 1881. Mr. K. is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and one of the push and energetic kind, that make a community enterprising. He has two brothers engaged in the same trade in this city.

CHARLES LAMSEIL. jeweler, Ripley, is a native of Saxony, Germany, where he was born March 31,1823. After serving an apprenticeship at his trade in his native place, he took passage for the United States in 1851. He established himself in business at Cincinnati, Ohio, and after a few years removed to Georgetown ; thence to this city, in 1859, where he has since controlled the jewelry business of the city. He was married in Saxony, Germany, October 28, 1849, to Miss Amelia Neuwiller. Five of the six children born to them are still living, viz. : Anna C., Emma L., Matilda C., Edward F. and Oscar C. Mr. L. had some means at his command when he left his native shore, but through misfortune lost it all. Yet, firm in reliance upon his energies, he was soon enabled to renew the effort, which has proved a thorough success. He has been prominently identified in the township, and is an active member of the Presbyterian Church. He is a member of the City Council, and a Director of the First National Bank of Ripley ; also has been an officer in the I. 0. O. F., and is one of Ripley's most popular citizens.

ARCHIBALD LEGGETT (deceased), one of Ripley's most honored citizens, and a son of Robert and Isabella Leggett, was born in Washington County, Penn., sixteen miles from Pittsburgh, January 18, 1797, and was of the stock known as Scotch-Irish, a people distinguished for their sterling qualities. At the age of fifteen years, he left his home to accept a situation in a grocery store at Pittsburgh, Penn., and on parting with his mother, who accompanied him to the gate that opened on the highroad, she there knelt with him and prayed that he might through life be guarded in the path of rectitude. On his arrival at Pittsburgh, he assisted his employer in making cordage to equip Perry's fleet, that won the battle of Lake Erie in 1815. He entered the branch of the United States Bank at Pittsburgh as Teller, which position he filled until 1821, when, on account of failing health, he resigned - the bank donating to him six months' salary, as a token of esteem. He then visited Limestone and Maysville,Ky., where he entered upon the commission business, continuing the same about a year. Here he became acquainted with and married Miss Judith Field Taylor, daughter of Francis and Judith Taylor. The ceremony was performed February 13, 1823. While at Pittsburgh, by attending night school and employing private tutors, he acquired a good education. He was possessed of a good memory, and had a thorough acquaintance with the classics and history, both aucient and modern. He was also a good French scholar, reading and speaking that language fluently. On the close of his business at Maysville, he commenced the study oflaw in the office of his father-in-law, Mr. Taylor, then a prominent lawyer of Kentucky, and in the remarkable short time of seven months passed an examination and was admitted to the bar. He then, in February, 1825, came to Ripley, where he commenced the practice of his profession, his wife and child following the succeeding summer. In 1826, he became interested in the cause of temperance, and drafted the constitution and by-laws for the temperance society at the solicitation of a Mr. Bartholamew, and was left a copy of Beecher's lectures on temperance to aid him. After reading the same, he was so impressed that he decided he would thereafter be a teetotaler, signed the pledge and became a member of the society on its organization, being one of the thirteen charter members. This is believed to be the first temperance society that existed west of the mountains. In the spring of 1829, under the preaching of the Rev. Frederick Butler, he was converted, and during the remainder of his life was a devoted and consistent member of the Methodist Church, at several times acting as Steward, Trustee, Class Leader and Sunday School Superintendent. He contributed largely of his means in the erection of church edifices, and the support of the ministry and other religious objects. From 1830 to 1835, he was in partnership with his brother-in-law, F. H. Taylor ; he carried on a mercantile business. At the expiration of this time, he assumed the entire business, and controlled the same until 1849. During all these years, he also attended to his law practice. In 1840, he lost his wife by death, and in 1841 was married to Elizabeth F. Taylor, a sister of the deceased, who still survives him. By these marriages there were born thirteen children, of whom three survive - Judith A., wife of C. Baird, Esq.; Henry Field, of the United States Army, and John Chambers, a hardware merchant of Ripley. In 1841, Mr. Leggett's business had grown to such an extent that he gave up his law practice, and devoted his energies to mercantile pursuits. He was a pioneer in pork 'packing, a business in which he became very extensively engaged, and in which he continued until the first year of the war, when, his sons all leaving him, he closed up his business. In 1850, he associated himself with D. P. Evans and others, and established aud opened the Farmers' Braueh of the State Bank of Ohio, of which he was President nearly the whole of the twenty years of its existence. He was also one of the promoters and founders of the Union Schools of Ripley. He served many years in the City Council of Ripley, and was ever foremost in the advocacy of public improvements which tended to the public welfare. Mr. L. was no common man. In his business and public career, he seemed marked for distinction, and exerted a great and good influence on society. In business, he was the soul of honor, his employes numbering at times hundreds, attested to his uniform kindness, urbanity and liberality. As a lawyer and public officer, his record is pure. He was well read and successful in the practice of law, for which he thoroughly prepared himself by profound study, and was known as one of the most popular and powerful lawyers in Southern Ohio, and as a special pleader, he had few equals at the bar. In excitement, he always displayed the greatest calmness. In fact few men in Ripley during his residence of fifty-two years was more generally esteemed, or who was so largely identified with its business interests in almost every department. Its public improvement, which still exists, is made of his publicspirited enterprise, and its religious and educational growth. Archibald Leggett died January 12, 1877, at his home in Ripley surrounded by his family, to the last a firm follower and believer in the religion with which his mother was so piously endowed Who can say but what that appeal to heaven by the fond mother kneeling upon the greensward to direct her boy in the right, was to a certain extent answered by the Allwise One in leading and guiding him in such paths that he should be prosperous among men, honorable, high-minded and true?

