Washington Township (part 6 of 16)

W. H. POWER, piano manufacturer, Secretary of the Ohio Yalley Piano Company of Ripley, was born in Adams County, Ohio, June 18, 1848. He is a son of James and Mary J. (Brownfield) Power, who were also natives of Adams County. His father's parents, William and Martha Power, were among the early pioneers of that county. Mr. Power, the subject of this sketch, was reared and brought up in Manchester, where his parents removed when he was but three years of age. His education was acquired in the schools of that place. His father was a wagon and carriage maker, and at an early age he was apprenticed to that trade. September 3, 1864, at the youthful age of sixteen, he responded to his country's call by enlisting in Company G, One Hundred and Eighty-second Ohio Yolunteer Infantry. He served in the Army of the Cumberland, and participated in the engagements of Nashville and Franklin. Tenn., and was discharged with honors at the close of the war at Camp Chase, Ohio. He returned to Manchester, and in 1866 came to Ripley and resumed his avocation as a mechanic in the Ohio Yalley Piano Manufactory, in which he remained as an employe until J uly, 1880, when he became a member of the firm and has since held the office of Secretary. Mr. Power is an ingenious workman, and executes with excellent skill the various departments of mechanism his avocation embraces. He has served on most all the branches of piano making with marked success. He celebrated his marriage October 27, 1869, with Miss Minnie Thompson, a daughter of John F. and Mary Thompson, now deceased. Mrs. Power, a very worthy lady, is a native of Brown County. One son was born to bless this union - Harry N., born June 1, 1871. Mr. Power is associated with the Methodist Episcopal Church as a member, and is also connected with the order of Knights of Pythias. He is politically identified with the Republican party. Mr. Power is a gentleman of fine social character, good principles, sterling integrity, and highly merits the esteem in which he is held.

WILLIAM RADE, piano manufacturer, Ripley, President of the Ohio Yalley Piano Company of Ripley since 1878, was born in Germany November 27, 1829. His parents, Gustaff A. and Caroline Rade, were natives of Germany. When Mr. Rade was fifteen years of age, he took up the trade of making pianos, and served an apprenticeship of five years in Coblentz. In 1850, he came across the waters and engaged in his trade with Light, Newton & Co., of New York, for one and a half years. He was then employed in his trade by Broadway & Gray, of Albany, two years, and Gale & Co., of Baltimore, for seven years. He then returned to New York City and was engaged as tuner and regulator of Steinway Pianos two years. He was then connected with the St. Louis Piano Company of St. Louis, Mo., in the same department up to 1874, when he came to Ripley, since which time he has been connected with the Ohio Valley Piano Company. Mr. Rade is perhaps one of the best tuners and regulators of pianos in the United States. He has been connected with the principal piano manufactories and has become proficient in his business. Mr. Rade was married in Washington County, N. Y., to Miss Carrie T. Baker, a daughter of Taylor Baker. -Mrs. Rade was born in Washington County in 1839. Five children were the fruits of this marriage - Louise E., William, Hattie E., Carrie and Katie. Mr. and Mrs. Rade are members of the Presbyterian Church of Ripley, and have a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.

LEWIS REINERT, baker, Ripley. Prominent among the active and enterprising men of Ripley is our subject, of whom much might be said. He was born in Germany in 1825. When seventeen years of age he took passage to America, locating at Philadelphia, Penn., where he learned his trade. He is the eldest son of Jacob and Sophia (Gnas) Reinert, both natives of Germany, who emigrated in 1844. They selected a home in Philadelphia, where he (Jacob) resided until his death. In 1857, Lewis found his way to this city, where, with the limited means he had saved from his earnings, he opened a small bakery. By close application to study, he had acquired the English language, and to this, coupled with the national ambition of his nature, is due the success of his efforts. By industry he thrived. In a few years he made a purchase of his present store and dwelling on Second street, where he is conducting a large and prosperous trade. He was one of the original stockholders of the piano manufactory and a brewery of this city, and has lately transferred his investments in the steamboat company. He has filled numerous offices of trust, and is held in high estimation by the citizens. He was married in New Jersey, in 1850, to Miss Mary J. Hays, who died in 1854. She bore him one son, William, a resident of Dover, Ky. His present wife Frederica Fridrich, who is of German descent, to whom have been born four children, three are living - Louis, Jacob and Edward. Politically, Mr. R. was formerly a Democrat, but is now a stanch Republican.

FRED RUTZ, boot and shoe dealer, Ripley, is a native of Germany, where he was born in 1835. When fifteen years of age, he emigrated to the land of the free, finding a location at Cincinnati, where he remained a short time, when he removed to Maysville, Ky.; thence he removed to Ripley, where he established business in 1856. His business place was entirely destroyed by fire in March, 1881, and he erected a neat two-story brick structure on the same site, at a cost of $4,000. He occupies the upper floor as a residence, and the building is one of the most prominent business structures in the city. Occupying a site in the business center of Second street, it affords ample proof of the stability and enterprise of its owner. Mr. R. was joined in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Beihn in 1856. She is a native of this city. One child (deceased) was the fruit of this union. Mr. R. is a member of the School Board, where he has served nineteen years. He served six months in the Forty-third Illinois Infantry Regimental Band during the rebellion, returning from the field sick. He is a member of the G. A. R. and I. O. O. F., and has an honorable standing in the Masonic fraternity. His trade is large and lucrative, and his name stands among Ripley's respected and honored citizens.

THOMAS S. SALISBURY, farmer, P. O. Ripley, was born on the homestead upon which he resides in Union Township February 9, 1818. His parents, Thomas and Susanah (Martin) Salisbury, were among the pioneers of 1800 to settle in Brown County. He was a native of Fayette County, Penn., where he was born in 1781. He ' taught school until they were married in 1810, and soon after located on the present homestead, where he resided until his death in 1864. He was identified in the township, but sought to live a quiet, unostentatious life. Alexander Martin and Jane (Black) Martin, grandparents of our subject, were among the early pioneers of Brown County, and deserve a merited notice in this work. Thomas S. Salisbury was married, in 1846, to Miss Elizabeth Martin, a native of this county. This union has been blessed with five children, two of whom are living - Anna, wife of R. T. Thompson, residents of Byrd Township, and John N. resides at home. Deceased are Harriet W., Henry M. and Phebe J. Mr. Salisbury lives a quiet, unassuming life, surrounded by the associations and comforts of a pleasant and happy home. He is associated with the Presbyteran Church of Ripley, and is well known and highly respected.

WILLIAM SCHAEHFER, merchant, Ripley, is a son of Daniel and Magdalen (Shoenig) Schaehfer, and was born in Germany in 1845. When twenty-one years of age, he crossed the ocean to select a home in the land of the free. His first location was made at Walkertown, near Windsor, Can., where for one year he engaged in business. The following July, 1867, he came to Ripley, and engaged as a clerk in the store of N. P. Wiles. Subsequently, he acted as salesman with W. H. Armstrong and Mr. Linn, of this city, and in 1875 returned to Bavaria, Germany, to visit his parents. Returning the same year, he established himself in the dry goods trade at No. 15 Main street. Subsequently, he purchased the building of his present location, where he has since been actively and successfully engaged. The building has a frontage of twenty-four feet, and is fifty-six feet deep. The interior is stocked with a full line of foreign and domestic dry goods, and will give an average invoice of $3,000 to $5,000. Mr. Schaehfer enjoys a very large trade, and is one of Ripley's enterprising, prosperous merchants. He was married in November, 1872, to Miss Katie Linn, a sister of Peter and Carl Linn, of this city. Two children, Amelia and Hedwig, are the fruits of this union.

GEORGE SCHEER, miller, Ripley, is a native of Germany, where he was born in 1846. He embarked to the American shore in 1860, accompanied by two sisters, and sought a location at Philadelphia, Penn., where he procured work at his trade. He was a baker by profession, and worked at his calling until 1863, when he enlisted as Chief Bugler in Company B, Ninteenth Pennsylvania Calvary, and did active service throughout the campaign. He participated in the battles at Nashville, Guntown, Cypress Swamp, and through .the campaign under Gen. Rosecrans. He was captured near Salem, Miss., and did not escape until after the close of the war. Returning to Philadelphia, he was married, in 1868, to Miss Emma Schilling, a native of that city. Of the children born to this union, five are living, viz.: Barbara R., Martha E., Henry A., Otto and Charles S. After marriage, he opened a business for himself, which he sold in 1872, and came to this county, succeeding William Kenny & Co., in the milling business the same year. His effort at milling has proved a remunerative success, and the energy displayed in improvements and facilities for business determine the spirit of the man. Without means, he has by economy and industry secured a home, a business, and a reputation as a citizen. He is School Director at the present time, a member of the Masonic order and German Reformed Church.

J. M. SCHWALLIE is a native of Brown County, where he was born in 1853. His parents, Jacob and Mary M. (Kraener) Schwallie, were natives of Alsace, Germany, who embarked to America in 1830, and soon after made their settlement in Union Township, and thereby becoming pioneers, where Jacob resided until the close of his life in 1878. His estimable wife survives him and resides at Russellville. The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm, which avocation he closely followed until 1880, when he became engaged in raising and selling tobacco. By industry and close economy, he had been enabled to purchase Hi acres near Ripley, upon which he has erected a storehouse and is doing a safe and profitable trade. During the year 1881, he shipped to Cincinnati, Ohio, 115,000 pounds of tobacco, and the demand is greater than the supply. He was married, in 1881, to Miss Elizabeth Fox, a native of Hamilton County, Ohio. The family are members of the Catholic Church, and are highly respected.

