White Eyes Township (part 6 of 20)

LENNON JOHN, White Eyes township; farmer; a native of Tuscrawas township; born in 1833. His father, James Lennon, was a native of county Kildare, Ireland ; emigrated to Canada,, and landed at Quebec in 1818 ; remained there about two years, and then removed to Lockport,, New York, where he worked on the Erie canal two years. He next came to Ohio, worked on the Miami canal, and came to this county after the letting of the Ohio canal, about 1826, on which he was a contractor. After the canal was finished, he bought a farm in Tuscarawas township, on which his widow n6w resides, aiid lived there until his death, which occurred in 1854. His widow was born in this county, in 1807. Her ancestors were New Englanders, and were from Trenton, New Jersey.

In 1858 John Lennon married Miss Lydia Sowers, a native of Jackson township. He located on a farm in Tuscarawas township, and was elected sheriff of Coshocton county, in 1873, and was installed in January, 1874. He was reelected in 1875. Ept, the murderer of young

Wertheimer, was the only criminal ever hung in the county, and Mr. Lennon officiated at his hanging. After serving two terms he moved upon his farm, in White Eyes township, in 1880, where he now resides. He now holds the office of assessor of White Eyes township. He has a family of three children, James, born December 4, 1860, William born July, 1863, and Howard, born April, 1868.

LENJSrON JAMES, farmer; Tuscarawas township; was born March 7, 1832. September 10, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Fifty-one 0. V. I , and served three years. Mr. Lennon was married October 10, 1867, to Miss Emeline, daughter of Amos and Mary (Coyle) Markley. They are the parents of seven children, viz : Samuel, Anthony, Mary E., Ualosia B. ; two infants, deceased, and Amy M.

LENHAET JACOB, Crawford township ; merchant; Chili; born in Shanesville, Tuscarawas county, in 1836 ; son of Peter Lenhart and Magdalena. (Deeds) Lenhart, both natives of Pennsylvania. He left home in 1857, clerked in dry goods stores in Bedford and Illinois for a number of years. Enlisted March, 1865, and was discharged at the close of the war same year. Mr. Lenhart married Miss Emma Winklepeck, of Chili, May 18, 1879, They have one child, Edward Stewart, born April 29, 1880. Mr. Lenhart has been owner of a dry goods store at Chili for a number of years, and he and Charles Stein are in partnership now.

LE RETILLEY JAMES, retired merchant. Main street, Eoscoe ; was born April 26, 1821, in Muskingum county ; son of James Le Retilley, a native of the Isle of Guernsey, came to America in an early period, and located in Guernsey county, and engaged in the manufacture of salt. In 1826 James Le Retilley, Sr., with his family, came to Roscoe and engaged in merchandising, he continued until his death in 1851. Young Le Retilley's mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of William Taylor, a native of Virginia. Young Le Retilley was trained to the mercantile business from boyhood, having assisted his father in the store at a very early age. He has had an active, varied and successful business experience, having been an active partner in the tirms of Burns & Le Retilley, Burns & Co., and Le Retilley & Burns. He also conducted the mercantile business alone for several years ; contracted for and built four miles of the C. C. & I. C. R. R., which he completed in two years. Mr. Le Retilley was married October 27, 1845, to Miss Eliza Ferguson, daughter of Matthew and Mary Ferguson, of Roscoe. They became the parents of four children, viz ; Bertha And George, deceased ; Edward and Elsworth.

LEVENGOOD JOHN, Crawford township; postoffice, New Bedford; teamster; was born May 10, 1842, in New Bedford. In 1858, he went to the shoemaker's trade, at which he worked until enlisting, in September, 1861, in Company H, Fifty-first 0. V. I., in which he served during the war, having re-enlisted as a veteran, January 1, 1868. He was actively engaged in all the battles in which his regiment particijpated, and was wounded in the leg, by a gun-ball, near Kingston. Mr. Levengood was married, February 25, 1863, to Miss Magdalena, daughter of Josiahand Eliza^ beth (Bowman) Rinehart. Mr. Levengood has adopted a child of Emmanuel Rinehart, named Louisa Alice.

LEVITT SYLVESTER, Keene township; was born August 6, 1831, at Kingsville, Ashtabula county, Ohio ; son of Gideon and Mary (Stickler) Levitt, and was a farmer. He enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Forty-third O. V, L, May 1, 1864; died, in West Chester county. New York, July, 1864. He had married Miss Mary A. Whittemore, November 26, 1856 ; daughter of Daniel B. and Lavina (Goodhue) Whittemore. Their children were Julius M. and Sylvester G. Julius is married to Florence Baldwin, and lives in Hopedale, Ohio, engaged at school teaching. Sylvester is going to school.

LINK MICHAEL, Crawford township; farmer; postoffice. New Bedford; born October 11, 1817, in Wurtemberg, Germany; son of John and Rosanna (Wegerle) Link. After quitting school, at fourteen years of age, he worked in a vineyard until he was twenty years old, when he entered the military service, and served six years in the infantry. After his discharge he worked most of the time in a vineyard, until September 1, 1852, when he landed in New York City, and immediately located in a country locality of said State, where he remained thirteen years, after which he came to his present residence, in Crawford township, in 1865. Mr. Link was married June 17, 1844, to Miss Magdalene, daughter of Charles and Catharine (Frihofer) Graft. They have four children, three of whom are dead. John is now residing in the State of New York. Mr. Link was married to Mrs. Elizabeth, daughter of Conrad and Elizabeth (Fink) Sheets. They have one child, Emanuel, born June 2, 1866. Mr. Link has succeeded well in America, having a good farm and comfortable home.

LING HARRISON, Keene township; farmer; born November 11, 1840, in Keene township ; son of Peter and Darcus Ling, and grandson of Peter and Elizabeth Ling, and of Charles and Mary (Umphort) Russell. He was brought up on a farm and received only a common school education. January 26, 1871, he married Anna M., daughter of Samuel and Catharine Munn, and granddaughter of Samuel and Anna (Thomas^ Munn, and of Frederick and Sarah (Patterson) Yant. Ora Maj', born November 8, 1872, is their only child.

LINT JACOB, Clark township; postoffice, Helmick; farmer; born in Holmes county, Ohio, April 4, 1839; son of Conrad and Sarah (Quig) Lint, and grandson of Henry and William Quig. He has always been a farmer and owns a farm of 106 acres. His dwelling was destroyed by fire April 1, 1878. On the 25th of August, 1864, he married Miss Eleanor Teeling, daughter of William and Matilda (Rush) Teeling, granddaughter of Eobert and Eleanor (Morehead) Teeling and Nathaniel Eush. She was born, April 16, 1841, in Holmes county. They are the parents of three children - Mary Ellen, born February 4, 1867; Eda C, born April 12, 1870, and Emma, born September 9, 1878.

LODEE ISAAC, Jackson township; born in Jackson township, Coshocton county, Ohio; son of Aaron and Eebecca Loder. Mr. Loder's father came from Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, to this county, in 1816. The subject of this sketch was married, December 16, 1879, to Miss Mary E. Baughiiian, daughter of Jacob and Margaret Baughman. Mr. Loder is one of a family of nine children, all living but two. Mr. Loder is a graduate of Delaware universitv. He is engaged at present in teaching. Postoffice, Eoscoe.

LONG JAMES, teacher in Coshocton public schools ; was born April 12, 1855, in New York City; son of John and Annie Long. Young Long was left an orphan At the age of six years. He resided with amarried sister untilabout twelve yearsof age, when he privately left for the west in quest of fame and fortune and landed in Coshocton, Ohio, in the spring of 1867, soon after which he engaged to work on a farm in Franklin township. In the fall of the same year he engaged with Joseph Eoyer with whom he remained about five years and worked on the farm and attended school the two last winters. In August, 1873, he entered Otterbein university, at Westerville, Ohio, which institution he attended two or three terms. December 8, 1873, he took charge of his first school (district school No. 1, Adams township). June 20, 1879, he was elected a teacher in the Coshocton public schools, which position he now holds. In the fall of 1878, he entered as a law student in the office of Attorney W. S. Crowell, of this city.

LOOS WILLIS, Lafayette township; harnessmaker. West Lafayette ; was born May 14, 1857 ; son of Charles W. Loos, of this township; learned his trade in Coshocton, with Stirensan & Son; deals in everything in his line, and by strict attention to business and square dealing has built: up an excellent trade.

LOOS DANIEL, Oxford township; farmer;. West Lafayette, Oxford township; was born in Middletown township, Cumberland county,, Pennsylvania, December 20, 1807 ; son of George Loos, who was a Pennsylvanian, as was his mother. Mr. Loos came to his present home with his father, in 1811 ; was married October 11, 1827, to Miss Sarah Waggoner, and they wereblessed with nine children, as follows : Hiram,, born August 14, 1828, and died October 28, 1828;. Adam, born December 28, 1829; Susannah, born August 2,1882; George, born July 16, 1835, and died Aiigust 21, 1838; Eebecca J., born November 2, 1837; Isa H., born March 11, 1842; Henry,, born August 21, 1846, and died same year; Jeremiah B., born May 13, 1848, and Emily, born March 5, 1851. Mrs. Loos passed away September 14, 1869. Daniel Loos was married to Fredrica Long, January 25, 1S69, whd was born in the kingdom of Bavaria, June 6, 1819, daughter of Michael Velger. She was married to Frederick Long, in 1840, the year of her arrival in, America, and settled in this county. At the age' of fourteen she joined the Lutheran church, and in 1869 became a member of the Methodist Protestant church. Mr. Loos united with thesame church in 1843. He has represented his circuit twice as delegate to conference, and hasfllled in a most satisfactory manner all the offices^ of the church, and has held other offices of trust in his township.

LOOS ASA H., Oxford township ; was married to Sarah H. Whitmire, November 30, 1865. Theirchildren are Ira M.; Irvin A., deceased at the age of three years, and Virgil. He and his brother Jeremiah own 140 acres of good land in this township.

LOOS PHILLIP, Oxford township; farmer ,- postoffice. West Lafayette ; was born nr Middleton township, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania,, in 1799, and was married to Sallie Ann Haines, a Virginian, in 1827. Their children were William H., Harriet, George H., Levi, Mary C, Alfred B., John Emery, Adam, Joseph and Franklin. His sight failed him some years ago, and for the past four years he has dwelt in almost total darkness. He owns eighty acres of land, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Protestant church.

about eight years of age. He was married to Miss Wiggins in 1838, and they have had six children, an follows : Louisa, deceased ; Sarah Jane ; Becky Ellen, deceased; Susannah, deceased; Margaret Ann and Elmira. The three living are married to well-to-do farmers. Mrs. Loos is a member of the Methodist Protestant church, and Mr. Loos gives it his support. He is a man well preserved for one of his age, and is esteemed by his -fellow-citizens.