M. LINN, grocer and dry goods dealer, Ripley, is one of the self-made men of the city, and has been identified with its business and growth since 1 855. He occupied his present location in the dry goods trade in 1860, and five years later opened the adjoining store in a full line of groceries, and has since carried on a large business. He was a blacksmith by trade, and was born in Bavaria, (Germany, in 1825. He embarked to the United States in 1848, having for capital a passage ticket, a strong arm, and an ambitious nature. He found employment near Akron, Ohio, working on agricultural implements. Three years later, he went to Pittsburgh, Penn., and engaged at his trade until his advent in Ripley in 1855. By close economy and perseverence, he had accumulated a small capital, and its investment has resulted in a complete mercantile success. His marriage to Miss Magdalena Hanauer occurred at Pittsburgh, Penn., in 1854. She was a native of Alsace, France. Their children are William F., who is connected with his father in business ; Louis L., Emil and Amelia (twins), Walter and Flora. Mr. L. has served three or four times in the City Council, and was re-elected to the same seat in April, 1882. Also is Trustee of the railroad fund raised for contribution to any road running to Ripley. Has been connected for many years with the Free Protestant Church, and as a business man and a citizen, is highly esteemed.

CARL LINN, merchant, Ripley. The subject of this sketch established business in this city in 1868. His persevering nature and natural enterprise gained him a reputation which has secured him a successful business. He carries a stock of about $1,800, and controls a large custom trade. He was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1845. In 1863, he sought the free land of America, and after working at his trade, tailoring, was enabled to open his present place of business. He was married in 1868 to Miss Louisa Hensel, a native of this county, and a daughter of Adam Hensel, a resident of Ripley. Five children are the fruits of this union, viz.: Albert, Caroline, Laura,

Frederick W., Edward and Carl, Jr. The family are members of the German Presbyterian Church. Mr. L. is a member of the I. 0. 0. F.. and one of Ripley's enterprising young business men.

JONAS A. MANN, farmer, P. 0. Ripley, was born in Jefferson Township August, 30, 1834. He is a son of Jonas and Mary (Burgett) Mann. He was reared to manhood on his father's farm, and for an education enjoyed only the advantages of the schools of the day, which were held in rude log cabins. When of age, he engaged in farming, which he has followed most of the time up to the present. In 1868, he removed to Ripley, and lived one year, then returned to his farm. In 1870, he moved to Washington C. H., residing there till 1873, when he came hack to his farm. He was married in February, 1858, to Miss Sarah E. Jolly, a native of Union Township, and a daughter of Philip C. and Phebe Jolly. Mr. Mann owns a finely improved farm of ninety acres, adorned with a $2,000 residence, which he erected in 1873. The excellent condition of his farm, and tasteful order of his residence and yard, distinctly shows that it is managed by a first-class farmer. Mr. Mann has always taken a prominent interest in all enterprises that would tend to enrich or benefit the people or county. He is a man of sterling integrity, and through his industry, economy and honorable dealing, he has accumulated his present valuable property. His political affiliations are Republican.