CAPT. PETER SHAW (deceased), was born in Rhode Island October 14, 1776. He was married in 1797, to Miss Elizabeth Reynolds. He came to Brown County with three brothers in 1801. He dealt largely in horses, and crossed the Alleghany Mountains seven times with droves for the Eastern market. He was also largely interested in river trade, building fiat-boats, and transporting cargoes of provisions to New Orleans. He made many trips of that kind, returning on horseback. He raised the first crop of tobacco and hemp produced in Brown County. He, with Capt. Moore, built two steamboats at Ripley, which were the first to ply between Ripley and New Orleans. He afterward with two sons, built seven other steamboats, and was one of the best known steamboat men that operated on the Ohio River. He lost his first wife by death; by this marriage, there were nine children. He was again married to Mary Sanford Lyne, daughter of James and Judith (McDonnell) Lyne, she was of Scotch descent, and a native of Bracken County, Ky.; they had four children, one of whom is living, Mrs. Mockbee, of Ripley. The Shaws family are of English Origin, whose Quaker Ancestors settled in Rhode Island, at a very early periods. Capt. Peter Shaw, as he was familiarly known, was a member nd liberal supporter of the Methodist Church, and gave freely of his vast income to benevolent purposes. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. He was an Old-Line Whig in politics, and afterward a Republican. He served his township in various oflices, among which was Township Treasurer for many years. During the latter years of his life, he was engaged in the lumber business. He was among the best known of the early pioneers, who left an honorable name. He died at Ripley August 31, 1864, in his eighty-ninth year. His widow is still living, and resides at the house of a son-in-law, Mr. Mockbee, at Ripley.

WILLIAM H. SLY, attorney, Ripley, is a son of Joseph and Eliza (Laymon) Sly, and grandson of Jacob Sly, who pioneered his way to Cincinnati in 1792, and made his residence in the old block-house until he had selected a home on the East Fork of the Little Miami, in Clermont County, where he cleared a farm, raised a family, and lived his allotted years. On this farm, Joseph was born, who, in 1826, moved and settled on Glady Run, Brown County, where he and his companion lived to attain the age of seventy-four years. The subject of this sketch was born on the homestead February 12, 1824. His early years were spent in working on the farm and securing such education as could be gathered in the winter months from the rude cabin schoolhouses of that day. By perseverance and close application to study, he obtained a good common school education. In 1844, he began the study of law in the office of Sheets & Howard, of Batavia. After three years of legal tuition, he was admitted to the bar. Subsequently, he was engaged in teaching school, and on May 1, 1851, began the practice of his profession at Fayetteville, Ohio. In the summer of 1855, he removed to Georgetown, and in the fall of the same year was elected Prosecuting Attorney. This office he filled two years with great satisfaction to his constituents. In April, 1869, he settled in Ripley, and has since been successfully engaged in his professional calling. His service one year (1873) as Grand Master of the State I. 0. 0. F., Mayor of Ripley two years, and his rank in Masonic fraternity afford evidence of his esteemed citizenship and professional abilities. Mr. Sly has always been an active participant in political affairs, and taken a deep interest in public and private enterprise. During the rebellion, his energies were directed in raising the Fourth Ohio Cavalry, and was elected First Lieutenant, but resigned the position. His marriage to Miss Mary E. Gray, daughter of John and Nancy Gray, occurred September 12, 1855. To this union five children were born, three of whom are living - Annie, William R. and Jennie G.

SPENCER SPEARS, Jr., tobacco dealer, Ripley, is a native of Floyd County, Ky., where he was born September 13, 1816. When one year of age, his parents, Spencer and Tabatha (Chaffin) Spears, sold their farm in Kentucky, and, while on the journey to Clermont County, Ohio, he, Spencer, died. The widow, after a residence of three years in Cincinnati, Ohio, moved to Clermont County, and at the time of her death, in 1852, was living with her son in this county. She was a native Virginian and had a thorough knowledge of tobaeco-raising, which she instilled in the mind of her son, and has proved the foundation stone of his success. The subject of this sketch came to thi3 county in 1827 and made his home with William Beasley, under whose roof he was married in November, 1836, to MDs Harriet A., daughter of Francis Coburn, of this county. The same year he planted and raised the first crop of tobacco raised in Brown County, and he may well be termed the pioneer tobacco-raiser. From his storehouse near Ripley he is c instantly making large shipments amounting on an aggregate to about 200,000 pounds per year. He has also a farm in Huntington Township of 231 acres, and is extensively engaged in the raising and sale of tobacco. His living children are - Elizabeth T., Francis M., Sarah, Oliver B., Spencer W., Thomas, Wiley, Charles, and John. Politically, Mr. Spear is a descendant of the Old-Line Whig party. At this time a stanch and reliable Republican.

DR. J. A. STEEN, dentist, Ripley. xAlexander Steen, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Hagerstown, Md. He came with his family to Ohio in 1820, and located at a settlement called Mount Leigh, Scott Township, Adams County, Ohio. He had a family of eight children, five boys and three girls. One ol his sons, Alexander B. Steen, is the father of Dr. Steen. He still resides on the old homestead in Adams County, where he came with his parents when but seven years of age, having been born in 1813. He, with his wife, formerly Miss Nancy J. McClure, have had a family of eight children, seven boys and one girl (Dr. J. A. Steen being the second child). The Steens were originally from Ireland, and the McClures of Scotch descent. Alex. B. Steen is a man highly respected in his community, of an extensive acquaintance, and influential in his section. Dr. J. A. Steen was born in 1841, and reared on his father's farm. In 1862, he enlisted in the Ninety-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company I, and served until the close of the war, participating in a number of battles, among which are those of Buffalo, W. Va., Cloyd Mountain, Va., Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek; also in the Hunter raid, starting from Cowpasture, Va., marching 417 miles to Lynchburg - being some days without food; at the battle of Winchester, June 19, 1864, he was wounded, after which he was transferred to the hospital at Philadelphia. He subsequently returned to the field of Winchester to look after the remains of his brother, J. F. Stein, and half-uncle, Ira T. Hays, who were killed in action. He identified their remains and affectionately saw their honored bodies laid at rest in the Winchester Cemetery. At the close of the war, he, with his regiment, was mustered out of the service at Cumberland, Md., and returned to Camp Dennison, Ohio, where they were paid off. On return to peaceful pursuits, he entered the dental office of J. A. McClure, at Cincinnati, with whom he studied eighteen months. At the expiration of this time, he formed a partnership with his preceptor, which was maintained for two years. In the spring of 1869, he removed to Manchester, Adams Co., Ohio, where he opened an office and practiced his profession. December 30, 1869, he was married at Eckmansville, Adams County, to Miss Jane H. Reighley, a native of Locke's Mills, Mifflin Co., Penn., a daughter of Henry and Nancy Reighley, whose family settled in Adams County. In 1870, he removed to North Liberty, and to Ripley in 1875, where he still resides and enjoys a lucrative practice in his profession. The Doctor is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and also of the Masonic and Odd Fellow fraternities. Dr. and Mrs. Steen have a family of four children - Minnie L., Lula E., Harry W. and Merta.

ROBERT P. STEPHENSON, Ripley, was born in Union Township, June 21, 1801 . His father, Col. Mills Stephenson, was born in Delaware, and came to Mason County. Ky., in 1792, and in 1794 crossed to the Ohio side and located near Ripley. He bought a farm of 100 acres and settled on it. He served in the Indian war, and through the war of 1812 as Colonel. He built Fort Stephenson in Ohio, and by the order of the Governor it was given his name. As a man. Col. Stephenson was prominent in his day, and as a citizen he labored in the good of the people and in the interest of the county. His death occurred June 16, 1822. Mrs. Stephenson, his wife, formerly Miss Jane Kilpatrick, was a daughter of Frank Kilpatrick, who was a native of Ireland. He came to America, and in 1791 came down the Ohio River in a flat-boat with his two daughters - Isabell and Jane, aged ten and twelve years respectively. When just above Maysville, then known as Limestone, Ky., the Iudians endeavored to decoy them ashore, but failing in the attempt they fired two balls into him, one entering his head and the other his heart, killing him instantly. His daughters came on to Limestone, where they saw their father buried. They were taken by a Richard Applegate of Mason County, and reared to womanhood. Isabell married James Stephenson and Jane married Col. Mills Stephenson. The latter died June 30, 1815. Robert P., the subject of this sketch, was reared to manhood on his father's farm, and received his educational training in the common schools. He aided his father in clearing up a farm and in effecting many improvements. September 23, 1819, he was married to Mary Wallace, a daughter of Thomas and Catherine Wallace, who were natives of Ireland and Pennsylvania. They came to Mason County, Ky., in 1791, and lived on the "Old Washington trace" till 1815, when they came to Brown County. Mrs. Stephenson was born in Mason County, Ky., June 9, 1801. Eleven children were the fruits of this marriage, seven of whom are living - Thomas, Lemuel, Young, Mary A. (wife of Abner Howard). Robert A., Catherine J. (wife of Edward Martin), and William R.; Mills, Elizabeth, Ephraim and Jane are deceased. In 1835, Mr. Stephenson located on his present farm, which he cleared up and improved himself with the aid of his children. He assisted in many of the prominent public improvements of the township and county. He now owns a farm of 128 acres of well-improved land. He was one of the earliest tobacco-raisers in Brown County, and followed it successfully for forty-six years. He aud wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics, he is a supporter of the doctrines and principles of Democracy.

