THE HISTORY OF MARION COUNTY, OHIO

1883 - By Leggett, Conaway & Co.





BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES



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(1907 MARION COUNTY, OHIO HISTORY - LETTER C)



B. J. CAMP (Marion Township) was born in Delaware (now Morrow County) July 18, 1829, and is a son of Benjamin and Sarah (Shaw) Camp, natives of New York and Pennsylvania respectively. They were married in Morrow County, to which place Mr. Camp had come prior to the war of 1812. Mrs. Camp's parents, John and Sarah Shaw, emigrated to Delaware County, Ohio, in 1804. They afterward moved near Cardington. on Shaw's Creek. Benjamin and Sarah Camp were married in 1826. and in 1834 removed and settled in Scott Township, where Mr. Camp purchased land. He died February 14, 1837, and his widow February 8, 1861. They were the parents of three children, of whom only B. J. Camp is living. He was married the first time to Rachel Merwin, by whom he had seven children-Truman, Olive (widow of John Allen), and Eliza, wife of Daniel Welch, are living. Mr. Camp was brought upon a farm, and learned the carpenter's trade, beginning when sixteen. He came to Marion in 1845, and followed his trade up to 1863, since which time he has been engaged in manufacturing scroll-work and in stair-building, employing two men, and doing a good business. May 27, 1852, he married Miss Phebe J., daughter of Frederick Court. Mrs. Camp was born in Pleasant Township, July 25, 1827. To them have been born six children. Of these four are living-George T., William B., Mary E. and Joseph E., Sarah and an infant son are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Camp are members of the Christian Church, of which he is a Deacon. He is connected with the Sons of Temperance, and in politics is a Prohibitionist. He owns a commodious residence, situated at the south end of South Main street.

FRANCIS CAMPBELL, (Marion Township) (1907) one of Marion County's pioneers, was born in County Donegal, Ireland, July 12, 1808. He is a son of Thomas and Catharine (Case) Campbell, natives of the same county. His father died at the age of ninety-four years, and his grandmother on his father's side lived to be one hundred and fourteen years old. Of eight children, Francis Campbell is the youngest. He was reared on a farm and educated in the high schools; emigrated to the United States in 1829, and settled on land two and a half miles west of Marion. He purchased a tract of 1,700 acres, 120 of which were located in Pleasant Township. All were woods, and Mr. Campbell cleared a site for a log cabin, which he erected and occupied until 1835, when he built a brick house. This was one of the first brick residences in the township, outside of the city. Mr. Campbell cleared and improved a large portion of his extensive lands, and made many valuable improvements. Soon after be settled in the county he engaged in buying and driving cattle over the mountains to Eastern markets followed driving and shipping for more than forty years, and was one of the leading stockmen of Marion County; also dealt in real estate for a number of years. He has been an industrious, hard-working man, and has acquired a large and valuable property. In April 1864, he removed to Marion, and now lives retired. February 15, 1834, Mr. Campbell was married to Miss Elizabeth McWhirter, daughter or Henry and Margaret McWhirter, who were natives of Bath County, Va. They were married in Virginia, and prior to the war of 1812, removed to Pickaway County, Ohio, and in 1820 to Marion, now Wyandot County. They subsequently removed to Hancock County, and in 1829 came and settled in Marion Township, where Mr. McWhirter died, in June 1864, at the age of sixty-five years. Mrs. McWhirter died May 2, 1835, at the age of fifty-two. Mrs. Campbell was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, September 28, 1815. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell are the parents of eight children of these four are living--Sarah E., wife of P. Geddes Harvey; Thomas H. Catharine A., wife of' John S. Riley; and Ida M., wife of William C. Rapp. William J., Margaret J., Mary E. and Francis J. are deceased. William J. died November 23, 1882, while on his way to Ireland. He married Emma Banker, who died February 25, 1876, and left one son-Edson F. Margaret J. was the wife of Samuel Maharfey, and died, leaving one child-Francis J. Mary E. was the wife of William Mahaffey. Francis J., the youngest, died at the age of five years. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell reared one grandson, Edson F. Mrs. Campbell is an earnest, consistent member of the Presbyterian Church.

MICHAEL CAMPBELL, (Grand Prairie Township) pioneer and farmer, was born in Ross County, Ohio, October 19, 1811. He came to Marion County in 1831, and in 1836 he was married to Mary Bibler, of Fairfield County, Ohio. Mr. Campbell endured all the hardships of pioneer life, and although he had very little means at the start, be acquired through industry and perseverance quite a large property, and at one time owned more than 700 acres of land, and now owns 240 acres, where he and his wife still live. They have six children-Ezra, Samuel, Annie, John, Barbara and Ellen. Mr. Campbell is a Republican in politics, and during the war for the Union gave liberally of his means in support of the Union cause. He is one of the very few pioneers of the county that are still living, and is a man greatly honored for his honesty and fair dealing.

W. J. CAMPBELL, (Montgomery Township) (1907) druggist at La Rue, is a native of New York City. and was born November 24, 1846. His father, Charles Campbell, was a native of Ireland, and died in New York City, leaving a widow and two children, John C. and W. J, The widow subsequently married William Campbell, a brother to her former husband. and the family moved to Ohio in March 1852. They first settled on a farm in Grand Township; then moved to Montgomery Township, where Mr. Campbell died. There was one son by her second marriage, C. C. Campbell who lives with his mother at Marion, where she resides. W J. Campbell's drug store was established in 1866, by Jones & Manly, of Circleville, Ohio. Mir. Jones retained his interest but one year, and Mr. Manly conducted the business alone until 1869, when W. J. Campbell bought a one-third interest in the business. The firm was burnt out March 31, 1870. at a loss of $2,500. They opened out in another room, and were burned out again July 81870, at a loss of $2,000. The firm started up again, and continued their business as before until February 13, 1873, when Mr. Campbell bought out Manly's interest, since which time the business has been owned and successfully conducted by W. J. Campbell. The brick building in which he keeps his store was built in 1871, by B. W. Hiller, and is now owned by Mr. Campbell; he keeps a full line of drugs, medicines and fancy articles, and carefully compounds and fills prescriptions. Mr. Campbell is a highly esteemed citizen of La Rue, and, although he lives in a Democratic township, he is a Republican, and has served two terms as its Treasurer and Clerk, and as Treasurer of the Village Corporation three years, Treasurer of the School Board three years, and member of the School Board four years. Mr. Campbell is a member of the La Rue Lodge No. 463, F. & A. M. He was married July 2, 1868, to Minerva D. Owens; they have one child. John C. Campbell, a brother of W. J., served in the war of the great rebellion on the Union side. He enlisted August 11, 1862, in Company D, Ninety-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and while in action at the battle of Baton Rouge, La., November 3, 1863, was wounded by a musket ball, which passed through the left lung; this wound caused his death, which occurred the next day, November 4, 1863.

WILLIAM A. CAREY (Green Camp Township) was born March 25, 1837, to Russell and Elizabeth (Tucker) Carey, of Irish and English extraction respectively. Russell Carey was born in the State of Delaware in 1802, dying in 1857; Elizabeth Carey was born in 1809, dying in 1866, having been the mother of eleven children, seven surviving -Mary A., William A., Eliza J., Francis M., Joseph, Orin P. and Charles 0. The deceased were Lydia, Matilda, John W. and an infant daughter. What education the subject of this sketch obtained was received at the district school in Bowling Green Township before his fifteenth year. He continued on the farm with his father until he was twenty-two, when he began an independent career, September 11, 1858, he married Miss Mary Cooper, daughter of Jacob and Christena (Ritmyer) Cooper, natives of Germany. They came to the United States in 1833, locating on the farm of our subject, William A., buying 112 acres. Mr. and Mrs. Carey have had born to them fourteen children; the ten living are aged respectively-Laura, twenty-five years; Hester A., twenty-three; Mary J., twenty; John W., eighteen; Jacob (1907), seventeen; Norris thirteen; Anna, ten; Bertha A., eight; Rufus A., six; and Lucy, one. William R., Sarah C. and Etta A. are deceased. Mr. Carey has been farming all these years, living upon his present place since 1867. He keeps the best grade of stock. He is a leading citizen, and is at present serving his second term as Trustee of the township. He is a Democrat in politics, and, with his wife, a Methodist in his church relations.

DAVID CHARD, (Green Camp Township) senior son of James and Sarah (Burnett) Chard, was born July 18, 1824. His people were descendants of English ancestry and natives of Ohio; his father settled in Marion County in a very primitive, day, locating on the banks of the Scioto with eleven other families. The land they occupied was owned by an unknown party; here they eked out a living for a number of years. He then purchased ninety-six acres of forest land, paying $12 an acre. This he cleared, with the assistance of his sons. His family numbered seven children, as follows: Rachel, David, Maria, Richard, Ephraim, Cynthia A. and James; the four last deceased. The father continued in the love of his children and the respect of the community until 1872, dying aged seventy-eight years. His surviving widow is waiting on the homestead to be called to him. David Chard, growing to manhood and securing a practical education, was joined in marriage, November 13, 1843, by Rev. Zephaniah Wilkins, to his wife, who was born March 25, 1821, and was brought into this county when only six months old, thus being a resident more than sixty years. She has borne three sons to Mr. Chard; James, David and Samuel. The latter was born December 13, 1844, and died aged sixteen years. Her parents, John and Polly (Jenkins) Loag, had nine children, Mrs. Chard alone living. Mr. Chard is a representative farmer, owning 400 acres of arable land, and commands the esteem of his neighbors. He affiliates with the Democratic school.

JOHN CHRISTANZ, (Claridon Township) merchant tailor, was born in Geluhaussen, Germany, May 9, 1831, the son of John and Barbara (Roush) Christanz. He came to Marion County in 1868, engaging to work in the stone quarry and in masonry three years, but at the end of that time he moved to Caledonia and engaged in tailoring, which he has continued to prosecute since, conducting a flourishing business, employing at present three hands regularly. He was married, April 24, 1861, to Maggie Ort, and the names of their two children are Nellie, born August 7, 1859; and Katie, born December 1, 1861. Their mother's demise occurred October 17, 1864. John Christanz again married in the spring of 1865, Catherine Haberman, a daughter of Conrad Haberman, who died in Huttengesass, Hessen-Nassau, Germany. Catherine came to America in 1868. Mr. Christanz has a good education, is an industrious citizen, a successful business main, a member of the Druids, of the German Army (formerly), of the Democratic party and of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

DR. J. M. CHRISTIAN, (Marion Township) deceased, was born in New Kent County, Va.. March 21, 1821, where his ancestors had resided since the immigration of the Huguenots from France, and the eighteenth century migration of the Mauks. The family at that date was numerous, and possessed extensive land estates and large holdings of slaves, and were powerful after the fashion of Virginia. Enjoying the prestige of the early colonial people, the family became connected by intermarriage with many of the noted personages of the Old Dominion, Dolly" Madison, wife of President Madison, was of the connection, as then styled and the first wife of John Tyler was Letitia, daughter of Robert Christian, of New Kent. Dr. Christian, reared with the advantages thus secured to him, after the fashion of young Virginians of the time, was ill prepared for the adverse fortune of shattered estates, and left him to a life struggle alone. He was educated at Rumford Academy, and afterward graduated at Athens University, Ohio. He moved to Ohio in 1843, and was married, in 1846, to Pauline, daughter or George H. Busby. Save a period from 1847 to 1854, Dr. Christian resided at Marion practicing his profession of medicine. He began the practice at Lawrenceburg . Ind., after an arduous preparation, under circumstances that must have seemed discouraging to, one reared with all the comforts of wealth. On the first day of his career as a physician, he secured two, patients, and to the day of his last sickness was in active and successful practice. He died March 29, 1882. His children-George B., Carrie (wife of John M. Garberson, residents of Marion County) and Mary (wife of Francis Kent, of Boone County, Mo.) survive him. After the death of the above mentioned wife, Dr. C. contracted a marriage, September 12, 1867, with Josephine Norris, who was born in Delaware County, Ohio, July 7, 1843, the daughter of Daniel and Florenda (Wood) Norris, natives of Ohio, and of Scotch and English descent respectively. Her parents were early settlers in Marion County. There were born to the above union three children ; they are Daniel N., born August 17, 1868; Hettie M., December 25, 1869; and Berenice J., January 13, 1876. His widow is left in comfortable circumstances, carefully rearing and educating her children.