ALEXANDER B. MARTIN, a prominent farmer and tobacco dealer of Ripley, Brown County, was born in Union Township, November 3, 1815. His parents, Elijah and Rebecca (Boggs) Martin, were natives of Maryland and West Virginia. The- former was born in 1778 and the latter in 1782. Edwin and Hannah Martin, grandparents of Alexander Martin, removed to Maysville, Ky., among the earliest pioneers, and both died there. Elijah Martin was reared near Wheeling, W. Va., and in 1804 removed to Maysville, Ky., where he lived two years, then located near Aberdeen, Brown County. In 1812, he recruited the First Ohio Rifle Company and was chosen its captain, and served in that capacity in the war between the United States and Great Britain, for the term of one year. He then returned home and resumed farming, which he followed till his death, in August, 1855. He filled the office of Justice of the Peace for twenty years, and was prominently identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was deeply interested in that church, and was for many years a leading member. Mrs. Martin died March, 1860. Mr. Martin, our subject, is the youngest child of a family of eleven children. He was reared to manhood on a farm ; when thirteen years old he took charge of the farm and supported his parents till their death. Mr. Martin is one of the leading business men of Brown County. For thirty-four years, he has been engaged in growing tobacco, raising from 20,000 to 37,000 pounds annually. Since 1850, he has bought and shipped tobacco and pork, doing an extensive business. He was connected with John Buchanan in business for a time, and with Leggett & Co. for six years. He is one of the oldest and most successful tobacco dealers and shippers of Brown County. February, 8, 1838, he was united in marriage with Miss Prudence McNown, a daughter of James and Prudence McNown. Mrs. Martin, a native of Huntington Township, was born December 25, 1818. Of ten children by this union, seven are living - Eliza, wife of Dr. J. L. Wylie ; Hiram, Edgar, Rufus, Mary H., Frank D. and Alexander B., Jr. Calista, Albert and Charlie are deceased. Mr. Martin is connected with the Masonic fraternity, and in politics is a Republican. He is the heaviest stockholder in the Independent Agricultural Society of Brown County. He owns 502 acres of well improved and highly cultivated land.

HENRY MARTIN, farmer, P. O. Ripley, is a native of Union Township, Brown County, where he was born March 28, 1828, and is the fourth son of Henry and Phebe (Campbell) Martin, the former a native of Kentucky, and the latter of Brown County. For a long period he filled the chair of Associate Judge, and was many years Justice of the Peace. The date of his settlement in Brown County could not be obtained, but the family were among those of its early pilgrims. The subject of this sketch was married in March, 1856, to Miss Mary, daughter of Henry Prince (deceased), a native of Russellville, where she was born. He was widely known, and a popular hotel proprietor for many years, at the latter named place. Our subject settled upon his present estate in 1857; now consisting of one hundred and eleven acres, valued at $100 per acre, and is conceded to be one of the finest locations in the county. Mr. Martin has served for twenty years as School Director, is an Elder in the Presbyterian Church at Ripley, and numbers among those of the oldest living settlers of the county. To the union of this honored couple five children have been born, four of whom are living, viz., Alice B., Lizzie, Harriet N. and Thomas, all of whom reside on the homestead.

ELIJAH MARTIN, farmer, P. O. Ripley, was born in the township of his residence January 25, 1834. He is a son of Samuel and Rachel (Campbell) Martin, the former a native of Washington County, Ohio, and the latter of Mason County, Ky. Mr.

Martin was born July 19, 1802, and Mrs. Martin in 1807. They were married in 1825. Mr. Martin's parents moved from Maysville, Ky., to Brown County in 1806. They both ended their days in this county, after spending several years as pioneers. Samuel Martin died May 16, 1878, and his wife, August 3, 1849. Mr. Martin married for his second wife Clarissa Ellsbary, and for his third wife, Rebecca A. Debolt, now the wife of Campbell Howard. Our subject, Elijah Martin, was reared to manhood on a farm, and was educated in the common schools. September 10, 1861, he enlisted in the Fourth Independent Company Ohio Cavalry. He was scouting during the years 1861-62. January 8, 1862, he fought in the battle of Silver Creek, and subsequently at Black Water, Briton's Lane ; then accompanied Gen. Grant's army to Holly Springs, thence to Louisiana and to Vicksbu'g, participating in its siege and all the engagements. He afterward joined Sherman, and went on his noted " march to the sea." He was engaged in all the battles of the " march," and was mustered out at East Point, Ga., and was honorably discharged September 10,1864. He then came home and resumed his avoeation of farming, which he has since followed. He was married, March 17, 1859, to Miss Louisa Howard, a daughter of Cyrus Howard. Mrs. Martin was born in Union Township May 12, 1838. She died, April 19, 1860. Mr. Martin was married the second time, October 16, 1866, to Mar^ A. Campbell, a native of Ripley, where she was born, December 24, 1841. She was a daughter of Alexander Campbell, of Brown County. Four children were the issue of this union - Cyrus H., born August 30, 1867 ; Flora A., born August 31, 1869 ; Lulu, born September 15, 1871 ; and Samuel C., born September 30, 1873. Mrs. Martin is a member of the M. E. Church. Mr. Martin is one of the charter members of G. A. R. Post at Ripley. In politics, he is stanch Republican.