THOMAS STEPHENSON, farmer, P. 0. Ripley, son of Robert P. and Mary Stephenson, was born on the old Stephenson homestead, near Ripley, July 2, 1826. He was reared on his father's farm and received his training in the common schools of his native place. His marriage occurred September 12, 1850, with Miss Elmira J. Wiles, born in Union Township August 29, 1829, and a daughter of Joseph B. and Harriet Wiles. Eleven children were the issue of this union, of these all but one are living - Harriet A., a school teacher; Mary E., a teacher; Julietta, wife of George Miller, of Springfield; Edwin E., Florence G., Edith W., Lucy C., Newton J., Daisy A. and Myrta M. Jocasta A. is deceased. In 1850, Mr. Stephenson located on the farm he now occupies and has since resided on it, except five years he lived on the old homestead. Mr. Stephenson's occupation has always been that of an agriculturist, giving his principal attention to cultivating tobacco, which he has raised successfully for thirtyfive years. He owns a farm of eighty-three acres of good land. Mrs. S. is united with the Christian Church. His political views are Democratic.

LEMUEL STEPHENSON, farmer, P. O. Ripley, fourth son of Robert P. and Mary Stephenson, was born on his father's farm, near Ripley, March 18, 1832. He was reared on a farm and educated in the schools of Delaware, Ohio. He taught school one term, then engaged in the grocery business in Ripley with Ephraim Stephenson, and pursued it one year, then returned to hi3 farm and followed agriculture and horticulture up to 1874, when he turned his attention to the dairy business, his present avocation. He was married, February 21, 1856, to Miss Sarah E. Devore, daughter of Nicholas and Hestoria Devore. Mrs. S. was born in this county and died February 23, 1858, leavingone child - George W., now deceased. Mr. S. again married December 22, 1860. This time to Miss Emily Wilson, daughter of Jacob T. Wilson, a native of Huntington Township, where she was born February 9, 1838. Four children were the fruits of this union, of these three are living - Mary M., born November 13, 1861, wife of W. T. Yance; Amasa, born October 12, 1865; and Anna L., born August 21, 1869^ Wady (deceased), born August 27, 1863, and died August 1, 1864. Mr, Stephenson and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically, he is an advocate of Democracy. During the late war, he was Captain of Company B, of the Brown County Militia.

WILLIAM R. STEPHENSON, farmer, P. 0. Ripley, son of Robert P. and Mary Stephenson, was born near Ripley May 12, 1843. He was brought up to farming and was educated in the common schools of the neighborhood. He took a commercial course in Grundy's College and graduated in March, 1864. He began reading law, in 1872, with W. H. Sly, of Ripley, and was admitted to practice in the Circuit Court in September, 1874. He practiced his profession there one year, then engaged in buying and shipping tobacco at Logan s Gap till 1880. He resumed his law practice in Ripley, and, in the early part of 1881, took charge of his father's farm. November 7, 1879, he was married to Miss Sarah B. Myers, daughter of James and Salina Myers. Two children were born to this marriage, viz. : Myrtie L. and James R. Mr. Stephenson is identified with the Masonic body and Knights of Pythias. Politically, he is a Democrat.

A. J. STIVERS, banker, Ripley, is a son of Robert and Jane (Meharry) Stivers. His maternal relatives were among the respected families of Virginia, who subsequently settled in Pennsylvania, where Robert was born. He moved to the West at an early day, and located in Adams County, where he was married. He was among those of the early pioneers of that county, and resided there until his death, which occurred in 1855. The subject of this sketch was born on the homestead in 1818. His early educational advantages were limited, and, when he had attained his majority, moved to Ripley and began the labor of life with nothing but his energies and ambition for capital. He secured a position with A. Leggett, a prominent merchant of that day, as a clerk, which proved to be the foundation stone of his success. After a service of some years, he was admitted a partner, and the firm of Leggett & Stivers did a large business in pork and general stock. In the fall of 1847, he was called to fill the position as Teller of the Farmers' Branch of the State Bank of Ohio, in which institution he has since been an officer. His election to the position of Cashier, in 1877, he respectfully declined, feeling its duties too great. Mr. S. has for years been largely engaged in the trade of leaf tobacco, flour and pork, and his success is due to his tireless industry and unquailing purpose, making every opportunity useful. He was united in marriage to Miss Harriet N. daughter of John McLain, in 1845. She died in 1851. His present wife, Mrs. Kate Stivers, was a daughter of John T. Maddox, an early pioneer of Adams County. To this union two children have been born - John R. and Frank A., both residing at home. Mr. Stivers is a strong advocate of temperance, and has filled offices of trust. Politically, he is an adherent of Republican principles, and a descendant of the Old-Line Whigs.

MARION TWEED, farmer, P. 0. Ripley, eldest son of John and Mary Tweed, was born in Union Township September 22, 1836. He passed his early life on his father's farm and received his education in the district schools of his native place. His father died, and, when he was of age, he took charge of the homestead, which he managed till 1866. May - , 1864, he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Seventy-second Regiment, Ohio National Guard. He acted in the capacity of Corporal, and was discharged September following his enlistment. February 5, 1868, he was married to Mariam D. Day, a native of Pleasant Township, and a daughter of Ellis and Mariam D. Day. She was born October 30, 1841. They have one son - Hugh Ellis, born November 11,1868. In 1871, Mr. Tweed purchased his present farm, which contains 100 acres, valued at $100 per acre. He is by occupation an agriculturist, and devotes his chief attention to cultivating tobacco. He raises from 10,000 to 21,000 pounds anuually. Mrs. Tweed is a member of the Disciples' Church of Georgetown. In politics, he is an advocate of Republicanism.

JOSEPH WILES, farmer, P. O. Ripley, second son of Christian and Elizabeth Wiles, was born in Union Township March 17, 1827. He was reared a farmer boy and was educated in the common schools of the day. November 18, 1854, he was married to Mary A., a daughter of Charles and Jane (Wiles) Kimball. She was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, March 10, 1826. Of six children by this union, four are living, viz. : Elizabeth J., born September 15, 1855 (wife of Thomas Whisner) ; Sarah E., born February 11, 1860 ; George W., born May 9, 1864, and Moses K., born February 10, 1868. Joseph C. and Caroline are deceased. In 1855, Mr. Wiles located on his present farm. He is by occupation a farmer, and devotes most of his attention to growing tobacco, in which he has been successful. He owns a farm of 100 acres of well-improved land.

WILLIAM P. WILES, farmer, P. 0. Ripley, a native of Union Township, was born January 17, 1830. His parents, Christian and Elizabeth (Pettyjohn) Wiles, were natives of Lancaster County, Penn. Mr. Wiles was born June 20, 1791, and Mrs. Wiles April 9, 1802. Mr. Wiles' parents were Christian, Sr., and Catharine Wiles. The former was born in 1760, and the latter in 1769. They came down the Ohio River, from Pennsylvania, in the year 1809, and located in Union Township. Mr. Wiles was the first Sheriff of Brown County. Ripley was then known as Stanton, and was but a small river village. He filled the office of Justice of the Peace in Stanton for a number of years, and died February 13, 1837, aged 77. Mrs. W. died April 17, 1846, at the same age. Mr. W., the father of our subject, passed most of his early life in Brown County. In 1824, he purchased a farm of 60 acres, and subsequent additions made him 275 acres at his death. He cleared up a farm and followed its pursuits all his life. He was one of the original members of the Ripley & Bradysville Turnpike Co. He was a patriot, in the war of 1812, and died March 7, 1860. Mrs. W.'s death occurred April 13, 1881. William, the subject of this sketch, was reared to maturity on his father's farm. He was married, January 21, 1857, to Miss Victoria J. Devore, daughter of Nicholas F. and Hestoria Devore. Mrs. Wiles was born in Brown County, and died September 1, 1860, leaving one child - Hestoria L., wife of Marion Young. November 17, 1863, Mr. Wiles was again married to Hannah Martin, a native of this township, where she was born August 21, 1840. She was a daughter of Samuel and Rachel Martin. Two children were the fruits of this union - Georgiana, born July, 1865, and William M., born March 23, 1871. Mr. Wiles is connected with the. Christian Church, and Mrs. W. with the Methodists. He is prominently associated with the Grange and in politics is Democratic. He owns a farm of 85 acres and is engaged in agriculture and stock-raising.

N. P. WILES, merchant, Ripley, is a son of Joseph B. and Harriet (Bayne) Wiles. He (Joseph B.) was a native of Pennsylvania, and a son of Christian Wiles, who located and settled on a farm upon which the busy city of Ripley now stands. He became popular as a pioneer, and was Sheriff of the county some years, and resided in the county during his life. Joseph B. was raised on the homestead, and in connection with farming engaged in the transportation and sale of live stock in flat-boats to New Orleans. He died at his home in this township in 1880, in the seventy-sixth year of his age. The subject of this sketch was born on the homestead in 1831, and until sixteen years of age worked on the farm, and was sent to school. Subsequently, he attended the public schools at Ripley and assisted his father in the store. His educational studies were completed in the college at Yellow Springs, Greene County, from which he returned in 1854. In the fall of the same year he was married to Miss Juliette B., daughter of Elias Hathaway, who was an early pioneer of Brown, and came with a colony from Connecticut and Massachusetts. His father, Dr. Hathaway, was a pioneer physician, and in his profession attained great prominence and was widely known. Mr. Wiles is one of the oldest merchants of the city. He first engaged in the grocery trade many years ago ; at this time he, with his sons, commands a large patronage in groceries and dry goods. Their double store on Second street affords ample room for the large and well-selected stock, where the purchaser is treated with courteous and gentlemanly attention. The firm possess the push and enterprise of thorough business men, and are at all times alive to the wants of a customer. He is a Trustee and Deacon in the Presbyterian Church of this city, and has always taken an active interest in church affairs. His children are Harry N., Joseph B., Nellie H., L. Nathan, Edgar, and Leon S.

