Washington Township (part 8 of 16)

LOUIS F. WALTHER, merchant, Higginsport. This gentleman is the junior member of the firm of Bainurn & Walther, which firm dates from March 1, 1882. They are the successors of H. Bainurn, and are doing a fair business - both young men of business talent. Mr. Walther is a native of Germany, born in the Province of Saxony April 26, 1855, but since eight years of age, a resident of United States. He received his elementary education in Belleville, St. Clair Co., 111. Subsequently, he graduated from the Commercial College of Portsmouth, Ohio, and finally took up the study of law under the faculty of the Cincinnati Law School, but not with the intention of practicing. His location in Higginsport dates from 1869. In November, 1878, he was elected Magistrate of Lewis Township, re-elected in 1881, and now filling that office. Almost his entire life has been connected with mercantile pursuits, having in his earlier life represented some of the large wholesale houses of the West, viz. : J. Kespohl & Bro., of Quincy, 111., and J. E. Houtz & Co., of Bloomington, 111. WTith these advantages and experiences, we would, in his present capacity, predict for him a successful future. Mr. Walther's father died in Higginsport, Ohio, in 1876, and Louis now resides with his widowed mother.

SAMUEL WATERFIELD, retired farmer and prominent tobacco-raiser, P. O. Higginsport. The gentleman to whom we devote this sketch is of English extraction, whose ancestors came to America some time near the close of the last century. About the year 1780, the Waterfield and Watson families emigrated from Maryland to near Lexington, Ky., where the grandfather, Jacob, Sr., died, having manufactured the first brick in that town. His death "occurred early in the year 1790, and on March 7 of the same year, his only child Jacob, Jr., was born. When the young son was eight years old, the widowed mother settled near Felicity, Clermont Co., Ohio, where she died at an advanced age. Jacob, Jr., was reared by his humble mother in their home near the present village of Felicity. He was many times thinly clad and barefooted in midwinter. On one occasion the young lad's curiosity was so great to see the Ohio River when clothed with a solid sheet of ice, that he made the trip to and from the river barefooted. He possessed a good constitution, and successfully withstood the pioneer difficulties. In early life he manifested an interest in farming, to which pursuit he was brought up, and became a successful and wealthy land-holder. When about twenty-six years of age, he was married to Annie Metzger, who was born in what is now Brown County, Ohio, in 1798; she died August 7, 1817, leaving an infant son. Jacob, Jr., married for his second companion, Mary Metzger, a sister to Annie; she was born in the present limits of Brown County, Ohio, in 1800, and died October, 1839 ; of her eleven children nine are now living. The third and last wife of Jacob was Rachel Ramey, also a native of Brown County, Ohio, born about 1820 ; she died in the fall of 1862. One of her three children still survives. Jacob Waterfield, Jr., embraced the religion of the Baptist Church many years before his death, which occurred July 23, 1862. He was genial and social, and in all a good citizen. Samuel was his eldest child, and Annie (Metzger) Waterfield's only son ; his mother died when he was but nineteen days old. He was born in Clermont County, Ohio, but when yet in infancy his father came to Brown County, where he has ever since resided. He was reared as a farmer boy in Lewis Township, and would have acquired a fair education, but when fourteen years of age he forever injured his eyes by looking at the sun when eclipsed. With his ordinary education he has managed business very successful through life, and is now one of the large land owners and wealthy citizens of the county. His residence is in the northeastern part of Higginsport, designated as " Walnut Hill; " both the interior and exterior of the house and the manner in which it is kept make home attractive. Mr. Waterfield has been twice married; first, September 5, 1839, to

Indiana, daughter of Squire Abraham F. Ellis ; she was born in Brown County, in 1819, and died June 11, 1849, the mother of four children, three of whom witnessed her death, viz., Mary J., Barney and James. Samuel's second wife was Amanda J., daughter of Daniel Mohn ; she was born in Brown County August 20, 1832, and nine of her eleven children survive, and three daughters are at home. The gentleman whose name heads this sketch is one of the solid farmers and tobacco-raisers and an influential citizen. He, as his father before him, has always been a supporter of the Democratic party.

RAMEY WATERFIELD, farmer, P. 0. Kigginsport, is a son of Samuel Waterfield, whose sketch appears in Lewis Township. He was born in 1842, in this township, and was raised on his father's farm and acquired a common school education, devoting his time at home until majority ; he then began the battle of life for himself, but did not marry until he was twenty-seven years of age, when he united with Miss Lueila, daughter of William Clark, and a descendant of the pioneer, Joseph Clark, mentioned in the body of this work. The issue of this union is two children - William C. and Ora B. He is one of the well-to-do and scientific farmers and successful tobacco-raisers of Lewis Township ; he raises some fine cattle, hogs and horses, and owns 312 acres of good land,

JAMES WATERFIELD, farmer, P. 0. Higginsport, son of Samuel Wat'erfield, whose sketch appears in this volume, was born May 18, 1844, in Lewis Township, where he has always resided ; he was reared to farm life, and acquired a common school education ; he remained at home until 1865 ; his father gave him a chance to make a home for himself if he would put his shoulder to the wheel, which he did, and the result of his efforts is now 240 acres of fine land, under a high state of cultivation and well improved ; he makes a specialty of raising tobacco, and during the past eight years has raised about 185,000 pounds; his time is devoted to superintending his farm and dealing in cattle ; he is one of the substantial farmers of the township, and at all times is willing to assist in advancing any improvements having for their effect the good of the county; his home is located in R. K. Mead's Survey, No. 1661 ; he was married, in March, 1875, to a daughter of William Clark; she was born March 26, 1848, in Lewis Township. They have one daughter - Rena B., a bright little girl of about five years.

JOSEPH C. WELLS, farmer, P. 0, Higginsport, is a son of James Wells, who was born in Pennsylvania November 30, 1781, and about the close of the last century came to Augusta, Ky., where his brother Frank had previously settled. He became the owner of a mill on the creek about a mile above. While thus engaged, he married Sally, daughter of Joseph Clark, Sr., who settled in Lewis Township in 1795. They became residents of Brown County about the time of the war of 1812, and in this struggle James was a patriot. He came to Ohio with little means, but a capital of energy and honest principles which soon won for him the confidence of the people, who elected him one of the Commissioners of the county, he living in what was then Clermont County, but now Brown. He also served as Justice of the Peace for nearly a quarter of a century. He was a man firm in his adherence to the right, and whose actions were always in accordance with his words ; he accumulated a fair competency and died a much respected citizen, July 30, 1857, and his wife, June 7, 1866, aged eighty-three years three months and seven days. Their children were nine in number, six boys and three girls. Of the children our subject is the sixth, and was born March 9, 1819, on the farm wh'ch he now owns ; here he matured and has lived ever since. When forty-two years of age, he married Ellen C., daughter of James Hopkins, represented in this volume. She was born in Brown County in 1835. This union has been blessed with six children of whom three are now living. In 1863, he and wife moved to the farm of 227 acres which they now own. They are both members of the Presbyterian Church, and are well situated in life. Politically, he is a Republican.

WILLIAM M. WHITE, saw-miller and carpenter, Feesburg, is a son of Sylvester White, who was born on July 5, 1891, in what is now Brown County, Ohio, near Higginsport, where he matured as a farmer boy. His educational privileges were few, but he embraced them as best he could. He was his father's valuable assistant unti his marriage with Margaret Davidson, of Union Township, where she was born November 12, 1807. Soon after marriage, they settled on White Oak, and have since lived in Brown County, save one year spent in Indiana. His last earthly residence was in R. K. Mead's Survey, No. 1664, Lewis Township. On June 5, 1851, his death occurred prematurely and accidentally. While at a barn-raising, a falling pike-pole struck his head, breaking the skull, and causing almost instant death. He was a man five feet and ten inches high, strong and energetic. His children were six in number, of whom four are now living, viz.: James T., John C., Mary E. and William M. His widow married for her second husband Alfred Brown, but now resides with her son, William, whose name heads this sketch He is the youngest child, and was born September 15, 1837, in Pleasant Township, but from nine years of age has been a resident of Lewis Township, where he matured on the farm. Thus he continued until February, 1865, when he entered the army in Company K, One Hundred and Eightyeighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving until the close of the war. He was mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., returned home, engaged in carpentering, and in 1869 took in connection the saw-milling business, which he has jointly conducted since ; the first mill on this seat was erected in 1848, and succeeded by the present one in 1868. Mr. White was married, December 18, 1870, to Miss Australia Morgan, born September 10, 1850, in Clermont County, Ohio, where she was raised. She and Mr. White have six children, of whom five are now living.

JOHN E. WHITE, merchant, Feesburg, is a native of Italy, and since 1853 an American citizen. He came to Brown County in 1856, but subsequently spent two years in the South. At the outbreak of the rebellion, be was in Brown County, Ohio, where he enlisted in Company I, Twenty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving until the expiration of his enlisted term, three month®, when he returned home, and in August, 1862, re-enlisted in Company K, Fifty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving about nine months, when he was discharged on account of a wound received while in the battle of Stone River on December 31, 1862. His left arm still remains stiff from the effects of the wound. He returned home, and in 1864 married Harriet Powell, by whom he has five children, all living. Soon after his marriage, he engaged in farming, which he followed until 1869. when he embarked in the mercantile trade in Feesburg, and now enjoys a liberal patronage in his line, groceries, hardware and confectionery. He is a man fortv-three years of age, and has made his way through life by starting with no means, but with a full determination to succeed.

