York Township (part 1 of 7)

York Township

YORK TOWNSHIP received its name from York County, Penn., whence a goodly share of its pioneers emigrated. It is one of the seven inner townships of Tuscarawas County, irregular in shape, and is bounded by Dover, Goshen, Warwick, Clay, Jefferson and Auburn Townships. Its western portion consists of fifty-five 100-acre military lots; the eastern part, of about thirteen sections of Congress land, six 100-acre lots, besides a small tract, of irregular outline, in the northeast part. It was organized December 1, 1828, with the following boundaries: Beginning at the center of Township 8,

Range 8; thence east live miles; thence south five miles, to the center of Township 7, Range 2; thence west two and one- half miles; thence south two and one-half miles; thence west two and one half miles, on the line between Townships 6 and 7, to the center of Range 3; thence north seven and onehalf miles to the place of beginning. It thus included the eastern part of Jefferson and nearly all of York, as now constituted, with small fractions subsequently annexed to Goshen and Warwick.

York is distincthely rural in its character. The records of plats fail to exhibit that any town plat has ever been laid out within its bounds. Located within a few miles of New Philadelphia and Dover, the necessity of a home village has not been felt. The construction of the Marietta & Pittsburgh Railroad down Stone Creek Valley, ten years ago, has destroyed its wholly agricultural nature. Two railroad stations are situated within its limits - Black Band, on the extreme southern) line of the township, and Yorktown, near its center. At the former is a general store, owned by Jacob Foehl. A post office was established here after the railroad was in operation, but subsequently Daniel Bear was appointed and the post office removed to Yorktown. Henry Espenschied was his successor, and the present dispenser of mail. The original name, Black Band Post Office, was retained, but has since been changed to Yorktown. Recently a post office was re-established at Black Band Station and called DeardorfPs, but the original name, Black Band, has been restored. Mr. Foehl is Postmaster. At Yorktown are a few scattered buildings, which may entitle the locality to the appellation, village. Emanuel Mathias keeps a grocery, and Henry Espenschied is the owner of a jewelry store. A blacksmith and a shoe shop also exist in the vicinity.

The mineral resources of York are widely distributed and valuable. More than twenty mines and banks of coal have been opened and worked in the township, and there are many more that may be operated when needed. Large quantities of coal have been shipped, and the citizens of the township use it generally in place of the wood which was formerly their fuel. Black-band iron ore has been found and extensively mined. The deposit found in Shull's Hill has proved a valuable property to its owner, Jacob Blickensderfer pur chased fifty acres of land, including this hill, for $500, and sold the land for $300, reserving whatever minerals it contained. His administrators sold the reservation to David Miller for $900, and he disposed of a two- thirds interest to Rhodes & Card for about $3,000. The ore taken from this bank has netted its owners $120,000.

The surface of York Township is hilly. Its principal stream is Stone Creek, which traverses the township from southwest to northeast and divides it almost equally. Old Town Creek flows in an almost parallel course through the southeastern part, and both streams enter the Tuscarawas in Goshen Township, scarcely more than a mile from their exit from York, the latter stream at a point almost opposite the site of the Moravian Mission, Schonbrunn, whence the name Old Town was probably derived. These two streams, with their many little branches, drain the entire surface of the township. Oak, hickory, poplar, sugar, beech, elm, and in fact nearly all varieties of timber indigenous in this latitude, including a little cottonwood, have been found in York.

Township elections have been held at many places. In the early years of York's existence, the cabin of Samuel Deardorff served this purpose. The residences of Henry Ankney and William Ross successively became the voting places, which was then transferred to Yorktown. Frank Garnand's house was next brought into requisition, and used until the present election -house, Ankney's Schoolhouse, was selected. The following is an almost complete list of the township magistrates, with the dates of election:

The Congress land in the little valleys of Stone Creek and Old Town Creek were the first settled portions of the township, and among the first Congress lands entered in the county. When it was located, the price of land was 12 per acre, and tracts less than a quarter- section, or 160 acres, could not be entered. The earliest settlers were principally Pennsylvanians, and of German origin. They were a thrifty, contented and well-to-do class of people, for quite a number of them entered two or more quarters, and very few of the earliest pioneers removed from the farms which they had here wrested from the wilderness, and their descendants still inhabit the land. The hills of the township were settled slowly, and before all the land was occupied, fortyacre farms could be entered for $1.25 per acre. Many indigent Swiss and* German emigrants thus procured homesteads at little expense, and now compose the larger portion of the population. They are an economical and industrious people.

The first settler on Stone Creek and in the territory that now constitutes York Township was John Shull. He hailed from Somerset County, Penn., and in or about 1806 left his old home, with his wife Elizabeth and six children, and traveled by team to New Philadelphia. Thence he was obliged to cut a road up Stone Creek to the north half of Section 16, Range 2, Township 8. Henry Shanaman, his " hired hand," accompanied him, and assisted Mr. Shull in building the first cabin in the township, by the side of a spring near the present dwelling of Gabriel Shull, in the northeast quarter of Section 16. A band of Indians had encamped here, but by making them a peace-offering of provisions, Mr. Shull prevailed upon them to remove about a half-mile further down the creek. John Shull was by descent a German, and of the Lutheran belief. He died in 1833. His wife survived him a few years. They had twelve children - Frederick, Sarah (Bugher), Mary (Casebeer), Benjamin, Jacob, John, Peter. Samuel, Joseph, Gabriel, George and Abram - several of whom still reside in the township.

Jacob Gimlin was the second settler in the little valley of Stone Creek, arriving about six months later than Mr. Shull. Like his predecessor, he entered two or three quarters ef land, and built his cabin on the southeast quarter of Section 15, now the farm of Henry Fisher. He was of German extraction, and a member of the Lutheran Church. He resided on his farm up to the day of his death, which occurred not until he had attained a ripe old age. Several of his sons afterward occupied farms in this vicinity, but the family name has now become extinct in the township.

Township, from York County, Penn. Each had married the sister of the other, and for a few years both, with their families, lived in the same cabin, erected near the site of Frank Ankney's brick residence. Gernand had entered the northwest quarter of Section 25, aud Kuhn the northeast quarter of the same section and the southeast quarter of Section 16. Each of these pioneers died on the farm he had founded, and their descendants are still represented in the township.

Henry Ankiiey emigrated from Somerset County, Penn., in 1815, and settled on the southeast quarter of Section 25, which had been entered by Frederick Shull. In 1826, he died on this farm, which is now occupied by his grandson, Francis Ankney. About the same time, or a little earlier, Eli Barton, an Englishman, settled on a 100-acre lot in the western part of the township. He raised a large family and afterward removed to Old Town Valley, where he died at the residence of his son.

Samuel Deardorff, in 1811, became a settler on Lot 2 of the fourth quarter of Township 8, Range 3, situated near the center of York Township. Formerly of Virginia, he had lived in York County, Penn., and made hi& first trip to Stone Creek on horseback, leading a second horse laden with a few simple agricultural implements. He made a clearing of several acres, plowed and planted it with corn, and in September brought his family to the pioneer home. Mr. Deardorff also owned Lot 11, on the southern line of York Township, which his descendants still own and occupy. He was a Lutheran, raised a large family, and died at a ripe old aged on his farm.

John Benfer emigrated from Westphalia, Germany, to Maryland in 1797, and to Tuscarawas County in 1808. He resided for a number of years in Clay Township, and about 1820 removed to the southern part of York. He was a member of the German Reformed Church, reared a large family and passed the remainder of his life in this township. George Bucher, prior to 1820, emigrated from Pennsylvania to York Township, married Sarah Shull and settled on Lot 15, where he died many years later. Henry Pence, a brother-in-law to John Shull, came at an early date from Somerset County, Penn., and entered and settled upon the southwest quarter of Section 15. He was a Lutheran, and removed to Hnmmell Creek, where he died. George H. Putt, a German, owned a small amount of land in the western part of the township, and moved to it earlier than the year 1820. He was a member of the German Reformed Church, and died on his farm.

John Humrickhouse entered the southwest quarter of Section 25, on Stone Creek, about 1815, but died while making preparations to remove to it. His widow and children, however, settled on the place, and Mrs. Humerickhouse afterward married John George Kuhn. On Old Town Creek the earliest settlers were John Grim, Jacob Howe, William Wolf, Henry Shaffer, John Rice and Jacob Fribley. Of these, John Grim came first. He hailed'from York County, Penn., and entered and settled upon the northeast quarter of Section 3 some time after the Shulls had arrived on Stone Creek. He brought with him to York Township his wife Elizabeth and several children. His family, in all, numbered eleven children. Mr. Grim remained a lifelong resident of this township, and attained a ripe old age. Jacob Howe accompanied Grim from Pennsylvania, but tarried for a short time in New Philadelphia. He then entered the northwest quarter of Section 3, and settled there with his wife, Elizabeth, and children, who were eleven in number and are now scattered. William Wolf was the third settler in the valley. He came from Bedford County, Penn., with his family, and stopping with Jacob Howe, that settler offered to help Wolf locate a farm in return for one or two days' work. The proposition was accepted, and Mr. Wolf, after exploring the valley for several days, made a judicious selection, entering the northwest quarter of Section 14. Mr. Wolf, and his wife Catherine, died here. They had two daughters and seven sons.

Henry Shaffer was the fourth settler. He emigrated from Washington County, Md., in 181G, and entered and occupied the southeast quarter of Section 4. He had married a widow, Mrs. Julia Ann (Penrod) Hensel, who had five children by her first marriage, and who brought some of them with her. By her marriage to Mr. Shaffer she also had five children. Mr. Shaffer was a member of the German Reformed Church, and died in 1841. His widow survived until 1860.