ALBERT WHITE, grocer, Ripley. Mr. White began business in this city in 1866, opening on Main street, near the river. Subsequently, he entered into partnership with Mr. Devore, which firm continued until the spring of 1879, when the company dissolved, and Mr. White established himself in his present location, and is in the enjoyment of a well-earned trade. He was born in Clermont County, Ohio, in 1844, and is the youngest son of George B. and Elizabeth (Evans) White. He was a native of England and a graduate of Cambridge College, near London. He practiced law until he received a commission from King George as Chaplain in the English Army, in which he served on the Island of Madras. At the close of his service, he set sail to America and located in Clermont County in 1843. He came to Ripley in 1848. and engaged in teaching school, which he followed until his death in 1851. Soon after his death, our subject entered the printing office of the Ohio State Journal at Columbus, Ohio, and remained two years. In 1864, he enlisted in the Fourth Ohio Independent Cavalry, and served until the close of the war. He participated at the battle of Atlanta July 21, and was assigned to McPherson's escort, and joined Sherman on his march to the sea. He was married in 1874 to Miss Mary Kendle, a native of this county, to whom were born three children; one son, Frank, is living. She died in December, 1880, and he was again united to a sister, Sarah Kendle. Both were daughters of Leroy J. Kendle, of this county. Mr. White served as Township Treasurer two years, and is a member of the Blue Lodge of Masons. He has always contributed liberally to the Methodist Episcopal Church in which he feels an interest, and in all things pertaining to the advancement of religion and education.

T. J. WHITE, Superintendent of Boyd Manufacturing Company, Levanna. Mr. White was born in Mason County, Ky., in 1845, and is a son of Peyton and Virginia (Owens) White, both natives of that State, where he died in 1857. He left home when nineteen years of age, and three years after engaged as book-keeper in the lumber business at Maysville, Ky. In 1874, he came to Ripley, and engaged with the Boyd Manufacturing Company as traveling salesman, which business he followed until 1878, when he was installed as book-keeper for the company at Levanna, a position that he filled until 1881, when he was appointed to the superintendency of the mills at that place. He was married to Miss Anna B., daughter of Philip Rossman, in 1877. Mr. White has been a member of the I. 0. 0. F. since 1869. Mr. and Mrs. White have a family of three children - Thomas J., Jr., John S. and Catharine.

J. C. WINTERS, M. D., physician, Ripley, is a grandson of William Winters, who came from Kentucky to Clermont County, Ohio, in 1801, and settled on what was called the "Big Indian," between Felicity and Bethel. He purchased a large tract of land, upon which he settled, and where he resided until his death, in 1842. The parents of our subject, John and Margaret (Wells) Winters, were both natives of Kentucky, where he was born at Lexington in 1800, and brought by his father to Ohio. John was raised on the homestead, where he resided until 1830, when he moved to Brown County, where he passed the remainder of his days. His death occurred in 1871. He raised a family of nine children, eight of whom are living at this time. The subject of this sketch was the second child, and passed the earlier years of his life on the farm. At the age of twenty one years, he began the study of medicine with Dr. McCormick, of Higginsport. In the winter of 1847-48, he took a course of lectures at the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, Ohio, and, after devoting the remaining time to study, returned to Cincinnati in July, completing his medical education in a private hospital of that city. In March, 1850, he moved to this city, and began the practice of his profession, where he has thoroughly and satisfactorily established a large practice. His marriage to Miss Martha S., daughter of Z. and Sarah Hook, occurred June 3, 1852. Two children have been given to the blessing of this union, viz., E. H., at this time in Arizona for his health, and C. L., a resident of Des Moines, Iowa. The mother of Mrs. Winters is yet living with her daughter, in the eighty-eighth year of her age. The Doctor has been a member of the Presbyterian Church since 1844, and, aside from the duties of his many calls, always takes an active interest in church and educational advancement.

J. L. WYLIE, physician, Ripley. This family inherit the true blood of the "Scotch. Dr. Adam Wylie, the grandparent of our subject, was a native of Washington County, Penn. He was a practicing physician, and settled in Ripley in 1817, where he followed his profession with success until his death in 1839. Dr. Thomas Wylie, his son, was a graduate of Transylvania College, Lexington, Ky., in 1836, and began the practice of his profession soon after in New Orleans, La. Thence he moved to Natchez, Miss., and in 1838 moved to the southern part of Keutucky, and in the same year was married to Miss Sarah, daughter of Seth Cook. He (Sethj was a pioneer, whose boyhood witnessed important events in the settlement of that State. The family of Dr. Thomas Wylie was raised in that State, near Lexington. In 1844, he moved to BrowD County, and located in Decatur, Byrd Township, and in 1858 removed to Ripley, and continued his practice until his death in 1864. His estimable widow survives, and is in the sixty-third year of her age. The subject of this sketch is the oldest of the four children born to his parents, and was born in Melburn, Ballard Co., Ky., February 7, 1844. Completing his educational studies in the high school of this city, he entered the Medical College at Cincinnati, Ohio, finishing his course after two terms and graduated with honors in 1862. Immediately after, he was commissioned Assistant Surgeon of the Ninetieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in the field four months. Returning home he followed his practice in this city until 1870, when he entered the Bellevue Hospital at New York City, completing a second degree, from which he graduated the following year. Same year, he returned to his home in Ripley, where he has been diligently at work in his professional calling. His marriage to Miss Eliza, daughter of A. B. Martin, occurred in 1865. She was a native of Brown County, and has borne him five children, four of whom are living, viz.: Maud, Alexander, Thomas and Frank. The Doctor has a large and successful practice, and as a physician and a citizen is highly esteemed. He has been connected with the educational interest of the county many years, and was elected to the board April 3, 1882. He is also a Royal Arch Mason, and a popular and respected citizen. e

W. D. YOUNG-, attorney at law and Mayor of Ripley, is a son of Omega and Nancy (Stayton) Young, and was born April 15, 1836. He is a grandson of Fountain Young, who was a soldier in the late war with Great Britain, and was killed at the battle of the Thames, in 1813. Omega Young was born in Rockingham County, N. C., March 23, 1797. He moved to Brown County from Floyd County, Ky., in 1807 and located in Higginsport. He was a shoemaker by trade, but afterward purchased a farm in Lewis Township, on which he settled and resided until 1853, when he removed to Pleasant Township, where he and his estimable lady are living in the full enjoyment of a ripe age. The advantages of education were few and limited, and having a large family, he devoted his attention largely to their educational culture and improvement. Of the fourteen children that were born to him, eleven are living ; nine of them were well qualified school teachers. He was an advocate of grammar and of temperance, and during his life acquired a thorough knowledge of history and theology. His distinguished loyalty to the Whig party and opposed sentiments to slavery were marked features of his well-spent life. At the organization of the Republican party, he united himself with it, and had since been an earnest advocate of its doctrines and principles. The subject of this biography was reared and brought up on the old homestead farm. In 1854, at the age of eighteen, he left the harvest field in time to prepare himself, and went to the Southwestern Normal Institute at Oxford, Butler Co., Ohio, where he remained in the pursurance of his studies five weeks. His education prior to this was obtained in the district schools of his native place. In 1853, he engaged in teaching, which he followed up to 1860, devoting his spare time to the reading of law. He entered the law office of Gen. Sellers and R. A. Bower, of Georgetown, and in 1859 was admitted to the bar at Lebanon, Ohio. In 1860, he began the practice of law in Georgetown, and the same year edited the publication of the Brown County Republican, the first issue appearing on July 3. The following fall, he disposed of his interest to W. H. Sallyards. In 1861, he served three months in Company I, of the Twelfth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, after which he returned to Georgetown. In the spring of 1862, he removed to Cincinnati and opened a law office and remained until September, 1863, when he took up his residence in Ripley. He formed a partnership with Chambers Baird, with whom he continued until 1873, when the firm dissolved, and the subsequent fall Mr. Young formed partnership with C. A. Linn, now of Cincinnati. He remained with Mr. Linn as a partner till 1876, since which date he has been alone. Mr. Young has been called upon to fill various offices of honor and trust. In 1876, he was chosen Mayor of Ripley, and April 4, 1882, was elected for the fourth term. Mayor

Young is a gentleman of honor anl one of the most successful practitioners at the Brown County bar. He entered the arena of life with no resources but his own, and has through diligence and judicious use and improvement. of opportunities, achieved an honorable and merited success. He has always displayed a prominent interest in all worthy public enterprises, and especially of an educational character. In 1856, he assisted in the organization of the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio. He celebrated his marriage in 1863, with Miss Virginia Johnson, daughter of Baker Johnson, and a native of Camden County, N. J. Six children were the fruits of this union ; of these four are living, viz : Cora, Hattie V., Eugene R. and Florence L. Willie B. and Clarence are deceased.

