Wayne Township (part 7 of 8)

J. M. LAFFERT Y, farmer ; P. 0. Mechanicsburg ; one of the old residents and prominent citizens of Champaign Co. He was born near the border of Champaign Co. in Clark Co., in December, 1816, and is of English-Irish descent. His father, Samuel, was born near Shepherdstown, Va., and lived to the ripe age of 99 years, possessing till his death a remarkable mental and physical preservation, being able to walk about up to the time of his death. He was a teacher by profession, and emigrated to Champaign Co., Ohio in about 1812, and shortly moved to Clark Co., locating near Catawba; here he lived till within two years of his death, which occurred in Illinois ; he was for fortyeight years Justice of the Peace of Pleasant Township. He was married twice ; his first wife was Mary Hendricks, of Virginia, where the marriage took place ; this union was honored with five sons and five daughters. The first death in this family being a son 18 years old. His second companion was Katie, widow of Enos Neer. Our subject was raised on the farm, and has devoted his entire life to farming and stock-raising, handling principally sheep ; he fed one winter in connection with a partner, 2,200 sheep, and for some years engaged in shipping stock East. At one time while taking hogs East, he was struck by a switch engine in Cleveland, and severely injured, having his hip badly broken, which has since made him a cripple. With this, however, his energy and industry does not allow him to be idle, and in most work he succeeds in making a full hand on the farm. He has resided in this county since about 12 years old. He has a well-improved and productive farm of 200 acres, the result of his industry and economy ; he has not always had smooth sailing, for, besides the above misfortune, he was robbed of $1,150 on the cars near New Albany, on his return after a sale of sheep, and altogether in his stock operations he has lost about $5,000, including a security debt of $300. He married, Sept. 7, 1840, Rebecca B. Lausdale, born in Mechanicsburg, Ohio. They had three sons and four daughters; one son died after reaching maturity ; he was at the time of his death a law student at Ann Arbor, Mich., and was ready to be admitted to the bar. Formerly a Whig, Mr. L. naturally became a Republican at the organization of the Republican party. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Mechanicsburg for nearly forty-six years, and steward and class leader for nearly as long.

J. O. LEGGE, farmer ; P. O. Mechanicsburg ; was born in Goshen Township in August, 1830, and is the son of Elijah and Elizabeth (Corlis) Legge ; the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of Maryland. Elijah emigrated to Ohio with his parents in 1811, and located in Goshen Township. He was then 24 years old, and took part in the war of 1812 as a teamster. He lived the remainder of his life in this township, his death occurring in 1839. Richard Corlis, father of Elizabeth C., came from Maryland with his family of five daughters, and pitched his cabin in the wilderness of Champaign Co., in the fall of 1805, and in 1807 came to Goshen Township, where his daughter Elizabeth has since resided, a period of seventy-three years. Elijah Legge had a family of eleven children, four sons and one daughter of whom yet survive. Our subject is the second of the family, and has passed the most of his life in Goshen Township. He was raised on the fhrm and schooled in the district school. His life occupation has been that of a farmer. He moved to his present place in March, 1866, where he has since resided. He was married in 1858 to Mary J. Patrick, a native of Madison Co., Ohio, born and raised three miles east of Mechanicsburg. Her parents were early settlers of Madison Co. One son, Clarence E., now nine years of age, is the issue of this union. Mr. Legge is a Republican in politics.

LEW LYONS, farmer; P. O. Mechanicsburg; a son of W. Lyons; was born in 1848, and has always resided on the homestead and engaged in farming^ his eduo&tion was obtained from the district school ; he is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., and with his wife of the M. P. Church. He married in 1869, Sarah, daughter of Samuel Evans, and a native of this township. This union has been honored with one daughter. Walter Lyons, the father of our subject, is an early settler and prominent citizen of the county ; he was born in Union Co., in 1823, and is a son of Ben J. and Mary (Lookwood) Lyons, the former a native of Vermont, and the latter of Canada. Ben J. emigrated to Ohio in about 1819, locating temporarily near Marietta, and then pioneered his way to Union Co., where he married Mary Lockwood in about 1820 ; he was married before in his native State to Miss McCloud, who died before his emigration ; his decease occurred some ten or twelve years age at the advanced age of 84 or 85 years ; he was married the third time to Mary Morrow, and by his three marriages had respectively, four, three and two children. Walter is the second child by his second marriage, and the only surviving member by this marriage. Farming has been his life occupation. He located permanently in this county, and on his present place, in the spring of 1848, where he has since resided. He married Dec. 25, 1848, Lucinda Odell, of this county, and a descendant of pioneers. Our subject is the only child of this union. Mr. L. finds his political home in the Republican party, and his religious, with his wife, in the M. P. Church of Meehan icsburg.

J. L. MAGRUDER, saddler, and harness manufacturer, Mechanicsburg ; one of the oldest business men of Mechanicsburg ; was born in Virginia near Winchester, in 1817, and is the son of Ninnian and Elizabeth (Lyons) Magruder, the former a native of Maryland, and the latter of Virginia. Ninnian was a farmer by occupation, and died when our subject was 12 years old; his widow married again and emigrated to this State. Our subject passed the first 16 years of his life in his native State on a farm. At this age he embarked on his own resources, and cast his fortunes ia Ohio. He located first in Springfield in the spring of 1834, and in the following fall went to West Liberty, Logan Co., where he began the .harness trade under Riddle & Rutan; remained there until the summer of 1838, when he came to Mechanicsburg, and, with the exception of one year - from the spring of 1840 till the spring of 1841 - he has since resided here. In the spring of 1841, he purchased the harness shop of Rutan, and has since continued the business in the same room, a period of nearly forty years. The firm is now Magruder & Son, and they are located on the north side of Main street, where they keep on hand a full line of saddles, trunks, harness, etc. This establishment is too well known to the community of Mechanicsburg to need extensive notice in this sketch. Mr. M. enjoys the reputation of a first-class workman, and of being strictly honest in all his transactions, great and small. He was married, in 1841, to Anna E. Stafford, of West Liberty, Ohio. A son and daughter have been born to this union ; both married and located near the homestead. Mr. M. is a Republican and has frequently been honored with offices of trust of the township and town, filling the office of Township Treasurer, Mayor of the town, etc., and is now Treasurer of the town and his son is Clerk. He, with his entire family, is a member of the M. E. Church and takes an earnest and active interest in the cause of Christianity and temperance.

DAVID B. MAHAN, teacher and tile manufacturer; P. 0. Mechanicsburg; is a prominent teacher and business man of Goshen Township, born in Indiana Co., Penn., in 1838, of Irish extraction. His parents, Patrick and Nancy (Wilson) Mahan, were both natives of Ireland. Patrick came to this country with his parents when 2 years old, and his wife when 7. He located in Chester Co., Penn., but afterward went to Indiana, where his death occurred at the advanced age of 80 years, having lived upward of half a century in one place. His wife died in 1848. Patrick was a farmer by occupation, and was married twice, having three daughters by his first marriage, which was with Elizabeth Ringle, and two sons and four daughters by the second marriage. David was the fifth child of the second marriage. Until 17 years old, his life was passed on a farm, and his common-school education was supplemented by an academic education obtained in the academies Dayton, Pine Flat and Glade Run, thus thoroughly qualifying himself for the profession of teaching. Since 17 years old, he has been engaged in the profession of teaching, except for three years. By diligence and dose attention to this occupation, he has made it eminently a success. He has filled prominent and responsible positions in the profession with commendable zeal and satisfaction. Was Principal of the Pine Flat Academy two terms, Livermore Institute one year, and Superintendent of union schools in Ebensburg, Penn., one year, whence he came to Mechanicsburg in the fall of 1865, and superintended public instruction in this place for two years with success and efficiency. Since then, he has been combining with the profession of teaching the manufacture of tile, under the firm style of Mahan & Morris. Their tile are unsurpassed in excellence, and consist of all kinds. Mr. M.'s political sentiments incline him toward the Republican party, but, recognizing the enormous evil of in temperance,he has lately given his sympathy and patronage to the Prohibition party, by which party he was recently nominated as candidate for the State Legislature, but, the party being in the minority, he was defeated. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His only brother was killed in the late war, May 27, 1864, in the battle of Lost Mountain. He was shot through the head and almost instantly killed, his last words being, " Come ahead, boys ; let's give it to them." Mr. M. married, in the fall of 1863, Caroline Huston, of Indiana Co., Penn. Two sons are the issue of this union. Her paternal grandfather was a soldier in the war of 1776, and one of the sufferers of Valley Forge. A brother represented Indiana Co., Penn., in the State Legislature during the late war, and another brother was in the war three years.

J. N. MILLICE, farmer ; P. 0. Mechauicsburg; one of the few early native citizens of Goshen Township, was born within sight of his present place in 1821, and is a son of Christopher and Magdalene Millice, whose biography occurs under the sketch of G. W. Millice. Our subject is the third of a family of four sons and three daughters. His life has been that of a farmer. His boyhood was devoted to the duties of the farm in the summer, and school in the winter, obtaining a limited education under difficulties in the characteristic pioneer schoolhouse. His early experiences were those of the sons of the early settlers of this country. He remained at home till he grew up to maturity, and his first location after starting out on his own responsibility was on the homestead. The farm he now owns was his first land purchase, which he improved and moved to in 1857. Here he has since resided. He married Susannah Coile, of Knox Co., Ohio, in 1849. Two daughters, Clara and Olive, have been born to this union. In politics, Mr. M. is a Republican, and has been identified with the party since its organization. He has held several offices of honor and trust.