Two years elapsed, and in 1818 two more families settled in Old Town. John Rice came from Somerset, and Jacob Fribley from Northumberland County, Penn. Mr. Rice located on the southeast quarter of Section 6. He was a Lutheran, and died on Stone Creek. Some of his descendants still inhabit this county. Jacob Fribley settled in Section 3. His wife was Elizabeth (Woods), and they had eight sons and four daughters. His posterity is widely and favorably known in this county. Other settlers, who came a few years later, were Edward Edmunds, John Heller, James Butt and George Kuhn.

In Hummel's Valley William Butt, Jr., Frederick Hummel and Michael Redinger were early settlers. William Butt entered and occupied the northwest quarter of Section 18. He was related to the pioneer William Butt, of Dover Township, was a Methodist and died at New Philadelphia, whither he had removed. Frederick Hummel settled on the southwest quarter of Section 18, which was entered by John Solomon. He was a successful farmer, and is remembered as an excellent conversationalist, and died on this farm. Michael Redinger entered and built his cabin on the northeast quarter of Section 17. He was of the Methodist persuasion, but other climes proving more attractive he sold his possessions in York Township and removed thence.

The first school was commenced in John Shull's cabin in 1813, but before the term was completed the school was removed to the Lutheran log church just erected. It was a German school, taught by Daniel VonBramer. George Bugher was the second teacher. He taught both in English and German, and held the winter terms in Stone Creek Valley for a number of years. Joseph Barton, Robert Kilgore and Newman Kuhnstahl were other pioneer pedagogues in York. The early teachers received excellent wages for the times - about §9 per month and board. The old log church was for many years the only school building in the valley. John Rice was the first pedagogue, and William Barton the second, in Old Town Valley. They taught in a rude log cabin, built for the purpose, on the Shaffer place.

Adam Bugher in early times owned and operated for his own and his neighbors' convenience a little cast-iron corn cracker, which was turned by hand. It was found near the site of Schonbrunn, and was, doubtless, a relic of mission days. Kuhn & Gernand built a water saw mill on Stone Creek about 1814. They also operated a distillery about the same time, where all the whisky needed in the community - no inconsiderable amount - was distilled. Several small stills have since been run, and it is rumored that the initiated are yet able to procure the unadulterated article among the secluded hills. An oil mill was built by John Benfer about 1830, but was not operated very sucessfully. DeardorfPs grist mill, in Dover Township, was of sufficient proximity to obviate the necessity of erecting mills in York. Several Swiss cheese factories are now in operation, and export large quantities of this article.

Church, dates its origin back to 1815. Philip L. Kuhn, John F. Gernand, George W. Kuhn, John and Henry Benfer, George H. Putt and Henry Shaffer members of the German Reformed Church, and John Shull, the Gimlins and others who were Lutherans, united to build a church to be used also for school purposes. The lot, situated on Section 16, was donated by Philip Kuhn and John Gernand on the one side, and John Shull on the other. In March, 1815, a hewed-log structure was erected, and is still standing. There was subscribed to its erection $287, besides $24.75 in labor at the rate of 50 cents per day without boarding, and $55.50 for stove and stove-pipe. Nails were purchased at 22£ cents per pound, and other necessary material cost proportionately. This church soon became too small, and in 1842 a frame, 30x40, was erected at a cost of $694. It served its purpose thirty-five years, and in 1877 was superseded by the present brick edifice. The first minister was Rev. Abraham Schneider, of New Philadelphia. He was a Lutheran, but by agreement supplied both congregations. The nearest German Reformed minister, Rev. M. Schmidt, resided at New Lisbon, too remote to preach here regularly. The following ministers have served the German Reformed Church. Revs. M. Schmidt; Henry Sonnendecker, of Wooster; William Reiter, of Shanesville; David Shearer, Jacob Baer, E. Greenwald, H. Colorado, D. March, R. Kabus, J. Steiner, two Mr. Bartholomews, Campman, Klauter, I. G. Abele, Dr. J. G. Zahner, Dr. P. Greding, and J. Wisner. present minister. The records of the Lutheran Church are not complete. The congregations wore incorporated in February, 1834, and the first Trustees, named in the act of incorporation, were John M. Benfer and John G. Kuhn. German Reformed, and George Anknev and Bernhart Gimlin, Lutherans.

The first sermon in Old Town Valley is said to have been preached by Rev. John Rhodes, a Methodist minister, at the Fribley cabin about 1822. Revs. Plympton and Scott were early ministers. Mr. Fribley's cabin and barn were used for some time as Methodist sanctuaries. Grim's Schoolhouse then subserved this purpose until a small frame meeting-house was built on the site of the present structure, on Lot 11, near the eastern line of the township. It gave place, in 1867, to the present neat and commodious church. For a time, Jacob Fribley and William Wolf were the only two Methodist settlers in the valley. A little later, Edward Edmunds, John Heller, James Butt and other members arrived, and the society became quite strong. By deaths and removals, the membership has considerably decreased. Rev. Scantleberry is the present minister.

St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church is located near the north line of Section 2, in Old Town Valley, on a lot donated by Philip Grim. The congregation was organized by Rev. E. Greenwald. Early members were John Grim, Philip Grim, his son, Jacob Howe, John Rice, Josiah Smith, Henry Fries and Mrs. George Kuhn. The earliest preaching was conducted in a schoolhouse, and about 1838 a log meeting-house was erected on the site of the present frame church, which was built in 1848. For many years the church was supplied by Rev. Green wait, and afterward by Revs. Bartholomew, Bickel atid Stelling, from the New Philadelphia charge. Since then, Revs. William B. Bechtal, A. R. Smith, L. S. Jones and H. B. Miller have successively been the pastors of this church. A vacancy occurs in the pastorate at present. The membership is sixty-five.

Part Biographical Sketches

JOHN AFFOLTER, manufacturer of bricks, on Beaver Dam road, near New Philadelphia, Goshen Township, was born in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland, December 27, 1841. He is a son of Stephen and Elizabeth Affolter, both natives of Switzerland, and was reared in his native land, there learning the stone mason's trade, at which he worked many years. In 1866, he came to America, living one year at Pittsburgh, Penn. He then came to New Philadelphia, this county, and worked at his trade till the fall of 1882, when he accepted the position as manager of the brick-yard for T. B. Townsend, of Zanesville, Ohio. He has lately leased the yard and operates it himself. Some 5,000 brick are molded per day, and about fifteen men and boys are employed about the yard. The bricks are sold to the county for the court house, also to private parties in and about New Philadelphia. In 1877, Mr. Affolter bought eight acres of land on the Beaver Dam road, near the city, part of which is the brick-yard. He was married, April 4, 1872, to Anna Rentz, a native of Switzerland. They have six children - John, Charlie, Frank, Ella, Herman and an infant daughter. Mr. Affolter and family are members of the German Lutheran Church of New Philadelphia.

GEORGE ARNOLD, a prominent farmer of Goshen Township, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, October 15, 1818. His father, John Arnold, was a native of Ireland, and a resident of Jefferson County, Ohio, for many years. He finally removed to Morgan County, Ohio, where he died about twenty years ago. He married Elizabeth Hume, also a native of Ireland, who died about 1842. They were the parents of twelve children - five sons and seven daughters - five of whom are living, our subject and four sisters. One brother, Robert Arnold, was a prominent physician of New Philadelphia for some years, but is now deceased. George Arnold was reared in Jefferson Count}', Ohio, and when twenty -four years of age went to Iowa, where he remained four years. He then came to this county and first bought a farm of eighty acres in Union Township, but sold it soon after and purchased 100 acres of his present farm. He now owns 226 acres, 190 of which are under cultivation. Mr. Arnold is a Democrat ; has been Trustee of Goshen Township, also Director of School District No. 2 for twelve years. He was married, March 17, 1838, to Nancy Neel, a native of Jefferson County, Ohio. Of their eight children, five are now living - John, married Mar}' Parry, and resides in New Philadelphia; Adeline, wife of Oliver Junkins, a farmer of Fairfield Township ; Kirkwood, married Caroline Wills, and resides on the home farm ; Caroline, wife of George Craig, a hotel-keeper of Dresden, Ohio ; and Elzira.

ALEX BARTHOLOMEW, proprietor of the Union Hotel, Pike Run, Goshen Township, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, December 24, 1829 His father, John Bartholomew, was a native of Germany, and came to America when sixteen years of age. About 1836, he came to Tuscarawas County, and located a farm on Beaver Dam. He lived there some years, and subsequently removed to Hancock County, Ohio, where he died in 1856. He married Rebecca Smith, also a native of Harrison County, Ohio, who died shortly after their removal to this county. She was the mother of four children, three living ; one son, John, enlisted in the Union arm}', and was killed in some battle. After Mrs. Bartholomew's death, our subject and a brother went to work on a farm, and the former lived with strangers for over twent}' years. He finally bought fifty acres of land in Union Township, where he resided for twenty-eight years. In 1881, he located in Pike Bun, and erected the Union Hotel, where he enjoj s a fair run of custom. The farm is leased to a tenant. Mr. Bartholomew is Republican in politics ; was Trustee of Union Township two years, Supervisor six years, and has held the latter position in this township for one year ; was a member of Union Township Board of Education nine years, and School Director for fifteen years. He was married, February 12, 1854, to Prova A. Salmon, a native of Union Township. They have had ten children, eight living - Harriet N., Levina J., Sherman, Cora B., John S., Emma, Charles H. and Minnie A. Mr. and Mrs Bartholomew are members of the Rockford Methodist Episcopal Church.