G. F. YOUNG, tobacco dealer, Ripley, is a son of Robert L. and Mary (Dugan) Young, natives of Kentucky, who settled in Lewis Township, Brown County, in 1832. Her death occurred in that township in 1852. Prior to the rebellion, he was largely engaged on the river in freight transportation between Cincinnati and New Orleans, and ran the largest freight boat to and from these ports. The vessel was finaly lost, being crushed by a ship at New Orleans. Since the war, he has been extensively engaged in the tobacco trade in connection with his son, Alfred, and they are reputed as the largest dealers in the latter named city. He retains his residence at Higginsport, where the subject of this sketch was born in 1844. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the First Ohio Cavalry, Company F, and did active service until he was wounded at the battle of Stone River, and was honorably discharged from the service April 16, 1863. Mr. Young became engaged in the pork and tobacco trade with Stephenson & Thompson, of this city, with whom he was associated some years. In 1877, he established himself in the tobacco trade at his storehouse on Third street, where he has since been actively and successfully engaged. His shipments of tobacco average 100 hogsheads per annum, and he employs men who are constantly packing and shipping. Mr. Young was joined in wedlock to Miss Hannah Stephenson, of Ripley, by Daniel Gaddis, on the 29th day of March, 1869. To this union two children have been born, one of whom is living, viz.: Ada. George F. deceased.

DAVID BARR, farmer, P. 0. Higginsport, son of Peter Barr, and grandson of Christopher and Christian Hoss Barr, all of whom are represented in the pioneer pages of this work. David, his father's eldest son, was born February 8, 1807, in Lincoln County, N. C., and since October, 1811, has been a resident of Lewis Township, Brown County, Ohio. He well remembers the journey with the teams over the mountains, and many incidents of note. On arriving, the parents found (though not unexpected), a dense, unbroken wilderness, which David assisted in transforming into productive fields. He has been a hard worker through life, a good manager, and is now possessed of 360 acres of good land. In early life, his school privileges were limited, but he was apt, and by close application and self-exertion, he acquired a medium education. These possessions, combined with his honor and trust, are, no doubt, the cause of him having been chosen to fill the various important positions - such as Township Trustee, twenty years ; Justice, three years ; Local School Director, thirty-six years ; and many times a member of the Board of Education. He is an enterprising citizen, and always stands ready to advance anything that he thinks will benefit the county. He is a man of medium size, through life has possessed fair health, and now, at the age of seventy-six years, labors as hard as if only in the meridian of life. Politically, he is a Democrat, casting his first vote for Jackson. His first wife was Christena Powell, born in Kentucky March 18, 1813, and died in Ohio May 4, 1849. Her eight children are all living. Mr. Barr's present wife was Melissa, daughter of Samuel Ellis. She was born in Brown County, Ohio, November 18, 1821. The issue of this union is three children, all living.

ISAAC BARTLOW, retired, son of Isaac Bartlow, Sr., whose history appears under the sketch of F. M. Bartlow, was born November 23, 1817, on Bullskin Creek, Lewis Township, Brown Co., Ohio. He was raised as the majority of boys were in those pioneer days, to fell the trees', roll logs, and clear up fields. His education, like that or" many others, was obtained by walking several miles through the dense forest to school. As a son, he was dutiful and attentive at home, assisting his father, who was one of large farmers of the county. Farming claimed his undivided attention until 1878, when he retired, and located in the village of Higginsport. He remained at home until twenty-six years of age. Four years prior, his right foot was torn almost from his limb by one of the first threshing machines of the country. It was replaced, and has healed, but in an unnatural position, which has crippled him for life, but, notwithstanding this disadvantage, he has passed over threescore years with success. -His place of residence was Clermont County, Ohio, from March 14, 1843, when he was married. His wife was Miss Cyntheanna, daughter of Thomas West, an early settler in Lewis Township. Mrs. Bartlow was born August 7, 1822, in Brown County, where she was raised and educated. She and husband are parents of three children, viz. : Granville W., Lafayette and Emma B., wife of William M. Gardner.

F. M. BARTLOW, farmer, P, 0. Smith's Landing, Clermont Co., Ohio, is a son of Isaac Bartlow, Sr., who was born November 18, 1778, in New Jersey. He was left motherless at about the age of three years, and soon fell under the care of a stepmother, whose treatment he did not like, and when seventeen years old he, with his9 elder brother James, came West, and after stopping for a time in Kentucky, came to Ohio about 1801 or 1802, and located on Bullskin Creek, near Clark's Mill. Here he erected a saw-mill, which he conducted for several years, and then purchased a farm near by, and engaged in rural pursuits as superintendent. He continued at this until 1831, when he located on the Higginsport & Utopia pike, where he owned a farm of 640 acres. He devoted nearly twenty years in clearing up this farm, when (September 28, 1850) his death occurred. He was twice married - first, to Elizabeth Figgins, by whom he had eleven children, viz. : Anna, Sarah, Melvey, Jane, Darius, Elizabeth, Nellie, Maria, Amanda, Isaac and Leathey. The second companion was Elizabeth Mohn, sister of Lewis Mohn, whose history appears in this volume ; to this union was given seven children, viz. : Henry, Caroline, James, Y/Illiam, Joseph, Benjamin and Franklin. Mr. Bartlow's third wife was Julia Owens, who was born in Kentucky, November 3, 1810, and to this union was given one child, viz.: F. M. Isaac Bartlow, Sr., was for many years a member of the Christian Church. He was what is commonly called " a natural genius," never having learned any trade, yet he made the finest of firearm locks and steel and silver instruments, such as lances, penknives, etc. There is now one of his lances in the possession of Dr. McCormack, of Augusta, Ky. He was a man of more than ordinary talent and skill, and was widely known. F. M., his nineteenth child, was born February 17, 1850, in Lewis Township, Brown County, Ohio, where he has always resided. He received his education in the common schools, and early learned the rudiments of farming, though his father died when he was but five years old. His mother now resides with him on the old farm, where he raises corn, wheat and tobacco, giving special attention to the latter. He was married to Melinda Jernegan, of Clermont County, born in 1847. The issue of this union is four children, viz. : Lucy E., Lewis H., Orlando M. and Minnie M.

LEWIS BOLENDER, farmer, P. O. Higginsport. This gentleman is a descendant of a noble progenitor and pioneer, Stephen Bolender, and was born January 29, 1826, in Lewis Township, Brown County, Ohio. He grew to manhood on his father's farm and assisted in clearing it up. During his early life, he enjoyed the common schools of that day, and remained at home until 1850, when he, with his brother, purchased a part of his present farm, and two years later married Cyntheanna Love, a descendant of Alexander Love, elsewhere mentioned in this work. She was born in Franklin Township, Clermont County, Ohio, July 5, 1834, where she was raised, educated and married. Early in their united life, they settled on his farm, where they still live, and have taken it from a dense forest to a well-improved farm of 250 acres. His principal

JOHN W. BOLENDER, farmer, P. 0. Higginsport, brother of Lewis Bolender, whose biography appears above, was born in Lewis Township August 12, 1828. His early life was spent in the common schools of that day, and in assisting his father in the farm duties. He remained at home until November 7, 1850, when he married Sophia Richey, born in Clermont County, Ohio, in December, 1831, where she was raised and educated. The month after £heir marriage, they settled on the farm he now owns, which consists of 175 acres under fair cultivation. This he has mostly taken from the primeval forest to its present condition, through his own untiring efforts. He early learned the rudiments of farming, which has been his lifelong occupation, and now makes a specialty of tobacco-raising. He is one of the well-to-do citizens of the township, in which he has served as Trustee several terms with due credit and honor. Mr. and Mrs. Bolender are the parents of ten children, eight living.

S. N. BOLENDER, farmer, P. 0. Feesburg, is a son of Stephen Bolender, and grandson of Stephen Bolender, Sr., whose history will be seen elsewhere in this volume. S. N. was born in Lewis Township, Brown County, Ohio, May 10, 1840. Farming was his chosen pursuit. He remained at his parental home until October 15, 1877, when he married Euphrazy Hendrickson, who was born in Clermont County, Ohio, January 1, 1845, and died October 20, 1881, a member of the Christian Church. She was a companion of true and honest spirit, and her death was a sore loss - having lived a united life four years and five days. Mr. Bolender still lives on his farm of 103 acres in Taylor's Survey. The farm is mostly under cultivation, and is well tilled by him. He is one of the well-to-do citizens, and is willing to encourage all enterprises beneficial to self and community. He possesses good health and is puissant, which he inherited of his noble ancestors, who were early settlers of this county. His political views are with the Democratic party.

JOSEPH BOLENDER, farmer, P. 0. Feesburg, is a son of Stephen Bolender, Jr., and a grandson of Stephen Bolender, Sr., both of whom are spoken of in the body of this history ; hence we here record only a brief sketch of the subject, Joseph Bolender, who was born on April 8, 1822, in Brown County, Ohio, where he received a common school education, and was raised to farm life. He has devoted his time to his chosen occupation, farming, in which he was quite successful, and now owns 560 acres of good land in this county. Whilst the result of his labors shows that he is a man who has always practiced economy in its strictest sense, yet he always stands ready and willing to contribute to the interest and welfare of any enterprise having for its effect the good of mankind, or of the community. Politically, he is a Democrat. Socially and morally, he has always stood high in the esteem of his community and the township, which is evinced by his having been elected to the office of Land Appraiser a period of twenty years. His interest in the cause of education is fully realized by knowing that out of a period of thirty years, he has held the office of local director, and quite frequently been a member of the Board of Education. His marriage was celebrated October 21, 1847, with Lydia A., daughter of David and Mary Martin, early settlers of this county. Mrs. Bolender was born April 21, 1830, in Lewis Township. To this union have been given six children, of whom five are now living, viz. : Walter C., Angeline, Lizzie, Charles S. and Isadora. Mr. and Mrs. Bolender are both members of the Christian Church, in which he has served as " Financial Elder" for many years. They are well situated, and in possession of plenty of this world's goods.