LOEENZ GEOEGE, grocer and baker, Fourth and Main streets, Coshocton. Mr. Lorenz is a native of Bavaria, Germany, where he was born January 4, 1849. He emigrated to America and located at Chili, Ohio, where he engaged in shoemaking, havipg learned that trade while in Germany. He remained in Chili about one year, and then went to Hamilton, Dayton and Portsmouth. He came to Coshocton in 1873, and established the grocery and baking business in which he still continues, and has a large stock of staple and fancy groceries and confectioneries, also deals in all kinds of countrj' produce. He has an extensive bakery in connection, where he produces a large amount of bread, plain and fancy cakes and pies of all kinds.

LOEENZ JOHN", merchant; Chili, Crawford township; son of John and Christina (Euter) Lorenz, natives of Bavaria. Mr. Lorenz was born in Oderheim, Bavaria, January 12, 1844. - When fifteen years old he emigrated to America, and clerked in a store in this state, until he went into the mercantile business at Chili, in the spring of 1865, where he has continued in business up to the present time. Mr. Lorenz began , at Chili with a small capital, but by industry and close application to business, he has succeeded in building up a good business and has accumulated considerable property. He married Maggie Slarp, in 1868. Her parents, Peter and Elizabeth (Zinkhonj Slarp, are both of German ancestry. They have a family of six children - Mary Elizabeth, Elian ora, Charles Edwin, William Henry, Minnie, and Laura. Mr. Lorenz and family are members of the Evangelical church.

LORENTZ HENEY, Coshocton; restaurant and saloon and grocery, 450, Main street; is a native- of Bavaria, Germany; worked on the farm until twenty-one years old, when he entered the Bavarian army, serving four years, during which time the army was engaged in the French and Prussian war. At the close of the service, he- came to America, landing in New York City, and came immediately to this city. After working on the railroad two years, he established his present business, in November, 1873. Mr. Lorentz was married, March 11, 1874, to Mrs. Elizabeth Edwards, of this city. The union was

LONSINGEE JOHN G., Tiverton township ; postoffice, Yankee Eidge, Ohio ; born in 1851, in this township. His father, F. W. L. Lonsinger, was born in 1823, in Wurtemberg, Germany. He came to New York, in 1846, and to this county, in 1848. He was married, in 1850, to Miss Magdaline Bower, of this county, ^ ho was born in 1830, in Bavaria. They are the parents of fourteen children, the subject of this sketch being the oldest. He was married, in 1874, to Miss Elizabeth Kirch, of this county, who was born in 1852, in Bavaria. They are the parents of three children : Clara; Nettie P., deceased, and Lucy.

LOVELESS ALEXANDEE, Adams township ; farmer and stock dealer; postoffice,, Newcomerstown ; was born April 27, 1828 ; son of Stephen H. and Eleanor (Armstrong) Loveless, and grandson of Samuel Armstrong. He began the blacksmith trade at the age of nineteen, with John B. Dunlap, of Shanesville, Ohio, remaining with him about two years ; then worked at different places about a year ; after which he began business on his own responsibility, in Bakersville, which he continued for flfteer^ years. He then sold his shop and bought a fami, and has been devoting his time to farming and stock dealing since. He is an energetic and highly respected citizen. He was married September 11, 1851, to Miss Martha Watson, daughter of Eobcrt and Agnes (Muntz) Watson She died September 1, 1859. They had two children, viz : Stephen H. and Agnes J. He married November 14, 1861, Miss Susannah Conaway, daughter of Charles and Frances (Arnold) Conaway, and granddaughter of Charles and Eachel Conaway, who was born September 24, 1837. They have five children, viz : Charles E., born December 20, 1862; Frances E., December 4, 1866 ; Frederick J., July 20, 1868; Eloise T., March 11, 1872; and Garfield, November 5, 1880.

LOVE JOHN, Keen'e township; farmer; born July, 1806, in Ireland; son of James and Jane (McKee) Love, grandson of Samuel and Susan (Kirskadden) Love, and of Thomas McKee. Mr. Love followed farming in Ireland till the age of twenty, when he came to America and settled on the farm where he now lives. He was married, January, 1838, to JMiss Jane McConnell, born in Ireland, June 3, 1812, daughter of John and Sarah (Eodgers) McConnell. Their children were : Sarah J., born December 28, 1838; James, deceased, October 28, 1840; Mary A., deceased, September 2,1842; Catharine, deceased, September 2, 1842; Samuel, May 5, 1846; Ellen F., deceased, July 12, 1849; Emma, September 1, 1854; John

LOVE JOHN, Keene township, more commonly called John O'Love ; was born in Febru-. ary, 1795, in Molinmore parish, Donegal, Ireland; son of Thomas and Susan (Osborn) Love, and grandson of John and Nellie (McKee) Love, and of John and Bess (Ellis) Osborn, and great-grandson of Elizabeth Forquer. He was married to Eleanor Love, who was born in Mar6h, 1798, in Molinmore parish, Donegal county, Ireland; daughter" of James and Jennie (McKee) Love, and granddaughter of Samuel and Susan (Kirs^ kadden) Love, and of Robert and Fannie (Mc- Kee) McKee. They were married February 19, 1821, and are both yet living. Their children were as follows : Jane, born February 15, 1826, married to Joseph Love, and resides in Iowa City, Iowa, the husband and one child dead ; Ann, born September 10, 1828, married in April, 1847, to William R. Johnston, resides in Galesburgh, Illinois, with two children - husband and two children are dead ; James, born January 8, 1833, died March 15, 1852 ; Thomas, born July 8, 1835, married January 18, 1872, to Mary J. Endsley, who was born May 11, 1845, daughter of Thomas and Matilda (Karr) Endsley, and granddaughter of John and Jennie tBlaine) Endsley, and of John and Nancy (Welcn) Karr. Their children were: Robert, born April 1, 1873 ; Susie, born January 28, 1875; James R., born January 27, 1877; Thomas, born April 27, 1878, and Carrie B., born . November 26, 1879.

Susan Love, born August 24, 1838, was married in April, 1859, to Andrew Karr. They had seven children, all living in Coshocton county. Thomas enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Fortythird Regiment, 0. N G., in July, 1863, and was discharged in May, 1864.

LOVE JOSEPH, Linton township; farmer; born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 1, 1836. His father was born in county .Donegal, Ireland, and emigrated in 1834 to Philadelphia, and in 1846 to this township. His three brothers followed him to America and preceded him to this county. William and Alexander, two early settlers of Linton township, were great-uncles to Joseph. He began teaching in 1855, and has taught in this and adjoining counties for fifteen years. He was married August 22, 1861, to Margaret Rusk, a lady of Scotch-Irish descent. Her father, William Rusk, emigrated from Antrim county, Ireland, to Guernsey county, Ohio, about 1840, and to this county in 1858. M!r. Love's family consists of seven children, William, Ella Jane, Margaret Ann, George Rusk, Robert M., Emily S. and Bessie.

farmer and sewing machine agent; postoffice. Chili, Coshocton county, Ohio; was born in Crawford township, March 26, 1836; son of George and Susannah Lower; was married February 28, 1856, to Mahala Lower, daughter of Benjamin' and Catherine Lower, born in Crawford township October 28, 1836. Children born to them were as follows : Amanda Rachel, born September 12, 1857; Mary Ellen, born April 22, 1860; Susannah Catherine, born June 13, 1862; George Francis and Elizabetli Anne, born January' 19, 1865; Clara Etta, born May 11, 1867; Sarah Jane, born September 16, 1872; Oscar Warren, born June 21, 1875. Mr. L. commenced teaching school in 1855, and taught for twenty-one years. The confinement not agreeing with his health he gave up teaching and commenced farming and selling the American sewing machine. He was elected and served as a justice of the peace for the term of three years; was a Democrat from his youth to the present, casting his first presidential vote for Stephen A. Douglass.

LOWERY DAVIS, Jackson township; postoffice Tyrone ; born in Washington county, Pennsylvania ; settled in Coshocton county, in March, 1835; spn of Thomas and Mary Lowery, and grandson of James and Mary Lowery. Mr. Lowery's people are of Irish descent. He was married January 13, 1842, to Martha Foster, daughter of Moses and Hannah Poster. Their union was blessed with six children, five of whom are living, viz : James M., Thomas C, J. W., Davis J., Martin S., all married and living in this county.

LUKE I. D., Crawford township ; attorney at law, notary public and insurance agent; postoffice, New Bedford; born August 28,. 1831, in German township. Holmes county ; son of George and Mary (Davidson) Luke. He was brought up on the farm by his grandfather, Jacob Luke, until about fourteen years of age, when he came to New Bedford and assisted his uncle in the hotel until seventeen years of age, when he taught one term of school, after which he clerked for different parties in stores, for several years, then, with Ludecker as partner, conducted a store at Nashville, Holmes county, and subsequently a branch store at New Bedford. On closing out these stores, he again clerked in New Bedford until 1856, when he went to California and sought the precious metals by placer mining. In June, 1859, he returned to New Bedford and resumed clerking.-'

Soon after he entered as a student the law office of Messrs. Barcroft & Voorhes, attorneys, and was admitted to practice at Millersburg, in June, 1861. In September, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company H, Fifty-first 0. V. I., and served until the spring of 1864, when he resigned on account of disability. During his service he was appointed sergeant-miajor of the regLnient, and commissioned second and first lieutenant of his company. In June, 186-5, he went to St. Louis, Missouri, and remained one year. Then he crossed the plains to New Mexico, and was allured by the glittering stories of the placer mines of Grant county to seek their treasure. At these mines he remained about a year and a half; thence to Arizona, and from there to Fort Mogave, where he entered the quartermaster department of the U. S. regulars, and remained six months. Quitting this position, he engaged with the Colorado River Steam Navigation Co., at the company's yards at Sonora, Mexico, and remained there three years. In the spring of 1872 he returned to New Bedford. Attorney Luke was married first in the fall of 1872, to Miss Barbara, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Krieger) Sprenkle. By this marriage he had three children: Harvey, Clifford D. and Paris T>. Mrs. Luke died in 1875. He was married February 5, 1876, to Miss Pauline, sister of his first wife. This union has been blessed with two children : Benjamin R. and George A.

LYNCH A., Perry township; West Bedford postoffice; born in this county, in 1834; son of William and Elizabeth (Wolf) Lynch, and grandson of Peter Lynch ; married in 1862, to Miss S. E. White, daughter of Lewis and Sarah White. Mr. Lynch is the father of two children, vi^ : Florence E., and William L.