J. P. BARTLES, of J. P. Bartles & Son, manufacturers of carriages and wagons, New Philadelphia, was born in Hunterdon County, N. J., September 19, 1818. His father, Frederick Bartles, was a native of New Germantown, N. J., and by trade a carpenter. He came to Ohio about 1835, and was among the pioneers of Licking County, locating near Newark. He subsequently removed to St. Louis, Mo., where he died about twenty years ago. He married Elizabeth Williams, also a native of Hunterdon County, N. J. They had six children, five of whom are living. Mrs. Bartles died about the year 1832. Our subject was reared in his native State, and there learned the carriage-maker's trade. He came to New Philadelphia in 1846, and was the first carriage-maker in the village (there being at that period only three or four buggies in this vicinity), and has since continued in the business. He has met with some misfortunes, but, taking everything into consideration, his success has been good. His son Charles became a partner about six years ago. Mr. Bartles is a member of the English Lutheran Church, and one of its officers. He was married, in 1844, to Caroline, daughter of Abraham and Mary Sharp, of German Valley, N. J. Of their five children, only one survives - Charles ; he was born in this city May 30, 1853, and has been engaged in his present business since boyhood. He married Martha R. Blickensderfer, daughter of Simon Blickensderfer (deceased). They have three living children - Edna M., Helen and Charles LeRoy ; one daughter, Josie, is dead.

A. BATES, banker, New Philadelphia, was born in West Hartland, Conn., in 1820. His father, Stephen Bates, was a native of the same State, and a farmer by occupation. He married Matilda Beach, who was the mother of twelve children, eight now living, and two in this county - Elias Bates, of Dover, Ohio, and our subject. The latter lived in Connecticut till eighteen years of age ; then, in 1838, came to Dover, Ohio, and the year following located at Shanesville, in Sugar Creek Township, where he was engaged in mercantile pursuits for over twenty-five years. In the spring of 1864, he removed to New Philadelphia, and for a year was engaged in the produce business. He then established the Exchange Bank, and has since conducted it with marked success. Mr. Bates is a member of both the I. O. O. F. Lodge and Encampment of New Philadelphia. Previous to the war, he was Democratic in politics, but since then has been independent on political questions. He was united in marriage, in October, 1840, to Prudence Hall, a native of Winsted, Conn., and daughter of Reuben and Esther Hall. Of the eight children given to this union, five are living, and four residents of this county.

J. B. BEANS, of Beans Bros., merchants, Pike Run, was born in Union Township, this county. May 4, 1852. His father, Isaiah Beans, was a native of Culpeper County, Va., and a farmer by occupation. He removed his family to Somerset, Jefferson Co., Ohio, where he died in March, 1852. He married Annie Hawkins, also a native of the Old Dominion. They were the parents of seven children, six living, and all residents of this county. After her husband's death, Mrs. Beans removed to Union Township, this county, but now resides with our subject. The latter was reared at or near New Cumberland, Warren Township, and in early life engaged in farming. When twenty-one or twenty-two years of age, he engaged in mining, at which he worked some years, with good success. In 1876, he located at Pike Run, and four years later established himself in the mercantile business. Some time after, the firm of Beans Bros, was established, and their success has far exceeded their most sanguine expectations. Mr. Beans is a member of the United Brethren Church of Pike Run, and Secretary of its Sunday school. He is Republican in politics, and served one year as Constable of Goshen Township. He was married, December 3, 1876, to Mar}' A. Marty, a native of Union Township. They have three children - William E., Roy Me. and Anna D. Mr. Beans is also connected with the U. B. Church.

WILLIAM BORELAND, farmer, north of the village of Pike Run, P. 0. Barnhill, was born in North Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, January 12, 1821, and is a son of Samuel Boreland, a native of Westmoreland County, Penn., of Irish descent, who came to Harrison County, Ohio, about the year 1817, and was a farmer by occupation. He died September 11, 1862, aged seventy-seven years and four months. He was married to Mary Little, a native of Maryland. They had five children, all living, of whom our subject is the oldest, and three are residents of this county. Our subject's mother died when he was about four years of age. William was reared on the farm in Harrison County, and lived there till the death of his father in 1862, in which year he moved on the farm (which he had purchased three years previously) and rebuilt the house. Mr. Boreland owns 109 acres of land, having purchased eighty-five acres at first, and subsequently twentyfour acres. In politics, he is a Republican.

A. L. BOURQUIN (deceased) was born at L'Auovresse, Canton of Berne, Switzerland, August 20, 1809. He was there reared, and when twenty-eight years of age came to America. He had learned the blacksmith trade in his native land, thoroughly understood machinery, and first located at Mount Eaton, Wayne Co., Ohio. He afterward worked at Zoar, in this county, and St. Louis, Mo., for some time, and in 1842 came back to this county and bought 100 acres of land in this township. He located thereon and engaged in farmiug till his death. He subsequently added 267 acres to his first purchase, and also bought ninety-seven acres near Rockford, Union Township. He died of abscess of the stomach and liver, April 21, 1879, aged sixty-nine years and eight months. He was reared in the German Reformed denomination, and was a member of the church at New Philadelphia. He was formerly a Whig in politics, but subsequently became a Republican. Mr. Bourquin was married at Mount Eaton, Ohio, in 1841, to Mary A. Bichnof, a native of France. They were the parents of nine children, only three living - Adellie, residing in Shelby County, 111.; Edward, residing in Tuscarawas County, Ohio ; and Abram, residing in Montgomery County, III. Mrs. Bourquin died in 1857, and both are buried in the cemetery at New Philadelphia. Edward, the sixth child and third son of these parents, was born on the old homestead October 31, 1851. He obtained a good common school education, and remained with his parents until the fall of 1876, when he went to Christian County, 111. In February, 1879, he returned home and has since resided here. He inherited one-half of the home farm and purchased the remaining half from the other heirs. His land is mostly on the " plains," and the greater part is under cultivation. Mr. Bourquin is a member of New Philadelphia Lodge, No. 177 (Masonic) and votes with the Republican party. He was never an office-holder. He was married, October 22, 1873, to Mary, daughter of Henry Mosher, of this township. Of the four children given them, three are living - Charlie A., Alvin L. and Nellie M. Mrs. Bourquin is a member of the Plains Methodist Episcopal Church, of this township.

PATRICK CALLANAN, State Canal Superintendent, New Philadelphia, was born in 1827 in Albany, N. Y. He is a son of John and Elizabeth Callanan, who came to Tuscarawas County, settling in this township in 1836. Here our subject was brought up and educated. His mother died about the year 1870, and his father lost his life in the following year, through a runawa}7 accident. Mr. Callanan began life on the Ohio Canal, by purchasing a boat, in 1845, since which time he has been proprietor of several boats up to 1879. In 1851 and 1852, he kept a grocery and provision store in Lockport. In 1879, he was appointed Superintendent of Division No. 1, of Subdivision No. 2, of the Ohio Canal, which position he has held by re-appointment ever since. His headquarters are at Blake's Mills, and his division extends from Bolivar, Tuscarawas County, to Roscoe, Coshocton County, including the Trenton Feeder. Our subject was married, July 5, 1849, to Elizabeth, daughter of Elias Andrews, of New Philadelphia, by whom he has had a family of five children - Almeda, wife of Jacob Wise, of New Philadelphia, Maria (deceased), Martha (deceased), and two others who died in infancy. In 1857, there was adopted into the family George, son of Patrick Copeland. He was then two months old, and has been one of Mr. Callanan's family ever since. He was married, March 9, 1878, to Emma Gilgen. They now live at Newcomerstown. Mr. Callanan and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics, he is a Republican.

WILLIAM CAMPBELL, Mayor of New Philadelphia, is a native of Ireland, and the son of John and Fanny (Watson) Campbell, who came with their family to America in 1846, remaining for a short time in Utica, N. Y., and the following spring removing to New Philadelphia. John Campbell was a manufacturer of linens in Ireland, and, after crossing the waters, followed weaving. Both he and his wife died in 1867, the former at seventy-nine, the latter at seventy-four years of age. They had fifteen children, of whom but four survive. William was reared at New Philadelphia, receiving a moderate education, and learned the weaver and afterward the shoe-maker trade. He traveled a great deal as a "jour," and in 1857 started a boot and shoe shop, which continued for six months. In 1858, C. B. Harvey became a partner, and a year later Mr. Campbell sold out to him and went to Pike's Peak, Colo., at the time of the " gold fever." Returning, he was again Mr, Harvey's partner until 1860, when for a year he operated a shoe shop in connection with William Jimmeson. Mr. Campbell then served as Constable and Marshal for several years, and, with C. B. Harvey, purchased the Empire House, and they remained proprietors five years, and since then Mr. Campbell has been engaged with Mr. Harvey as clerk of the Exchange Hotel. For sixteen years he has been Deput}* United States Marshal. In 1880, he was elected Mayor of New Philadelphia, and in 1882 was re-elected by 372 majority. He was one of the organizers of the New Philadelphia Fire Department, and has held every position in the company. He is a member of New Philadelphia Lodge,

I. 0. 0. F., and also of the Uniformed Rank of Patriarchs. He has always been Republican in politics, and during the campaign of 1880 was Chairman of the County Central Committee, and organized every school district in the county. Mr. Campbell was married, June 5, 1873, to Sabra C. Grimes, a daughter of Dr.

JOHN PEASE CHAPIN, retired merchant, New Philadelphia, was born in Enfield, Conn., July 10, 1807, the sou of Ebenezer and Beulah (Pease) Chapin, both natives of Enfield, Conn. Ebenezer Chapin was a farmer, and died and was buried in New Philadelphia, in 1838, while visiting his son. His wife died in 1852, aged about eighty years. Of their ten children, four are now living. At the age of twent}7 years, John P. went to Rochester, N. Y., when* for several years he was engaged as a clerk, and was partner in a mercantile establishment. In August, 1833, he came to New Philadelphia, opened a general store in the room on the ground now occupied by John W. Burry, and was there in business for thirty-seven years. In 1879, he retired in favor of his son, John R., who died in 1877. Mr. Chapin has erected several substantial residences and business buildings, and has prospered in life. He has been Whig and Republican in politics, and* in religious belief is a Universalist. In earlier life, he was Mayor and

Councilman of the county seat, and for twelve years was Clerk of the School Board. He was first married, in 1834, to Hannah B. Pease, in Enfield, Conn. Second marriage in Dover, Ohio, to Almira Hayden, from West Hartland, Conn. She died in 1869.