G. W. MILLICE, grocer, Mechanicsburg ; one of the well-established business men of Mechanicsburg, was born within one mile and a half of this place in 1827. He is the son of Christopher and Magdalene (Rhinehart) Millice, the latter a native of Virginia, and the former of Pennsylvania, born May 12, 1785. When five years old he immigrated to Virginia, and, in 1813-14, immigrated to Ohio. Mrs. Millice came to the State about the same time. Christopher located in this township, where he passed the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 1855. His devoted wife still survives, living on the homestead, at the advanced age of 87. Henry Millice, father of Christopher, was among the first to locate his family in the wilds of Goshen Township, coming from Virginia. Christopher had four sons and three daughters, one dying in infancy ; the others still reside in the county. Our subject is the sixth of the family, and was reared ou the farm, early becoming accustomed to its duties ; was educated in the pioneer school house, under the disadvantages of his day. He followed solely the pursuit of agriculture till ten years ago, when he moved to Mechanicsburg and embarked in the grocery and queensware trade. Last winter he added a meat-shop, and now the firm style is Millice & Co. The firm is one of the most reliable in the place, and a full and well-assorted stock is always kept on hand. Mr. Millice is an energetic, wide-awake business man, taking an interest in all things pertaining to the welfare of the community. In politics, he is a Republican, and has filled many offices of honor and trust. Has been Treasurer two years ; member of Town Council, and is now Township Trustee. For eight years he has been a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was married, in 1856, to Melissa Coles, of Champaign Co., by whom he had one son, and, in 1863, to Mary T. Gilbert, a native of Virginia. He has one son and three daughters by his second union.

GEORGE MORSE, farmer ; P. 0. Mechanicsburg ; was born in Vermont in 1830, and is of English descent. His father, Charles P., emigrated to Ohio in about 1835, and was a farmer by occupation. He was married to Sarah Knight, of Vermont, by whom he had six sons and six daughters, some dying in infancy. Charles P. died June, 1872 ; his wife, Sarah, still survives. Our subject was the fifth of the family, and was brought up on the farm, early becoming inured to farm labor. He was only five years old when he came to Ohio with his parents, residing since then in Union and Champaign Cos., and moving to his present place about fourteen years ago. His years, till he reached maturity, were passed upon the farm at home, assisting in the farm duties and gathering, during the winter months, a rudimentary education from the district schools, which was supplemented by two or three years passed in the high school at Marysville. He learned the trade of cabinet-maker in early life, and operated a cabinet-shop in North Lewisburg for about five years. Mr. Morse takes great interest in religion, and holds the official relation of minister to the Disciples Church, filling the pulpit regularly every month, besides doing much irregular work in the ministry. Mr. Morse is one of the industrious and highly respected citizens of the community, and takes an interest in whatever pertains to the welfare of tho community. He married Marcia, daughter of Eliphas Burnham, in 1853. He has a family of one son and one daughter, one son deceased.

JOSEPH MUMMA, farmer; P. 0. Mechanicsburg; one of the prominent farmers of the county, was born Jan. 16, 1816, in Washington Co., Md., near the battle ground of Antietam. He is the son of Henry and Adelia (Staubs) Mumma ; the former a native of Pennsylvania, and of German descent ; and the latter a native of Frederick City, Md., and of French descent. Henry moved with his parents to Maryland when about 14 years old, and, in October, 1828, he moved to Ohio, locating near Dayton, where his death occurred in April, 1853 ; and his devoted wife in July, 1866. He was by occupation a farmer, and had three sons and two daughters, of whom our subject is the third. He was 12 years old when he came to Ohio with his parents. He was raised on a farm, and has made farming his life occupation. In this line of life he has taken a great interest and been signally successful. He resided near Dayton till the fall of 1866, when he became a resident of Champaign Co., locating in Union Township, and, in April, 1873, he moved to his present place about one mile east of Mechanicsburg. He is enterprising, as is evinced by his fine, well-improved farms, and large, beautiful residence and surroundings. He is a Republican in politics, formerly being an Old-Line Whig. He married in the fall of 1840, Mary J. Tyler, of Montgomery Co., Ohio, by whom he has reared three sons and six daughters, one daughter deceased.

G. W. NELSON, lumber merchant, Mechanicsburg. G. W. Nelson, of the firm of P. W. Alden & Co., in one of the well-established business men of Mechanicsburg, born in Lancaster Co., Penn., in 1836, of English descent. His parents are Thomas and Mary (Greer) Nelson, both natives of.Pennsylvania, where they now reside at an advanced age. They have five sons and fuur daughters ; all yet survive. Our subject is the oldest of the family, and, till 19 years of age, his summers were devoted to farm duties and his winters to school duties in the district schools. At this age he began the carpenter trade and followed it in his native State till 1859, when he emigrated to Ohio, locating in South Charleston^ Clark Co. In the summer of 1861, when rebellion was rife in our country he responded to the call for men to suppress it, and enlisted in the 44th 0. V. I., and re-enlisted with his regiment in 1863-64, in the 8th 0. V. C. He participated in the campaignes of West Virginia and Kentucky up to the siege of Knoxville, in which he was engaged. The principal fights up to this time were those of Lewisburg and

Floyd in West Virginia. After the siege of Knoxville the regiment retained home; were mounted and entered the service as the 8th O. V. C., being placed in Hunter's command. He was with him on his march to Lynchburg and his retreat, participating in numerous skirmishes and experiencing much hard service. After this did guard duty and scouting, with general headquarters at Phillippi and Lexington, Ky. While charging the enemy at Dunstan's Hill, Ky., he received a shot in the forehead which prostrated him for a time, but did not prove serious. He served till the close of the war, experiencing all the privations and hardships of active soldier life, and was honorably discharged at Camp Dennison, Ohio. He located in Mechanicsburg in the spring of 1871, since which time he has been dealing in lumber, operating under the firm style of P. W. Alden & Co., the only lumber dealer in the place. He handles all kinds of fine lumber, and also deals in coal. He married in 1864, Eliza C. Calhoun, of this State. One adopted son constitutes his family. He is a Republican, and member of A., F. & A. M., K. of H. and M. E. Church.

FRANK R. PACKHAM, machinist, Mechanicsburg, was bom in Hadley, Lapeer Co., Mich., in 1853. His father, Catterick, was born in Lewes. Eng., and emigrated to America when 10 years old, locating in Michigan. Here he married Clarinda Greene, of Michigan, and of Massachusetts ancestry. She is the grand-daughter of Abraham Newberry, one of the men who assisted in throwing the tea overboard in Boston Harbor. Catterick has since moved to Canada, where he superintends one of the most extensive milling establishments in that province. Our subject was reared and received his primary education in his native place, finishing his education in Rockwood Academy, at Guelph, Canada. At the age of 17, he was apprenticed to the trade of machinist in New Hamburg, Canada. Here, while working at his trade, he acquired the use of the German language. In July, 1875, he came to Mechanicsburg as an employe of the Mechanicsburg Machine Company, then in its infancy. Remained in the employ of the company about two years, when he invented the 44 Packham Patent Crimper," an ingenious contrivance for crimping stove-pipes. He at once gave his attention to the manufacture and perfecting of the machine. As io every industry, so in this, it required energy and enterprise to make it a success, which were readily and persistently furnished by Mr. Packham. He began the manufacture of it himself, but, not having sufficient financial means to push the enterprise as it should be, he sold out to parties who organized the 44 Patent Crimper Company." Mr. Packham was placed in charge of the manufacturing department, which position he has since occupied. He is one of the enterprising young men of Mechanicsburg, and has done much for the industries of the piace. He married, in 1875, Maxmiller Mouser, a native of this county, and a descendant of the Kentons, of historic fame. Her grandmother, Elizabeth Mouser, now residing with her, was born within the present limits of Mad River Township, this county, April 20, 1804, and is the daughter of Thomas Kenton, a nephew of Simon Kenton. Thomas was born in Virginia Aug. 23, 1771, but his parents moved to Kentucky when he was about 14 years of age. On the journey, his grandfather, Martin K., died. They became pioneer families of Kentucky. Thomas married Keziah Crutchfield, of Virginia, and, in 1801, became a pioneer to Champaign Co. His life is indissolubly connected with the $arly history of the county and Mad River Township. His death occurred Nov. 10, 1851, in his 81st year. He had a family of six sons and six daughters. A son and three daughters still survive. Elizabeth married John Mouser, of Virginia, in 1826, who died in 1831, leaving a son, Thomas K., who died in the late rebellion, leaving two daughters and a son. Six generations of this family have lived in this county, and three generations were born on the same farm in Mad River Township.

