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PRESTON ADAIR, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. London. His ancestry can be traced back to Ireland. John Adair, Sr., enlisted in the British Army, and when the American colonies threw off the yoke of tyranny, he accompanied Gen. Cornwallis to America. After the war he settled in Augusta County. Va., where he married Jane Ross. They were the parents of seven children. One son, John Adair, Jr., the father of our subject. was born near Stanton, Va., November 11, 1783. His mother dying young, he was taken to raise by an uncle. In 1808. when twenty-five years of age, he accompanied his father to Ohio. stopping at Chillicothe and remaining there as guests of Gen. McArthur for some days. They then came to Madison County, where John, Sr., purchased a tract of land, about one mile north of the present site of La Fayette, where he resided till his death in 1815. John Adair then married. and purchased a tract of land from Gen. McArthur. located on the "Upper Glade," in Deer Creek Township, and consisting of eighty acres. He married Jane Ross, a native of Virginia, and the result of this union was the birth of twelve children. Seven of these grew to mature years and six are now living. Mrs. Adair died in June. 1837, and Mr. Adair married for his second wife, in 1840, Miss B. Plymell. -No children were given them. Mr. Adair died January 19, 1859, and his widow resided wish our subject until the date of her death in April, 1876. John Adair, Sr., was an extensive stock-dealer of that time, in political life a Whig, but entertaining a strong dislike for office-holding. He was an earnest Christian, and a pioneer Methodist of that community. The first Methodist Episcopal " class meeting " in that vicinity was held in a " squatter's cabin," on his land. Preston Adair, his son and our subject. was born on the old homestead June 11, 1829. He was there reared, receiving only a limited education. His mother died, and his older brothers had all left home, so. from the time he was twelve years of age until thirty. he remained with his father and step-mother, carrying on the farm. He was married, September 20, 1859. to Hannah Street. a native of Knox County. Ohio. (laughter of John and Ann (Robison) Street, who came from England to Ross County. Ohio, in 1840. After marriage. Mr. Adair carried on the home farm for three years. and, in April, 1864. removed to his present comfortable residence, on East High street, London. Upon the death of his parents. he purchased the old homestead. and has since added to it. until at present it consists of 400 acres of valuable land. Mr. Adair is a thorough Republican in political views, and in the fall of 1880, was elected Infirmary Director for a term of three years. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal denomination since a boy of twelve years, and at present is a Steward and class leader in the church at London. He is also connected with the Masonic Lodge and Council. Five children have been given to Mr. and Mrs. Adair. four living-Nettie; John W., in attendance at

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Wittenberg, College, Springfield, Ohio: Bruce, who has been blind for the past two years and is being educated at the Ohio State Blind Asylum, at Columbus: and Byers. Mrs. Adair and the two elder children are also members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Thomas Robison. grandfather of Mrs. Adair, resides at Mount Vernon, Ohio, aged eighty-seven years.

FULTON ARMSTRONG. farmer and stock-dealer, P. O. London, was born in Union Township January 31, 1825. He is a son of Robert and Elizabeth (Earl) Armstrong, natives of Ohio, where they spent their lives. His father was an extensive farmer and stock-dealer, and at one time owned 3,500 acres of land in this county. His people were among the very early settlers in this vicinity. Our subject received a limited education in the Schools of his native county, and early in life adopted the occupation of farming. He commenced life by farming and stock-dealing in Vermillion County, Ill., where he spent eighteen years. He owns 1,000 acres of very fine land in the county in addition to which he rents about 500 acres to increase his facilities for his extensive stock operations. He usually keeps about 200 head of cattle on his place in addition to his stock cattle, and now has 350 head. He married Mary Rankin, who died in 1868. She was the mother of four children, all now deceased. In 1869, he married Elizabeth (Truitt) McMillan, widow of George 'McMillan, deceased. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Armstrong is a Republican in politics, but he has neither desired or accepted any offices.

EDWARD ARMSTRONG. of Armstrong & Minshall. dealers in furniture and queensware. London. was born on the " Old Bradford farm." in Union Township, this county, January 1, 1850. His father was Robert Armstrong. a native of Chillicothe. Ross County. Ohio. He was twice married. His second wife. and the mother of our subject. was Mrs. Maria (Cowling.) Cover. a sister of Maj. Cowling, so favorably known throughout Madison County, and a native of England. There were born to this union five children. four living. Mr. Armstrong was the father of fifteen children by both marriages, and his wife, being also twice married. was the mother of eleven children. The father died in 1865, and the mother in 1873 Our subject was the fourth child of this union, and grew to manhood on the farm. When fifteen years of age, he came to London. and entered the public schools. In 1869. he entered the drug store of Dr. Caldwell. of Cedar. ville. Greene County. Ohio. as a clerk with him altogether about two years. He then returned to London and engaged in the drug business with Dr. J. T. Houston. the firm doing business for seven years. Mr. Armstrong then formed a partnership with E. J. Robinson in the same business. and, three years later, in January, 1880, sold his interest to Dr. Platt King In June, 1882, he formed a partnership with Leon Minshall, in his present business. and. on the 23d day of the month, the firm opened out with an elegant assortment of plain and fancy furniture, queensware. etc. Their trade has exceeded their most sanguine expectations. Mr. Armstrong is a member of Chandler Lodge. No. 138. Masonic, the Methodist Episcopal Church, and, politically, is a strong Republican. He was married. October 12, 1876, to Alice. daughter of H. W. Richman. a prominent citizen of London. Mrs. Armstrong is also a member of the Presbyterian Church.

JONATHAN ARNETT, surveyor and civil engineer. London, was born in Ross County. Ohio, August 30, 1819. His father. William D. Arnett, was a native of Eastern Maryland. and a farmer by occupation. He came to Ohio in 1817. locating in Ross County. where he resided twelve years. He then removed to Jefferson Township of this county. and lived

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there till his death in 1859. He married Margaret Vickers. also a native of Maryland. They had twelve children, six now living. Mrs. Arnett departed this life December 30, 1874. Jonathan Arnett was the sixth child of this large family, and grew to manhood on the home farm. His early educational facilities were those of pioneer days, and rather limited. He was engaged in farming until twenty-two years of age. and then attended what was termed the " Ohio Conference High School." at Springfield, Clark County, remaining there two years. He then taught school in this and adjoining counties for about ten years. During this time. he spent his leisure moments in studying his present profession, and finally engaged in that occupation. From 1854 to 1864, he was engaged in mercantile transactions in this and adjoining counties. He was Acting Chief Engineer of the Dayton & Michigan Railroad for eight years surveying the line from Springfield to Troy, Ohio, and subsequently to Union City, Inn. He has been a resident of London since 1866. and during this period has devoted the daytime to his labor and the evenings to the study of his profession. He was Surveyor of Madison County two terms: has been School Examiner of Madison County for sixteen years: of Union School. London, same length of time, and was a member of the London School Board for nine years. Mr. Arnett is a member of Chandler Lodge, No. 138. Masonic. and a Master Mason. Politically. he has always held the views adopted by the Democratic party. but on local questions votes for the man and not for or with the party. He has never been an aspirant for office. Mr. Arnett was married in March, 1847. to Esther M. Fellows, a native of Hanover. N. H. Two children were born to them, one living-Delia A.. wife of Clinton Morse. County Surveyor. They have one daughter-Edna. Mrs. Arnett was a member of the -M. E. Church, and died in that faith. August 25, 1871. Mr. A. was again married. April 22.1874, to Mrs. Permelia Morse. daughter of Dr. Colliver. of Jefferson, Ohio. She is a native of Kentucky and a member of the Baptist Church.

VALENTINE BAUER. merchant tailor. London, was born at Gerbach. Rhine Bavatia. Germany. April 14. 1838. His father. Peter Bauer. came to America in 1849. He located in Columbus, Ohio, where he was engaged in keeping tavern, and died in 1868. He married Catherine Bauer, also a native of Germany. Of their eight children, four are now living-two sons and two daughters-and only two residents of Madison County. Mrs. Bauer departed this life in Germany. January 12. 1848. Our subject was fourteen years of age when his father removed to Columbus, and he resided in that city eight years. He there finished learning his trade, which he had previously commenced in Germany. On October 9. 1S60, he came to London, and for eleven years was superintendent of the merchant tailoring department in the house of J. M. Winchester. On June 25, 1871, he commenced business for himself. Although having met with some reverses. Mr. Bauer still presses forward, and now enjoys a good patronage. He is a member of Chandler Lodge. No. 138. Chapter No. 73 (Masonic), Madison Lodge. No. 70 (Odd Fellows!, of London, and Palestine Commandery. No. 33. Knights Templar. of Springfield, Ohio. Politically, Mr. Bauer is Republican, and bas served several terms as member of the City Council. He was once the Republican nominee for Treasurer of London and defeated by only thirteen votes. He was married. April 23, 1859, to Eva Michel, a native of Stahlberg. Rhine Bavaria, Germany. Ten children have been born to them. six living--Emma. Frank, Clara. Edward. Eva and Robert. Mrs. Bauer is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

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NATHAN BOND BLAIR, retired merchant. London, was born in London on the present site of Houston & Burnham's hardware store, June 24, 1824. He is a son of John and Jency Blair, of Scotch and Irish descent. John Blair was an early pioneer of this county, and a moderate land-holder. He was also an early resident of London. He traded his town property for a small farm, on what is known as the "Lower Glade," five miles south of London, to which he removed when our subject was but nine years of age. There the latter's time was occupied in tilling the soil and attending school. When he had secured such an education as the schools of those days afforded, he returned to London, being eighteen years of age. He served a three years' apprenticeship as carpenter and joiner, receiving, during this time, the munificent wages of $3 per month. After serving his apprenticeship, he commenced jour work, being recognized as a skillful carpenter and builder. In 1847, he was married to Mary Penny. To this union was born one son-Henry C. Mrs. Blair died in the spring of 1849, and the son the following fall. In the fall of 1850, Mr. Blair was again married, to Mrs. E. A. Lamb, who had one son-Oscar E. They have three children-Anna 3I., Amanda and Harry Nathan. all of whom are living. The latter is managing editor of the London Enterprise. At the time of his second union, Mr. Blair was engaged in milling at Blairtown (named after a member of the family who owned large tracts of land near there). but subsequently returned to London and resumed work at his trade. He was engaged at that for the next seven years, employing from ten to fifteen men. He again bought the saw-mill at Blairtown, and operated it for seven years. He then went to Jefferson and engaged in the furniture and undertaking business in connection with his brother, J. C. Blair. After some time, the partnership was dissolved, and Mr. Blair continued the business until the spring of 1877, when be removed his stock to London. He there carried on the same business for two years, and then disposed of his stock and trade to Lohr & Son. Mr. Blair united with the Methodist Episcopal Church when seventeen years of age. He is a charter member of Jefferson Lodge, No. 412 (I O. O. F.). and the Republican party. He is an honest, upright citizen, and highly esteemed by all.

A. J. BLUE, farmer, P. O. London, was born in this State October 31, 1849. He is a son of Harvey A. and Emily (Bowman) Blue, of German descent, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Ohio. Our subject attended the district schools of his native county and the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio, graduating from the latter in 1871. He then chose milling for an occupation. and accordingly purchased a grist-mill in London. He followed farming until January 31, 1877, when he married Carrie A. Rankin, a daughter of Albert and Margaret (Withlow) Rankin. She fell heir to 100 acres of land near London, on which they now reside. They have two children, viz., Harford and Emily A. Mr. Blue is a member of the Baptist Church, and his wife of the Methodist. He is a Republican in politics. His father was born in 1810, and is still living. His mother was born in 1826, and died in 1891.

T. J. BOLDS, the oldest boot and shoe merchant in London. and probably of Madison County, was born in Maryland October 20. 1828. His father, Thomas Bolds, was also a native of Maryland, and a shoe-maker by trade. He came to London in 1851, and resided there till his death, in 1864, at which time he was the senior member of the boot and shoe firm of T. Bolds & Son. He married Louisa Jarman, a native of Maryland. They were the parents of eight children, two now living. Mrs. Rachel L

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Haynes, of Jefferson, and our subject. Mrs. Bolds departed this life February 19, 1837. Our subject was the fourth child of this family, and has been engaged in his present business all his life. He was a member of the firm of T. Bolds & Son, at the time of his father's death, and has since continued the business alone. Mr. Bolds is one of the oldest and most prominent merchants and citizens of London, and a man well respected by the entire community. He is a Republican in politics. He was married, July 18, 1865, to Amanda F. Bryan, a sister of M. L. Bryan, of the Madison County Democrat. Mr. and Mrs. Bolds are members of the Episcopal Church.