JOHN COVENTRY (deceased) was born in Washington County, Penn., in 1791, and died in this county in 1871, aged eighty years and twenty days. He passed his early life in Pennsylvania, and then came to Steubenville, Ohio, where he clerked a year or two. He then located in New Philadelphia, and started merchandising there. He bought cattle, and drove them over the mountains to an Eastern market, then purchased his stock of goods and returned home. This was when money was scarce and banks doubtful - by the time you carried your money East half of it might be rejected as worthless. During the building of the Ohio Canal, a contractor failed to finish a section ; Mr. Coventry took his place and successfully carried the work to completion. He was one of the building committee to erect the first wooden bridge over the Tuscarawas River between New Philadelphia and the present site of Lockport. He was one of the first grain dealers in the county, buying wheat at 25 cents per bushel when salt was selling at $8 per bushel. He was a merchant of New Philadelphia until 1846 or 1848, a period of about thirty years. During this time he bought land, and finally accumulated so much as to need his entire attention. He owned five adjoining farms, which he superintended till his death. He married Mrs. Lydia (Walton) O'Donnell, daughter of Boaz Walton, a native of Northampton County, Penn., who came to this county in 1806, leasing land of the Moravians, and erecting the first hewedlog house (and first shingle roof) in the county. John Coventry has two children living - Mrs. J. L. Mcllvaine and John Walton, both of New Philadelphia. Mrs. Coventry is still living, and resides with her daughter, in her eighty-first year. John W. Coventry, farmer, New Philadelphia, was born in that city July 6, 1834. He was here reared and educated, and has always lived in the county. He clerked successively for H. M. Roby, Roby & Dickson, and Moore & Dickson, and subsequently for A. Vinton (banker) for three years. He worked in the County Treasurer's office for awhile, and then was a merchant for three years. Since then has been engaged in farming. Owns about 570 acres of land, located in Goshen Township, and adjoining Lockport on the south. Mr. Coventry is Republican in politics. He wa6 married, May 5, 1858, to Mary E. Curtis, a native of Xenia, Greene Co., Ohio. They have three children - Hattie, Charles C. and Frank L. Mrs. Coventry is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

S. G. CRITES, a life-resident of Tuscarawas County, residing between New Philadelphia and Dover, was born in New Philadelphia May 4, 1824. His father, Nicholas Crites, was a native of Pennsylvania, and by trade a carpenter. He came to this county in 1814, locating in New Philadelphia, where he worked at his trade till his death, in 1834. He married Susannah Hummed, also a native of Pennsylvania. Of their eight children, four are living, three in this county and one in Colorado. Mrs. Crites died in 1880, aged eighty years. Mr. Crites grew to manhood in his native village, and early learned the saddler's trade. He worked at that for four years, and then, in 1849, was stricken with " California gold fever," and left for that distant State. At the expiration of three years, he returned to this county, and bought his present farm of 300 acres, all of which is in grass and under cultivation. Mr. Crites annually grazes from 500 to 700 sheep. He is a strong Republican in politics. He was married, July 13, 1856, to Mary A. Gribble, a native of Goshen Township. They have five daughters - Flora, wife of George Taylor, of O. P. Taylor & Son, hardware, New Philadelphia, Ida, Emma, Katie and Ella. Mr. Crites and his entire family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of New Philadelphia. Mr. Crites' farm embraces quite an historical locality, as will be jjeen by referring to another portion of this work.

JACOB DARST, proprietor of canal boat, New Philadelphia, was born in 1821 in Lancaster, Ohio. His father, Daniel Darst, died when our subject was but a small boy, and he then lived with his mother until he was eleven years of age, when he came to New Philadelphia and learned the blacksmith trade with his uncle, Simon Beck. Mr. Darst was married in 1842 to Margaret Humrickhouse, a native of Germany, and by this union were born two children - Simon H. and John. After marriage, our subject settled in Lockport, Ohio, in 1842, carrying on a blacksmith's shop of his own. In 1850, he bought a canal boat called " D. Talmage," and has since that date been occupied in transportation on the canal. He owned various boats, his present one being the " Levi Sargent." Mrs. Darst died in 1853, and Mr. Darst subsequently married Anna Sedgwick in 1855. This marriage has resulted in a family of seven children, viz. : Ida, Margaret, Bessie, Mary (deceased), Jacob, Thomas, andean infant (deceased). In 1861, Mr. Darst enlisted in the Eightieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was color bearer, carrying the flag which was presented to the regiment by the ladies of New Philadelphia, and which he has now in his possession. He took part in the engagements at Iuka, Corinth, and Jackson, at the siege of Vicksburg and the battles of Mission Ridge and Chattanooga. In the last engagement, our subject was wounded in the left arm, which has been thereby disabled. He received an honorable discharge, at Columbus, Ohio, in April, 1865. Mr. Darst is a member of the Lutheran Church. He resides at Blake's Mills.

SIMON H. DARST, merchant, Blake's Mills, P. 0. New Philadelphia, was born July 3, 1845, in that town, then called Lockport, and is a son of Jacob Darst. He was brought up and received his education in his native town. He enlisted December 12, 1861, in Company C, Eightieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in the Arm}7 of Tennessee. He took part in the battles of Iuka, Corinth and Jackson, all in Mississippi, the siege of Vicksburg, and the battle of Mission Ridge. In the last battle, our subject was taken prisoner, and was confined at Belle Island four months, at Andersonville seven months, and Florence, S. C., four months. Being paroled, he received a furlough home for thirty days, after which he returned to the seat of war, and was honorably discharged at Columbus, Ohio (his time having expired), April 20, 1865. After his return, he worked on the canal until 1872, when he entered into partnership with Frederick Graff as merchant in Blake's Mills, where he has remained ever since. He was united in marriage, in 1870, with Mary J. Plotts, of Uhrichsville, Ohio. To this union one child has been bom - Harry. Our subject is a member of the order of Knights of Pythias. In politics, he is a Democrat.

JACOB De GREIF, publisher of the Argus, New Philadelphia, was born on the River Rhine, Germany, in February, 1829, the son of John P. and Katherine (Mattes) De Greif, both of whom died in Germany. Jacob was raised in his native land, and there learned the shoe-maker's trade. At the age of twenty-two, he emigrated to America, and followed his trade for five years in New York City. Then, in 1856, he came to Tuscarawas County and worked at his trade for fifteen years in Phillipsburg, where he was Postmaster eleven years. In 1869, he was elected Sheriff of the county, and removed to New Philadelphia January 1, 1870. He filled the office of Sheriff for two terms, and was then elected Clerk of the Court, also serving in this capacity for two terms, his second term expiring in February, 1882. In January, 1883, he purchased the Argus, of Dover, Ohio, and removed it to the county seat. In the publication of this paper he has been amply successful, as its constantly increasing subscription list testifies. Mr. De Greif is a member of the German Reformed Church, and has been a Mason for fifteen years. In politics, he has always been a Democrat. He was married, April 17, 1851, to Mary Finkenauer, a native of German}'. Eleven children have been born to them, of whom nine are living. The oldest child, E. P. De Greif, is a member of the law firm, Buchanan & De Greif, of New Philadelphia.

JACOB DOERSCHUK, retired blacksmith, and one of the most prominent German citizens of this county, residing on Beaver Dam, was born in Bavaria, Germany, October 4, 1815. He is the third of six children, whose parents were

Valentine Doerechuk and Catherine Spohn, both natives of Bavaria. Mr. D. was reared in his native land, and early learned the blacksmith's trade. When about twenty- three years of age, he came to Tarcarawas County, and worked at his trade for Jonn Watkins, of Fairfield Township, for six months, He then went to Zoar, and worked at the steam furnace over a year. After a sick spell (suffering from the ague), he removed his family to Beaver Dam, and worked at his trade for five years. During this time, he bought 100 acres of land, and afterward purchased 140 acres more, on which he has since resided. Financially, he has been very successful in life. He was married, July 7, 1839, to Christina Rinner, a native of Bavaria. They have eight children - John, in Shanesville; Jacob, a farmer in Indiana; Valentine, on farm with father; Katherine, wife of Godfrey Schoch, a baker of New Philadelphia; Henry, a farmer, residing in Indiana; Louisa, at home; Frank, a blacksmith and musician, living in Indiana; and Calvin, a member of the band and orchestra, traveling with John Robinson's circus. Mrs. Doerschuk and family are members of the German Reformed Church.

J. DORSEY, lessee of Conrad Biteler's coal bank, Ridge road; residence, New Philadelphia; was born at Dover, Ohio, October 23, 1845. His father, John Dorsey, was a native of Maryland, and came to this county some years previous to our subject's birth. He finally located in New Philadelphia, where he was engaged in teaming until his death, which occurred about six years ago. He married Emily R. Mills, a resident of this county, who became the mother of six children, all living. Mr. Dorsey was reared in New Philadelphia, and for many years has been engaged in the coal business. In the fall of 1879, he leased Mr. Biteler's coal bank, on the Ridge road, and has operated it since with fair success. He employs one man in summer and three to four during the winter months. Mr. Dorsey is Democratic in politics, but was never an office holder. He was married, March 10, 1870, to Caroline Stuber. a native of Tuscarawas County. Of the six children born to them, five are living - Emily E., Florence E., Edward L., Lotta J. and Arthur. Ralph is deceased.

ALEXANDER FRANCE, an old and esteemed pioneer of Tuscarawas County, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, November 9, 1820, and came to New Philadelphia in April, 1833, wjiere, with the exception of a little over a 3Tear spent in Trumbull County and such time as he devoted to his country during the rebellion, he has ever since lived - a period of half a century. He is a son of John France, who was born in Maryland in 1794, and served under Gen. Harrison during the war of 1812-13. After the war, John France married Elizabeth Myers in Jefferson County, Ohio, where he settled. In 1833, he came to New Philadelphia, and here resided till his death, which occurred March 26, 1847. Our subject served all through the late rebellion, having been a member of the Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry for the first three months, and afterward of the Eightieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry .

