Winchester Township (part 24 of 30)

Samuel Clark, father of our subject, was bom in Rockbridge Caunt>% Virginian 1792. He learned the trade of tanning with his brother Jhoni who Ikad a tanyard at Cherry Fork, one mile south of Harshaville, He m;irried Nancy Brown, I>ecember 20. 182 1, and settled six miles north of West Union, on the West Union and Unity road, where he continued the busmeiiS of tanning and farming until his death, March 22, 18G9. He and his wife were devoted members of the Associate Reform Church at Cherry Fork, and he ami Archa Leach were instrumental in organizing the United Presbyterian Church at Unity, of which he was a ruling elder from the time of organization until his death. His oldest son, James, remained at the old homestead, and continued the business of tanning in connection with farming. He married Margaret Holmes, who has been dead about ten years. He is now in his seventy-eighth \resLT. Sarah, the second child, died in infancy. Samuel Paul, the third child, and our subject, is now in his seventy-fourth year.

He married Sarah Clark in 185 1. To them was bom one son, Marion M. His wife died in 1854, and he married Margaret Gibbony. To them were lx)m four children. His son Marion married Mar>' Crawford, and resides on Wheat Ridge; Ora A., his second schild, is now the wife of Ricliard Fristoe, a prosperous farmer and stock dealer of Meigs Township. Tliey reside in the old Fristoe homestead at the bridge crossing Ikusli Creek. Mary Nancy was born July 15, i860, and died December 16. 1895, unmarried. Carey V. was bom September 7, 1865, and married Nora E. Hilling, and resides in the old homestead in Oliver Township.

The following are hrotlicrs and sisters of our subject: Mary, the fourth child, horn April iC, 1830, was married to Cyrus Black, who died in 18(^)4. She was again married to Rankin Leach and resides at Cherry Fork. Margaret, the fifth child, was born May 3, 1833. ^"^ ^'^d in 1891, unmarried. John was horn Xovember 18, 1835, *^"d married Nancy Coleman. His (laughter, Martha L., was born September 4, 1838, and was married to (»eorge A. McSiircly in 1869. They reside at Oxford. Ohio. Nancy A., twin sister of the (laughter last mentioned, was married to J. W. McClung in iSsc;. He is an attorney at West Union, where they now reside. Andrew R. was l)orn Octol)er 21, 1841. He married Celia Arhuthnot. daughter of the Rev. James Arbuthnot. He removed to Nebraska, where his wife died, and he married a Miss Foster. They reside at Pawnee City, Nebraska. He was a soldier in the War of the Rebellion.

.Mr. Clark and his family are all members of the Presbyterian Church. He is a ruling elder in the Wheat Ridge Chapel. He has always been a Democrat in his political views. He was a Commissioner of Adams Comity from 1875 to 1878. He l>egan life in very narrow circumstances, but by industry cou]>led with a firm determination to succeed, he has obtained a positi(Mi in which he can S]>end the remainder of his davs comfortably. I le is loved, respected, and honored by all who know him.

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of Vineyard Hill, is a prominent farmer and stock raiser of Monroe Township. He was bom September 3, 1844, near West Union, and is a son of Henry Charles, who married Susannah Cline. Joseph Charles, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a native of the Republic of Switzerland, and emigrated to America about the beginning of the Revolution, in which he was a soldier. He settled in Lancaster County, Pa., where his son Henry was bom August 16, 1803, and who after his marriage to Susannah Clinc came to Adams County in 1830, first settling on Eagle Creek. Of his children, Elizabeth married David Potts ; Jefferson lives in Scioto County ; Catherine married Wayne Mahaffey ; Fanniemarried John Symmonds ; Eliza married G. Edgington ; Joseph, a soldier of the 70th O. V. I., lives in Hillsboro; Mary married Leroy Smith; Susannah married Meredith Osman; Martha married Eli Pulliam; Benjamin, and Samuel, the subject of this sketch. He was a member of Company D, 191st O. V. L, and was mustered into service at Portsmouth, Ohio; served in the Shenandoah Valley, and was discharged August 27, 1865, at Winchester. Va. He has been a member of church since he was seventeen years of age. and at different times has been class leader. Superintendent of Sunday School and Trustee of the church. Holds his membership in the M. E. Church at Manchester. He married Margaret De Atley, daughter of James H. and Sarah Mousar De Atley, November 11. 1869. Mr. Charles has a family of twelve children. He owns 228 acres of land on Donalson Creek and is one of the prominent citizens of the community in which he resides. He is an old-fashioned Democrat of the

Isaac Cox. the paternal grandfather of our subject, was a native of the State of Maryland and came from that State to Adams County in 1801, settling on the farm now occupied by the subject of this sketch. He married a lady by the name of Austin, by whom he had two sons, William and Thomas, the latter father of our subject. Thomas married first a Miss McKnight who bore him two sons, one dying in youth, and the other, Mr. John Cox, who now resides at Washington C. H. He, after the death of his first wife, married Miss Deborah Odell, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Odell, a pioneer Methodist minister of Adams County. Thomas Cox was a soldier of the War of 181 2, and served at Sandusky. His second wife, Deborah Odell, bore him nine children, all boys: Isaac N., who died in Missouri ; Lewis E., once Clerk of the Court of Adams County; Frank and Greenleaf, now in Nebraska; George W., of Manchester; Jasper, deceased; Robert M., of Kansas; and our subject, Martin L., who was born in Liberty Township, Adams County, April 25, 1841. He now resides on the old farm and occupies the old stone house built by Henry Young in 1829. It is remarkable that there has never been a death in this house. At the time it was built. Judge Needham Perry resided on the creek just above the Cox residence and the Meharry family, mentioned elsewhere, just below Abraham Washburn joined on the south and William Mahaffey northeast on the Jacob Bissinger farm. At that time there were sixteen stillhouses within a radius of two miles, one at every good spring. Then the old log church was standing at Briar Ridge where the present M. E. and C. L^. Churches stand.

entered the 91st Ohio \'olunteer In£antr\'. July 28, 1862, at the age of thirty-eight, for a period of three years. . He was killed May 9, 1864, at the l>attle of Cloyds Mountain. His body was brought home and is in* terred in the village cemetery- at West Union. He engaged in the battle with good health, and with zeal and energy. He had worked hard to make himself an efficient officer. He was beloved by his men and respected by his fellow officers, and they regarded him as one of the ablest among them. He livcil long enough after struck to learn the result of the battle, and almost with his last breath, he thanked God that victory was soon to be ours.

ot Maysville, Ky., was born at West Union. Adams County, Ohio. March '5' J^39- His father, James M. Cole, has a separate sketch herein. His ^i^randfather Ephraim Cole, married Sophia Mitchell, the daughter of a largfe slave owner in Maryland. His father-in-law offered his son-in-law a gift of slaves which was declined. His grandfather, James Collings, r«arried Miss Christiana Davis, who was an aunt of Hon. Henry Winter Davis, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Both of his grandfathers, Cole and Collings. were soldiers in the Revohitionary War. Ephriam Cole located m Mason County, Kentucky', in 1794. and resided there till 1806, when he removed to Adams County, near West Union. James Collings moved to Adams County from Cecil County, Md., in 1794. Our subject is the youngest son and child of his parents. His twin brother. Allaniah B. Cole, resides in Chillicothe, Ohio. His parents had fifteen children, eight boys and seven girls. The sons made honorable careers in their professions and in business, and the daughters were all women of strong character, and married men who were successful in life. Our subject resided on his father's farm and attended the common schools until he was seventeen years of age. He then was sent lo the Hij^h sch(X)l at Manchester and afterwards attended the Normal school at Lebanon, Ohio. He followed the profession of teaching for several years, and then be^an reading law with the Hon. R. H. Stanton, of Maysville, Ky., and afterwards read with his brother, the late George I). Cole, of Waverly, Ohio. He was admitted to the bar at Waverly, Ohio, at the District Court in April, 1864. The court was then composed of Judge Wilde, of the Su])reme Court and Judges John Welch and Phila- (lelph \'an Trump, of the Common Pleas. After his admission, Mr. Cole located at \'ancehurg. Ky., to practice law, but remained there only till May. iS^\S. when he removed to Flemingsburg. Ky. He was elected County Attorney of Fleming County, August, i8<66, and re-elected to the same office in 1870.

In 1874. he was elected Commonwealth Attorney for the Sixteenth Ju<licial District. In 1880. he was elected Circuit Judge of the same district, (lefeatinc: the Hon. Cieorge M. Thomas, of Vanceburg. after one of the most rxcitini^ contests ever made in the district.

In Auiiust. t88(S. he was re-elected without opposition. .After his retirement from tlie bench in Xoveniher. 1886. he changed his residence fnMu Meniinj^slniri^ to Maysville. In i8t)2, after his retirement from the

Mr. Cole is a Democrat, as were his father and grandfather. It is a family trait that they should be attached to the Democratic party, and they have been firm in that political faith ever since the party was organized. Mr. Cole is a member of the Methodist Church as were his forefathers and foremothers ever since the existence of Methodism.

Mr. Cole was married May 26, 1864, to Miss Abbie T. Throop. She was a daughter of Dr. Throop and a niece of Hon. R. H. Stanton. His. wife died April 18, 1894, and on the twentieth of November, 1898, he was married to Miss L. B. Newman, of Hardin County, Ky., one of Kentucky's most beautiful and accomplished women. Mr. Cole had six children, three of whom died in infancy and three of whom are now living. His oldest son, Allaniah D. Cole, graduated at the Kentucky Wesleyan College in 1883, at the age of seventeen. He then entered the Harvard University, in the Academic Department, and graduated at the age of nineteen. He read law with the Hon. William H. Wadsworth at Maysville, Ky. His seconl son, William T. Cole, resides in Greenupsburg, and is a practicing lawyer. He graduated from the Kentucky Wesleyan College in 1888 and then entered the Vanderbilt University Law School and graduated in two years. Mr. Cole's youngest son, Henry W., is now a student of the J-Iigh school at Maysville, Ky. His two oldest sons, Allaniah and William, are making their mark and stand high in their profession. As a lawyer, Mr. Cole stands high in his profession. As a judge, he made an excellent record. As' a citizen, he is most highly esteemed.

was born in Whitehall, Washington County, New York, October 15, 1851, and was reared there. His father was Hiram Dickinson and his mother, Huldah Merrill. He attended school at the Vermont Episcopal Institute at Burlington, Vermont, from October, 1868, to August, 1870. He then went into the Merchants' National Bank of Whitehall, New York, and served as teller for nine years. In 1882 to 1883, he was a bookkeeper in Ithaca, New York.