R. B. ROGERS, farmer ; P. O. Mechanicsburg ; one of the prominent citizens of Goshen Township; was born in Greene Co., Ohio, in 1826, and of English descent. His parents, John and Margaret (Herbert) Rogers, were both natives of Virginia and early settlers of Greene Co. John found his way to Greene Co. about 1819, coming down the Ohio River by flat-boat, and in 1826, in the infancy of our subject, he became a resident of Champaign Co., locating in the southeast corner of the eounty, where our subject now resides. Here his death occurred in 1849, a loss to the community of a gentleman and a Christian. His wife, Margaret, survived him till 1876, when her death occurred at the ripe age of 86 years. Of their family of three sons and one daughter, the daughter has died. Our subject is the third child and youngest son. Almost his entire life has been passed on his present farm, being only a few months old when he was brought here by his parents. The country was wild and mostly covered with a thick growth of timber when he first made his advent here, but now large, highly improved and well-cultivated farms may be seen instead, the result of industry and perseverance, and in this improvement Mr. R. has borne a creditable part. His first marriage was in 1852, with Sarah Morris, of Madison Co.; his second in 1862, with Lydia Griffin, of the same county. Two sons have been born of this union. In politics, Mr. R. is a Republican, and is a member of the I. 0. O. F and A., F. & A. M. Societies.

G. A. RO WINSKY, farmer ; P. 0. Mechanicsburg ; was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., in 1831, of Russian descent on his paternal, and German on his maternal, side. His father, Abraham, and his mother, Sarah (Dunkle), were both natives of Lancaster Co., Penn. Abraham was a tanner by trade, but a farmer by occupation. He emigrated to Ohio in 1839 and located in Harrison Co., near Cadiz ; from here he moved to Richland Co., where his death occurred in August, 1865, and that of his wife, Sarah, in February, 1876. Five sons and five daughters were born to them; a son and daughter died when young ; the others grew up to maturity. One son--John M. - died in the service of his country in the late war, at the siege of Vicksburg, Miss., of the measles. G. A. is the fourth child of the family, and, being brought up on a farm, has made farming his life occupation. His years till his majority were passed with his father on the farm, performing farm labor and attending district school in the winter. At the above age, he started out on his own responsibility and resources, and, in 1856, located in Goshen Township. Mr. R. has a fine farm of 132 acres, the result of his own industry and economy. He served about four months in the late civil war, as a member of the J 34th 0. V. I., performing mostly picket duty at the siege of Petersburg, Va. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the I. 0. 0. F., of Mechanicsburg. He married, in 1858, Martha J. Rutan, of this county; they have a son and daughter living, and one daughter deceased.

NATHANIEL SCEVA (deceased) was one of the prominent citizens and early settlers of Goshen Township. He was born in New Hampshire in 1808, of English extraction. His parents were Henry and Joanna (Celey) Sceva, both natives of New Hampshire. Nathaniel was brought up on the farm till about 13 years old, when he was apprenticed to the carpenter trade, serving the regular term of seven years, thus becoming thoroughly acquainted with his profession. His educational opportunities were well improved, and he qualified himself for the profession of teaching, which he engaged in to some extent in his native State. In May, 1835, he cast his lot in the State of Ohio, locating in the vicinity of Mechanicsburg. For some years, he followed his trade, and many buildings still stand as monuments of his workmanship. After a time, he purchased land and turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. Some years previous to his death, which occurred Dec. 14, 1870, he was engaged in mercantile pursuits in Mechanicsburg, in which place the latter years of his life were passed. He was one of Goshen Township's much-respected citizens, and in his death the community recognized the loss of one of its useful members. We quote from a Columbus paper the following : " He had been a citizen of the county for more than thirty-five years, and had served as Commissioner and Postmaster, besides numerous local offices of trust, with strict integrity and fidelity. His family have lost a kind husband and father, and the community a valuable citizen. He was eminently the noblest work of God, 'an honest man.' " He was one of the self-made men of the community, inheriting nothing but an honest name, habits of industry, and a determined will ; he accumulated before bis death a neat competency. He was a life-long Democrat, and was elected on that ticket to the office of County Commissioner in a county which is overwhelmingly Republican. He was married, April 3, 1835, to Rosaline, daughter of James and Dolly Woodward. James Woodward was horn in North Sutton, N. H.r March 3, 1789, and died April 28, 1872 ; his wife still survives, in her 87th year, with her physical and mental powers remarkably well preserved. Six sons and one daughter were born to Mr. and Mrs. Sceva, all growing to maturity ; two sons have since died.

J. N. SHAUL, blacksmith, Mechanicsburg ; is one of the energetic business men -f Mechanicsburg and native-born citizens of the county ; he was born in the southern part of Rush Township, Oct. 7, 1837 ; his father, Peter H., was bom in Clark Co., seventy years ago, whither his parents had moved from Virginia in an early day. His father was of Scotch and his mother of French descent. Peter H- was married in 1835, to Mary Swisher, of Pennsylvania ; he moved to this county quite early, and located in Rush Township, where he still resides ; he had a family of two sons and four daughters , of whom our subject is the oldest. He passed his life, till he attained the age of 16, on the farm, assisting in the duties of the same and attending school about four months in a year, getting, under difficulties, a limited education. At the above age, he went to Urbana and learned the blacksmith trade, under the tutorship of Hiram Gray. After completing his trade he went West ; worked two years in McDonough Co., 111., and, in 1858, came to Mechanicsburg, where he has since been engaged at his trade ; he enjoys the reputation of being a first-class workman, and has the confidence and esteem of the public. Mr. S. is a member of the A., F. & A. M. Society, and finds his political creed in the Republican party, with which he has always been identified. He married, in 1862, Mira Joiner, who was born in Mechanicsburg, in 1844, and is a daughter of Charles Joiner, a native of Virginia, who was one of the first settlers and prominent citizens of Mechanicsburg. Mr. and Mrs. Shaul have a family of five living children.

T. E. SHEPHERD, Postmaster, Mechanicsburg; was born in Mechanicsburg, in 1837, which town has always been his place of residence ; he comes of early pioneers of the county ; his father, John Shepherd, was a native of Kentucky, and his mother, Eleanor McCoy, a native of Maryland. John emigrated to Ohio with his parents, Abraham and Mary Shepherd, in an early day. Abraham and his wife passed the remainder of their days here, and now lie buried in the old cemetery of this place. Abraham was a farmer by occupation and a minister in the Christian Church. John was a miller by trade, and passed the greater part of his life in a mill ; his decease occurred in November, 1860, and that of his wife one year previous. They had ten children, of whom our subject is the youngest ; he was reared and educated in this his native place, and early apprenticed to the shoemaker's trade, which he followed for seventeen or eighteen years of his life. In 1863, he enlisted in defense of his country in the late rebellion as a member of Co. K. 113th 0. V. I. ; he participated in part of the Atlanta campaign -, shortly after, was taken sick and returned to Louisville, Ky., where he remained as clerk in Gen. Ewing's headquarters till the close of the war. He then returned home and engaged again at his trade till 1877, when he received the appointment of Postmaster of Mechanicsburg, the duties of which he has since discharged with fidelity and commendable zeal. He finds expression for his political ideas in the Republican party ; he has been Secretary of the Central Ohio Fair Association since the first year after its organization ; was nine years Township Clerk and several years Town Clerk. He is a member of the following organizations : A., F. & A. M., I. 0. 0. F. and K. of H. He married, March 26, 1861, Amanda, daughter of Udney H. Hyde. She was born in Delaware Co., Ohio. One son and two daughters have been the issue of this union. W. H. Hyde deserves special notice as being, in the days of slavery, a fearless and uncompromising Abolitionist, and the central figure in the " Addison White Rescue Case,** mentioned in the historical part of this work. He was born in Vermont in 1807 and emigrated to Ohio in 1834, and. twenty-five years ago, became a resident of Goshen Township, Champaign Co. In 1840, while contemplating the question of American slavery, he came to the conclusion that it was grossly wrong, and incompatible with our free government, and, with some others, pledged himself to do all in his power against it, regardless of consequences, and do pledge was ever more earnestly and determinedly executed than this on the part of Mr. Hyde ; he ran off on the underground railway, altogether, 513 fugitive slaves from Mechanicsburg to Delaware. During many of these trips he encountered many dangers, but pushed on fearlessly on " duty's rounds." By his connection with the " Addison White Rescue Case," he was compelled to flee the " Fugitive slave Law," and became a refugee for nine months, thereby entailing a loss of several thousand dollars. His daughter Amanda, also, though young, bore a conspicuous part in this case. To such spirits as these are the freedmen under a debt of everlasting gratitude.

D. F. SPAIN, banker, Mechanicsburg. Mr. Spain is one of the oldest citizens of Mechanicsburg ; was born in Greene Co. in 1807, of English parentage. Theodrick and Sarah (Threet) Spain, his parents, were both natives of Virginia ; Theodrick was a farmer by occupation, and immigrated to Greene Co., Ohio, in 1805 or 1806, and to this county in the year 1808, locating in this township and constituting one of the first families in the place ; in 1818, he moved to the town of Mechanicsburg, where he lived till his death, which occurred in 1824; he purchased, when coming here, 1,000 acres of land, and was one of the most prominent citizens of the community in his day ; he was, for many years, the only surveyor in this section of country, and laid out the original town of Mechanicsburg ; at his death, he left a family of three sons and three daughters, our subject being the fourth child ; he was reared principally on the farm, and, when 11 years old, came to Mechanicsburg with his parents, and, on the death of his father, he returned to the farm, where he remained six years ; he then returned to this place, and has had a continuous residence here ever since - a period of half a century. He has been engaged in farming, merchandising, etc., and is now Vice President of the Farmers' National Bank of this place. Formerly a Whig, he is now a Republican in politics, having never missed a Presidential election since his majority ; he was elected to the office of Sheriff of Champaign Co. in 1852, and discharged its duties with fidelity for four years ; he has served several times as Assessor of the township ; he is a member of the A., F. & A. M. of this place. He has been married twice ; first, in 1847, to Ann Morgan, a native of London, England; she died in 1853; his second marriage was with Angeline Shepherd, of this county, in 1860. He has one son - William H. - living, who is a child of the first union.