JOHN FREY, farmer, residing on the Rehobeth road, in Goshen Township, was born in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland, July 20, 1825. His father, Christian Frey, came to America in 1848, and first located on Pike Run. He subsequently bought seventy acres of land of Jesse Landes, and ninety acres of David Kitch, on which farm he resided until his death, March 13, 1867. He married Anna Barth, also a native of Switzerland. They came to America with five children, onl}* two of whom are now living. Mrs. Frey died on the same day of the month, 1872, just five years after her husband's death, and at the same age. The subject of this notice has alwajs lived on the home farm and been engaged in fanning. He bought out the interest of the other heirs in the old homestead (160 acres in all), but has sold some of the land, and now owns only eighty- seven acres. This is leased to his brother Frederick, who also resides on the farm. Mr. Frey is Democratic in politics, but never held office. His brother Frederick married Annie Trachsel, a native of Switzerland. They have eight children - Anna, Emma, Clara, Minnie, Frederick, Edward, Ida and

Biographical Sketches

ENOCH FRIBLEY, Postmaster of New Philadelphia, was born in " Old Town Valley," York Township, May 27, 1847. His grandfather, Jacob Fribley, was a native of Northumberland County, Penn., and located in York Township in 1818. He married Elizabeth Woods, and they were the parents of twelve children. The eldest of this large family was John Fribley, father of our subject, who lived on a farm adjoining the old homestead until his death in 1865, aged fifty- four years. He married Mar}', daughter of Gen. Butt, of York Township, and their union was blessed with nine children, four living. Mrs. Fribley resides on the home farm in York Township. Our subject lived on the farm till fifteen years of age. Then came to New Philadelphia, and clerked in the " old mill store " a short while. In 1863, when but sixteen years of age, he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Sixty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was the youngest " boy " in the regiment. Six of the " Fribley boys " were soldiers in this strife, and four gave up their lives that the Union might be spared. The remaining one (other than our subject) is James Fribley, now of Baxter Springs, Kan. After the war, Mr. Fribley went to Illinois, but two years later returned here and clerked for A. T. Raiff for ten years. On March 19, 1879, he was appointed to his present position by President Hayes, and February 15, 1883, was re-appointed by President Arthur. Mr. Fribley is connected with the Masonic fraternity, Andrew Crawford Post, No. 6. G. A. R., and is Republican in politics. He is also local correspondent of several city dailies. He was married, in 1868, to Ara, daughter of A. T. Raiff. They have one child, Mary Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Fribley are members of the M. E. Church of New Philadelphia. Mr, Fribley enjo3rs the reputation of having one of the best conducted post offices in the State. He is assisted in his official duties by E. Sargent, Jr.

JOSEPH FURNEY (deceased) was a native of Maryland, and removed to Guernsey County, Ohio, with his parents when quite small. His father was a farmer b}r occupation, and lived in Guernsey County till his death. Our subject lived there till 1856, when he came to Tuscarawas County, and bought 88 f acres of land in Goshen Township, near the Tuscarawas River, and afterward added fourteen acres to his first purchase. He lived there till his death, which occurred in November, 1882, at the ripe age of seventy -nine years and eight months. He was twice married. His first wife was Susan Miskimen, a native of Ohio, of Irish descent. She was the mother of seven children, five of whom are living. His second .wife was Eliza Starker, also a native of Ohio. She was the mother of six children, four living. She departed this life in July, 1876, aged fifty-six years. Perry C. Knisely, who now owns the Furney farm, was born in Fairfield Township May 5, 1852. He is a son of Joseph Knisety, at present a farmer of Dover Township, and Jane Slutts, also a native of Fairfield Township. He was reared in this county, and during the summers has been engaged in farming, while the winters for the past ten or twelve years have been spent in teaching school. He was a resident of New Philadelphia until January, 1881, when he bought his present farm. He was married, January 20, 1876, to Jennie R., daughter of Joseph Furney. They have two children - Jesse Clyde and Walter Ralph. Mrs. Knisely is a member of the Plains M. E. Church. Mr. Knisely is a Republican.

JOHN C. GENTSCH (deceased) was born in Canton Thurgau, Switzerland, September 26, 1805. His ancestry was of the Saxon race, and emigrated to Switzerland early in the sixteenth centur}'. In 1831, lie emigrated to America and located in Cleveland, where he married Wilhelmina C. H. Baker. About the year 1838, he came to New Philadelphia, keeping, until his death in 1854, the Union House, the stopping place of nearly all the emigrants who came into this county. He was a Mason, a stanch Democrat, and a member of the Lutheran Church for many years. His widow died in January, 1880, aged sixty-seven years. They had four sons - Charles, Daniel Conrad, Ferdinand Henry and George T. Gentsch, and two daughters - Wilhelmina and Carrie Anna Gentsch. George graduated as a pharmaceutical chemist at Michigan University, and in medicine at the University of Wooster in Cleveland, of which he was for a time Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology. He attended lectures at the University of Vienna; traveled extensively through Germany, and died of apoplexy, induced by diphtheria, in Chicago, March 5, 1880, aged twenty-nine years. Charles is a practicing physician of Cleveland. He is a graduate of Georgetown Medical College, D. C., and served four years in the Army of the Cumberland, during the late civil war. F. H., a physician of Chicago, graduated at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., and served eight years in the navy; he also graduated in the Medical Department of the University of Wooster. D. C. Gentsch, dealer in drugs, books and wall paper, New Philadelphia, was born in this city November 18, 1844. In early life he was deputy in the Probate office under Judges Patrick and Brown ; he was in the grocery and family supply business at Cincinnati for a year, and in 1872, with his brother George, engaged in the drug trade at New Philadelphia. In 1876, he graduated at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. In 1879, Gentsch Brothers sold out and went to Chicago, engaging in the manufacture of chemicals and oils at 38 East Kinzie street. After his brother's death, D. C. removed to Cleveland, and a year later returned to New Philadelphia, purchasing the drug business of J. D. Lautzenheiser. He has an extensive trade. Mr. Gentsch is connected with Bethesda Encampment, No. 39, L 0. O. F., and also with Lodge 107, and assisted in organizing Equity Lodge, No. 73, Knights of Pythias. He was married, January 18, 1872, to Elizabeth H., daughter of Dr. R. Powleson, of New Philadelphia. They have three children - Frank F., Wilhemina H. and an infant daughter.

G. W. GOUDY, Sheriff of Tuscarawas County, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, September 16, 1835, son of William and Sarah (Bates) Goudy, the former a native of Wayne County, the latter of Pennsylvania. William Goudy was a miller by trade, and died April 16, 1837 ; his wife died December 27, 1860. G. W., is one of nine children, seven of whom are yet living. He was raised on the farm and inJ;he mill, which his brothers carried on after his father's death. The subject of this notice has ever since been engaged in milling until his election to his present office in 1881. He now owns the Ragersville Mill in connection with his son, M. B., under firm name of Goudy & Son. Mr. Goudy was married, August 16, 1854, to Sabina Zortman, a native of Wayne County. They have eight children, all of whom are living, except Willie - Martin B., Peter W., Mary V., wife of Isaac Sweihart, of Auburn Township ; Alfred C., a phj'sician of Strasburg ; Frank E., Deputy Sheriff ; Charley L. and Alta E. Mr. Goudy is a member of the Baptist Church.

JOHN R. GRAFF, gardener, P. O. New Philadelphia, was born in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland, in 1818, where he was reared and married. The lady of his choice was Elizabeth Hana. Seven children were born to them, of whom three are living - Frederick, Elizabeth and Anna. In 1851, our subject came to America, and to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, at his present home in Lockport. Here he has lived ever since, and reared his family. Mrs. Graff departed this life in 1855. Our subject's two daughters live with him, tenderty caring for him in his old age.

FREDERICK GRAFF, merchant, Blake's Mills, New Philadelphia, was born January 1, 1844, in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland. His parents, James R. and Elizabeth Graff, came to this country, and landed in this place, then called Lockport, in April, 1851. Here our subject was reared, and received his education. In January, 1865, he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Eightyfifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in defense of his adopted country until the close of the war. After returning from the service, Mr. Graff engaged in business as a merchant in Lockport, Ohio, having for his partner one Frederick J. Graff, to whom he sold out in 1872. He then formed a copartner- ship with Simon H. Darst. (See sketch of Graff & Darst). Our subject was married, October 2, 1873, to Mary Warner, a native of this township, who bore him five children - Walter C., Frederick, Clarence, Hermann and Hattie. Mr. and Mrs. Graff are members of the German Reformed Church. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias ; has held the office of Trustee of Goshen Township ; in politics, is a Democrat.

GRAFF & DARST, Blake's Mills, is a firm doing an extensive dry goods, grocery and general mercantile business at the old stand occupied in former years by C. Coppersmith. Graff & Darst have always on hand a full and well-selected stock of goods, and enjoy a growing trade. The firm also carry on an extensive coal mine at New Castle, two miles below Blake's Mills, on the Ohio Canal, where they employ from eight to ten men. They ship three boatloads of coal per week.