ISAAC D. WILLIAMS, farmer, P. 0. Higginsport, is a son of Isaac D. Williams, Sr., and a grandson of Waldon Williams. The latter, one of the early settlers of Brown County, purchased a farm on Bullskin about 1813, and remained a resident until about 1829, when he located in Clermont County, but finally settled in Adams County, where he and wife both died. Of their twelve children, Isaac D., Sr., the seventh child, was born in Lewis Township, in 1817, but matured in Clermont County, and in 1848 married Priscilla, daughter of Jacob Stayton. In a short time after this marriage was solemnized, Isaac D. Sr., died, leaving a young widow, who, in 1849, had born to her a son, whose name heads this sketch, and on November 4, 1856, Priscilla died, aged thirty -four years eight months and one day. The subject of this sketch was left parentless at an early age, and was raised by his aunt, Hannah Stayton. He received a common school education, and has always devoted his time to farming. To this pursuit, he has given his time closely, and managed economically, which has resulted in the ownership of a farm of ninety acres, the original home of Jacob Stayton. He was married to Sarah P. Beebe, a descendant of an early pioneer family of Clark Township.

J. H. WILLIAMSON, physician, Higginsport, was born August 31, 1850, in Jefferson Township, Brown County, where he grew to almost maturity on his father's farm, devoting his winter months to school, whereby he acquired his elementary education. This he supplimented by teaching, in which he engaged when eighteen years of age, and continuing for a period of eight years, the last two of which he was

Superintendent of the Cherry Grove Schools, Hamilton County, Ohio. In 1874, he took up the study of his chosen profession (medicine), which he studied while teaching until 1876, when he entered the Ohio Medical College, from which he graduated in March, 1879, and immediately located where he is now practicing. Having had only three years' experience, he has, by close application to his profession, acquired a fair and growing practice. He was married, July 6, 1876, to Eva J., daughter of John P. and Hester A. Cropper, of Jefferson Township. She Was born May 22, 1854. To their union, two children are given, Frank E. and Lutie E.

JOHN WINTERS (deceased) was a son of William and Nancy Winters, who came from Lexington, Ky., in 1801, and located near the present town of Felicity, Clermont Co., Ohio, where Nancy died January 3, 1842, and William November 12 following. They were both nearly octogenarians and were the parents of nine children, of which John was the third. He was born in Lexington, Ky., March 29, 1800, but from infancy was reared in Clermont County, Ohio. As he was the eldest son, he became his father's most valuable assistant, and remained at home until November 27, 1821, when he married Margaret Wells; she was born in Augusta, Ky., May 7, 1805. They settled in Clermont County, but in 1836 sold their farm and bought in Lewis Township, Brown County, where his death occurred August 15, 1870. On coming to this farm, it was mostly in the woods, but with his strong constitution and energy, it was not long until the forest had given away to an opea and productive farm. After he had passed the meridian of life, he embraced the religion of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which faith he died. He was a good husband, father and citizen, having served his township as Trustee more for courtesy than the honor connected therewith. His wife was a daughter of Joseph Wells. He was a brother to James Wells, who is mentioned in the sketch of Joseph C. Wells in this volume. She adheres to the religious ideas of her deceased husband, and is now living at the age of seventy-seven years. Nine of her twelve children are living - Lewis W., Joseph C., Nancy (now Mrs. Harvey Galbreath), Minerva J. (died in infancy), William M. (deceased), James F. (died in early life), Mary C. (wife of J. N. Hook), Lucy E. (now Mrs. T. M. Park), Eliza J. (Mrs. William E. Grimes), J. D. (whose sketch appears in this history), F. L. (on the old homestead) and L. S. fin Nebraska). F. L. was born in 1844 on the farm he now owns (150 acres). He was raised to farm life and received a common school education. His entire life has been devoted to farming. His wife was Jane McGlassoa, a native of Brown County, by whom he has four children. Mr. Winters devotes some time to raising hogs and cattle.

J. D. WINTERS, livery, Higginsport, son of John Winters, whose name is seen in F. L. Winters' sketch, was born in 1842, and has always resided in Lewis, his native township. He received a common school education and assisted on the home farm until 1866, when he married Ellen J., daughter of George Love, of this township. He then embarked in farming for himself, which he followed until November 9, 1869, when he located in Higginsport and engaged in the drug trade. This received his attention for twelve years, three years of that period with a partner. It proved profitable and claimed his attention until 1881. The last seven years of his drug business he had jointly a livery stable, to which the past years have been entirely devoted, with fair success. He is a man who, through his correct business habits and integrity, has won the respect and esteem of the good citizens of the township, who have honored him with their most important office, Treasurer, several terms.

SAMUEL WISE, farmer, P. O. Felicity, Clermont Co., Ohio. This gentleman's great-grandfather, Jacob Miller, came from Pennsylvania to Ohio about 1806, and bought one thousand acres of land, of which Samuel Wise's farm is a part. His settlement dates early in the present century, but being already somewhat advanced in life, he died in a few years, near Cedron, Clermont Co., Ohio. The grandfather of Samuel Wise was Henry Wise, Sr., who was a native of Pennsylvania, where he grew up and married the daughter of Jacob Miller. He and wife came to Ohio about 1806 and settled on a part of the 1000 acres of land, above mentioned. Here they remained until about the year 1 823, when. having no title for any part of it, they concluded to locate elsewhere, and made a home on the farm now owned by S. B. Utter. They resided here and finally with their son-in-law, but a few years prior to his death returned to their son, Henry, Jr., where his demise occurred about 1834. The widow survived several years, residing on the farm now owned by William Myers, Sr., where her death occurred in 1847. Of their children, Henry, Jr., the second, was born in Pennsylvania, 1795, but from a boy lived in Ohio, assisting in the farm duties. He received such an education as his means permitted, but in maturer years, through close attention to books, became a well-read man. His wife was Elizabeth Vandyke, who was born and raised in the Keystone State. Their union was celebrated about 1816, and they lived in harmony and peace until death severed them in May, 1866, when she was called hence. In the same year, he sold to the present owner, and located in Cedron, where he died in June, 1872. He had the farm of Samuel Wise deeded to him, from Jacob Miller, April 19, 1824. They were both members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he served as Elder for many years. He was a strong advocate of temperance and a worthy citizen. His political affiliations were with the Whig and Republican parties. Of his eleven children, Samuel, whose name heads this sketch, is the eldest ; he was born October 30, 1819, in Brown County, Ohio, and was reared amid log huts and pioneer difficulties, assisting his father until twenty-six years of age ; in the meantime, he acquired a common school education. Soon after his twenty-sixth birthday, he married Elizabeth Harman, of Clermont County, Ohio, who was born in 1827. To this union has been given five children, all now living and, as well as the parents, members of the Presbyterian Church. He is a well-to-do farmer, and owns 108 acres of land.

WILLIAM WISE, farmer, P. 0. Higginsport. This gentleman is a son of Henry Wise, Jr., whose history appears under the sketch of Samuel Wise. William wa9 born March 30, 1821, in Lewis Township, Brown County, Ohio. He was raised on the farm, and early learned the rudiments of an agricultural life. In this pursuit he devotes his time closely and cultivates his farm scientifically. He is the owner of 140 acres of land, that has, since in his possession, been made more instead of less productive, as is often the case. Sixty acres of his farm lies in the bounds of the 1,000 acres once owned by his great-grandfather, Jacob Miller. Mr. Wise remained with his parents until maturity, in the meantime acquiring a common school education. In the year 1845, he was united in marriage to Caroline Goodwin, a native of Clermont County, Ohio, born in 1823. The same year, they .settled on what is now the Utopia & Higginsport pike ; two years later, he purchased a part of their present farm, where they have since resided. In his early life, he assisted in clearing a part of his father's farm, and he has also made many improvements on his own land. He and wife were the parents of two daughters - Minerva J., who died in early life, and Emma C., wife of Keith Myers, who resides on the home farm. Mr. and Mrs. Wise are both members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he has served as Elder for a period of fifteen years. His political affiliations are with the Republican party. He is an advocate of all enterprises having for their object the good of humanity.

, WILLIAM YEARSLEY, blacksmith, Higginsport, senior member of the firm of Yearsley & Pinckard, and is a son of Samuel Yearsley, who was born in Delaware in 1804; he obtained a limited education in his native State, and at the age of fifteen entered upon the trade of u edge-tool maker," under the instruction of an old Quaker. He served an apprenticeship of five years, and having completed his trade when about twenty years of age, he began business for himself. About 1828, he married Amy Lawrence, a native of Delaware, born in 1812, and died in Higginsport, Ohio, in 1852. Samuel, wife and family of three children, came to Ohio in 1836, locating first in Cincinnati, where he labored in James Todd's machine shop. In 1838, at the solicitations of his friend, Henry Pierce, he came to Brown County and set up his forge under a beech tree in Pleasant Township, on the "McMichael farm." There he soon erected a log shop, and one year later moved to Higginsport, where he, of course, met opposition, but through his mechanical skill he soon found favor with the public, and obtained a good patronage. A contest was had between him and his opponent, in making a comer chisel, which resulted decidedly in Yearsley's favor. He was not a practical, general blacksmith, but soon " took it up," and did good work. He was an honest and trusty mechanic, and died a worthy citizen, in September, 1860. He had been twice married, the second time to Mrs. Rebecca (Morrison) Woodworth, who still survives. His last marriage resulted in two sons, and the first in nine children, of whom six are now living. Our subject, William, is the fifth, and was born, October 9, 1840, in Higginsport, Ohio, where he has always resided, save during Centennial year, which he spent in Kentucky, in the sale of musical instruments, and music teaching. His education was acquired in the schools of his native village until the age of fifteen, when he commenced taking instructions, under his father, in blacksmithing. Since 1860, he has been almost continuously engaged in business for himself, mostly as a partner, and is now a member of the leading firm of the place. His military career consisted of. one year in Company K, One Hundred and Eighty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Capt. J. T. McCormack. He was married in 1862, to Miss M. J. Walters, by whom he has had three children, viz.: Charles E., Joseph W. and Neva.