SAMUEL A. McCORMICK, farmer, P. O. Ripley, was born in Adams County, Ohio, May 10 1829. He is the second son and third child of James and Lucinda (Maxwell) McCormick, who removed to Union Township, Brown County, when he was but seventeen years old. He was reared on a farm, and was married, December 4, 1851, to Miss Eliza J. Hughes, a native of Brown County, where she was born May 22, 1829. Her parents were Jacob and Nancy Hughes. Eight children were the fruits of this union ; of these, six are living, viz.: Charles A., Mary E., Olen E., James S.,

Nannie L. and Emma E. Cyrus W. and Frank E. are deceased. For the last three years, Mr. McCormick has been engaged with his brother, John T., in the tobacco trade in Ripley. The remainder of his life he devoted to the pursuits of agriculture, in which he has made a success. He and wife are members of the Christian Church of Ripley. In politics, he is a Republican.

J. T. McCORMICK, tobacco dealer, Ripley, is ason of James and Lucinda (Maxwell) McCormick, and was born in Eagle Township, Brown County, in 1832. His parents were natives of Virginia and Adams County, respectively, and their settlement in Eagle Township occurred in 1830. James was a miller by trade, at which he worked in connection with farming. The latter part of his years were spent with his son in this city, when he died in 1876. Her death is recorded in 1880. The subject of this sketch enlisted in 1863, and performed active service for four months in the one hundred days' call. Returning, he raised Company K, of the One hundred and Eighty-eighth, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and Commissioned Captain, in which rank he again entered the field and served thirteen or fourteen months. In the fall of 1868, he was married to Miss Amy L., daughter of Samuel Yearsly, of Higginsport, the place of her nativity, where the family settled in 1838. Four children born to this union are all living, viz.: Nora L.,

Clifford E., Annie N. and Edith B. This posterity comprise the great-grandchildren of John McCormick, an early pioneer of Brown County, who served in Revolutionary war. He was of Scotch-Irish descent, and was brought to America, when three years of age, by his parents, who settled in Virginia. He was a miller by trade, but drove team, and in the early days hauled goods from Philadelphia to the growing cities of the West. He was Justice of the Peace many years, and a man of respected character and widely known. His grandson, our subject, began dealing in tobacco in 1878, since which time he has been largely engaged in the trade.

JAMES McMILLEN, dealer in coal and salt. The subject of this sketch is a pioneer descendant and a living relic of one of the oldest and respected families of Ripley. His father, Robert, was a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother, Mary A. (Pigman) McMillen, was born in Virginia. Their settlement in this city occurred in 1802 or 1803. He soon after became engaged in the dry goods business, and was one of Ripley's pioneer merchants, and was allied with the mercantile interest of the citv for thirty-five or forty years. He raised a family of seven children, and after a successful business career, died in this city in 1860. James, our subject, was born in Ripley in 1835. His early years were spent in securing a proper education, after which he was engaged with his father until his death. The following year he closed up the business and removed to Louisville, Ky., and associated himself with F. J. Groaman as salesman. In 1876, he returned to this city and established himself in his present business. He reaps the benefit of the consuming trade of the city, and his business is constantly increasing. His marriage to Miss Mollie Self, a native of Louisville, occurred in 1860, in the latter named place. This union was severed by her death, the following year, and he remained in single life until 1878, when he was united to Miss Naurice Tabb, a native of Mason County, Ky. Mr. M. was one of the fortunate passengers of the illfated steamer Magnolia, that exploded her boiler March 18, 1868. Seventy -five lives were lost by this disaster, and but few escaped. He is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., and represents the push and enterprise of Ripley's foremost merchants.

JOHN W. MEFFORD, farmer, P. 0. Ripley, is a son of George and Polly (Ellis) Mefford. He was born in Union Township February 3, 1814. His father, a native of Pennsylvania, was born November 22, 1786. His father, John Mefford, was born April 19, 1764, and in 1787 removed with his family to Mason County, Ky., where he lived a short time ; then came to Levanna, Brown County. Their immigration from Pennsylvania was by flat-boat. They descended the Ohio River to Roup's Run and spent the night in the hollow trunk of a monster sycamore tree. Mr. M. purchased a tract of 506 acres and located on it. He died April 21, 1834. George, the father of our subject, was reared to manhood on the farm. He engaged in transporting produce and provisions to New Orleans, and made eighteen trips. He was for several years a member of the Board of Township Trustees, and was also identified with the Baptist Church. His death occurred October 30, 1872. His wife preceded him in 1832. John was reared a farmer boy. September 25, 1834, he was united in marriage with Anna Pangburn, daughter of Lyons and Rebecca Pangburn. She was born in Union Township August 31, 1817. Fifteen children were the fruits of this union; of these, twelve are living - George W., Melissa(wife of Perry Drake), Clamenza E. (wife of David Smith), Lyons P., Elizabeth H. (wife of Aaron Burgett), John W., Joseph P., Flora D. (wife of Jacob White), Emma C. (wife of N. Burkett), Thomas E., William P. and Emma C. Mr. Mefford has occupied the Mefford homestead since 1842. He owns 131 acres and is engaged in agriculture. He and wife are members of the Christian Church. He has served as Deacon for thirty-five years. Politically, he is a Republican.