EPHRAIM STUART, retired farmer ; P. O. Mechanicsburg ; was born in Saratoga Co., N. Y., near Balston Falls, June 28, 1809, and comes of Scotch and Irish ancestry; his parents, Nathaniel and Keziah (Toby) Stuart, wore both of Saratoga Co., N. Y., where Joseph Stuart, father of Nathaniel, settled in an early day; Joseph was a soldier in the Revolutionary struggle, and died in this State, where he had moved in 1837. Nathaniel gave his attention, to some extent, to farming, and was prominently connected with the county offices, as High Sheriff, etc.; he immigrated to Ohio in 1836, locating in Union Co., where his death occurred in 1875, at the ripe age of 84, and that of his wife in 1859. Nathaniel was a soldier on the frontier in the war of 1812 ; had five sons and seven daughters ; all still survive but two. Our subject is the oldest, and was reared and schooled in his native State ; he immigrated to Ohio in 1837, locating successively in Union, Logan, and, in 1845, in Champaign Co., where he has since had his residence, with the exception of a short time in Logan Co. He has devoted the most of his life to the manufacture of woolen goods, a trade he learned in his native State ; he has had the misfortune of losing, by fire, two factories within the last twenty - four years ; notwithstanding these reverses, he has, by his industry and economy, succeeded in securing for himself and family a neat competence ; he has a farm of 200 acres joining on the town of Mechanicsburg. His political views incline him toward the Democratic party, but, being a strong temperance man, he occasionally votes the Prohibition ticket. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and the M. E. Church. He married Mary Hutchinson in 1837 ; she was born in Vermont Oct. 24, 1815; one son and three daughters are the issue of this union.

JOHN P. SUTTON, clerk, Mechaoicsburg ; is a descendant of earl y pioneers, and was born in Mechanicsburg Feb. 4, 1850 ; his parents were John P. and Nancy M. (Henderson) Sutton ; the former was born in Hartford, Conn., in about 1813, and immigrated to this place about 1838 or 1839 ; by trade, he was a tailor, which he followed till his death, Dec. 27, 1856. He married Mrs. Nancy M. Baker, nee Henderson, in 1848 ; our subject was the only issue of this union ; he (John P.) was formerly married to Sallie N. Baxter, by whom he had two children. Mrs. Sutton was born near Alexandria, Va., Oct. 18, 1807, and came to this township with her parents in 1814 ; they located on land now owned by Orin Taylor, where they erected their pioneer log cabin and began life in the wilderness ; this cabin still stands, a relic of pioneer times ; in this community Mrs. Sutton has since resided - a period of sixty-six years - and witnessed the almost incredible changes wrought on the country by the unflagging industry of man during this period. She was first married to John Baker, by whom she had three sons and three daughters, two of whom are dead. Our subject was reared and educated in this, his native place, where he has always had his home ; since he attained the age of 16, he has been engaged principally in mercantile business, as a clerk ; he early entered the role of a teacher, which he followed for five winters, in Madison and Franklin Cos.; he has given his time exclusively to mercantile business for the past six years, as -a clerk ; he is now engaged in the dry-goods store of C. W. Williams & Co. Mr. Sutton is a public-spirited, enterprising and much-respected citizen of Mechanicsburg, possessed of many sterling characteristics ; he finds his politics in the Republican party, and has, for four successive years, been elected to the office of Township Clerk. He is a member of the following orders : A., F. & A. M., Chapter, I. O. O. F., Encampment, Imp. 0. R. M., and K. of H.; is Secretary of the People's Building Loan Association, and M. P. Sabbath school. He married Anna Earnest, of Harpers Ferry, Va., July 20, 1871 ; two children, both deceased, have been the issue of this union.

BENJAMIN TAYLOR, retired farmer; P. 0. Mechanicsburg; he is one of the prominent citizens and early settlers of the township ; was born in Penobscot Co., Me., in 1810, and is the son of Cyrus and Abigail (Woodward) Taylor Our subject was only a small boy when he came to Ohio with his parents, and located in Meigs Co., and, in the spring of 1825, he came with his brother Orin to this county and township, and located on their father's farm, near Mechanicsburg. Here in this comparatively now country he began as a farmer to carve out his fortunes, and his success through life attests how successfully he has done it. He followed assiduously the pursuit of agriculture till nine years ago, when he abandoned the farm and moved to Mechanicsburg. His life has been characterized as one of integrity and industry. Being an Old-Line Whig, he naturally united with the Republican party at its organization, and has since been identified with it, although he at times exercises his voting privilege in favor of the Prohibition party. He was a strong antislavery man, and took some interest in the underground railway system. He, with his wife, is a member of the Protestant Methodist Church of this place. He was married, in 1837, to Emiline Mitchell, and, in 1858, to Amelia Baker. Seven children were the issue of the first, and one child of the second, union.

ORIN TAYLOR, farmer; P. 0. Mechanicsburg; another of the old and respected citizens of Mechanicsburg ; was born in Penobscot Co., near Bangor, Me., in 1808, and is the son of Cyrus and Abigail (Woodward) Taylor. Cyrus followed farming through life, and emigrated to Ohio in 1815 with his family, making the entire trip through with a two-horse team. He located in Meigs Co., thence to Kanawha Salt Works, Va., one year, and, in the fall of 1825, he came to this township, locating near Mechanicsburg, where his death occurred at the ripe age of 88 years, and that of his wife at the advanced age of 91 years. Benjamin Taylor, grandfather of our subject, was a Revolutionary soldier, and served for seven years in that great struggle for liberty. He also emigrated to this place with his wife, where they died, he at the age of 87, and she at the age of 90. Cyrus Taylor had eight children, all of whom are deceased but two sons, noticed in this volume. Our subjeot was the third child, and, when only 17 years old, came with his brother Benjamin, two years his junior, to this township in the spring of 1825. Farming has been his life occupation, in which he has been eminently successful. In the spring of 1859, he moved to his present place in Mechanicsburg, where he resides and superintends his farms. In politics, he was originally a Whig, and then became a Republican at the organization of the party. . He married Sarah Debois, of Chenango Co., N. Y., Jan. 8, 1829. She is of French parentage, and was born in 1808. Her parents located in Columbus when there was only one brick house in the place, and her step-father, Asa Collins, did the smithing work on the first State House and prison, and she attended the first Sabbath school in the place. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have no children of their own, but have had adopted children as follows : Y. B. Davis and sister, the latter of whom died, leaving a daughter, Amelia Bishop, who now lives with them, and Letitia Owen, who died at the age of 20. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are faithful members of the Protestant Methodist Church.

CHARLES TAYLOR & SON, druggists, Mechanicsburg. Among the business interests of Mechanicsburg deserving of more than a passing notice is the above firm, one of the oldest drug firms in Central Ohio. The present proprietor is J. P. Taylor, son of Charles and Mary L. (Sergent) Taylor, the former born in London, England, in 1809, whence he immigrated to this country in 1816 with his parents, locating first in Newark, N. J., and thence to Pittsfield, Mass., from which place he came to this in 1834. He was a shoemaker by trade, which he followed until he embarked in the drug trade in this place about thirty years ago. This he continued till recently, when he disposed of his store to his son J. P. He has always been recognized as a public-spirited and enterprising citizen, and always found interested in matters pertaining to the welfare of the community. He was one of the prime movers in establishing the union schools of this place, which was accomplished under much opposition. In politics, he was origi - oally a Jacksonian Democrat, and successively a Free-Soiler and Republican. He was known as an uncompromising Abolitionist, and was one of *the leading spirits in this community in the underground railway system ; he took a prominent and active part in the celebrated "great slave rescue case of Addison White," for his connection with which he was arrested under the fugitive slave law, and suffered a pecuniary loss of nearly $2,000. He was at one time appointed Postmaster of Mechanicsburg, but turned the office over to D. F. Spain. He is one among the oldest Masons in the county. He has been married twice; first, to Tirzah Shepherd in 1835 ; and secondly, to Mary L. Sergent in 1838. He had oDe son by the first, and five sons and one daughter by the seeond, marriage. Three sons have deceased. T. P. Taylor, proprietor of the store, was born in Mechanicsburg, and, at 4 years of age, went to Indianapolis, End. ; thence in two years to Eaton, Ohio, where he remained four years, and then went to Dayton, Ohio, remaining nine years where he received his education. At the end of this time, he returned to his native place, where he has since been located and engaged in the drug business ; first, as partner with his father, and lately as sole proprietor. His business room is on South Main street, where he has one of the finest drug stores in the county, and one of the most elegant and neatly arranged prescription cases. From his careful attention to business, he is enjoying a gratifying patronage of the community. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and the Imp. 0. R. M.