From 1883 to 1885, he was traveling in the West. On October 16, 1889, he was married to Miss Anna M. Juliand. Her ancestors came from Guilford, Connecticut, and her seventh great- grandfather was one of the lounders of Yale College. They have two daughters, Margaret Huldah, aged tight years, and Dorothy, aged six years.

On June i, 1890, he located in West Union and opened a private bank, and has lived there ever since. He first located in the G. B. Grimes & Company building, but afterwards removed to the Leach building, where he now is. Coming directly, as he did, after the failure of G. B. Grimes & Company, it took a long time to establish confidence, but that has come. On September i, 1898, Dr. William K. Coleman took an interest in the business under the name of Coleman & Dickinson. It now has all the patronage it could expect and carries a line of $50,000 deposits, but pays no interest on them.

is a communicant of the Protestant Episcopal Chtirdu and is greatly devcted to fti interests. He is a careful business man. Coming U> Adams G>unt>% a total stranger, his life and course of business has secured the cf^nfi^lence of the entire community.

wa.H liTirn March 15, 1848, on Buck Run in Adams Count}-. His father was l>avici Franklin Doak, bom in Bracken County, Kentucky. His grandfather, F>avir] I>>ak, was bom in Loudon County, Virginia, and emigrater] to Ohio, fie was a soldier in the War of 1812, from Virginia, in a trrx/p <}i horse, in which he furnished his own horse. His grandfather and father locate^^l at Mt. Leigh in 183 1. They were all Presbyterians. His grandfather owned slaves in Kentucky and set them free because he was an anti-slavery man. He was a Whig during the existence of that party. He was a nephew of Dr. Samuel Doak, the founder of Marysville College, in Tennessee, and a cousin of the wife of Rev. John Kankin, the famous Abolitionist.

Our subject has lived in Adams County all his life. He has been County Surveyor for six years, has resided in Winchester for sixteen years, and has followed the occupation of surveyor for twent>--seven years. He attended North Liberty Academy in 1869 and 1870 and the Normal school at Lebanon in 1871 and 1872. He has always been a Republican as his father and grandfather were. He is a ruling elder in the r^resbytcrian Church of Winchester. He has carried on a drug business there for the past sixteen years. He followed the occupation of school teacher from 1869 to 1883. He was in charge of the Russellville schools in 1876, Principal of the North Liberty Academy in 1880 and Superintendent of the Winchester schools in 1881.

C)n May 25, 1S75, he was married to Eunice Fox, of Vincennes. Indiana. Tiiey have a (laughter Ruby. She took a two years' course at the Collefjfe of Music in Cincinnati and afterward attended Glendale school for two years and j^raduated there in 1899.

Mr. Doak was elected County Surveyor of Adams County in 1893. when he had forty-two majority, and in 1896, when he had forty-seven majority.

Mr. Doak is a man of high character, and has the respect and confidence of all wiio know Iiim. He is just and upright in every relation of life and is admired for his qualities as a Christian gentleman.

The writer of this sketch having been personally acquainted with this subject for forty years, takes great pleasure in this labor. The histor\' of Adams County and of Manchester could not be written without mention (>f David Dnnl>ar. From 1820, until the present time, he has been identified with the county and has been an important factor in all of its affairs since his majority, and in all that time he has been the same honest, honorable citiziMi and consistent Christian that we find him to-day. His name discloses the country of his ancestors, and he has the good qualities of his Scotcli forhearer with all their faults and weaknesses left out.

Diogenes could have thrown away his latem in looking about for an honest man, if David Dunbar had been around. Over six feet tall, with a patriarchial beard and a commanding appearance, his person would have attracted attention evervwhere.

He was bom in West Union in the house just west of the old stone church where Vene Edgington now lives, on the fourth of February, 1829. when the village was but sixteen years old. The howling of the wolves in the vicinity of the new town of log houses was among his lullabies.

His father was Hamilton Dunbar, a sketch of whom is given elsewhere, and his mother, Delilah Sparks, daughter of Salathiel Sparks, one of the pioneers of Adams County. His father was born in Winchester, Virginia, in 1782, and his mother in Pennsylvania in 1792. They were married in West Union in 1808. He was one of the nine children bom between 1809 and 1827. His mother died August 14, 1828, and he was left to the care of his older sisters. He had such schooling as the period afforded and on January 28, 1825, at the age of fifteen, was left a double orphan by the death of his father of the dread pestilence, the Asiatic cholera.

In A. D. 1832, the sentiment in Adams County as to the necessity of a boy learning a trade was about the same as it was in A. D. 32, at Tarsus, when St. Paul as a boy, set out to learn tent making. Accordingly, David Dunbar, the boy of twelve, was sent to Pine Grove Furnace to learn to mould tea-kettles and hollow ware. He commenced work with Solomon Isaminger at a stipulated sum. He only remained with Isaminger but .^ix months, but he followed the business of moulding at Pine Grove, Aetna, Union, Vesuvius, Bloom and Franklin Furnaces for four years, but he did not like the business nor the associations and he determined to leave and learn another business. As everyone rode horseback in those days, and as horses were then equivalent to a legal tender, he concluded to learn the saddlery business and begun at Aberdeen, Ohio, in February, 1837. He worked at this business at various places and under different places until he became of age in 1841 when he located at Clayton, Ohio, and set up in the saddlery business for himself. Here he held his first office, that of Constable, but achieved no particular distinction in it. At this place, he connencted himself with the Methodist Episcopal Church in February, 1842. When he removed to Manchester in 1844, he connected himself with the Methodist Episcopal Church until 1869. In that year he transferred his membership to the Methodist Protestant Church on account of its form of church government, dispensing with Bishops and giving representations in the annual conferences. He has retained his membership in the Methodist Protestant Church ever since, that body having been organized in Manchester, January 23, 1869.

In September, 1844, Mr. Dunbar entered into partnership with his brother, John, in the saddlery business at West Union, Ohio, but not liking it, on December 5, 1844, he dissolved partnership with his brother, and went to Manchester and formed a partnership with John W. Coppell, under the name of Coppell & Dunbar, in the saddlery business, which was continued until February. 1846, when the firm dissolved and our subject retired. At the same time, he formed a partnership with

Major V'inson Cropper, under the name of Cropper & Dunbar, and the two built and conducted the first wharfboat ever located in Manchester. This formed a new departure in business at Manchester and made it quite a shipping point. The firm received goods for West Union, Jacksonville, Locust Grove, and as far north as Sinking Springs in Higfa^d County. During the time this firm conducted the wharfboat, John Buchannan had the contract to furnish oats for the U. S. Armv in Mexico and thev did not have room to store away on the wharfboat, the many thousands of sacks of oats which he delivered to them from West Union. Smith and Davis owned and ran a packet line at that time between Portsmouth and Cincinnati. Their lx)ats were the Ashland and Belle Aire, one up. one down each day. In low water, the same company ran the Mingo Chief and the Planet. The same firm built the Scioto and the Scioto Xo. 2. There was a daily packet line from Cincinnati to Portsmouth at that time, and their boats were the Alleghany, New England, Buckeye State, Cincinnati, Brilliant, Messenger, and De Witt Clinton. All of these landed regularly at Cropper & Dunbar's wharf and transacted a great deal of business. In 1849, ^^r. Dunbar disposed of his interest in the wharfboat and returned to the saddlery business, which he continued until 1852, when he went into the grocery trade, which he has remained in until the present time.

It will be observed that Mr. Dunbar had a penchant for forming partnerships, but on September 12, 1848, he formed the most important partnership of his life and one that has continued to the present time. On that day he was married to Miss Nancy J. Dougherty. For over fifty years, he and his wife have trod the pathway of life side by side, hand in hand. They have shared many blessings together and have had their portion of sorrows, among which was the loss of a bright son, at the age of seven years, in 1877.

Mr. Dunbar was an ardent and enthusiastic Whig during the existence of that party. When that party dissolved after the Presidential election of 1852. he cast his political fortunes with the Democratic part and from it lie received the appointment of Postmaster at Manchester in 1855, which he continued to hold until 1866.

In i860, Mr. Dunbar became a Republican, and in 1861 there was an election held by the patrons of the Manchester postoffice to determine who should be recommended for the appointment. Mr. Dunbar received the endorsement of a larg^e majority of both Democrats and Republicans and he was reappointed by the Republican administration. In 1866, he refused to Johnsonize and was removed, and Wm. L. Vance appointed in his place.

vSince 18^)0. Mr. Dunbar has remained firm in his attachment to the Kepiihlicaii party and has enjoyed the fullest confidence of its leaders in this v^tati'.

He has a son. John K. Dunbar, one of the foremost men of Mancluster, and three daughters. Anna, the wife of Marion Crissman, who carries on one of the most extensive businesses in the county, and Misses Minnie and Emma, residinpf at home.

Just in all his dealings, he has acquired a competence to cpmfort him and sustain him in independence in his old age. A successful business man, an honest and just citizen, a consistent Christian, he has made out of this life all there is in it. Surrounded by his children and gradchildren, respected and venerated by all, h« is a living epistle, read and known of all men, showing that the practice of the cardinal virtues is the reward of the righteous, a good old age, and when "Finis" is written at the- close of his record by the Recording Angel, it will be one he will not be ashamed to meet on the Judgment Day and it will be one of which his children and grandchildren may be proud.

son of Hvman Israel DeBruin and Rebecca Easton DeBruin, was the oldest of a family of twelve children. His father, Hyman Israel DeBruin, was bom of Jewish parents in Amsterdam, Holland, December 24, 1796. He came to America in 1816, locating in Maysville, Ky. His mother, Rebecca Easton, was born in Lincolnshire, England, March 28, 1804.