OMEGA YOUNG, farmer, P. 0. Georgetown, was bom in Pennsylvania in 1795; he is a son of Fountain and Tabitha Young, natives of Virginia, of English descent. Our subject came west at an early day, and received a liberal education in Cincinnati, which, at that time, was but a village. He settled in Lewis Township, Brown County, in 1813, and has since made it his home. He married Mary Cochran, who died soon after their marriage, and in 1824 he married Nancy Stayton, a daughter of Jacob and Mary (Wise) Stayton, and a niece of Gov. Wise. By this union fourteen children were born, of whom eleven survive, viz.: Mary J. (widow of Harvey

McKibben, deceased,) Indiana (wife of R. P. Bennington, of Ripley), Wiley W., (an attorney of Georgetown), Joseph (a farmer of Pike Township), William D. (an attorney of Ripley), Lizzie (wife of William Kantz), Maggie (wife of George H. Coulther, of Clermont County), Lou M. (wife of Orlesta Church), and S. Frankie (wife of Dr. A. Harne, of Chicago), James E. and H. Queen. The deceased are Martha, Thomas C. and Emma J. Mr. Young is a man of literary tastes, and he has given all his children a liberal education. He has followed farming all his life, until within a few years, when he retired from active life He resides two miles west of Georgetown, where he owns 105 acres of excellent farm land. In the early part of his life, he took an active interest in politics, frequently taking the stump in his party's behalf. He never sought or held any office other than the minor ones of his township. He is a Republican in politics, and takes a deep interest in the work of his party. Mr. Young was for several years a minister of the New Light Church, but of late years he has not been identified with any church, but has for many years, and is now, very liberal in his religious views. He is one of the representative men of the county, and has always been classed with its better citizens.

WILLIAM YOUNG, retired farmer, Higginsport, is a son of William YouDg. Sr., and a grandson of William Lancaster - the latter serving in the war that freed our country from English tyranny, as mentioned in the sketch of Alfred N. Young. William, whose name heads this sketch, was born in Bracken County, Ky., in 1802, and in March, 1828, came to Ohio, where he has since resided, having married on January 31, previous. His life has been devoted mostly to teaming and farming, but time has bent his frame and silvered his hair, and he now lives retired. His children were twelve in number, seven daughters and five sons. Five are now living, of whom Daniel has given some time to the study of law, which he is practicing in Higginsport. Mrs. Matilda Young was born January 24, 1806, in Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of Stephen Calvin, who with his family located in Ohio in 1815, and in 1819 in Higginsport. He was one of the first settlers in the village, and will be mentioned in the history of the town. Mr. and Mrs. Young have trod the path of married life for over a half century, and now look back with pleasure on the scenes of their early life.

ALFRED N. YOUNG, dealer in leaf tobacco, Higginsport. This gentleman is of English extraction, and his grandfather, William Young, was of English parentage. The maternal great-grandfather, William Lancaster, was a patriot in the Continental war, and died in Indiana, in 1843, at the very great age of 104 years. William Youngs above mentioned, and his wife, Susan Lancaster, were both natives of Virginia. She died in Bracken County, Ky., in 1838, and he in Higginsport, Ohio, in 1845, having been a resident of the State four years. Robert Young was born in Bracken County, Ky., March 28, 1812, reaching his sixteenth year in his native State; he then entered upon river life, which claimed his attention for over thirty years. At first, he was cook on a flat-boat, but by proper conduct soon became pilot for E. Thompson & Sons, boating to New Orleans. By frugality and industry he was enabled to commence business, in 1842, upon his own responsibilities, which resulted favorably, and was continued until 1861, he leaving New Orleans the day Fort Sumter was fired on. He returned home to Higginsport, Ohio, where he had resided since 1838, and for the p^st twenty years has been engaged in the leaf tobacco business. His first marriage was celebrated June 18, 1840. with Mary, daughter of Jesse Dugan. Three children were given her, and her death occurred January 18, 1850. Subsequently, he married her cousin, Deborah, daughter of Basil Dugan, to whom three children have been given, two of whom still live. The gentleman whose name heads this sketch was born March 4, 1841, in Higginsport, Ohio. He was reared in his native village, where he received the benefit of the public schools of the town, improving his education a<- the Cincinnati Commercial College. In September, 1861, he entered the military service in Company F, First Ohio Light Artillery, participating in the battles of Shiloh, Perryville, Chickamauga and Mission Ridge, serving until September 28, 1864, when he was discharged at Columbus, Ohio, having risen to the rank of Sergeant of his battery. He returned home uninjured, and was engaged in boating down the river until his marriage with Miss Amanda Devore, December 26, 1 866. He then engaged in the leaf tobacco trade in Cincinnati, Ohio, residing in Newport, Ky. This received his attention until 1870, when he accepted the position of United States Census Marshal of Campbell County, Ky., and on September 24 of the same year, he was commissioned as Consul to Santiago de Cuba. 4 He entered upou his new duties and remained there until December 5, 1876. During his term of office, the steamer " Virginius" was captured and brought into the port - Santiago. He, with his family, returned to Higginsport, Ohio, where they have since resided, and devoted his time to the leaf tobacco trade, for a while, in partnership with his father. Mr. Young is yet a young man, and has not only filled honorable positions, but has honorably discharged his duties. He is well situated in life, occupying one of the good residences of Higginsport, Ohio. He and wife have one son - Frank L., born December 22, 1867.

ELIZABETH ALLEN, Fayetteville, daughter of Richard and Catherine (Hull) Allen, was born in North Carolina, in 1812. When four years of age, her parents came West, and in 1824 they came to this township, and settled near Fayetteville. Elizabeth was married in this township to Phineas Allen, by whom she had eleven children, eight now living - John, Catherine, Lucy, Sarah, Hannah, Louis, Leonidas and Elizabeth. Her husband died, and she afterward moved to the southeastern part of this township, where she bought 107 acres of land. She afterward bought forty acres more on the Georgetown pike. The family are all members of the Catholic Church.

WILLIAM B. ALLEN, farmer, P. O. St. Martin's, son of William P. and Sarah Allen, was born in Fayetteville June 17, 1840. His parents emigrated from New Jersey to this township about 1830, and bought a lot and built a residence in Fayetteville. In 1846, his father, John P. Allen, was elected Sheriff of this county, and moved to Georgetown, and filled that office four years, and was then sent as representative to the State Legislature at Columbus, two years. He then purchased a farm of 100 acres, three miles south of Georgetown, where he resided three years. After the death of Judge Campbell, Mr. Allen served as Probate Judge, the remainder of his term, which was nearly three years. He was elected Mayor of Georgetown, and also Justice of the Peace, several years. In 1869, he returned to this township, and settled on a farm of 375 acres in the northeastern part, owned by his wife. He died May 11, 1872, member of the Masonic Fraternity.

FRANCOIS xlMIOT, blacksmith of Chasetown, P. 0. Fayetteville, son of Mathias and Jane Amiot, was born in France March 22, 1822; when seventeen years of age, he served two years as an apprentice with a blacksmith. He was married in France, in 1851, to Jane Lhuillier. In June, 1845, he came to Fayetteville, this township, and worked at his trade for Phillip Brulport two and one half years. He then came to Chasetown, and bought a shop, where he has remained ever since doing all kinds of general blacksmithing, horseshoeing, repairing, &c. He also has a wagon shop near his blacksmith shop. He owns his residence, and nearly two acres of land in Chasetown, and fiffcyjive acres near the village. Mr. and Mrs. Amiot have had a family of five children born unto them - Joseph, Alice (deceased), Frank, Augustus and Mary ; the eldest two born in France. The family are members of the Catholic Church, of Yera Cruz.

JOHN J. ARNOLD, merchant, St. Martin's, son of John and Elizabeth (Marquits) Arnold, was born in France in 1836. He came to the United States in 1847, and settled in Dodson Township, Highland Co., Ohio, where he farmed till 1855. He then learned the harness-making trade. He enlisted at Baltimore in September, 1857, in Company B, First Dragoons, Regular Army. When the war broke out, the name of the regiment was changed to First United States Calvary, being the first regiment of mounted troops. While with his regiment, he was through Mexico, Arizona and California. He was present and helped build the monument in commemoration of the Mountain Meadow Masacre. He served under Gen. McClelland nine months, after the breaking out of the rebellion. He was discharged at Brookville, Md., and returned to Cincinnati. In the fall of 1862, he opened a general store at Webertown, Highland Co., Ohio, where he remained one year, and then came to St. Martins, and opened a general store, where he keeps a well selected stock of goods for country trade, and is doing a good business. He was married in St. Martins, November 22, 1864, to Margaret, daughter of John and Catharine Scanlan. They have seven children - Mary, Agatha, Frances, Annie, Joseph, Theresa and Martin. Mr. Arnold owns his store building and residence. The family are members of the Catholic Church. Mr. Arnold is also member of the St. Joseph's Society.

JOHN AUBRY, farmer, P. 0. Fayetteville, son of John B. and Annie Aubry, was born in France May 15, 1817. In 1834, his parents came to this country, and in 1837, they bought a farm in this township, north of Fayetteville, where Bray Aubry now lives. Mr. Aubry was married in this township in 1839, to Frances Bedaine, a native of France, born March 18, 1817. They had five children, three now living- Augustus, Mary A. and Elizabeth ; the deceased was Francis, who died in the army ; he enlisted in Cincinnati in Company A, Seventh Ohio Y'olunteer Calvary, served two years and seven months, and while on his way home, on board the steamer Sultana, was blown up with 2,300 souls, 1,700 of whom were either killed or drowned. Francis was burned, and injured so badly that he soon died at Gayoso Hospital, Memphis, Tenn. The other deceased child was named Morris. After his marriage, Mr. Aubry received twenty-five acres of the old homestead from his father, whic'i he sold, and bought the fifty acres where he now resides, and has a comfortable home in which to spend the remainder of his days. Mr. Aubry and family are all members of the Catholic Church.