JAMES CHURCH (Montgomery Township) was born in Meigs County, Ohio, September 10, 1845, and is a son of Oliver and Mary (La Rue; Church, of English descent, and natives of Maine and Ohio respectively. They came to the above county when our subject was six years of age. Having obtained a fair education, he married, September 17, 1868, Miss Lizzie Frazer, who was born November 2, 1814. She is a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Hartle) Frazer, the former of Scotch and the latter of English ancestry, and natives of Ohio and Pennsylvania respectively; they were pioneers in Wyandot County. Mr. Frazer died July 14, 1851, aged fifty-one years; his widow died December 17, 1862, aged fifty-five years. They were the parents of nine children, six living-Sarah, Minerva, Susan, Thomas J., Lizzie and Elazine N.; the deceased are Alfred, Addison and Adam. He was known in his day as a strong Whig. Mr. and Mrs. Church are the parents of three children Mary E., born September 17, 1872; Eurie B., born March 27, 1876; and Sidney R., born April 13, 1870, and died July 29, 1871. Oar subject has always been a farmer, and a resident of Montgomery Township since marriage, except three years spent in Kansas. He has 100 acres of excellent land, a comfortable home, erected in 1882 at a cost of $3,000, and good improvements generally. In 1882, he was elected Trustee of the township. He is a stanch Republican, and, with his wife, a member of the Presbyterian Church.

OLIVER CHURCH (Montgomery Township) was born in Maine September 27, 1811, the son of William and Elizabeth (Daniels) Church, who were English people, and natives of the same State. They settled in Meigs County, Ohio, in 1817, and were the parents of nine children, three surviving-Joseph, Olive and Sarah. Clement, William, John, Alfred, Charles and Eliza are deceased. The father was born February 20, 1775, and died at Rutland, Ohio, May 25; 1821. The mother was born February 25, 1782, and died July 9, 1858. Our subject having acquired the rudiments of an education, engaged, when sixteen years of age, in the manufacture of flour and lumber, which he successfully followed for twelve years. He was married, March 13, 1834, to Mary La Rue, a sister of Maj. La Rue, the founder of La Rue Village, and daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Gardner) La Rue, of French and English ancestry, and natives of South Carolina and Rhode Island, severally. Five children have been born to them, only two living-Lyman R., born December 6, 1834, and James, born September 10, 1845 ; Sarah E. was born January 5, 1837, and died August 22, 1837; Mary was born March 7, 1839, and died May 8, 1867, and Oliver P. was born October 7, 1842, and died July 13, 1862. He was a soldier in the late war, a member of Company G, Thirty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and is supposed to have been buried in an unknown grave. Mr. and Mrs. Church continue to reside upon the old homestead, where they have lived for over a half century. They are estimable citizens, and consistent members of the Disciple Church.

DAVID M. CLARK (Montgomery Township) is a native of Montgomery Township, born February 10, 1854, the son of John and Huldah (Messick) Clark, of Irish extraction, but natives of Ohio and Delaware respectively. Mr. Clark obtained a good education, finishing at Ridgeville, Ind., May 10, 1875. He married Lizzie Kneisley, daughter of John and Susan (McClain) Kneisley, the former of English, and the latter of Irish ancestry, but natives of Ohio. Two children have crowned this marriage-Annie, born March 21, 1878, and William J., born October 22,1881. Our subject is a successful farmer, having a farm of 109 acres of carefully cultivated land. He estimates his property at $8,000. He is a highly respected citizen, a member of the IOOF, of the Republican party, and, with his wife, of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

ENOCH CLARK (deceased), (Grand Township) one of the earliest settlers in the north part of Marion County, was born in Connecticut May 30, 1792, and was a son of John Clark, who was also a native of that State. Mr. Clark spent his youth and early manhood in his native place. In September 1819 he emigrated to the West and settled in Union County, Ohio; and in February 1821, came to Salt Rock Township, where he entered ninety-nine acres of land, and at the same time entered eighty acres over the line in Grand Township. These were the first lands entered northwest of Big Island, He settled in Salt Rock and cleared up the woodland, and improved the prairie. He was one of the very first settlers in the region of Salt Rock and Grand Townships, and aided in many of the first public improvements in that section. Although, at that time, not a member of any church, he aided by liberal contributions to the building of the Big Island Union Church, and Baptist Church, east of Pleasant Hill. He erected a mill on Enoch Creek, which years before had taken his name, and operated it about twenty years. During the latter part of the war of 1812, he was drafted into the service and served two months as a private. He married Miss Fanny Butler. daughter of William Butler, and a native of Connecticut. Seven children were the fruit of this union; of these four are living-Elisha, now of Nevada County, Ark.; Mary C.; Sarah, widow of William A. Butler; and Isaac, the youngest. Enoch, Jr. (deceased) married Ruth Harkness and died in March 1881, aged fifty-four. Caroline, married T. B. Kerr, and died in June 1870; Mr. Kerr died in February the same year. An infant is also deceased. Enoch Clark, the subject of this memoir, departed this life March 28, 1878; he was a man honorable and upright in character, and generally esteemed. He started in Marion County with merely enough money to enter his land, and by his industry and energy he accumulated much valuable property, He made subsequent additions to his original entry, till he owned at one time more than 1.200 acres of land. He was a man of public enterprise, and died after dividing considerable property among his children, leaving, an estate valued at $40,000. For many years he handled stock, and in early days he bought and drove hogs to the cities on the lake, where he butchered and packed them. Mrs. Clark, wife of Enoch Clark, was born January 9, 1794, and died March 18, 1871.

GEORGE S. CLARK (Bowling Green Township) is a prominent and well-known citizen of Bowling Green Township, was born January 27, 1827, in Licking County, Ohio. His parents were John and Rhoda (Merideth) Clark, of Scotch and Welsh descent, and natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio respectively. They settled in Bowling Green Township in 1853, where he died in 1877 and his wife about 1868. Their six children survive, namely, George S. and Samuel; the daughters are now all widows--Elizabeth Stultz, Mary Clayton, Martha Johnson and Eliza Smallwood. George S. Clark, whose name heads this sketch, received a good practical education in the schools of Licking County; at the commencement of his career, after attaining his majority, he had very little means, but by energy, good management and industrious habits, he has accumulated a comfortable fortune. He has a pleasant and attractive residence and is the owner of 208 acres of land, valued at $80 per acre. He is a Democrat and has served his township as Justice of the Peace three terms; was Township Clerk for fifteen years, and served the township in nearly all of its various offices, and is one of its most substantial and enterprising citizens.

ISAAC CLARK, (Grand Township) the youngest son of Enoch Clark, was born in the old homestead in Salt Rock Township March 15, 1833. He passed his early life on the farm and obtained his education in the common schools. He remained at home and aided in clearing up and improving the homestead. In October 1863, he bought eighty acres of his father, located in Grand Township. His farm now contains 163 acres, of which three acres are situated in Salt Rock. Mr. Clark is engaged in farming and stock-raising. For the last twenty years he has handled stock, shipping to Eastern markets, and ranks as one of the leading stock shippers in Marion County. September 22, 1857, he was united in marriage with Miss Catharine L. Bower, daughter of J. P. Bower, an early settler of Marion County. Mrs. Clark was born in Wyandot County, Ohio, April 9, 1841. Mr. and Mrs. Clark are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Scott Town. He was one of the principal contributors to the erection of this church and is now serving as its Trustee. He filled the office of Trustee of the township four years and as Assessor two years. Mr. Clark is a man of public spirit, and was one of the chief instigators of securing the important improvement of pikes in his township. In politics, he is a Republican.

JOHN G. CLARK, (Marion Township) deceased. The subject of this sketch was a native of Pittsburgh, Penn., born in 1799. While he was a boy, his parents moved to Trumbull County, Ohio, and, having acquired a knowledge of the blacksmith trade in early life, he, unmarried. came to Marion in 1826 and built a shop, in which be followed his trade the rest of his life. When he first located here, he exercised a good deal of skill as a gun and silversmith. In 1828, he was married to Miss Isabella Kennedy, daughter of Edward and Susanna Kennedy, natives of Harper's Ferry, Md., and who emigrated to this county in 1826. Mr. Kennedy kept the tavern situated where Conrad's block now stands, for a Dumber of years. He died about 1860, and his wife May 18, 1829. Mr. and Mrs. Clark had seven children, three of whom survive-John W., Arthur L. and Susan E., wife of C. F. Seffner. The deceased were James R., George E., Thomas A. and Robert 0. Mr. C. died October 11, 1846. Mrs. C. resides with ARTHUR L., who lives in the town of his birth, which took place August 11, 1842. He has a common school education, and from 1863 to 1866 he was in the employment of the Government as book-keeper, in the ship yards at Nashville, Tenn., and as clerk in the Ordnance Department. Returning home, be, in 1867, took up the sculptor's trade with James M. Beerbower, under the firm name of Beerbower & Clark. This company continued three years, when he formed a partnership with Edward K. Clark for one year, known as A. L. Clark & Co. In September of 1877, he admitted Levi Benedict as partner, and Clark & Benedict did business until February of 1880, when A. L. continued it for himself. His particular business is dealing in marble, but, with T. R. Roberts, he handles sewer pipe, cemetery vases, etc. They are doing a successful business. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and of the K. of P. and Uniform rank. He is at present serving his third term as Corporation Clerk.

J. W. CLARK (Marion Township) was born in Marion, Ohio, September 22, 1830, and is a son of John G. and Isabella (Kennedy) Clark. From the age of eighteen until of age, he worked in the Mirror office; he then learned the blacksmith trade, and in 1855 went to Dodge County, Wis., where he worked at his trade until May 1861, when he enlisted to serve in Company F, First Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. He reenlisted in Company F, Twenty-fourth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry; having recruited that company, he was appointed its Captain. He participated in the battle of Stone River, after which he was taken and sent to Nashville, Tenn. After his recovery, he was appointed Captain of Ordnance, under Capt. E. F. Townsend, and served in that capacity until his discharge at the close of the war. He went to Louisville, Ky., and in 1867 came to Marion. Since 1875, he has had charge of the blacksmith department of the Huber works. He married Elizabeth H., daughter of Joseph and Margaret Turney, and a native of Delaware, Ohio. They had eight children, six of whom are living, viz.: Edward K., Turney W., Cora B., Gertrude L., Susie M. and Ethel L. Mr. Clark is a member of the Masonic order, P. 0. S. of A. and G. A. R.



JOSEPH CLARK (Tully Township) is one of the active men of Tully; his birth occurred May 30, 1835, son of Jonathan and Roxarnna (Joslin) Clark, the former from Marshfield, Vt., and the latter from Montreal, Canada. They settled first in Franklin County, Ohio, about 1820, but about 1830 located in Tully Township, among the first, if not the first settlers in the township. He built the first grist mill upon Whetstone Creek. He built the first brick house in the township, upon the old homestead, but it has since crumbled away. He was a skillful surveyor, and a miller by trade. His death took place in 1842, but his wife attained the remarkable age of ninety-one years. Joseph Clark received a limited education; he enlisted in the civil war in Company H. Sixty-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving one year, and was honorably discharged. In 1876, he moved to his present residence, a neat, good farm. March 2, 187.5, he married Miss Clara F. Busard, daughter of Prof. David Busard, of Knox County, Ohio; both of her grandfathers engaged in active service in the war of 1812, and her great-grandfather, Francis Pomeroy, was a Colonel in the war of the Revolution. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have three children-Lewis S., Grace W. and Joseph. Mrs. C. is a member of the Free-Will Baptist Church.