Israel Hyman, the subject of this sketch, was born in Maysville, Kentucky, April 23, 1823. When he was ten years old, in 1833, he, with his parents removed to Winchester, Adams County, Ohio, where after attending school one year, at the age of eleven, he entered his father's stoie as a clerk in which position he remained seventeen years. He then with his brother-in-law, Judge Wm. M. Meek, purchased the business from his father, and in two years later he bought his brother-in-law's interest and took control of the entire business and conducted it until 1879.

He united with the M. E. Church, January, 1844, and was an earnest, zealous member of the same, exemplifying in his life the faith he professed, for many years serving as a licensed minister of the church. He served in the army of the rebellion as Quartermaster of the Seventieth Regiment, O. V. I., joining the regiment of Camp Hamer, West Union, October 12, 1861. On account of failing health, he tendered his resignation from the service, which was accepted June 2, 1863.

In 1880. he was appointed Clerk of the Ohio Penitentiary, removing with his family to Columbus, Ohio, and some months later was appointed Chaplain of that institution, under the administration of Gov. Foster, serving four years. He was again appointed Chaplain under Gov. Foraker's administration, and served four years. For about eight years he filled the position of Clerk in the Board of Education in the city of Columbus, which position he occupied at the time of his death.

He was married to Elizabeth Middletown, September 21, 1847. To them were bom ten children, five of whom are still living. She died January 23, 1866. He was married to Elizabeth Howard, July 23, 1867, and to this union were bom nine children, seven of whom are still living. He was a man of the most noble and generous impulses. His conscience was as tender as that of an innocent child and he always aimed to follow its voice. He was truly and sincerely pious and religious and convinced all who knew him of the fact by his daily life. He aimed to do all the gcxxi he could and avoid all evil. All who knew him well loved him for his qualities of character. Were the world made up of men of his stamp, the millenium would not have to be looked for, it would be here.

was bom in Sprigg Township, Adams County. Ohio. October lo. 1856, son of Richard M. and Margaret (Lytle) Edgington. His fother and his grandfather were both born in Sprigg To^^^nship. His grandmother^s (Phoebe Edgington) maiden name was Noleman. His great-grandfather, George Edgington, located in Adams County among the first settlers. He was from Virginia. He settled at Bentonville and one of his daughters married William Leedom. who kept a famous tavern on Zane*s Trace as early as 1807. The Edgingtons were Baptists from the first settlers. They at first kept their membership in the dhurch at West Union. Afterwards they removed it to the church at Bentonville.

Lindsey Edgington spent his childhood and boyhood at Bentonville and attended school there. He also attended a select school there from 1848 to 1851, taught by Prof. Miller. In 1855. he took up the profession of school teacher and taught for five years, two years in Coles County, Illinois. In 1857 and 1858, he taught in Ohio, and in 1859, in Missouri. He returned to Ohio in i860 and October 19, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, 70th O. V. I. He was made Second Sergeant when the company was organized. On March i, 1862, he was made Sergeant Major of the Regiment, and on October 6, 1864, was made First Lieutenant and Adjutant.

On December i, 1864, he was made a Captain and assigned to Company H. On April 9, 1865, he was detailed as Aid-decamp on the staff of Major General William B. Hazen and served as such until August 14, 1865. Any soldier reading this record will understand from it that Captain Ed^ngton made an excellent soldier and was a most efficient officer. A history of his service would be a history of the 70th O. \'. I., which is found elsewhere. He was in no less than fifteen battles, was in the March to the Sea, and in the assault on Fort McCallister, and was in the Great Review at Washington, D. C, May 24, 1865.

From 18^)5 to 1867, he was in the mercantile business at Bentonville. Ohio. From 1867 to 1883, he was employed as a tra^'eling salesman for mercantile houses in Portsmouth and in Cincinnati, Ohio. He located in West Union in 1883 in the grcx:er\' and hardware business and has been enf^aj:(ed in it ever since.

He was married April 17, 1867, to Miss Eliza Jane Hook and has two sons and a (laughter. His sons, Sherman R., and Eustace B., are enj^^a^^ed in business with him. His daughter Elizabeth is the wife of James O. McMannis. late Probate Judge of Adams County. He is a nicnilKT of the C^rand Army of the Republic, of the Military- Order of the l^oyal Legion, Ohio Comniandery of Manchester Lodge of Free and Accejited Masons of .Manchester Chapter of Royal Arch Masons. He is a Republican in jx^litics but never has taken any active part in political work.

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Mr. Edgington is a man who has made no mistakes in life. He is capable and enterprising in business, a valuable and valued citizen. He is always ready to contribute of his means and influence toward any object calculated for the good of the community. His record as a teacher, a soldier, an officer and a citizen is without reproach.

of West Union, Ohio, was bom at Aberdeen, Ohio, October i6, 1853. He was the son of William and Mary A. (Gaffin) Edgington. His grandfather, Absalom! Edgington, was a native of Sprig-g Township, Adams County. He spent his toyhood at Bentonville attending the public schools at that place, receaving a limited education. He learned the shoemaker's trade with his father and worked at that until 1876. In 1878, he removed to West Union and engaged in the barber business, in which he is still engaged.

He married Retta Clark, daughter of William Clark, of Fayette County, Ohio, in 1874. The children of this marriage are Bertha, deceased; Francis, wife of Sherman Daulton; Kilby Blaine, seventeen years of age; Blanche, fourteen years of age; Albert, eleven years of age; Myrtle, three years of age.

He is a Republican and takes an active part in local politics. He is a member of West Union Council and School Board, a member of Crystal I^ge, No. 114, Knights of Phythias, and of No. 43, Free and Accepted Masons, of West Union.

Mr. Edgington is an honest and upright citizen. He takes a very active interest in the fraternal orders of which he is a member. He is a zealous and earnest worker in his party.

was born in Manchester, April 21, 1845, the son of William and Mary Ellison. He received his education in the public schools at Manchester and has resided there all his life. Het was married October 7, 1868, to Isabella Harris, of Greene County, Ohio, and has two children, a son and a daughter. He has given most of his attention to farming and stock raising. In May, 1872, he became cashier of the Manchester National Bank and continued such for four years.

In 1879, he was elected Auditor of Adams County and held the office one term, three years. Then he went into the banking business on his own account, and to dealing in leaf tobacco. In 1889, he closed out his banking busmess and since then he has been exclusively engaged in farming. He is a member of the Odd Fellows and Knights of Phythias. He has been a Republican all his life.

son of John Ellison, Jr., Sheriff of Adams County, 1806-10, and grandson of Andrew Ellison, of "stone house'* celebrity, whose father was John Ellison, the emigrant, was born at old Buckeye Station, March 24, 1821, and died in Manchester, April 5, 1872. His mother was Ann Barr, a native of Adams County, and his grandmother was Mary McFarland, a native of the Emerald Isle, who was married to Andrew Ellison previous to his coming to America. John Ellison, the subject of this sketch, received the rudiments of an English education in the schools such as were afforded in Adams County in his early youth. He afterwards spent some time at old Marietta College, one of the early educational institutions of Ohio. He early engaged in mercantile pursuits in which he was actively and successfully engaged until the time of his demise. While never robust, yet he undertook and carried fonii'ard enterprises of business which required the greatest mental and physical exertion. He was an alert, public spirited citizen, ever ready to lend assistance to promote and advance the interests of the community in which he made his home and the county of his birth. He was one of the first advocates of the free turnpike road system of the State. He established the first bank in Manchester in the building which Thomas O'Neill now occupies on Water Street.

In 1866, heu in connection with Peter Shiras and Robert H. Ellison, organized the banking house of John Ellison & Company. And just previous to his decease, established the First National Bank of Manchester in the building now occupied by the Manchester Bank. At the time of Morgan's Raid in 1863. he, assisted by his wife, sealed up the bonds and species of the bank amounting to $100,000, in fruit jars, and buried them in Keith's hollow back of Manch«ter, where they remained undisturbed until after all danger from Morgan's marauders had passed.

Mr. Ellison was a consistent and honored member of the Presbyterian Church during his lifetime, serving for many years as one of its dders and Sunday School Superintendent. In politics he adhered to the principles of the Republican party after its organization, although his grandfather and father were supporters of the doctrines of Jefferson and Jackson. In early manhood he wedded Miss Helena Baldwin, a daughter of Elijah Baldwin, a wealthy wcrchant and trader of Manchester, of whom is is said that he sent more keel-boats loaded with bacon and flour from Manchester to New Orleans than any other merchant of his day. On one occasion, when delayed at New Orleans for means of transportation home by water, he set out on foot and walked the entire distance across the country home, at a time when it was worth a man's life to undertake such a journey through a sparsely settled region infested with bandits of the most daring class. After the death of his first wife, he married Miss Caroline, her sister, with whom he resided until his decease. The fruits of the first marriage were Andrew, Anna, and John Prescott, the latter of whom yet survive. Of the second marriage, the children are Helena, who died in infancy; Esther, who married Stewart Alexander, a prominent business man of Adams County, and Lonvica, a bright and interesting woman, recognized as a leader in social, church, and charitable affairs in her native community, now married to J. G. Nicholson, of Manchester.

Ik- was horn July 10, 1831, in Manchester, Adams County, the ninth of ten children of the first marriage of Judge Joseph Eylar. He was taught what the District school could give him. His father was a tanner and he learned the trade under him. In 1832 to 1857, he conducted a

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On May 30. 1858, he was married to Miss Martha Cannon and began housekeeping" in West Union. He moved to Locust Grove from West Union in i860 and has resided there ever since. From i860 to 1865, he kept hotel in the property formerly occupied by Mrs. Jeremiah Cannon. In i8(')5, he took the present Eylar Hotel and conducted it until his death. For some time after returning to Locust Grove he carried on farnfing.