WILLIAM B. GRAY (deceased) was born in Pennsylvania June 18, 1807, and was a son of George K. and Elizabeth B. Gray, the former of Irish and the latter of German descent. They migrated from Westmoreland County, Penn., to Ohio in 1814. They were the parents of ten children, of whom only two survive, Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Fowler. Our subject came with his parents to New Philadelphia, remaining with them until he went to learn the carpenter's trade. He then went to Wheeling, W. Va., where he worked at his trade for a time; then returned to New Philadelphia and opened a shop of his own. He was twice married, first on June 12, 1832, to Hannah Baltzy, born October 31, 1810, died April 2, 1844 ; five children were born to this union. Mr. Gray then married, December 10, 1846, Sarah Catherine Shaffer, born November 9, 1824, who bore him twelve children, and died August 29, 1875. Our subject was the father of following children, with dates of births and deaths : George James, March 20, 1833, died May 3, 1855 ; Elizabeth, April 29, 1836, died August 16, 1837 ; John William, February 3, 1839, died June 4, 1862 ; Lucinda, September 2, 1840 ; Oliver A., August 17, 1847 ; Etelia Susan, July 9, 1849. died September 4, 1850 ; Sarah Jane, June 28, 1851, died August 28, 1851 ; Delia Ann, September 13, 1852, died June 28, 1854; James Beers, March 12, 1856 ; Mar}' Louisa, February 27, 1858 ; Martha Ellen, December 30, 1859, died February 5, 1862 ; Islmer Franklin, August 25, 1861 ; Edward Aughe, March 15, 1863, died September 2, 1863; Maggie Virginia, July 24, 1864 ; Emma Alice, August 17, 1869. Oliver A. was married to Martha Keller, and James B. to Anna M. Deamitt. Our subject followed farming after leaving New Philadelphia till his death. He died August 6, 1883, aged seventy-six, leaving 320 acres of land and an interest in the Gray property in New Philadelphia. Mr. Gray was a Republican, and a member of the Lutheran Church for nearty fifty years.

JAMES CLIFFORD GRIMES, retired physician, New Philadelphia, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, October 4, 1818. His father, William Grimes, was born in Washington County, Penn., and was a farmer by occupation. In 1806, he located in Belmont County, Ohio, where he lived and died about thirtyeight years ago, aged sixty-four years. He married Mary Scott, a native of Scotland, who became the mother of eleven children, only four of whom are living. Mrs. Grimes died six years previous to her husband. She was a relative of Robert Fulton, the first and celebrated steam navigator, and who was the recipient of a gold medal granted by Congress as a memorial to his surviving relatives. On one side of the medal is the likeness of Robert Fulton ; on the other a representation of a steamboat ascending the Hudson River. The medal is still retained in the family. Our subject was reared in Belmont County, Ohio, two miles north of St. Clairsville, obtaining but a limited education in early life. He intended learning the machinist trade with his brother Robert Fulton Grimes, but gave up the idea, and in 1844 commenced the study of medicine with Dr. J. S. Scott, of Steubenville, remaining with him in the office over three years. He commenced practice with his preceptor at Steubenville, and subsequently located in Little York,

Jefferson County. He was there married on Sunday, April 30, 1848, by the Rev. George S. Holmes, pastor of the M. E. Church, to Anna V. Johnston, of Steubenville. He then went to Pomeroy, Meigs Co., Ohio, and there located for practice. Soon after, he returned to visit friends at Steubenville, was taken sick, and suffered an almost fatal attack of typhoid fever. On September 4, 1848, he located on a farm in Perry Township, this county, assumed management of the same, and practiced till 1866. Then retiring from active life, he removed to New Philadelphia, where he has since resided. He owns 271 acres of land in Perry Township, and some valuable city property. Was formerly an Abolitionist, and is now a conservative Republican. Was formerly and is now a member of New Philadelphia Board of Education ; also of Stillwater Medical Society. He is the parent of seven children - six daughters and one son, six of whom are living.

JOSHUA P. GRIMM, livery. New Philadelphia, was born in this city April 22, 1839. His father, SolOmon Grimm, emigrated when nine years of age, about 1818, with his parents, John and Margaret Grimm, from Washington County, Penn., to a farm in Old Town Valley. Solomon was one of seven children, five boys and two girls, four of whom are living. He was reared on the farm, acquired the blacksmith's trade, clerked, was engaged in staging for many years, and later has followed the livery business. He married Mary Iler, by whom he had nine children, six of whom survive, three in this county, two in Pittsburgh, Penn., and one in Lorain, Ohio. Joshua P. was reared in New Philadelphia, attended school in the old market house, kept a livery in Uhrichsville awhile, and has followed various avocations. He was with his father in the livery7 business, but four years ago he established a business for himself and has since met with fine success. He enlisted, August 8, 1862, in Company K, Ninety-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving five months. He was wounded and honorably discharged. In May, 1864, he entered the field again, in the One Hundred and Sixty-first, and served four months. He is a member of Andrew Crawford Post, G. A. R. In November, 1870, he was married to Elizabeth Goodwin, a native of Little York, Jefferson County, Ohio, and of Quaker descent. Of their two children, Frank B. is living.

CHARLES F. GRINNELL, weighmaster Brock Hill Mine, Pike Run, was born in Tioga County, Penn., March 22, 1853. His father, Edward Grinnell, was also a native of the Keystone State, and was engaged in the lumber business. He went to Kansas about three years ago. He married Catherine Kimball, who died in 1867. She was the mother of seven children, our subject the only one in this county7 ; one brother, James, is Superintendent of the Garfield and Camp Creek coal mines of Stark County, Ohio. Charles F. was raised in his native State, and in early life assisted his father in the lumber business. In 1873, he came to Pike Run, and commenced work " on the outside " of Mine No. 1. He then accepted position of weighmaster ; held that two years, then went to Camp Creek Shaft, Stark County, Ohio, but a year later resumed present position, which he has since held. Mr. Grinnell is Chancellor Commander of La Belle Lodge, No. 160, K. of P., of Barnhill ; member of the Plains Methodist Episcopal Church, and Superintendent of its Sunday school. He was married, January 4, 1876, to Ellen, daughter of John McClelland. They had three children - May, Lulu and Ollie. Wife died February 1, 1881, and Mr. Grinnell was again married, August 28, 1882, to Jane McClelland, a sister of his first wife. Mrs. Grinnell is also a member of the Plains Church. Mr. Grinnell is a Republican in politics, and has served as Director of School District No. 4, of Goshen Township.

ADOLPH HAFENBRAK, brewer, residing at Blake's Mills, P. 0. New Philadelphia, was born August 14, 1846, in Wurteraberg, Germany, where he obtained his education and learned his trade. In 1871, he came to America, and after staying eight months in Pittsburgh, Penn., went to Cleveland, Ohio, where he resided five years. Here he was united in marriage. May7 23, 1876, with Mrs. Julia Graab, also a native of Wurtemberg. She had four children by her former marriage - George, Henry, Anna and Matilda. By7 her union with Mr. Hafenbrak there have been born two children - Ernst K. and Julius. She died July 16, 1882, a faithful wife and kind mother. She was a member of the Lutheran Church, of which denomination her husband is also an adherent Our subject possesses a handsome residence, next to that of his partner in business, Michael Seibold, South Broadway street. These are the finest residences in the town of Blake's Mills. Mr. Hafenbrak is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., and is a Democrat in politics.

MICHAEL HAMMEL, farmer on Beaver Dam road, was bom at Chambersburg, Penn., in 1809. His father, Daniel Hammel, was a native of the same town, and removed to New Philadelphia in 1811. He was a wheelwright by trade, but kept "Hammers Tavern" in the then small village, from 1812 to 1814, with the picture of George Washington painted on the tavern sign. In 1817, he removed to Indiana, where he subsequently died. He married Amelia Collins, a native of Gettysburg, Penn., who removed to Beaver Dam with her parents about 1818. She lived there till her death. She died in 1877, aged eighty-one years. She was the mother of nine children, only three living. Our subject was reared in New Philadelphia, and in early life was a carpenter. He went to Pittsburgh and worked at ship carpentering and boat building, and subsequently carried on the latter in this and Stark County for some years. During the war, he worked on Government vessels at Cincinnati and Nashport He bought 100 acres of his present farm, but has lately sold fifty acres. Mr. Hammel jis a Republican ; has been Supervisor and School Director ; is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has served as Superintendent of Sabbath School. In 1832, he married Lucinda Albright, a native of Pennsylvania. There are six children living - Charles, a resident of California ; Mary E., wife of Mr. Crites, residing near Lima, Allen County, Ohio ; David, a miner in Carroll County, Ohio ; Joseph, a farmer in Illinois ; Elizabeth, wife of David Brock, of Allen County, Ohio ; and Ann, wife of James Ray, of Fairfield Township. Wife died in 1864, and Mr. Hammel was again married in 1870 to Mary Garabrant, a native of Goshen Township. They have four children - Eleanor, Perry, Sarah and Rush. Mrs. Hammel is a member of the United Brethren Church.

PETER W. HIMES, retired, residence New Philadelphia, was born in York County, Penn., June 13, 1811. He was reared in his native place, and in 1835 came to Wayne County, Ohio, and the following year located in New Philadelphia. He started the first drug store in the then small village, and continued in the business until 1861. In the latter year, he was made sutler of the Fifty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served some time. He has always been Democratic in politics, and was Postmaster of New Philadelphia under Presidents Pierce and Buchanan. In 1872, he was elected Recorder of Tuscarawas County, and served in that position until 1879. He married Mary A. Ditto, a native of Shippensburg, Penn. They had seven children, four living. Mrs. Himes departed this life February 10, 1878.

JOHN A. HIMES, abstracter of titles, Notary Public, conveyancer, real estate and collection agency, office opposite court house on Broadway street, is a native of New Philadelphia, and there remained till the war broke out. He then went to Nashville, Tenn., and clerked in the post office for three years ; thence, in 1865, to St. Louis, Mo., where he was employed as collector for Platt & Thornburgh, wholesale paints and oils, and in same position for other firms till 1872. He then commenced making an abstract of titles of Tuscarawas County, and has since continued in the business, with good success ; is the only abstracter of titles in the county. Mr. Himes was made a Notary Public in 1874, under Gov. William Allen. He is a member of New Philadelphia Lodge, No. 107, I. 0. O. F., and at present its Noble Grand. Has always been a Democrat, and is Secretary of the Democratic County Central Committee.