NATHAN CLARK (Bowling Green Township) was born in Montgomery Township, this county, June 15, 1846; he passed his youth with his parents, receiving such an education as was afforded by the common schools, and was married January 2, 1870, to Victoria Johnson. Their children are Lenta, born January 21, 1871; John H., May 19, 1872; Lundy, born June 27, 1874, and died April 28, 18 75; Alta, born April 2, 1876; Earnest 0. was born September 27, 1878, and died November 2, 1879. On attaining his majority, Mr. Clark taught school for two winters, and August 11, 1862, he enlisted as a soldier in Company A Ninety-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was present at the battles of Vicksburg and Arkansas Post. At the letter place he was wounded six times, the last time in the knee by a minnie ball; this disabled him, and he was carried from the field. He was sent to the hospital at Camp Chase, Ohio, where, on account of wounds received in battle, be was honorably discharged from the service. He returned home, and has since engaged in farming and dealing in stock. He is a substantial and highly honored citizen, and is a Republican. The parents of Nathan Clark were John and Huldah (Messic) Clark; they were natives of Delaware and Ohio respectively, and of Scotch and French extraction; they settled in Montgomery Township, Marion County, in 1829. Their children were Hannah, Noah, George W., Patience, John H.(1907), Nathan, Jane, Elizabeth, Sarah E. and David M., who are all living; Lettie E. and Demeriss are dead. The father of this family entered 160 acres of land, where he settled, in Montgomery County; nearly all of this land he cleared and improved prior to his death, which occurred September 19, 1875; his wife, Huldah, died November 7, 1879. John Clark, Nathan's grandfather, was born in the State of Delaware, November 11, 1776, and died in 1861; his wife, Pauline, to whom he was married June 14, 1801, was born October 30, 1783, arid died in the winter of 1862. The parents of Mrs. Victoria Clark were Henry G. and Martha (Smith) Johnson; their children were Jacob R., Isabel, Robert H., Sarilla, Victoria, Philip G., Mary E., Pauline J. and Henry 0., who are living; Rachel is deceased.

ROBERT T. CLARK (Marion Township) was born in Delaware County, Ohio, September 7, 1822, the son of Harvey and Nancy (Travis) Clark; the former was born in Windham County, Conn., June. 1, 1797, and the latter in Rockingham County, Va., June 26, 1804. Robert's grandfather, Israel Clark, came to the above County (Delaware) in 1815, and removed to Richland Township in 1823, where he died, in 1827, aged seventy-six years. He served three years in the war of the Revolution. Robert's parents moved to Marion Township and entered 240 acres in the fall of 1829; here they lived until 1864-65. They had twelve children, Robert T. being the oldest son and second child. They then moved to Marion, and the father died in the spring of 1873, while the mother survives. Mr. R. T. Clark, having secured a fair education, remained with his parents till nearly of age. In 1847, he bought his present farm of 200 acres, moving upon it. He has made all the improvements, and is engaged to a considerable extent in stock-raising. February 9, 1843, he married Harriet Clark, daughter of John F. and Patience (Mittin) Clark. She was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, May 1, 1823. They have had fifteen children, seven living-Nancy E., wife of H. Joint,- Flora L, wife of E. Burt; R. Franklin, Callie E., wife of G. W. Hiamon; Minerva E., wife of H. Foos; Harry E. and James K. Mr. Clark is a member of the IOOF, of the Republican party, and, with his family, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He contributes to every benevolent and charitable purpose, and is a respected citizen.

SAMUEL W. CLARK (Bowling Green Township) was born in Bowling Green Township April 19, 1850, and is a son of George and Elizabeth (Debolt) Clark. He passed his early years on a farm and obtained a good education in the common schools of Marion; at the age of twenty years, he, engaged in teaching school, an occupation that he followed at intervals for eight years. He was married January 30, 1873, to Wilmet Patrick, a daughter of William and Sarah (Manly) Patrick. They have had seven children, named as follows: Elmer J,, Ester Lulu, Addis E. and Blanch, all living; three infants are deceased. Mr. Clark is one of the thoroughly representative and enterprising men of the township and held in high esteem by all. He has held various offices among which have been Township Clerk four years; Clerk and member of the School Board of the township, and was elected Justice of the Peace, but resigned. He is a member of the F. & A. M. at La Rue, and politically he is a Democrat. Himself and brother own 100 acres of land, and are now managing some 840 acres of farming land. He devotes his time to the raising of grain and stock, and is a dealer in wool during the wool season.

WILLIAM N. CLARK, (Claridon Township) first son of Charles N. and Sarah (Garberson) Clark, was born at Caledonia May 22, 1843. He obtained his education in the Caledonia Schools, and remained with his parents until his thirtieth year, when he married, January 1, 1874, Mary L. Douce, a daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Thew) Douce. Four children have been born to them, three surviving-Bertha, Elizabeth S. and Charles N. Harriet 1. died July 25, 1882. The mother was born January 23, 1850, and died November 24, 1882. Mr. Clark has always devoted his attention to agriculture; he owns a farm of 112 acres of valuable land, estimated at $100 per acre. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and affiliates with the Republican party.

MICHAEL CLARY, (Marion Township) (1907) blacksmith, was born in County Queens, Ireland, in September 1843. His parents, Timothy and Mary (Reed) Clary, natives of the same county, removed to Fifeshire, Scotland, when he was but six years old. His mother died in 1847, and his father still resides in Scotland. Michael was reared on a farm until fourteen years of age, when he was apprenticed to the blacksmith's trade, at which he served four years. He then followed journeyman work till 1869, when He embarked for America, landing at New York on New Year's Day, 1870. He went to Akron, Ohio, thence to Sidney, and April 1 came to Marion, where he has since pursued his trade. He removed to his present shop in 1871, and now employed from two to three men. October 19, 1868, he was married to Margaret Haxton, daughter of James Haxton, and a native of Fifeshire, Scotland. To them were born four children-Thomas, John, Margaret and Timothy. Mr. Clary and family are members of St. Mary's Catholic Church.

SUMNER CLEVELAND (Montgomery Township) was born June 18, 1819, and is a son of Jedediah and Mary (Doolittle) Cleveland, of English extraction, and natives of Massachusetts and Now York respectively, who came to Ohio in 1820. He died in Williams County, Ohio, in 1840; she survived until 1877. Our subject received his education in the district schools of Knox County, Ohio. Re-embarked in life for himself, when aged twenty-one, giving his mother and brothers much of his earnings. January 17, 1848, be married Mary Davis, born May 29, 1880, and a daughter of William and Mary (Johnson) Davis, also of English descent, and natives of Mary land and Delaware respectively. This family moved to Ohio in 1833, and raised twelve children, seven still living. William Davis died in 1848. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland have been blessed with five children-William H., born August 9, 1853; Charles C., May 20, 1855; Margaretta and Milletta (twins), March 2, 1850, and Lucina, died, aged seven mouths. Mr. C. began to learn the carpenter's trade when aged eighteen years, and plied it thirty-seven years. In 1852, however, he commenced farming, and has today (1883) a property worth $8,000. He met with a serious accident in 1866, by having his right arm crushed in a cane mill. He was a strong Unionist during the late war, and is a stanch Republican at present.

MICHAEL CLICK (Pleasant Township) was born April 19, 1844, in Pleasant Township, the son of Michael and Catherine (Swinger) Click, who came from Germany about 1830, settling in Fairfield County, Ohio, for a number of years. He came to Pleasant in 1836, and bought the farm where our subject now resides, paying therefor $600. They had six children. The father died in 1844, and the mother in 1872, at the age of seventy-one. The subject of this sketch obtained a limited education. He inherited and purchased the old homestead, which he values today at $80 per acre, drained, as it is, by 300 rods of tile. He built a fine barn in 1877, and a good granary in 1881; the cost of both being about $1,200. He anticipates building a suitable home in 1885. Our subject served nearly two years in the late war. At first he entered Company H, Eighty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was engaged at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. His final service was in Company H, Sixty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, when he went with Sherman to the sea. October 22, 1868, Mr. C. married Catherine A. Gable, daughter of Peter and Mary (Boyer) Gable. This union resulted in six children, as follows: Noah M. (deceased), John W. Fornanda E., Clara E., Mary A. and Elizabeth V. This family belongs to the Evangelical Church, with which he is officially connected. He is a Republican and a stanch Granger.

JEROME N. CLINE, (Claridon Township) only son of William H. and Rachel (Darst) Cline, is a native of Claridon Township, where be was born February 3, 1852. He obtained such an education as the common schools of his day afforded, and was married to Clara A. Maxwell August 10, 1879. She was born September 25, 1862, and is the daughter of Johnson and Nancy J. (Stanton) Maxwell, natives of Marion County and residents of Richland Township. The Dames of their two children are Harry A., born August 24, 1881, and Orra M., born July 1, 1883. Mr. Cline is a promising young farmer. having sixty acres of arable land worth $60 per acre. He belongs to the Democratic school of politics, and, with his wife, is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Claridon, of which he is a liberal supporter.

WILLIAM H. CLINE (deceased) (Claridon Township) was born in Marion February 20, 1828. His father, Abraham Cline, was among the first settlers of Marion, a tanner by trade, living there until his decease, about 1853, at the age of thirty-five years. His wife, Nancy (Moore) Cline, died only a few days prior. The subject of this memoir resided with his uncle, Henry, Cline, in Delaware County, Ohio, until he was wedded, January 25, 1850, to Rachel Darst, a daughter of William and Rebecca (Moyer) Darst. Five of their six children grew to maturity-Priscilla J., born May 10, 1851; Jerome N. (see sketch); Caroline M., September 2, 1856; and Martha E., July 8, 1859. Laura J., born October 1, 1861, died December 20, 1862. Mrs. Cline was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, February 13, 1829. Our subject enlisted in his country's defense May 10, 1861, in Company H, Fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He fought at Rich Mountain, July 12, 1861, and at Beverly, Va., the next day. He was taken sick at Washington, and after lingering three months with chronic diarrhoea and knowing death was imminent, wrote to his wife, their circumstances being moderate, not to be to the expense of bringing his remains home. His death occurred at Camp Chase, Ohio, October 17, 1862, and his body was buried in the National Cemetery at Washington. Their six children were left to the care of his widow. He bequeathed also his farm of 149 acres. Mrs. Cline has reared and educated the children in a worthy manner. She also receives a pension of $8 per month, and holds a membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church of Claridon.

AMI CLUFF (Claridon Township) is a native of Canada, born November 26, 1834 the son of Josiah L. and Olive (Lester) Cluff. The former is a native of Vermont and the latter of Canada. They were married in Canada, remaining there several years, then they came to Ohio, settling, near Cardington, Ohio, where they resided until 1856. Two of their seven children are living-Lenora and Ami. The deceased were Lucinda, Weltha, Isaac, Thomas and David. The father died in 1856; the mother survived until May 10, 1876. Mr. Ami Cliff, having secured such an education as the common schools afforded, married, January 13, 1856, Joanna Jump a daughter of Shelby and Eunice (Slater) Jump, natives of Maryland and Vermont respectively. They were married in Pleasant Township, February 14, 1836. He settled here in 1834, on a portion of the land now occupied by the city of Marion. He was a large land-holder and well known throughout the county. His death occurred October 29, 1870, but his widow, born January 3, 1813, still survives, residing with the subject of this sketch. Mr. and Mrs Cluff have four children-Olive E., born October 18, 1856; Weltha A., January 16, 1858; Thomas H., April 19, 1859; and Walter S., December 31, 1860. Mr. Cluff has a fine farm of 100 acres, valued at $75 per acre. He served one year in the civil war, but was discharged for disability. He was a member of Company D, Sixty-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was elected Trustee of the township in 1880. and is acting in that capacity at present. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he votes the Democratic ticket.

WILLIAM CLUTTER (Scott Township) was born in the State of New Jersey, July 27, 1798, this making him now eighty-five years of age. His father, Samuel Clutter, was a "Jersey Dutchman," while his mother, Rebecca Clutter, was a "Jersey Yankee." His father was drafted for the Revolutionary war, but was exempted by a man offering to take his place for the paltry sum of $100. His father also came to Washington County, Penn., in 1799, rearing a family of ten children, three of whom still survive. His death took place in Knox County, Ohio, where he moved in 1825. William Clutter obtained a limited education, and remained with his parents until aged twenty-seven years. The first six years of his married life he spent in Knox County, Ohio, but in 1831 he settled where he now lives, thus remaining for fifty-two years in the same locality and living in the same cabin. His marriage to Miss Edy McCown, daughter of Isaac and Mary McCown, of Virginia, took place in 1825. Eleven children crowned this union, two dying; the surviving are Samuel Rachel, wife of Joseph Merriss; Jackson, deceased; David, deceased Louisa, maiden lady William; Lafayette, of Kansas; Washington, and James M., of Illinois. Mr. C. has seen some hard times. In 1818, he was compelled to live on pumpkins and squashes;

but he is worth at present $10,000. He is a generous pioneer, one of the few still remaining. He has been a member of the Disciple Church for forty years.