LYNCH CORNELIUS, Perry township; postoffice. West Bedford ; born in this county, in 1837; son of Wilham and Elizabeth (Wolf) Lynch; grandson of Peter Lynch Mr. Lynch's father settled in this county in a very early day, and sunk the first well ever sunk in Bedford township. He was a hatter by trade. Mr. Lyinch, in 1856, married Miss Darcus A. Fry. Mrs. Lynch's grandfather was a revolutionary soldier. Their union was blessed by three children, viz : Sarah v., William, and Lewella.

LYNDE EZRA H., tinner; Main street, Coshocton, Ohio; was born April 23, 1823, in Dunkirk, New York; son of William R. Lynde, American born, of French descent; raised on a farm until fourteen years of age, when he went to Newark, and, at the age of sixteen, entered Granville college, where he remained eighteen months; learned his present trade with Chancy Humphrey. After completing his apprenticeship, he worked for his brother in Newark three years ; also worked three years -in St. Louis, Missouri; after working in other places, and after leaving St. Louis on account of the cholera, came to this place, in 1849, and followed daguerreotyping one year, then returned to his present trade, establishing his business in the present location, in 1852. In 1855, he moved to Burlington, Iowa, where he followed his business about three years, then returned to the place he left in 1852, and is now doing a good business. He was married, September 18, 1854, to Miss Anna M. Ransom, daughter of Alonzo Ransom, of this place. They have had three children, viz : Francis, deceased ; Charles E., deceased, and William R.

LYONS WILLIAM, Adams township; farmer; postoiflce, Bakersville, Ohio. Mr. Lyons was born March 19, 1840, in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and was raised on the farm. He removed from Washington county in 1844 and settled in Tuscarawas county, Ohio. In 1860 Mr. Lyons lost his right arm by an accident at a threshing machine. He commenced teaching school in 1869, and taught successfully for five years. Mr Lyons was married December 31, 1869, to Miss Nancy J Stonehocker, a school teacher of Coshocton county. They are the parents of five children: Mary A., Louisa J., William H., Eliza W. and John C, all of whom are living. Mr. Lyons came to this county in 1874, and has remained ever since, following the* occupation of a farmer.

LYONS GEORGE, Perry township; postoffice. West Carlisle ; born in this county in 1843 ; son of John and Matilda (Crawford) Lyons. He was married in 1864, to Miss Elizabeth Gault, daughter of Adam and Sarah Gault. Mr. Lyons is the father of three children, viz : Fanliie, Anna and Edmund.

McBANE J. C, Franklin township; farmer; born in Jefferson county, Ohio, September 30, 1826 ; son of Jesse and Mary McBane. His grandfather McBane emigrated from the highlands in Scotland to America, locating near Baltimore, Maryland, on a place which is now within the city limits In 1831 his father's family came to Lafayette township, where he grew to manhood, receiving the education which the country schools afforded ; was married March 20, 1853, to Elizabeth, daughter of William Hawkins, an early settler in this township, who came from New Jersey. The years 1854-5 were spent in Clark county, Illinois. In 1856 he moved to Franklin township and has lived here since. He has three children, viz : Olivia, Helen ani .Jesse. Olivia was married December 24, 1879, to James W. Maxwell, of Harrison county. Mr. McBane was elected county commissioner in 1876, and is now serving his second term.

MoCAIN ADAM, Perry township; postoffice. New Guilford; born in this county, in 1845; son of John an Sarah (Dunn) McCain; married in 1868, to Miss Hester J. Mowrey, daughter of Martin and Mary Mowrey. Mr. McCain is engaged in keeping hotel, at present; also keeps on hand a variety of notions for sale.

carpenter ; postoflfice, West Lafayette ; born October 25, 1824:, in Brooke county. West Virginia; son of James McCammant, native of Washington county, Pennsylvania ; raised on a farm, but also learned the gunsmith's trade, and worked at that and farming, until 1852, when he learned ' the carpenter trade, and conducted both trades and run the farm until recently, but gives his entire time at present to carpentering. He left West Virginia, in 1837, and went to Perry county, remaining until 1839; then, for a short time, lived in Muskingum county, and settled in Lafayette township, in 1840. He was married, April 8, 1847, to Miss Rachel A. Shafer, daughter of Peter Shafer, of Albany county. New York. They have eight children, viz : Mary, William W., married to Melissa Shroyer; Sarah E., married to Samuel Garselin; Emily J., Josephine, Ida, James and George Edgar.

McCLAIN GEORGE, Linton township ; farmer; born in Lafayette township, November 27, 1837; son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Stringer) Mc- Clain, and grandsoh of Thomas McClain, one of the earliest pioneers of Lafayette township. In 1872 Mr. McClain moved from Lafayette to Linton' township. He was married in 1870 to Louisa Summers, daughter of John L. and Margaret (Michael) Summers, now of Muskingum count}'. His children are Ada, Maggie, Edward, Lewis and Clarinda, deceased.

McCLAIN H. F., Plainfield, Linton township ; grocer and saloon; postoffice, Plainfield. Mr. McClain was born April 28, 1853, in Coshocton county, Ohio. He was raised on the farm, and followed that occupation until twenty-two years of age. He was married July 18, 1876, to Miss Lydia Hootman, of this county. They became the parents of two children - Sophronia E. and Freddie. In 1875 Mr. McClain removed to Plainfield, Ohii^, and started a general grocery and saloon. He has successfully followed the business ever since.

McCLAIN RICHARD, deceased, Lafayette township; was born in Linton township, in November, 1823, and was married in 1848, to Miss Catherine Elson, of this township. They have had ten children, as follows: Jennie ; Seth, deceased ; Ella, Arthur, Lizzie, Lyde, Noah; Laura, deceased; Charles and Jesse. Mr. McClain was a man of note in this township, having held numerous township offices, and was county treasurer two terms. In a newspaper account of his life, it is said that his youth and manhhod were passed at a time when men were honest, and integrity and uprightness of character were prized jewels among men. He possessed these in an uncommon degree, as evidenced by the high appreciation of his neighbors and friends throughout the county. His courage and patriotism were coequal, and he defended his country with the same devotion to duty that actuated him in his eventful and successful life. When a young man, he enlisted in the Third Ohio infantry, and with other comrades from this place, served in the war with Mexico, in 1846^8. At the breaking out of the rebellion, in 1861, the firing on Fort Sumter aroused him, and he was the first in this county to organize a company, which served three months as part of the Sixteenth Ohio, with distinction. Upon his return, he immediately assisted in recruiting and organizing the Fifty-first Ohio, one of the' best regiments in the service. He was elected major at the organization, and was afterward promoted to lieutenant colonel, and then to colonel, after the promotion of Colonel Stanley Matthews. He participated with his comrades in the battle of Stone River, and others of the campaign. At Chickamauga he was captured, and after one year spent in Libby prison, was exchanged and returned to the command of his regiment, serving until the close of the war. Upon his return home, he was nominated and elected treasurer on the Democratic ticket, though he had been an uncompromisng Republican. When his term expired he was reelected by being the candidate of both parties, which was sufficient recommendation of the faithful discharge of his duties. He was one of the most efficient officers the county ever had. Colonel McClain died of malarial fever, March 31, 1880.

McCLAIN THOMAS, Monroe township ; was born February 15, 1826, in Lafayette township, Coshocton county; son of John and Elizabetlj (Maple) McClain, and grandson of Thomas and Massa (Marts) McClain, who were natives of Ireland, and of Jacob (Sagatha) Maple, who were natives of Germany. Mr. McClain was born and brought up on a farm, and educated in district schools. He lived in his native place till the age of thirty-four, when he removed to Tuscarawas county, where he followed farming and stock dealing for four years ; then came to Monroe township, Coshocton county, where he is now the owner of a neat little farm of about 100 acres. He was married to Miss Ruhama Marlatte, April IS, 1847, daughter of Abraham and Susan (Hamersly) Marlatte, and granddaughter of Michael and Catharine Hamersly, who were natives of England. Their children were John, Jeremiah, and Thomas, deceased; Seth is married to Almeda Severns, a farmer in Jefferson township, this county ; Anderson, Christopher, Jacob, Mary J., Martha E., and George H. Pendleton are at home. Benton C, Andrew B., and Margaret have also deceased.

of Third and Chestnut streets ; born in July, 1818; son of James and Elizabeth (Williams) McClain, His grandfather, Seth, came from Washington county, Pennsylvania. Young Seth was raised in Linton tOAvnship until he was fourteen years of age, when he entered as a clerk the dry goods store of Thomas C. Rickerts, of Coshocton. He afterward clerked for Meek & Johnson. In 1849 he took the hazardous overland trip to California, making the trip in four weeks and six days, being the first man from this county to enter San Francisco. He remained in the Golden State two years ; then returned and clerked for Medberry, in Roscoe, commanding the highest salary of the neighborhood, 1500 hrst year and $1,000 for the second year. He was a candidate for sheriff, and only lacked a few votes of being elected when the deijiocratic majority in the county was about 800! He bought Medberry's stock, and did a business of $80,000 per year. Next closed out his store to S. C. Burrell & Sons, and engaged extensively in buying and shipping live stock. Mr. McClain was married in February, 1864, to Mary, daughter of John and Sophia (Clark) Frew. They have one child, Lewis, born November 18, 1866. Mr. McClain was previously married to Sarah Frew, sister of his present wife.

McCLAUGHRY GEORGE H., Linton township; farmer; born in Jefferson county, Virginia, September 12, 1882; son of James and Rebecca (Brooks) McClaughry, grandson of James and Catherine (Ellsworth) McClaughry. His grandfather, James was a Scotch emigrant, his grandmother a native of New York City. In 1853 he entered Linton township, and has been here since; married February 14, 1855, to Martha Wiggins, daughter of Thomas Wiggins ; his children are Sarah V., Harriet J., Amanda R., Ellsworth and Mary Isabel. Mrs. McClaughry died in 1867, and he married a second wife, Laura Latham, born in Fauquier county, Virginia, daughter of George Latham; a single child - blesses this marriage, Georgie L. Mr. McClaughry enlisted .February, 1865, in Company A, One Hundred and Ninety-fourth 0. V. I., and was in service about nine months.

McCLEEARY SETH, Linton township ; farmer; born in Franklin township, June 26, 1827; son of George and Sarah (Tanner) McCleeary, and grandson of William McCleeary, who emigrated from Scotland at eighteen, and of Margaret (Slagel) McCleeary, a lady of German descent. In 1813 his granddaughter came to Linton township, and some years later his father moved to Franklin township. In 1851 he married Miss Mahala, daughter of Samuel Roderick, and in 1852 he moved to Linton township, where his wife died soon after, leaving two children, John and

Mahala ; and in the winter of 1853, Mr. McCleeary went to California, where he remained nearly three years, engaged in mining. He returned ta his father's, and April 11, 1857, he married Elizabeth Roderick, daughter of Absolom Roderick,, of Tuscarawas township. By this marriage he has six children, viz : Melissa, Elma, Bessie, Sarah, George, and Efiie Bell.