JONATHAN THARP, farmer; P. 0. Mechanicsburg; a descendant of early pioneers of Champaign Co., was born near the border of Ooshen Township, in Madison Co., in 1833, and is of English extraction. His father, Isaac Tharp, was born in Fleming Co., Ky., Oct. 2, 1799. He was 12 years old when he immigrated to Champaign Co. with his father, Jacob, Sr., who located one year in Urbana with his family, which consisted of ten sons and two daughters, and then till 1829 on a farm about three miles east of Urbana, when ho moved to Illinois, where his death occurred in October, 1871, at the remarkable age of 98 years. He was born Sept. 8, 1773, and his father, Jaoob, was born in the north of England and died in this county in 1793, aged 49. Jacob

Tharp, Jr., moved to Illinois with his father, but returned in 1832, and passed the remainder of his days here, dying in January, 1871. He was married, in June, 1820, to Anna Rigdon, who was born Oct. 10, 1800, in Mad River Township, Champaign Co., and was among the first white children born in the county. Her father, John Rigdon, was one of the first pioneers of the county. Her death occurred in 1867. They had four sons and seven* daughters ; one son and four daughters still survive. Our subject is one of a pair of twins, and the youngest of the family. His life has been that of a farmer, and his early education was obtained in the district school. He has lived on his present place about forty-five years, located in the southeast angle of the county. He married, in 1872, M. C. Sprowl, who was born in Illinois and raised in Greene Co., Ohio. Mr. T. is, politically, a Republican.

J9AYID TULLIS (deceased) ; was bom in Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio, Oct. 17, 1808, and was the son of Ezra and Mary ( Blue) Tullis, pioneers of Warren Co., and natives of Virginia. When David was a small boy, his parents pioneered their way into the wilds of Champaign Co., and here passed the remainder of their lives, raising their family of four sons and two daughters to honest toil. David was the second child of the family, and was reared and inured to farm labor. Early in life, he learned the trade of a blacksmith, which he followed in Mechanicsburg for seventeen years. By his industry and careful attention to business, he won the confidence of the public and the reputation of a first-class workman. At the end of this time he purchased and moved on a farm, and began the pursuit of agriculture with the hope of improving his failing health. Here he remained successfully operating his farm for about twenty-one years, and then returned to Mechanicsburg, where his death occurred July 15, 1876. By hie death the community suffered the loss of one whom it recognized as a valuable and honorable citizen. He was married, July 8, 1831, to Nancy Cartmell, who was born in 1812, near Mechanicsburg, her parents being natives of Winchester, Va., and pioneers of this county. They located in Goshen Township in 1805, and lived the remainder of their days on the place on 'which they first located. Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Tullis, seven of whom still survive ; one died in infancy.

J. K. WARE, retired farmer ; P. O. Mechanicsburg; one of the early settlers and prominent citizens of the county ; was bora near Salem, N. J., Oct. 8, 1806 ; he comes of Quaker parentage, his ancestry emigrating from England in an early day. His father, Jacob, was a farmer by occupation, and was married three times. His third marriage was with Sarah Reed, of New Jersey ; by this union he had a son and daughter, having two sons and two daughters by the previous marriages. His demise occurred in 1806, a few months before the birth of our subject, caused, it is supposed, from fright, occasioned by the burning of his house. Our subject was taken to Delaware when about 3 years old, where he remained till 1818, when he came with his mother to this county, locating first about two miles west of Urbana, and the following year near King's Creek. In 1823, he went to Urbana and entered the store of Thomas Gwynne as clerk ; here he remained a short time and then went to Springfield, Ohio, where his step-father had just opened a store, and clerked for him there until Jan. 20, 1825, when they came to Mechanicsburg, where he has since resided. He acted as clerk in the store till 1834, when he embarked in Mechanicsburg on his own account, purchasing nearly all his first stock on credit ; this he continued till 1846 with eminent success, due to his careful business habits, honesty and economy. He then went to land dealing and raising sheep and wool. In this his usual energy and business sagacity won him signal success. He now owns nearly 2,000 acres of land lying in Champaign, Madison and Union Coe., mainly in this county. Mr. Ware is a self-made man ; beginning with nothing but an indomitable will, he has by the assistance of his devoted wife and his own perseverance and economy, surrounded himself with a neat competency. He has been identified with the Whig, Liberty, Free-Soil and Republican parties, and now, recognizing the enormity of the evil of intemperance, is a strong Prohibitionist. He has led a life strictly of temperance, having never used intoxicating drinks or tobacco in any form ; he has always been active and earnest in the temperance work. He is a public-spirited man and always found interested in matters pertaining to the welfare of the community. He was an early and earnest advocate of the free-school system, and was mainly instrumental in establishing the union schools of this place. In slavery times he was widely known as an uncompromising Abolitionist. He is a man of principle and firm in his convictions of right. He with his wife has been a member of the M. E. Church for over one-half century, and during nearly all this time has occupied important positions in the church. He married Amisa Wallace, who was born Feb. 6, 1804, near Brownsville, Penn. Aug. 20, 1829, and since his marriage has lived on the same identical spot. Of the four sons and two daughters born to this union, two sons, the oldest, died in infancy.

OLIVER C. WHEELER, Mechanicsburg ; publisher of the Mechaniosburg Herald , an eight-page quarto weekly, devoted to local interests, and neutral in politics, established in 1879. He was also the founder of the Central Ohio News , another weekly paper published in the same place, established in 1873, severing his connection in 1878. Mr. Wheeler is a practical printer, and has been identified with the newspaper interests and the il art perservative " in Ohio for twenty-five years. He is a native of Maryland, and emigrated with his parents to Ohio when a lad.

R. D. WILLIAMS, banker, Mechanicsburg ; is one of the oldest business men of Mechanicsburg, and has been for a number of years prominently identified with the business interests of the place, performing a most creditable part in bringing it to ifc* present enterprising condition. He was bom in Maryland June 27, 1815, and is of English descent on his paternal, and of French on his maternal, side. His parents, John W. and Eleanor (DuVal) Williams, were both of Maryland. John W. was a farmer by occupation, and immigrated to Ohio in 1831, locating in the vicinity of Mechanicsburg. Here he purchased a large tract of land, and passed the few remaining years of his life, his death occurring in 1838. His wife, Eleanor DuVal, was born of French Huguenot parentage, and comes from an ancient and honorable family. After the revocation of the " edict of Nantes " by Louis XIV, two Huguenot brothers escaped from France to America, one locating in Maryland, and the other in Virginia. These have left a numerous progeny scattered throughout the North and West, and of these Mrs. W. was a lineal descendant. Of this same family was William Pope DuVal, of historic fame, and one of the Territorial Governors of Florida, a sketch of whose life is given by Irving in " Wolfert's Roost," under the title of u Adventures of Ralph Ringwood." Gen. John Pope DuVal was his brother, and obtained a large tract of land in the Virginia military district of Ohio, and many of his heirs now reside on it. The family has been prominently identified in military and official positions for many generations. John Williams left at his death four sons and four daughters. All were located in the vicinity of Mechanicsburg but one daughter, who was married to Dr. William Hammond, of Annapolis, Md., who is the only member of the family deceased. One brother lives in Chicago, one in Mechanicsburg, and another has been for a number of years prominently connected with the offices of the State, serving two terms as Auditor. Our subject is the third of the family, and was in his early manhood when he came to this place with his parents. His early education was received in the district school in his native State, and, till he attained majority, he lived on a farm. In 1836, he embarked in the mercantile business in Mechanicsburg, which he continued with success for thirty years, the business now being carried on by his sons. He then engaged in the banking business with Thomas Davis, the bank being styled the " Farmers1 Bank," and was organised subsequently into the " Farmers' National Bank." He has held the position of President of this bank since its organizatipn. Thus, nearly one-half a century has elapsed since Mr. Williams identified himself with the business interests of Mechanicsburg, and we still find him enrolled with the foremost business men of the place. He is a man of many sterling qualities, and his life has been marked with industry, integrity and beneficent acts. He is a Republican in politics and a Methodist in religion. He married Jane, daughter of Samuel W. Clag- gett, of Annapolis, Md., in 1836. Two sons and three daughters are the issue of this union, all of whom reside in their native place but one daughter, who resides in Toledo.

NATHAN WOLF, farmer; P. 0. Mechanicsburg ; was born in Logan Co., Ohio, in 1845, and is the son of George and Olive (Hendricks) Wolf, the former a native of Virginia, born near Harper's Ferry in 1803, and the latter a native of Clark Co., Ohio. George emigrated to Clark Co. with his parents when quite young ; thence to Logan Co., where he lived till about thirty years ago, engaged at his life occupation, farming. At the above time, he sold out with the intention of going West, but the death of his wife, Olive, defeated this plan. He soon married Miss Laferty, and located in this county, Union Township, where he still resides. About twelve years ago, he was called to mourn the loss of his second wife, and has since been married to Rebecca J. Minturn. He has two sons by his first and three by his second marriage. Our subject is the oldest living, and has had his residence in this county since 6 years old. He received a common-school education, and has made farming his life occupation. He made his first location from home on his present place in about 1870. In his use of the elective franchise, he uses his own judgment, and votes for the man he thinks best fitted for office, regardless of party. He is a member of A., F. & A. M. fraternity and the M. E. Church. He married, in 1870, Mrs. Louisa M. Smith, nee Hull, by whom he has two sons - Alfred C., born Feb. 17, 1874 ; Milton B., bom July 28, 1876. Mrs. Wolf has one son by her first marriage - Claude F. Smith, bora June 11, 1866.