BRAY AUBRY, farmer, P. O. Fayetteville, son of John B. and Annie (Mony) Aubry, was born ia France in 1827. In 1834, his parents came to this country, and settled near Columbus, Ohio, where they remained about three years. In 1837, they came to this township, and bought 148 acres of laud, where Mr. Aubry now resides, fifty-eight acr-js of which he now owns, forty acres under cultivation. He was married in this township in 1854, to Adeline Ferry, by whom he has one daughter, Rosa, wife of Joseph Barber of Chasetown, this township. Mr. x^ubry's wife died in 1855, and he again married, in 1856, to Margaret Denny. They have seven children - Mary,

WILLIAM BAMBER, Sr., (deceased), was born at Charing Cross, England. He was a dyer by trade, and carried on the business quite extensively. He married Elizabeth Crumblum. They had a family of ten children, and, being in limited circumstances, Mr. Bamber conceived the idea of coming to America, where land was cheap and a farm could be obtained for each member of his family. He accordingly came to this country, and, as early as 1819, he bought 1,000 acres of land in the southern part of this township. He immediately moved his family into the heart of the wilderness, built a log cabin and commenced the immense task of clearing a farm. Himself and family endured untold hardships and privations, and succeeded in clearing a large tract of land. William Bamber, Jr., was born in England May 25, 1806, and came here with his parents. He was married at St. Martin's, this township, in 1833, to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Mary Crone, also old settlers of this township. They had six children, five living: Mary, William, Elizabeth, Ann and Thomas. William Bamber, Jr., died August 29, 1866 ; his widow is still living, residing with her son William, who received 100 acres of the paternal estate of 290 acres. He now has sixty acres under cultivation. He has held numerous township offices, such as member of School Board, School Director, Supervisor, &c. The family are all members of the Catholic Church.

THOMAS BAMBER, farmer, P. O. Fayetteville, second son of William and Elizabeth Bamber, was born in this township January 8, 1845. He was reared on a farm. Was married here in 1874, to Jobana, daughter of James and Mary Campion, a native of Ireland. They have three children - William, James and Mary E. Thomas received 88 acres of land of his father, about twenty-five of which are situated in Sterling Township, this county, sixty-five under cultivation. Himself and family are members of the Catholic Church.

TOUSAINT BARBIER, farmer, P. O. Vera Cruz, son of Joseph and Margaret Barbier, was born in France, June 12, 1818. He came to the United States in 1838, and settled in Vincennes, Ind., where he worked eight years by the month farming, during which time he was married, in 1843, to Mary A. Nolan, born in Viucennes. They have seven children - John, Joseph, Mary, William, Lenora, Michael and Margaret. In 1846, they came to this township and rented land of Joseph Mair Etienne, five years, when they bought 80 acres of him. They now own a fine farm of 130 acies. The family are members of the Catholic Church.

JOSEPH BARBER, saloon, P. O. Fayetteville, son of Tousaint and Mary A. Barber, was born in this township in 1849. He was reared on a farm in this township, and was married at Vera Cruz in 1878, to Rosa Oubrey, born in this township. They have two children - Theresa and Joseph, born in this township. In the spring of 1879, Mr. Barber came to Chasetown and opened a saloon and grocery, where he keeps a choice stock of liquors, cigars and tobaccos, and a well-selected stook of staple and fancy groceries. Himself and family are members of the Catholic Church of Vera Cruz.

PATRICK BARRON, farmer, P. O. Fayetteville, son of William and Frances Barron, was born in Tyrone County, Ireland, March 17, 1816. When seventeen years of age he came to this country and followed laboring, working in Philadelphia, Penn., two years, when he took a trip to New Orleans, where he remained till the spring of 1836. He then came to Hamilton County, Ohio, where he contracted for and built pikes. He formed a partnership with Jacob Brooks, and they graded three miles on the line of the Little Miami Railroad, near Xenia. He also graded some on the same line further west, in company with John Quinn. In 1840, he bought 67 £ acres of his present farm, situated two miles northwest of Fayetteville. He now has a fine farm of 449 acres, thirty of which extend into Clermont County. On his farm he has built a fine brick residence and made considerable other improvements. He was married in Cincinnati, in 1845, to Mary Kerr. They have four children - Patrick, John, Mary and Ellen. Mr. Barron has held numerous township offices, among others Supervisor two terms. The family are members of the Catholic Church.

JOSEPH L. BERGER, farmer, P. 0. Fayetteville, son of Lucien Berger, was born March 19, 1818, in Germany. In 1835 or 1836, he came to this country and settled in this township, two miles south of Fayetteville. Several years later, he bought a farm of 160 acres in the northwest part of the township. He was married in this township, at the age of twenty-seven years, to Lugard Berger, by whom he had eleven children, nine now living - Martin, Joseph, Mary, Elizabeth, Frances, Annie, Christina, Ellen and Peter. His wife died in 1864, and he again married in this township, in 1865, to Margaret Heitzelman. They have three children - Louis, Margaret and Matilda. Mr. Berger received through his wife, who was an only daughter, 100 acres of land. He afterward bought 53 acres adjoining. In 1867, he bought 117£ acres of land where he now lives, on which he moved in February, 1882. He now owns 432 acres of fine land, about two hundred of which are under cultivation. Mr. Berger. ha3 held numerous township offices. He is at present serving his third term as Supervisor ; was Township Trustee about nine years and County Commissioner three years. The family are all members of the Catholic Church of Fayetteville.

FLORIN BERGER, farmer, P. 0. Blanchester, Clinton Co., Ohio, son of Lucien and Annie Berger, was born in Baden, Germany, May 5, 1829. In 1837, his parents came to this country and settled in this township with seven other children. His parents both died here; his father in 1862, and his mother in 1857. Mr. Berger was married here, July 29, 1852, to Nancy, daughter of John B. and Eleanor Gus*in, born in Clinton County, Ohio. They have eleven children - Peter, Sarah, Jemimah, Enoch, John, Andrew, Benage, Flora, Ellen, Fannie and Joseph. Mr. Berger now has a fine farm of 70 acres, one mile northwest of Ferristown, 20 acres of which he received from his father. He has been Township Trustee several years, and Supervisor a number of years, and is at present a School Director.

BENJAMIN BOWEN, farmer, P. O. Marathon, son of Benjamin and Lucina (Sales) Bowen, was born in Gloucester, R. I., January 21,1821. When twelve years of age, his parents came to Hamilton County, Ohio, near Cincinnati, where they bought a farm of 106 acres. They afterward bought 70 acres adjoining. They both died there, leaving a family of ten children. His father died in April, 1846, and his mother in March, 1852. The homestead was left to Benjamin and three brothers. He was married tin re, in 1849, to Harriet Goldstrap, daughter of William and Naomi (Hunt) Goldstrap, born in Hamilton County, Ohio. They have had ten children, seven living - Naomi, Pardon, Isaac, Samuel, Thomas, Charles and Eva M. Mr. Bowen came to this township in 1856, and bought 153f acres of land, one mile and a half southwest of Vera Cruz, He now has 168f acres; also ten acres in Sycamore Township, Hamilton Co., Ohio. Mr. Bowen has held numerous township offices, among others Township Trustee two years ; also, member of School Board and School Director.

PETER BOWMAN, farmer, P. O. St. Martin's, son of Peter and Ellen Bowman, was born in the southern part of France April 7, 1812. He remained in his native country until 1847, when he emigrated to America. Landing at New York, he remained there one month, after which he came to Perry Township and located in the vicinity of St. Martin's. Here he met and, in 1856. married Mary Henry, a daughter of Joseph and Margaret Ann Henry, and by her had seven children, viz. : Julia, Peter, Joseph, Frank, Catharine (deceased), Rosa and Anne. In 1867, Mr. Bowman purchased and moved on to tbe farm he now occupies, which consists of eighty-two acres of fine arable land. His children all live at home with their parents.

JOHN BOYLE, farmer and contractor, P. 0, Fayetteville. John Boyle was born in the county of Donegal, Ireland, March 21, 1815. His parents, Edward and Mary (Nesbitt) Boyle, emigrated to the United States in 1816. They'first settled near Westchester, N. Y., and engaged in farming. In 1819, Mr. Boyle with his family, then consisting of his wife and two children, John, the subject of this sketch, and William, who was born during the voyage across the sea, resolved to make the perilous voyage of crossing the Alleghany Mountains by wagon and descending the Ohio River in a skiff. After all the trials and hardships incident to such a journey, they arrived safely at their destination in this township in 1820 ; his first purchase was 200 acres of land, one and one-half miles southwest of Fayetteville, on the East Fork of the Little Miami; he afterward bought tracts in different parts of the township, including 800 acres near St. Martin's ; he bought the mill on the latter place from Ebenezer Davis It was the first flouring mill in the township. This mill is still in operation, having been improved from a " corn-cracker" to one of the finest of its kind in the State. John Boyle was married in 1848, to Elizabeth, daughter of Patrick and Mary McCloskey. They have six children living - Mary Alice, Robert Emmett, John, Fanny, Annie and Ada, and three who died in childhood, James, Edward and William. Since 1839, Mr. Boyle has been extensively engaged in public works. He laid thirty miles of the first railroad west of the Alleghany Mountains - the Little Miami Railroad. In 1853, he entered into partnership with Patrick E. Roach, of Cincinnati, which lasted twentyfive years. The firm of Boyle & Roach constructed some of the most extensive public works in the Western States during their time. Among them may be mentioned the following: An aqueduct across the Little Auglaize River, in Paulding County; the

Lewistown Reservoir, in Logan County ; Eggleston Avenue Sewer, Cincinnati ; a large part of the Louisville Canal Reservoir, at Cincinnati; Hydaulic, at Piqua ; built Lock at the Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, which is considered the finest piece of work of its kind in this country ; they completed the King's Mountain Tunnel, after all other contractors failed ; also, twenty-two miles of railroad at Greenupsburg, Ky., with eleven tunnels; they completed forty miles of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad. In 1881, Mr. Boyle moved to his farm in this township, upon which he built a splendid residence and improvements to the extent of $15,000. Mr. Boyle owns at present 1,700 acres of land in this township, including the extensive flouring mills at St. Martin's, which are provided with four run of buhrs and all modern improvements, and do an extensive local and shipping business.