ROBERT BOYD, farmer and stock-raiser, and President of the London Exchange Bank, residence, West High street, London, was born in Washington County, Penn., October 9, 1824. He is a son of James Boyd, also a native of Pennsylvania, and a farmer by occupation. He came to Madison County, Ohio, in September. 1830, locating in Canaan Township. Col. James Milliken had located 2,200 acres of land in this county, in 1829, and divided it equally among his nine children. One daughter, Martha, was the wife of James Boyd. and it was upon her portion of the estate (200 acres) that they settled. They were the parents of four children, all living, and residents of this county-two sons at Plain City, Darby Township; a daughter, wife of Squire William Kilgore. of Canaan Township, and our subject. James Boyd was about thirty-three years of age at the time of his death. His widow is still living and in her eightieth year. Robert Boyd was the oldest child and grew to manhood on Darby Plains. Canaan Township. He assisted his mother on the farm till the date of his marriage. October 18, 1849, when he was married to Caroline M.. daughter of Valentine and Nancy (Roberts) Wilson. They came to Ohio about 1810, and now reside in Somerford Township. After marriage. Mr. Boyd engaged in farming for him, self, on 145 acres of the home farm. He then sold his land and purchased 400 acres in Jefferson Township (now a farm of 420 acres), where he resided Live years. He then removed to his present residence in London. When quite young. Mr. Boyd commenced dealing in stock, and has since continued in that business. He is a member of the firm of Boyd & Byers, probably the largest grazers and dealers in stock in Madison County. Mr. Boyd has been very successful in life. now owning 1,380 acres of land, 113 of which is in the corporate limits of London. and 110 acres constituting the home farm. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a Trustee in that body. His political views are Prohibition-Republican. He was one of the first Directors of the Madison County Infirmary; has been Township Trustee, and served six terms in the Village Council. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd have been blessed with live children-Nancy. wife of J. W. Byers, of Boyd & Byers; Martha A., wife of A. G. Carpenter, an attorney at law. of Cleveland, Ohio; Albert W., who married Myrtie L. Fowler, of Wyandot County, Ohio. Caroline M. and Robert W.. the two latter graduates of the London High School.

J. C. BRIDGMAN. auctioneer. London, can trace back his ancestry to about the time of Oliver Cromwell. in England. He has in his possession a wood-cut. engraved about that time, and bearing the following inscription: "Charlotte Lady Middleton. daughter of the Right Hon. Sir Orlando Bridgman. Knight and Baronet. Lord-Keeper of ye Great Seale of England, and Lady Dowager of Sir Thomas Middleton. Chirkcastle, in Denbighshire, Baronet for ye advancement of this work, contributed this Plate to whose Patronage it is Humbly dedicated by R. Blome." It was in

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all probability his son, James Bridgman, who came to America in 1640, and is of the "Pilgrim Fathers " stock. He settled at Hartford. Conn.. the same year, thence moved to Springfield. Mass., and subsequently to Northampton, N. H. John, his only son, had six sons--John. born in 1674: James, born in 1677: Isaac, born in 1680: Ebenezer. born in 1686: Thomas, born in 1688, and Orlando, born in 1701. John, the eldest son had a son Jonathan, who was born in Connecticut. He afterward moved to a farm on Moose Mountain, in the Leming neighborhood, and near Hanover. H. He had six sons-Isaac, John, Asa, Abel, Gideon and Orlando. These sons were all ministers of the Baptist denomination and what one of them, Abel. died. another brother Isaac, preached the funeral sermon. and the four remaining brothers acted as pall-bearers. Thison. Abel, previously mentioned, married a Miss Fowler, a cousin O. S. Fowler, the great phrenologist of New York City. He was a laborious worker, and died at the comparatively early age of forty-four years. His widow subsequently married a Mr. Bass. Abel's son. Erastas was born at Hanover, N. H.. in 1796. and there resided daring his life. He was a farmer through life and died in 1874, at the age of seventy-eight vac He married Mary Flagg, a native of Massachusetts. and a daughter of Dr. Bazalele Flagg, a great lover of, and indulger in. practical jokes. They were the parents of seven children. three daughters and four sons three living-Mary Frances. John C. (our subject) and Nathan C. Adeline, Charles, Augusta and Mendal are deceased. Mrs. Bridgean departed this life in the summer of 1868, and both parents are buried near Hanover. H.. in the old cemetery near the brick church where Abel Bridgman's sermon was preached. Our subject, the fifth child and second son of this family, was born at Hanover. N. H.. March 24, 1831 and was there reared. He obtained a fair common-school education, and part of an academic one. He was married January 19, 1853 to Lucy B. Pelton and on April 1, 1854. Mr. Bridgman and wife arrived at London, this county. Mr. Bridgman secured a position as clerk for W. W. Follows. in the dry goods line, and remained with him six months. He then secured a similar position with Samuel Tenny, and subsequently was with Shaw & Toland one year. He then purchased a half-interest in the grocery trade of William Smith, and the firm put out the following sign over their place of business: " Smith & Bridgman, Genius and Capital Combined " Either the former quality it latter necessity failed, for the firm carried on the business but a few months. After engaging a short time in other enterprises. Mr. Bridgman commenced at London in his present business. This was in 1856, at the beginning of the stock sales in Madison County. Since that time. Mr. Bridgman has devoted nearly all his time to this occupation, and his success as an auctioneer is beyond doubt. and does not need any word from us. " Jack Bridgman," as he is familiarly called. is well known all over this and adjoining counties, and his jovial manners, free and ready wit. and commonsense qualities have won for him the friendship of all. When his father' estate was being settled up, he generously relinquished his claim to any part of it to a younger brother who had stayed at home and taken care of the old folks. Mr. Bridgman commenced life in Madison County without s dollar in money. and has succeeded in life beyond his anticipation. His sales of every description during the year 1882 amounted to $350,000. He is a Royal and Select Master in Masonry. and connected with all the fraternity organizations at London. He is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. and Mrs. Bridgman had seven children given them

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four living-Marion Frances. wife of William Chrisman, of London; Franklin Ross, with Jennings, Ford & Paxton. live stock commission merchants, Cincinnati; Mary S. and Ollie. Charles M., Flora and Orlando are deceased. Mr. Bridgman is a director in the Madison National Bank. Mrs. Bridgman is a lady of education and refinement, and as jovial in her manners as her husband. She is a daughter of David M. Pelton, who was born in Lyme. N. H., November 26, 1804. He was a son of David M. Pelton, Sr., also a native of Lyme. N. H. He was a cattle drover, and died in 1818. He married Lucy Stone, and his widow subsequently went to New York State. and married the father of Millard Fillmore. thus becoming step-mother to the President of the United States. David M. Pelton, Jr., the father of Mrs. Bridgman, married Sally Ross. who was born in Hanover. N. H. They were the parents of five children-Lucy B.. born May 2, 1834, Isabel F.. born August 3. 1840: David C.. born June 26, 1843; Brewster, born August 22, 1848, and Franklin R., born August 20, 1852. Lucy B. Bridgman and David C. are the two living. Mr. Pelton died April 3, 1872, aged sixty-eight years. and his wife February 8, 1871. Mrs. Bridgman' maternal grandfather was Thomas Ross. who enlisted in the Colonial army during the Revolutionary war at eighteen years of age. and subsequently died at Hanover. N. H.

BENJAMIN BROBST. with Houston & Burnham. hardware, London. was born in Pickaway County. Ohio, January 21. 1842. He is a son of Peter Brobst. a native of Berks County. Penn.. and a farmer by occupation. He accompanied his father. Jacob Brobst, to Ohio in 1506, the latter locating in Fairfield. near Pickaway County. Peter Brobst is yet living and is in his seventy-seventh year. He married Elizabeth Fellers, a native of Fairfield County. They were the parents of ten children, seven now living, our subject the only one in this county. Mrs. Brobst departed this life in 1879. Our subject was reared on the home farm in Pickaway County. and in early life " farmed it for three rears. In the fall of 1865. he came to Madison County. locating at Jefferson. He there engaged in mercantile pursuits for four years. He then sold his stock and removed to London. engaging in the sewing-machine business. He remained at that for seven years. and then clerked for P. C. Cowling for four years. Since 1880 he has been connected with Houston & Burnham. Mr. Brobst is an influential member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. and Deacon and Clerk of the official board. Politically, he is Democratic. Mr. Brobst was married. April 7, 1862, to Loraine Culp. a native of Pickaway County, Ohio. They have three children-Ernest E., Sarah E. and Anna F. Mrs. Brobst is also a member of the Lutheran Church.

MARCELLUS L. BRYAN. editor and publisher of the Madison Democrat was born at Batavia. Clermont Co.. Ohio, March 29, 1823. His grandfather. David C. Bryan. who died July 31, 1829. was born on Long Island in 1771, and in 1792, married Ruth Bryan. In 1800, he moved to New Jersey. in 1803 to Williamsburg. this county. and, in 1825, to Batavia. He was elected a Representative in the Legislature in 1806, but his seat was contested and given to Thomas Morris, and served as State Senator from 1807 to 1810. when he resigned to become Clerk of the Courts, which place he ably filled until his death. a period of nineteen years. His son. Malancthon A.. was then Clerk for some two years. He was born September 26, 1803. and died March 27, 1832. George S.. another son. was born September a. 1792, and died November 28, 1832 and his wife Mary died July 16, 1844. aged forty-seven years. Our subject's father. whose name

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was also David C., was born on Long Island, and was quite young when brought to Batavia by his parents. In 1828, when only nineteen years of age, he married Miss Mary M. Moore. youngest daughter of Capt. Charles Moore, an ex-Captain of the war of 1812, and an early settler of Clermont County. from Philadelphia. To this union eight children were born, viz., Marcellus L.: Francis, wife of T. J. Bolds, of London; Charles M., of California: Beulah C.. wife of Joseph Kewley, of Richmond, Ind.; Dr. A. S., of Point Pleasant, Clermont County; Rose. wife of Mr. Patterson. of Point Pleasant; Eva. wife of Allen Armacost. of Wayne County, Ind. ; Learner L., a printer in Chicago: and two daughters that died in infancy. The father was a man of prominence in his community. and at the time of his death was serving as Auditor of Clermont County. He was an Old Line Whig until the organization of the Republican party. when he became a Democrat. He was held in high esteem by the people and for many years occupied the office of Justice of the Peace. He died in 1861 from the effects of sunstroke received about a year previous. His wife still survives, at the age of seventy-three years. Our subject remained at home until nineteen years of age, when he went to Columbus and engaged as a type setter on the Ohio Statesman. Before leaving home. he had learned the printer's trade under Andrew Gest. in the Clermont Courier office. After remaining in Columbus one year, Mr. Bryan went to Circleville. but after a year's residence there returned to Columbus. where he married Miss Martha S. Masterson, a native of Ireland and a daughter of Prof. John O. Masterson. After his marriage, he went to Circleville, where he operated the Circleville Herald one year. He then returned to Columbus and remained there one year, after which he and John A. Kissinger came to London and took possession of the National Democrat, of which Mr. Bryan soon became sole proprietor. changing the name of the paper to the Madison. Democrat. under which title he has since continued its publication. While in Columbus, he and four other journeymen printers established the Daily Reveille, and in .this office the great humorist, Artemus Ward (Charles Brown) was employed for some time. Mr. Bryan withdrew from the Reveille company one year after its organization, and six months before it was discontinued Of his family of eight children. seven survive, viz.. Mary L., Ormand M.. Chester E., Charles M., Hattie T.. Marcellus and Addison. Annie 0., the next to the youngest is deceased. Mr. Bryan has been a Democrat ever since he cast his first vote. He served as Mayor of the village of London two terms and as County Recorder one term.

L. W. BURNHAM. of Houston & Burnham. hardware merchants. London, was born in Pike Township. Madison County, December 12,1852. He is a son of Henry Burnham. a native of this county and a farmer by occupation. He married Eveline Williams, a native of this county. L. W. Burnham is the elder of five children, and when a young man accepted the position of Teller of the Trader's Bank of Mechanicsburg, Champaign Co., Ohio. He remained in this position three years, and then came to London to accept a similar one in the Central Bank of that city. After three years he resigned that position, and engaged in his present business with T. J. Houston. under the firm name of Houston & Burnham. Mr. Burnham is a member of the M E. Church. and Republican politically. He was married, October 5, 1875, to Ella M. Houston, a sister of his present partner. She was a member of the M. E. Church and departed this life June 6, 1880.