WILLIAM F. BOLENDER, farmer, P. 0. Feesburg, is a son of Joel and a great-grandson of Stephen Bolender, who was a local minister in the pioneer days of Brown County, and whose history appears in this volume. The grandfather, Jacob Bolender, was one of the pioneers- of what is now Clermont County, where he died; and the father of our subject was born in the same county in 1823, where he has ever since resided, and has been a man of large estate which he has divided with his children, and lives a very quiet farm life. Of his eight children, six are now living, of whom our subject is the third ; he was born in Clermont County, Ohio, Decern- her 1, 1851 ; raised to farm life and acquired a common school education. On December 30, 1880, his nuptials were celebrated with Hattie M. Campbell, a native of Brown County, born November 28, 1861. To this union one child, Joel D., was given November 2, 1881. Mr. Bolender purchased his present farm of 100 acres in 1880, where he has since resided.

DAVID BOLES, blacksmith, Higginsport, was born in Pleasant Township in 1824, and is a son of William and Martha (Dickison) Boles, who were both natives of Pennsylvania, where they married and had born to them five children. About the close of the war of 1812, they emigrated to Ohio and settled where our subject was born. Here he became a small land owner and conducted his trade (blacksmithing) until about 1850, when his age required him to retire. He was one of the early smiths of the county and filled an important space in its history as such. He buried his wife in 1837, by whom he had twelve children, nine now living in various parts of the United States. William married for his second wife Mrs. Elizabeth Neal, with whom he lived until his death in 1864, at which time he resided in Shelby County, Ind. The subject of this sketch, the tenth child, was born in 1824, and raised in his native county, obtaining a common school education. At the age of twenty, he engaged in the trade of his choice, which he still follows, and has been located in Higginsport since 1859. The early part of his mechanical life was spent in Indiana. He is now one of three smiths in town, and by his mechanical skill and courteous treatment to his customers has his share of trade. He has been thrice married - in 1848, to Mary J. Dixson, who was a native of this county, and died five years after their union, leaving one child, now living ; his second marriage was celebrated with Catherine Dunham, of Indiana, who died in 1857, leaving two children, one now living ; his third and present wife was Elizabeth A. Burgett, of Brown County, Ohio, by whom he has one child.

JOSEPH W. BBOOKBANK, carpenter, Higginsport, is the son of James Brookbank, who was born in Maryland September 13, 1791, of English parentage, and grandson of\ Abraham Brookbank, who was born in England in 1764, and emigrated to America when quite a boy : he was many times in the presence of Gen. Washington, but was too young to share in the military duties of the Continental war. By occupation, he became a house-joiner, but in later years followed farming. About the year 1801, he and family settled in Washington County, Ky., where he resided until his removal to Ohio in 1816, where he purchased 160 acres of land (jointly with his son) in Lewis Township. After spending a few days in their tent, they erected and moved into a rude log or pole cabin. He cultivated this land until 1838, when he moved to Higginsport, where he died, in 1846, aged eighty-two years ; his wife preceded him, April 3, 1840 ; her maiden name was Muriel Watson, and she was the mother of four children, all now deceased, except James, the father of Joseph, who was the eldest, and who, from early in the present century, resided in Kentucky, where he married in 1816. As he was a wheelright, he never followed farming. He located in Higginsport about 1822, and conducted his trade as long as there was a demand for his labor, but finally inventive genius had rapid methods of performing this labor, ana he engaged in turning for cabinet-making ; this occupation, in 1840, was succeeded by the shoemaking, to which he devoted his time until March 10, 1849, when his death occurred. He was a patriot in the war of 1812. He was twice married - first, to Nancy Cartright, a native of Kentucky, who was the mother of four children, two now living ; his second wife was Bridget Bon well, who was born in Bracken County, Ky., September 19, 1802, and died in Ohio June 10, 1866; she was the mother of twenty children, of whom five are now living, of these, Joseph W. is the eldest, and was born in Lewis Township, April 11, 1822; he enjoyed few school privileges in the pioneer log huts, and hence acquired but a limited education. In 1846, he engaged in the carpentering trade, and has since mostly devoted his time to it. He has seen nearly every house built in Higginsport. He was married December 31, 1852, to Frances E. Lawrence, a native of Lewis Township. She and husband were schoolmates in early life. She died March 31, 1863, aged thirty-four years four months and nineteen days; she was the mother of four children, of whom two survive - Fletcher K. and Franklin C.

EDWARD CASS AT, cabinet-maker, Higginsport. Dennis Cassat, father of our subject, was born in the State of New York. July 5, 1801, but, from eight or nine years of age, was brought up near Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio, and in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1831, he came to Higginsport, where he remained until his death, March 8, 1878. He was by occupation a cabinet-maker, and was one of the early mechanics of the village, where he labored at his trade until his death. He was an excellent and finished workman, which, coupled with his honorable principles, brought him a fair patronage. He embraced the religion of the Methodist Episcopal Church in early life, and was a much devoted member through life. In 1839, he, with Mr. Patterson, was instrumental in erecting an edifice in which to worship in Higginsport. In May, 1833, he was married to Isabelle York, born in Brown County April 22, 1808, and died July 1, 1876. He and wife walked iii harmony with true faith and unflinching fidelity in the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years. Their family was small, consisting of only three children, of whom Edward, the subject of this sketch, is the only surviving member. He was born March 4, 1845, the day of President Polk's Inauguration as Chief Magistrate of the United States. His place of nativity is Higginsport, where he has ever since resided. He attended the school of his native town, and early in life commenced laboring in the shop with his father; he soon became master of the trade, and, since 1870, has conducted the business alone. He, and his father before him, is favored with a respectable patronage. He was united in marriage, May 16, 1877, with Elizabeth Dean, of Bracken County, Ky., but a native of Ohio. To this union have been given three children, viz., Isabelle M., Grade D. and Edward B.

WILLIAM W. CLARK, retired farmer, P. 0. Higginsport, is a grandson of Joseph and Sarah Clark, who are mentioned in the Lewis Township history, and a son of John Clark, who was born on Gen. Washington's birthday, February 22, 1785, and when ten years old, with his parents, came to the Northwest Territory and located in what is now Lewis Township, Brown Co., Ohio, on a stream called Bullskin Creek ; here he grew to manhood and assisted his parents, as he was the eldest child, to obtain the necessaries of life in the primeval forest. He grew to be a man of five feet eleven inches high, rather spare, with a strong constitution and great energy. He gave his parents the benefit of his time until March 17, 1808, when he married Nelly Ryan, a native of Kentucky, born November 28, 1787. At the beginning of their united life, they settled in the forests that subsequently became Lewis Township, where he devoted his entire life to clearing and farming. He was a man of good habits, and with his wife for many years a member of the Presbyterian Church, in which he served as Deacon the greater part of his membership. His health was good to his death, which occurred April 19, 1853, his widow passed away December 12, 1869. Of their eleven children five are now living - William W., the fifth in number, was born September 24, 1817, in Lewis Township, Brown Co., Ohio, where he received a common school education, and devoted his time at home until fifteen years of age, when he engaged as clerk in a store in Augusta, Ky., and subsequently in a store kept by William Clark, near Clark's Mill, in Lewis Township. His next pursuit was as trader on the Ohio River to New Orleans, in which capacity he grew from small beginnings to be a prominent boatman. His trading down the river was by means of flat-boats, after which steamers were introduced. While in the Southern city he was many times exposed to the yellow fever, from which he once suffered. He married Nancy Porter, a native of this county, and in 1847 settled on the farm which now consists of 440 acres under good cultivation and improvement. This he successfully superintends, and is one of the enterpriring citizens of the township. Mr. and Mrs. Clark are the parents of two daughters, both now married.

JOSEPH COCHRAN, farmer and banker, Georgetown, Ohio, was born January 14, 1810, in what is now Huntington Township, Brown County, and is the eldest of thirteen children of Gen. John Cochran. He was reared on his native farm, where he remained until he reached his majority and learned the business of farming, which he has since followed with much success. The facilities for acquiring an education in his boyhood days were very meager, and the schooling he obtained was quite limited, but by close application to the various branches of business in which he has been engaged, he has become possessed of a fair commercial knowledge. He commenced life with little or no means, but by his energy and determination he has succeeded in becoming one of the wealthiest citizens of the county, as well as one of its most successful farmers. He resides on his farm in Lewis Township, where he is surrounded with the comforts and conveniences of rural life. He was an active spirit in the organization of the First National Bank of Georgetown, in the spring of 1882, became a large stockholder, member of the Board of Directors and was chosen the first President. He is a member of the Eden Methodist Episcopal Church and one of its trustees. The characteristics of the Cochran family have been longevity and strong constitutions, most of them having sandy or brown hair and light eyes. The subject of this sketch is one of the ten surviving children of his father. He was married, to Margaret Gilbert, a native of Brown County, and a daughter of Willian Gilbert, a farmer and trader in Huntington Township and a native of Virginia. By this marriage seven children were born, two daughters and five sons, of whom only two survive - Robert and Samuel. Mrs. Cochran died in 1855. Mr. Cochran for his second wife married Mrs. Mary McFarland.