GEORGE W. MEFFORD, farmer, P. 0. Ripley, son of George and Polly Mefford, was born in Union Township October 24, 1824. He was brought up on his father's farm and educated in the district schools of his native place. February 21, 1847, he was married to Rachel D. Burgett, a daughter of Abram and Rebecca Burgett. Mrs. Mefford, a native of Union Township, was born January 6, 1822. Of nine children by this union, five are living - Mahala B., born January 7, 1848; Mary M., born December 18, 1851 (wife of Fred. Seipelt) ; James B. W., born September 13, 1853, married January 17, 1876, to Mary L. Glaze, and has four children - Estella A., Ina F., Elbert F. and Osmer W. ; William D., born February 13, 1862 ; and Eda G., born April 16, 1868 ; Rebecca E., born September 20, 1850, died November 29, 1876; Amanda E., born August 2, 1855, died November 2, 1874; Clara A., born October 8, 1857, died January 28, 1879, and Effa J., born August 1, 1859, died January 31, 1867. In 1845, Mr. Mefford bought his present farm, which contains 99 acres.

W. L. MOCKBEE, manufacturer, Ripley, born in Clermont County, Ohio, in 1831, is 'a son of Baker M. and Henrietta (Kendall) Mockbee, both natives of Ohio. His father was a farmer, and shipped provisions and pork to New Orleans. This trade he carried on quite largely. He died in 1836 ; his wife is still living at Cincinnati in the seventh-eighth year of her age. Of their six children, two only are living - our subject and Laura, now the wife of Alexander Scott. When our subject was thirteen years of age he was apprenticed to learn the tanner's trade at Ripley, and in 1850, after completing his trade, he went to California, where he was quite successful in the gold diggings. On returning, he purchased the tannery where he learned his trade. This he conducted for four years, when he disposed of the business and formed a partnership with W. W. Mauker, in the hardware trade at Ripley. This firm continued business for six or seven years, during which Mr. M. started the Champion Mills and Sash and Blind Manufactory, under the firm name of Mauker, Chase & Mockbee. At the end of eighteen months. Mr. Chase withdrew from the concern, when the remaining partners formed a stock company, under the name of the "Mauker-Mockbee Planing Company. ,r Mr. Mauker retired from the business in 1868, when a partnership with W. B. Campbell and E. R. Bell was formed. In 1881, the Boyd Manufacturing Company purchased the mill at Higginsport. In 1881, Mr. Mockbee became interested in the mining interests in Colorado, where he purchased an interest in the Sultana Mine, which is said to contain the best vein of mineral in the State, and promises to develop a rich yield. Mr. M. was married in 1856 to Miss Isadora, daughter of Peter Shaw, Esq. Mr. M. has been prominently identified with the Sunday school of the Methodist Episcopal Church for the past sixteen years. Mr. and Mrs. Mockbee have a family of six children - Charles M., William S., Mary H., Edwin H., Judith I. and Laura E.

WILLIAM S. MOCKBEE, tobacco dealer, Ripley, Ohio, second son of W. L. Mockbee, a prominent business man of Ripley, Ohio, was born in Ripley November 24, 1859. He was reared in his native place and educated in its schools. In 1880, he engaged in the tobacco trade in Crittenden, Grant Co., Kv., and has been successful. He was married October 26, 1881, to Hattie R. Wiles, a daughter of Mr. Wiles of Ripley. She was born November 4, 1858.

JOSEPH A. MOORE, farmer, P. 0. Ripley, is a son of William, Jr., and Mary (Curry) Moore, the former a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter of Virginia. His paternal grandparent, William Moore, was born in Ireland, and when twelve years of age crossed the ocean to America. His permanent settlement was made in Mason County, Ky., where he died. William, Jr., moved to Pleasant Township, Brown County, at a very early day, and purchased a large body of land, selecting a site for his residence near Georgetown. He dealt entensivelv in flour and pork, and stock-raising, and undoubtedly was the most extensive farmer of the early times. He was a large money loaner, and a representative and self-made man in every respect. He raised a family of twelve children, eight of whom are living. The youngest son, William S., was a physician, and at the breaking-out of the war enlisted as Surgeon of the Sixty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was killed by a solid shot at Gettysburg. The subject of this sketch was born in Pleasant Township, Brown County, August 14, 1822. He was raised on a farm, and his educational advantages only such as could be had in the rude school buildings of the day. His marriage to Miss Nancy J. King occurred in 1847. She was a daughter of Absalom and Margaret King, early pioneers of the county (both deceased). To this union four children have been born - the eldest, Edwin K., married Eva, daughter of Gen. Carlton, a Lieutenant in the Regular Naval United States Service; Mary L., wife of Henry C. Loudon, a son of Gen. James Loudon (deceased), who was one of Brown County's prominent men ; Henry L., a graduate < >f Dartmouth College, N. H., at this time Principal of a public school at Minneapolis, Minn., was united in marriage to Miss Nettie Center, a native of Lake City, Minn., where he, Henry, was formerly engaged as a teacher ; J. Frank, youngest son, at present serving a third year at Dartmouth, and will graduate in 1883. Mr. M. has been largely engaged in leaf tobacco trade, but at this writing is caring for his landed estates, being an extensive land-owner. He has lately purchased his present farm a few miles from Ripley, upon which he is making extensive repairs, and when completed, will be one of the finest in the county. Mr, M. has been enrolled for years a member of the Masonic order, and is one of the oldest living and respected pilgrims of Brown. His father died in this county in 1858.