THOMAS WREN, farmer; P. 0. Mechanicsburg; one of the early settlers of Goshen Township ; was born in Clark Co., Ohio, Dec. 1809, and is the son of David Wren, of Berkeley Co., Va. David was married to Elizabeth Bishop, of Loudoun Co., Va.,and moved to Fleming Co. Ky., where they remained five years, and then pioneered their way into Ohio, in 1801 or 1802, locating in Pleasant Township, Clark Co., thus making one of the first families of Clark Co. In June, 1832, he moved with his family to Goshen Township, Champaign Co., locating about one mile south of Mechanicsburg. Here he lived till in August, 1847, when his death occurred ; his wife died in 1852. They had six sons and four daughters ; all grew up and were married ; two sons only, survive. Our subject was the seventh child ; he was reared on a farm, and early became inured to farm labor ; his life has been devoted to farming and stock-raising, and at this he has been signally successful. At his advent into Goshen Township, he was 22 years old, and has since resided here, a period of nearly half a century. He lived with his parents till he moved to his present place, forty years ago. Then he began in the woods and log cabin ; now he has a farm of nearly 400 acres under good improvement, and a fine, large, brick residence, the result of his industry and economy. He married, in 1837, Mary Jones, who was bora in Logan Co., Ohio, and raised in this, Champaign Co. ; she died in June, 1871. One son and five daughters were born to this union. Mr. Wren, formerly an a Old-Line Whig," now embraces the principles of the Republican party.

DAVID YEAZELL, farmer; P. O. Mechanicsburg; an early settler of Goshen Township ; was bora in June, 1804, near Yellow Springs, Greene Co., Ohio, and raised in Clark Co., till the fall of 1826, when he came to the place where he now resides, locating the 15th of December, in the house in which he now lives ; he is the son of Abraham and Mary (Curl) Yeazell, the former a native of Kentucky, and the latter of Virginia. Abraham was among the early pioneers of Greene Co., whence he moved to Clark Co., when our subject was quite young ; he dwelt on the same farm the remainder of his life ; he was a farmer by occupation, and reared nine sons and five daughters, all of whom grew up to maturity and were married. Our subject was the sixth of the family, and his early life was that of a pioneer farmer. Since 1826, he has plied his industry as a farmer in Goshen Township, taking a creditable part in the improvement of the country for over half a century. He married Esther Bumgartner, born in Greeny and raised in Clark Co. Of the two sons and two daughters born to this union, on*t daughter has died. \

SAMUEL ALLISON, farmer; P. 0. Mutual. The subject of this sketch was born in Jefferson Co., Va., Dec. 28, 1828 ; he is a son of Christopher and Elizabeth Allison, both natives of Virginia, who emigrated to this State about the year 1832, stopping in Clark Co. for a short time, and finally locating in this county, where they remained to the time of their deaths, some fifteen or twenty years ago. They were parents of twelve children, eight boys and four girls. Samuel Allison spent his boyhood on the farm, and was educated in the the common schools of his day. Since arriving at maturity, he has followed the avocation of his boyhood, which he fully understands, and to which he is attached. He has been twice married; first in 1850, to Lucy Reed, who bore him five ohildren - Emma C., Samuel K., George R., Robert T. and William D. She died in 1863. He celebrated his second marriage with Cynthia Ann Shepherd, Oct. 1, 1868 ; two children are the result of this union, viz., Clifford and Grace Elizabeth. Five of his children are living, two at home, the others in neighboring cities. His farm consists of 168 acres, well adapted to the raising of grain, which is his chief occupation.

GEORGE H. BALDWIN, miller ; P. 0. Urbana. The subject of this sketch was born in Pennsylvania Jan. 11, 1844 ; he is a son of Joshua and Mary Baldwin, natives of Pennsylvania. Joshua was a farmer, giving his attention entirely to that business; he came to this county in 1871, and is the father of seven children, all living. George H. passed his boyhood on the farm in a manner incident to youth. In 1865, he came to this State and located in Clark Co., in which he followed the business of milling. In 1871, he came to this county, and since has given his undivided attention to one of the most complete and extensive mills in this county, having a working capacity of about twenty thousand bushels per annum. He is a gentleman thoroughly educated in his business, which, taken in conjunction with the reputation of his mill, makes him a cotemporary whose competition is felt. Though but a resident of the county for a comparatively short time, he has built up an extensive trade, receiving the hearty support of an appreciative public. April 11, 1867, he was joined in wedlock to Margaret E. McConkey, by whom he has had three children, one living - George M.

SAMUEL BARNETT, farmer; P. 0. Urbana; is a native of Butler Co., Ohio, born Oct. 4, 1831 ; he is a son of Samuel and Mary Mitchell Barnett, natives of Dauphin Co., Penn.; they came to this State in 1817 and located in Warren Co.; afterward lived in Butler for several years, then, in 1841, came to Clark Co., settling in Springfield, where he remained to the time of his death, May 10, 1869 ; he was a farmer in his earlier years, afterward a miller, being one of the men who established the hydraulic at Springfield, the inaugural step toward making it one of the first manufacturing towns in Western Ohio. He was the father of ten children - James, Susanna, David M., Mary, William A., Levi, Nancy A., Sarah, George W. and Samuel. All are living but Susanna and David M., being scattered over different parts of the country from Ohio to Kansas. The subject of this sketch was reared on the farm, and educated chiefly at Springfield. After arriving at maturity, he commenced farming in this county on the place where he now lives, consisting of 167 acres, all under cultivation or in pasture, where he carries on mixed farming. In October, 1855, he married Mary Campbell. They were parents of five children, four of whom - John C., Carrie B., Mary L. and Laura L., are living and at home, and Fannie M., deceased.

STEPHEN BEATY, farmer; P. 0. Urbana; is a native of this township, bom in 1822 ; he is a son of Miles C. and Anna Beaty. Miles C. was bora in Cumberland Co., Penn., and, when 2 years old, his parents moved to Kentucky. In 1806, he came to this State and located on Buck Creek. He afterward attended the mill at Taylortown, having learned the trade of his father ; then went to Lagonda and milled for old

Gen. Kenton. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. Finally, he purchased the hum on which Stephen and his sisters now live. His wife, Miss Runyon, was one of th? earliest settlers of this section ; when she came to the State, there was bat one hoase in Urbana. During the latter years of his life, Mr. Beaty followed farming. He was esteemed by the people, and held various offices of trust and profit ; he was County Commissioner, Assessor and Justice of the Peace for six or seven terms. He was strictly honest, and did his business in such a way as to need no administrator. He died in June, 1861. His wife survived him six years. Stephen and his sisters (first four, now only three) came into the possession of the farm by buying the other brothers out, and continue to make it their home, sharing each other's pleasures and possessions. They are all members of the United Presbyterian Church, and are consistent working Christians.

BENJAMIN F. CHENEY, farmer; P. O. Mutual. The subject of this sketch is a native of this county, born Nov. 2, 1829. He is a son of Benjamin and Sarah Cochran Cheney, both natives of Harrison Co., Ya. Benjamin Cheney emigrated to this county in 1805, in company with his three brothers, William, Ebenezer and Jonathan, all settling in this county. He was the father of nine children - eight boys and one girl ; only three are now living, John, near La Fayette, Ind., Samuel and our subject, in this township. Mr. C. has followed farming all his life, dealing largely in cattle, with which he is very successful. His farms consist of 296 acres, nearly all under good improvement and well supplied with springs and their branches, affording the finest facilities for raising stock. Feb. 16, 1858, he married Mary E. Little. They are parents of five children - Oscar L., Yerden E., Alice B. and Pearl E., are living and are all at home ; Earl A. died in infancy. Mrs. Cheney is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

JACOB CONKLYN (deceased). The subject of this memoir was a native of Jefferson Co., Va, born July 14, 1810. He was a son of Henry and Mary Conklyn. His father died in Virginia when Jacob was only 15 years old ; he then learned the trade of blacksmith, and in 1834 came to this State in company with his mother and eight brothers and sisters, finally locating, in 1838, in this county, where they remained till the time of his death, his mother living near him until her death, which occurred in 1847. Mr. C. followed the profession of blacksmith and carried on a farm at the same time till within the last ten years, when his health became so poor that he was obliged to abandon the trade as a business, and devoted his entire attention to the farm. He was a class leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church for more than thirty years, and was a consistent and exemplary Christian gentleman, always interested in the general welfare of the community. He was sober and upright, open-hearted and fondly attached to his family and Mends. He was called from this life Feb. 8, 1880. Mrs. Conklyn remains on the farm with her son Jacob H. H. Mr. Conklyn was the father of eight children, four of whom are living. His marriage was celebrated with Miss Emily Hedges, Oct. 25, 1838.