JOHN W. BYERS. deceased. The first of this name of whom any definite account can be given was Thomas Byers. who. with his son James,

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both natives of Scotland, emigrated from their native country to escape the persecutions their people were subjected to in that country, and made their home in Ireland, where they suffered in the siege of Londonderry. James, with his three sons. Thomas, Andrew and Samuel, emigrated to America at an early day, with other Scotch-Irish Covenanters. Andrew settled in Pennsylvania in 1791 or 1792, where he raised a family of children, of whom one son, James, married in Fayette County, Penn., and had four children, one son and three daughters. His wife died, and he was married the second time, to Elizabeth Watson, by whom he had seven children, five girls and two sons, John and Moses. In 1807, he moved to Ross County, Ohio, where he lived nine years. He then purchased land in Fayette County, and, four years later, finding his title defective, he was persuaded to relinquish this land, receiving 300 acres in the wilds of Madison County as an inducement to peaceably give up possession. He located in Madison County in 1820. His son, John W., was born near Uniontown, Fayette Co., Penn., May 9, 1800, and. in 1825, married Matilda Hunter, by whom he had three children, of whom one survives-Matilda, wife of Samuel Truitt. Mrs. Byers-died in 1831, and, in the fall of 1833, be married Sarah Painter, by whom be had tan children-Mary R., wife of N. P. Gardner; Louisa J., wife of Thomas Price; Missouri, deceased, wife of George Truitt; Joel M., who married Louisa Fitzgerald; James W., whose sketch appears elsewhere; John C., who married Josephine Rickabaugh; Andrew, who married Ida Bidwell; Mary E., deceased, and Laura and Kate, at home. Mr. Byers retired from active life nine years before his death and, after six weeks illness, died, February 2, 1831. his remains being interred in Kirkwood Cemetery. Mrs. Byers' grandparents McGrew emigrated from Virginia to Westmoreland County, Penn., at a very early day, but the Indians were so hostile that they were obliged to bury their possessions and return to Virginia several times, until finally they resorted to block-houses for safety. He was a surveyor in Pennsylvania and Kentucky. They had seven children, three sons and four daughters. The youngest, Rossanna, was Mrs. Byers' mother. Thomas Painter. Mrs. Byers' grandfather, had three sons and seven daughters. Of these, Joel, her father, was born in 1787, and moved to Pennsylvania from Harper's Ferry. Va.. when he was quite small. In 1809, he married Rosanna McGrew, and had four sons and two daughters. Of the latter, Sarah was born in 1813, and when eleven years of age her mother died. In 1825. her father married Jemima Allen. On March 21. 1826 or 1827, they started for Cincinnati on a family flatboat, arriving April 12, 1832. They then went to Dayton on a canal boat. Soon after, they returned to Cincinnati. and from there Mrs. Byers went to Jefferson in a stage. Mrs. Byers was married to Mr. Byers November 28, 1833, by Rev. Allen. They lived on a farm, one mile from Lilly Chapel, thirty-eight years, and moved to London in March, 1872. She joined the Presbyterian Church in 1832. While at Brownsville, she saw the first steamboat launched on the Ohio River. It was called the Reindeer, and was built by Robert Fulton, and was sent to Pittsburgh. Mrs. Byers is descended from an old family of Quakers who lived in Virginia many years. The subject of this sketch united with the Presbyterian Church in 1829. being one of the original members in the organization of that church at London. For over fifty-one years, he continued a faithful, consistent member of the same church, with the exception of a few years, when he removed his membership to Jefferson to aid in organizing a church there. As a citizen and business man, the integrity, loyalty and

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generosity of his spirit were unquestioned. As a husband and father, he was affectionate and self-sacrificing to the last degree. He loved life and often expressed his gratitude to God that He had spared him to live so long but with great composure and assurance he awaited the invitation to higher joys The funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. G. Paterson at the family residence.

J. W. BYERS, of Boyd & Byers, stock-raisers and dealers. London was born in Fairfield Township, this county. May 20, 1841. His grandfather, James Byers, was a native of Pennsylvania. and came to Ohio at early day. He first located in Ross County, and subsequently in Fairfield Township. this county. One son, John W. Byers. was also a native Pennsylvania, and was twelve years of age when his father came to Ohio. He was a farmer through life, and died February 2, 1881. He married Matilda Hunter, a native of Franklin County. Ohio. Two children were born to this union, one now living. Mr. Byers' second wife was Sarah J. Painter. also a native of the Keystone State. Ten children were given to them, eight living. Mrs. Byers is still living, and resides in London. Our subject was one of a pair of twins, and resided in Fairfield Township until twenty-one years of age. He then engaged in the grocery trade in London . remaining in that business fifteen years. At the expiration of this time he engaged in the cattle business with Robert Boyd (in 1879) and the firm are one of the most extensive in their line of trade in the county. Mr. Byers is a member of the Masonic Lodge and Council and the Presbyterian Church . He is Republican in politics, and one year served as Assessor of Union Township. He was married, January 31, 1871, to Nannie E.. daughter Robert Boyd. They have three living children-R. Boyd. Alice L. and John W. Mrs. Byers is a member of the M. E. Church.

S. H. CARTZDAFNER, London, a prominent grocer, was born in Frederick County, Md., April 14, 1826. He is a son of Michael Cartzdafner, a native of that State. and there reared. He was a miller by trade and came to Ohio in 1854. He located at Georgesville. in Franklin County, and in this county a year later. He came to London in 1860. and there died in the spring of 1862. Mr. Cartzdafner married Maria Cornelly, a native of Montgomery County, Md. They were the parents of ten children, six of whom are living. Mother died in April, 1811, and sleeps beside her husband, in Oak Hill Cemetery. east of London. Our subject was the second child and son of this family. and, when nineteen years of age, went to Virginia, where he learned milling. He worked at his trade six or seven years, in Jefferson County. that State. principally at Harpers Ferry. In 1852, he came to Columbus. and soon after to Madison County, being first employed by J. C. Smith in the "Old Chrisman Mill," in Oak Run Township. He was in the Georgesville Mill two years: three years in the Robert's Mill, three miles west of London, and soon after located permanently in London. He became associated in the grocery trade with John Jones, the partnership being dissolved two and a half year later. Since that time Mr. Cartzdafner has been in business alone, and has met with fair success in his mercantile transactions. He became connected with Virginia Lodge. No. 1 (Odd Fellows), of Harper's Ferry, in 1849 and since his residency in London has been a member of Madison Lodge, No. 70. and the Encampment of the same fraternity. His political views are decidedly Democratic, and he has been a member of both the Council and Board of Education of London. He was united in marriage. June 25. 1850, to Mary S. Jones, a native of Pennsylvania. then residing it Harper's Ferry, Va. Eleven chit

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dren have been given them, four living-Anna, wife of Will H. Chandler, Jr., an enterprising business man of London; Maria, William and Fannie. Mrs Cartzdafner is a member of the M. E. denomination.

J. W. CHANCE, a rising and popular young dentist of this city was born in Clark County, Ohio, August 29, 1848. His ancestry can be traced hack in the following: Jeremiah Chance was an Englishman by birth, and came to America between 1730 and 1740, locating in Maryland, where he lived till his death. One son John Chance, was born near Baltimore about 1762. He married Martha Watkins. One son of this union, Samuel Chance, was born in Maryland, eighteen miles from Baltimore, in 1784. He was a wagon-maker by trade, and married Mary Smallwood, a native of Virginia, and daughter of Dean Smallwood. and niece of Brig. Gen. Smallwood, of Revolutionary fame. They were the parents of ten children, only three living. The father died near Catawba, Clark Co., Ohio. October 21, 1838, and the mother in Catawba March 1, 1870, aged eighty-one years. One of their three living children is William Chance, the father of our subject. He was born in Pleasant Township, Clark County, Ohio, July 14, 1815, and is now a resident of Champaign County. He married Henrietta Jones, born in Champaign County, Ohio, February 21, 1827, and daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Wooley) Jones. The latter was the daughter of Stephen Wooley. of Revolutionary fame, who was the son of William Wooley. This latter married Margaret Brown, a grand-daughter of Walford Weber, grandson of King William IV, of Holland. He came to America in 1649. and purchased a goodly portion of Manhattan Island, now the site of New York City. His sister, Aneke Jans. left an estate embracing 192 acres of and in the heart of New York City, and for which the heirs now lay claim. It will thus be seen that William Chance's wife, the mother of our subject is of royal blood, sixth in line from King William IV, of Holland. She has been the mother of eight children, five living, and two residing in London, this county, subject and brother, John S., his assistant. The subject this notice was reared on a farm, obtaining a very fair education. He was engaged in teaching school in Champaign County for two years, and for five years in Jefferson and Deer Creek Townships, of this county. About 1876, he commenced the practical study of dentistry, at Columbus, with Dr. R. G. Warner, of that city. a former resident of London. He remained with him one year and then came to London. He immediately formed a partnership with Dr. Carter, which was dissolved by the latter's death, in 1878. Dr. Chance then took charge of the entire business, and has steadily increased it until at present he has one of the finest offices in Central Ohio. and a practice large and remunerative. He is an indefatigable worker, and well merits the success that has followed his every effort. He is connected by membership with the Ohio State Dental Association, the M. E. Church. and is a true believer in the principles of the Republican party. Dr. Chance .vas married. November 30, 1876. to Allie E. Snyder, a native of Madison County, and daughter of John and Drusilla (Ellsworth) Snyder. They have Two children-Paul A. and Ethel. Mrs. Chance is also a consistent member of the M. E. denomination.

WILLIAM H. CHANDLER, SR., a prominent retired merchant, London, was born at Hanover, N. H., April 19, 1814. His father, Henry H. Chandler. was born in Pomfret, Conn., June 14, 1786. In early life he learned the trade of a wool-carder, and subsequently that of a cabinet-maker. He married Anne Wright, born at Hanover. N. H., May 20, 1790. The former died November 20, 1869, aged eighty-three years, and the latter May 1,

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1875, aged eighty-five years. W. H. Chandler was the second child and first son of a family of six children, three yet living, and received only a limited education. When twenty-one years of age, he secured a situation as a clerk in a retail store. and two years later went to Charlestown, now a suburb of Boston, Mass., securing a position as keeper in the McLane Insane Asylum, which he filled for three years. He then went to East Cambridge, not far distant, and again engaged as clerk. In 1839. he came to Columbus. Ohio, obtaining a situation as clerk in a drug house. He-was subsequently employed as keeper in the Ohio Insane Asylum, remaining in that position until 1843. He then came to London, and after clerking for some time, started in the grocery business on West High street, opposite the court house, but shortly after sold out to "Uncle Ben Tinder." During the succeeding year. he was engaged in farming, and May 2, 1844, married Isabella Fellows. born in Hanover, N. H.. February 5, 1816. Some time after marriage, he went to Washington C. H., Fayette Co., Ohio, and, with Nathan Blodgett was engaged in mercantile pursuits for three years, tinder the firm name of Chandler & Blodgett. He then sold his interest to his partner, and upon his return to London formed a partnership with W. W. Fellows. the firm continuing business for seven years. At the expiration of this time, Mr. C. again sold his individual interest in the business. Subsequently, with Jeriah Swetland, he engaged in business at 31t. Sterling, in Pleasant Township, this county. Three years later the stock was sold to Benjamin Leach, and the firm of Swetland & Chandler removed to London, and there continued business until both agreed to retire. The partnership is yet to be dissolved. Mr. Chandler was a merchant for twenty-one years. and gained quite a competence. He is the owner of sixty-eight acres of land in the corporate limits of London. and resides in the northeastern part of the village. He has been a Democrat in politics. and for two terms served as County Treasurer. He has also held the offices of Councilman and member of the School Board in the village. He is connected by membership with Chandler Lodge. No. 138 (Masonic), and the Presbyterian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Chandler have three children-Anna. William H.. Jr., and Harvey F. Mrs. Chandler is a member of the M. E. Church. Will H. Chandler, Jr.. the oldest son, was born in London November 4, 1848. He grew to manhood in his Dative place, receiving a good English education. In early life he was a clerk for his father and Jeriah Swetland, remaining with them till they sold out. On March 1, 1873, he purchased the stock and trade of Z. T. Graham, book seller, and has since conducted that business, meeting with fair success. Mr. Chandler is one of London's most enterprising business men, and a member of the Masonic fraternity. He has always been an active Democrat. He was Trustee of Union Township three or four terms, has been Treasurer of London corporation six years, and is a member of the County Democratic Central Committee. Mr. Chandler was married to Annie, daughter of S. H. Cartzdafner, grocer, of London. Of their six children two are living-Edward W. and Wright. Mrs. Chandler is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Harvey F. Chandler, the youngest son of William H., was born in London August 6, 1854. Like his brother, he grew up in London, being educated in its public schools. When nineteen years of age, he went to Enfield, N. H., and was there employed by Dodge, Davis & Co., woolen manufacturers. He remained one year, and then returned to London. where he soon after accepted a position with John Kinney, dry goods. He remained in this business about sixteen months. and then came to his present position, with

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his brother Will, in the book store. He was married. December 21, 1881, to Emma, daughter of John Jones. a retired grocer of London.

F. M. CHAPMAN, undertaker, London, was born in Union (now a portion of Paint) Township, this county, February 8, 1836. His father, James Chapman, is a native of Frederick County, Va., and his occupation in life has been that of a farmer. He came to this county in 1816, locating on some land in Union Township which he had purchased while at Winchester, Va. He was born July 16, 1801, and is now eighty-one years of age, enjoying good health. He married Mary A. Chapman. also a native of " Old Dominion." They are the parents of nine children, three living-our subject, and a brother and sister, residing in Illinois. F. M. Chapman was the third child and first son of these parents, and resided on the farm in Paint Township until sixteen years of age. He then came to London. and learned the carpenter's trade with Calvin Newcomb. serving a three years' apprenticeship. and subsequently working for him two years longer. In the fall of 1862, he purchased his present business. Mr. Chapman is at present the pioneer in his line of business, and has met with very fair success. In 1873, he suffered the loss of his entire stock by fire, but immediately erected his present building, at a cost of $1,500. He is connected by membership with the following organizations: Funeral Directors' Association of Columbus: Masonic Lodge and Chapter, Knights of Pythias and American Legion of Honor. of London. He was married. October 15, 1864. to Mrs. Rebecca J. Newcomb, a native of London. and a sister of Clinton D. Rayburn. grocer. They have one child-Bertie. Mr. and Mrs. Chapman are members of the Presbyterian Church.