McCLEARY J. W., Tuscarawas township;, postoiHce, Coshocton ; born in Franklin township,. April 16, 1849; son of James T. and Naomi (Wolford) McCleary. His grandfather was George A. McClearj', and his great-grandfather was William McCleary. Mr. McCleary was raised to farming, which business, with slight exception, he has followed successfully to the present time. He wasmarried to Miss Rose Anne, daughter of Samuel Moore, of Tuscarawas county. Four children were born to them, viz: Samuel A., Mary Geneva, James- Philip and Wolford.

McOLUGGAGE JOHN, Bedford township;, farmer; postofBice, Tyrone ; born in 1809, in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and was married in 1832, to Miss Elizabeth Guthrie, of the same county, who was born in 1811. They removed to Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, in 1836, and came to this county in 1846. They lived near Bloomfield,. this county, until 1863, when they removed to their present location. They are the parents of nine children, three of whom are living, viz:^ Ellenora, Robert and Elizabeth H.

McCLURE JAMES, Coshocton; proprietor of restaurant and saloon, 622 Main street; was born March 22, 1843, in Keene township ; son of Alexander McClure, a native of Ireland. Young Mc- Clure's first work was with his father at the carpenter trade. At fifteen he went into the Coshocton Democrat office to learn type-setting, and from this office he went to the Coshocton Age^ working about five years in all In 1861 he wasthe second man in the county to enlist in the three month's service, at the beginning of the war. He served in Company A, Sixteenth O. V. I. In 1862 he re-enlisted as second sergeant in Company I, Ninety-seventh O. V. I.^and served to the close of the war. He was promoted to first sergeant, second lieutenant, first lieutenant and to the command of the company, which he obtained at Huntsville, Alabama. At the close he carne to this city and established his present business. Mr. McClure was married October 18, 1865, to Miss Rebecca C. Mosier, daughter of Philip Mosier, deceased, formerly of Adams township, Muskingum county. This marriage was blessed with four childrer^ viz : Kate H., Charles A., Lulu May, and Willie V., deceased. Mr. McClure is doing a very good business at present.

McCONNELL THOMAS, Bethlehem township ; farmer and stock dealer ; son of Matthew McConnell, was born in July, 1843. Mr. McConnell enlisted, in September, 1861, for three years, in company I, Fifty-first 0. V. I., under Captain James Cook. He served in the Fourth Division under Generals Grant and Sherman. He was in the battles of Chickamauga and Lookout Mountain, and marched with Sherman to the sea. He returned October, 1864, after having been in active service over three years. He was married, in 1866, to Miss Mary Miller, of this county, who was born August 19, 1847. Mr. McConnell moved to Indiana in the spring of 1866, and remained eight ijionths, when he returned to this county, where he has since lived. They became the parents of three children, viz : Minnie, born JMav 23, 186S; Edward R., born April 10, 1870, and Matthew, born February 6, 1874.

McCONNELL ALEXANDER, Bethlehem township; farmer; son of Matthew McConnell; was born April 6, 1845, in Bethlehem township, Coshocton count}'. Mr. McConnell was raised on the farm, and has followed farming all his life. In 1863 he enlisted as a private in Company G, One Hundred and Forty-second regiment, 6. V. I., and served 100 days. He was married in 1869 to Miss Elizabeth Overholt, who was born in 1842, in this county. They are the parents of three children, viz: William T., born in 1871; Cora May, born in 1874, and Abraham H., born in 1879.

McCONNELL MATTHEW, Bethlehem township; farmer ; born in 1810, in Donegal county, Ireland. He came to this county in 1832, and located in Keene township. He was married, December 81, 1840, to Miss Mary Laughhead, of this county, who was born in 1819, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are the parents of eleven children, BIX of whom are living, viz : Thomas, born in 1843; Alexander, born in 1845; Edward R.,born October 4, 1847; Wilham T., born May 21, 1850; Martha J., born February 3, 1854, and Mary C, born in 1862. Mr. McConnell has lived on the same farm ever since he came to this county, and has followed farming and stock-raising. He and his wife are fnembers of the Presbyterian church at Keene.

McOOY JOSEPH, Virginia township ; born in Coshocton county, in 1850; son of Daniel and Mary McCoy, and married in De^fmber 1873. His children are Minnie M. and Verna P. Post- Dresden.

McCOY DANIEL, Virginia township; born m Coshocton county, Ohio, January 7, 1812; son of Josepn Milly McCoy. He was married August 28, 1866. His second wife was Susan Norris, and his children were Jacob, Leroy, Katharine, Beam,

McCOY HENRY, Jackson township; born in this county, in 1837 ; son of Joseph and Sarah Mc- Coy ; married in 1857, to Martha Roberts, daughter of Dr. Roberts. Mr. McCoy is the father of five children, four living and one dead Postoffice, Roscoe.

McCOY JOSEPH,- Jackson township; postoffice, Roscoe; born in East Virginia; settled in Coshocton county, 1807; son of Joseph and Millie McCoy, and grandson of John and Nancy McCoy; married in 18 - to Sarah Ogle, daughter of Joseph and Millie Ogle. Mr. McCoy is the father of ten children, all living but two. Mr. McCoy was one of the first settlers of Coshocton county, and still lives enjoying the fruits of his earh' toil.

McCOY 'WILLIAM, Jackson township; born in Virginia township, Coshocton county; son of Joseph and Sarah McCoy; married in 1844 to Catharine Johnson, daughter of Henry and Clarinda Johnson. Mr. McCoy is the father of twelve children, five living and seven dead. All married but one. Postoffice, Roscoe.

McCOSKEY GEORGE, White Eyes township; farmer ; born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1815. His father, George McOoskey, was a native of Ireland; was married in that country; emigrated to the United States in 1812, and settled in Pennsylvania. He remained in that State six years; came to White Fyes in 1818, and settled on a farm that was all in woods. He was the father of six children, but two of whom are living. He died in 1871, at the age of eightythree years, and his wife Margaret died in 1866, at the age of seventy-eight years. George, tlie subject of this sketch, was apprenticed to learn the carpenter trade in 1838, and has worked continuously at the trade since then. In 1848 he married Miss Eliza Christy. She was born in this county, August 11, 1823. They have one child, a daughter, born July, 1844, who is married to William Lockard, and is living on the adjoining farm. Mr. McCoskey located on the farm where he now resides in 1859.

McCOSKEY WILLIAM, White Eyes township; a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania; son of George McCoskey ; was married to Miss Eliza Graham, who was a native of Ireland, and Was born in 1813. They were the parents of three children - one deceased, William; two living, G. W. and Margaret. Mrs. McCoskey died June, 3845. William was married, December 1852, to IMiss Nancy McCoskey, a native of Jefferson county. They became the parents of eight children, five of whom are liv- ing. G. W. was born in 1.S44, and was married, November, 1807, to Miss Joanna Hamilton, the daughter of Samuel Hamilton. They have seven children: Ida M., Eva M., William J., Eliza B., Emma S., Hestella and Arosta, all living. G. W. has never left the county, and now resides' between Avondale and Chili.

McCULLOUGH GEOKGE, deceased ; born in the county of Donegal, Ireland; came to this county about 1830. He was married, December 3, 1850, to Miss Rebecca Lockard, the daughter of Robert Lockard, and she was born in 1822 They had seven children, viz : Malinda, Mary A., Martha, J., deceased; Sadie A., Stewart, deceased; Franklin H. and Emma. Mary' A. is married to John P. Benjamin, of Avondale, a shoemaker by trade. The others are at home. Mr. McCullough died February 28, 1866. He located on the farm where his widow now resides, before his marriage. He was a member of the M. E. church at Kimbles. Franklin is the only son living; is at home with his mother and farms the place.

McCULLOUGH WILLIAM, deceased; born in 1787, in Delaware, and was married in 1818. His wife was born in 1796. They came to this county in 1834. He died in 1869. They were the parents of eight children, viz: Margaret, deceased; Elizabeth, deceased; Samuel; Ann; Martha, deceased; Rebecca, deceased; Lydia, deceased, and Mary.

McCUNE SAMUEL, Linton township; farmer; born April 8, 1824, in Linton township ; the son of James McClure, one of the earliest settlers of Linton township; married December 2, 1852, to Hester Ann Higer, daughter of Jacob and Mary Higer, of Oxford township. Children : Mary E., James W., Jerry C, Joab, Jane, Arabella, Agnes, Flora Ellen, Sarah Ida and John A. Logan. Mr. McCune enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Ninety-fourth O. V. I., and remained in service about eight riionflis, doing duty in Virginia and Washington City.

McCUNE JOHN, Linton township; farmer; born February 17, 1813, in Linton township ; son of James and Elizabeth (Craig) McCune, grandson of John and Jane (Jenkins) McCune, who were foremost in the settlement of Linton township. Mr. McCune has been twice married ; first in 1835, to Sarah McDowell, daughter of James McDowell, of Stark county. Children: Mary Craig, James, Nathaniel; Martha, deceased; Salina Jackson and Ellen R. Wiggins. His second wife was Miss Nancy A. Glenn, and their children were johii and Robert.

1780, in county Tyrone, Ireland. He moved to Philadelphia in 1798, and to Jefferson county in 1802. He was married in 1809, to Miss Jane Richey, of that county^ who was born in Fayette countjr, Pennsylvania, in 1791. They came to this county in 1817. He died in 1862, she died in 1869. They were the parents of eight children, Daniel being the fifth. He was married in 1853, to Miss Rachel Loder, of this couHty, who was born in 1833, in this county. They were the parents of nine children, viz : Rebecca ; Mary S.,. deceased ; William A.; Clement L., deceased ;. Francis A., Rosella, May B., Echo P. and Fanny D.

McCURDY W. C, Bedford township ; farmpr ; postoffice. West Bedford ; born in 1849, in this county. His father, John McCurdy, was born in 1826, in this county. His grandfather came from Ireland. John was married in 1847, to Miss Nancy Adams, of this county, and died in 1872. She died in 1855. They were the parents of three children, the subject' of this sketch being the oldest. He was married in 1874, to Miss Elizabeth Jobe, of this county, who was born in 1850, in thiscounty. They are the parents of three children, viz : Otis, deceased ; Otto and J. F. The first tw& were twins.