He was Justice of the Peace of Franklin Township from 1875 to 1878 and from 1881 to 1896. He was the father of nine children, as follows: Jennie, married James C. Copeland and resides in Locust Grove; Oliver Rodney, physician, located at Cynthiana, Pike County, Ohio. He graduated as M. D., April 12, 1900, from Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio. He was married to Miss Lilly B. Newland in 1885. The second daughter, Hettie. married R. D. McClure and died in 1890, leaving one child. Elizabeth married Jacob Randolph Zile, Ex-Commissioner of Adams County, and a prosperous farmer. Oscar Coleman married Laura Rearick and is a farmer near Locust Grove. Ella and Ruth reside with their mother. Alverda died at the age of four years. John Randolph, the youngest, resides with his mother in the old home.

In politics, Mr. Eylar was always a Democrat. He took an active part in all the contests in which his party was engaged. He usually attended all the conventions and was active in the caucuses and at the polls. He had a fascination and love for political contests. He was not religious in the sense of church membership, but aimed to deal fairly with all men. He was a heavy set man, over the medium height, of a dark complexion, dark hair and broad, with a saturnine expression. While he could laugh and enjoy humor, his usual mood was serious and earnest to an unusual degree. ^ He was kind to his family and loyal to his friends. For his enemies lie cared bnt little. He aimed to do the best he could for those dependent on him and that is the l^st any one can do. He died March II, 1897.

was born at West Union, Ohio, .August ii, 1859, the son of Thomas and Mary McXeiian tCllison. His grandfather, James Ellison, was born near Dublin. Ireland, December 25, 1776, and died September 5, 1865. He was a member of the royal bodyguard of the king of England for sixteen years. He was married to Mary Stewart in 1806.

Thomas Ellison, father of our subject, was born in Adams County ii) 1822. He followed farming in his early life, eventually engaged in merchandising. He was a man of fine appearance, pleasing address, and very much liked by his acqtiaintances and friends. He was very popular, was a Democrat, and as such was elected Treasurer of Adams Countv. and served from to When the war broke out, he went with the

70th O. ^^ L as sutler. Later he located in Tunica County, Mississippi, where he engaged in cotton raising. He was also interested in the steamer Natonia, which plied on the Mississippi River. He died Julv 16. 1868, at West Union, Ohio.

blue blood Yankees. Our subject graduated from the West Union schools, and afterwards took a course in the Adams County Normal schools. He taught for a time in the West Union schools and read law under the late John K. Billings. He was admitted to practice law at Portsmouth, April 20, 1876. He located in Waverly for the practice of the law and ever since has resided there.

In politics, he has always been a Democrat. In 1880, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Pike County, and was re-elected in 1883, serving six years in tli^t office, in which he acquired a reputation for industry, zeal and ability in his profession. In the time he held the office, he drew no less than four hundred indictments, only one of which was ever hdd defective. In the same time,he collected and paid into the county treasury more forfeited recognizances than any of his predecessors. Since he retired from the Prosecutor's office, he has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession and is retained in all the important litigation of his county. He was one of the attorneys for the defense in the famous case of the State against Isaac Smith, indicted for murder in the first degree, of Stephen Skidmore, and distinguished himself in the conduct of that case. He was married l^'ebruary 16, 1887 to Lucy, daughter of John R. Douglas, and has three children.

In his practice, he first obtains a full knowledge of the facts of the case, both from his client's and his opponents' standpoints. He then investigates the law applicable to each and all theories the court might assume. He goes into court with all his cases thoroughly prepared as to law and facts, and will not file a case for a client unless he believes the chances for success are largely in his favor. Like the famous Luther Martin, of Maryland, he is "always sure of his evidence." He is naturally eloquent and one of his cotemporaries says he is the most eloquent member of the Waverly bar. In his arguments to the jury, he is magnetic. In his arguments to the court, no point escapes him. He brings them all out. He always understands his case fully before bringing it to trial. He is as zealous for a poor client as a rich one. He is of a benevolent disposition and very charitable. He is a brilliant cross-examiner. He conducts a cross-examination rapidly and pleasantly, but always with a denouement in view. Following these principles, he has already established a reputation as a lawyer and bids fair in the course of a ripe experience to be as able as any in the State.

of West Union, son of L. L. Edgington and Eliza J. Hook, was born at Bentonville, Adams County, June 24, 1869. In his boyhood he clerked during school vacation in the general grocery store of Edgington & Mc- Govney, in Cnion. After the dissolution of that firm he became a partner with his father, succeeding to the business of the old firm, where he is yet successfully engaged. June 15, 1898, he married Miss Hattie, the estimable daughter of J. W. Hedrick, of Russellville, Ohio, Our subject is one of the substantial young business men of Adams County and stands high in the community in which he resides. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and Treasurer and Secretary of the

Preshytvrian Sabfiath School. He is a member of West Union Lod^e. No. 43. F. 8l a. M., and holds the responsible position of Treasurer of the of Uliic Creek, is one of the prominent physicians and surgeons of Aclams County. Ho is a son of Dr. T. C. Edgington and Le\'ina Stewart, daughter ni Joseph Stewart, of Sprigg Township, a soldier of the War of 181 2. who died at the ripe old age of ninety-two years.

The subject of this sketch attended the public schools of Winchester, where he was lH)rn N'ovemlier 16. 1867, and the public schools of Bentonville. He atten<led the North Liberty Academy when in charge of F^rof. E. 1^ Stivers, and afterwards the Normal Cniversitv at Lebanon. Ohio. He was a successful teacher in Adams Coimtv for several years. He took a cmirse in Starling Medical College at Columbus. Ohio, graduating in 18115. He opened an office in Rome. Adams County, that year, where he remained until 1898. After graduating in the New York Polyclinic, he liKated at l»lue Creek, where he has a large and lucrative practice.

March 15. i8c>3. he married Miss Anna Case, the estimable slaughter of Martin Case and Christiana Heizer. To this union have been \x>m Claude !».. .August 28, 181)4. who died in infancy; Harry W. Decenil>er 2. i8i>5, (lied I>eceml>er 4, i8l|(>: Paul J.. April 2*). 1898.

The ancestors of Rev. Evans. Thomas Evans and Elizabeth Greentr, came from North Carolina to X'irginia. and thence to Fleming County. Kentucky, where he was lM»rn June 18. 1838. His ancestors all lived to was born at I^>cust Grove. Adams County, September 26, 1846. His father's name was Alfred A. Eylar. a son of Judge Eylar, one of the Ass^xMate Judges of Adams County. His mother's maiden name was Rebecca A. Cockerill, daugiiter of Gen. Daniel Cockerill, who formerly resided at what is now Seaman Station, on the C. P. & V. Railroad. She was a sister of Cx)I. Joseph Randolph Cockerill. whose portrait and sketch apfKfars in this work. His parents removed to Illinois in the Fall of 1856, and settleid on a farm near Pontiac. Our subject had the advantages of a common scliool education until he was about twenty years of age, when he attended a commercial college at Peoria, Illinois, and graduated from there. On his return to Pontiac, he was employed by DuflF & Cowen, bankers, and remained in their employ about a year. He was then tendered the position of Deputy County Clerk of Livingstone County, which position he accepted and served for at)out two years, when he again returned to the employment of Duff & Cowen, t)ankers, and remained with them until the Fall of 1870. In 1871, the Livingstone County Naticmal Bank was organized, and he remained with that institution for over seventeen years. His health becoming poor, he resigned as cashier of the Bank in r)ctol)er, 1878, and went to the Pacific coast, locating at Fair Haven. alx)ut one hundred miles north of Seattle on Puget Sound. While there he was engaged in the mortgage loan business. He remained there three >'«ars and returned to Pontiac, his old position as cashier of the bank having been previously tendered him, and he at once assumed it on his return. The former president of the bank, J. M. Greenbaum, having died in February, 1887, he was soon afterwards elected president, which position he has continued to hold. This bank has been very successful. It has weathered all financial storms in times of depression. It has at all times enjoyed the confidence of the people of the community in which it is located.

Our subject was one of four children, three boys and one g^rl. The el(U\st, a son, died in infancy, before his parents left Ohio: a brother A. W. Eylar, a resident of Arizona, died about thirteen years ago: a sister, Alverda, was married to Mr. Filiuore. fornierlv of Pontiac. Thev removed to C'alitornia and for several years have resided at Los Angeles.

He was married to Miss Alice Hombeys, of Pontiac, Illinois, in 1870. They luid one child, a dauj^hter, who died at the age of six months in June. 1873. and in May, 1874. his wife died of consumption. He has never remarried. A friend thus writes of him :

"Mr. Fvylar is a man of the strictest integrity, a warm and sympathetic frieiul, a k^krI citizen, having decided political opinions, but seldom expressing them and with no desire for office, a capital business man as attested bv his lon^r ct.»nntvtion with and now at the head of one of our strongest fiiuuicial institutions, the Livingstone County National Bank, tie i> highl\ respected by owv ])ei>j)le and loved by his intimates."

wa^ Ikmii l>ecenil>er -\^. 184^. cm Donalson Creek, in Monroe Township. Adain^ ^.'<>iini\ . Ohio. His father. Morris Edgfington. was bom in -Vdains CoHin\. near Manchester, in 1S2;. His mother's maiden name was Nancy Bradford, a daughter of Jacob Bradford, of Kentucky. His father and mother were bom in 1845, and his grandfather, Absalcxn Edgington, bom in Pennsylvania in 1776, located in Adams County early in ifoo, and died in 1853.