M. M. MURPHY, druggist, Ripley. Hercules Murphy, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of Tyrone County, Ireland, and settled in Manchester, Ohio, about the year 1800, and subsequently moved to Highland County, where he died. M. M. Murphy was born at New Market, Highland Co., Ohio, in 1829, and is a son of Daniel H. and Melissa (Barrere) Murphy, both natives of Highland County. His grandfather, George W. Barrere, was a native of Kentucky, and of French extraction, and came to Ohio about the year 1800 ; he was a soldier in the war of 1812. Daniel H. Murphy located at Ripley in 1838. He was a prosperous and successful merchant at Ripley for many years, in the dry goods business ; also operated largely in the pork packing business, and shipped many cargoes to New Orleans and other points. In 1861, he closed up his mercantile affairs; and in 1862 was appointed Internal Revenue Assessor for the Sixth Ohio District, which office he filled until removed by Andy Johnson in 1866. He continued in the revenue business with his successor, Collector White, and was killed in 1868, being one of the unfortunate passengers on the ill-fated steamer Magnolia, whose boiler exploded on her passage up from Cincinnati, in March of that year. He was one of the charter members of the Masonic Lodge. M. M. Murphy was trained to a mercantile life in his father's store. He served in the Quartermaster's Department, under Capt. Gaster, in the Army of the Tennessee, receiving his appointment in 1862 ; and was attached to Grant's army, at the capture of Yieksburg, July 4, 1863 ; by reason of sickness, returned home soon after. He immediately took a position as Clerk in the office of Assessor of Internal Revenue, continuing in that position until 1870 ; since which time he has been continuously engaged in the drug business. He was married in September, 1870, to Miss Ella Brogan, a native of Newport, Ky. Mr. M. has served Ripley as its Mayor for two terms, and as Councilman the same length of time ; and for several years a member of the Board of Education. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy have two children - Melissa and Nanny.

J. C. NEWCOMB, Ripley, editor and publisher of the Ripley Bee and Times was born in the village of Dover, Ky., March 12, 1851. His parents were James and Nancy (Mannen) Newcomb, the former a native of Fleming County, Ky., and the latter of Mason County, of the same state. The father was born November 25, 1800. He was engaged for a member of years in the mercantile business at Dover, and was also a tobacco buyer. The children of this marriage were William, Elizabeth, James C., Thomas, Peter and Charles. In 1861, at the outbreak of the war of the rebellion, Mr. Newcomb, with his family removod from Kentucky to Ohio, settling at Ripley, on account of the political aspect of Kentucky, he not agreeing with them in sentiment. In Ripley, he embarked in the grocery business, and remained a merchant of the town until his death, which occurred November 22, 1870. The mother is still living, and is a resident of Ripley. Our subject received a common school education, in the village of his birth and at Ripley, and was variously occupied in business as clerk in a mercantile house, and with his father until the year 1869, when he entered the printing office of the Bee and Times of Ripley, under the editor and proprietor, T. F. Sniffin, and learned the printing trade, continuing in the office until January, 1878, when he opened a job office, and edited and printed an advertising paper called the Ripley Observer. In November of that year, the Observer was consolidated with the Ohio Valley Times , then published by W. P. Reynolds. The Times was published by Messrs. Newcomb & Reynolds until in May, 1880, when the latter sold to W. W. Gilliland. Messrs. Newcomb & Gilliland purchased a paper, styled the Ripley Bee , which was consolidated with the Times , and the name changed to the Ripley Bee and Times. The firm thus continued until in August, 1881, when Mr. Newcomb purchased his partner's interest and has since carried on the paper. Our subject was married, January 18, 1882, to Ella, daughter of W. B. Mathews, of Maysville, Ky. Mr. Newcomb is an active and wide-awake newspaper man.