McDonald, of Daniel and Mary (James) Lovett, The McDonalds are of Scotch descent, and the Lovetts are of German descent. Mr. McDonald was brought up as a farmer, and was educated in the district schools. About the age of twenty years he commenced business for himself in his native county. He remained there one year,, then moved to the farm on which he now resides, in Virginia township, Coshocton county. He married Miss Jane McClannahan, March 21, 1845, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Lemert) Mc- Clannahan. Their union was blessed with seven children, four of whom are married, and three still remain with their parents, viz : Alex. Melvina and James.

McDONALD JOHN, Virginia township ; bom in this county, December 23, 1847 ; gon of William and Jane McDonald and grandson of George and Nancy McDonald, and John and. Elizabeth Clanahan ; married September 7, 1871, to Rachel Markley, daughter of J. B. and Margaret Markley. They have three children, viz : Orpha J., John W., and Stacy B. Mr. McDonald enlisted February 29, 1864, in Company H, Eightieth Ohio Regiment, Captain Freeman ; and was with Sherman in all his engagements during his march ta the sea. Postoffice, Willow Brook.

McDonald J., farmer; Washington county; postofSce, Dresden; born in 18-47, in this county. His father was born in 1821, in Musliingum county, and was married in 1842, to Miss Frances O. Moore, of the same county, wlio was born in 1823, in Fauquier county, Virginia. They came to this county in 1843, and are the parents of nine children.' The subject of this slvetcli being the third. He was married in 1872, to Miss Sarah A. Lake, of this county, who was born in 1852. They are the parents of three children, viz : Lemmert J., French and Nora D.

McDowell JOHN, Coshocton; blacksmith; was born May 20, 1836, in the County of Tyrone, Ireland ; son of James McDowell, deceased. He was apprenticed at about the age of sixteen to Robert McDowell, and served five years. Shortly after completing his apprenticeship he set out for America, and landed in May, 1860, and worked a few weeks in the State of New York and came to this city June 9, 1860, and has made it his home to the present time. Mr. McDowell was married July 3, 1866, to Miss Kate Dolen, of this city. This union was blessed with six children, two deceased, viz: Mary and Ellen; and four are living, viz : Charles, Joseph, John and Francis James. For about two years Mr. McDowell worked at his trade as a government emplo.ye in the Army of the Cumberland. He is now doing a good business at his shop No. 543 Main street.

McDonald G. a., proprietor of McDonald House, Coshocton, Ohio ; was born September 11, 1831, in Fauquier county, Virginia ; son of Thomas and Mary (McGruder) McDonald. Mr. Mc- Donald came to this State and located at Mount Vernon, where he remained four years prior to -coming to this city, in 1862. Here he engaged -in the photograph business, and continued in it until 1875. In 1868 he added furniture and undertaking to his business. In 1876 he first engaged in his present occupation. He was married September 9, 1858, to Miss Caroline, daughter of Prosper and Melissa (Mervin) Rich. They are the parents of four children, viz : Minnie B., Jennie, Fannie and Herbert. Mr. McDonald is a genial, hospitable and popular landlord.

McFAELAND EZEKIEL, Adams township; farmer ; postoifice, Newcomerstown, Ohio. Mr. McFarland was born May 6, 1816, in Adams township, and has lived in the township ever since. His father was of Irish descent, and w.as one of the oldest settlers of this county. When he came to this county it was a wilderness, inhabited by Indians, bears, wolves, and other wild animals. He was compelled to leave his place three diflferent times and fly for his life on account of the depredations of the Indians He was an old liunter, and killed many bears and Mr. McFarland was raised on the farm, and has followed that occupation all his life, acquiring by his own industry a good farm of 485 acres. He was married October 4, 1888, to Miss Isabella Corbit, of Coshocton county. They are the parents of eleven children: Robert, Susannah, Jane ; Andrew, deceased ; Hannah, Margaret, George; Mary, deceased; Catharine, John and William. Jlr. McFarland is one of the oldest settlers of Adams township. Mrs. McFarland was born April 6, 1818, in Adams township. The fathers of Mr. and Mrs. McFarland both served in the war of 1812.

McFAELAND IMATTHEW, Bedford township; farmer; postoffice, West Bedford; born in county Tyrone, Ireland, in 1816 ; came to this county in 1834, and was married -in 1851, to Miss Mary Campbell, of Licking county, who was borii in 1820. ;Mr. McFarland has lived in the village of West Bedford since 1838, engaged in the mercantile business, from 1838 to 1845.

McFADDIN HUGH, Tuscarawas township; Coshocton postoffice; farmer; was born in Harrison county, March 20, 1830; son of George and Elizabeth (Kelley) McFaddin, and grandson of Joseph McFadden, formerly of Washington county, Pennsylvania. Hugh was brought up on the farm, and to this industry he has devoted his entire attention, making it a complete success, having a first-class farm, supplied with an abundance of choice fruit, and stocked with the best blood of sheep and other domestic animals. He came to his present residence in 1855, and was married, in 1856, to Miss Elizabeth Parkhill, who was born in 1833. The family consists of the parents and four children : Stewart K., George, Maggie E. and Carrie B.

McGIFFIN WILLIAM AND JOHN, Keeue township; were born in Keene township, Coshocton county. William was born November 24, 1841, and John December 9, 1844. They are sons of William and Lydia (BiStterfield) McGiffin, and grandsons of Arch. McGiffin. They were born and brought up on a farm and educated in common schools. At the age of twenty, William^ went to Illinois, from there to California, and remained there until 1867, when he returned home and in partnership with his brother, purchased the old home farm, and they have been devoting their attention to that ever since. William was married to Miss Sarah J. Shurtz, January 3, 1875, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Smith) Shurtz, and granddaughter of George and Mary (Lee) Smith. Their children are Holhz C, born July 21, 1876 ; Carl A., August 24, 1877, and Ada Glenn, April 25, 1879.

and Isabelle (Cox) McGill, both natives of Ireland. The first four years of Mr. McGill's business life was clerking in stores. He was elected assessor of the city and township in the fall of 1881. Mr. McGill was married May 25, 1880, to Miss Annis, daughter of John and Mary (Freetague) Elson, of Coshocton.

McKEAG, ROBERT, deceased, Linton township, was born in the year 1805, in County Derry, Ireland. He emigrated to America about 1850, when his son, James, was four and Robert two years old. He first settled in Knox township, Guernsey county, and engaged in farming. About five years later he removed to Linton township, where he remained till the time of his decease, July 11, 1875. His wife died February 21, 1874. Their children are James, Robert, Sarah (Banker), Margaret, Mary Jane (Estep), Isabel and Eliza (Stephen).

McKEE EGBERT, Pike township; farmer and stock raiser ; postoffice, Frazeysburg, Muskingum county ; born in this county, in 1834 ; son of Patrick and Elizabeth (Ashcraft) McKee, who came to this county in 1815, from Ireland. He was married in 1861, to Miss Eliza Morris, daughter of William and Nancy (Clinton) Morris. They are the parents of ten children, viz ; Elizabeth E., Edison L., Emma W., Mary E., French, Barton S., Cora A., Patrick H., Minnie J. and John W.

McKEE T. A., Washington township; farmer; postoffice, Dresden; born in 1881, in this county. His father was born in 1800, in Ireland, and came to Philadelphia in 1818, and to this county in 1827. He was married the same year, to Miss Isabella Crawford, of this county, who was born in 1810, in Ireland. He died in 1871, she died in 1855. They were the parents of nine children, the subject of this sketch being the third. He was married in 1858, to. Miss Henrietta Frey, of this county, who was born in 1840. They are the parents of two children, viz : Eugene and Emmett

McKEE GEORGE W., Washington township; farmer; postoffice, Dresden; born in 1845, in this county. His father was born in 1811 in Knox county. He married Miss Nancy Henderson of this county, who died in 1849. They were the parents of six children. In 1850 he married Mrs. Jones of this county. They are the parents of eight children; the subject of this sketch being the fifth child by the first wife. He was married in 1866 to Miss Nancy E. McDonald of this county, who was born in 1843. They are the parents of seven children viz : Melvin S., Rosalind, Francis A., Mary E., Charles D., Frank L., aqd Luellie M.

McKEE J. L.. Perry township ; postoffice, West Carlise ; born in Washington township, this county, in 1840; son of James and Isabella (Crawford) MoKee. He was married in 1874, to Miss C. A. Lee, daughter of John W. and Elizabeth Lee. Mr. McKee is the father of two children, viz : Raleigh L., and Lula B.

McMORRIS G. W., Washington township; farmer; postoffice, Dresden ; born in 1824, in this county. His father was born in 1780, in Hampshire county, Virginia. He was married in 1815, to Miss Winiford Rector, of Fauquier county, Virginia, who was born in 1785. They came to this county, in 1817. He died in 1850. She died in in 1839. They were the parents of seven children, the subject of this sketch being the sixth. He was married in 1850, to Miss Martha McConnel, of this county, who was born in 1833. She died in 1854. They are the parents of two children.

McMURPHY GEORGE, Oxford township; farmer; postoffice, Newcomerstown; son of William and Catharine (Stanley) McMurphy; was born in this township, in 1882, his parents being natives of the State of Delaware. George was married in 1855, to Jane E. Forsythe, of this township; they have had the folllowing children: Ernest D., Mary A., Minnie B., Blanche; Samuel, deceased. He and his wife are members of the Protestant Methodist church, and he is a member if the Masonic fraternity. He lived in Tuscarawas county eleven years after he was married; now owns eighty acres of land, and is esteemed by his fellow citizens.

McNABB ISAAC, Bedford township; carpenter; postoffice, Warsaw; born in 1829, in this county. His father was born in 1796, in Brooks county, Virginia, and was married in 1820, to Miss Mary Hoge, of Belmont county, who was born in 1800, in Hampshire county, Virginia. They came to this county in 1821, and both died in 1868. They were the parents of seven children, Isaac being the third. He was married in 1853, to Miss Delilah Devinia, of this county, who was born in 1838, in Carroll county. They have one child, Rezon.

McNABB JAMES, Sr., Coshocton ; carpenter and superintendent of the bleaching department of the paper mills; born February 7, 1822, in Mahoning county ; son of Patrick McNabb, a native of Ireland. He was raised on the farm until about twenty years of age, when he began his trade with William Logan^ with whom he remained'two years. In 1845 he went to Wellsburgh, West Virginia, and was engaged in a paper-mill until 1872, when he came to this city and engaged in his present position. He enlisted May 5, 1861, in Company G, First Virginia V. I.,

(three months' men), and re-enlisted September 11, 1861, in Company B, First Virginia V . I., for three years, and served his term of enlistment. He was slightly wounded at Winchester, March 23, 1862; was captured September 11, 1863, at Mooresfield, West Virginia, and held in Libby prison and Belle Island until March 16, 1864, when he was paroled. He was married March 31, 1844, to Miss Jane Kimberland, daughter of John Kimberland, of Brooks county, West Virginia. They have had eight children, three of whom, John, Campbell and Harding, have deceased, and Robert, Catharine, William, Laura Belle and James S. are living. Mrs. McNabb departed this life in the full faith of glorious im.- mortality, June - , 1880.