A. R. HOLMES, Auditor of Tuscarawas County, New Philadelphia, was born near Georgetown, Harrison County, February 6, 1841. His parents, Asa and Mary (McCoy) Holmes, are both natives of that county also, and both still reside on the old homestead, near the spot where the former was born in 1806. Asa Holmes was the son of one of the foremost pioneers of Harrison County, and by occupation has been a life-long farmer. A. R. Holmes is one of a yet unbroken family of ten children. He was reared on the farm, attending district school till the age of eighteen, and was then for two years a student at Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio. Another year was passed in attending school at New Richmond, Jefferson County, and August 15, 1862, he enlisted in Company G, Fiftysecond Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and remained in service almost three years, receiving an honorable discharge as Orderly Sergeant June 5, 1865. The ensuing winter he taught school, and in March, 1866, came to Uhrichsville and engaged in the hardware trade, which was continued until 1870. Mr. Holmes then disposed of his establishment, and entered the grocery and provision business, in which he remained until Jiis election in 1877 as County Auditor, his second term, in which official position he is now serving. Mr. Holmes is a member of Andrew Crawford Post, G. A. R. He was married April 2, 1867, to Mary E. Malone, a native of Uhrichsville. This union has been blessed with three children - James T., Mary A. and Ella May, all living. Mrs. Holmes is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

SOLOMON HOOVER (deceased) was born June 20, 1805, in Harbaugh's Valley, near Emmittsburg, Frederick County, Md. He was baptized in the Moravian Church, near his birthplace, by Rev. John F. Bleck, and was catechised, confirmed and received into the Moravian Church at Gnadenhutten in 1828, by Rev. Samuel R. Huebner. Our subject came to Ohio in 1826, having passed over the Alleghany Mountains, and most of the route to Steubenville on horseback. Shortly after his arrival at Gnadenhutten, he had strong inclinations to connect himself with the corps of civil engineers than locating the Ohio Canal, but was persuaded by friends to remain in the town. Here he was married, November 1, 1832, to Miss Sarah E. Winsch, daughter of Jacob Winscb, one of the earliest settlers of the county. She died August 18, 1834, in the twenty-seventh year of her age. No children survived her. On the 10th day of June, 1835, Mr. Hoover was again united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Everett, also a descendant of one of the oldest settlers of this county. Shortly after his second marriage, our subject removed to Lockport, in this county, and engaged in mercantile business, first as a clerk for Peter Williams, and afterward on his own account. In the great financial crash of 1837, he was forced to go under. Abandoning the store, he began the building of the first patent sausage machines ever made in the county, and, in the spring of 1841, he left Lockport and returned to Gnadenhutten, where he was alternately engaged in the building of machines, the making of shoes (the trade of his early life), and teaching the village school. In the spring of 1852, he removed to New Philadelphia, where he began the business of land surveying, which he had previously taken up and followed in Gnadenhutten. In the fall of 1854, he was elected County Surve}Tor. He was afterward elected a Justice of the Peace of Goshen Township, in which capacity he was engaged at the time of bis death, which took place suddenly on Saturday afternoon, March 5, 1870, in his office on the southwest corner of the public square in New Philadelphia. He was aged sixty-four years eight months and thirteen days. His widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Hoover, still resides with her son, Oliver H., in New Philadelphia. Their children were Oliver H., Lucy I., Eugene and Joseph E., the first and last of whom are still living.

OLIVER H. HOOVER, attorney at law and County Surveyor, New Philadelphia, was born in Goshen Township November 14, 1837, the son of Solomon Hoover. He was reared in this county, and received his early education at Gnadenhutten. For four winters he taught school at Lockport, his native town. He was then a route mail agent on the Tuscarawas branch of the C. & P. R. R., and was among the last to fill this position under a Democratic administration. He served as Deputy Auditor for six years under B. F. Helwig and Jesse D.

Elliott, and became the successor of the latter, by election, in 1866, hi9 second term expiring in November, 1871. Having previously learned surveying while teaching school, and serving under his father and Isaac Angel (having been Deputy County Surveyor in 1859), he commenced and has since followed surveying. In the fall of 1875, he wa9 elected County Surveyor, and is now serving his third consecutive term of three years. He was admitted to the bar in January, 1874, but his official duties have prevented active practive. Mr. Hoover has been a Mason for many years, and is politically a Democrat, casting his first vote for Stephen A. Douglas. He was married, March 29, 1863, to Anna B. Emerson, a native of Calcutta, Columbiana Count}*, Ohio. She is a member of the English Lutheran Church. Bessie is the only living child of a family of seven.

JOHN HUPFELD, merchant tailor, No. 7 W. High street, New Philadelphia, born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, April 9, 1831. His parents, John and Elizabeth (Schriber) Hupfeld, were natives of the same place, and there resided till their deaths. Our subject is the seventh of nine childreu. seven of whom are in the United States. He was reared in Germany, and first learned the blacksmith s trade. Nine months later, he learned the tailor trade, being apprenticed for three and one-half years. He then worked as a 'jour" in Berlin for five years ; at Hamburg two and a half years, two years in Rushtoek and one year in Bretnstock. In 1857, he came to Gloversville, N. Y., and nine months later went to St. Louis, Mo., where he worked for one year. He was at New Orleans three years (and there suffered from a severe attack of yellow fever), New London, Conn., for three months, and Hartford, Conn., six years.. In April, 1867, he came to New Philadelphia and was a cutter for T. K. Williams for five years. Since then he has been in business for himself, and at present enjoys the largest merchant tailor trade in both city aud county. Mr. Hupfeld is connected with Shoenbrun Lodge, No. 430, 1. 0. O. F., also New Philadelphia Lodge, No. 73, K. of P. He is Republican in politics. He was married, April 9, 1864, to Elizabeth Beier, a native of Bavaria. They have had five children given them, two sons and three daughters. The latter are living, namely, Odele Phebe, Louisa Lena and Stephana Maudie. Mr. Hupfeld and family are members of the German Reformed Church.

REY. E. P. JACOB, superannuated minister of the Methodist Episcopal denomination, and a prominent farmer of thi9 township, was born in Oneida County, N. Y., May 8, 1813. His father, Udney H. Jacob, was a native of Massachusetts, and a carpenter and joiner by trade. He finally removed bis family from New York to Illinois, locating on a farm near Pilot Grove, Hancock County, where he died many years ago. He married Eliza Hubbard, a native of Connecticut. They had eight children, six of whom survive, but our subject is the only one in this county. Mrs. Jacob is also deceased. Rev. Jacob removed to Indiana with his parents when but four years of age, and lived there ten years. Growing discouraged, the family moved back to Chautauqua County. N. Y., by wagon, and lived there till the subject of this sketch was twenty years of age. In 1838, he came to Ohio and entered Athens College, then uuder Presbyterian supervision, where he received a good education. He taught school several years; then commenced to study for the ministry. In 1840, he joined the Pittsburgh Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was a traveling preacher for twelve years, his labors extending over parts of Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio. In 1850, he located at New Philadelphia, Ohio, and the next year bought 190 acres of his present farm, to which he has since added thirty acres. He also owns another tract of fifty acres in this township. -Mr. Jacob was superannuated in 1852, and since then has served simply as a local preacher. He was married, June 18, 1846, to Mary L. Ricketts, a native of Coshocton, Ohio. Of the ten children given them, eight are living - Benjamin M., residing in Wisconsin; Elisha P. and Robert R. are merchants of Wayuesburg, Ohio ; Joseph R., recently graduated from Garnet Biblical Institute, of Evanston III.; Mary E., wife of H. S. Norton, of Lemont, Cook Co., III.; Hattie A.. Cora Eda and Thomas H.

COL. ELISHA JANES, one of the oldest living citizens of New Philadelphia, was born in Columbia County, N. Y., June 19, 1802, son of Roger Janes, a farmer and native of Coventry, Conn., who accompanied his father, Elisha Janes, to New York, when twenty-four or twenty-five years old, and lived there till his death. He died December 1, 1829, aged about eighty -two years. Roger Janes was married to Elizabeth Warner, who died August 25, 1849, aged about seventy-nine years. Of their seven children Elisha is the sole survivor. He was raised on an extensive farm, and upon attaining his majority, resided one year in Livingston County, N. Y. He then came to Akron, Ohio, and took a contract to make the embankments fof" sixteen locks on the Ohio Canal, from Akron to the Cuyahoga River. About a year later, he removed to Zoar, and completed an unfinished contract on the canal ; he then took another half-mile contract on the canal in this county, and afterward three other small jobs, settling about 1827 in New Philadelphia. He was married here in October, 1830, to Elizabeth Cryder, a native of York Count}', Penn. He then removed to Trenton, this county, where he kept hotel, built a warehouse, and engaged in shipping grain for seven years, when he returned to New Philadelphia and purchased 122 acres of land, afterward adding about sixty acres, now within the city limits. Mr. Janes has been successful in life. In politics, he has been a Whig and a Republican, and in 1839 was elected Sheriff of the county, and served two terms. For over forty years he has been an Elder in the Presbyterian Church, of which he was one of the first members. Of his seven children, three, Le Roy, Ellen and Mary, survive. Le Roy attended school at West Point for four years, and served in the army during the war. He completed a fort at the mouth of Columbia River, between Oregon and Washington Territory, but ill health compelled him to resign his commission in the army. He married in San Francisco, and purchased an old plantation in Maryland, nine miles from Baltimore, and resided there three years. He then accepted an appointment to establish a military school in Japan, under a contract to remain three years. He stayed six and one-half years ; then returned to his farm, where he has since resided. Ellen, the widow of Louis Anderman, resides with her perents. Mary is the wife of Dr. Curry, of To ledo.

JOHN KADERLY, dealer in dry goods, carpets and general merchandise, East High street, New Philadelphia, was born in Switzerland October 3, 1837. His parents, Benedict and Annie (Frey) Kaderly, came to this county and engaged in farming. They now reside near Trenton. They had six children, four living, John Kaderly was mostly reared in this county, and obtained but a limited English education. He well remembers walking three miles and back to assist in cleaning out the Ohio Canal (in the spring of the year) for the munificent sum of 75 cents per day, the first money he ever earned. He remained on the farm, and helped to clear sixty acres of timber land, till twenty-two years of age. Then went to Will County, 111., and clerked one year; returned to this city and butchered for two years ; then in the provision business ten years, and in 1872, with Andrew Bippus, embarked in the dry goods trade. Has since been engaged in that business, and succeeded in building up a large and substantial trade. Mr. Kaderly has lately erected a fine brick block. 44x100 feet in size; two stories high, and occupies one of the store rooms. He is a member of the I. 0. 0. F. fraternity, an Elder in the German Reformed Church, and Democratic in politics (but voted for Lincoln in 1860). He has been three times married. His present wife was Katherine Newsdorfer, a native of Bavaria. Eight children have been given Mr. Kaderly, six of whom are living. His family are also members of the German Reformed Church.