SAMUEL COCHRAN, farmer, P. 0. Georgetown. This gentleman is a son of Joseph Cochran, whose sketch appears above. He was born October 23, 1842, in Huntington .Township, Brown County, but from a child he has been a resident of Lewis Township, where he matured and enjoyed the usual common school priveleges. He remained at home until the spring of 1861, when he was prompted to enlist and assist in suppressing the rebellion. He enlisted in Company I, Twelfth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Capt. Hays, and served three months. At the expiration of his term, he reenlisted in Company F, Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for three years, passing through several severe battles, viz.: Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, Vicksburg, Atlanta, Chattanooga, and many others of not so much importance. He accompanied Sherman in his march to the sea, and was one of the few fortunate ones who returned home uninjured. He resumed farming, but in the spring of 1867 went to Montana, remaining two years, since which he has been a resident of the county in which he was born. He is now one of the well-to-do citizens of Lewis Township, owning a farm of 300 acres under good cultivation and well improved. He is genial and hospitable, and willing to encourage all enterprises, having for their effect the good of the community. His marriage was celebrated with Matilda J. Dugan, December 25, 1873, the fruits of which are four children.

ELDER JACKSON P. DAUGHERTY, pastor of the Christian Church, Higginsport, was born in Union Township, Brown County, Ohio, May 5, 1819, on the farm now occupied by R. P. Cahall, Esq., four miles northwest of Ripley. He is the son of James and Mary (Kirkpatrick) Daugherty, who came from Westmoreland County, Penn., and settled in what is now Brown County, shortly before their marriage, which was solemnized in 1799. The Kirkpatrick family was quite large, and settled in the present limits of the county when yet a wilderness. Of James Daugherty's relatives none came West save one brother, Francis, who settled in Pleasant Township, three miles south of Georgetown, and was afterward familiarly known as " Uncle Frank Daugherty," during his thirty years' residence in the county. Elder Daugherty is the eighth child of a family of ten children, three sons and seven daughters. Of that number, Mrs. Rachel J. Manchester, Mrs. Louisa Mitchell and the subject of this sketch are the only survivors. Elder Daugherty was married August 17, 1840, to Mrs. Jane, widow of William Denniston, of Ripley, Ohio, and daughter of the late William and Mary (Blair) Barnet, who came from Tennessee and settled in what is now Brown County, Ohio, in 1813. The officiating minister at the marriage was Elder C. S. Manchester. Mrs. Daugherty had by her first husband two children, and by the present one, eight, of whom they have raised one son and seven daughters, all of whom are now living. These children all reside in the county, and have married as follows: Miss

Elvena M. Savage, Josiah Richey, Cary Mitchell, John H. Pangburn, D. S. Guthrie, M. D., Lewis Lyon, A. P. Cahall and Lewis Meranda. The subject of this sketch was left an orphan at the age of seven years, his father having died in September, 1826. Although his mother remained to care for the family, yet he, having an early ambition to make his own living, and to obtain, at least, a common English education, soon set out to work for wages in the summer, and attend school in the winter. He continued this method of schooling himself until the age of nineteen, when he commenced teaching in the same house in which he had received most of his instruction. Since then he has taught twenty-three years in the same district, averaging six months in the year, besides teaching four years elsewhere. He embraced the Christian religion, and united with the Christian Church at Pisgah, in Union Township, November, 1842. As a member of the church, he has continued in fellowship and communion ever since. His convictions of duty led him to unite with the Southern Ohio Christian Conference, and commenced preaching the Gospel in September, 1849. At the earnest request of his brethren, he was ordained to the work of the ministry September 15, 1850, and has ever since sustained the relation of pastor in the bounds of said Conference (with but a brief exception while on a Western tour for his health), having had the care of from two to four churches all the time. For the first fifteen years of his ministry, he rode an an average about 700 miles annually, between nightfall and sunrise, in order to preach the Gospel ; thus enabling him to devote five days in the week to the work of teaching school during the fall and winter, and farming during the summer. Since 1869, he has made the ministry his principal occupation, and is now pastor of the Christian Church at Higginsport, and Union Church on Shinkle's Ridge, having taken the care of the former in 1874.

BENJAMIN F. DAY, farmer, P. 0. Feesburg, is a son of Mark and Lina E. (Carter) Day, who were natives of Pennsylvania, and in early life came to Bracken County, Ky., where they married, in 1801, and eleven years later, moved to Ohio with five children, viz. : William, Asa, Susan, Anna and John C. Mark and family settled on F. Taylor's survey, on the farm now owned by our subject, and were the first permanent settlers on the farm, which, of course, was all in the wilds of nature. They soon leveled the trees, and opened a spot on which to erect a log hut, wherein they moved and began life in earnest. It was not long until several acres of tillable land was the result of their own labor, as they had invested all their means in the 100 acres, and could not hire help. Mark lived to see most of his farm under cultivation, and endured many privations. During life he possessed good health, and was of large and robust frame. In 1851, he died, aged nearly eighty-one years. His wife survived until about 1871, when she, too, entered her final rest. Of their fifteen children, thirteen became heads of families, and six are now living, viz. : Benjamin F., Mary E., Joseph L., Conrod B., George W. and Malinda. Benjamin F. is the eldest living, and few at the age of sixty-seven years can say as he can - that he was born and raised on, and now owns, the home farm, never having resided anywhere save on the farm of his birth. It consists of 122 acres, and is fairly improved. Their buildings have been destroyed by fire several times. He is one of the well-to-do farmers of Lewis Township, and politically is a Democrat, as was his father before him. He and wife are both members of the Christian Church, and are the parents of six children, of whom five are now living, viz. : Maria J., Mary F., William A., Mark E. and Samuel E.

G. W. DRAKE, ex-County Treasurer, Higginsport, is a son of Cornelius Drake, who was born in New Jersey in 1781, and a grandson of John Drake, who participated in the continental war, and assisted in liberating our country from English tyranny. Cornelius was raised to farming, which received his lifetime attention. He reached his majority in his native State, but early in the present century came to Mason County, Ky., where he married Frances (commonly called Fanny) Witherspoon, a native of Culpeper County, Ya. She was born in 1785, and came to Kentucky in her teens, with her parents. Soon after Cornelius and Fanny were married, they settled in Pleasant Township, Brown County, Ohio, where they ever after remained ; he died of Cholera June 14, 1833, and Fanny remained his widow nearly forty years, when she, too, eutered her final rest. They were the parents of fifteen children, ten boys and five girls. Of that number five sons and three daughters are now living. One of the deceased sons died of rhoirra in the same year as his father Of those living. George W is the see ond youngest, and was born April 8, 1 82b, in Pleasant Township, of which he has always been a resident. He was left fatherless at an early age, and was reared exclusively by his widowed mother, with whom he lived as long as she kept honse. His life was devoted to farming, boating and carpentering, until 1873, when, in October of that vear, he was elected to the office of County Treasurer. Two years later, he was re-elected to the same office, serving four consecutive years. While in office, he purchased a tract of 1,500 acres of timber land in Fleming County, Ky., where he engaged in saw-milling, soon after the expiration of his official term. He built a hut and remained two years, yet retained his citizenship in Ohio. During the year 1881, he was engaged in handling leaf tobacco. Mr. Drake started in life with no assistance, but with a capital of energy and determination, linked with judicious management, he rose to his present position.

J. C. DUGAN, tobacco merchant, Higginsport, was born November 30, 1794, on the North Branch of the Potomac River in Maryland, and is the first born of a family of twelve children. He was a son of Joseph Dugan, who came to Ohio in 1800, and Jesse ever after remained in the State. His wife, Christina Heizer, was a native of Virginia, but a resident of what is now Brown County, Ohio, from 1807 until her death, January 5, 1882. He preceeded her, dying in June, 1876, after a united life of threescore years. Of their ten children four are now living, viz.: Elizabeth, wife of J. M. Hite; Deborah, widow of O. P. Williams; Lewis, and J. C., whose name heads this sketch. Jesse Dugan devoted his early life to the farm and in Pleasant Township, but soon after his majority he engaged in the store business in Dover, Kentucky, and Levanna, Brown County. This was soon after the county was organized, and no doubt he was one of the first to keep store in the vicinity of Levanna. This business was succeeded by fiat-boating down the river to New Orleans. To this he devoted about ten years of his life, and in the meantime he made two trips from New Orleans home on horseback. In 1832, he engaged in the retail store business in Higginsport, being the first merchant of any note in the town. Further mention will be made of him in the sketch of Higginsport. He was at one time elected to the office of County Treasurer, but on account of ill-health proffered a resignation, which was accepted. In 1858, office was again tendered him, when he accepted and was elected a member of the State Board of Equalization, to represent the counties of Brown and Clermont. He was a man whose charity was never exhausted and his hospitality was ever open to ihe needy, though his acts were unostentatious and seldom known, except to the recipient. Politically, he was a Democrat, and socially, a gentleman. His religious ideas harmonized with the Universalist doctrines, and, in 1840, he was instrumental in organizing a congregation in Higginsport. He died and his body lies in the Norman Cemetery, Pleasant Township, and we dare say, as husband, parent, friend, and citizen, he had few superiors. Our subject, the youngest of his children, was born in Higginsport, Ohio, in 1839, was reared in his native town, and had the privileges of its schools. Since 1862, his time has been given to the tobacco trade, and now he purchases and ships annually about 200 hogsheads. Mr. Dugan, as his father before him, has filled various offices of honor and trust, and now is Clerk of the School Board of the village. His marriage to Miss Emma, daughter of Rev. P. M. Devore, was celebrated October 17, 1861. To this union have been given seven children, of whom five are now living.