McNA:p,Y CHARLES A., Coshocton; general pump dealer, gas fitter and plumber, 133 Second street; born July 10, 1856, in Fishkill, Dutchess county, New York; son of Isaac McNary, a native of New York, of Scotch descent. Young McNary's first work was farming; leaving this he became a machinist. In April, 1874 he came to this city and engaged in the gas business. In 1876 became successor to J. H. Carman and continued the business at the old stand two years, then removed to his present place where he has more ample room for his much increased business, which. extends throughout this county and a part of Tuscarawas county. Mr. McNary was married December 22, 1880, to Miss Jennie, daughter of James H. and Jane (Shaw) Knapp, of Fishkill, Dutchess county, New York.

McMANUS MARTIN, Coshocton, wholesale and retail liquor dealer, corner of Main and Fifth streets ; was born October 1, 1852, in Steuben ville ; son of Patrick McManus, deceased, who was a native of Ireland. At fourteen young Mc- Manus, went on the railroad as water boy' on a construction train for two svimmers, going to school in the winter. He was then promoted to flagman, which responsible duty he filled for two years, at the end of which time he was advanced to fireman, which labor he performed for three years. He was then advanced another step to that of engineer, which position he held until the death of his father, September 6, 1878, when he, being the oldest son, continues his fatlier's business at the above place.

McNAUGHTON & CO., druggists. No. 444 Main street, Coshocton. M. W. McNaughton, managing partner of this firm, is a native of Licking county, where he was born September 22, 1847, and received his education in the district schools. He followed farming until 1867, when he engaged in the drug business in company with D. Wilkin, under the firm name of D. Wilkin & Co., at Utica, Ohio. This firm continued to do business until 1868, when he came to

Coshocton and engaged in the same business here, with Mr. Wilkin as partner, and the firm name was chan'ge'd to McNaughton & Co. They occupy pleasant and convenient rooms, 20x40, where they carry a large first class stock of pure drugs, chemicals, patent medicines, fancy goods, toilet articles, trusses, cigars and tobacco. Prescriptions carefully compounded.

McNEIL GEORGE C, of the firm of McNeil and Johnson, general provisions, family grocery and bakery, 430 Main street, Coshocton, Ohio. Mr. McNeil was born in Warsaw, Coshocton county, Ohio, September 3, 1854 ; son of Harrison and Julia (Cassingham) McNeil. In 1872, George C. entered the steel works, and remained there six years ; after which he engaged as traveling salesman for J. W. Pinkerton, the grocer, of Zanesville, Ohio. With this firm he remained three years. In May, 1881, the present firm was established. Their future is auspicious.

Joseph K. Johnson, Jr., of the firm of McNeil & Johnson, family groceries and bakery, 480 Main street, Coshocton, Ohio. Mr. Johnson was born January 7, 1859, in Coshocton, Ohio, and brought up in his native city. He is the son of William K. and Elizabeth (Humrickhouse) Johnson; was educated in the public schools of Coshocton and the Pennsylvania M. academy, at Chester, Pennsylvania. After leaving the academy, he engaged with his brother Thomas, civil engineer on the extension of the Lake Erie and Western railroad. May 16, 1881, he becarde partner . in the above firm.

McVEY J. S., New Castle township ; was born January 2, 1811, in Washington county, Pennsylvania, came to Ohio in 1814, settled in Perry township, Coshocton county, and was brought up on a farm until the age of twenty-one. He then engaged as clerk with John H. Pigman, and remained with him about two years; and then formed a partnership with Benjamin Cochran in general merchandise, which lasted two years, when he purchased the entire stock and carried on the business by himself until 1842. He then moved to Muscatine county, Iowa, and formed a partnership with John H. Sullivan in the milling business, which lasted two years. He then traded his interest in that, as part paj'ment on his present mill property in Walhonding, where he has remained since, doing a good business in milling and buying and selling wheat, grinding about four hundred bushels daily, besides custom work. He married Miss Eleanor Trimble in the year 1839, daughter of William and Ann (Duncan) Trimble, who became the mother of five children, viz : Leander, Franklin, Martha, Catherine, and John. Franklin is living in Blandons ville, Illinois. Martha married Dr. J. R. Gamble, and also resides at Blandonsville, Illinois. .

McVEY LEONARD F., New Castle township ; farmer ; born July 7, 1843, in Perry township ; -son of Joseph S. and Eleanor (Trinible) McYey. When young McVey was a boy, he worked in a flouring-mill, where he remained until he was -about twenty-four years of age, when he engaged in merchandising at New Castle, continuing one year in that place, after which he moved his -store to Walhonding, where he conducted his business until April 1880, when he came to his pres- -ent farm residence. Mr. McVey was married February 12, 1871, to Miss Mary Ellen, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Biggs) Butler. They are . the parents of five children, viz : Joseph S , John Paulina V., Mary Catherine and Emma Lorena.

MACKEY JOHN, Oxford township; farmer; "Newcomerstown ; son of James M., who was a Marylander. His mother was Elizabeth Case. Both are deceased. The subject of this sketch was born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, in 1818, and came to Ohio when a child with his parents ; was married to Margaret Rosenberry, in August, 1880; They are both members of the United Brethren church. He has been supervisor a number of years, and has for years been a member of the school board. His son John took an active part in the war, serving in the Fifty-first regiment three years. He is the father of nine children, viz: Sarah, John, Mary A., Nancy, Catherine, Perry, Liza, James, Luther, and Grayton, deceased.

MADDEN T. J., Coshocton ; painter ; was born February 2, 1824, in this city ; son of Sanford F. Madden, a native of Loudon county, Virginia, of 'Scotch-Irish ancestry. His mother's maiden name was Mary KnofT, of New York. Young Madden, when a boy, worked with his father at the carpenter trade, he also learned painting, which trade he has followed until the present time. He enlisted June 8, 1846, in Company B, Third 0. V. I., for the Mexican war. Col. Curtis commanding, and served one year, his term of enlistment, after which he worked four months in the ordinance department as a governmant employe, and then returned to his home in this city. Mr. Madden was crippled in the right arm by a fall from a pair of derricks, during which time he -served as city assessor and constable. He was elected a member of the school board in April, 1878, which office he holds at present. Mr. Madden was married September 24, 1854, to Miss Mary, daughter of Caleb Penn, a relative of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Madden is a daughter of Mary Laflfer, whose father was killed while on picket, by the Indians, near BuflPalo, New York. Thej^have been blessed with seven children, viz : Wilhs, deceased ; Lellia, Willis and Iowa, deceased; Charles and Lina.

MAGEE ROBERT, Bethlehem township; farmer ; was born August 2, 1824, in Donegal county, Ireland. He came to this county with his parents in 1840, and located in Bethlehem township, on the farm on which Robert now lives. The country was then a wilderness. They cleared the land and built a cabin, which still stands. Robert's father was a blacksmith, and worked at his trade for a number of years. Robert was married in 1860, to Miss Nancy Stewart, of this county. He enlisted in Company A, but was transferred to Company H, One Hundred and Forty-third regiment 0. V. I., and served four months.

MAGEE GEORGE, Coshocton; farmer; born September 26, 1853, in New York City ; son of George Magee, an American of Irish descent. Young Magee, at the early age of nine years, became restive under the parental restraint, and availing himself of an opportunity to go West with a company of boys in care of Eli Trott, stopped in this city, and was selected from a number of boys by A. J. Reynolds, who became his foster father, with whom Mr. Magee yet makes his home. The boy's mother, learning through the postmaster at Roscoe of his whereabouts, came for her son, but finding him in a comfortable home which he was unwilling to leave, she permitted him to remain.

MAGNESS JAMES, Linton township; farmer ; born in Green county, Pennsylvania, June 8, 1820. His great-grandfather emigrated from Ireland to America in the latter part of the seventeenth century, and on the voyage James was born. They settled in Indiana, near Georgetown, where the Sea-born James grew to manhood, and married Hannah Wise. They have six children, Levi, George, Brooks, Samuel, Nancy and Deborah The mother died while the children were young, and James married again. The sons, Levi, and George (the father of the subject of this sketch), served in the war of 1812, under Generals Scott and Brown ; participated in the battles of Lundy's Lane, in which George was wounded. In the spring of 1816 the two moved to this tovraship. George returned to Green county, Pennsylvania, where he married a widow, Rachel (Whitlatch) Trimble, of German descent. By this marriage there were four children, Levi, Nancy, James and George. In 1823 they moved to Lafayette township. Here Mrs. Magness died, and George Magness, for a second wife, took Mary, daughter of William and Rebecca Evans, of Oxford township. This latter marriage resulted in nine children, four of whom survive. Mr. Magness afterward moved to Linton township, where James was reared. At the age of eighteen he began teaching, and has followed it in winter (farming in summer), until within a few years, a proof

15. 1842, he married Eebecca, daughter of Richard and Rebecca Piatt. .By this marriage eight children were born, Lorenzo W., died in infancy; Walter S., died in the army near Petersburg, Virginia, July, 1864; Samuel B., Ehzabeth J.; Nancy R., married to William H. Snedbaker, of Jackson township ; Civita, married to- Charles H. Hyatt, of KnoXj county, Missouri, and Sarah A. Mrs. Magness died June 28, 1878.

MAGNESS FIELDING H., Linton township; farmer; born in Linton township, February 16, 1889; son of George and Mary (Evans) Magness. His father was an early sejjtler in this township. His mother was the daughter of William and Rebecca (Fowler) Evans, who settled on Bacon run in 1806. Mr. Magness now resides on the farm his father first owned in Linton township. In 1860 he married Miss Catharine, daughter of Lewis Wellsyof Albany county. New York. By this marriage he has had four children : George L., Lewis Wells, Addie and Charles H. Charlie is the only child who survives. In September, 1864, Mr. Magness became a member of Company F, Fifteenth O. V. I., and remained in service till June, 1865. The scene of his military life was chiefly in Georgia, with Sherman.

27. 1843, in Warsaw ; son of James Magraw, deceased; born in Pennsylvania, of Scotch-Irish ancestry. At sixteen, young Magraw was apprenticed to learn the boot and shoemaker's trade, with James Hutchison and completed it with Samuel Hollibaugh ; soon after which, he enlisted in company A, Ninety-sixth 0. V. L, in August, 1862, and served three years. On his return home, he resumed his trade, with Samuel Hollibaugh, as partner, with the firm name of Hollibaugh & Magraw. This firm continued but a few years, when, being dissolved, Mr. Magraw opened shop, and worked about one year, doing custom work, then added a stock of boots and shoes. In 1872, he came to this city, and opened a store in his present room, where he has a complete stock of boots and shoes, hats and caps. Mr. Magraw was married, September 5, 1867, to Miss Mary Cook, daughter of James B. Cook, of Martinsburgh, Knox county, Ohio. This union was blessed with five children, one, James, having died. The four living are, Clara B., Fred. Bronson, Raymond Cook and Mary Matilda. In the spring of 1881, Mr. Magraw was appointed postmaster of this city, which office he now holds.