P. PAEBST, merchant, Ripley. One of the leading and most successful merchants of Ripley is the subject of this sketch, who is a native of Germany. He was born, September 22, 1826, and emigrated to the United States in 1852. When seventeen years of age, he commenced and served an apprenticeship at shoemaking. On coming to this country, he located in New York City, where he followed his trade six years, thence to Cincinnati, and the following year to Ripley, where he established himself in his present business. He now owns two stores - one stocked with boots and shoes, and the other with dry goods, and is doing a prosperous business. In 1852, he married Sarah Ronsheim, a native of Germany, by whom he has had six children - Julius, Katie, Anna, Tilda, Boeva and Lucy.

JOHN P. PARKER, manufacturer of slide valve engines and reapers, Ripley, is a native of Norfolk, Va., where he was born (a slave) in 1827. When eight years of age, he was taken from his mother, and with four hundred others was sold on the block. Ho was taken to Richmond, and chained to an old man, who was subsequently whipped to death. Four months afterward, he was again sold and taken to Mobile, Ala., where his servitude fairly began. He was kept at work mostly in furnaces and iron manufactories, and acquired a thorough knowledge of the business. He was apt and quick to learn, and while in bondage, serving under eleven masters, he was considered a valuable slave, and commanded a high price at the block. But the faint hope for freedom burned within his soul, and with faith in God, he suffered under the galling chains of slavery. His final service was with Mrs. Ryden, of Mobile, Ala., with whom he contracted to pay $1,800 for his freedom, in weekly installments of $10, with interest. To attain this one object of his life was almost a hopeless task, but he worked diligently, and secured extra means bv buying and selling small articles, traffic, etc. In 1845, he had paid the full amount, and was furnished with a pass to New Albany, Ind., when he breathed the first air of freedom, and his life warmed with a new life; the strongest hopes animated his breast, and under the mark of the lash, glowed and warmed the blood of a freeman's heart, yet strong through suffering, spared through the interposition of an All-Wise providence to assist and benefit mankind. For several years, he worked at his trade in different States, and in 1854 came to this city. With the indomitable pluck and energy characteristic of his nature, he erected an old boiler on the bank of the river and began the struggle for the success which he has attained. His abilities and knowledge of foundry business were recognized, and orders promptly followed his efforts. He was tireless in his purpose, frugal, and sought to make every opportunity useful. In a short time, he succeeded William McKeig in his present premises, and is sole owner of the establishment. He employs a large number of men, and carries on a successful manufacturing business. During the rebellion, Mr. Parker gave his service to the Government, and was successful in recruiting the troops of the Twenty -Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry (Colored) Regiment, securing all the enlistments from Kentucky. This regiment was mustered in at Delaware, and did meritorious work in the field under Col. Blackman. It is but a word of justice to say of Mr. Parker's services during the late war, that the half could not be told, and we leave it with the deeds of others to appear in the war records of the country, and related by those who knew him but to praise. Mr. Parker was united in marriage to Miss Miranda Boulden, a native of Cincinnati, May 12, 1848. To this union eight children have been born, six of whom are living. The eldest, Hale G. is a lawyer and teacher of the High (Colored) School at St. Louis, Mo. Cassius C. is a teacher in the public school at Vincennes, Ind. Horatio W., Principal of the High School at Cairo, 111. Ilortense, is attending studies at Holyoke Seminary, Holyoke, Mass., to graduate in 1883. Portia and Bianca, both residing at home, thorough scholars of music, the former a graduate of Ripley School. Mr. Parker is a man of a social, genial temperament, one with whom it is pleasant to meet, at any and all times. His hand is always extended in welcome, and his heart is open to the poor and oppressed. As a man, a citizen, a neighbor, and a friend, he holds a high estimate, and in death his name will go down honored, respected and beloved by all.

His father is a native of Mason County, Ky., where he was born in 1801, and was brought to this county by his father, Samuel, in 1805, who was among those of the early pioneers of Byrd, where he passed the remainder of his earthly days. Samuel Bartholamew, the maternal grandparent of our subject, was a native of Vermont, who with his family made their settlement in Jefferson Township, Brown County, in 1812, where his death is recorded. His daughter Fancheny, the mother of our subject, is still living at this time in the seventy-eighth year of her age, and in the enjoyment of good health. Of the six children born to the parents of our subject, three are living and have raised families. Mr. P. was united in marriage to Miss Mary, daughter of Isaac Morris, in 1856. Three children, all living, have been given to this union, viz. : Lou E. (wife of William Pittengen), Martha and George. Mr. P. has a farm of 110 acres, valued at $7,000. He volunteered his services in the Fortieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served the call of hundred days. He has filled the chair of School Director, and is an Elder in the church of the Disciples at Ripley. The family and its branches rank among those of Brown County early pilgrims and respected pioneers.