Our subject was reared in Manchester, and went to school there until 1863, when his parents removed to Portsmouth and he attended school there a short time. His father returned to Manchester in 1864, and in 1866, George W. Edgington left school to begin work. He learned the stoneware business with Pettit & Burbage and afterwards with John Parks. Pettit & Burbage were succeeded in business- by Arch Means, and in 1870, our subject bought out Arch Means, and conducted the business until 1876, when he sold out to Mark Penny wit, and from that time to the present, has been a steamboatman. His first venture was with the Handy Na I in the Maysville trade. He ran her a year and then she was destroyed in the ice. This discouraged him somewhat and he sold the wreck of the Handy No. i and went to farming for two years in Kentucky, at the end of which he sold his farm for thirty acres of land in the west end of Manchester and lived on it. However, the career of farming was too slow for him, and in 1878, he went on the Fleetwood as watchman and second mate. He remained on her for two years, when he bought a third interest of the steamboat John Kyle and put her in the Vanceburg and Portsmouth trade for one season. He sold his interest in her in the Fall and went on the New Handy No. i as pilot. He was on her and along the side of the Phaeton when it blew up in June, 1881, in which explosion eight persons were killed and he was one of the injured. Afterwards, he went on the steamboat Return, in the Manchester and Portsmouth trade, as pilot, in 1881. He also piloted the Maysville ferry-boat for a few months, and then went as pilot of the Clipper, and ran her from Ripley to New Richmond for a short time. He then bought the Katy Prather from James Foster, and made her a packet, and ran her from Maysville to Manchester from 1883 to 1888. In 1888, he built the Silver Wave. That was a prosperous year for him. He sold the Silver Wave to Captain Webb for seven thousand dollars, having made four thousand dollars in fourteen months. In 1890. he bought the M. P. Wells for $8,300, and rebuilt her in 1897, and now runs her from Portsmouth to Cincinnati, leaving Portsmouth every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 10:30 A. M., and leaving Cincinnati every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 5 P. M. In 1894. he bought the Reliance of Captain A. W. Williamson, and ran her in the Portsmouth and Rome trade. She was sunk at Higginsport on the twenty-fifth of July, 1895. In 1892, he bought the Bellevue, and made her a tow-boat between Buena Vista and Cincinnati until 1895. He sold her for the Silver Wave, rebuilt her and kept her in the Vanceburg and Maysville trade until July, 1897, when she was burned up, lying at the bank for repairs. The M. P. Wells ran from Augusta to Mavsville and connected with the Silver Wave. From the wreck of the Silver Wave he built the William Duffie, and sold her to Michael Duffie, at Marietta, for the Rob Roy. He bought the Charles B. Pearce in 1899 and rebuilt her. She is now engaged in the Portsmouth and Cincinnati trade, leaving Portsmouth at 10:30 A. M. on each Monday, Wednesday and Friday,andCincinnati each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 5 P.M.

( )ur subject is master of the Charles ij. Pearce. He was married DecemIxT 20. 18^*^. to Nannie E. Scott, daiijjhter of Andrew Scott. Hi? eldest s*in. John Emery, is tlic master of the steamboat M. P. Wells: his son. Arch 1)., is pilot of the M. P. Wells and his son. Robert W., is clerk. His s«in, Andrew Morris, is pilot on the Charles !». Pearce: his dauf^hter, Edna Mary, is the wife of Edwin Smith, of .Aufjiista. Kentucky, who is clerk nn the steamer Pearce: his daughter. Estella. is the wife of Robert Hedj^es. clerk on the M. P. Wells. His tw«) youngest sons. Earnest, ag"ed nine years, and Roy. aged six, are at the family home in Augusta, Kentucky.

In jxilitics. Captain E<lgington is a Re]>ublican. He is one of the most energetic, industrious men, anywhere in the river trade. He has o]xrrated independent lines of boats between Portsmouth and Cincinnati since 1876. He has been able to obtain the good will of all the people along the river and make money, in face of the great oppjosition of the White Collar Line. As a steamboatman, he has been verv successful and his career will compare favorably with that of Captain William McClain, who, in his day. was designated as the prince of all steamboatmen of his time, or anv other time, since the first steamboat went down the Ohio in 181 1. Captain Edgington will not, however, be content with the title given Captain McCIain, or with a reputation equal to his. H he lives and has exTfn fair luck. Ix* will go down to posterity as the most famous steamboatman of his time, or any other time, and he will have his whole family and his posterity in the same business.

liveryman and transfer agent at Manchester. Ohio, was bom in Baltimore, Maryland, September 23, 1864. His father, Herman Erdbrink. was liorn in Hanover, Germany, as well as his mother, Caroline Schnitker. Thev wcr* niarrie<l in Ck-rmany in i8'^>5. and came directly to the I'nitcd States on their \ve<l<ling trip. They locrted in Baltimore. Maryland. Mr. Errlhrink's father was an ex]K)rter of tobacco for the German j^<nernnient. Just before leaving Germany, he obtained a contract from the imperial government for furnishing the government with tobacco for five years : and came to this coimtry to purchase and send it to German v. His contract was by the pound, and he shipp>ed over five thousand hogsheads of tobacco each year. He retained the contract by renewals, until his death in 1871. in Xew York City, where he dropped dead on the street, suddenly. }^is family were residing in Baltimore at that time, and :he mother of our subject is still living in that city.

Our subject was the fifth child of six children. He was educated in the German Lutheran schools of Baltimore, Maryland, until the age uf thirteen. He attended the Public schools for one year and then left sch<x>l. .At the age of fifteen he went to clerking in Baltimore, and remained in that work until 1884. Pie then undertook to travel over ilie \v'j>teni part of the I'nited States as a salesman of rubber goods, and remained in tliat ]>usiness for fourteen vears. He came to Manchester on business in 180T. and made that his home thereafter. He was marrie<l in Manoliestcr. on the thirtieth of January. i8q2. to Miss Tcie Stivers, dani^hter of Lvman P. Stivers, a former sheriff of the coiintv.

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He bought out the Trent Brothers* livery business, and from that time gave his attention exclusWely to the livery business. He bought out the Perry and Swearingen stables in December, 1899, ^"^ consolidated their business with his own. He now has what is known as the Lang Stable, with the most complete livery in town. He has the transfer agency for the C. & O. Railroad, and takes passengers and baggage to and from the station in Kentucky. He has two children, Lorena Matilda, aged seven ; and Carl Wayne, aged four. In his political views, he is a Republican. He is a member of the German Lutheran Church. He is a Knight of Pythias in the subordinate lodge and in the uniform rank.

was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on the twentieth of July, 1816. His father was John Ebrite, a German, and his mother was Catherine McElroy, of Irish descent. He emigrated to Adams County when a young man. He received a conxmon school education. He was born and reared a Democrat but identified himself with the old Abolition party, and after the abolition of slavery, he beecame a Republican. He has been a Trustee of his Township for a number of years. He has been a member of the Methodist Church since 1840 and has been a steward nearlv all of that time.

He married Rachel Cooper on December 23, 1841. He has three sons and four daughters. His sons are John W., Albert Q., William T., and one daughter, Effie Sydney, who resides at home.

one of the editors of this work, came into the present world June 4, 1842, at Sardinia. Brown County, Ohio. His father was Edward Patton Evan?, who was then a lawyer practicing in Brown and Highland Counties. His mother was Amanda Jane King, born June 20, 1824. His father resided in Sardinia until April, 1847. when he removed to West Union, Adams County, to practice his profession. Our subject resided in West l^nion from that time until the Fall of i860. He went through the usual experiences of boyhood, enjoyed all its pleasures and endured its sorrows. As a schoolboy, he showed a dis|)osition to take life seriously, which has followed him all his life.

In the FaH of i860, he attended North Liberty Academy, and in January, 1861, he entered the Freshman class of Miami University, half advanced. He remained in that school until June, 1863, when he enlisted in the 129th O. V. I. He was made First Lieutenant of Company G in that regiment, and with it marched to Cumberland Gap, which was taken by capitulation from the Rebel General Frazier on September 9, 1863. His regiment was attached to the Second Brigade, Second Division. Ninth Army Corps, under General Ambrose E. Burnside. He participated in the campaign in East Tennessee against Longstreet. On March 8, 1864, the regiment was mustered out, and he returned to Miami L'niversity, where he graduated in June, 1864. On the eighteenth of September, 1864, he was appointed Adjutant of the 173rd O. V. I., and joined his regiment at Nashville, Tenn. The regiment performed duty about Nashville until the time of the battle, when it was placed in the

^Jn September 9« 1866, he was married to IGss Lizzie Henderc^on, of Middktown, Ohio. He vas a School Examiner of the covrntr for lwo and a half years. He was City Solicitor of Portsmouth, Ohio. fr^.mi 1871 to 1875* Register in Banknqitcy of the Eleventh District of Ohio from 1870 to 1878, and a member of the Board of Education of the city of Portsmouth for ten years. He is one of the Tmstees of Miami University, and a vestr}'man of AD Saints EfMscopal Church. For nine > earfr he has been a Trustee of the Children's Ho^rital of the Protestant Episcopal Church, at CincinnatL He has two dangfaters, Gladys and MurieL In politics, he is and always has been a Republican.

A friend who had known Mr. Evans since 1871 speaks of him as follows : ''Captain Evans is one of the foremost attorneys at the Portsmouth bar, and has a large and lucrative practice. He is an indefatitiMt worker and in the preparation of his cases for trial, makes himself thorouj^chly familiar with every detail and fights to the last in the interest of ih(js(i he represents. He is a good counsellor, a safe and a careful businesK and commercial lawyer. In his intercourse with his fellow men he is frank, open, courteous, accommodating and al^^'ays true to his friends. His intimate associates are those who like him best. Socially he stands hij^li, and his honesty and integrity make him respected by all."

was born July 13, 1 851, at the old homestead in the great bend of Brush Oeek. iiis father was Richard Fristoe, and his mother, Anna Sample. His ^grandfather, Richard Fristoe, was a native of Virginia, but emi- ^rat<*d to Mason County, Kentucky, where he spent his life. His son, Richard Fristoe. was born in Virginia in 1802, and was about five vcars old when his father moved to Kentuckv.

Richard Fristoe, father of our subject, settled in Adams County, in 1832, and resided on the Fristoe place until within four years of his rlratli on the eighth of January, 1881. Before he located in Adams Count V, lie was a tobacco dealer and traveled the road from Mavs\Tlle U) Cliillic othc. and on one of these trips, he became acquainted with his wife, ffo boupfht the Sample farm, where Sample's Tavern had been kept and went to farming in 1833, ^^^ continued that occupation until.