WILLIAM BOYLE, farmer, P. O. Fayetteville, son of William and Elizabeth Boyle, was born in Perry Township December, 9, 1826; he was married in 1876, to Sarah, daughter of Michael and Ann Bohan, a native of Ireland. Mr. Boyle has a well cultivated farm about one mile from Fayetteville, on the Georgetown pike; he also has 120 acres in Clay County, 111. Mr. Boyle enlisted in Fayetteville, in October, 1861, in Company D, Fifty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Capt. R. H. Higgins; he was in a number of engagements, and was wounded at the battle of Shiloh, in the right shoulder; his case is on record in the medical annals of the United States Army. The ball entered the shoulder -joint and lodged in the arm-bone, completely destroying the use of the shoulder ; was removed from the field of battle to the hospital ; suffered for a long time with little or no relief, till he was taken to St. John's Hospital, Cincinnati, where the eminent Professor of Surgery, Dr. George C. Blackman, performed the operation known to surgeons as ex-section of the shoulder-joint. For a long time his life was despaired of, but by the skill of the eminent surgeon, and kind nursing of the Sisters of Charity, he recovered his strength and the partial use of his arm, and is at present enjoying perfect health. Mr. Boyle has always taken an active part in politics, and has been repeatedly elected to office, and has always enjoyed the respect and confidence of the people; he was elected Assessor in 1863, and has since held that office - twelve years; his father, William, and uncle, Edward Boyle, were the first Catholic settlers in this township, his father being the agent of Gen. Lytle, and did much to effect a Catholic settlement in this part of the country.

LEO. BRULPORT, merchant, Fayetteville, son of John F. and Frances (Bourgeois) Brulport, was born in France June 27, 1834. When nine months old, his parents came to the United States, and settled in Clermont County, Ohio, where his father, a farmer, fesided ten years ; he then came to this township and bought 138 acres of land on the East Fork of the Little Miami River, two and one-quarter miles north of Fayetteville. Mr. Brulport was married, in Fayetteville, in 1861, to Mary, daughter of Morris and Sarah Andriot, a native of France, born May 14, 1838. They have three daughters - Mary and Leona (twins), and Matilda. In February, 1869, Mr. Brulport came to this village and opened a general store, where he keeps a choice stock of dry goods, groceries, queensware, ready-made clothing, hats and caps, boots and shoes, hardware, millinery goods, etc.; carries a stock of about $4,000, and is doing a good flourishing business. The family are all members of the Catholic Church.

JOHN CAMPBELL, farmer, P. 0. Fayetteville, son of James and Margaret Campbell, was born in Donegal County, Ireland, in 1808. In 1837, he came to this county and worked in the coal mines of Northampton County, Penn., with his brother James, several months, when they went to Maysville, Ky., where they were engaged on public works. In 1841, he returned to Ireland, and the following year he married, to Hannah Boyle. They have ten children, all born in this township - Ann, Margaret, Mary, Catherine, Ellen, Celia, James, Charles, Daniel and John. In 1843, the year following his marriage, he returned to this country and settled in this township on a farm of 143 acres, which his brother had bought for him during his absence; he has built a fine brick residence, and made a number of other improvements. The family are all members of the Catholic Church.

JAMES B. CAMPBELL, saloon and billiard hall, Fayetteville, son of James and Margaret (Call) Campbell, was born in Perry Township, three miles southeast of Fayetteville, February 14, 1858. V/hen eighteen years old, he attended the Hillsboro, Winchester and Georgetown schools, six months each; he then taught school two terms. In October, 1881, he built his present place of business, sample room and billiard hall on Pike street, 60x25 feet, two stories ; the upper story is used for a ball-room and court room ; here he keeps the choicest brands of liquors, cigars, tobaccos, etc., and is doing a flourishing business ; he is a member of the Catholic Church.

EUGENE CARLIER, carpenter, Fayetteville, son of Matthew and Margaret Carlier, was born in Belgium in 1822. In 1852, his parents, two brothers and one sister came to this country and settled in this township, where the three sons, Eugene, Frank and Joseph, bought fifty-five acres of land, three miles southeast of Fayetteville. Mr. Carlier was married in this township, October 12, 1858, to Jane C. Dennis, by whom he has four children - Nicholas, Jestine, Eugene and Joseph. Mr. Carlier now has a fine farm of 160 acres, about 100 of which are under cultivation; he also has two acres in the northeastern part of the village ; his sons do the farming, while Mr. Carlier works at his trade, having followed it a number of years. The family are members of the Catholic Church.

THOMAS CLARKE, farmer, P. O. St. Martin's, son of Miles and Margaret Clarke, was horn in Ireland August 12, 1832 ; he came to the United States in 1852, and worked at the carpenter's trade in Cincinnati several years, having learned the trade in Ireland ; he was married in Cincinnati, in 1858, to Eliza Brogan, by whom he has had ten children, nine still living; their names are as follows: Miles, John, Mary, William, Aggie, Joseph, Theresa, Francis and Carrie. They came to this township in 1861, and several years later, bought fifty-six acres of land where he now lives, in the northeastern part of the township. The family are members of the Catholic Church.

CHARLES CONRARD, farmer, P. O. Fayetteville, son of Joseph and Mary A. Conrard, was born in France in 1825. In 1832, his parents came to this country and settled in this township, about one mile southwest of Vera Cruz, where they bought sixty acres of land ; his father died in 1874, and his mother in 1852 ; he was married in this township in 1850, to Frances Berger. They have had nine children, six living - Catherine, Mary A., Josephine, Julius, Louisa and Edmund. The deceased were Charles, Frances L. and Fannie. In 1852, Mr. Conrard bought 115 acres of the farm where he now lives, upon which he moved his family. By industry and economy he has added to it, till he now possesses 450 acres of fine land, 300 of which are under cultivation. The family are members of the Catholic Church of Fayetteville. Mr. Conrard's father was an old soldier under Napoleon I. After serving two years, he was captured and sent to Spain, where he was held as a prisoner ten years ; he taught school a number of years before and after be was in the war.

JOSEPH CONRARD, undertaker and wagon-maker, Fayetteville, son of Joseph and Mary A. Conrard, was bora in France February 15, 1831. In 1832, his parents came to this country and settled in this township, three miles west of Fayetteville, where they bought a farm of fifty-two acres. .Joseph was reared on the farm til! twenty-one years of age, when he went to Vera Cruz and learned the wagon-making trade. He worked at his trade in Lynchburg, Highland Co., Ohio, three years; three years in Cincinnati pattern-making ; then went to Newport, Ky., and opened a wagon shop, where he remained eight years. He then returned to Fayetteville and opened a shop on Pine street. In 1873, he bought his present site, quarter acre, corner Pike and Russell streets, where he built his shop, and also owns blacksmith shop adjoining. He makes wagons, carriages, buggies, etc., also does general repairing. He is also the village undertaker. In the spring of 1882, he opened a furniture store, where he keeps a good assortment of house-furnishing goods. He was married in Cincinnati in 1855, to Catherine, daughter of Harrison and Mary Bevens, born in this township. They have eight children - Charles, Lillie, Katie, John, William, Joseph, Mary and Ger trude. Mr. Conrard has a residence and quarter acre of land in the southeast part of village.

JAMES COOGAN, farmer, P. 0. Fayetteville, son of Hugh and Bridget (Dyer) Coogan, was born in Wicklow County, Ireland, in 1807. He was raised on a farm, and was also engaged with his father quite - extensively in the butchering business. He was married, July 29, 1836, to Elizabeth Ward, by whom he had six children, four living - Eliza, Hugh, John and Bridget. They emigrated to this country in 1842 and settled in Cincinnati, where they resided a number of years and where his wife died of cholera in 1851. He again married in Cincinnati in 1853, to Elizabeth, daughter of Laughlin and Ellen (O'Connol) Byrne. They have had nine children, seven living - Mary A., Julia, Ellen, James, Michael, William and Joseph. In 1855. he came to this township and bought sixty acres of land three miles southeast of Fayetteville, where he now lives. Family are all members of the Catholic Church.

WILLIAM COONEY, farmer, P. 0. Fayetteville, son of William and Mary (Madden) Cooney, was born in Tipperary County, Ireland, about 1824. He was married, in 1842, to Mary Ryan, by whom he had four sons - John, Patrick, William and Thomas. In 1851, he came to the United States and settled in Hamilton County, near Cincinnati, where he bought three acres of land at $100 per acre, and resided there till 1865, when he came to this township, where he now has seventy-five acres ot choice land. His wife died in 1853, in Hamilton County, where he was again married in 1854, to Margaret Otif, by whom he has two children living - James and Mary J. His eldest son John enlisted in Cincinnati, and after serving three years, re-enlisted and eerved several months longer ; he was engaged in a number of prominent battles, and afterward died from the effects of disease contracted in the army. The family are all members of the Catholic Church.

JOHN CUSHING, farmer, P. 0. Fayetteville, son of Edward and Margaret Cushing, was born in Limerick County, Ireland, in 1807. He was married in 1832, to Margaret Rourk, by whom he had seven children, two now living - Mary and John. They came to the United States in 1837, and remained in New York City three years ; then moved to Cincinnati, where they resided till 1850, when Mr. Cushing came to this township and bought 100 acres of land one mile northeast of Fayetteville. He now has 150 acres. His wife died December 2, 1881. and was interred in Fayetteville. The family are members of the Catholic Church.