G. W. DUGAN, farmer and tobacco dealer, P. O. Higginsport. This gentleman is a brother to Jesse Dugan, mentioned in J. C. Dugan's sketch, and we will here place upon record the births of his brothers and sisters in the order in which they occurred. The parents were Joseph and Deborah (Norman) Dugan. Of their children, Jesse, the first, was born November 30, 1794; Elizabeth, August 21, 1796, married Adam Poor, and died, and he married her sister Deborah ; Basil, born April 23, 1799 ; Joseph, September 9, 1801; Deborah; William, January 23, 1807; Ivy, April 3, 1809; Benjamin, November 30, 1811; Maria, September 4, 1813; Jackson, October 22, 1815 ; Perry, April 21, 1818, and G. Washington, March 1, 1821, in Pleasant Township, where he grew to manhood and acquired his education in the common schools of that day. He has been a life-long farmer and trader, and since March 1, 1863, a resident of Higginsport. Since 1856, he has handled tobacco, which resulted profitably. He owns a good farm under fair cultivation and improvements. He is a well-to-do farmer and business man ; having started with but little capital, he has made life a success. His marriage was celebrated April 11, 1844, with Harriet, daughter of John Boles; she was born November 21, 1820, in Brown County, where she has ever since resided. Her education was acquired in the common schools. She and husband were the parents of nine children, of whom four are now living, viz., Joseph P., born January 14, 1851 ; Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Glaze, born January 31, 1853; Allen E., born May 14, 1856, and Eve E., born December 20, 1857. The other children all died in early life. The parents of Mrs. Dugan were John and Elizabeth (Shafer) Boles, both natives of Pennsylvania, where they married, and had born to them two children, when they came to Ohio and settled in what is now Brown County, when it was yet a wilderness. In this county both died, he about 1844, and she November 14, 1860. Of their nine children, five are now living.

JOHN W. ELLIS, farmer, P. O. Higginsport. Of xAbraham E. Ellis' children John W. is the fifth, and the eldest now living. He was born January 26, 1822, in Brown County, Ohio, and was raised in Lewis Township, where his entire life has been devoted to farming. He received the benefits of the common schools and remained at home until 1851, when he married Almira Burton, and the same year settled where he now lives. In 1852, he buried his wife, at the age of twenty years, she leaving one infant daughter, viz., Almira. Mr. Ellis subsequently married Margaret Martin, to whom have been born two daughters, viz., Lellie M. and Yiddie M. Both of Mr. Ellis' companions were daughters of early pioneer families of Brown County. He owns 124 acres of land, under good cultivation. This he has taken mostly from an unbroken forest. His crops are wheat, corn and tobacco ; of the latter he raises annually about four acres. His political affiliations have ever been with the Democratic party, which has intrusted to his honor and judgment the office of Township Assessor two terms, and Clerk one.

S. W. ELLIS, farmer, P. O. Feesburg. This name we find to be of Scotch extraction. S. W. is a son of Squire Abraham F. Ellis, and a grandson of Samuel Ellis. Of the latter and his four brothers, mention is made in the body of this volume mostly in Pleasant Township. A. F. Ellis was born in Virginia, in 1791, but from five years of age, grew to maturity in -what is now Brown County, Ohio. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Amos and Mary Ellis, December 24, 1813. They first settled near the present Sink Creek Schoolhouse, where they lived until about 1822, when he purchased 100 acres of land in Lewis Township, R. K. Mead's Survey, No. 1661. In this vicinity, he lived for many years, and died May 27, 1862. He was a patriot in the war of 1812, and during life became a man of opulence ; owning broad acres, and serving a number of years as Justice of the Peace. He was a man of medium height, heavy set, square shouldered and possessed of a strong constitution, which enabled him to withstand many pioneer difficulties. He began to clear his farm in Lewis Township, with but little assistance, as his children were either girls or small boys. Early in his settlement in Lewis Township, he carried on coopering and furnished the pioneers with pork, flour and whisky barrels. Though he never learned the trade under instruction, he made a good barrel. It is said of him that when a youth of seventeen, he encountered and killed the last bear seen in Pleasant Township. Mrs. Ellis was about four years her husband's junior, and died August 3, 1866. They were both members of the Church of the Disciples , in which faith they died. Their children were twelve in number, viz.: Perry Q., Mary, Indiana, Minerva, John W. , Eliza A., Samuel W., William P., Matilda, Abraham M., Elizabeth J. and Warren W. Of the twelve, seven are now living. The subject of this sketch is the seventh child ; he was born January 26, 1826, in Lewis Township. He was raised to farm life, and obtained a common school education. He remained at home with his father until August 7, 1851, when he married Helen M. Norris, of a pioneer family of Lewis Township. Her birth, dates July 1, 1834. To this union have been given two daughters, viz.:

Jennie N. Croswell and Mary Bell, wife of Charles G. Thompson. Mr. Ellis has always been a resident of Lewis Township, and now owns a farm of 129 J acres, which is well improved and under good cultivation. He is one of the well to do citizens, and is interested in the cause of education, having prepared both of his daughters for teaching, in which profession both have served.

W. P. ELLIS, farmer, P. 0. Higginsport, son of Abraham F. Ellis, whose history appears in this volume, is the ninth child, and was born in 1830, in Lewis Township, where he was raised to farm life, and acquired a common school education. He remained at home until 1857, when he married, Jane Slack, who was born in Brown County, Ohio, June 30, 1836. The result of this union is six boys, all now living. Mr. Ellis can say what few men of his age can, and ihat is, that during his entire life, he has lived on the farm of his birth, and now owns a part of it. He. and his sons devote considerable time to the raising of tobacco. Politically, he has always been and is yet a Democrat. He and wife adhere to the Christian Church.

WARREN W. ELLIS, carpenter, Ripley, is the twelfth child of Abraham F. Ellis, who is mentioned under Samuel W. Ellis' sketch in Lewis Township. Warren was born December 4, 1838, in Lewis Township, where he was raised to farm life, and received the benefits of the common schools. He remained at home until twenty-four year of age, when he married Mary C., an adopted daughter of Milford and Elizabeth McConnell. Warren and wife took up their home on the old homestead with his widowed mother and two maiden sisters, there to remain as one family until the widow's death, elsewhere given. In the fall of 1866, he purchased the Gelena Hotel in Higginsport, which he kept one year, subsequently removed to Ripley, and finally to his present residence, three miles north of Ripley, on the original McConnell homestead. He and wife are the parents of two children. Since his marriage, he has devoted most of his time to carpentering. While a resident of Lewis Township, he served one term as Township Trustee. He is deeply interested in the cause of education, and is making an effort to place in the possession of his children that which can never be stolen from them, and which they can always profitably use.

B. B. GARDNER, farmer and dealer in leaf tobacco, P. 0. Higginsport, is a son of Elder Matthew Gardner, who was born in Stephentown, N. Y., December 5, 1790, and in 1800 the family moved to Ohio. The Gardner forefathers came from England about 1685 or 1690. They were adherents of the principles of George Fox, and the religious denomination of Friends, commonly called Quakers, but from the intolerance of the Puritans, in Massachusetts and Connecticut, the Gardners changed their intention of settling there and located in Rhode Island, where all forms of religious doctrine were allowed. In that State the grandfather of our subject was born, September 13, 1760; the grandmother, whose maiden name was Lucy Hawks, was born September 29, 1762, in Connecticut. About 1770, the family settled in the present limits of Rensselaer County, N. Y. When the grandfather of B. B. was about seventeen years old, he entered the Revolutionary service and assisted in releasing this country from English tyranny. After peace was restored, he returned home, and as before stated, in 1800 came to Ohio. Here Matthew, the father of B. B , was raised, and embraced the religion of the Christian Church, in which he faithfully labored as a minister for many years. He was among the pioneer ministers of Brown County, and one who nobly assisted in laying the groundwork of the Christian element now existing in, not only Brown, but some of the surrounding counties. Of his eleven children, B. B. is the eldest, and was born March 27, 1814, in Union Township, Brown County. He was brought up by his parents, in his native township. Here he learned the rudiments of farming, in the meantime attending the common schools. In the year 1836, he united in marriage with Susan Elliot, a native of Mason County, Ky. In the same year, they located on the farm they now own. It consists of 325 acres, well improved and under good cultivation, mainly accomplished by his own untiring efforts. He gave his attention to farming aloDe until the year 1848, when he engaged in mercantile pursuits in Higginsport. This business was destroyed by fire in a few years. He then engaged in feeding stock at the distillery of Shinkle & Thomas, in Higginsport, an enterprise which grew to considerable magnitude, and was extended to Kugler's Mill* in Clermont County, Ohio ; Raney & Swarts, Lawrenceburg, Ind.; Case & Howe' Patriot, Ind., and at Hamilton, Ohio, in all making a business of about $60,000 per annum, resulting very profitable for Mr. G-ardner. Subsequently he, in partnership with Capt. McLain and others, built the boat Bostona, and ran in opposition to the " old line" on the Ohio River ; the latter was broken up and Mr. Gardner remained thus engaged for a period of about eighteen months, when he retired from river life, and in association with other parties rebuilt the Shinkle Mill and engaged in distilling, and manufacturing of flour. When in fair operation, it was swept away by a conflagration. After this reverse, he entered the leaf tobacco trade, which has claimed his attention for about a quarter of a century. In the spring of 1882, he retired temporarily. Through his public life, he has always resided on his farm and superintended it, and in 1864 erected what is one of the substantial residences of the township, which, with the other surroundings, form a comfortable and pleasant home.

ELIZA GARDNER, P. O. Higginsport This lady's maiden name was Slack; she was a grand-daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Howell) Slack, both natives of Pennsylvania, and for many years, if not for their entire life, residents of Philadelphia. They died leaving three sons, viz.: Absalom, born September 13,