JOHN F. CHENOWETH. retired farmer, P. O. London. The parents of our subject were Elijah and Rachel (Foster) Chenoweth, he a native of Pennsylvania, and she of Virginia. They were married in Virginia, and about 1790 emigrated to Kentucky, and settled in Mason County: thence. about 1799, they came to Ross County, Ohio, and the next year, 1800, they located in Franklin County, on the Big Darby, where his wife died about 1820. He died in 1830. They had five sons and four daughters. all deceased but two -John F. and Elijah. They were among the early pioneers of Franklin County, as they had been prior of Mason County, Ky., where John F.. our subject, was born September 15, 1793. He was a child of about six years when brought to Ohio, where he grew to manhood fully inured to the wildest and roughest of pioneer life, where he says he had many a race and wrestle with the Indians, who were then in plentiful numbers in this vicinity. He was married, March 21, 1811, to Margaret Fergurson. by Rev. Simon Cochran. They settled on his father's place and lived until about 1820. when he located in Madison County, where he purchased 133 acres of land. which is now embraced in the tract of land owned by his son Elijah. He says that at the time he purchased that tract of land, he thought if he could succeed in paying for it, he should feel satisfied: but before that was paid for, he saw another piece he desired, and he bought it. He early engaged in stock-raising, and soon was largely engaged in buying and driving stock over the mountains to the Eastern markets. In this trade he prospered. and from time to time purchased more land, till finally he owned about 3.000 acres, all in one body, extending from California westward for two and one-half miles, constituting him one of the largest land-holders in Madison County; and all this was accomplished through his industry, energy and financial ability. He not only raised from poverty to wealth and affluence. but was also placed by the people into many public offices of trust. He

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served in the Legislature in the session of 1829-30, as County Commissioner twelve years or more, and as Justice of the Peace about the same length of time, besides filling most of the offices of his township. In his boyhood days. his school-privileges were of the most meager kind; when they settled in Franklin County there were no schools there, but by going to Chillicothe, in Ross County, he obtained some of the first rudiments of an education; finally a round-log schoolhouse was built in Madison County. on Opossum Run, near the Franklin County line and here he finished his education. Such was the beginning of this worthy old pioneer, who arose to wealth and distinction by his own unaided efforts. Mr. Chenoweth and wife had fourteen children, of whom six now survive-Rachel, wife of Moses Bales; Hezakiah, Elijah, Francis, Marion. and Mary, wife of Dr. Dennis Warner. This worthy couple were not only pioneers in the secular affairs of this country, but most truly pioneers of the church, joining the Methodist Episcopal Church while young. he about 1809 and she about 1812; thus he has spent a life of labor in the church of threescore and ten years. the allotted period of man's life. A few years ago Mr. Chenoweth bought property in London. where in his advancing years he has retired from the farm and active business life, and where he can be convenient to church and the means of grace, desiring to spend the remainder of his days in quiet and rest. He is now ninety years of age. and enjoys good general health.

DENNIS CLARK. London, proprietor London Woolen Hills, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, April 8, 1827. His father, Ralph Clark, was a native of Maryland, and a farmer by occupation. He came to Ohio in 1813, when eighteen years of age. locating in Fairfield County, and residing there until 1833. He then removed to the "Sandusky Plains." near Upper Sandusky, and ten years later to northern part of Greene County. In 1862, he came to London, where he died February 8, 1872 in his seventy-seventh year. He married Mary Rose. also a native of Maryland. They were married in Ohio, and the parents of ten children, four living. Mrs. Clark died in January 1879, aged eighty-three years. Our subject is the only one of the family in this county and learned his present trade when seventeen years of age, at Springfield. Ohio. He completed his trade in Dayton, and in the spring of 1850. came to London. He went into the woolen mill of C. K. Slagle. one mile north of London, on the Somerford pike, and soon after the mill was rented to a man named Fish. Two or or three years later, Mr. Clark rented the mill, and ran it a few years. He then purchased it. and operated it till January 28. 1864, when it was burned down. Then, with others, he formed a stock company. and built and operated the woolen mill on the site of the present London Flouring Mill, from 1866 till 1871, it being consumed by fire in the latter year. In 1872, he erected his present mill, and has operated it to the present time with good success. Mr. Clark is a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge and Encampment, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, all of London. He was formerly a Republican in politics, but of late years has been an earnest Prohibitionist. He was united in marriage. February 8. 1852. to Virginia V.. daughter of C. K. Slagel (deceased). Of their ten children, six are living -Wilbur F., married Virginia Blizzard, and resides in London; Alice May, wife of John R. Manning, of London; George W.. Mary F., Albert S. and Nellie MeClimans. Mrs. Clark is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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JOB J. CLARK. insurance agent. London, was born in that city July 15, 1851. He is a son of Judge B. F. Clark, Cashier in the Madison National Bank, whose sketch appears in this record. Our subject was reared in his native village and educated in its public schools. He embarked in the boot and shoe business. with his brother Quinn, remaining with him till the latter's death, September 10. 1878. He soon after sold his stock and trade to Leon Minshall. and then engaged in his present business. He had been made an agent of the Security of New York. in 1870, and the Hartford in 1871. To these two he has added the agency of the Etna, Phoenix, Putnam. Queen of Liverpool. American of Philadelphia. Insurance of North America, Franklin of Columbus. Ohio. and National of Hartford These companies are among the very best in existence, and Mr. Clark has succeeded in issuing many thousand policies throughout Madison County Mr. Clark is a member of the Masonic Lodge and Chapter-Enoch Grand Lodge of Perfection. Franklin Council Princes of Jerusalem. Columbus Chapter Rose Croix. being A. A. S. R. Orient of Ohio Valley of Columbus, American Legion of Honor. Knights of Honor. Knights of Pythias, of London, and Mt. Vernon Commandery, No. 1, Knights Templar, of Columbus. He is also connected with the Presbyterian Church, and is Democratic is political matters. He was married. November 14, 1872. to Minnie, daughter of L. P. Wildman. They have three children--Myrtle. Franklin and Bart.

JOSEPH CORNS. ornamental painter London, was born at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. England. May 13, 1828. He is a son of Abraham Corns, a native of England and a gunlocksmith by trade. He came to America in 1853 locating in Lancaster County. Penn.. and there died in December. 1861. He married Sally Robinson. a native of England. who died there of the cholera in 1849. They only had two children-a. son and daughter the latter now deceased. Our subject learned ornamental japannang on waiters etc., in England and has in his possession a piece of such work executed by himself when but eleven years of age. He was twenty-five years old when he accompanied his parents to America and, after nine years' residence in Lancaster County, Penn., went to Harmony. Clark Co., Ohio. and from thence to London about the close of the war. He has since been engaged at his trade. and that of house-painting and frescoing In the latter line he was employed in decorating the walls and ceilings of the different houses of worship, and the schoolhouse of London. Mr. Corn., is connected by membership with Madison Lodge, London Encampment. No. 126. I. O. O. F. and Chandler Lodge. No. 138. Masonic. H was married. March 2, 1850 to Anna Bracknell. Six children have been born to them, four living-Annie S., widow of O. C. Smith, deceased and present wife of Dwight Olds of Springfield. Mary wife of "Cad'' Peterson a farmer of Union Township this county; William and Harry.

ADDISON CORNWELL, farmer. P O. London. This old and respected farmer and pioneer school-teacher was born in Virginia September 19, 1819. He was the son of George and Sarah (Fleming) Cornwell, an tives of the Old Dominion of English, Scotch and Welsh descent. They settled in Union Township in 1840. Our subject was educated in the subscripton schools and at Washington College. He was married in 1839, to Tabitha Trussell and raised a family of eleven children of whom eight-five boys and three girls--survive. His wife died in 1870. The children are all married and doing well. Mr. Cornwell owns a farm of 137 acres.

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He is a Republican. a great reader, and one of the best posted men of the county.

MAJ. RICHARD COWLING. deceased, was born in Cornwall. England. July 7, 1797. His parents were Richard and Mary (Parnell) Cowling, who accompanied our subject to this country in the year 1818. They landed at the city of Baltimore, but soon went to Chambersburg, Penn., where Richard. Sr.. died shortly after their removal. Our subject and mother remained here several years, then removed to Pittsburgh, in the same State. and subsequently to Urbana. Ohio. At these places, Mr. Cowling was engaged in the butchering and mercantile pursuits. The mother died in London, Ohio. in the year 1850. Our subject settled in Madison County in 1833, residing on a farm some eight or nine miles distant from London. In 1840, he removed to London. and, on the 1st day of May 1849, was united in marriage with Mary, daughter of Lemuel and Amy (Holmes) Brush, and sister to Judge Henry Brush, of Chillicothe, who subsequently settled in Madison County. No children were born to this union. Mr. Cowling was engaged in active business in Madison County until just prior to the late war, when he retired, having dealt largely and principally. during this period in stock and. by natural shrewdness and close application to business he amassed a large fortune. He grave liberally of his wealth to several public enterprises, such as building of the Presbyterian Church. to which he subsequently donated $5,000 by will. He also supplied the steeple with a town clock at his own expense. He donated the land for Oak Hill Cemetery, and built a beautiful soldiers' monument therein. He built the Madison: formerly Cowling Howe. and erected some twenty or more tenant houses in London. In his will, among the public bequests are the donation of the old homestead at the north end of Main street. together with about four and a half acres of land to the town of London as a public park. Between sixty and eighty acres adjoining Oak Hill Cemetery are set apart as an extension of the grounds for perpetual use. For years Mr. Cowling was a large shareholder and Director in the old Franklin Bank of Columbus: as one of the original starters of the first bank in London, which afterward became the First National Bank. Although peculiar and eccentric, be had many personal friends, and whom he never forsook. He did much good with his money. and was closely identified with the growth of London. The title of Major was simply one given him by his old acquaintances and friends. Maj. Cowling was not identified with any church. His death occurred October 3, 1878, and that of Mrs. Cowling March 11, 1873.

FRANK T. CREAMER. one of the youngest and most enterprising grocers of London. was born at Columbus. Franklin Co., Ohio. October 11, 1855. His father. Thomas Creamer. was horn in Ireland. and came to America in 1848, locating in Massachusetts. and, five years later, at Columbus. where he remained until 1866. He then settled in London. where he has since remained, and has been engaged in mercantile pursuits. He married Lorinda. daughter of James Walcott one of the oldest and most prominent citizens of Franklin County. He was a native of Virginia: married Polly Legg, a daughter of -- Mason. of Kentucky, and located in Franklin County before Columbus was settled. He died about 1877. 31r. and Mrs. Creamer are both living. and are the parents of seven children. six living. Our subject was reared in his native county, and educated in the public schools of Columbus and London. In early life he was a clerk in Howard's grocery at Columbus. and later was employed as book-

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keeper for the Capitol Nursery of the same city He then went to Rochester, N. Y., and was in the nursery business there a short time. In 1875. he came to London and engaged in the grocery business with his father. under the firm name of Creamer & Son. In August, 1879. the firm dissolved partnership. and our subject started his present store. In May. 1881, he purchased his father's stock and removed it to his present quarters. He has had far better success in business than was anticipated, and enjoys probably the best retail trade in the city. His employes number eight. and two wagons are constantly delivering groceries and fruit to his patrons. Mr. Creamer is a member and Treasurer of the London Driving Park Association. He takes a great interest in literary matters, and possesses one of The most complete libraries of standard works in the city. He was married, in February 1879, to Katy daughter of Levi E. Wilson, of Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. Creamer died December 29 of the same year. She was a consistent member of the Universalist Church.

WILLIAM CRYDER, farmer, P. O. London. was born August 11, 1814 on the farm where he now lives, and on which he has lived all his fife. with the exception of three years. He is a son of Philip and Nancy (McClintick) Cryder, natives of Virginia, the former of German and the latter of Scotch-Irish descent. They emigrated to this county in 1806, and in 1801 settled on the farm where William now lives. The father was a prominent farmer through life, and at his death owned 800 acres of land. Our subject has devoted his life to farming. He now owns 305 acres of land, all of which he has made by his own industry and economy. He was married. December 13, 1836, to Susan Carr, a native of Ohio and a daughter of Michael Carr. Mrs. Cryder was born October 18, 1816, and by her Mr. Cryder has had eleven children. eight surviving, namely: Mary. wife of Daniel Orcutt. Martha. wife of N. Creamer; Albert. Elizabeth. James B., Ellen E.. William and Bertha. Mrs. Cruder is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Cruder is a Republican. He is a natural mechanic. and for some time carried on wagon-making in this township, having when he started the most extensive manufactory in the county.

I. S. DALBEY. farmer and stock-dealer, P. O. London was born in this State July 10. He is a son of Rev. Joseph Dalbey and Emeline L. (Kiger) Dalbey. a native of Virginia. of Scotch and English descent. and a grand-daughter of Gen. Kiger, of Revolutionary fame. Joseph Dalbey - was a native of Virgina of English and German descent, and a Captain in the war of 1812. Our subject received a good education, completing his studies in Weslyan University, Delaware, Ohio. When fifteen years of age his name was used, in connection with his brother's. in the formation of a firm engaged in buying and selling live stock. This occupation engrossed Mr. Dalbey's attention for twenty years. and in 1876 he turned his attention to farming. He owns 247 acres of land in this township. In 1867. he married Matilda B., a daughter of William Fitzgerald. an early settler of this county. Four children have blest this union, viz.. J. Joseph, William. Hannah May and Charles Franklin. Mr. and Mrs. Dalbey are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has been Class Leader for a number of years. His father was a preacher from the age of eighteen to the age of eighty-four years.