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on account of age, he retired from al! business. The Samples were of German nationality. Our subject was the youngest of five children. He was reared on his father's farm and outside of the District schools, attended school at Lebanon, Ohio. At sixteen years, he began the career of a teacher of District schools and followed tt for sixteen years.

On November 8, 1877, he was married to Miss Media Halltday, and there were two children of this marriage, Annabelle and Mack. His wife died November 14, 1889, and in i^i, he married Miss Mertie M. Hooper, who, with three children, survives him.

He was located at Dunkinsville from 1877 to 1886 in the business of selling farm implements, fertilizers, etc. In 1886, he removed to Peebles, where he was a member of the Village Council for two terms. He continued to reside in Peebles until he took the office of Treasurer of Adams County, which he held from September, 1894, to September, 1898, being the nineteenth person who had held that office between 1800 and 1894. After leaving the Treasurer's office in 1898, he continued to reside in West Union until his death, which occurred Saturday, September 10, 1899.

Mr. Fristoe was one of the most popular men of Adams County. As a public officer, he was accommodating, prompt and efficient. In his political views, he was a Democrat and took a prominent part in the councils of his party. He was an Odd Fellow and a Mason. In his last sickness, he united with the Methodist Episcopal Church and died in that faith. He was a man universally liked and respected for all those qualities of character which make up true manhood.

retired farmer and trader, Dunkinsville, was bom on the old Fields homestead, on Ohio Brush Creek, in Jefferson Township, April i, 1833. He is a son of Samuel R. Fields and Hannah Evans, his wife, a daughter of Thomas Evans, who lived in Adams County until 1852, when he moved to Iowa, where he died. He was a soldier of the War of 1812 and received a land warrant for his services which he located in Iowa. Samuel! R. Fields was born August 13, 1803, and died August 15, 1870. He was a son of Simon Fields, the pioneer, who has a separate sketch herein. Simon M. Fields, the subject of this sketch, was reared to man's estate in Jefferson Township, where he received the benefits of a good common school ducation. February 28, 1853, ^^ married Miss Maria C. Osman, a daughter of James Osman. of Tiffin Township. To them have been born Henry C, David H., Thomas W., James P., and Ruth, wife of William Wade. In 1861, Simon M. Fields enlisted at Camp Hamer in the famous 70th Regiment, O. V. I., and continued in the service until discharged for disability, June 28, 1862. He was at Shiloh and in other engagements of his regiment until his discharge. He* came home and afterwards recruited a company in the National Guards, which he commanded as Captain in the hundred days' service at Fort Hurricane, W. Va. He was honorably discharged September 2, 1864.

cast his vote for the Greenback ticket. He afterwards became a Populist, and IS n<jw a firm believer in the principles of the Chicago platform of the Democratic party of 1896. He is an enthusiastic admirer of that great apostle of Democracy, William J. Bryan. He was a memter of the M. E. Church for fortv years, in which he was steward and class leader. He is now a member of the Christian Union Church at Jacksonville. He has been successful in life, and now resides in a modern constucted dwelling, on the site of the "Old Stone House" on the Andrew Ellison farm on Lick Fork, once the site of the town of Waterford.

of Manchester, was born December i, 1824, in Greene Township, Adams County. He is a son of Nathaniel Foster and Martha Hayslip, his wife, a daughter of Richard Hayslip. The grandfather of our subject was Nathaniel Foster, Sr., who emigrated from New Jersey in 1796, and settled in Greene Township on Ohio Brush Creek, opposite the mouth of Beaslev's Fork. He was a Revolutionary soldier and his record as such is given in this volume under that title.

Jorden L. Foster was brought up on a farm in Sprigg Township, where he resided until his marriage to Elizabeth J. Campbell, daughter of Alexander Campbell and Mary Keith, February 2, 1854. Ma^ Keith Campbell was a daughter of Dr. Joseph D. Keith, a pioneer physician of Adams County, and whose practice extended from Chillicothe to Cincinnati. He was a Revolutionary soldier and a surgeon in a Virginia Regiment.

Our suhjcot enlisted as a private in Company E, 91st O. V. I., August 9, 1862, and served under Sheridan and Cook in the Shenandoah Vallev. He was at New River Bridge, Stephenson's Depot, Winchester, 0])cquar., Cedar Creek, and many other important engagements. He was honorably dis.charged June 2^, 1865.

of Wamsley. was l)()rn at Su^ar Tree Kidge, Highland County. Ohio Aj)ril 17. 1845. He is a son of Richard Fields and Janes Williams. His hoyli(K)(l (lays were s])ent on Scioto P>rush Creek, attending^ school in the Winter, and lielpin^ on tlie farm the remainder of the year. He enlisted at C'anip 1 lainer. at West I'nion. in the service of the United States for a term of three years, October, 1861, in Company r>. Capt. Summers, 70th Re^nnient ( >. V. 1., Col. Cockerill. At the expiration of his term he reenlisted in C'(Mn])any !>. O. \'. 1., Capt. Edj^^in^e^ton. and served till the close of tile war. I le was at Shiloh and all the imiwrtant enj^^agements in which his ret^iiiKnt ])artioii)ate(l. Was honorably discharged June 13, 1885, haviiii:;: never made application until that time.

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fourteen children, of which there are two pairs of twins. Each child's name begins with the letter E. They are: Elmer, Ettie, Evalena. Effie, Esther and Ezra, twins, Eska. Elvil, Esla, Elgar, Edna, Edgar and Edith, twins, and Elry. ,

Mr. Fields is a Methodist and an ardent Republican. He has held many local offices, and is a man of prominence in the community in which he resides. He belongs to Railey JPost, G. A. R.. at Blue Creek.

After leaving the Public schools, in 1883, he entered the dry goods store of Connor, Pollard & Boyfes in West Union, as a clerk, and remained with that house until March 1, 1898, when he was appointed postmaster at West Union, which position he now holds. This is the most important postoffice in Adams County, aiid it is due the present incumbent to state that his management has been most satisfactory to the patrons of this office.

Mr. Frame was married August 25, 1886, to Miss Sarah Lodwick Smith youngest daughter of the late Judge John M. Smith, of West Union. Tn politics, Mr. t'rame, while never a partisan, has always affiliated with the Fiepublican party. Mr. Frame's parents were James and Xancy Frame, long residents of Sprigg Township. James Frame was born in Union Township, Brown County. May 30, 1818, and married Xancy Maddox, October 24, 1841. He followed school teaching for a number of years, and afterwards located on a farm near P>radyville, Adams County, and conducted a general store in that village. He was a man greatly respected and held many positions of trust in Sprigg Township. He died September 21, 1872.

grocer, of Manchester. ( )hio. was lx)rn on Gift Ridge, in Monroe Township, March 6. 1857. ^^^^ father was Xathaniel and mother. Martha (Kelley) Foster. His grandfather, Isaac Foster, was one of the first settlers on Island Creek, where he built the old ** Foster Mill," which stood within a few rods of where the Island Creek Church now stands. His son, Xathaniel Foster, operated the mill for many years after his father's death. Our su])ject was reared a farmer's son an(l obtained his education in the District scho<il on Gift Ridge. He was the only child of Xathaniel Foster, and worked on a farm until 1894. when he removed to Manchester, where he engaged in the grovery business in partnership with Samuel B. Truitt. The latter retired in 1896 and since that time our subject has conducted the busincs alone in the Stevenson building on Second Street.

Mr. Foster has been three times married, first, to Agnes Leedom, daughter of Daniel Leedom, by whom he has had three children ; Ora M., May, and William E. His second wife was Ida Belle Carr,of Lewis County, Ky. She left one child, Lena Belle. His present wife is Nettie, daughter of John Truitt. She had been twice married before she married Mr. Foster: first, to Fred. I>ailev, bv whom she has one son, Frank B. Bailev:

Mr. Foster is a lifelong Republican. He and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Manchester. He is a Mason. As a man, he is remarked for his quiet and unassumming manners and strict integrity. He enjoys the favorable consideration of all who know him, either socially, or in a business way.

was fx)rn June 17, 1870, at Stout, in Adams G)unty, Ohio. His father was Conrad Franz. His mother's maiden name was Dora Fink. They were natives of Wurtemburg, in Germany. They emigrated to this country in 1850, shortly after Conrad Franz became of age. Our subject spent his summers on his father's farm at diligent and hard work. He attended the District schools a few months each Winter, but his studies were desultory and very much according to his own inclination. He did not take up the study of English grammar until he was seventeen years of age. He was very fond of books, and while a great reader, never had any one, properly qualified, to direct his reading. Until the age of twenty, he had attended but three Summer Normal schools. At that age, he became a teacher of common schools, and continued in that profession, from the Winters of 1890 to 1893, inclusive.

In the Spring of 1893, he attended the National Normal School, at Let)anon, Ohio, from which he graduated in the Scientifiec course in 1894. He studied during the Summer of 1894, and was Superintendent of tiie Public Schools at Rome, Ohio, and Stout Postoffice, in the Winters of 1894, 1895, and J 896. In the Summer of 1895, he taught a Normal school at Peebles, and in the Summer of 1896, at Stout. In the Fall of 1896, he entered the Classical Course at Lebanon, Oliio, and left, after eight months' study, in April, 18(^7. to teach a Normal school at Stout. He spent the winter of i8<>7 at his home in Stout and studied. In the Spring and Slimmer of i8(>8, he taught a Normal school at West Union.

He was elected in the Spring of 1898 for the Winter term at Rome, but resigned to accept the Hannibal sch(K)ls in Monroe County. Ohio, where he taught in the Winter of 1898 and i8(» He was re-elected unanimously to the same i>ositi()n. but declined, and accepted the superintendency of the West Tnion sch(K)ls, succeeding Prof. J. E. Collins, now of Hatavia. He holds a life certificate from the State Board of School Examiners of Ohio. In his religious views, he is a Presbyterian. In his ]>olitical views he is a Republican, but has never taken any prominent part in j>olitics.