JAMES L. CRAIN, farmer; P. 0. Urbana; is a native of this county; born on the Pretty Prairie Feb. 24, 1830. He is a son of Louis F. and Clara Phifer Crain. He (Louis F.) came to this State from Fleming Co., Ky., in 1822 or 1823. She came from Greenbrier, Ya., a few years earlier. They were parents of three children - Lucinda J., James L. and Louise C. They are all living in this section, one in Springfield and one in Urbana. Louis F. owned a large tract of land on the Pretty Prairie, L where he followed farming till his death, in 1833. His widow married William Vance, in 1837, and removed to the farm where James L. now lives. Our subject spent his boyhood on the farm and received his education in the common schools and with Prof. Robinson, at Springfield. After attaining his majority, he began farming, which he has followed ever since, in connection with the mill of Baldwin & Crain, of which he is a partner, And the Olive Mills, which he and his stepfather, Mr. Vance, built. He was also engaged in the mercantile business for a few years. In 1856, he was joined in wedlock to Martha A. Todd. They are the parents of two children - Clara A. and Carole J.; both are living at home with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Crain and one daughter are members of the Presbyterian Church, and are all zealous advocates of the cause of temperance. Mr. Crain has done much to build up the commercial wealth of this section by using his means in mills and other industries, furnishing a home market for the immense wheat crops, and giving employment to men in the manufacture of flour and lumber.

LEONARD W. DEYO, blacksmith, Urbana ; is a native of Pickaway Co., Ohio ; bom May 15, 1837. He is a son of Joseph and Eliza Henderson Deyo. The family was originally from Virginia. Joseph Deyo was a farmer, and the father of ten children, seven of whom are now living. He died when Leonard W. was quite young. Our subject was raised on the farm and educated in the common schools. At the age of 14 or 15, he began work at the blacksmith's trade, which he followed about eighteen months, after which he farmed till 1861, when the call of his country aroused his patriotism and he enlisted in the 30th 0. V. I., under Col. Hugh Ewing. He took partin the battles of Cross Lanes, Va., Antietam, second Bull Run, Vicksburg and Jackson, fighting for several days in routing Jo Johnston at Mission Ridge, the Peach Tree Creek stampede and other lesser battles and skirmishes, winding up at Atlanta, where he was prostrated with sickness and remained unfit for duty for a year. He was discharged in December, 1864. On returning home, he again engaged in farming till 1869, at which time he removed to Missouri and traded in stock for a period of two years, when he returned to Pickaway Co. and opened a blacksmith-shop. He remained there till January, 1874 ; he then came to this county, where he has remained ever since ; three years of the time at Catawba Station. In 1865, he was joined in wedlock to Mary Jane Matlock. They are parents of seven children - Charlie W., David, George, Maggie, Mary, Effie and Harry, all of whom are living.

WESLEY DILTZ, farmer; P. 0. Cable; is a native of Kentucky. He was bom April 22, 1801. At the age of 3 years, he came with his parents to Warren Co., and at the age of 8 or 9 to this county, where he has remained ever since. He is a son* of Joseph and Mary Jarrard Diltz - Joseph was a native of New Jersey, of German descent; Mary Jarrard was of English parentage.. They were parents of twelve children, six boys and six girls - Susan, John, Joseph, Sallie, Samuel, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Wesley, Cynthia, Jarrard, Wilkinson and Mary - all of whom lived to maturity except Joseph and Mary, he dying of croup at the age of 4, and she dying at 7, probably of king's evil. Joseph Diltz came to this county in 1808 or 1809, and located where he lived to the time of his death, which occurred June 7, 1824, in the 72d year of his age. He was one of the first settlers of this county, coming here when the timid deer and turkey went almost unmolested through the deep forests and dense thickets. Bears were also in abundance, and game of every description easily obtained. Our subject was joined in matrimony to Cynthia Kennard Nov. 22, 1825. They were parents of nine children, three boys and six girls, seven of whom are still living, two little girls - Lavina and Sarah Jane - having died of whooping-cough. Although Mr. Diltz received his education in the old log schoolhouse of his time and was obliged to go three miles to attend, he is an intelligent and interesting old gentleman, and furnishes facts with readiness and ease. He has been a farmer all his life, but has now retired from active pursuits, and is enjoying the fruits of his early labors. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which they have labored for half a century in the cause of the Master.

SAMUEL M. DUNLAP, farmer; P. O. Mutual ; was born in this township April 26, 1829. He is a son of John and Ann (Pauli) Dunlap, both natives of Virginia, though John came from Kentucky, where he had lived for several years, to this State. They were parents of ten children, eight boys and two girls, one of whom died quite young. Our subject spent his boyhood on a farm in a manner incident to youth, and was educated in the common schools of that day. His father died when he was only 15. He was then hired out by his mother until he attained his majority, after which he worked six or seven years on the farm at the enormous price of $8 per month, and, by frugality, saved money even at that. July 14, 1859. he was united in wedlock to Nancy M. Johnson, and began life in earnest, following the profession of farmer. They are parents of five children - Annie E., born May 4, 1860 ; Mary E., April 15, 1862; John W., Aug. 18, 1864; Charles R., Sept. 16, 1871, and Emma N., March 12, 1880. All are at home with their parents, and enjoying the society of those who are near and dear to them by the ties of nature and affection. His home consists of 51 acres. They are social and kind-hearted people, and generous in their treatment of every one.

LOUIS A. GANSON, farmer and small-fruit grower ; P. O. Urbana ; is a native of this township, born Feb. 26, 1839. He is a son of Francis and Mary A. (Allen) Ganson. Francis was a native of Chester Co., Penn. He emigrated to this State, in company with his father, in 1833. He is a farmer, living in this township.. Our subject spent his boyhood on the farm, and was educated in the common schools. At the age of 21, he began farming for himself in connection with the small-fruit business, which he has followed ever since, except while in the army, being one of the largest grape-growers in the county. Aug. 11, 1862, when the flag of our country was in danger and patriotic hearts went out in sympathy, he left home and family and everything that makes life desirable, feeling that he owed his first duty to his country, and enlisted in the 95th 0. V. I., with which he served eighteen months, performing duty at Richmond, Ky., at Vicksburg, at Memphis, guarding the city at the first taking of Jackson, and other points on the river. He was discharged on account of disabilities Dec. 9, 1863. Oct. 18, 1860, he was married to Louisa R., daughter of John Harper. They are parents of seven children, all living. His place consists of 52} acres, all under cultivation. There is a small lake covering about 3 acres on the east side, which furnishes good stock water the year round. Mr. G. is at present one of the Trustees of the township, holding the office for the second year.

WILLIAM J. GIVEN, farmer; P. 0. Mechanicsburg ; is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Berks Co., Dec. 6, 1821 ; he is a son of Tatty and Mary Ann (Stewart) Given, both natives of Pennsylvania. They came to this State in the fall of 1337, locating on a farm in this county, on the State road, below Urbana, where he remained seven years. He continued farming till the death of his wife, in October, 1846, after which he quit farming and lived with his children. William J. was reared on the farm and educated in the common schools. He has followed farming all his life, and is comfortably situated for the business, having teams and tools sufficient for the purpose. Jan. 2, 1845, he was united in wedlock to Matilda Vinyard ; they are parents of seven children - Sarah J., Mary Ann, John, Samuel and George, who are living, and William and Elizabeth, deceased. George is the only one at home, the others being married. They have also a niece, Mary Vinyard, who has been living with them as one of the family from infancy. Mr. and Mrs. G. are both active members of the M. E. Church, with which they have been connected twenty-one years. His farm consists of 139 acres, and he makes a specialty of the cultivation of grain.

JOHN HARPER, farmer; P. 0. Urbana. The subject of this sketch is a native of Berkeley Co., Va., bom March 3, 1798 ; he is a son of Samuel and Sarah ( Cunningham) Harper ; he was a Virginian by birth, she a Pennsylvanian, of Scotch origin. They emigrated to this State in 1802, and settled in Fairfield Co., where they remained for fourteen years, settling in this county in 1816. They were parents of twelve children - six boys and six girls - six of whom are still living - one in Dayton, one in Allen Co., and the remaining four in Champaign. Samuel Harper followed the profession of farmer all his life. When he came to this county, there were no improvements, yvith the exception of an occasional house, there being only two houses between Urbana and Mechanicsburg. They lived to a green old age in this county, he dying in his 91st year, and she in her 78th. John Harper, in connection with his brothers.

did most of the work of clearing the farm and improving their adopted home. He has been thrice married - first, sixty-two years ago, to Bebecca Woods, by whom he had two children ; his second marriage~was with Elizabeth Wilson, of Fairfield Co., formerly of Pennsylvania ; she bore him five children ; being again left a widower, he celebrated bis third marriage with Sarah C. Bailey, forty years ago ; two children were the result of this union. Six of his children are living, all married j his wife's daughter, Mary Ann Clark, was reared in the same family. Mr. and Mrs. Harper are quite well and active for people of their age, being able to do light work and attend to affairs generally on the farm. They have lived together and shared each other's joys and sorrows for twoscore years. They are both members of the M. E. Church, with which he has been connected nearly sixty years, and are trying to live consistent Christian lives, both for their own satisfaction and the cause of the Master.