ALEXANDER COCHRAN, (Tully Township) the subject of this sketch, is a highly respected citizen of Tully Township. He was born November 17, 1825, in Guernsey County, Ohio, the son of Jacob and Mary Cochran, who came from Pennsylvania; his mother was of Irish descent. About 1840, Mr. C. came with his parents and settled near Iberia, Washington Township, Morrow County, Ohio, remaining there ten years. He next passed three years in Indiana, but since 1853 has been living in Tully Township. His first marriage to Miss Margaret Hill was of brief duration; his wife died three months subsequently. August 30, 1853, he married Miss Elizabeth Kerr, daughter of James and Jane Kerr, two children blessing their union--Mary J.. wife of Jackson Sharrock. and James, at home. Mr. C. is building a $1,000 barn this season (1883.) He belongs to the IOOF, and is an exemplary member of the Presbyterian Church.

J. Q. CODDING, (Marion Township) attorney, is a native of Summit County, Ohio, and was born May 20, 1848. His parents, R. F.(1907) and Betsey M. Codding, were respectively natives of New York and Vermont, and were married in Summit County. Mr. Codding now resides in Bucyrus, his wife having died April 10, 1879. Mr. Codding, the subject of this notice, was reared in his native place, and educated in Ohio Central College. He graduated in the class of'72, and immediately began the reading of law in the office of J. F. McNeal; completing his studies, he was admitted to practice at the bar April 7, 1876, and has since been engaged in the business of his profession. In addition to his legal business, he is engaged also in insurance, and represents the following standard companies, viz.: Insurance Company of North America, Continental, Glens Falls, Mercantile of Cleveland, Franklin of Columbus, Etna, California, Firemen's of Dayton, and a number of others. Mr. Codding is the leading insurance agent of Marion, a fact attested by his large business; and he is a reliable man. . His marriage occurred May 31, 1877, to Miss Sadie M. Roe, daughter of Joseph and Martha Roe, and a native of Richland County, Ohio. They have had born to them four children-Zoe, Paul R., Mildred and Mabel, the two latter being twins. Mr. and Mrs. Codding are members of the Presbyterian Church of Marion, Ohio.

JAMES COFFY, (Marion Township) a native of County Fermanagh, Ireland, was born December 25, 1813. He is a son of William and Mary (Gordon) Coffy, who natives of the same county. They emigrated to the United States in 1817, making the voyage on a sailing-vessel, which occupied nine weeks. When at a point about sixty miles south of St. John, Newfoundland, the vessel was wrecked. From there they sailed to Philadelphia, and Mr. Coffy with his family settled in Cumberland County, Penn., where they resided till 1834, at which date they came to Marion County, settling in Pleasant Township. Mr. Coffy died in March 1835, and Mrs. Coffy July 3, 1838. They had eleven children, nine of whom grew to maturity, viz., Alice (deceased), John, James, Priscilla (deceased), Thomas G., Mary A. (wife of Aaron Kellogg), William R.(deceased), Amanda R. (deceased) and Stephen K. Mr. Coffy, the subject of this notice, was reared on a farm, and at his father's death became the owner of the homestead, which he sold in 1840, and purchased a farm of eighty acres of Frederick Court. To this original purchase Mr. Coffy made additions till he now owns 506 acres. He resided on his farm till March 1864, when he moved to Marion. In 1862, he made a trip to Europe, and visited England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales; he made a second trip in 1867, and after attending, the Paris Exposition, traveled through France, Wales, England and Ireland. He has been a member of the Marion County Importing Company since its organization in 1868, and has made five trips to France-in 1868, 1870, 1881, 1882 and 1883-in the interest of the company. He also attended the Paris Exposition with his son in 1878. Mr. Coffy devotes his whole attention to fine horses, and in that respect he is one of the leading men of Marion County. September 30, 1839, Mr. Coffy was married to Miss Amanda, daughter of Frederick Court, an early pioneer of Marion County. Mrs. Coffy was born in West Virginia August 6, 1817. Of six children born by this marriage, three are living, viz., Mary (wife of John Simpson), Susan E. and Stephen A.; William R. died January 5, 1877, aged twenty-five years; James and Jane died in childhood, Mrs. Coffey is a member of the Disciples Church. Mr. Coffey is a member of the Masonic order. Politically, he is a Republican, formerly a Whig.

IRA B. COLE, (Green Camp Township) son of William and Theodocia (Bridge) Cole, was born March 5, 1846, in Claibourne Township., Union Co., Ohio. He obtained a good learning, going to the Prospect Schools, closing his literary pursuits when seventeen. He chose the occupation of a farmer for a life work, and followed that until he enlisted in the late war, September 1864, Company I, One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He did gallant service for his country. Returning to his home and fields, he cultivated them assiduously. He was married, April 7, 1870, to Miss Mary E., daughter of James and Sophia (Andrew) Sullivan. She died August 15, 1875,having borne two children, viz., Ella, and an infant since deceased. Mr. Cole married again, July 20, 1876, Miss Minnie Berry, a daughter of John C. and Clementine Berry, and Martha, aged three years, blessed this union. Mr. Cole is at present residing on his father's farm, an industrious and well-to do citizen. He affiliates with the Republican party, and is a member of the P. 0. S. of A.

WILLIAM COLE (Green Camp Township) is a native of Delaware Co., Ohio, born July 3, 1815, to Malachi and Lydia (Hardin) Cole, descendants of German ancestry and natives of the State of Maryland. They were the parents of three children, all living-Mary, Oliver and William. The father died in early manhood, and his wife survived him about sixty-eight years. Our subject received a fair education, and, growing to manhood, married, December 12, 1844, Miss Theodocia Bridge, daughter of Bazaleel and Almira (Warner) Bridge, natives of "York" State. They were given five daughters and four sons, three of whom survive-Warner, Huldah and Matilda. Mrs. Cole, born May 26, 1824, died August 6, 1849, leaving three children--Ira B., Edmund and Robert. Mr. Cole was married again, January 1, 1850, to Miss Margaret, daughter of James and Mary Irwin. She was born November 6, 1806, and passed away March 14, 1867. Mr. Cole sought a third wife in Mary Berry, a daughter of John and Susan (Reynolds) Berry. This lady was born July 21, 1825, and departed this -life June 17, 1881. Thus Mr. Cole is the surviving husband of three wives, and one of the old and respected pioneers of this county. He lives upon his neat farm of thirty-eight acres, whose management is given into the hands of his son Ira. Mr. Cole has seen great changes during his years, not only in the aspect of the country, but also in his own domestic experience. He is a Republican in politics, a member of the P. 0. S. of A. and of the Free-Will Baptist Church.



W. W. CONCKLIN, (Marion Township) (1907) one of the oldest residents of Marion, was born December 14, 1799, in New York City, where he was brought up and was in mercantile business until 1822 ; coming to Marion County, he entered from 2,500 to 3,000 acres, mostly in Salt Rock Township. This land was then entirely wild; not more than fifteen or twenty families in the township, nor more than 300 inhabitants in the county. He commenced improving his land, and succeeded after three years in fencing it in. He then devoted it to grazing purposes, pasturing cattle for various stockmen throughout the State. He dealt to some extent in cattle himself, his farm being known as the Concklin farm. It is nearly all in one body, and is the largest in the county. He resided upon this place until the spring of 1839, when he moved to Marion to take charge of the Audi tor's office, to which he had been previously elected. He was reelected in 1840, and when he retired from office he engaged in the mercantile business with his brother, Charles W. Concklin, under the firm name of Charles W. Concklin & Co. He thus continued until the death of his brother, in the fall of 1852. He also had large banking interests; was a stockholder in the Bank of Marion seven years, serving as Cashier and President a good portion of this period; he was one of the founders of that bank. In 1844, he was a Presidental Elector for this Congressional district, and he has been more or less identified with the public growth and improvement of Marion and the county.

EZRA M. CONKLIN, (Waldo Township) farmer, P. 0. Waldo, was born in Westfield Township, Morrow, then Delaware, County, Ohio, August 21, 1824, and is the second son and third child of Jacob Conklin, born in St. Alburgs Township, Grand Isles County, Vt., June 10, 1787. His father, grandfather of our subject, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Jacob Conklin came to Liberty Township, Delaware County. Ohio, in 1813, and in the following year enlisted in the light horse, or cavalry, under Capt. Murray and Gen. McArthur, participating in several skirmishes, and suffering many vicissitudes during the war of that period. He served till the close of the war and was mustered out at Chillicothe, Ohio, September 17, 1818. He was married in Liberty Township, Delaware County, Ohio, to Orra Payne, born July 6, 1798, in New Hartford, Litchfield Co., Conn. She came with her father, Ezra Payne, in 1817, to Delaware County. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Conklin moved to their future home in Westfield Township, April 1821, and here they resided till their death. The former died March 12, 1875; the latter October 20, 1880. Our subject remained on the home farm during his minority and was married, February 28, 1847, to Clarissa C., daughter of Samuel and Cherrissa (Wilcox) Hull, who were among the early settlers of Waldo Township. To this union there were born five children, two deceased in infancy; the names and the dates of births of those living are Orra C., June 17, 1849; William P., July 17, 1851; Clarissa O., January 10, 1854. Mrs. E. M. Conklin died March 14, 1859; Mr. Conklin December 11, 1859, married a second time, the lady of his choice being .Amanda E. Winegarner. By this marriage there were eight children, three dying in infancy. The five living are Mary E., born April 18, 1802; Charles F., born June 13, 1863; Emma L., born November '27, 1864; Benjamin F., born March 17, 1866; and Myrta Al., born February 25, 1868. Mr. Conklin moved to his present home in Waldo Township April 2, 1851, and has been a prominent citizen of the township ever since. He has served as Township Trustee several terms, and is a member of the IOOF. Lodge, No. 588, at Waldo. He has been a member of the Baptist Church since 1852, and has been a Deacon in the same for many years. His farm consists of 1261 acres of excellent land, supplied with all modern conveniences.

EDMUND CONLEY (Marion Township) was born December 20, 1829, in Huntingdon County, Penn., the son of Henry and Sarah (Kerr) Conley; having received a common school education, he served an apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade three years came to Marion County in 1850, and worked at his trade several years, two years with John Naylor. November 9, 1852, he married Jane A. Ballantine, daughter of John and Marietta Ballantine, who came here about 1820, entering a large tract of land, and building one of the first frame houses outside the village of Marion. Mr. and Mrs. Conley have had ten children, three dying young; The names of those who grew up are Harry B., killed by a stroke of lightning at the age of twenty-two years; Ellen M., wife of James B. Riley; John B., Anna L. and Edmund, twins Frank D., deceased, and Charles. Mrs.Conley inherited their farm of 195 acres from her grandfather Bowdish, who was in the war of 1812, and who came to Marion County at an early day. This farm is underlaid with limestone for building material, and $100 per acre is a very low *estimate of its value. Mr. Conley rears fine stock, and has in his possession a registered Durham and Jersey. He is a Democrat, and his family have been members of the Presbyterian Church for the past fifteen years.

GEORGE W. CONRAD (Marion Township) was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, June 3, 1825. He is a son of David and Margaret (Dean) Conrad, the former a native of Pendleton County., W. Va. and the latter of Sussex County, N. J. Mr. Conrad's parents removed to Pickaway County, Ohio, in 1801, and Mrs. Conrad's parents about 1815. David and Margaret Conrad were married February 21, 1822 ; they lived and died in the same county. Mr. C. died May 11, 1835, and his widow January 18, 1842. They are the parents of nine children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the third. He lived till sixteen on a farm, at which time he went out into the world to care for himself. About 1846, he engaged in buying and driving cattle over the mountains to Eastern markets-Philadelphia, New York and Baltimore-and followed it twelve years. He moved to, Marion in 1857, and in 1862 bought a bakery, which he ran one year. In 1877, he erected the Conrad building. December 21, 1857. be was married to Mrs. Catharine Corn, widow of Solomon Corn, and daughter of' Martin Miller, of this county, formerly of Maryland. This marriage was blessed with One SOD, Harry. Mrs. Conrad bad four children by her former husband ; of these, two are living, namely, Lizzie, wife of S. R. Dumble, and Susie, wife of Clark Turney.