JAMES B. PORTER, farmer, P. O. Ripley, an old and eminently esteemed pioneer citizen of Union Township, was bora in Lycoming County, Penn., October 21, 1799. He is the oldest son of Isaac and Ann (Wilson) Porter, who were natives of the East. His father was born March 17, 1760, and his mother May 20, 1774. They were married November 8, 1797, and came to Ohio in 1810, locating one mile below Aberdeen. In 1811, they removed near Decatur in Byrd Township, where they resided until 1818, when they came to Union Township and located on the land now occupied by the subject of this sketch. Mr. Porter departed this life February 21, 1840, and Mrs. P. March 13, 1861. They had born to them eleven children, of whom our subject is the third child. He was reared to his majority in the primeval forests of Union Township, and received only such an education as the schools of the day afforded. His father was unfortunately a cripple, and the duty of caring for him devolved upon our subject. He took charge of the farm and cleared of it about 60 acres, besides 100 acres of other land. Mr. Porter has always followed the independent avocation of farming. It is needless to say that his life has been a successful one, for the broad acres that he recently owned attest to the industry and successful management of this sturdy old pioneer. In 1860, he was possessor of 400 acres of land, all of which were the fruits of his own labors. Mr. Porter has passed the summit of life. The vicissitudes intermingled with the sunshine and storms, prosperity and adversity of fourscore and three years have swept over the bent form of this aged pioneer with untold velocity. Many changes and improvements have occurred during the long period of his existence in Union Township. The majority of what is, was effected in this space of time. He ever lent a helping hand to the worthy enterprises of his county, and nothing of a charitable, religious or educational character was ever presented to him but what it received his liberal support. As a citizen, Mr. Porter is loyal and upright, and has the fullest esteem and confidence of his fellow-men. Mr. Porter celebrated his marriage March 6, 1826, with Miss Mary Pettyjohn, a daughter of John and Sarah Pettyjohn, who were Virginians. Mrs. Porter was born in Monongalia County, Va., February 18, 1805. Eleven children were the issue of this union ; of them eight are living - Isaac, born April 22, 1827; Sallie A., born January 23, 1823 (wife of M. C. Kimball); Amos, born January 6, 1831 ; Eliza, born March 29, 1833 (wife of Hiram Ellis) ; Mary J., born April 5,1835 (widow of William Bennington) ; James P.,born September 2, 1837 ; Rachel, born August 3, 1842, and Moses P., born September 25, 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Porter have been devout members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for over forty years. They reared two sons who are itinerant ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

ISAAC PORTER, farmer, P. O. Ripley, oldest son of James B. and Mary Porter, was born in the township of his residence April 22, 1827. He was reared on a farm and educated in the district schools. When seventeen, he engaged in teaching, which he followed of winters for twelve years. In the meantime, he learned surveyp ing, which he has pursued in all for about thirty years. April 10, 1849, he was joined in marriage with Miss Elizabeth J. Culter, daughter of James and Eliza Culter. Mrs. Porter died September 9, 1857, and left four children, of whom three are living - Bell (wife of Henry Stevens), Louisa and Charles F. Mr. Porter was again married, June 9, 1859, to Mary M. Pickards, a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Rickards. Seven children were the issue of this marriage; of these six are living - Martha A., Frank R., Homer M., Rachel M., Lizzie N. and Alice H. Joseph is deceased. Mrs. Porter dying September 2, 1878, Mr. P. was again married, January 4, 1881, to Mrs. Elmira Gilbert, widow of Alex. Gilbert and daughter of Samuel and Rachel Martin. Mrs. P. was born in Brown County March 31, 1845. Mr. Porter and family are members of the M. E. Church. In politics, he is a Republican. He served as member of the Board of Trustees of Union Township for eight consecutive terms. He owns a good farm of 110 acres, and is engaged in the pursuits of agriculture. For the last fifteen years, he has devoted his attention principally to the culture of tobacco. The year 1868 he spent in Putnam County, 111 , and since that time has resided in this township.

REY. MOSES P. PORTER, minister and farmer, Ripley, son of James B. and Mary Porter, was born in Union Township September 25, 1849. He was reared to maturity on his father's farm aud received the elements of his education in the Ohio Wesleyan University of Delaware, Ohio. In 1874, he entered the ministry, by joining the Central Illinois Conference, and subsequently was transferred to the South Kansas Conference, where he labored with encouraging success, up to 1881, when his health failed. He then returned to his native place and took charge of his father's farm. November 4, 1873, he was united in marriage with Miss Maggie A. Coulter, a native of Union Township, where she was born February 25, 1855. She was a daughter of Ralph Y. and Harriet Coulter. Four children were the fruits of this union - Minnie M., born September 10, 1874 ; Ida M., born April 22, 1876; Mary L., born March 7, 1878, and Hattie L., born April 17, 1880.