HON. JAMES A. DUN. farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. London, was born in this State August 20. 1824. He is the son of Robert and Lucy W. (Agnes) Dun. of Scotch descent. and the latter a native of Virginia. Our subject reached his majority working on a farm. after which he dealt in

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stock for six years. In 1852, he went to California, and for six years was engaged in mining. In 1853, he moved to Missouri and engaged in mercantile pursuits and in dealing in town lots, being a partner of William James. with whom he laid out the town of St. James in 1862. In the latter year he went to Nevada, and, until 1863, speculated in mining stock, after which he worked a silver mine for one year. In 1869. he again went to San Francisco and acted for R. G. Dun & Co.'s mercantile agency. He afterward engaged in the iron mines of Missouri until 1876, and in the silver mines of Colorado until 1881, when he returned to Ohio and purchased the Judge Thomas farm of 200 acres. four miles west of London. Mr. Dan is a Republican in politics. He vas Assistant Provost Marsha. in Missouri during the war, was a member of the First Nevada Legislature in 1864. He has experienced all the vicissitudes of a miner's life, and has undergone all the hardships of Western travel in the early days and the mining craze. He was married, January 28, 1871, to Calestine Bouner, a daughter of Matthew Bonner. of Clark County.

J. W. DIXON. an enterprising and well-known citizen of London, and member of the firm of J. W. Dixon & Co., dealers in dry goods. notion, etc.. was born in Loudoun County, Va., June 2, 1841. He is a son of W. H. Dixon. a native of and now residing in Maryland. He has been engaged in the milling business through life. and now at the age of sixty-four year has retired from active business on account of feeble health. He married Elizabeth Feller, a native of Loudoun County, Va., and yet living, at the age of sixty-three years. Our subject is the oldest of nine children. seven living, and obtained a good common-school education in his native State.He subsequently attended Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg, and in 1867 embarked in the mercantile trade at Lime Kiln, Md. in company with Mr. Grove. and two years later the firm divided stock. Mr. Dixon going to Baltimore. From 1868 to 1871, he traveled for a wholesale house, and in September of the latter year he married Mrs. M. M. Bradfield and soon after engaged again in the mercantile trade in Loudoun County, Va. He remained there two years and after closing out his business went to Denver, Colo. He remained in that city three years. but owing to the ill health of himself and wife returned East. suffering the of his wife in Virgin in March 20, 1876. He soon after went to Philadelphia, and was employed in the well-known house of John Wanamaker for a period of six year. He came to London in September, 1877, and clerked for Dakin & Cowling until June 1878, when he was united in marriage to Miss E. J. Morgan born near Harrisburg, Ohio and daughter of Mrs Martha Morgan whose family is well known throughout Madison County. and closely related to the Fosters, Chenoweths, Pancakes, Johnsons and others. The November fellowing this union. Mr. Dixon engaged in his present business in the Swetland & Dixon Block. on the corner of Main and High streets. In 1881 he erected his present handsome block. and removed his stock there in February 1882. The building is of brick, three stories high, with a stone front. It is 118x22 feet in size, with sixteen-foot ceilings and erected at a cost about $12,000. Mr. Dixon carries a large stock of dry good, notions an carpets and. although in business here but a short time he has built up very fine trade, employing five Clerks and with sales averaging $30,000 per annum. Mr. Dixon is a member of the Masonic fraternity. American Legion of Honor is Superintendent of The Methodist Episcopal Sunday School and President of the Madison County Bible Society. Politically, he is a Prohibition-Republican.

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JOHN DUDDY. London, of Duddy & Duddy. dealers in dry goods, notions, etc., was born in Philadelphia Penn.. February 14, 1842. He is a son of John Duddy, a native of Ireland, and a farmer by occupation. He came to Ohio when our subject was but five years of age. locating at Cincinnati. and suesequently in Logan County, Ohio. where he died about 1850. He married Alice Floyd, who died in 1850. His second marriage was to Margaret Space. Mrs. Duddy was the mother of six children. three living-two sons in Madison County and one in Indiana. Our subject early learned carriage-painting, and came to London in 1864. He worked at his trade till 186 and then went to Indiana. where he remained five years. He returned to London. and with Richard Acton, commenced the manufacture of carriages and buggies. He engaged in his present business in 1878, in company with William Kinney, and in August 1880 the partnership was dissolved. A brother, James then became a full partner, and the firm of Duddy & Duddy enjoys a good, steady trade. Mr. Duddy is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Knights of Honor. He is Democratic in politics. but has never been an aspirant for office. He was married, in 1867. to Sallie Betts. a native of this county. One -on was given them. Raphael C. Mrs. Duddy departed this life in May. 1874, and Mr. Duddy was again married, in June 1876, to Mary E., daughter of Wilson Dungan. Mrs. Duddy is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

NATHAN DUNCAN. farmer, P. O. London. was born in Deer Creek Township November 18, 1828. He is a son of Samuel and Susannah (Moore) Duncan, natives of Vermont. of Irish descent. Our subject has been a life-long farmer. When sixteen years of age he worked by the month and day. Three years later. he began renting, and finally he bought forty-five acres where he now lives. He was married in 1859. to Caroline Loofbourrow a daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Glaize) Loofbourrow. natives of .his county. of German descent. Mrs. Duncan is a member of the Presbyterian Church. He is a Democrat in politics. and has been a School Director in this township fourteen years.

WILSON DUNGAN. an old and honored citizen of London, was born in Pennsylvania August 16, 1807. His father. Jesse Dungan. was inn and raised on a farm about nine miles from Philadelphia. and :earned the trade of a stone-cutter at the latter city. He married Jane Wilson proprietress of the Red Horse Tavern. Philadelphia. They came to Madison County in September, 1809 locating on 320 acres of land in Range Township, six miles south of London. He had purchased this land n Philadelphia at $13 per acre. He resided there during life and died August 16, 1823. Of their eight children, five are living. our subject the oldest of the latter. Mrs. Dungan subsequently married Joseph Pancake. a native of Virginia and a resident of this county. Mr. Pancake died September 15, 1853 and his estimable wife the mother of our subject. July 30, 1863. Wilson Dungan was reared on the old homestead. living there rill seventeen years of age. He then came to London and learned the cabinet and house carpenter's trade manufacturing furniture, etc.. for about twenty-two years, and being engaged in both trades almost forty-four years in all. About 1877. He sold out his stock and trade and retired from active business. On one occasion during this period, money was very scarce. Mr. Dungan made furniture and traded it for corn at 10 cents per bushel. He then sold corn at 8 cents per bushel (a loss of 2 cents a bushel to himself) to obtain the cash which he then needed. For ten years he was engaged in hunting and during the season. and. during the season.

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was never out of dried venison. Mr. Dungan has been a faithful and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for over half a century. He was formerly a Whig, but of late years has been a Republican. He once served as Marshal of the village. Mr. Dungan was married, in Sep. 1831, to Sarah Groves, a native of this county. and a daughter of David Groves. They had six children born to them. three living-Amanda, wife of William Rayburn. of Bloomington, McLean Co. Ill. ; David M., a leading undertaker of Monmouth. Warren Co., Ill., for the past twenty-six years; and Mary E., wife of John Daddy, a prominent dry goods merchant of London. Mrs. Dungan departed this life in th winter of 1872-73. Oar subject resides in London, with his daughter and her husband.

JOHN DUNGAN, one of the oldest and most respected merchants of London, was born on Bradford Creek, in Range Township, August 3, 1814 He was a son of Jesse Dungan, a native of Pennsylvania. who removed his family to Madison County, Ohio. in September. 1809. He was a farmer through life, and died on the old' homestead, in Range Township, August 16, 1823. He married Jane Wilson at Philadelphia, Penn., who bore him, eight children. Five of these children are now living. Mrs. Dungan subsequently married Joseph Pancake, a native of Virginia. but residing here. Mr. Pancake died September 15, 1853, and the mother of our subject July 30, 1863. John Dungan remained on the old homestead till sixteen years of age. His educational facilities were those of pioneer days, and rather limited. At sixeen years of age, he went to Midway and there learned the tinner's trade. He remained there a few years, and, on May 1, 1834, married Susan Blue, a native of Ross County, Ohio. On June 5, 1835, he came to London and opened a shop for the manufacture of tinware. He subsequently commenced dealing in stoves, and afterward general hardware. His trade increased slowly but steadily, and for thirty-one years he enjoyed a large and remunerative trade. He-had commenced life poor, his only capital being two willing hands, good health and a large stock of tireless energy. At the expiration of his thirty-one years of mercantile life, he had accumulated means sufficient for old age and its attending wants and sold out to his son, James M. Dungan, and P. C. Cowling, with the intention of retiring from the business cares of life. A desire to assist his other sons induced him to engage in the furniture trade. He sold out to one of them two years later, and subsequently engaged in his present business. In this latter enterprise he has also met with fair success. Mr. Dungan has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for fifty years-half a century and is at present a Trustee in that body. Ha is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Republican party. He served two years as member of the Village Council. Ten children have been born to himself and wife, six living-Elmira, wife of Stephen Watson, President of the Madison Na tional Bank of London: James M., engaged in mercantile pursuits at Lima, Ohio; Martin W., dealer in furniture. London; Elizabeth; LeRoy S.. with his father in business; and Eliza, wife of Franklin N. Bebee, of Co lumbus. Mr. Dungan's oldest son and child, Jesse W.. enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Thirteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was wounded at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain June 27, 1863. One leg was subsequently amputated, from the effects of which he died on the following anniversary of the nation's independence. Mrs. Dungan is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal denomination. John Dungan has been a lifelong resident of Madison County. and an exemplary Christian in all his

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acts, both in mercantile and social life. His integrity and sincerity in all business matters has never been questioned, and his influence has ever been asserted for the right. He has always taken an active interest in the welfare of this city. and is an enterprising citizen.

MARTIN W. DUNGAN, London, the oldest dealer in furniture, was born in that city December 25, 1843. He is a son of John Dungan, whose sketch can be found elsewhere in this volume. His mother's maiden name was Susan Blue. Our subject was reared in London, and has always resided there. In September 1861 he enlisted in the Fortieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Col. Crainor. of Darke County, commanding, and served two years. He then re-enlisted in the One Hundred and Tenth Regiment, serving a like term, and was honorably discharged in June, 1865. During this latter period of service, he participated in the battle of the Wilderness; witnessed Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, and came very near seeing Johnston's surrender. He returned home and assisted his father in the hardware trade until 1874. when he purchased the furniture stock and trade of his two brothers. Le Roy and Jehial (the latter now deceased), and was a partner of his father until 1878, since which time the firm has been Dungan & Watson. the latter member being Algiers Watson, Cashier of the London Exchange Bank. The firm have met with very good success. Mr. Dungan is a member of the Masonic Lodge, Chapter and Council of London, and Mt. Vernon Commandery. No. 1. Knights Templar, of Columbus. He is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and its Board of Stewards, and connected with the American Legion of Honor. Mr. Dungan was married. August 12, 1867, to Mary. daughter of George W. Lohr. Of their five children, four are living-Minnie. Emmett, Bessie and Frazia. Mrs. Dungan is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal denomination. Mr Dungan is Republican in politics, and at present one of the Trustees of Union Township.

A. DUNKIN. farmer. and stock raiser. residence, London, was born in the village of London. November 8, 1830. His father, David Dunkin. was a native of Pennsylvania and came to Madison County. Ohio, about 1829. He located in London and engaged in the dry goods business. He was a pioneer merchant of the then l small village and his mercantile operations were very profitable. In after years. he was engaged in loaning money He was a Whig in politics and later a Republican and for many years was Coroner of the county. David Dunkin married Nancy Turner. a native of London and daughter of William Turner. They were the parents of three children. oar subject the only survivor. Mrs. Dunkin departed this life in 1835 and Mr. Dunkin afterward married -Jeanette E. Chenoweth, a native of Bourbon County, Ky. Three children were born to this union, only one living--Mrs. R. B. Cowling. Mr. Dunkin died in July 1862. Our subject was reared in London. and has resided there during life. the greater part of which he has been engaged in farming and stock-raising. He owns a farm in Range Township of 1,500 acres, and one of 237 acres in Deer Creek Township. For eight or nine years he was proprietor and landlord of the Madison House, London. He is Republican in politics, and once served as a member of the Village Council. He was married. July 11, 1848 to Sarah daughter of Simon Kenton, the latter of whom was a nephew of old Simon Kenton, the Kentucky pioneer hunter and trapper. Thirteen children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Dunkin, nine living-S. Ken. ton: Nannie. wife of B. H. Lewis. an attorney at law of London: William B. proprietor Madison House. London: Fannie. wife of S. D. Kumler, of

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London: McLoud, David Ted, Clara May, Nellie and Sarah. Mrs. Dunkin's father, Simon Kenton, was one of the largest stock-dealers in Madison County, his principal operations extending from 1834 to 1844. He was native of Kentucky. Mrs. Dunkin was born in 1832.