HARRY CONRAD (Marion Township) was born in Marion January 29, 1859; learned big trade with Clark Turney, serving three years, from 1875 to 1878 ; took charge of the business while the firm was George W. Conrad & Son, which dissolved in 1881. Mr. Conrad carries a full line of jewelry, silverware, etc. July 27, 1879, he was married to Miss Anna, daughter of Mrs. Sarah Ball, and a native of La Rue, where she was born July 18, 1864. Mr. C. is an efficient member of the Marion Band.

DR. E. R. COOK (deceased). (Prospect Township) This gentleman during his lifetime was one of the most enterprising and best esteemed citizens of Prospect Village. He had an extensive practice professionally, and for many years, in addition to his practice, carried on the drug business at Prospect Village; the drug store that he established in 1869 is still carried on by hi his sons under the firm name of Cook Bros. He was born in Montgomery County, N. Y., September 12, 1816, and was the son of Eli and Elizabeth (Rider) Cook; he was married, April 6, 1845, in Mercer County, Ohio, to Mary A. Sands, a native of Lisbon, Cumberland County, Penn, and daughter of John and Hannah Sands. He studied medicine with Dr. Stimpson, of Albany, Franklin County, Ohio, and came to Marion County in 1849, locating at Latimberville, and in 1853 at Prospect Village, where he died, November 6, 1879. Thus it will be seen that the Doctor was a practitioner in this county for a period of thirty years, though about three years of this time was spent in traveling in the West. He was a Democrat in politics, and took an active and leading part in the politics of this section. He belonged to the Masonic fraternity, and was a charter member of Prospect Lodge, No. 444, F. & A. M. He was a first Master, and, with the exception of two years, held that position the balance of his life. He was one of the most active members of the lodge, and took a prominent part in getting stock subscribed where-with to build the present Masonic Hall at Prospect. He was buried in the Marion Cemetery, where a fine monument marks his last resting place.

FRANK M. COOK, (Prospect Township) of Cook Bros., druggists, and son of Dr. E. R. Cook, is a native of Morrow County, Ohio, and was born February 24, 1847; until twenty-one years of age, his time wits mostly passed in attending school. During this period he also took a course of study at the Commercial College in Delaware, Ohio. From there, in 1868, he entered as a clerk in the drug store of his fat-her. In 1874, he became a partner in the drug business, under the firm name of Dr. Cook & Son; this partnership continued until the death of Dr. Cook, in November 1879. The next month, December 1879, G. W. Cook was admitted as a partner, and the firm name changed to Cook Brothers. F. M. Cook was married in Clinton County, Mich., to Miss Alice R. Myer. He is Democratic in politics, and has served the citizens as member of the Village Council and of the Board of Education.

G. W. COOK, (Prospect Township) druggist and cashier of the Prospect Bank, is a son of Dr. E.. R. Cook, and was born in Prospect Township, Marion County, October 27, 1856. His early years were passed at school and clerking in his father's drug store in the village of Prospect. In 1879, he became a partner in the drug business with his brother, F. M., the firm being Cook Brothers, in which he is still interested. He was elected cashier of the Prospect Bank on the 8th of March 1883, in which position he is now acting. Mr. Cook was married, May 4, 1882, to Miss May Dix, daughter of Elijah Dix. Mr. Cook has served Prospect Township as Treasurer three terms; in politics, he is a Democrat.

COOK BROTHERS, (Prospect Township) druggists. This business was established by Dr. E. R. Cook in 1869; it is the oldest drug store established in Prospect. The present business is carried on by the Doctor's sons, F. M. and G. W. Cook. They carry a fall line of goods pertaining to a first-class general drug and prescription store, and command an extensive trade.

MRS. MARY (BUNN) COONROD, (Grand Prairie Township) widow of Adam Coonrod. The latter was born in Pennsylvania April 20, 1797. He settled in Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1810; then he moved to Wyandot County, and in 1830 settled in Grand Prairie Township, Marion County, and purchased 200 acres of land. He was a prosperous farmer, and much esteemed as a citizen, and served the township in various local offices. He was a member of the United Brethren Church at Marion, and during the late years of his life to was, politically speaking, a Republican. He died August 20, 1876, at a big homestead, which consisted of 260 acres of land, in Grand Prairie Township. He left a widow and eight children. He was married to Mary Bunn, June 21, 1842. She was born June 9, 1816. Her father, John Bunn, with his family, settled in Grand Prairie Township in 1824. John Bunn was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was taken prisoner by the British at the time of Hull's surrender at Detroit. 'He afterward lived in Ross County, Ohio, from whence he came to Marion County. Mrs. Mary (Bunn) Coon.rod lives on the old homestead in Grand Prairie Township. Her two sons, George W. and Howard W., are carrying on the farm. She also owns a house and three lots in Marion. Two of her sons served as soldiers in the Union army during the war of the great Rebellion. John Coonrod enlisted in the Eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served during the whole war. Howard W. Coonrod enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, August 24, 1864, participated in the battle of Murfreesboro, and served until the close of the war. He was honorably discharged from the service July 3, 1865.

C. COONS (Big Island Township) is one of Big Island's strong temperance men, born in the State of Now York, April 1, 1836, the son of Henry and Mary Coons, who arrived from Now York in 1840, settling in Big Island and rearing a family of four children. Mr. Coons remained with his parents only until he was fourteen, when he went out and worked by the day and month until he was twenty-one years of age. His marriage to Miss Lucina Edmonds occurred in January 1857. She was the daughter of Thomas and Mary Edmonds, of Indiana. She lived only three years after marriage, leaving one son-Leroy R. Mr. Coons married again in the autumn of 1866, Catherine Uncapher, daughter of Isaac and Susan Uncapher, of Marion. To this union were added two children-Sarah J. and Alondoah. Mr. Coons rented the first three years of married life-, then worked at saw milling two years; rented again for eleven years, and finally bought his present residence in 1877, 120 acres, paying $50 per acre-valued today at $65 per acre. He has made many improvements; a good house in 1878; a substantial barn in 1879. His fences are fine, and he has already put out 400 to 500 rods of tile. He raises considerable grain annually. Both Mr. and Mrs. Coons are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he acting as Class-Leader and Trustee.

ELKANA COON, (Marion Township) (1907) who lives in one of the finest residences in Marion County, about three miles from Marion, upon the Sandusky & Marion road, was born February 17, 1833, son of Jacob and Susanna Coon, who came from Vermont in 1819, settling in the Sandusky Plain, near a little place called Little Sandusky. They entered 160 acres of land, which in time they increased to 500 acres. Their children numbered seven, all of whom are farmers. The father died in 1882, aged eighty-three years, but the mother's decease took place ten years earlier, aged sixty years. Elkana, having obtained a limited education, purchased and inherited, in 1871, his present farm, then 540 acres, now 620 acres, in good repair, having 5,000 rods of tile draining it. This farm is valued at $80 per acre, Mr. Coon is devoting his attention to fine stock, all registered principally Durham cattle, of which he has twenty bead of full-blooded and eighty head of grade, and two very fine specimens, aged three and four years respectively, weighing 2,300 and 2,400 pounds. He usually receives the first premiums at the county fairs, and has been fortunate at the State fair. February 5, 1862, Mr. Coon married Miss Ellen McBeth. daughter of Thomas and Jennie McBeth, and born September 3, 1843, in Washington County, Penn., of Irish ancestry. The name of their one child is Francis E. Mr. Coon's grandfather was in the war of 1812, Prosperity has attended the labors of this family, and their $10,000 home is an ornament to the county. Mr. Coon estimates his wealth at $50.000.

JOSHUA COPELAND, M. D., (Montgomery Township) (1907) the oldest physician at La Rue, was born December 27, 1817, in Columbiana County, Ohio, near where the town of Columbiana was afterward laid out by his grandfather, Joshua Dixon, who moved from Pennsylvania to that locality, and entered land when the county was almost an unbroken forest. His father, George Cope land, was born in Loudon County, Va., December 22, 1790. His mother was born in Pennsylvania on the same date. George Copeland was left a poor orphan boy at an early acre, and came to Ohio with John McClun, with whom he lived until of age. He was married, March 6, 1811, to Rebecca Dixon, and settled in the woods near the present site of Columbiana. He lived there until old age, unfitted from further labor. He started without a dollar, and by industry and economy became the owner of 200 acres, which he sold, and moved to Columbiana, where he lived until the death of his wife in 1873. He then came to La Rue to live with his son, and has attained to the advanced age of ninety-three years. He is the father of four sons. Dr. Joshua Copeland, the subject of this notice, remained with his parents till of age, and assisted in clearing up the farm. He helped to build the log schoolhouse in which he received his education, except ten months that he spent at Now Lisbon Seminary. At the ago of twenty-one, he began the study of medicine under the direction of G. S. Metzger, M. D., of Columbiana. He was without means, and able to attend but one course of lectures. He taught a three months' term of school each year while prosecuting his medical studies. In 1844, he settled up, and gave his note for what he owed ($200) went to Pittsburgh and bought a few books and an outfit of medicine, and located at Waterford, Knox County, Ohio, where he soon built up a good practice. September 19, 1847, he married Miss Lydia Walters, daughter of Mahlin Walters. In the fall of 1848, Thomas H. Walters, his brother-in-law, who was a young physician, desired a place to locate, and Dr. Copeland gave him his practice at Waterford, and removed and located at Rushsylvania, Logan County, where he had a large practice. During the cholera epidemic of 1851, his wife and only child fell victims to the terrible disease and died. The fall of 1851, he sold his property to Dr. Fulton, and intended returning, to Columbiana County. On his way, he stopped over night at LaRue, with Major William La Rue, the proprietor of the village. Liking the appearance of the place, be decided to locate, which he did the same spring. In July (1852), the dysentery raged with great fatality, and the Doctor having had considerable experience in the treatment of this disease, soon established a large and successful practice. The following year, he went to Cincinnati, and took a second course of lectures, graduating. He continued diligently to practice, seldom failing to respond to the call of either the rich or poor, until his health failed in 1857, when he admitted Dr. P. W. Lee into partnership. This business association continued until 1862, when Dr. Lee entered the army. Dr. Copeland continued active in the profession until 1881., when he retired. Dr. Copeland served as Justice of 'the Peace from 1866 to 1882, and since 1850 has been a Republican. Within that time he has never missed a Presidential election, and seldom, if ever, fails to vote at an annual election. July 1, 1856, he celebrated his second marriage, which resulted in three children-Laura May, born in February 1867; Lincoln Grant, born in August, 1869, and Mary Alma, born in July 1873. Dr. Copeland started in life with very limited means, but by his indomitable energy, industry and economy. has acquired a valuable competence. He is a man of decided convictions and opinions, and always acts upon his own judo-meat, regardless of what others may think. He has made a success of life, and now devotes his time to attending to his property and educating his children.