ADOLPH DIETRICH, tinsmith, Fayetteville, son of Bernard and Mary Deitrich, was born in France April 28,1825. He learned the trade of tinsmith. He came to the United States in 1847, landing at New Orleans, where he worked at his trade about one year and then came to Cincinnati, where he worked about fifteen months. He then came to Fayetteville, where he bought his residence and one lot, and built a tinshop, 51x21 feet, where he carried a full stock of tinware, stoves, etc., also, does tin-roofing, spouting, guttering, etc. He was married here in 1851 to Josephine Sourd. They had one daughter - Josephine. In 1854, his wife died, and he again married, in Cincinnati, in 1857, to Mary Siegel. They have one son, Julius, born in Fayetteville, January 22, 1859. Mr. Deitrich has a farm of 43 acres near the village,

WILSON DUNHAM, farmer, P. 0. Fayetteville, son of Gideon and Mary (Bowen) Dunham, was born in Eagle Township, this county, November 8, 1811. His father was born in New Jersey October 5, 1757, and died in this township May 25, 1820. His mother was born in Pennsylvania June 6, 1772, and died August 11, 1836. They were married December 20, 1792, in Pennsylvania. They had nine children, four sons and five daughters. Wilson was the youngest son, and himself and brother David, of Cincinnati, are the only ones now living. Mr. Dunham was married in what is now Jackson Township, Clermont County, Ohio, to Eliza, daughter of William and Nancy (Cuilem) Hartman, born June 18, 1813. By her he had seven children, three still living - Elizabeth J. (wife of Nathan Hoggatt, farmer in this township), Gideon (farmer in this township), and Nancy, who still lives with her father. The deceased were named William, James, David and Mary F. Mr. Dunham's wife died January 15, 1875. He is among the oldest living settlers in this township. His parents came to this county in the early part of the year 1811, and settled in Eagle Township, where they remained till 1814, when they came to this township and bought 300 acres of land where Wilson now resides, two miles northwest of Fayetteville, between the Sycamore and East Fork of the Little Miami River. Mr. Dunham at one time owned quite a large tract of land here, but has divided it among his children, reserving for himself a nice farm of 160 acres, eighty of which are under cultivation. He has been a hard-working, industrious man, and during his life has cleared up about 200 acres of land. His father was the second Justice of the Peace of this township. Mr. Dunham is a member of the M. E. Church.

JOSEPH MAIR ETIENNE (deceased), son of Joseph and Margaret (Barber) Mair Etienne, was born in Lorraine, France, in 1811. In 1830, he came to this country. He was a tailor by trade, and worked as journeyman in different cities through the Eastern and Western States. In the spring of 1840, he opened a general store in Vincennes. Ind., which he kept three years. He was married there in 1842 to Mary Gomean, born in Lorraine, France. They had five children, two living - Joseph and Elizabeth. In 1843, they came to this township and opened a general store near where the family now reside. They continued the business very successfully, and were well liked by the people. In 1874, they closed, as their family were married and left home. Mr. Mair Etienne died March 3, 1881, since which time his widow has resided on the homestead. The family are ail members of the Catholic Church.

JOSEPH MAIR ETIENNE, farmer, P. O. Vera Cruz, son of Joseph and Mary Mair Etienne, was born in this township, on the farm where he now lives, April 25, 1846. He was reared on the farm, and was married in this township to Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Work, born in Clermont County, Ohio.. They have two children, born in this township - -Mary, born December 9, 1874, and Frances, born December 29, 1880. Joseph now owns fifty-eight acres of the homestead, on which he has built a fine house. Himself and family are members of the Catholic Ohnreli.

FREDERICK EICHLER, physician, Fayetteville, son of Peter and Madalena (Long) Eichler, was born in Prussia, August 4, 1828. He studied in the high schools of Treves till seventeen years old, then studied pharmacy four years. He then took to the study of medicine and graduated from Bonn University in 1853. He was married in 1856, and came to this country the same year and settled in Danville, Highland Co., Ohio, where he practiced three years. In 1859, he came to this village, where he has since enjoyed a good practice. He owns his residence, office and two lots. Mr. and Mrs. Eichler have two children - Henrietta arvd Julius F. Mr. Eichler is a member of the Brown County Medical Society.

STEPHEN J. FITZPATRICK. The subject of this sketch was born of humble, but honest parents, in the county of Down, Ireland, on December 4, 1848. He came to this country in November 1863. his father and mother having immigrated several years before, when he was buta child. His early years were spent under the care and tuition of his grandfather, Lawrence Woods, a man of many excellent virtues, who discharged his duty faithfully and taught the youthful feet the ways of rectitude. His father's name was PaXrick and his mother's Bridget (Woods) Fitzpatrick, who first landed in New York, and after a stay of a year or two, moved to Fayetteville, Brown County, Ohio, were they finally settled. They had three children, the first a son, the subject of our sketch, and two daughters - Maggie and Mary Ann. The father was killed by an accident, and the care and support of the orphans devolved upon the mother and her only son, who was then in his fifteenth year. The boy of fifteen assumed the responsibilities of the man of twenty-five, and faithfully maintained them. Through years of labor, manual and mental, he found himself a graduate at the head of his class. Since then his career has been onward and upward, and he has filled many lucrative and important positions. He was book-keeper and paymaster on the Cumberland Division of the Cincinnati Southern Railway during its construction, with headquarters at Somerset, Ky. It was here he met Lucy, daughter of Judge Fitzpatrick, and married her in May, 1878. The fruits of this marriage are two sous - John, the oldest, was born on January 20, 1880, and Laurence Emmett on October 12, 1881. In 1877, he esestablished a fine drug store in Fayetteville, having as partner Dr. Thomas M. Reade The business has proved prosperous, and his store is one of the neatest and most com plete in the county. He is still a young man and is just in the beginning of his career of usefulness and prosperity.

JOSEPH FRITZ, farmer, P. 0. Yera Cruz, was born in this township in 1850. His father was an iron molder by trade, and emigrated to this county with his family about 1838, and worked at his trade at Pittsburgh, Penn., about two years. In 1840, they came to this township, and bought 600 acres of timber land, at from $3, to $6 per acre. They cleared up a large tract. They both died in 1851, leaving a family of two children, one of whom, a daughter, died shortly after, and Joseph received the eighty-eight acres. He now has 130 acres, one half mile north of Yera Cruz. He was married in Cincinnati, October 13, 1878, to Mary McManus. They are members of the Catholic Church.

JAMES GARLAND, farmer, P. O. Yera Cruz, son James and Susanna Garlaud, was born in County Armagh, Ireland, in 1826. When sixteen years old, he came to this country, to Adams County, Ohio, where he worked at farming. He was married in 1850, to Susanua. daughter of Thomas and Catherine Mullin, born in Adams County, Ohio. They have had seven children, four living - Thomas B., Robert, John and Maggie ; the deceased were William. Francis and James. Soon after their marriage, Mr. Garland bought, ninety-eight acres of land in Liberty Township, Adams Co., Ohio, cleared up over thirty acres, and erected a tine house and barn, lu 1867, he sold and came to this township, and bought 1621 acres of land, now has 148 J acres, on which he has erected a fine residence. Mr. Garland has held several township offices, Supervisor, School Director, etc. Himself and family are members of the Catholic Church.

ANTHONY GAUCHE, farmer, P. O. Yera Cruz, son of John C. and Mary E. Gauche, was horn in France in 1832. When fourteen years of age. his parents came to this country with a family of five children, besides Anthony. His father was a weaver by trade, and worked in a cotton factory on Third street, in Cincinnati one year, and then moved to Williamsburg, Clermont Co., Ohio, where he worked at farming, and weaving five years. He then moved to the. southwestern part of this township, but did not buy land or settle permanently at that time. He bought 100 acres of land in Jackson Township, Clermont County. Anthony was married in St. Patrick's Church, Fayetteville, September 20, 1856, to Mary M., daughter of William and Elizabeth (Crone) Barnler, born in this tow nship. They have two children, John E,, horn January 13, 1858, and Elizabeth 0., born July 24, 1874. They have a fine farm of 105 acres, ninety-five of which arc in a high state of cultivation. Mr. Gauche has been Supervisor in this township two years, and School Director six years. The family are members of the Catholic Church.

JOHN J. GUILLAIME, farmer, P. O. Fayetteville, son of Henry and Mary A. Guillaime, was born in Belgium October 21, 1812, where he learned the shoe- making trade. He was married in 1840, to Mary Leonard. They have two children, Mary and Joseph. In 1852, they came to this country and settled in Green Township this county, where they bought sixty acres of land. After a short residence of two years, they sold, and came to Fayetteville, where Mr. Guillaime opened a shoemaking shop, and kept a saloon in connection sixteen years, when he bought a farm of twenty-three acres on the Georgetown pike south of Fayetteville, where he now resides. His wife died in Fayetteville, in 1859, and he again married to Rebecca Emmery, by whom he has two daughters, Rosa and Fannie. The family are members of the Catholic Church.

NICHOLAS GUIES, dealer in dry goods and groceries, Fayetteville, son of Mitchell and Janette Guies, was born in France in 1809. He learned the trade of cabinet-making. He was married in France in 1843, to Elizabeth, daughter of Francis and Elizabeth Lambert. They had one child, born in France, Peter. In 1846, Mr. Guies came to this country with his family ; they landed at New Orleans, where they remained a few months, and then moved into Highland County, Ohio, and bought a small farm of twenty-six acres; he afterward added twenty-four acres to it. In 1858, he exchanged for property in Chasetown, upon which he built a steam saw-mill, which he run twelve or fourteen years. He also had a brewery about twelve years. In the fall of 1879, he opened his store, where he keeps a small but well-selected stock of dry goods, groceries, liquors, cigars, etc. The family are members of the Catholic Church.

THURSTIN GRANGER, farmer, P. 0. Vera Cruz, son of Ephraim and Dorotha (Lambkin) Granger, was born in Cuyahoga County, N. Y., October 1, 1803. His father was born in New York also, and was a carpenter by trade. In 1814, his parents came to this township, and bought fifty acres of land, southwest of Vera Cruz. Mr. Granger now owns and resides on half of the original purchase. The county at that time was simply a wilderness, occupied chiefly by wild animals and Indians. They had a hard struggle for several years. They lived in a log cabin, and worked hard to clear the land to raise provisions for the family. They had ten children, five sons and five daughters. Ephraim Granger died July 4, 1839, and his wife, Dorotha, about 1854. Mr. Thurstin Granger, the subject of this sketch was married in this township to Hannah A., daughter of Benjamin and Euphemia Doughty, born in Burlington County, N. J., in April 1, 1812. They had eleven children, five living, all born in this township - -Benjamin L. and Francis M. are physicians at Russell Station, Highland Co., Ohio ; Margaret A., married to John Gustin, a cooper in Indianapolis ; Mary A., widow of Eli Smith, now living at Milford, dress-maker and Sarah A., dress-maker and milliner in Fayetteville. Besides the homestead, Mr. Granger also owns 160 acres of land in this township. Mr. and Mrs. Granger are members of the M. E. Church.