MAGRUDER GEORGE, Perry township; postofBce, West Carlisle ; born in this coimty in 1847 ; son of William and Eleanor (Henderson) Magruder, and grandson of George A. and Elizabeth

(Billingsley) Magruder, and of William and Arabella Henderson. He was married in 1871 to Miss Hattie U. Westlake, daughter of Samuel and Sarah A. Westlake. They have three chil dren, viz : Charles C, Gertrude, and one unnamed.

MALATT JOHN L., Lafayette township; grocer; West Lafayette ; son of Budd Malatt; was born in 1839, and married in 1863 to Catharine A. Trenor. They have had eight children, four of whom are living, viz : John M., Charles E., Bertha E., and Maggie. Mr. M. went out in the Eighty-fifth 0. V. I., in 1862, for three months ; then in the Fifty-first the same year for nine months ; and in 1865 in same regiment for one year.

MANGOLD JOHN L., Coshocton ; tobacconist, of the firm of T. W. Hagar & Co., 406 Main street, was born October 16, 1856, in Adamsville, Muskingum county; son of Henry Mangold, a native of Germany. Young Mangold was raised and educated in his native town. When about fifteen years of age he wentto Zanesville as clerk in a grocery store, and remained one year, when he returned to Adamsville. Here he learned his trade, which he followed in Zanesville and this city. The present firm was founded June 10, 1880, and is composed of young men of energy and business ability. Mr. Mangold was married October 13, 1880, to Miss OUve Smith, daughter of Oliver Smith, deceased, of this city.

MANNER A. D., Coshocton ; buggy dealer and livery man ; was born in Greencastle, Franklin county, Pennsylvania ; son of Alexander Manner, deceased, who was , a native of Kentucky. The subject of this sketch was raised in Newark, Ohio. At the age of sixteen he was apprenticed to learn the harness and saddlery trade, with Henry Wilson, of Newark. On corppletinghistrade he was a journeyman for about two years. He also learned, the carriage trimming business, with John E. Shannon, at Mount Vernon. After having worked in several shops, he, in the spring of 1857, established a partnership with E. McDonald, in which they manufactured carriages, etc., and were proprietors of the American House (hotel). This firm having dissolved, in 1860, Mr. Manner established, a harness and saddler shop and livery business at Roscoe. In 1865, he returned to this city and continued his business here. At present, his son, James B., is associated with him in the livery business. They are doing^ a full average share of the business in their line, keeping on an average nine horses, and a full stock of rigs to suit. Mr. A. D. Manner was married first to Miss Diadema Sparks, of Lickings county. Before her decease they were blessed with one child, a son, James B. Mr. Manner afterward married Miss Mary Jane Gaves, of Mus- kingum county. This union was blessed with three children, one of whom is deceased, and two are living, viz : William H. and Emma I. James B. Mannner was married April 19, 1876, to Miss Josephine McClure, daughter of Alexander Mc- Clure, of this 'city. This union has been blessed with one child, a son, Carl Alexander.

MAB.KLEY DAVID, Tuscarawas township; farmer; was born October 13, 1819, in this township; son of Frederick and Rachel (Cartmill) Hartley. David's father came to Coshocton county in 1808 and located in Bethlehem township on the Walhonding river. His ancestors came from Maryland and are of German descent. David's father died when the boy was but nine years old, from which age Mr. Markley has depended entirely on his own industry and management for success, and it is but just -to state here that he has by honest and judicious economy obtained an ample competence for his family and himself, and to do a liberal share in assisting in all charitable and religious enterprises of his neighborhood. He also takes a live interest in education. Mr. Markley was married July 9, 1842, to Miss Selina, daughter of Leraand Ann (Felch) Payne. Mrs. Markley's grandmother was Sarah Knox, sister of General Knox. They are the parents of fourteen children, nine of whom aredeceasedrViz: Caroline, William F., Christena Prances, George E., Charles D., Mary Malissa, Judge Harper, Lily May and Edward ; and five living, viz : Samuel Asberry, Minerva Catharine, Emma, Annie E. and David, Jr.

MAKKLEY FREDERICK, Virginia township ; born in Coshocton county, in 1841 ; son of John B. and Margaret Markley, and grandson of Benjamin and Nancy Markley. He was married in 1867, to Lovina Lockard, daughter of Andrew and Mary Lockard. He is the father of six children, five living and one dead. He was a soldier in the late war, having enlisted in 1861, in Company H, Fifth artillery, Army of the Cumberland. Mr. Markley was engaged in the battles of Stone River, Chickamauga and Mission Ridge, and was discharged at Nashville, Tennessee, October 5, 1864. Postoffice, Willow Brook.

MARKLEY W.S., Coshocton, Ohio, of the firm of Markley & Eckert, hvery men. Mr. Markley was born March 12, 1851, in Bethlehem township, Coshocton county, Ohio; son of Adam Markley, deceased. Young Markley remamed at home on the farm until 1876, when the above ' firm was estabUshed. They keep, on an average, ten to twelve horses and rigs to suit, such as barouches, buggies, sample-wagons, sleighs, etc.

Kern) Marshall. Owen is the oldest of a family of three sons and one daughter. His paternal ancestry is English, his maternal Irish. In 1809 he was brought to this county by his parents who located about one and a half miles south of Coshocton city, where his father remained until his death, March 4, 1814, and was buried in the Coshocton burying ground. He served- as a soldier under Gen. Harrison in the war of 1812. After the death of his father, the widow and family moved to Bedford township, where Owen remained until he was twenty-two or twentythree years of age, when he came to his present residence. It was all a virgin forest, and contained only forty acres, bought with money earned by days' work at thirty-seven and a half cents per day ; but by hard work and good economy he added to the little beginning until he obtained a large farm well improved. Mr. Marshall was married August 18, 1833, to Miss Mary, daughter of Crispin and Elizabeth (Polaet) Tredway. They are the parents of eight children, viz : irhomas, Crispin T., Owen, Jr., Elizabeth Jane, Mary M., Nancy Ellen, Allen M., and Irwin, deceased. Mr. Marshall with his father attended the first court held in Coshocton county. It is also justice to state that Mr. and Mrs. Marshall have raised a family of seven children, all of whom are intelligent and highly esteemed by a large circle of friends.

MARQUAND JOSEPHUS, Virginia township; born in this county, and was a son of Charles and Elizabeth Marquand; married April 1, 1862, to Jane Adams, daughter of John and Emma J. Adams. Their union was blessed with five children, viz: Emma J., William T., Elizabeth S., Anna Mary and Jennie B. Mr. Marquand died in 1872.

MARQUAND JOSEPH, Virginia township; born in Coshocton county, Ohio, January 23, 1853; son of Charles and Elizabeth Marquand. He married January 1, 1868. Harry Marquand is their only child. Postoffice, Adams' Mills.

MARSHALL J.D., Coshocton ; carriage painter, 311 Second street; was born July 24, 1837, in Warren county ; son of John S. Marshall, a native of Virginia, of Irish ancestry. He was raised in Zanesville. At fourteen, he went to the confectionery trade and worked one year. The next year, he began ' his present trade with Ball, Ward & Co., of Newark. On completing his trade, he worked as a journeyman in this city. In 1861, Mr. Marshall enlisted in Company K, Sixteenth 0. V. I., and served three months ; re-enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Twelfth O. V. L, and was commissioned captain, in March, 1862, and resigned in November of the same year. In 1875, he established his present shop, where he does all kinds of carriage and ornamental painting. Captain Marshall was married, May 17, 1864, to Miss Sarah Elizabeth Carter, daughter of Frister Carter, of Washington township. This union was blessed with six children, viz : Cora B., Minnie Frances, Ella A., Hattie, May Belle, Fannie S. and Sarah Amelia.

MARSHALL A. M., Jackson township ; born in this county in 1849; son of Owen and Mary Marshall; married in December, 1874, to Clara McCoy, daughter of William and Catharine Mc- Coy. Mr. Marshall is the father of three children, viz: Arizona, William 0., Mary K. Postoffice, Roscoe.

MARTIN L. W., principal of Roscoe public schools; Roscoe postoffice; born August 2, 1845, in Martins Ferry, Belmont county; a son of Ebenezer Martin, an American born, of English descent; lived on a farm and attended public schools till the age of twenty-one years. He went west and remained two years, when he returned and began teaching in his native town, and taught there five years. In 1879 he came to Roscoe and was elected to his present position. ' Professor Martin was married December 18, 1873, to Miss Emma Beazel, daughter of Harvey Beazel, of Martins Ferry, and is the father of two children - Sidney and Harvey.

MARTIN JAMES, Mill Creek township; farmer; postoffice. Mound; born in 1846, in this county. His father, James Martin, was born in 1796, in Ireland. He came to this country in 1820, landing in Delaware. He lived in that State for a short time, when he removed to New York, and remained there only a few years, when he went back to Delaware, where he was married, in 1828, to Miss Jane Martin, of Delaware She was born in 1806. They came to this county in 1842. She died in 1859. Thpy were the parents of ten children, seven of whom are living.

MARTTER JOtiN, Coshocton ; restaurant and saloon, Main street, four doors east of town hall, between Second and Third streets; was born December 9, 1839, in Linton township. His parents were French. He remained on the farm until he was about eighteen years of age, when he went West, remaining about one and a half years; then he returned home and farmed until 1863, when he came to this city, and was the first to make street sprinkling and express delivery a success.

In 1871 Mr. Martter was elected marshal and constable, serving four years in the first, and six years in the last office. May 1, 1876, he established his present business, but was entirely burned out, with no insurance, in March, 1880. Mr. Martter immediately began, and in a few months completed, the building of his new brick, four doors east of town hall, Main street, between

Mr. Martter was married October 6, 1861, to Miss Mary E. Roof, daughter of Benjamin Roof, of Linton township. This union was blessed with nine children, one, Francis, having deceased. Their children living are as follows : John Edward, George, Joseph, James, Bertha, Agnus, Cora and Mary.