J. HARVEY COULTER (Scott Township) is one of the solid men of Scott Township; he was born in Huntington County, Penn., April 7, 1827, the son of Samuel and Sarah Coulter, who came to Crawford County, Ohio, in 1832, entering forty acres. They raised a family of thirteen children, of whom J. H. is the eldest, and nine of whom are living. Their father died, aged eighty years. Mr. Coulter, the subject of this sketch, having received a limited education, commenced life at fourteen, working at $7 per mouth, but he gave his father all his ages until his twenty-second year. His wife received from her father 160 acres of land, the eastern portion of the farm. In 1845, he added by purchase 140 acres more, and in 1866 he bought eighty acres in Crawford County, lying Dear. In the same year he built across the road a fine residence, costing $4,000. In 1880, he built the finest barn in Crawford County, costing $2,000. In 1879, he purchased a grist mill at Caledonia, for $10,000, with four run of stone; he also has some other town property. He values all his possessions at $35,000. For thirty-five years he has followed threshing; he introduced the first thresher into the county; in three seasons he turned out some 40,000 bushels of grain and seed. Mr. C. is forward in every public enterprise; was identified with the grange from its inception; has been Township Trustee many years, both in Tully and Scott Townships. Upon the formation of the Crawford County Mutual Fire Insurance Company, he became a member, and is now its Vice President. He and family are members of the M. E. Church, of which he is also Class-leader, and has also acted as Steward. In the time of the civil war, he offered his services to his country, but he was declared physically disabled. December 31, 1850, he married Mary A. Carmean, daughter of Matthew and Rachel Carmean, of Crawford County, Ohio, both of whom are living. The old gentleman, aged seventy-five years, has cleared some 200 acres of plain land in his day. Mr. Coulter has had fourteen children, three dying young. The living are Melissa, wife of Louis Speice; Rachel, wife of J. W. Dowling; William C., Mathew C., Sarah, wife of Samuel Hurr; Samuel, Edwin, Sherman, Effie, Orpha and Edgar J.

B. FRANK COURT (Pleasant Township) was born in Pleasant Township February 15, 1858 the son of Joseph and Maria Court, whose sketch is given elsewhere. Our subject received a good education, arid assumed the duties of the pedagogue for one term. December 7, 1881, he married Lida Rider, daughter of Harvey and Chloe Rider. The name of their one child is Anna Ina. Mr. C. bought and inherited the old Court homestead, of 146 acres, which he keeps in good repair and values at $100 per acre, has a good home and keeps fine stock.

GEORGE COURT (Pleasant Township) is one of the old pioneers of Marion County. He resided one mile west of Owen Station. He was born February 25, 1810, in Hardy County, Va., son of Frederick and Ozilla Court, who came to Ross County, Ohio, in 1815, and to Pleasant Township in 1825, locating at Owen Station upon 160 acres of land. They reared eight children. The father died in 1845, at the age of sixty-nine years, the mother having died in 1827, at the age of forty-two years. The old gentleman cleared 100 acres of forest land. Our subject received his education in an old log schoolhouse. December 29, 1831, he married Fannie Allen, daughter of Orren and Ruth Allen, of Pleasant Township. Mrs. Court was born December 17, 1812. Eight children have blessed this home, five of whom are living-Orren A., Frederick W., Wilson S., James and Christiana E. (wife of John Bricker). Their daughter Fannie and husband, Arthur Julian, were buried in 1881, in the same grave, both falling victims, within thirty hours of each other, of that dreaded disease, consumption. Our subject bought eighty acres adjoining his present farm in 1834, paying $150; is he increased to 200 acres in time, but he has disposed of the most of it to his sons, retaining only seventy-five acres. His comfortable house he built in 1868. Like his father, Mr. C. has been a worker, having cleared acres of timber land. Mr. Court has served as Justice of the Peace of' the township for eleven years., Township Clerk two years, and Treasurer five years. He was also, at one time, an Infirmary Director.

JOHN J. COURT, (Prospect Township) farmer, is a son of Joseph and Maria (Sherman) Court, and was born in Pleasant Township, this county, May 28, 1849. He lived in that township until twenty-one years of age, when he bought the farm of 133 acres in Prospect Township, in which he now resides. Mr. Court was married September 5, 1872, to Miss Anna Clark, who was born August 15, 1855, and a daughter of William B. and Harriet Clark. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. A. D. Matthews, of Marion. They have three children living-Eva Maneta, born August 28, 1873; Clara Idella. September 29, 11376; and Lulu, May 11, 1881.

JOSEPH COURT, (Marion Township) an old and respected pioneer of Pleasant Township, was born in Hardy County, Ira., May 11, 1812. His father, Frederick Court, a native of German , emigrated to the United States in 1806 and settled in Baltimore. A year or so later, he moved to Hardy County, Va., where, in 1808, he married Ozilla Cuberly, the mother of Joseph, next mentioned. They emigrated to Ohio in 1814, settling in Ross County, in Frankfort. February 1826, they came to Pleasant Township, this county, where Mr. Court purchased 160 acres of land, a part of which forms the site of Owen's Station. Mr. Court was Trustee and Treasurer of Pleasant Township for a number of years. He died in November 1841, aged sixty-eight years. Mrs. C. departed this life July 26, 1826, at the age of forty-three years. Of their eight children, seven are now living-George, Joseph, Amanda (Wife of James Cofty), William (of Allen County), Elizabeth (wife of John Decker), and Phebe (wife of B. J. Camp). Mary, who married William Riley, is deceased. Mr. Court married For his second wife Mrs. Rachel Pomroy, who died near La Rue. Mr. Court, the subject of this sketch, was reared on a farm and secured such an education as the primitive schools of the day afforded. He spent his early manhood till of age in clearing up the homestead. He entered, in 1834, eighty acres of land, of which he cleared forty acres. Selling this, he bought eighty acres near Owen's Station. He made additions to this original purchase until he owned about 500 acres of well improved and highly cultivated land. He disposed of much of his real estate among his children, till he now owns but 166 acres. He lived on the farm and followed its pursuits and stock and grain raising until his removal to Marion in the fall of 1875, since which time he has lived retired. Mr. Court was married, June 29, 1834, to Miss Maria, daughter of Wheeler and Jane Sherman. Mrs. Court was born in Vermont October 1, 1814. By this marriage there were ten children, nine of whom grew to maturity, and fire Dow living-George W., William F., Sarah J. (wife of Caleb Almendinger), Mary (wife of' Byron Folk), Louisa (wife of F. J. Folk), John I.(1907), Joseph N., Stephen A. and Benjamin F. (1907) Mr. Court has filled a number of places of public trust in his township and county, as Trustee and Clerk of Pleasant Township, holding each office three years, and Treasurer ten years, Justice of the Peace nine years, County Commissioner six years, and Infirmary Director for the same length of time. Since his residence in Marion, he has filled the office of Township Trustee two years, and various other local offices. Mr. Court embarked in life a poor man, but by perseverance and energy he succeeded in acquiring a goodly portion of this "world's goods," at one time owning about 500 acres of' valuable land. He has borne his part in all public enterprises and improvements of' his county that were intended to contribute to its growth and development. As a representative pioneer of Marion County, we give the portrait of Mr. Court in this work.

JOSEPH COURT, JR. (Pleasant Township) Our subject is a young man of promise. He is a son of Joseph and Maria (Sherman) Court, of Marion, and his birth. He obtained his education in the common took place December 22, 1852. schools, and December 3, 1873, he married Jennie Cosner, daughter of William and Abigail (Jobnson) Cosner. Three children have blessed this union-Carrie, William J. and Nelson. Mr. C. commenced life by renting Henry Folk's farm for one year; then be purchased the Le Fevre farm, living upon it till 1876, when he bought his present home of 140 acres, pay $50 per acre; it is valued today at $75 per acre. He is engaged in farming and rearing fine stock.

STEPHEN A. COURT, (Marion Township) Prosecuting Attorney, was born in Pleasant Township May 11, 1855. He is a son of Joseph and Maria (Sherman) Court, whose history is given in this chapter. He attended the Northwestern Ohio Normal School at Ada, and graduated in June 1877. He engaged in teaching at fifteen, Bud followed it winters for several years. He read law with J. F. McNeal, beginning his studies in 1875. His admission to the bar was in January 1878 ; 1879-80, he was a member of the firm or Abston & Court, and 1881-82, of the firm of Codding & Court. In 1880, he was elected City Solicitor, and reelected in 1881, and, in 1881, was chosen to the chair of Prosecutor, the position he now occupies. September 20, 1877, he married Miss Olive F. Inskeep, daughter of James J. and Maria Inskeep. Mrs. Court was born in Delaware County, Ohio, July 7, 1857. . Two children were born to them, of whom one, Arthur B.. is living ; Clyde C. is deceased. Mr. Court is identified with the IOOF,. K. of P. and 1. 0. of R. M., and politically is a Democrat.

WILLIAM F. COURT, (Prospect Township) farmer, was born in Pleasant Township, this county, December 19, 1836. He was reared on the homestead of his parents, Joseph and Maria (Sherman) Court, in Pleasant Township, and when twenty-two years of age, bought land in Green Camp Township, which he sold two years later, and, with his brother George as partner, kept a general store; subsequently, he sold his interest to T. Cratty and bought 100 acres of land southwest of Richwod. After living on this f arm eighteen months, he entered trade with his brother in the merchant tailoring business at Richwood, which continued for two years, when he bought the farm of 182 acres where he resides, in the southwest part of Prospect Township. He was married, in 1863, to Charlotte Watkins, who was born October 6, 1845, and was a daughter of Thomas Watkins, an early settler of Prospect Township; from this marriage there were six children-John F., born January 4, 1864, and died September 8, 1864; Thomas J., born December 29, 1865; Margaret M., August 4, 1867; Ida B., August 2, 1869; Joanna L., March 17, 1875; and Mary Elizabeth, November 27, 1880. Mr. Court is one of the substantial farmers of the township.

JOSEPH B. COUTU (Big Island Township) was born in St. Phelix, Canada East, April 7, 1846, the son of Pierre Coutu, whose people originally hailed from France. He remained with his parents until his seventeenth year, when, working out for two months at $7 per mouth, he obtained sufficient funds to carry him to Toronto. He soon met parties with whom he engaged to work upon on the old broad-gauge railroad, and be continued with that company until 1865, when he came to Marion for one year; thence to Big Island. July 21, 1867, he married Susan M. Payne, daughter of Abraham and Philo A. Payne, of this place. Their children are four-Princess A,, Philolelia, Stella and Hayes. At present he is renting the "Gurley farm," of 160 acres, and he has continued in this business for the past thirteen years. The education he acquired in the schools of Canada was very limited, but he enjoys the full confidence of his neighbors, not having been out of office since coming into the township; serving as Constable nine consecutive years, and as Township Clerk for three years--which office he now holds.

A. O. CRANMER, (Big Island Township) (1907) who was born April 19, 1831, in Portage County, Ohio, was the son of Israel M. (of New York) and Lusina Cranmer (of Vermont), who came to Marion County in 1840, rearing a family of six children.. He married, September 4, 1851, Miss Ann J. Smith, daughter of John D. Smith, of Marion County. They have had five children, four dying young. The only survivor is Eliza J., wife of Thomas Miller. They bought their present residence in 1860, then fifty acres, now 112 acres, valued at $75 per acre; fences good; tiling 525 rods. His fine house, cost. a $3,000, was built in 1881. At a cost of $800, he built a good barn in 1873. He enlisted in Company Bi Sixty-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, first as private, but promoted as Corporal and finally as Sergeant. He served in nearly all the leading battles-Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Knoxville, Blaine's Cross Roads, Buzzard's Roost, Dalton, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw, Atlanta, Poach Tree Creek, and was captured at Franklin, Tenn., November 30, 1864. He was a prisoner four months and two days in Andersonville Prison, when he was exchanged. He was aboard the "Sultana" when she blow up, and nearly burned to death. In one battle he was wounded in the feet twice. October 6, 1872, his left arm was nearly severed by a drag saw, and it is but of little service to him now; nevertheless, he is very industrious, and has cleared in his time eighty-five acres of timber land. Mr. Cranmer commands the respect of his neighbors, and himself and wife are members of the Christian Church.