What IVof. Franz is to-day, is the result of his own ambition and efforts. I le undertcH>k to make a teacher of himself, and by his untiring industry, energy and application, he succeeded. He was conscientious and eanu'si - two prominent features of his character. He believed in tlioroui^liness from the very commencement of his preparation for teachiiii::. I le ha> been (leveled to his profession with that constant enthusiasm which is characteristic of every successful teacher. He is stHMii; in all of the moralities. His sense of justice is the most refined anil his judgment i^ always the result of delilx^ate reflection and of a course of reasoning. He has made his profession a success because he loved it, and because he is enthusiastic in following it. His success as a teacher and superintendent is unquestioned, but above all that, he is respected, admired and loved by all those who know him for his ideal and perfect character as a man.

was born in FrankHn Township, Adams County, November 28, 1834. His father, David Fulton, and his mother, Phoebe Gibson, were both natives of Loudon County, Virginia, and resided near Upperville. They came to Ohio in 1833. ^^ ^^^^ time they had four children, sons. They had five children born in Ohio, our subject and two daughters. He obtained his education in the common schools and was brought up to be a farmer. He was one of the few young men of Adams County who never taught schools. He enlisted in Company E, First Ohio Heavy Artillery, August 22, 1862, at the age of twenty-nine years and served until the twentieth of June, 1865. This service was upon his conscience, as has been everything in his life. On November 7, 1867, he was maried to Miss Lydia Potts, of Marble Furnace, a daughter of Samuel Potts.

They have three children, sons. Thomas, Clarence, who married Miss Jennie Williams and resides in Loudon ; Charles Gibson, formerly a teacher, but now a clerk in an iron ore establishment at Sparta, Minn. ; Homer Clayton, a lawyer in Duluth, Minn.

Mr. Fulton's father was a Whig and Republican and he has always been a Republican. He is a member of the Methodist Church in Loudon and lives his faith every day.

He owns and cultivates over five hundred acres of good land, and everything about him has an air of care and thrift. His word is as good as his bond and the latter is redeemable in gold on demand at any time. Mr. Fulton has acquired a competence and knows how to enjoy it. He has a pleasant home where he is surrounded by all the comforts of life and can spend the days of his old age in peace. Xo man stands higher in the esteem of his neighbors and the public, and his life and character entitle him to this estimate. If good works would send any one to HeaveJn, Mr, Fulton is sure of it. but his good works all proceed from principle and from a sense of Christian duty and obligation.

attorney and Mavor of Manchester, was born in the old Buckeye Station residence, October 19, 1868. Attention is called to the article on "Buckeye Station" for the historical character of his birthplace. His father was Charles Wilson Foster, born January 13, 1839. His wife was Miss Laura Jane Stewart, daughter of William K. Stewart. Charles Wilson Foster enlisted in Company G, 70th O. V. I., October 17, 1861. He was promoted to Corporal, Sergeant, First Lieutenant and Captain. He veteranized, and at muster out, August 14. 1865, was Captain of the company he had entered as a private.

In 1867, he bought the Buckeye Station farm, and the same year, on November 21, 1867, he was married. He has our subject and another son, Charles Damarin, born September 20, 1877. Charles Wilson Foster livc'^I on tlie liiickeve Status farm U^r nine vears. He then condorttrd a store at Soldier's Kiin for two y^rars. From 1878 to 1883, he was a merchant at \\'rij^lit*.ville. Since ^>ctolxrr. 1883. he has resided at Manchester.

Our subject Ixr^an the study of law in 1886. with Dudley B. Phillips in Manchester. In 1887 and 1888. he attended the Cincinnati Law SchcwipJ. and crjinpleted the course. On C>ctoher 21. 1889, he was admitted to practice law. He f/jxrneri an office in Manchester, where he has since resided. In 1890. he was the Republican candidate for prosecuting attome}- of the county, Inn was defeated by Cyrus F. W'ikoff. In April. 1891. he forme«i a law partnership with his preceptor. Mr. Dudley I». Phillips. In the Fall of i8<>i, when Mr. Phillips was elected to the State Senate. Mr. Foster was elected Mayor of the village to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Phillips* resignation to take the office of Senator. He was married December 4. i8f;2. to Miss firace Hundley, daughter of James V. Hundley.

In 1 8*^4, he was elected Solicitor of the village of Manchester, and .served one term. In ri^oo. he was elected Mayor of Manchester on a straight Republican ticket over an Independent Republican on a reform ticket, of which office he is the hicimil)ent.

was born at Hericmrt. France. June 4. 1816. He was of Hugtienot parentage. His ancestors, firm in the Protestant faith, fled to Switzerland at the time of the St. Bartholomew massacre in 1572.

When about fourteen years of age, Mr. Grand-Ciirard went to Strasburg, where he pursued his studies under private instructors, preparatory t(n entering the I*olytechnic School (one of the French Government Schools) of Applied Sciences.

He canie uitli lii^ family to the I'nited States in 1833. landing in Cincinnati. ( )lno. h'or a few years lie followed his profession of architectural (Irsigncr in Cincinnati. .\ew ( )rleans. and other cities in the South.

( )n iVceniher 31. 1840. lie was married to Miss Georgiana Her<^lman. at liouling (ireen, Kentucky, who was descended from Francis McKarry, the first rres])yterian minister settled in the Colonies. From this marriaj^e were horn two sons and two flaughters.

In 1S44. Mr. ( irand-Ciirard decided to enter the ministry and studied theology under Rev. Sanuiel Steel. I). I)., of Hillsboro, (^hio. He was licensed in iS4() and ordained to the full work of the ministry the year following by the I 'resbytery of Chillicothe. He preached at different tiuu's to the iM'ench CMuirch at .Mowrystown. Marshall, Rocky Spring and Ked ( )ak. i)reac!iing in the latter place in connection with Mowrystown for a little more than eleven years.

In iS()(). he removed to Hillsboro. Ohio, \vhere, in connection with liis sister, b'.niilie L. ( irand-Girard, he engaged in the management of Highland Institute, a ladies' seminary and boarding school. The institute was \iM\ successful, and from it were graduated large classes of youn^T^ ladies \\]\o have since filled places of nuich usefulness in many homes and circles of stvietw

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In 1 88 1, he took charge of the Pifcsbyterian Church of Eckmansville, Adams County, where he remained uhtil his decease in December, 1887, rounding out his active service of over forty-one years in the Gospel ministry. During the War of the Rebellion, Mr. Grand-Girard, having learned military tactics in the old country, drilled several companies for the Union Army. At the time of the Morgan" Raid through Ohio, a regiment was made up from Brown and adjoining counties and Mr. Grand- Girard was appointed by the Governor, Colonel of the same.

He was a man of unblemished character. Firm in his adherence to the right as became a son of the Huguenots, he was at the same time, gentle and charitable. Possessed of all the grace and suavity of his native people, he was a perfect gentleman and most agreeable companion. He was an earnest preacher of the Gospel, a faithful and beloved pastor. He filled an honorable and useful place in the world and earned the reward of the loved and faithful.

of Manchester, Ohio, was born at Sardinia, Brown County, Ohio, January 19, 1857, the son of Dr. John and Mary (Woods) Gaskins, of Bentonville, Ohio. Thomas Gaskins, his grandfather, was a native of West V^irginia, and when a young man, started **out West," coming down the river in a keel boat. He was taken suddenly ill and put ashore at Nine Mile, in Clermont County. On recovering his health, he became so favorably imprescd with the neighborhood that he decided to stay. The chief attraction, however, was doubtless. Miss Phoebe Ward, whom he married. John Gaskins, their son and father of our subject, studied medicine and located at Sardinia, where he practiced his profession until 1859, when he removed to Youngsville, Adams County, where he remained until 1861, finally settling at Bentonville, where he continued the practice of medicine until recently, when he retired and went to his farm in Sprigg Township. Our subject attended the Bentonville schools until the age of twentyone. On March 14, 1877. he was married to Mary C. Roush, daughter of William Roush, of Sprigg Township. Their children are William, a graduate of the Manchester High School. Class of 1899. and Carrie and Aaron, all at home. Mr. Gaskins served as School Director in Bentonville for nine years, and has held the offices of Treasurer and Assessor in Sprigg Township. In politics, he is a Democrat, and has served as delegate to the State and County Conventions on several (Kcasions. He is a member of the Knights of Phythias at Manchester, Ohio, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, No. 570, at West Union, and of No. 43, Free and Accepted Masons, of West Union. He united with the Christian Church at Union in 1887, and in 1893, began studying for the ministry. He was admitted to the Southern Ohio Christian Conference as a I icentiate minister in October, 1896, and was regularly ordained by the same Conference, March 25, 1899. ^^ present he is pastor of the churches at Eagle Creek and Stout's Run and is Vice-President of the Ministerial and Sabbath School Institute. Since 1897, he has given his entire attention to the ministry. He is an untiring student, and, by earnest application, has won for himself a place among the ablest men of the Southern Ohio Christian Conference, of which he is a member.

The origin of the name is French. In that language, it is properly spelled "Gastineau." The ancestors of our subject came from France and located in South Carolina. They were French Protestants or Huguenots. His father was James Gaston and his mother's maiden name was Margaret Patton, who was a daughter of Thomas Patton, a native of Rockbridge County, Virginia, though he emigrated to Ohio, settled on West Fork and died there. His grandfather Gaston was from Charleston, South Carolina. His grandmother Gaston was a McCreight, bom in South Carolina. His paternal grandfather came to Ohio in 1800 on account of his antagonism to the institution of slavery. He settled on a farm near Tranquility, now owned by our subject. His grandfather, father, and himself were all members of the United Presbyterian Church of Tranquility, and he has lived near that place all his life. He went to the District schools until he went in the army. He enlisted in Company G, of the 129th Ohio Volunteer Infiantry, at the age of eighteen, on the eighteenth of July, 1863, and served until the eighth of March, 1864. Chi the fourth of February, 1865, he enlisted in Company K, of the i88th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was made a Corporal. He was mustered out in September, 1865. After the war, he attended the North Liberty Academy until 1867, and in the Fall of 1868, he engaged in the profession of school teaching and has followed that consecutively for twenty-eight years, having only given up the profession in 1896.