MABTHA HAYS, fanner; P. 0. Mechanicsburg ; is a native of Knox Co., Ohio ; born Dec. 25, 1803. She is a daughter of James Pollock, and has been twice married ; first, to Joseph Coe, in Knox Co. They removed to Bichland Co., where they lived twenty-one years and had eight children. Her second marriage was with Samuel Hays, after coming to this county. Two children were the result of this marriage. None of her children are living. She survives alone, and has borne much trouble in the loss of her family. She still owns the farm, and her grand-daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Owen, are living on the place, and take charge of affairs, repaying the debt of gratitude which Mrs. Owen owes. Her mother died when she was only 18 months old, and her grandmother reared her as her own. Mrs. Hays and the entire family, including both husbands, were church members. She has been a member of the Presbyterian Church for many years.

SAMUEL M. HODGE, farmer ; P. 0. Mechanicsburg ; is a native of Clark Co.; born March 2, 1832. He is a son of James H. and Elizabeth Sailor Hodge. He (James H.) was a native of Montgomery Co., Ky., and came to this State with his father, Andrew, one of the oldest settlers of Clark, in 1808, when only 8 years old. Elizabeth Sailor was a native of Virginia. James Hodge was a farmer, owning a large tract of land lying in this and Clark Counties. Samuel M. was reared on the farm, and educated in the common schools. After attaining his majority, he drove cattle for a couple of years, and then engaged in farming for himself, which he has followed ever since. He has served the people in the capacity of Trustee for three years. In 1862, he was elected Captain of the militia. Oct. 25, 1855, he was joined in wedlock to Amanda M. Boberts. They are parents of ten children, eight of whom are living. Mr. Hodge has something over 600 acres of land, which he farms, being one of the most extensive farmers in the township. He raises stock of all kinds largely, but makes a specialty of hogs.

JOHN H. HODGE, farmer ; P. 0. Horr's; is a native of Clark Co.; born Jan. 1, 1835. He is a son of James H. and Elizabeth Sailor Hodge. Mr. Hodge was reared on the farm and educated in the common schools. He has followed the profession of farmer all his life. His farms consist of 489 acres. The one where he lives is devoted to the cultivation of grain. The farm of 197 acres, in Clark, is a stock farm. He was united in wedlock, Jan. 17, 1861, to Miranda Hunter. They are parents of three children; one only - Willis - is living; two infants deceased. Mr. Hodge came to this county in 1861, and has been an active and respected citizen. He has served as a member of the School Board for several years.

ALFRED A. HULL, farmer ; P. 0. Mechanicsburg ; is a native of Ohio, born at the head of Beaver Creek Jan. 18, 1821. He is a son of Benjamin and Louisa Monson Hull. H e was a native of Kentucky ; she of New York. They came to this State in their youth, and located in Clark Co., where they remained till about the year 1830, when they removed to Madison Co. where they lived till the fall of 1846, at which time they emigrated to Illinois, where he still lives. Alfred A. Hull was reared on the farm, and educated first in the common schools, afterward at the London Academy, under J. M. Christian, and the best schools of the section. At the age of 20, he began teaching, which profession he followed twenty-five years. He has had a personal acquaintance with Mr. Pinneo, author of the English Grammar, also Dr. Ray, Dr. Lord, of Columbus, Prof. Robert Wilson and Mr. Hinkle and other prominent educators of Ohio. He removed to this county in 1855, and located on Sugar Hill farm, where he still resides. Mr. Hull has served the people of his township in the capacity of Trustee for several years, and as Justice of the Peace for three years. He was also a member of the Board of Education for nine years, and was instrumental in having the comfortable and stable schoolhouse of the township erected. Nov. 9, 1843, he was joined in wedlock to Margaret A. Kirkley, a native of Madison Co. They are parents of three children - M. Louisa, born March 10, 1846 ; Benjamin, F., Feb. 22, 1848, and Wm. B., July 20, 1852, all of whom are living in this county and one in Clark. Mr. Hull is enjoying very good health for a man of his age, and his door is always open for the hospitable entertainment of strangers. His estimable wife is afflicted with asthma, making it necessary to exercise great care with her health. They have traveled considerably through this and other States, hoping that a change of atmosphere might prove beneficial, which seems to have been the result. Mr. Hull has a taste for literature, and some talent in that direction. While traveling, he corresponded for the Central Ohio News. His farm consists of 178 acres, pleasantly located, with one of the finest springs in the section, supplying it with good running water.

ZENAS B. JONES, farmer ; P. 0. Urbana ; is a native of this county, born June 23, 1834. He is a son of John and Mary Lafferty Jones, both natives of this county. Their parents were Virginians, but came to this State in 1804, and located in this county at a time when it was one vast, uncultivated wilderness. John Jones spent his entire life in this county, helping to build up its interests and wealth as a farmer, living quietly at home, but taking an active interest in the affairs of the community. He was the father of seven children - Zenas B., John W., Thomas O., Levi M., Sarah C., Charles C. and Edward E., all are still living. He died within sight of his birthplace, at the age of 72. Zenas B. was reared on the farm and educated in the common schools. He remained at home with his father till the fall of 1861, when, at the call of his country, he left home to protect the flag which we all love, and enlisted in the 66th O. V. I. He served about one year, being wounded in the first fight, Port Republic, and left on the field. He fell into the hands of the rebels, where he remained three months. He was then exchanged and discharged ; he still leaves the marks of his wounds, from which he is lame in the hip. After returning from the service, he again went to farming for himself, which he has continued ever since. In 1865, he was joined in wedlock to Eliza J. McConnell. They have no children, though they have two nieces who are living with them. They are both active members of the M. E. Church. His farm consists of 140 acres. *

SAMUEL McADAMS, farmer ; P. O. Mechanicsburg ; is a native of this county ; born on the farm where he now lives, June 16, 1834. He is a son of John and Rachel Graham McAdams. He, John was a native of this county, born Oct. 30, 1808. She was also a native of this State, born Feb. 28, 1811. John McAdams was the son of John, one of the earliest settlers of this part of the State, coming here prior to 1800, when the country was entirely wild, and the principal inhabitants were Indians. John McAdams, father of Samuel, reared a large family of children, viz., Ellen, Eliza Jane, Samuel, Melona, Francis, Marion, Mary Ann, Harriet and Ruth, all of whom are living hut Ellen and Melona. Eliza lives in Iowa, and Mary Ann in Indiana. The remainder of the family live in this county. Mr. M. was reared on the farm and educated in the common schools. He has been a farmer all his life, in connection with which he has run a threshing machine for twelve years. April 6, 1854, he married Nancy Jane Doak,by whom he had six children. She died in 1865. His second marriage was celebrated April 12, 1866, with Winnie Thompson. They are parent# of seven children, all of whom are living ; one of the children by his first wife is dead. His farm consists of 182 acres in a body, and in a good state of cultivation.

JAMES A. McLAIN, farmer ; P. 0. Urbana ; is a native of this county, and was born on the place where he now resides, July 29, 1804. His parents, Joseph and Elizabeth Runyon McLain, came to this county in the fall of 1801 or 1802. Joseph was a native of Loudoun Co., Va., and Elizabeth Runyon a native of Elizabethtown, N. J. They came down the Ohio River in a flat-boat to Cincinnati, and stopped at Monroe, where they raised a crop of corn, then came to Champaign and located near what is now Mutual, where they remained to the time of their death ; he dying in 1834, and she in 1839. , They were parents of seven children, of whom James A. is the third son. Our subject was reared upon the farm, and received his education in the common schools with his brothers and sisters, except William, who was a graduate of Oxford, and afterward a prominent divine in Washington City. Mr. McLain has followed the profession of farmer all his life, and has applied his ax to the sturdy oaks that once covered the fine farm which he now owns. In 1836, he married Jane M. Wilson, with whom he lived seven years. They had no children. In 1844, he celebrated his second marriage with Martha Ann Porter, who has born him eleven children, uine of whom are still living and have grown to manhood and womanhood. Mr. McLain has held different township offices, and was Justice of the Peace for six years. Although of a naturally reticent disposition, he has taken a lively interest in the welfare of the community, and has done much to build up the wealth of Union Township. He and his entire family are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he has been an Elder for forty years, and has had the greater part of the management of the finances of the church, and assisted largely in building three different churches in that time. They are exemplary and consistent Christians, laboring faithfully in the cause of the Master, with the hope of the reward of the just. Squire McLain is spending the latter years of his life in the enjoyment of the society of his wife and family, and has accumulated wealth. Although now seventy-six years of age, he is hearty and active, attending to the thousand little chores about the farm.

WILLIAM S. MADDEN, farmer; P. 0. Urbana; is a native of this county, born Sept. 10, 1844; he is a son of Perry G. and Mary Stewart Madden. Perry Madden was a native of Virginia, bom in 1809; he came to this State about fifty years ago and located in this county ; he followed farming in connection with stock and real-estate trading, and owned large tracts of land at different times ; was one of the most successful business men of the community, and was well beloved by the people ; he died in March, 1879. William S. was reared on the farm and educated in the district schools ; he, like his father, followed farming and the raising of stock ; his farm consists of 232 acres, all in a good state of cultivation but about fifty acres of timber. He was married to Louisa Dickinson in 1865; they are parents of three children - Frederick W., Nathaniel C. and Mary M.; all are living well. Mr. M. is one of the leading young farmers of this aection, taking an active interest in anything for the public good and the advancement of the interests of the community of which he is a member.