JOSEPH CRATTY (Prospect Township) is a son of Robert and Ellen (Porter) Crafty, and was born on the homestead, one mile east, of Prospect Village, July 12, 1842. In March 1861, he went to Illinois, and in September 1861, enlisted in Company L, Third Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, for three years, to serve in the war of the great rebellion. The regiment was soon ordered into active service, and with it he participated in the battles of Pea Ridge, Ark., siege of Vicksburg, Champion Hills, Carrion Crow Bayou, La. He was at Memphis when Forest made his raid, the Third Regiment taking a prominent part, and in various skirmishes in the States of Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana. On the expiration of his term of enlistment, he was honorably discharged at Memphis, Tenn., September 19, 1864. He then returned to Prospect, Marion, County, and attended school until 1866. On leaving school he engaged with various parties as clerk, and about the year 1870, became partner in the general merchandising business at Richwood, Ohio, under the firm name of T. P. Cratty & Co. About 1872, he bought his partner's interest, in 1874, he moved his goods and opened at Ashland, remaining three months then to Shawnee and to Orbiston, February 19, 1877, and from there to Prospect Village, in May 1878, here he formed a partnership with J. M. Tucker, which continued six months. He carried on business alone until 1880, when he formed a partnership with P. C. Sells, continuing until February 1, 1883, at all the above places he was engaged in general merchandising. Mr. Cratty was married October 1, 1872, to Miss Isabella J. Hamilton, a daughter of the Rev. William Hamilton, of Licking County, Ohio. Mrs. Cratty died January 22, 1882. By this marriage there were three children-Arthur H., Robert J., who died aged four years and eleven months, and Helen M. Mr. Cratty is a member of Prospect Lodge, No. 444, F. & A. M., of which he has been Master for four years. He is a Prohibitionist Republican in politics. He is one of the most energetic and enterprising business men of Prospect Village.

ROBERT CRATTY, (Prospect Township) pioneer farmer, is the oldest person now living in Marion County, and was born August 24, 1784, at Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Penn. His parents' names were Thomas and Jane (McKinney) Cratty, the former a native of Ireland and the latter born on the same farm as our subject. His maternal grandparents were natives of Ireland. The father of Robert came to America as a soldier in the British Army about 1750 to 1755, and married his wife in Franklin County, Penn. They had ten children, our subject being next to the youngest. The family moved to Westmoreland County, Penn., in 1786, and in 1797, to Butler County, Penn. In the latter county, Mr. Cratty was married to Elizabeth English, a daughter of Samuel English. He, with his wife and family of seven children-Samuel, Thomas, William, Robert, James, June and Eliza Cratty-came to Ohio in 1817 and located near Ostrander, Delaware County, where they remained three years. In the fall of 1819, he purchased, at $3 per acre, 111 acres of land, one mile east of Prospect Village, joining the boundary line. The following winter, he built on this land a round log house, 18x20 feet in size, and March 3, 1820, took up his residence in it, with his family. The neighbors were mostly Seneca Indiana, only three other white families living near; they were the families of Thomas Pugh, one mile north; Ephraim Markley, one and a half miles northwest; and Elijah Adams, about three miles southeast. The first season the family were much afflicted with chills and fever. Mrs. Cratty died in the fall of 1820, leaving seven children. In the fall of 1821, Mr. Cratty was married at Milford Center. Union County, to Ellen Porter. By this marriage there were twelve children, as follows: Mary, John, Harvey, David, Hiram, Madison, Jane, Harvey W., Joseph and three died at birth. December 24, 1844, Mr. Cratty's second wife died, and in October 1845, he was married to Sarah Burroll, who died May 26, 1860, leaving no children. He was married the fourth time, July 23, 1861, to Mrs. Sarah W. Kilburn, now eighty-six years old, daughter of Ezra and Mary Wyatt. Mr. and Mrs. Cratty are now living on the old homestead that Mr. Cratty bought, in 1819, and where he has -continuously resided. This land was originally covered with a heavy growth of white oak, hickory, walnut, ash and beech timber. For many years after his settlement here, his taxes were only about $2.50 per annum, having as much or more stock than he has ever had since, though no stock at that time was taxed until after three years of age; now on the same property the taxes amount to $130 or $140 yearly. But he adds that it was as hard to got the $2.50 then as it is to got the $130 or $140 now. Then he was obliged to haul his wheat over dreadful roads to Delaware for 371 cents per bushel, and the best of pork for $1.50 per hundred pounds, and has hauled loads of forty bushels of wheat to Sandusky City, getting 62 cents per bushel, starting Monday morning and arriving home Saturday or Sunday night, at times bringing back a load of salt, leather, etc., for merchants. He has in fine cultivation eighty acres of the homestead, principally cleared through his own exertions. Mr. Cratty is now in his one hundredth year. and is exceptionally hale and hearty for a man of his age. He served as an Ensign at Fort Erie in the war of 1812, and four of his sons and two grandsons served in the war of the rebellion. Mr. Cratty was Supervisor of the township for several years, and supervised the clearing up of many miles of the present township roads. Since the age of twenty-one, he has been a member of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics was formerly a Whig, and of later years a Republican.

DAVID CRISSINGER (Tully Township) is one of the respected citizens of Tully Township, born October 28, 1813, in Northumberland County, Penn., son of John (1907) and Catherine Crissinger, They moved to Crawford County, Ohio, in 1832, where David lived until his twenty-sixth year, giving his father all his wages for a year and a half; be received only $6 per month. His grandfather, Leonard Crissinger, entered active service during the Revolutionary war, going barefooted some of the time. In 1845, our subject bought eighty acres of land in Crawford County, Ohio, paying $50 annually until paid for. He successfully met these obligations. In 1851, he purchased eighty acres of his present farm, which now consists of 200 acres. He lives to work; he began with an ax, has cleared 120 acres, and is worth some $18.600. His first marriage occurred October 17, 1839 to Miss Sarah Phillips, daughter of Henry and Christina Phillips. of Pennsylvania. They had eight children-Henry (dead); Savilla, wife of Frank Swisher; Harriet, wife of George Whitamire; Joel (dead); John; George (dead); Eliza, wife of Charles Timson, and Christina, wife of John Fink. His first wife died August 17, 1876. Mr. C. married again, September 27, 1878, Barbara Hart, daughter of David and Gertrude Hart. Our subject was quite a hunter, having brought down his three deer in a day, and seven turkeys another day. Though his whole schooling did not continue more than three months, he has been instrumental in settling several estates, and has been Township Trustee three or four years. Mr. C. is an active member of the Reformed Church, of which he has been Elder for twenty years.

ELIAS CRISSINGER (Scott Township) is one of Scott's enterprising young men, the son of William and Mary Crissinger, born August 11, 1853. His father died in the late war, so that Elias, at ten years of age, was left fatherless and penniless. He made his home among the neighbors-John and Hiram Lee, Philip Steinman Franklin Swisher and Washington Kennedy four years. He was then eighteen, and he worked by the month until twenty-one. October 20, 1874, he married Harriet L. Howser, daughter of Anthony and Eliza Howser, and they have had four children -- Maniford R., Daisy V., William A. and Hudson R. His wife received from her parents forty-seven acres, and in 1882 they bought twenty acres more. In 1880, he built a $500 barn, and he has improved the old home considerably. To March 1877, the contents of a shotgun were discharged into his left hand, completely destroying it. His townsmen have made him their Assessor for four successive years-one in Tully Township, before coming to Scott. Mr. and Mrs. Crissinger have been members of the M. E. Church since their marriage.

JOHN CRISSINGER, (Claridon Township) (1907) lumberman, only son of Daniel and Mary (Plotner) Crissinger, was born in Scott Township April 26, 1837. His father, a native of Pennsylvania, was born Tannery 1, 1807, and came to Marion County. He married and settled in Tully Township. They were the parents of two children-John and Mary. The father's demise took place in 1845; the mother still lives upon a part of the old homestead, with her daughter, Mrs. Frederick Winch. Our subject obtained only a limited education, for he was dependent upon his own resources. When aged thirteen years, he labored one year for his uncle, Daniel Crissinger, receiving $37. He -worked here and there until his marriage, November 22, 1859, to Mrs. Margaret Dunham, she was born December 23, 1835 at Reitsheim, Baden, Germany a daughter of Daniel and Catherine (Gattner) Ganzhorn. They have had two children-Daniel R.(1907), born December 10, 1860; and an infant son deceased. Mrs. Crissinger was born in Germany December 22, 1836, and came with her parents to this country in 1846. Her father died in Caledonia June 3, 1872; and the mother is a resident of Tully Township. In 1863, our subject moved to Caledonia, engaging in the grocery business about a year; then, after an interval in the grocery business, shipping in one year 133,000 pounds of pressed poultry. At present he is extensively engaged in the lumber business, having the leading lumber trade in the county. He employs fifteen men and four teams regularly. In politics. he is a Democrat.

JOHN H. CRISWELL, M. D., (Claridon Township) was born in Morrow County, Ohio, December 22, 1850, the son of George and Hannah (Ackerman) Criswell, natives of Maryland and Now York respectively. They came to Ohio soon after the war of 1812 and settled in Knox County. John H. Criswell is the eldest of seven children, and having obtained a good education in the Mount Gilead High School, began teaching in his seventeenth year, continuing five years. He then took up the study of medicine, in December 1872, under the direction of Dr. N. Tucker, of Mount Gilead, and read three years. In 1874-75, he attended a course of lectures at the Starling Medical College, also at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, graduating June 10, 1876. In the autumn of the same year, be settled at Caledonia and has established a good practice. January 28, 1874, he married Miss Cassie E. Barton, a daughter of Samuel and Mary Barton, of Mount Gilead. Dr. Criswell is Supreme Medical Examiner of the P. O. of A. for the United States. He is a member of the IOOF and A. L. of H.; he is also a member of the City Council. His politics are Democratic.

JOHN CROFT (Kraft) (Claridon Township) (1907) was born in Crawford County, Ohio, October 27, 1843, the son of Johann Christoph and Katharina (Klink) Croft (Kraft), natives of Hopfigheim, Wuerttemberg, Germany, and immigrated to America about 1831, stopping in Trumbull County, Ohio, for a short time, then coming to Crawford County, where they remained several years, but settling permanently in Marion County. They had a family of thirteen children, eleven now living- Catherine, Eliza, Lewis, Caroline, Mary. Elizabeth, Hannah, Christian, John, Susan, Bud Samuel. Jacob and Lydia are deceased. The father died in his eightieth year; the mother in her sixty-eighth year. John Croft, having received a limited education, turned his attention to farming until his marriage, which took place February 2, 1871, to Sophia A., daughter of George and Caroline (Wagman) Pfahler, who was born March 19, 1849. They have three children-Emeline, born April 18, 1872; Ida, November 7, 1874; and Mary C., November 11, 1878. Mr. Croft is the owner of 103 acres of good land, valued at $100 per acre, upon which he has recently erected suitable buildings. He has acquired the property principally by his own hands. He is a respected citizen and in politics a Democrat.

SAMUEL CROFT (Kraft), (Claridon Township) (1907) fifth son of Johann Christoph and Katharina (Khink) Kraft, is a native of Claridon Township, born August 27, 1852. Having secured an ordinary education, he made his home at his father's until marriage, which occurred April 12, 1867, to Miss Lillie Brown, a daughter of Christian and Catherine Brown, natives of Crawford County, Ohio. Two children have crowned this marriage-Flora L., born January 23, 1878; and Clara E., born March 23, 1881, dying September 7, 1881. Mr. Croft has been a farmer from his youth up, and has a farm of 1131, acres, valued at $70 per acre. He is an energetic young man and a stanch Democrat.

CHRISTIAN H. CROMER (Pleasant Township) was born February 15, 1845, in Pleasant Township. He is a son of John and Louisa (Zahtner) Cromer, who came from Germany, settling in this township, where they entered eighty acres of land, to which they added forty acres later. The father cleared sixty acres of forest land, reared a family of ten children and died in 1855. The mother is still living. Our subject obtained a limited education, since, at the age of ten years be was obliged to labor by day and month for big own support. He was married, April 6, 1870, to Martha Renolds, daughter of Lewis Renolds, who died of a disease contracted in the late war. The names of their three children are Anna N., Lulu M. and Catherine C. Our subject rented his present farm of eighty acres eleven years, purchasing it in 1881. He paid $45 per acre, and values it today at $65 per acre. Mr. C. has ever been a stanch Democrat; has held the office of Township Trustee four years, that of County Commissioner one term and has been recently nominated for a second term. He has the confidence of big party at large.