MARTTER J. P., Coshocton ; foreman, at Beech Hollow coal mines ; was born February 24, 1844, in Linton township ; son of John Martter, a native of France. Young Martter remained on the farm until June 1, 1861, when he enlisted in Company K, Twenty-fourth 0. V. I., and served three years and one month, when he was honorably discharged at Columbus Ohio. After his discharge, he was employed eight months as government clerk at Nashville, Tennessee. At the close of the war, he traveled in the West, visiting Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. Returning to his old home in 1869, he farmed until 1872, when he came to t|jis city and engaged in the planingmill one year, and at the paper mills two and a half years, also two years at the Home Coal Company. Whilst working for the above firms, Mr. Martter had his right arm broken at two different times, his right leg broken and his right ankle and both knees dislocated. He is now foreman at the Beech Hollow mines. His consort's maiden name was Elizabeth Hamer, daughter of Jacob Hamer, of Jefferson township. They have had four children, viz : James W., Charles, Albert C. and Norah F. Mrs. E. Martter conducts a boot and shoe store, 122 Second street.

MASON BENJAMIN F., Jefferson ; contractor and builder of public works ; postoffice, Warsaw, Ohio; son of Benjamin and Hannah J. (Latham) Mason; was born May 2, 1844, in Clarksburg, Virginia. Mr. Mason was raised on the farm. He came to this county in 1855, and has been a resident since. He was married December 25, 1864, to Miss Salina Linebaugh, of this county. They are the parents of one child, viz : Ida W., born September 9, 1865. Mr. Mason has followed his present occupation ten years, and has built many bridges and done much other public work for the county.

M ASTON D., Jackson township; postoffice, Tyrone; born in this county in 1831; son of Peter and Lena Maston. The father of the subject of this sketch was born in Pennsylvania, in 1803; died in this county February 9, 1870. The mother died January 22, 1856. The subject of this sketch is one of a family of twelve children, eight of whom are still living; all married but one. We had the pleasure of meeting Mr. P. S.

HASTEN JAMES E., farmer; Washington township ; postoffice, Wakatomaka ; born in 1838, in this county. His father, Edward, was born in 1814 in Virginia, and was married in 1836 to Miss Elizabeth Thomas, of this county, who was born in 1804 in Virginia. They are the parents of two children, the subject of this sketch being the oldest. He was married in 1867 to Miss Mary ¥. Bell, of this county, who was born in 1839, in this county. They are the parents of three children living, viz : Kore E., Ella M. and Susan E. Mr. Masten enlisted in 1861 in the Eightieth 0. V. I., and served three years and nine months. He was at the battles of luka, Corinth, Jackson, Mission Eidge and at the siege of Vicksburg.

MAXWELL WILLIAM, Jackson township; postoffice, Eoscoe ; born in this county in 1825 ; son of Robert and Mary (Carr) Maxwell, and grandson of Robert and Dora Maxwell; married in 1847 to Dianna Bible. Mr. Maxwell is the father of seven children, viz : Malinda; Mary, deceased; Josephine, Elnora, Almeda, Alice and Prank. All are married but two, and living in this county.

MEEK H., Franklin township; born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, April 15, 1811 ; son of Isaac and Permelia Meek, and grand son of John Meek, and of Matthias Luse. In 1826, he came to Zanesville, and there learned the tailor trade, working at it a year or two as journeyman; then, in 1833, he came to Coshocton, where he followed tailoring, till 1838. From that year, to 1855, he was engaged in mercantile business, in Coshocton, and then moved to Franklin township, where he has since been engaged in farming and in stock raising. He was married in 1832, to Elizabeth, daughter of Christian and Anna Spangler, of "Zanesville. By this marriage, he had four children, viz : Hamilton, Anna, David and Christian, of whom only David survives.. Christian was killed at Stone River. In 1842, he married Sarah Tuttle, daughter of Phineas and Thankful Tuttle. His children by this marriage are : Charlotte, James H., Mary B.; Henry T., deceased, and Elizabeth E.

MEEK J. F., editor of the Coshocton Age; was born July 20, 1856, in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, and educated in the public schools of Newcomerstown. At the age of sixteen he commenced learning the art of telegraphy, and soon obtained a situation on the P. W. & B. R. R. as operator. At the age of eighteen he became a typo and local writer for the Newcomerstown Argus. At twenty-one^ in company with A. W. Search, the present editor and proprietor of the Toledo Daily

Morning Cuminercial, he took charge of the Age, which he subsequently bought and now edits. His paper is well received, having a circulation of more than 2,000 copies.

IMEREDITH C. H., New Castle township; born September 9, 1828, in New Castle township, Coshocton county, Ohio ; son of Jesse and Soveniah Horn, and grandson of Obed and Rebecca (Draper) Meredith, and of C. Horn and Sarah Wolf. Mr. Meredith is a genius and has worked at milling, carpentei'ing and farming. At the age twenty-one he began life for himself ; married Miss Mary J. Bailey January 15, 1826, who was born July 3, 1845, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Isminger) Bailey, granddaughter of William and (Carter) Bailey, and of John and Sarah A. (Staggers) Isminger. Their children were Elizabeth M., married to Joseph Severin, who resides in Indiana; Jesse R. (at home) ; Rebecca V., married to Leonard Hains, saddler in Coshocton ; William H., married to Miss Mary N. Barett; Sarah S., and R. E. J., who live at home.

Coshocton county, Ohio ; son of Pren and Eliza (Bowman) Metham, and grandson of Pren Metham, who was born in London, Etigland, and of James Bowman, who lived to be ninety-seven years old. His great-grandmother lived to the great age of one hundred and six years. Mr. Metham is a mixture of German, French and English blood. Mr. Methani's grandfather was in the British navy at the time of the American revolution; his grand tathe'r Bowman was in the American army at the same time. He also had two uncles in the war of 1812. Mr. Metham enlisted in Cornpany F, Eightieth O. V. I., in the fall of 1861. He was commissioned Second lieutenant by Governor Dennison, then raised a company of which, he was made captain ; soon aftei was promoted to rank of major, to succeed Major Lanni-ng, who was killed at the battle of Corinth, Mississippi. After the death of Colonel Bartleson he was appointed to succeed him. The principal battles in which he was engaged, were the defeijse at Paducah, Jonesborough, the siege of Corinth, the second battle of Corinth, Vicksburg, Port Gibson, Raymond, Mississippi, Jackson, Champion Hill, Big Black, siege of Vicksburg, Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, siege of Atlanta, and finally, on the march with Sherman to the sea. He was present at Ford's Theater when Lincoln was assassinated, started in pursuit of Booth, but was misled by going into a door that led to the ladies dressing-room, instead of going to the street. After the close of the war Colonel Metham settled down to farming for a quiet life. He was married September 7, 1864, to Miss Sarah A. Proudfit, daughter^)!

John and Catharine (Crouse) Proudfit, and granddaughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Raifsnider) Crouse, and of John Proudfit, descendants of the original John Proudfit, who was beheaded in Scotland. Their children are: Alvia, Austin, Lincoln, John Pren, Ella and Gertrude.

METZ JACOB, Crawford township; farmer; postoffice. New Bedford, Ohio; was born, September 16, 1834, in Crawford township; son of Jacob and Barbara (Long) Metz, of Wertemberg, Germany. Mr. Metz, from boyhood to the present time, has given his undivided attention to agriculture and husbandry. Mr. Metz was married, in January, 1858, to Miss Mary Anna, daughter of William and Anna (Rickey) Beaird. They had three children, viz : Sarah ; Louise, deceased, and Phebe, deceased. Mrs. Metz died June 15, 1866. Mr. Metz was married April 5, 1868, to Miss Sarah, daughter of Henry and Rebecca (Humel) Holderbaum. They had two children : George W. and Andrew J. Mr. Metz has held the office of justice of the peace three terms and of notary public one term. At the present time, he has the contract for carrying the United States daily mail from Stone River office to Millersburg. He also has in his possession the original deed for his farm, signed b}' President Andrew Jackson.

MISKIMEN JOHN, deceased; born July 12, 1815, in Linton township ; son of James Miskimen; of pioneer note in Linton township. He was married in 1841, to Rachel Burt, daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Fought) Burt, born in Orange county, New York, and moved with her parents to Oxford township, when sixteen years old. After their marriage they lived in Oxford township till 1869, when they moved to near NewcomerstoWn, Tuscarawas county. Mr. Miskimen died there July 10, 1870, his wife surviving until April 6, 1876. They had seven children, viz : Daniel, Frank, Charlotte, Mary, John C, George W. and Rachel A. John C. now resides in Linton township.

MIKESELL DANIEL, Perry township; postoffice. New Guilford; born in this county, in 1832; son of Jacob and Sarah (Shuss) Mikesell. Mr. Mikesell is one of a family of nine children, three boys and six girls, six of whom are still living. He is the grandson of George and Susan (Long) Mikesell, and of George and Catharine Long. He was married in January, 1856, to Miss Anna Crawford, daughter of Thomas and Mary Crawford. They have seven children, viz : Elcie A., deceased ; Oscar M., Mary A., "William T., Ettie B., Emma M. and Orpha J. Mr. Mikesell is at present a justice of the peace of Perry township.

born in Shanesville, Tuscarawas county, August, 1826. He is a son of Philip and Margaret (Shultz) Mizer, a native of Pennsylvania. William was brought up on a farm, where he remained until the fall of 1856, when he engaged in merchandising at Bakersville, where he> continued until 1866, when he returned to farming, which he followed until 1870, when he resumed merchandising, with A. Ley as partner. This firm conducted two stores, one at Shanesville and the other at Port Washington. In 1875 they sold the Shanesville store, and came to his present residence in April, 1880, one mile south of Coshocton. Mr. Mizer was married February 14, 1850, to Catharine, daughter of Michael and Sarah (Bensinger) Riggle, of Adams township. They have had five children, viz : Sarah M. v.; Philip, deceased; Elizabeth, and Hattie.

MILLS JOSEPH, New Castle township; farmer; postoffice. New Castle; was born in New Castle township, April 30, 1844: son of Samuel and Priscilla (Morford) Mills, grandson of Joseph and Mary (Exline) Mills, also grandson of William and Mary (Fulks) Morford. He attended school and worked with his father, on the farm, until the age of twenty-seven, at which time he married and began tilling the soil for himself. He is an enterprising young farmer, and highly respected by all who know him. He entered the army in February, 1865, under Captain Brophy, of Knox county, Company A, One Hundred and Ninety-fourth O. V. I., and continued imtil the close of the war. He was married to Miss Martha Preston, daughter of Jonathan and Harriet (Horner) Preston, December 27, 1870. Mrs. Mills is granddaughter of Bernard and Mary (For wood) Preston, and William and Sasannah Horner, all natives of Pennsylvania. She was born in Licking county, Ohio, June 7, 1838. This union has been blessed with two children, viz : Harriet V., born February 2, 1873, and Bernard P., born November 10, 1878.