HARVEY J. HAGAN, farmer, plant grower and florist, P. O. Westboro, Clinton County, son of George and Jane (Barry) Hagan, was born in this township October 24, 1833. His grandparents settled in the northwestern part of this township, about 1831-32. When quite small, his mother moved with him to Blanchester, Clinton County, where they resided till 1847, when they returned to this township, and bought 100 acres of land. Mr. Hagan was married in Marion Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, March 5, 1861. to Amanda, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Carder, a native of New Jersey. In 1860, Mr. Hagan bought fifty-one acres of land where he now lives, two and half miles northwest of St. Martin's, where for the last five years he has been engaged quite extensively in raising various plants and flowers for the market. Mr. Hagan has 39f acres of land, adjoining the village of Blanchester, where he expects, to carry on his business still more extensively. He has been Supervisor in this township two terms.

J. M. HALL, physician, Fayetteville, son of Jesse R. and Sarah M. Hail, was born near Winchester, Adams Co., Ohio, July 7, 1836. He was reared on a farm till twelve years of age, attending district schools part of the time, and was then sent to attend the Hillsboro Academy, Highland County, Ohio, where he remained about three years; he then commence 1 the study cf medicine under the instruction of his brother, the late W. C. Hall, of Fayetteville; at the end of three years he entered the

Starling Medical College, of Columbus, Ohio, and there remained one year, and then entered the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati, and took one course, and then returned to the Starling Medical College, where he remained one year longer, graduating February 24, 1861. He was appointed, during two summer vacations, as one of the hospital physicians. After graduating, he associated in practice with his brother and former preceptor, W. C. Hall, till the time of his death, which occurred in 1872. He was also a volunteer surgeon during the late war, stationed at Camp Dennison, during part of the years 1862, 1863 and 1864. He then returned to Fayetteville whera he now has a considerable practice. He was married, March 4, 1863, to Miss Susan J., daughter of Edward and Esther A. Chaney, born near Edenton, Clermont Co., Ohio. They have three children - Nannie B., Edward J., and G-ertrude M. Mr. Hall has been a member of the Ohio State Medical Society since 1868.

FRANCIS HANSON (deceased), son of Thomas and Mary Hanson, was born in Albany, N. Y. He came to this place when a young man and was married to Ann, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Mitchell, born in Wexford County, Ireland. They had two children, one still living - Edward T., born December 29 1871. The deceased was Mary E., born May 24, 1873, and died when seventeen months old. In January, 1870, he opened what is known as the Hanson House, which he carried on till the time of his death, which occurred in 1876. His widow succeeded him and is /now having a considerable trade. She also keeps a livery, sale and boarding stable in connection.

JOSEPH HENRY (deceased), was born in France, and was a farmer by occupatian. He was married to Margaret Martin. They had four children - Catherine, Joseph, Polycarp and Mary. They came to the United States in 1831, and the followiug spring they came to this township, and bought a tract of land near Yera Cruz in company with Joseph Conrard. They remained there one year, and then moved to Clermont County, Ohio, where they lived till 1840, when they returned to this township and bought eighty acres of land three miles southeast of Fayetteville, where they both died. Joseph Henry died February 27, 1864, and his wife Margaret died May 4, 1872. Polycarp bought the interest of his two sisters in the homestead and at present owns nearly all of it ; himself and brother still reside on the homestead. The family are members of the Catholic Church.

NATHAN HOGGATT, farmer, P. 0. Fayetteville, son of Nathan and Mary Hoggatt, was born in Clinton County, Ohio, February 14, 1836. He was married in this township August 25, 1859, to Elizabeth J., daughter of Wilson and Eliza (Hartman) Dunham, born in this township. They have had nine children, eight now living - Carey W., born in Clinton County, Ohio, the others in this township - William S., Emma B., Mary M., Gideon J., Albert, John H. and George A. The deceased was named Franklin. Mr. Hoggatt settled in this township in 1861. His wife received fifty acres of land from her father. They now have a fine farm of 122^ a?ies near the western line of this township, about a hundred of which are in a state ol good Cultivation.

JOHN HUGHS, farmer, P. 0. Fayetteville, son of William and Rosa Hughs, was born in county Derry, Ireland, in 1828. When quite young, he came to British America with an aunt, where he remained about fifteen years, driving a delivery wagon the greater part of the time. He then came to Cincinnati, where he was married in 1868, to Bridget McLaughlin, by whom he has four children - Mary A., John, Catherine and Bridget. During the war, Mr. Hughs drove team about five years with the army. He came to this township in 1872, and bought fifty acres of land in the northwestern part, where he now resides. The family are members of the Catholic Church.

JAMES HYNDS, farmer, P. 0. Fayetteville, son of Richard and Catherine (McGuire) Hynds, was born in Down County, Ireland, in 1797. He was married in Ireland when twenty-one years of age, to Susan Waterson, by whom he had ten children, five now living - Rose, Susan, Margaret, Richard and James. His two sons are in California. Mr. Hynds came to this township in 1851, and settled on Grassy Run. He now has two acres of land and resides near the western line of the township. His daughters also own fifty acres near by. The family are members of the Catholic Church.

JOHN IMHOFF, merchant, Blanchester, Clinton Co., Ohio, son of Johnand Ann Imhoff, was born in Bremen, Germany, May 23, 1802. He came to this country in 1829 and settled in Cincinnati, where he kept a music store a number of years on Main street, second door below Fourth. In 1839, he purchased 300 acres of timber land in the northwest part of this township, on the Blanchester road, upon which he moved in 1843, arid has cleared a large portion and made a number of improvements. In 1864, he opened a general store, where he keeps a full stock of dry goods, groceries, boots, shoes and all goods usually kept in a country store. He was married in Cincinnati in 1836, to Sarah Wyatt, who died eleven months after their marriage. In 1843, he again married to Ann, daughter of Daniel and Mary Hogan. He is a member of the Lutheran Church.

JOHN JAMES, farmer, P. 0. Marathon, Clermont Co.. Ohio, son of John and Mary James, was born in France in 1819. In 1846, he came to this county and settled in this township two miles northeast of Fayetteville, where he kept a store one year and then went to New Orleans, where he remained over one year, and then returned to this township and was married, October 25, 1848, to Maria, daughter of Joseph and Mary A. (Matlet) Conrard. They have had ten children, seven living - Edmund J., Louisa, Charles, Julius, Elizabeth, William and Joseph. Shortly after his marriage, Mr. James bought twenty acres of land on Glady's Run, this township; afterward purchased 170 more. He still owns 120 acres of it. In 1865, he bought 172? of his present homestead near Marathon P. O., but in this township. His homestead now comprises 341 acres, 112J of which are in Jackson Township, Clermont Co., Ohio. Mr. James has erected a fine residence on a beautiful natural eminence, at a cost of nearly $3,000. Himself and family are members of Catholic Church.

LOUIS J. JOHN, farmer, P. O. St. Martin's, son of Jacob J. and Catherine John, was born in Belgium in 1822. When thirteen years of age, his parents came to this country and settled in the northern part of New Jersey, where they remained two years and then moved to Cincinnati, where they remained till 1845, when they moved to the eastern part of this township and purchased fifty acres of timber land, most of which they cleared, and where they spent the remainder of their days. Jacob J. John died in July, 1864, and his wife in October, 1865. Louis J. was married in this township in 1848, to Catherine, daughter of Mathias and Mary Agnes, by whom he had fourteen children, nine now living - Louis, Mary, Margaret, Catherine, James, Josephine, Theresa, Elizabeth and Annie. Mr. John has been quite successful in life ; he received from his parents a small tract of land valued at $300 ; he now has a farm of 360 acres, about 260 of which are under cultivation. Mr. John has held several positions of trust in his township. He was Township Trustee two years, Supervisor four years, and other minor offices. The family are members of the Catholic Church.

BERNARD KELLY (deceased), was born in Longford County, Ireland, in 1798. He came to the United States in 1825, and settled in Cincinnati, where he was married, June 22, 1828, to Mary Chambers, born in Queens County, Ireland, about 1802. They had six sons and two daughters - James, Richard and Robert (deceased) ; John, Richard, Frances E., Mary A. (deceased), and Bernard. In 1832, they came to this township and bought sixty acres of land, afterward bought sixty-five acres adjoining in the southeastern part of the township. He also carried on coopering quite extensively, employing from .four to five hands all the time. In the fall of 1856, they moved to the southwestern part of trie township, one-fourth mile from Vera Cruz, and bought sixtyfive acres of land, where they both died. Bernard Kelly, Sr., died April 27, 1875, and his wife Mary died April 8, 1880. Mr. Kelly was Township Trustee several years. The family are members of the Catholic Church. He was always among the most enterprising in church enterprises and contributed quite generously toward the erection of St. Patrick's Church. Bernard, Jr., and his sister Frances now reside on the homestead at Fayetteville, and contributed generously to the erection of the church at Vera Cruz, being one of the committee on construction.

THOMAS KELLY, farmer, P. O. St. Martin's, son of Dennis and Catherine Kelly, was born in Waterford County, Ireland, in 1811. He came to this country when quite a young man, and was married in Cincinnati in 1832, to Catherine Rock, a native of Ireland. They had six children, four now living - Michael, now in Newton, Kan.; Mary, a nun in the Convent of St. Martin's, entered December 8, 1858 ; John, who now farms the homestead, was married in 1869, to Catherine Huber. They have six children - Thomas, Mary, John A., Henry, Margaret and Robert A. Mr. Kelly came to this township about 1836, to the tarm where he now lives, having bought 100 acres several years before; he now has 134J acres, over 100 of which are under cultivation. His wife died in 1860. The family are members of the Catholic Church. His son John was in the war of the rebellion, served six months in Company B, Seventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and Company C, same regiment two years and ten months.