JAMES CROWLEY, (Montgomery Township) senior member of the firm of Crowley & Wirley, of La Rue, Ohio, 'was born in Portland, Me., May 22, 1852, and is the son of Thomas and Mary (Carter) Crowley, natives of Ireland, who came to America about 1851, stopping in Portland, Me., five years, but moved to La Rue in 1856. Their parents are still living, the father aged (1883) seventy years, the mother aged forty-five. Mr. Crowley having obtained a practical education, began to follow railroading when eighteen years old, which he continued until 1873, when he embarked in the mercantile business for himself, at La Rue, conducting a grocery store. He has since furnished an elegant room on High Street for a billiard hall and saloon. His marriage to Miss Mar) Now, daughter of Steven and Rachel (Seivert) Now, occurred July 7, 1870. Her parents had four children-Rosa, Mary, Lucy and Celia. Mr. and Mrs. Crowley have two children-Claud, aged two years, and an infant son. Though he has been constantly behind the bar since early manhood, Mr. Crowley has never indulged in a single drink, or in a cigar, and keeps a quiet and peaceable saloon. Politically speaking, he is a Democrat.

JAMES CULBERTSON (Marion Township) is another of Marion's successful, enterprising citizens. His people were Scotch, but he was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, August 1, 1824, where he followed agriculture until he came here in 1850, whither his brother William had preceded him ton years. In 1862, he purchased his present home, consisting of a house and two lots. He also owns the store room occupied by Davis & Gates, and thirty-eight acres of land, located in the western part, of the corporation, and 240 acres of wild land in Iowa Mr. Culbertson is well known throughout the county as a mason and contractor; and as a monument of his labor stand the Bartram, Campbell. and the Masonic Blocks of Marion, and the Prospect and Newman Bridges over the Scioto River. He has plied his trade here industriously for thirty-three years, being associated with his brother William a number of years. January 31, 1860, Mr. Culbertson married Miss N. C. Haldeman, daughter of Henry Haldeman, at one time editor and proprietor of the Independent, then known as the Buckeye Eagle. This union has been crowned with five children, one dying an infant. Their names are Harry W., Jennie (deceased), Grace and Mary. This family have been members of the Presbyterian Church for years, Mr. Culbertson for all his adult life. He is also an Odd Fellow. Mrs. Culbertson's people were from the East, but were married in this county in 1833.

JOHN CULL (Kull) (Marion Township) is a native of Richland Township, born December 20, 1837; he is the son of Charles and Anna (Kilo) Cull. Both Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cull's parents came from Bernback, Wuerttemberg, Germany, locating in the above township about 1830. Our subject's people were married in 1836, and they have had four children, three of whom are living-John, Margaret (wife of Jacob Klingel) and Jacob, Callie (wife of Samuel Kraner) died in the summer of 1881; Charles Cull died August 24, 1844, aged thirty-three years. Mrs. Cull is a resident of Crandon Township, aged (1883) sixty-seven years. She married Jacob Kaufman, and is the mother of his five children. Mr. John Cull was reared upon the homestead and educated in the district schools. Having assisted in the clearing-up of his farm, he, when eighteen, took up the blacksmith's trade, in Marion, with William Cull, serving three years. He followed his trade until 1870, who he engaged in the bakery and restaurant business. He was wedded, in 1856, to Miss Margaret Stoup, born also in the Fatherland, April 4, 1844. Her parents were Henry and Susan Stoup. Of their four children, three are living-Alice, Agnes and Vevena. Mr. Cull owns the Cull Block, built in 1875, at a cost of $3.000, 10, the adjoining block and one and a half acres on East Center Street. He is an energetic citizen, a Democrat in political sentiment, and is connected with the IOOF and Encampment.

T. S. CUMMIN, (Marion Township) one of Marion's old retired merchants, was born in Perry County, Penn., June 13, 1834. His father, Dr. William Cummin, was twice married, and was the father of six children, viz., T. S. (the subject of this sketch), Mrs. Rebecca J. Beatty, Mrs. Margaret S. Leonard (of Marion, Ohio), Hon. H. H. Cummin (President Judge of the Twenty-ninth Judicial District, Lycoming County, Penn.) and Mrs. Mary A. Watson, all of Williamsport, Penn.; and R. I Cummin, merchant, of Dayton, Ohio. Earl in life, Mr. Cummin the subject of this sketch, began the career of a clerk at Duncannon, Penn., and followed it for six years; in 1855, he came to Marion and after clerking a short time for J. S. Reed & Co., he became a member of the firm of Johnson, Uhler & Co., which succeeded the former firm. He remained a partner till 1874, when the firm diasolved; but Mr. Cummin continued in the mercantile business up to the spring of 1880, when, on account of ill health, he was compelled to retire. He was a successful merchant, and was identified with the public interests of the town. He erected, in 1872-73, his residence on East Center Street. which is the most expensive residence in Marion. In 1881-82, he erected the Cummin Block, an imposing three-story brick, on the corner of Main and South streets. Mr. Cummin was married on the 24th of September 1867, at Wooster, Ohio, to Miss Lavinia R. Hart, a daughter of William and Prudence Hart. Mr. Hart died in Juniata County. Penn., in 1855, an in 1867 his widow moved to Wooster, Ohio, where she now resides. Mrs. Cummin was born in Juniata County, Penn., July 26, 1843. Mr. and Mrs. Cummin have one daughter -Winifred. They are both consistent members of the Presbyterian Church.

H. H. CUNNINGHAM (Marion Township) is a native of this county, is forty-three years of age, and the son of James and Nancy J. (Barks) Cunningham, who came from Berkeley County, Va., with their parents to Fairfield County, Ohio; the former was born in 1803, and the latter in 1805. His mother's father, John Barks, kept as a pioneer the old Blue Ball Tavern, south of town. His parents came to Marion County in 1826, entering forty acres, and clearing in his time 120 acres of forest land. He brought up ten children, five of whom are dead. He died in 1860, aged fifty-seven years, and the mother died in 1849, aged forty-four years. His grandfather, Robert Cunningham, was a Major in the war of 1812, and died from a wound received in service. The Barkses formerly originated in Germany. H. H. having received a common school education, enlisted April 19, 1864, in Company K, Fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was engaged at Rich Mountain, Romney, Winchester, Port Republic, Malvern Hill, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Bristow Station, Martin's Ford, Mine Run and the Wilderness; was wounded at Spottsylvania Court House, and honorably discharged after a service of three years. In 1882, he visited England, and imported some fine Clydesdale and English draft horses. In 1864, Mr. C. married Miss Mary A. Uncapher, daughter of George A. Uncapher, one of Marion County's early pioneers. This union has resulted in five children--Zoe (deceased), Louesa, Grace, Hortense and Inez. Mr. Cunningham has been Trustee of his township several terms, and 1868-72 was Sheriff of the county. He is a stirring man in business. In politics, he is an avowed Democrat, voting for Vallandigham and fighting in two battles the same day.

ISAAC D. CUNNINGHAM (Pleasant Township) was born November 11, 1841, in Marion Township. He is a son of James and Nancy (Barks) Cunningham, who came from Virginia and reared a family of nine children, one of whom-John-became a skillful surveyor. Our subject, having obtained a moderate education, went to California when a young man, passing four years there, and then spent one year in Illinois, Upon returning home, be was married, March 27, 1874, to Miss Sarah Sult, daughter of the Widow Harriet Sult. They have an adopted child, named James. Immediately after marriage, they went to California, remaining three years, leaving in charge of another party a large farm of 670 acres. In 1881, he purchased his present farm of eighty acres, paying $5,300, valued today at $6,000. Mr. C. is a successful farmer and a respected citizen.

MRS. SARAH E. CURL, (Claridon Township) widow of Henry C. Curl, and daughter of George and Elizabeth Bates, was born near Caledonia January 28, 1847. Her husband was born April 10, 1844, and they were married October 13, 1870. Four children were born to them--Lillie J., born July 28, 1871; Marv F., October 31, 1872; and Alonzo C., April 14, 1874; Cora D. was born June 13, 1875, and died December 14, 1879. Mr. Curl was reared and educated upon a farm in Morrow County. He was a good citizen, a stanch Republican and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His death occurred January 3, 1875. His widow resided in Morrow County until April 1, 1880, when she moved to Caledonia, purchasing a good home on North High Street, where she continues to reside with two of her children. She owns a small farm in the above county, and is a respected and industrious lady.

HUGH CURREN, (Waldo Township) farmer, P. 0. Waldo, was born in Waldo Township, December 12, 1831, and is a son of Joseph and Elizabeth Curren, the former a native of Ireland, the latter of Tennessee. Joseph Curren came to America with his father when four years old, and in 1809, came to Marlborough Township, Delaware County. In 1814, he moved to near Waldo Mills, where he resided till 1835, and then moved to Marlborough Township, where he bought 203 acres of land. He died afterward in that township. Our subject is the youngest of twelve children, was raised in Delaware County and received his education in the common schools. On April 3, 1853, he was married to Sophronia, daughter of John and Catherine Porterfield. She was born in Marion County, January 7, 1833. To this union have been born six children, five living, viz., Orrel E., wife of John J. Griffiths: John D., married to Elizabeth Garhiser; Hattie M wife of E. L. Adams; David C. and Joseph B. Mrs. Curren died February 18, 1880. In 1853, he, moved on the farm where he at present resides. He bought, forty-three acres, which he has brought to an excellent state of cultivation.

BARTHOLOMEW CUSICK (Marion Township) was born in County Mayo, Ireland, August 15, 1832, the fourth child in the family of Michael and Mary (Burk) Cusick, natives of the same county. The mother died in the old country in the spring of 1849, aged forty-five years, but the father came to America in 1880, and now resides with his children. B. Cusick sailed for the "laud of the free" in his eighteenth year, the voyage requiring two months, in the sailing vessel Siddens. He first worked by the month in Luzerne County, Penn., for two years; he then went to Cleveland, Ohio, working his passage from Buffalo on board the vessel. He engaged there as a laborer upon the Cleveland & Erie Railroad, saving $500 in thirteen months. Having a limited education, he attended night school at Erie, Penn., laboring during the day. He thus passed two years, and then returned to Cleveland and was hired again by the same company for eight years. as night yardmaster in Cleveland; then laid tracks for the Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad Company one year; next went to Wellsville and became foreman and conductor on the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad for seven years. At this time he married, and moved to Cleveland, taking charge of the C. & P. yard for one year. Thereupon he went to Akron and worked upon the A. & G. W, Railroad from 1863 to 1874, serving in the capacity of Track master ton years of that time. In 1866, he bought 130 acres here, adding in 1870 seventy acres, in 1876 160 acres, and in 1882 forty-five acres, making in all 405 acres of , land, which he keeps in a fine state of cultivation. In 1859, he married Eliza V. Welch, a daughter of Jacob Welch, of Warrenton, Jefferson County, Ohio. Eleven children have been born in this family, nine now living-Anna M., Agnes, Patrick H., Charlotte, John, James, Eliza, Joseph and Bartholomew Thomas B. and William are deceased. He is a Republican. and, with his family, members of the Catholic Church.

BARNET CYPHERS (Tully Township) was born in Sussex County, N. J., February 2, 1826, the son of Paul and Hannah (Campbell) Cyphers, natives also of the sump county. Mrs. Cyphers' father, McDonald Campbell, was born in Pennsylvania, of Scotch descent, and served from the beginning to the end in the Revolutionary war. He was an officer, and was wounded three times. He came to Morrow County, Ohio, at an early day, and died there. Paul and Hannah Cyphers came to the same county in 1835, settling in Gilead Township (then a part of Marion County) among the early settlers. He purchased 120 acres in the woods, of John P. Truax. The Indian wigwams were standing in this place when Mr. Cyphers bought it. They had sixteen children, of whom eleven are living, and of whom our subject is the eleventh. He was reared upon the homestead, and had but few educational advantages. When aged eighteen, he commenced to learn the shoe-maker's trade in Iberia, and continued to work at it until 1863, when he came to Tully Township, buying eighty acres Dear Three Locusts. All was woods, and he has cleared and improved the most of it. He married February 15, Miss Elizabeth Burghard, daughter of John Burghard, who was born in 1849, in Carlisle, Penn. Nine children have been born to them, seven living-Arvilla, Essmiralda (wife of Thomas Ettinger), John, Luella (wife of Preston Buzzard), Emma, Alice and James. The deceased are Francis, Presley and Hannah Rettie. Mr. Cyphers is a Democrat politically, and has been School Director several years . . .

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