He was married on March 21, 1871, to Sarah Wallace. They have four sons: Roscoe, born in 1873, is principal of the schools at Dona van, Illinois; Carey, born in 1875, ^ teacher in the Weaver Academy at Media, Illinois; John M., born in 1876, attending school at Danville, Illinois, and Homer, born in 1882. at home with his parents.

Mr. Gaston was clerk of his township for eight years and Township Trustee for three years. He was elected Infirmary Director in 1867 and still holds that office. He is a man of the highest character and universally respected.

of Tranquility, ( )hi(), was ])orn November 10, 1849, ^^ ^^at place. His father's name was Daniel Gaston and liis mother's maiden name was Mary Kirker Kane. His father was a Justice of the Peace of Scott Township from 1853 to 18^)5. The ])oyh(X)d and youth of our subject was spent on his father's farm. He worked in Summer and studied in Winter. At the age of fourteen, he attended the North Liberty Academy under Dr. David McDill. for three years. He taught school one term and then began the study of medicine with David Mc Bride, M. D.. and continued with liini f(ir three years. He attended lectures at the Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1869 and 1870, and in 1871 he attended the Miami Medical College, and graduated in 1871. He began the practice of medicine at Staunton, in Fayette County, Ohio, and remained there one year. He tlicn located in Tranquility, where he has remained ever since and has enjoyed a large and lucrative practice all that time. He has always had the contidcnce and patronage of the leading citizens of his community.

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geons of Adams County, and served until the close of President Harrison's administration. In 1899, he was reappointed to the same office, which he is now holding. In 1899, ^^ ^^ ^^^ Republican candidate for Treasurer of Adams County and was beaten by only nineteen votes by Henry Gaffin. At the age of fourteen, he united with the United Presbyterian Church in Tranquility, and in 1874 was made a ruling elder. He was married to Nancy J. Brown, daughter of Jacob N. Brown, late of Cincinnati. Their children are David N. Gaston, of Eden, Illinois ; John J. Gaston, of Roddy, Tennessee ; Charles O. Gaston, of Tranquility, and Mary Edna Gaston.

As a physician, Dtctor Gaston has great ability, recognized both by his medical brethren and by the public. He possesses the highest character for morality and integrity and enjoys the esteem and respect of all who know him. We asked a Republican friend of his to give us a character estimate of him and we give the answer verbatim, as follows :

"Dr. Gaston is a Christian gentleman in the highest and truest meaning of the term. His personal conduct is above reproach. In his dealings with his fellow men he is most kind and considerate. There is no favor he would withhold from a friend and he would scorn to do even an enemy an injustice." Being all the above, he could be nothing else than a good citizens, fearless and conscientious in the discharge of every public and private duty. All he would seek to know would be which is the right side of any question affecting public or private interests, and he would take that side without hesitation. He is a thorough believer in - the principles and traditions of the Republican party and there is no right sacrifice he would not make to promote its success. In 1899, without his knowledge, he was nominated by his party for a most responsible county office, that of County Treasurer. His better judgment and inclination was to decline the nomination. Feeling that he owed it to his party to do otherwise, at great sacrifice of private interests and suffering at the time greatly on account of a broken limb, he accepted the trust, and had hii party that high apprehension it should have bad of the many and valuable sacrifices he was making for it. he would have been triumphantly elected.

He is a most successful physician, having a large practice in one of the best communities of his coimty. He is possessed of a most happy, cheerful disposition, which he takes with him into the sick room. This is almost an inspiration in itself, and in many cases it is the best medicine a physician can have for his patients. In conclusion, we believe him to be as "good an all around man" as there is in the county, and our people would be vastly better off if we had many more like him.

of Cherry Fork, was bom on the farm now owned by his brother, J. G. Glasgow, near Seaman, Ohio. May 28, 1861. He is a son of Robert A. Glasgow and Jane Smiley, both natives of Adams County. Robert Arthur Glasgow, our subject, was reared on a farm and received his education in the District schools. He was married by Rev. John S. Martin, of the U. P. Church, at Cherry Fork, October 6, 1881, to Miss Lurissa Jane Caskey. who has borne him five children, four daughters and one son. He and his family are members of the United Presbyterian Church at Cherry Fork. Mr. Glasgow owns a fine farm and is one of the most intelligent fanners of Wayne Township. His wife is a most estimable woman and is a descendant of one of the old and well known families of Adams County.

was born September 25, 1862, at Bentonville, in Adams Count\'. His father was Sylvanus X. Gaffin, and his mother was Jane McDaniel. His father came from New York. He attended the District schools as a bov. He began the huckstering business when but twelve years of age, and continued it for two years. He then went into the grocery business at Bentonville, clerking for William Gaffin for three#rears. He removed to Mineral Springs Station in 1884, and conducted a general store there for nearly ten years, at which time he moved his business to Peebles, and has conducted a general store there ever since. He is also in the livery business at Peebles, with John Sparks, under the name of Gaffin & Sparks. He went into it at the same time he opened the general store in Peebles.

In 1896, he was elected County Treasurer of Adams County over F. M. Harover, of ^lanchester, by 68 majority, and has been elected to a second term. He has alwavs been a Democrat. He has been a member of the School Board and Council of Peebles. He took up his residence in 1894 in Peebles, and removed to West Union in 1898. He was married January 7, 1884, to Lilly B. Sparks, daughter of Salathiel Sparks. They have two children. Jessie, aged thirteen years and Henry Earl, aged five. He is a member of the Methodist Church of Peebles.

Mr. Gaffin is a man of unimpeachable moral character, a public spirited citizen and progressive in all his ideas. He enjoys the confidence of all those with whom he has business relations. He is actively engaged in politics, and as County Treasurer, he is regarded as one of the best who has ever held that office, old General Bradford, who held it for thirty-two years, not excepted.

of Blue Creek, was born in Crawford County, Pa., June 28. 1832. His father was John Hafer and his mother Elizabeth Blackburn. Our subject was reared on a farm, and wlien twelve years of age came to Clapton. Adams County, Ohio. July 2j, 1853. he married Miss Xancy Webb, daughter of Thomas and Jane Ccx^k Webl). to whom has been borne three sons and ^\^ daughters: George F., John W., Mary J., Sarah E., Elatha E. L., Xancv A., James .\., and Ida D. A.

August 8. 1862. he enlisted for three years at Buena Vista, Scioto County, and was mustered into the U. S. service as a private at Lima. Ohio. Company H. Capt. Henry. 8ist Regiment O. \'. I. He was promoted to Corporal and then joined his regiment tmder Col. Morton, at Corinth, Miss. He was in many battles of the war among which may be mentioned Rome Cross Roads, Dallas, Siege of Atlanta, Jonesboro, Sherman's March to the Sea, Siege of Savannah, and Kenesaw Mountain. Was honorably discharged at Camp Dennison, July 13, 1865.

\'alentine Hafer is one of the prominent men of Jefferson Township. He is an ardent DemcKrat in politics, and a Universalist in religion. He is now badly crippled with rheumatism contracted in the service of his country, for which disability he draws a pension.

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of West Union, Ohio, was born May 17, 1826. His father was John Hay slip, who was bom near Winchester, Virginia, in 1781, and came to West Union, Adams County, Ohio, in the year 1808. His first wife was Margaret Lockhart, who bore him five sons: Isaac N., Thomas J., John J., James L., and William L., and one daughter, Mary Ann. After coming to Adams County, John Hayslip married for his second wife Lettie Campbell, a daughter of Frank Campbell. She was born at Kenton's Station, Kentucky, and was married in 1825. John Hayslip was a tailor by trade and for seven years kept the old Browning Inn, where Lew Johnson now resides. He afterwards kept hotel on Main Street, near the old public well. He was an ardent Whig, and on the day of the great Whig meeting in West Union, in 1840, he asked to be raised in his bed so as to get a view of the procession passing down Main Street, headed by Tom Corwin, the orator of the day. He died June 9, 1840. He commanded a company in the War of 1812.

Joseph W., the subject of this sketch, was a son of John Hayslip and Lettie Campbell. He was born in West Union, May 17, 1826, and received the rudiments of a common school education, the most of his teaching coming from old 'Squire Ralph McClure. He served an apprenticeship with Peter Pi. Jones, of Maysville. at cabinet making, which, together with tliat of millwright, has been his occupation through life.

On December 25. 1849, ^^^ married Lemira E. Montgomery, daughter of Nathaniel Montgomery and Priscilla Rounsavell. July 18, 1861, he enlisted in the 24th Regiment, O. V. L, Col Jacob Ammen, as member of the Regimental Rand, for three years. Was at Cheat Mountain, Greenbrier, Shiloh and Corinth. Organized Second Independent Battery, Light Artillery, in 186^, and was stationed at Johnson Island, Ohio. Was charter member of De Kalb Lodge, No. 138, I. O. O. F., West Union. First vote cast for Zachariah Taylor as a Whig. Was a Republican from organization of that party.

was born December 2, 1839. His father was James H. Hall and his mother. Louisa Shelton. His father was born in Brown County, near Logan's Gap. His mother was also born in Brown County. His grandfather, Elisha Hall, came from Philadelphia and settled in Mason County, Kentucky, in 1798, and removed into Brown County in 1800. He was lost on a keel boat on the way to New Orleans in 181 5. His father moved to Adams County in 1838 and engaged in farming and trading. His surviving children are, our subject ; William S., residing at Fredonia, Kansas ; Elisha, residing at Langdon, Mo. ; Phoeba, the wife of Benjamin Johnson, of Rarden, Ohio; Susaru wife of George Shively, of Aspinwall, Neb.; Mar>\ wife of Newton Robinson, of Rarden, Ohio; James H., of St. Deroin, Neb. : George H., of Camp Creek, Pike County, Ohio.

The father of our subject was Trustee of Green Township, and of Jefferson Township for many years. He was a Whig and afterward a Republican. He was bom February 22, 1815, and died May 6, 1899, at St. Deroin, Neb. His wife was born July 8, 1818, and died December 23, 1870. They were married March 31, 1836. Their family was born and raised near Rome, Adams County, where their mother died.