JOSHUA LEAR, miller, P. O. Westboro, Clinton Co., Ohio, son of Andrew and Catharine Lear, was born in Highland County, Ohio, July 16, 1826. His mother died in 1828. In 1834, his father came to this township and settled near Woodville, where he died in 1841. Mr. Lear married in this township, February 24, 1848, to Miss Elsie Adams, daughter of John and Zuba Adams, by whom he has six children - Jesse, Zimri, Dollie S., Winnie, Louisa and Elbridge. In 1873, Mr. Lear bought fifty acres, of land in the northern part of this township, on the West Fork of the East Fork, where he now lives. Mr. Lear has been a practical miller about thirty-two years. He was engaged ten years at the Bank Mill, this township ; twelve years at the Westboro mill, and is now employed by John Boyle in his mill, about one mile above St. Martin's, where he has been over nine years. During the war Mr. Lear was employed by the Government two years to take charge of the unserviceable stock, and had usually from fifty to two hundred men under him. Mr. Lear is a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity.

JOSEPH LEONARD, farmer, P. O. Fayetteville, son of Joseph and Mary J. Leonard, was born in Belgium in 1820. In 1848, he came to the United States and settled in this township, where he farmed for Thomas Bamber three years. In 1851, he was married in Cincinnati to Janette, daughter of Frank and Mary Nichols. They have six children - Mary, Josephine, Joseph, Jane, Julia and Elizabeth. About 1867, Mr. Leonard bought the farm of 100 acres of land where he now lives, seventy of which are under cultivation. Himself and family are members of the Catholic Church.

JOSEPH P. LEONARD, farmer, P. O. Fayetteville, son of John P. Leonard, was born in Green Township, this county, March 25, 1855. His parents came to this county in 1845. He was married in this township in 1877, to Mary, daughter of Joseph J. and Catherine Mull, born in this township. They have three children - Mary J., George J. and Laura E. In February, 1882, Mr. Leonard bought a farm of forty-nine and one-half acres of land in this township, two and one-half miles east of Chasetown, about forty acres of which are under cultivation. Himself and family are members of the Catholic Church.

PETER LOUIS, farmer, P. O. Marathon, Clermont Co., Ohio, was born in France in 1823. When thirteen years old, he went to learn the tailor's trade. In 1845, he came to this country and worked at his trade in New York City nearly two years, and then came to Cincinnati. He was married at Stone Lake Church, Clermont Co., Ohio, in 1848, to Catherine, daughter of John and Elizabeth Gauche, born n France in 1830. They have eight children - Mary E., Joseph, Ann, John E., Mary E., Augustus W., Francis A. and Catherine L. In the fall of 1841, Mr. Louis bought a farm of eighty acres of land in the southwestern part of this township ; now has 132 acres, 100 of which are under cultivation. Mr. Louis still works at his trade at home ; he has been Supervisor several years. Himself and wife are members of the Catholic Church.

HUGH MARSHALL, St. Martin's, son of Hugh and Anua (Mac Kay) Marshall, was born in Paisley, Scotland, in 1833. In 1852, he came to this country and settled in Dayton, Ohio, where he worked at his trade two years, having learnd the shoemaker's trade before coming to this country. He was married in Dayton, November 22, 1852, to Margaret, daughter of William and Margaret Graham, born in Paisley, Scotland, in

1836. They had one son, Albert, born in Cincinnati March 19, 1858, died April 1, 1879. In 1854, Mr. Marshall removed to Cincinnati, where he engaged in the shoe business, No. 167 Central Avenue, firm known as Marshall & Porter. In 1861, he raised a company for the war - Company B, Highland Guards, Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry ; the captaincy was given to R. L. Kilpatrick. Mr. Marshall went as First Lieutenant Company V, same regiment. He was in a number of prominent engagements, and was wounded in the left thigh at the battle of Cedar Mountain. He was sent to the hospital at Washington ; at the end of forty days, he rejoined his regiment at Louden Heights, Va. After serving nearly two years, he resigned and returned to Cincinnati ; and the same year came to St. Martin's and bought two lots, and erected a nice residence. He has since bought eighteen lots more. He was Postmaster of St. Martin's about fifteen years. Mrs. Marshall's father was an old English soldier, and fought under Wellington at the famous battle of Waterloo. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall are both members of the Catholic Church.

THOMAS B. MATTHEWS, hame manufacturer, St. Martin's, son of William C. and Mary (Nash) Matthews, was born in Columbia, Hamilton Co., Ohio, July 11, 1848. He was a broom-maker by trade, working chiefly at his trade, chiefly in the winter season. He was married in Columbia, April 20, 1870, and has three children - Lilly M., Jessie P. and Louis H. He was engaged in a hame factory in Linwood several years, and was also engaged in carpentering several years. lu October, 1877, he came to this township and rented a building of Johu Ferris, at Ferristown, where he is now engaged in the manufacture of hames quite extensively ; runs a twenty -five horse-power engine, and has all the latest improvements in the business, and manufactures mostly the heavy draft hames, and employs two or three men continually, besides himself. He manufactures annually about thirty thousand pair of hames. Mr. Matthews is a member of the Odd Fellows society.

JAMES McCAFFERTY, merchant, Fayetteville, son of Dennis and Mary (Elliott) McCafferty, was born in Adams County, Ohio, in 1849. He was reared on a farm. His parents came to this township in 1854, and settled one mile east of Fayetteville, where they bought 169 acres of land. In 1863, they bought 109 acres of land north of the village, where they both died, his father 'died in 1865, and his mother, in 1874, leaving eight children, of whom James was the fifth. He began business April 1, 1877, at his present stand, corner Pike and Main streets, where he keeps a choice stock of hardware and farming implements, groceries, etc., amounting to about $5,000, and is doing a flourishing business. He was married in Cincinnati, June 14, 1881, to Margaret, daughter of John and Margaret Dillon, born near Georgetown, this county.

BERNARD McCAFFREY, farmer, P. O. Fayetteville, son of Edward and Ellen (McManus) McCaffrey, was born in Washington, Ind., in 1822. In 1827, his parents came to this township, and farmed on rented lands several years. About 1833, they bought 200 acres of land in this township on Grassy Run, where they endured the hardships, of pioneer life, and after years of hard labor they have a large tract under cultivation. They had three sons and one daughter ; Bernard was the third son, and was married in this township in 1848, to Elizabeth, daughter of John and Julia Burns, a native of Ireland. They had eight children - Julia, Ellen, Bernard, John, Edward, Thomas, Elizabeth and Anna. Mr. McCaffrey has been an industrious, hard- workingman, and "has raised his family in the same way ; they are now taking his place, and are highly respected citizens and neighbors in the community where they dwell. As the result of a lifetime of labor and the assistance of his family, Mr. McCaffrey has accumulated a fair share of this world's goods. He has a splendid farm of 220 acres, 120 of which formerly belonged to the old homestead, situated three miles west of Fayetteville, near the Clermont County line ; on this he has built a fine house and barns, and made numerous other improvements. In September, 1871, he moved to Brownsville, Clermont Co., Ohio, where he bought a store and residence, and carried on a general merchandise business till 1879, when he returned to the farm. In March, 1882, he sold his place of business to Peter Louis of this township. Mr. McCaffrey has held numerous offices of trust in this township, he was Township Trustee two

JAMES McCARREN (deceased), son of Thomas and Alice McCarren, was born in Ireland about 1816. When he was about eighteen years old, his parents came to this country, and settled in Providence, R. I., where they resided about six years. They then removed to Cincinnati, where he was engaged in an iron foundry about nine years, and was married in 1842, to Henrietta, daughter of Joseph and Barbara Seitzer. They have eleven children - Thomas, Joseph, Alice, Barbara, James, John, Frank, Rosa, George, Mary and William. They came to this township in 1851, and bought 100 acres of land, near Chasetown, since which time they have bought fifty-three acres, adjoining. Mr. McCarren died October 1, 1868. The family are members of the Catholic Church of Fayetteville. Mrs. McCarren's parents came to this township from Indiana in 1852. Her father died November 19, 1872 ; and mother, April 16, 1873, interred at Fayetteville.

JOHN McCONN, hotel, Fayetteville, son of John and Anne (Smith) McConn, was born in County Down, Ireland, September 16,1843. His parents emigrated to this country, when he was only six years old, with one other brother Patrick and two sisters, Mary A. and Eliza. In 1850, they came to this township, and bought 130 acres of land, two miles south of Fayetteville, where they both died. His father died May 1,

1869. His mother, February 12, 1878. John and his brother Patrick bought out the interests of their two sisters, Mary A. and Eliza, in the homestead. In ( October, 1881, John came to Fayetteville, and opened the American Hotel, corner Main and Lake streets, where he also keeps a livery board and feed stable ; keeps six horses and five carriages. Member of the Catholic Church, of Fayetteville.

DANIEL McCONN, farmer, P. 0. Marathon, Clermont Co., Ohio, son of Patrick and Bridget McConn, was born in this township in 1845. He was reared on a farm. His parents emigrated to this township from Philadelphia, Penn., in October, 1836, and bought 250 acres of timber land. They had six children, three now living - Isabella, Mary and Daniel. His father died in May, 1869, and his mother in June,

1870. Daniel received 398 acres of land, in the southwestern part of this township. He now has 412 acres, 220 of which are under cultivation. He was married in 1869, to Frances, daughter of Andrew and Julia Berger, born in this township. They have five children - Theresa, Ida, Clarence, Frances and Mary. Mr. McConn has been Township Trustee and County Commissioner several years. Himself and family are members of the Catholic Church.