JAMES DWYER. merchant. London, was born in the town of Cahir, County Tipperary, Ireland. October 1834. His parents were William and Johanna (Roach) Dwyer, living in Ireland till their death. The for mer died in 1870, and the later when our subject was but ten years old. He grew up in Ireland, and, when but sixteen years of age came to America He had previously worked some at tailoring and located in Philadelphia where he remained two years and finished iris trade. He then cam to Xenia, Ohio. and remained there till 1856, when he located in Springfield, Clark County. He was working at his trade there for about three years and then lived in Vienna, same county. one year. After six mouths residence again in Springfield in April, 1860, he came to London. He immediately opened a shop and by perseverance and energy, succeeded in building up a fine trade and gradually worked himself into general merchandising. He erected a portion of his present building in 1870 and finished it in 1879. It is a two-story brick, containing four rooms with sizes follows: 22x80, 17x65, 16x45 and 16x25. The building, was erected at a cost of $10,000 to $12,000, and the larger portion of it is ailed with a general stock, embracing, dry goods, boots, shoes and clothing . Mr. Dwyer enjoys a very good trade and has been fairly successful during his business life. He is one of the more prominent members of the Catholic Church at London. and is Democratic in state and national politics but in local affairs voting for the man who will best subserve the interests of the people. He was married while residing at Xenia. December 30, 1856, by the Rev. Thomas Blake, to Margaret Anderson. also a native of Ireland. Of their ten children, eight are living-Johanna, wife of Thomas Maddigan an assistant in the Central Ohio Insane Asylum at Columbus; Will. traveling salesman with R. W. Linen, of Columbus: John, Edmund, Walter, Joseph, Emmet and Robert. Mary and Edward are deceased. Mrs. Dwyer and family are also members of the Catholic Church.

E. R. EBNER. London. boot and shoe manufacturer and dealer, was horn in the Province of Saxony,. Germany. February 21, 1840. His father, Charles August Ebner was also a native of Saxony and during life has been a manufacturer of violins. He still resides in Germany, and is seventy-three years of age. He was united in marriage to Wilhemina Stark. who is still living and in her sixty-eighth year. They are the parents of eight children five living. Our subject is the fourth child, the oldest living one and the only one of the family in America. He learned his present trade in Germany when but fourteen years of age, and when twenty-six years old came to America and direct to London. having been acquainted with, and worked for William Stahl. brother of John Stahl, in Germany. He obtained employment with John Stahl, and remained with him two or three years and in 1869 went to Midway, Range Township, where he opened a shop. He returned to London in 1871, and in 1873 established his present business. He first commenced dealing in boots and shoes in May 1881 and have had fair suceess in both branches of the business. Mr. Ebner is a member of the Democratic party. He was married October 14, 1869 to Dorothy Young, a native of Germany. Of the four children given them, two are living-Annie and Otto. Mr. Ebner and family are members of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church of London.

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R. H. EDWARDS, proprietor Empire Livery. and a prominent grain dealer of London and Central Ohio. was born in Fayette County. Ohio. January 16, 1844. He is a son of James P. Edwards, a native of Pennsylvania, and a member of the Society of Friends. He came to Ohio about fifty years ago. locating in Jeffersonville where he was a pioneer merchant. He subsequently removed to Charleston. Clark County where he died October, 1872. He married Susan, daughter of Col. Robert Hill of Virginia. and a pioneer of Clark County, Ohio. Mrs. Edwards passed away from earth, in December 1879, Our subject is the oldest of four Children, three living, and two residents of Madison County. He was mostly reared in Charleston, Clark County. and when young assisted his father in the mercantile trade. He subsequently traveled for Erhart & Beeson. wholesale grocers of Columbus. remaining with them six years In 1862, he enlisted in Company C. One Hundred and Tenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but officiated as Private Secretary to Gen. Milroy, during his two years services. After leaving the army, he traveled some and finally located at Detroit, where he became a member of the firm L. W. Linker & Co., wholesale grocers and tea dealers. He was engaged in this business eight or nine years, and in 1879 came back to Ohio, locating in London. In April 1880. Mr. Edwards purchased the Empire Livery Stable where he has met with good success. He first commenced buying grain in 1878, and has purchased and shipped for Eastern parties since. He buys all over Central and Southern Ohio. his yearly trade averaging 1,000 to 1,200 cars. Mr. Edwards was one of the organizers, and is now a Director and Secretary of he London Driving Park Association. He is Unitarian in religious belief and Republican in politics. He was married January 10, 1869, to Fannie Thomas. of Delaware County. Penn. Mrs. Edwards died of consumption in October 1876, while in attendance at the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia. He was again married. October 2, 1878 to Lydia M. Leach native of Fayette County, Ohio a sister of Mrs. Jeremiah Rea of London and daughter of Benjamin Leach. a pioneer of Fayette County, Ohio. They have a son and daughter- Pierrepont and Wanah.

WILLIAM A. EVANS. farmer. P. O. London. was born in Clark County, Ohio, April 25, 1846. He is the son of William B. and Sarah (Bowen) Evans, the former a native of Virginia, of Welsh descents and the latter a native of New York, of German and English descent. His father died when our subject was eighteen years old. and the burden of supporting the family devolved largely on him. He took charge of the farm and iterated it successfully. He is a natural machinist, and can set up or use almost any piece of machinery. He was married, in 1869 to Victoria P. Orcutt, born in Greene County, January 14, 1848 and a daughter Henry Orcutt. They have had two children. viz.: P. B., born November 3, and Carrie E., born May 21, 1873. Mr. Evans is a Republican and is now serving his third term as Trustee. He has served as a delegate to the Ohio State Convention. He has been an Odd Fellow twelve years.

WILLIAM FARRAR. London. Cashier of the Central Bank. was born at the mouth of Oak Run. in what is now Oak Run Township, this county November 26, 1832. His father. Jonathan Farrar. was born in Yorkshire. England. in August, 1790. He was there reared and in April, 1820 came America, locating near Lawrenceburg, Ind., where he remained three "ears. He then went to Cincinnati. and two years later to Columbus. Two years subsequently. he located on what is now the "Gwynne land." in both Pleasant and Oak Run Townships. He resided there two and it half or

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three years, and then on Deer Creek. a short distance away. He bought a, large amount of land, having at one time 1,300 or 1,400 acres in different farms throughout the county. He remained in Oak Run Township several years. and after a short residence at Springfield, Clark Co., Ohio. located at London, where he died July 22, 1874, aged eighty-four years. He married Mary Kilby, a native of England, and daughter of Henry Kilby, one of the better class of farmers of Great Britain. They had born to them eleven children-six now living, and four residents of Madison County. Mrs Farrar died about 1852. aged fifty-nine years. Jonathan Farrar was a great reader, and well read in Bible history. In early and middle life, he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, but at the time of hid death, of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He was an honest, industrious man, fond of intelligent company, and when he hired a man to labor for him, the contract was made on the basis that the employe was to use no profane language while working for his employer. Mrs. Farrar was a very pious woman, and both were highly honored and respected. On one occasion (after his wife's death). Mr. Farrar, in company with Benjamin Browning and Charles Phellis made a trip to England, for the Madison County Importing Company, and returned with a herd of fine cattle. At the time of his death, he was very comfortably fixed. financially and otherwise. William Farrar was reared on the home farm, receiving a common school education. In early life. he went to Dayton. Wis.. and for a year was engaged in shipping grain and flour to Chicano. He then returned to Madison County. and on January 1, 1859. he, in company with his brother John, purchased the business now owned by Jones Bros., and soon after the property. He also bought wool. and was engaged there until January 1, 1876, when he in company with his brother John. Robert Rea and others, organized the Central Bank. and was made Cashier. which position he still holds. He continued the wool business two years and is now engaged in the grain trade with Thomas Wood. under the firm name of Farrar & Wood. The firm own the large elevator on the Pan-Handle Railroad. and have an office on Center street. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. and for the past eight or nine years has been a Trustee in that, body. He is a strong Republican, and has served as Trustee of Union Township. member of Council and Clerk of the Village. Mr. Farrar was married. February 5, 1860 to Harriet S. Thomas. a native of Genese County. N. Y. They have five children--Ida, Jessie, Colburn. Wade and Morton. Mrs. Farrar and the three eldest children are also members of the Methodist Episcopal denomination.

FRANK FATH. London. retail dealer in wines, liquors and cigars was born in Bavaria. Germany. August 2, 1845. He is a son of Jacob Fath who came to America in 1851. He was a miller by trade. and locate.; at Miamisburg, in Montgomery County. Ohio ten miles from Dayton where he died in 1875. He married Phebe Mayer. also a native of Bavaria, and who bore him eight children, four now living. Mrs: Fath resides it. Dayton, and is sixty-four years of age. Our subject was the second child of this union. and was six years old when he accompanied his parents to America. In early life. he was in the butcher business, and subsequent! learned the printer's trade. He came to London in the spring of 1875, and worked at his trade the greater part of the time for the succeeding dye years. He then engaged in his present business. In March, 1882, Its refurnished his place of business at a cost of over $3,000. His rooms are

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fitted up in magnificent style, and his trade is of the best. Mr. Fath is Democratic in politics.

E. R. FLORENCE. ex-Treasurer of Madison County, London, was born in Paint Township September 7, 1837. His father, Robinson Florence, is a native of Pickaway County, Ohio, and came to Madison County about 1831 or 1832. He located in Paint Township, where he still resides, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He married Elizabeth Williams, a native of this county. This union has been blessed with ten children, seven of whom are living. Our subject is a second child and son, and obtained a very thorough English education at a private school. He was engaged in farming and stock-raising on the old home farm until January, 1873. when he was elected Sheriff of Madison County. on the Democratic ticket. He served four years in this position, and during that period was further honored by being nominated and elected to the position of Treasurer of Madison County. He took possession of the latter . office in September, 1878. and was subsequently re-elected in 1879. His second term expired 1682. Mr. Florence was an able and efficient public official and well esteemed by all. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Presbyterian Church, and has ever been Democratic in political matters. He was united in marriage in the spring of 1879, to Mary E. Cover, a native o Madison County. They have no children. Mrs. Florence is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

A. W. GARDNER. of Gardner & Lohr, the popular clothing merchants of London, was born in Adams County, Penn., November 17, 1846 His father. Daniel Gardner. was also a native of the Keystone State and lime burner by occupation. He died in 1863, aged fifty-two years. Mr. Gardner married Harriet Arnold. a native of Pennsylvania, who became the mother of four children, one daughter and three sons, the former now deceased Mrs. Gardner is living in her native State, at the good age of sixty-eight years. One son. J. M. Gardner. formerly of Gardner & Miles, resided in London from 1870 to 1877. Our subject's paternal grandfather was Jacob Gardner. and the maternal one Dr. Arnold. He was reared in old Pennsylvania. receiving a good common-school education, and subsequently attending a college for two years. He taught school for six months. subsequently cultivating tobacco for one year. He was then em ployed as a clerk five or six years, and in the spring of 1870 came to London. securing like employment from Gardner & Miles, with whom he remained two years. Then in connection with William Ronemus, he purchased the stock and trade of his employer, and the firm enjoyed a good trade for six years. when Mr. Gardner purchased the half-interest of Mr Ronemus. and subsequently sold a third interest to William F. Lohr, the new firm being the present one of Gardner & Lohr. They have met with fine success and enjoy a rapidly increasing trade. A merchant tailoring department is connected with the house, with Charles C. Corey as cutter, and employs from twelve to fifteen hands. Mr. Gardner is a charter member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge of London. and connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Republican party. He was united in marriage, October 10, 1872, to Florence, daughter of George W. Lohr, a pioneer citizen of London. They have three children-Frank W. and Howard L.. twins. and George D. Mrs. Gardner is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

F. C. GILLETT. dealer in coal, London, was born in Clark County, Ohio, July 17, 1852. His father. Dr. J. H. Gillett, is a native of Medford,

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Mass., and a physician by profession. He carne to Ohio about 1840, and located at Springfield. Clark County, where he was engaged in attending a large and lucrative practice until his death. He was one of the oldest and most prominent physicians of Clark County, and died at Springfield October 16, 1881. He married Leonora Vickersy, a native of one of the Southern States. They were the parents of four children all living. and residents of Clark County except our subject. Mrs. Gillett is still living and resides in Clark County. Our subject was the youngest child, and was sent to Wittenberg College. Springfield where he was in attendance only a short me. He left school to accept employment as clerk in a bookstore and was engaged in that capacity four or five years. He then purchased a like business at Tiffin, Ohio. where he was in business three or four Pears. In 1880. he came to London and started a tobacco store. He then established his present business, in which he has an excellent trade and is meeting with increased success. Mr. Gillett is Republican in politics. He was carried, October 16, 1877 to Hattie, daughter of Washington Wilson, a retired farmer of Springfield. Mfrs. Gillett member of the Presbyterian Church.