JOHN KASERMAN (deceased) was born in Leuzigen Amt Buren, Canton of Berne, Switzerland, October 5, 1821, and was a son of Jacob Kaserman, also a native of Switzerland. He came to America at seventeen years of age, and first worked on a steamboat near St. Louis, Mo.

He then came to this county and operated a grist water miU on Stone Creek, for one year. He was a stone mason by trade, and followed that till his death, being mostly engaged in building foundations of bridges. He was a successful man in business, and during the war bought ninety-five acres of land in Goshen Township, lying between the Ridge and Beaver Dam roads. He died April 6, 1880, aged fifty-eight years six months and one day. He was a member of the New Philadelphia Masonic Lodge, the German Lutheran Church, and was a Democrat in politics. Mr. Kaserman married Anna M. Marty, also a native of Switzerland. There were ten children born to them, all living - Mary E.; John B., laborer, married Lizzie Ahman ; George A., married Saloma Rotacher, is a stone-mason of New Philadelphia ; Charles F., farmer and brick-maker ; Edward M., cigar-maker, with F. P. Brown & Co.; William T., a shoe-maker, of Jamestown, N. Y.; Daniel A., Otto, F. H., Emma S. and Minnie B. Mrs. Kaserman resides in a comfortable brick residence in New Philadelphia. Her son, Charles F., has the management of the farm, and has lately established a brick-yard, where he employs seven men and boys. They turn out about 5,000 brick per day.

BENJAMIN KELLER, farmer, P. 0. Tuscarawas, was born in 1817, in this county, and is a son of Henry and Maria R. Keller. The former was a native of Switzerland, and came to America about 1803 with his wife and two children. His first wife dying, Mr. Keller married Maria R. Frederick, of Pennsyl vania. Benjamin, our subject, is a son by this union ; was brought up in this county, and received his education in the limited schools of those early days. He lived with his father until his marriage, which occurred March 23, 1842, with Rosanna Charlotte Walton, of this county. Three children were born to them, of whom one is living - Martha, wife of Oliver Gray. Mrs. Keller departed this life in March, 1851, and Mr. Keller then married, June 8, 1852, Caroline Miksch, a native of Pennsylvania. Of their seven children, five are now living - Alice, wife of Barclay Wallace ; Morris N. ; Otillia, wife of Henry Rominger ; Ida, wife of Patrick Read ; and Sarah, still at home. In 1844, Mr. Keller purchased the property he now occupies on the plains between Goshen and Trenton. He has here a fine farm of eighty-four acres. Mr. and Mrs. Keller are members of the Moravian Church ; in politics, he is a Republican.

JACOB EMANUEL KELLER, farmer, P. O. New Philadelphia, was born March 26, 1841, in Goshen Township, thi9 county, and is a son of Jacob and Eva Keller. The former was a native of Warwick Township, this county. Here he was reared and married to Eva Fredinck, a native of Virginia. They settled in this community and brought up their family, of whom five are now living - Sarah E., wife of Edward Fribley ; J. E., our subject, and Eva A. (twins), the latter wife of Cyrus Alter ; and the two youngest, Mary Ann M., wife of Charles Hummell, and Oliver P., now residing in Independence, Kan. The subject of this sketch was brought up on the farm, and received a common school education. On May 2, 1864, he joined the Federal army and found his service principally limited to the valley of the Shenandoah, Va. He took part in the engagement at Maryland Heights and other places of historic record, and received an honorable discharge at Columbus, Ohio. On returning home, he settled down to farming life. He was united in marriage, July 26, 1866, with Elmina Hensel, of this township, who bore him seven children - Eva Kate, Minnie S., William Upton, Edward, an infant (deceased), Maud and Mabel, twins. In 1874, after living in Marion County, Ohio, five years, Mr. and Mrs. Keller purchased the farm of fifty acres in the famous Goshen Valley, on which they settled and now reside. This farm is on the site of the last Indian village in this county. In politics, Mr. Keller is a Democrat.

JOHN L. KENNEDY, Treasurer of Tuscarawas County, was born in Warren Township, this county, February 22, 1841. His father, William R. Kennedy, is a native of Jefferson County, born in 1816. In 1828, he came with his mother to this county, locating on the farm where he still resides. He married Matilda

Whitcraft, a native of Carroll County. She died July 5, 1881, aged sixty-four years. They had twelve children, six of whom survive, and four of them reside in this county. John L. was reared on the farm, and attended the academy at New Hagerstown for three terms. He enlisted August 18, 1862, in Company B, Fifty-second Ohio Volunteer Infan trjr, in the Army of the Cumberland, and was honorably discharged in July, 1863. on account of rheumatism. He was married, October 6. 1863, to Miss Martha Jane, daughter of Joshua Leggett, of this township. After marriage, he removed to Fairfield Township, where he purchased a farm of 200 acres, and resided until the autumn of 1882. He then purchased property and removed to New Philadelphia. He was elected Treasurer of the county in the fall of 1881, and took possession of the office September 6, 1882. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and is an Elder in that body. He is also leader of the church choir. He has five children - William L., Edson J.. Laura J., Mary B. and John V. His wife and three eldest children are also members of the Presbyterian denomination. Mr. Kennedy was a Justice of the Peace in Fairfield for six years. He also held various other township offices. As a farmer and stock dealer he has been successful. In 1864, he took an active part in furnishing the quota of men from his township for the army. Recently he became a member of Andrew Crawford Post, G. A. R. For five or six years, he has been a member of the Agricultural Society, and has filled the positions of Treasurer and Director of the association. He has also been Township Correspondent of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture for several years. In 1879, he was a candidate before the Democratic convention for the nomination of State Representative, and lacked only one and a half votes of securing the nomination, which in Tuscarawas County is considered equivalent to an election.

DR. I. H. KURTZ, retired physician, New Philadelphia, was born in Washington, Penn., December 6, 1812. His father, George Kurtz, was a blacksmith by trade, and married Esther Heylin, of Lebanon County, Penn. They had a family of ten children, of whom three are now living. George Kurtz died in 1818, aged about forty -five years. His wife survived until 1857. The subject of this sketch was reared in Washington County, Penn.; there studied medicine from 1829 to 1833, was then admitted to practice and settled at Freeport, Harrison Co., Ohio. Remaining there till May, 1835, the Doctor removed to Westchester, and continued an extensive, lucrative practice till 1857, when he removed to a farm of 405 acres in Goshen Township. Thence he came to New Philadelphia in 1875, and has since led a retired life. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, is President of the Tuscarawas County Bible Society, and is a Mason. Until 1856, he was a Democrat, and since that date has voted with the Republicans. He was married, in 1836, to Eliza Conwell, formerly of Piatt County, Penn. By this marriage there were seven children - John W., Hester A. and Isaac Heylin, deceased ; and Sarah L.; Loretta J., wife of Isaac R. Hendershott, of New Philadelphia ; Mary E., wife of W. H. Willard, of Kirtland, Ohio ; and James Roland, who resides on the farm. Mrs. Kurtz died November 26, 1870, and in 1871 the Doctor was again united in marriage, with Mrs. Sarah J. Arnold, widow of Dr. Robert Arnold.

JESSE LANDES, Infirmary Keeper, was born in Goshen Township September 30, 1817. His father, Felix Landes, was a native of Virginia, and emigrated to this county about 1812. He was a farmer by occupation, and bought 200 acres of land adjoining what is now the county farm, where he lived till his death. He died in 1838, aged sixty-five or sixty-eight years. He married Tina Thomas, also a native of Virginia, who was the mother of ten children. Only two of these are now living - our subject and a sister, Mrs. Huldah Wallick, also of this township. Mrs. Landes died about fifteen years ago. Mr. Landes was reared on a farm, and has followed that occupation through life with the exception of a few years. He was first appointed to his present position in 1854, and since that date has served as such for about twenty-four or twenty-five years, a conclusive proof as to his ability, and that his services are appreciated by the people of the county. He is a member of New Philadelphia Lodge, No. 107, 1. 0. 0. F., and votes the Democratic ticket. He was married, in June, 1840, to Eliza Copeland, a native of New York, but a resident of this county. They have had four children, only two living - Elijah, married Cynthia Amsley, and resides in New Philadelphia, and Rachel, at home.

J. D. LOUTZENHEISER, retired druggist, New Philadelphia, was born in Stark County, Ohio, December 28, 1825, in one of the first cabins erected in that county, in 1806, by his grandfather, Jacob Loutzenheiser. Peter and Rebecca (Kimmell) Loutzenheiser, the parents of our subject, were natives of Pennsylvania. Peter, the father, was born in 1800, and died in June, 1882. He was an early Associate Judge of Stark County, and afterward Justice of the Peace. Mrs. Loutzenheiser is still living near Canton, at the age of eighty* three years. J. D. early learned the drug trade at Canton and in 1850 went to California, where he engaged in mining and carrying on a drug store until 1858. Returning to Canton, he was there a druggist from 1859 to 1861. For three years he was then engaged in the foundry business at Bryan, Ohio. In the spring of 1866, he opened a drug store at New Philadelphia, and remained in business until 1881. After a tour of six months in California, he returned to New Philadelphia, and has since led a retired life. During business, he was successful, and enjoyed a large trade. He is Democratic in politics. He was married, in 1863, to Maria Cuppels, a native of Pennsylvania. They have one child, Ida May.