JOHN GILLILAND. a well-known citizen of Madison County, any a merchant of London. was born in what is now Fairfield Township. July 25, 1812. His father. Andrew Gilliland. was a native of Virginia. and came to Pickaway County. Ohio in 1807 or 1808. He removed to Logan County, out subsequently back to Pickaway County where be died in August, 1836. He was a son of Samuel Gilliland and Elizabeth Smith. He married Mary. daughter of John Williams. and a native of Maryland. Of their nine children, six are living-three daughters and three sons. Our subject was the second child of this family, and was reared in Pickaway Courty. He has been engaged in farming nearly all his life, and resided in Fairfield Township. where he now owns sixty-five acres of land. In March, 1874, he came to London, entering into the boot and shoe trade. He has gradually drifted into general merchandise. and his success has been fair. He was formerly a Democrat, but is now Republican in politics. He was married November 3. 183f1, to Palmyra. daughter of Shubal and Esther Crippen Waldo, natives of the Eastern States. Of their ten children six survive--all daughters. Mrs. Gilliland is a member of the Christian Church.

E. J. GOULD. of E. J. Gould & Co.. proprietors of planing mill and lumber yard. London, was born in Essex County, N. J., January 6, 1828. He is a son of J. N. Gould. also a native of New Jersey, and came to Ohio in 1841. He located in Pleasant Township, this county, and resided there for ten years. He was a Methodist Episcopal minister. but also carried on a farm. with the aid of his sons. He sold the farm about 1851 and removed to London where he resided till his death. about twenty years ago. He married Elizabeth Reeve, a native of New Jersey. There were born to them five sons-three living. Mrs. Gould died about 1879. Our subject is the only son in this county (other two residing in Newark, N. J. and was reared to manhood in Pleasant Township. He was a farmer in early life, but accompanied his father when the latter removed to London. Mr. Gould then engaged in the lumber business, in company with his brother William. They were also carpenters and builders, and remained together two or three years. Mr. Gould was in Oregon four years. building saw. mills, but still carried on his business in London. In the spring of 1875, Gerald Fitsgibbons became associated in business with Mr. Gould. and the firm of E. J. Gould & Co. carry on the most extensive business in their line

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of trade in Madison County. Mr. Gould :s a conservative Democrat, and while a resident of Oregon represented Coose and Curry Counties in the State Legislature. He has had fair success in his business operations. Mr Gould was married October 5, 1864, to Anna G. Kellogg, a native of Georgia. and daughter of the Rev. Ezra Kellogg, D. D., an Episcopal minister Seven children have been born to them, six living--Theodore, Florence. Anna. Stephen. Donald and Cecil. Mrs. Gould is a member of Trinity; Episcopal Church of London, and Mr. Gould is a regular attendant on it: services.

THOMAS GRAGG. farmer. P. O. London, was burn in this township February 2, 1823. He is a son of Reuben and Phebe (Harpole) Gragg. natives of Virginia, of Dutch descent, who came to Ohio in 1810 and. after clue years residence in Chillicothe settled in Union Township where the father died in 1828. His wife still survives, at the age of eighty-six year. Our subject was the second child of a family of ix children. His father died when he was a child. preventing him froth obtaining inure than a Aim iced education. He early began the work of a farmer. and has iinco followed that avocation, now owning 125 acres of land. He commenced working by the month at the age of fourteen years, soon after rented a place. and finally purchased a small farm. He was married, in 1851 to Hannah E. Wagoner. a native of Paint Township, and a daughter of James Wagoner The: have seven children--Stephen D.. Mary Elizabeth. Josephine M., Rhoda M.. Emma, Grant W. and Lucy Lucinda. Mr. and Mrs. Gragg and the four eldest children, are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which he has been connected twenty-five years. He is a Republican in politics.

JOHN M. GRAHAM. farmer. P. O. London. was born in Pleasant Township July 19, 1836, and is a son of John and Lydia (Alkire) Graham the former a native of Kentucky, of Irish descent, and the latter a native Virginia. of German descent. Our subject attended school at London, and remained on the farm until seventeen years of age when his father moved to London and opened a store, and John became a clerk, in which capacity he continued five years. He was married in 1859, to Gertrude, a daughter of John Smith and by her he had seven children-.John K., Anna S., A. L., Lydia J., Gertrude, Milton and James S. Mr. and Mrs. Graham are members of the Christian Church.. He is a Republican and owns a well improved and highly cultivated farm.

CHARLES GULCHER. baker and confectioner, London was born in Rhine Bavaria, Germany. November 30, 1837; his father was Charles Gulcher a native and farmer of Germany he married Mary Weber, also of Germany. The former died about 1875 or 1876. The latter is still living; in Germany and is about. sixty-five years of age. They have four living children three in America Our subject is the only one of they family in Madison County: he learned the baker's trade in the old country, and in. July 1855, came to America. locating in New York City. He there learned the confectioner's trade and than came to Ohio: he worked at Waynesville,. Warren County, two years, and then came too London. He was employed by his uncle. Peter Weber, for some time. and then returned to Waynesville. He came back to London again in April, 1861, and was once more employed by his uncle. About 1867, he commenced business for himself and has, succeeded very well: he has a nice restaurant in connection and enjoys a nine trade. Mr. Weber visited the Paris Expedition in 1878 and Centennial exhibition in 1876; he was Chief of the London Fire Depar-

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ment for five years, and with Philip Speasmaker purchased its first engine (one worked by hand), from Springfield, Ohio. Mr. Gulcher is a member of Madison Lodge and Hiawatha Encampment (I. O. O. F.) Presbyterian in religious belief, and a "Jackson Democrat " in politics. He was married January 16, 1859, to Miss R. K. Giegley a native of Baden, Germany. Of their eight children six are living, three daughters and three sons Mollie. wife of Joseph Rea, a farmer of Oak Run Township: Barbara. William, Harry, Edward and Matilda. Mrs. Gulcher is also a believer in they religion taught by the Presbyterian denomination.

TIMOTHY HALEY. London. Deputy U. S. Marshal of the Eighth Ohio District, and U. S. Railway Postal Clerk residence, London. was born in Ireland April 6, 1842. His father Michael Haley was a native of County Killarney and came to America when our subject was seven years old: he located Killarney. Springfield, Ohio. and subsequently went to Mattoon, Ill., where be died. Mrs. Haley died in Ireland. Our subject came to London when but nine years of age: he was adopted by Mrs. Mary Freeman, and resided with her till of age: for two or three years he was engaged in traveling over the Southern States. In 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company C. Seventeenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Capt. Acton, and served the three months' term of the regiment. He then reenlisted in the One Hundred and Thirteenth Regiment; was in the Army of the Cumberland. and with Sherman marched down to the sea: witnessed the destruction of Raleigh. N. C.. and participated in the grand review at Washington, D. C.: mustered out of the army as First Lieutenant of his company. After returning to London, in company with S. E. Freeman engaged in the grocery business, under the firm name of Freeman & Haley. Three years later the firm was dissolved, and Mr. Haley then conducted the business alone; he subsequently went to Paulding County, Ohio. retraining a short time. In December, 1850 he was appointed Deputy U.S. Marshal of the Eighth Ohio District, by Col. Ullery. of Cincinnati. In September, 1882. he was appointed U. S. Railway Postal Clerk. Mr. Haley is Adjuant of Lyons Post. G. A. R., of London. a member of the Lodge and Encampment (I. O. O. F.) and Republican in politics. He was married October 25, 1880 to Ellen Holland. a native of Louisville, Ky. They have one daughter-Florence.

JAMES HAMILTON, dealer and shipper of grain, London was born in Livingston County, N. Y.. March 30, 1836. His father, James Hamilton. Sr., was a native of Scotland, and there reared. He came to America about 1831. locating in Livingston County. N. Y., where he died in 1878. He was a farmer by occupation. and married Grace Marvin. also a native of Scotland. They had eight children. six now living. James being the only one in Ohio. Mrs. Hamilton departed this life in 1875. Our subject was reared and educated in New York. and in early life was a school teacher. He located in Clark County Ohio in 1856, and taught school there for seven years. He was in the mercantile trade one year at Selma that county and next engaged in general merchandising at Plattsburg. He was there in business for nine rears. and then sold his stock. He removed to Newark, Ohio. and resided there two years. being exclusively engaged in the grain trade. He came to London in the spring of 1876 and at present is probably the largest grain dealer in the county. He handles about 1,000 bushels of grain per year, buying and shipping from London and nine other points in Ohio. He employs an average force of twenty-five men during the grain season. and has the personal supervision of the entire

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business. On June 16, 1879, Mr. Hamilton suffered the loss, by fire, of his warehouse at London. containing 2,000 bushels of wheat, and 400 bushels of corn-total less over insurance. about $4,000. Mr. Hamilton is a regular attendant on the services of the Presbyterian Church. and a Trustee in the official board. His politics are Republican. but he never aspired to office. Mr. Hamilton was married March 8, 1866 to Addie Chamberlain, a native of Ohio. They have four children-Ralph, Grace. William L. and Mabel.

ROBERT M. HANSON (deceased), late United States Consul to Bremen, was born in Madison County. Ohio. on the 14th of April. 1837, being the youngest son in a family of four brothers and three sisters. He was left n orphan at an early age by the death of his parents. In his boyhood days. he was distinguished among his fellows and playmates as a boy of more than common energy and determination. On arriving near the years of maturity, and foreseeing the necessity of it, he determined to avail himself f the advantages of a more thorough education than the facilities of his neighborhood supplied. Having prepared himself, he entered the Miami University .at Oxford, Ohio. The path of knowledge to him was no "flowery path of ease," he being obliged to earn the means to pay for his tuition. This he accomplished by teaching part of the time, and attending his studies the remainder. Having accomplished his studies, he chose the profession of law, and began reading in the office of Hon. H. W. Smith. of this place. Here again stern necessity held him back, and he returned to teaching to procure means. This life was a laborious one, for its soon as school hours were over, he was reading gent and Blackstone. He was admitted to the bar late in the winter of 1860-61. Before he could locate himself, the distant mutterings of that storm of civil war that for four years deluged our land with blood was heard. and when, on the memorable 14th of April the wires flashed the news to us of the fall of Fort Sumter. and then the immediate call for 75,000 men-the formation of the first company of Madison County's quote-the enlistment of the Madison Guards their departure for the front the wild enthusiasm that pervaded the community-all these incidents are still fresh in the memory of most of its. Capt. Hanson was among the first to enlist tinder this call. His feelings and comprehension of the work before him can be better shown by quoting from his own correspondence with the writer. dated at Camp Jackson. Columbus. Ohio, May 2. 1861. Referring to some of his comrades who wished to return home, he says: "As for myself, I feel in duty bound, by my oath to stand by that flag, and that. only, and I will do so at all hazards and all sacrifices, and as long as there is a pulse in my arm I will be seen under her wide folds." And again, when en route for the front. he writes from Parkersburg, Va., June 24, 1861: "I have been sick for two or three days. but now feel better, and will go on with the regiment, live or die on the way. This war, my friend, will be no fool's play: thousands are entering the devouring jaws of death." How well and truly he carried out these assertions, the result lies before you. The Eagle Guards were mustered in under Capt. Acton as Company C. Seventeenth Regiment, and served their three months in West Virginia, and were discharged from service at the expiration of that time. The second call for troops was made soon afterward, and the Military Commission of the county appointed him Captain and gave him permission to recruit a company for service for three years. This was speedily done, and the company was mustered at Camp Chase by Gov. Tod, on the 19th of August. 1862. as Company B. Ninety-fifth Regiment.

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the front. On the 30th of August. at Richmond. Ky., our army met the rebel forces under Kirby Smith, and the battle of Richmond was fought, resulting disastrously to our forces. Most of the Ninety-fifth were captured, paroled and sent to Camp Chase. In December following, they were exchanged, reequipped and arrived at Memphis, Tenn., about the 20th of January 1863, from thence about April 1 to Vicksburg, thence back with other regiments into the interior and on the 12th of May fought the battle of Jackson Court House. Here Company B. under Capt. Hanson, took an active part, and distinguished themselves by capturing three pieces of artiliery. Again they went back to the trenches at Vicksburg, and participated in that long, terrible siege that was followed by the fall of Vicksburg on the 4th of July. The regiment again went back to Jackson C. H., which had been re-occupied by the rebels and fortified, and after a siege of nine days again captured the town. From thence they were sent out on the Charleston & Memphis Railway, to guard against the raids of Forrest and were thus employed from October to the 1st of may when a raid was made on our forces to a point near Ripley, Miss. A second raid was started from Memphis the 1st of June of which the Ninety-fifth was a part, and on the 10th of June, near Guntown, Miss.. they met Forrest with an overwhelming force: a severe engagement ensued our army was driven back fighting over the ground foot by foot. About 3 o'clock P. M., Capt. Hanson fell terribly wounded, being struck by a minnie ball in the left breast near the heart, the ball lodging under the lower point of the shoulder blade. He was carried back by his own men a mile and placed in an ambulance, and taken about six miles, when the driver supposing him dead, cut the harness loose from the ambulance and fled leaving him to be captured. The next morning about daylight he returned to consciousness and about 10 o'clock was taken as prisoner a short distance to a cabin. Here the rebel surgeon, removed the ball, and dressed the wounds. He lay at the cabin some two weeks and was then taken to Catawba Prison near Selma, on the Alabama River where he was nursed by the Sisters of Charity until he was able to be paroled, about the 20th of November. All this time his friends supposed him dead. He returned North about the 1st of December, when his wound opened again and for nearly three months it was very doubtful if he would ever recover. Having sufficiently recovered, he was placed in the Reserve Corps, and ordered as Judge Advocate to report at Milwaukee, Wis Here he remained until his term of enlistment expired, and he was honorably discharged. Again we guote from his correspondence, dated July 7, 1865. He says: "On last, Thursday I was made a citizen again. Congratulate me, for I am free to think and act for myself. and truly, my dear friend, after almost four years' service, it is no small gratification to thus placed in this independent position. Knowing that I have faithfully labored for my Government this people and the people yet to come after me and that I can reflect on the past without scruple and without sorrow, only that I could not have done more." In the fall of 1865, after his return he was elected a member of the Ohio Legislature. and represented the county in the sessions of 1866-67, with credit to himself and the county. After the election of Gen. Grant as President in 1868, he received the appointment of Consul to Bremen. and arrived there in June 1869. His strength had almost returned from the long weakening influence of his wound. Latter the effect of the, cool summers he rapidly recuperated, and was much elated, thinking the climate would make his recovery complete. But the long, northern winter began. and the piercing chilly winds of the North

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Sea were more than his weak lungs could endure. In the spring, hemorrhage set in. We again quote his own language. He says: "On May 28, I went to Hanover, to visit some American friends, and to tear myself away from business and relieve the mental exertions under which I had been laboring for weeks. In the afternoon, we visited Herren Hausen, and other places of sight-seeing. Having walked several miles, we returned, and feeling fatigued. I retired early and slept soundly all night. I awoke about 7 o'clock in the morning. and arose, feeling perfectly well and natural. I was immediately attacked by a hard cough, and the first I knew of anything like hemorrhage, the blood flew splattering over the mirror and wash-stand before me. I was not frightened, for I had seen blood before. and from the same source. It continued for near half an hour, and at first was so rapid that it almost produced strangulation. What was, and always will be strange to me this spell of bleeding was a repetition of Guntown to me, it, feeling. All the horrors of that day were emblazoned before my vision in a burning light, which produced a feeling as if I were again in the midst, of the commingled reality. Artillery deafened my ears-powder burnt in my face--the din and smell of battle filled my nostrils, and oh ! horrible the skrieks of the wounded and dying paralyzed my very soul; and all the while I sat gulping' out blood. I shall never be able to account for this strange turning back into the midst of one of the active scenes of my life The hemorrhage returned again about 6 P. M. and lasted near forty minutes. This attack was followed by a chill and fever, and was the climax of my case, and on my back! laid for thirteen days. and in my room for twenty-one days. This attack brought me near the valley, where I could look ever and see the 'dark shadows.' once beneath the shadow of which you are lost from the sight of all things earthly forever. The sighs, and love, and friendship of those whom one leaves behind may go out faintly across that vale of immortality and futurity. but the departed never returns, and we use our eyes enshrouded with his memory; around us that he was one among us, loved, but the still deep, dead silence which comes back to us from the departed, says--"never to return " From this attack. he never recovered his strength and fearing to stay another winter in Bremen he returned in December to the United States. On the 29th of February following, he was married to Miss Kate Williams. and with renewed hope and energy sailed again for Bremen on the 21st of March. From this time until his return it was a gradual wasting away of life. He was advised by his physician to go to Meran, in the Tyrol Valley, among the Alps From there they went to the Island of Sicily, and in early spring returned Naples, Italy, where they remained until they embarked, on the 20th of August 1873 for New York. He was then so weak that he had to be carried aboard the steamer but he started with the strong hope of being able to reach home. A few days after the vessel sailed the old wound opened again externally and from that time he sank rapidly. On September 14 while the bright sunshine of the calm Sabbath morn was throwing its first rays over the iron steamer, far out on the deep, rolling ocean there in the midst of that grand scene of beauty and holiness, with none but the Faithful, grief-stricken wife kneeling by his side--the vail of man's immortal destiny was lifted and long suffering and sorrow was with him no more. The officers of the steamer were very kind to the deeply-afflicted widow in her grief and loneliness, and did all they could with the means at hand. There was nothing aboard the steamer by which the body could be preserved. The carpenter made a coffin of pine and it was placed on

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the upper deck to get the sea breeze, which was fortunately cool. On Tuesday evening at 6 o'clock P. M. the vessel arrived at her dock in -New York. The remains were brought to this county and interred in Paint Township Cemetery.

CYRUS HORNBECK. deceased, was born west of Midway in this county January 27, 1S23. At the age of twenty-one years he married Elizabeth Miliner. daughter of John Miliner, of Highland County, Ohio. Mr. Miliner was born in Halifax County. Va., August 25, 1800. With his father, moved to Highland County. Ohio in 1807, where he married Mary Slaughter when twenty-one years of age. He settled on a farm three miles from Leesburg. where he has followed the occupation of farming and milling ever since. His wife died three years after marriage leaving Elizabeth. who was the only child. She was taken when one year old by her aunt, Elizabeth Slaughter. who cared for her until her marriage. Mr. Hornbeck started in life as a poor boy. but one Year after marriage bought a farm of 200 acres, two and a half miles from London, on the Springfield road, which, hard labor, he succeeded in paying for. He took great delight in raising fine stock was of a cheerful disposition, kind to all. and at his death owned 400 acres of land. He died July 23, 1863, at the age of forty years. He was the father of four sons and three daughters. four surviving, viz.: Mary E.. Cyrus R., Sidney E. and Isaac W. Cyrus was married at the age of nineteen to Rolla Parker; he is a farmer and also studied theology at Union Christian College. He is a member of the Christian Church. and the father of one child-Roscoe Garfield. Sidney E. is the wife of Jackson Hays. and the mother of two children. one deceased. Isaac W.. left the farm at the age sixteen, went to Colorado, and in two years came back to London. where he is engaged in photographing. John Q. Hornbeck, Cyrus Hornbeck's eldest child, married Cornelia Watson, and was the father of two children. one, Owen Edgar, surviving; John enlisted in the Fourth Ohio Cavalry for three years, but was only in the service one mouth. when he sickened and died at Nashville, Tenn., at the age of twenty years, another martyr to freedom. He sacrificed wife. children and life for his flag.

T. J. HOUSTON. of Houston & Burnham, dealers in hardware and agricultural implements, London. was born in Somerford Township, this county, April 24, 1842. His grandfather. Joseph Houston, was a native of Kentucky, and located on Buck Creek. in Clark County. Ohio. in an early day. He subsequently removed to Charleston, same county. One son, J. M. Houston, the father of our subject, was born in Kentucky. being only two years of age. when his parents came to Ohio. He was reared near Springfield, Clark County and married "Maria Cartmill, a native of Clark County, and daughter of Nathaniel Cartmill. shortly after he removed to a farm in Somerford Township. this county, where he resided some years. He died June 30, 1879. He was the father of ten children. only two living our subject and sister. Mary E., both residents of London. "Mrs. Houston is still living, at the age of sixty-seven years. T. J. Houston was the fourth child of this family, and his early life was passed on the home farm in Somerford Township. He received only a common school education, and when young was engaged in trading and handling stock for a period of ten years. He then came to London, and, in connection with L. P. Burnham, purchased the hardware stock and trade of P. C. Cowling, the new firm being known as Houston & Burnham. They have been very successful for the short time they have been engaged in this business. Mr. Houston is Republican in politics. He was married, November 11, 1875 to Kate

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Locke a sister of the Hon. John F. Locke. Of their three children, two are living-Eva and John L.

A. A. HUME. ex-Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, London, was born in Paint Township. this county. September 30, 1809. His parents were Robert and Isabella S. (Davis) Hume, natives of Virginia, and pioneers of Madison County. The subject of this sketch was about two years of age when his parents removed to London. and he has since resided there. with the exception of four or five years in Kentucky. He enjoyed but limited educational facilities in early life, and when quite young was employed as a clerk. He soon after established himself in business on the northeast corner of Main and High streets. remaining in mercantile circles about four years. He subsequently engaged in bringing cattle into Madison County from the West. and in the business of hotel keeping. In 1841, he was appointed Clerk of the Courts of Madison County, and served in that position the remarkably long period of nearly forty-two years in succession, a case without parallel in the history of the State, and probably in the Union. He has now retired from public life. and is the oldest officer (that has served or is serving) in the county. Mr. Hume is a member of Madison Lodge. No. 70. and London Encampment, No. 36 (I. O. O. F.). In early life, he was a member of the Whig party. and of late years has been identified with the Republicans. He has several times served as Councilman in the village of London. He was united in marriage in June. 1852, to Rachel Groves, a native of this county and a daughter of David Groves. Two children were sent to bless this union-a daughter and a son: the former is deceased, and the latter is a stock-broker at Quincy, Ill. Mrs. Home died in 1860 and Mr. Hume's second marriage occurred in 1868. when he was united to Mrs. Matilda (Harpole) Cheney, widow of Jonathan Cheney. Mr. Hume's first wife was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the present wife of the Presbyterian denomination. Mr. Hume's son. James R.. enlisted in Company K, Twenty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was subsequently appointed Captain of another company in the same regiment. He was elected First Lieutenant of Company K. and was subsequently made an aid to Brig. Gen. Haskell. He served about three years altogether. A. A. Hume has been a resident of Madison County for seventy-three years, and his actions, in both public and social life, are well known to the present generation. The long term in which he held public office was a high appreciation of his sterling integrity and clerical qualifications. He is a quiet unostentatious citizen, and a pioneer of Madison County.

WILLIAM M. JACKSON, farmer. P. O. London. was born in Virginia, February 29, 1820. He is a son of William and Nancy (Rea) Jackson the former a native of Pennsylvania of Irish descant. and the latter a native of Maryland. of Welsh descent. Our subject's education was limited to the subscription schools in the old log schoolhouses. He came to Madison County with his parents in 1828 and here grew tip to farm life. which he still follows. He was married in 1851 to Melinda Peterson. daughter of Michael and Susan (Baffenbarger) Peterson, and has two children-Filmore and Eudora. Mr. Jackson is a Democrat, and he has served his county as member of the board of Infirmary Directors.

JOHN F. JOHNSTON. London. Sheriff of Madison County was born in Range Township this county, June 15, 1844. His father. John Johnston, a native of Ross County. Ohio and a farmer by occupation. He came to this county with his parents. William and Margaret (McClimans) Johnston.

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They located in Range Township, where they reared a family of eight or nine children. and lived till death called them away from earth. Seven of this family of children are yet living. John Johnston has resided in Range Township all of his life. He married Elizabeth Mathers, a native of Ross County, Ohio. Our subject is the seventh child and second son of a family of eleven children ten of whom are living. He obtained a good English education in early life, and was engaged in agricultural pursuits until the fall of 1881, when he was elected Sheriff of Madison County on the Democratic ticket for the term of two years. being the only man elected on that, ticket. He took possession of his office January 2, 1882. Mr. Johnston is a member of Chandler Lodge. No. 138, of the Masonic fraternity, and has always taken a great interest in church matters. He was married. March 19, 1872 to Ella, daughter of William and Massey Warner. Of their five children, the following four are living Myrtle, Eva, Howard and Florence Pryor died at the age of six years. Mrs. Johnston is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

WILLIS D. JOHNSTON. farmer and machinist. P. O. London, was born in Oak Run Township, August 15, 1853. He is the son of William and Felicity (Hall) Johnston native of Ohio of Dutch. Irish and English descent. Our subject attended the common schools of his township. and the graded school of London. after which he took up the occupation of farming. He has a natural inclination for machinery, operated a self-binder an steam thrasher. and is a good engineer of stationary engines with which he has had a good deal of experience. He was married in 1879 to Mary K Hust, by whom he has three children-Irene and Inez (twins), and Wilson, Cooper. Mr. Johnston's father is a prominent and wealthy farmer of Oak Run Township.

DR. TOLAND JONES, physician and surgeon, London. was born four miles west of London, in Union Township, Madison County, Ohio, January 10, 1820. His father, Thomas Jones. was a native of Worcester County, Md.. a farmer by occupation. and came of English parents on both sides His great-grandfather, on his father's side was among the early English settlers of Maryland. His mother Elizabeth was a daughter of Dr. Edward Cropper, who also came from England. Thomas Jones, father of the subject of this sketch. becoming disgusted with the institution of slavery and wanting more room for an increasing family, emigrated to Ohio in 1816, locating first in Ross, but soon moved to what is now known as Union Township. Madison County, Ohio. Here he purchased a small tract of Ian' which was afterward increased to 1,000 acres. Thomas Jones resided in Madison until his death at the old homestead in 1859. He was an Old Line Whig until the formation of the Republican party. when his interest in the latter became as intense as it had previously been in the former. He took an active interest in politics, and under the old constitution served as Associate Judge from 1841 to 1851 inclusive. and was also a member of the Board of County Commissioners for many years. He was a charitable, warm-hearted man, and an enthusiastic partisan. He married Mary P. Truitt. a native of Eastern Maryland, who died in 1865. Their children