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B. ANDREWS, attorney-at-law; Mt. Gilead. Of the successful and highly respected attorneys of the Morrow row County Bar, may be mentioned Mr. B. Andrews, who was born in Westfield, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., October 21, 1822, and is the son of Erastus and Polly (Freeman) Andrews ; his mother was born in Massachusetts, and his father in Vermont ; our subject was raised on the farm, where he remained until he was about 20 years of age, when, in 1826, with his parents he came west to Ohio, and located in Medina Co., and formed the village of Westfield in that county; his father died there in 1846, and his mother died near Westfield, in 1873. Our subject, after obtaining a good common school education in the Wadsworth Academy, and a select school by Henry Bates, began the. study of law in the office of C. A. Lake, of Medina, where he remained about one year, when he went to Wooster, where he entered the law office of Cox & Wason ; and in 1846 he was admitted to the bar in Wooster, when he returned to Medina and commenced the practice of law, which he continued in Medina for some three years, when, in June, 1849, he came to Mt. Gilead and began the practice of law, during which time he has formed partnerships with E. F. Riley, one year; Henry Albach, one year; D. Rogers six years, and in 1875 the present firm of Andrews & Allison was formed, which to-day is one of the strongest law firms of Morrow County. hi 1864 Mr. Andrews was elected to the office of. prosecuting attorney, and reelected to same office in 1866, which he filled with credit and honor for four years. He was married September 8, 1844, in Wooster, 0., to Miss Rachel Hand. They have six children.

O. ALLISON, wool dealer; Mt. Gilead; was born in Greene Co., Pennsylvania, July 25, 1811, and lived there three years; the family then came to Ohio and farmed in Columbiana Co., and lived on same until he was 11 years of age; he was then bound out for seven years to Mr. Orth, a woolen manufacturer, and continued with him six years thereafter; he then went into partnership with Thomas Wallace, in a cabinet making shop at New Lisbon, and followed the business until 1844, when he came to Delaware, now Morrow Co., and engaged in buying sheep and wool; which business he has since continued in. In 1872 his son, Abner, became a partner in the business. Mr. Allison has been thrice married. First to Jemima Burt, a native of Columbiana Co., Ohio, Sept. 5, 1833; she died Oct 10, 1840; of their three children two are living: John and James. William died at Paducah, Ky., while in the army (20th 0. V. I.) His second wife was Lydia Wheeler, a native of Columbiana Co., Ohio; they were married June 10, 1841; she died Sept. 9, 1861; they had nine children, seven now living: Charles, Abner Melville, Isorah, Jane, Ellen and Kate. His present wife was Lydia Thompson, a native of York Co., Pennsylvania. They were married -March 16, 1864; they have no children.

HENRY ADAMS, livery; Mt. Gilead; Mr. Adams' stables are located on Center street. He is the son of John F. and Jane (Fitting) Adams; was born on Feb. 23, 18:30, in Lexington, Richland Co.; his father was engaged in the mercantile business for about forty years, and died in 1864. Henry left home March 24, 1850, being then 20 years of age; he went to California, where he remained two years, when he returned and engaged in the dry goods business, with his father, in Mt. Gilead, until 1856, when he took a trip to Northern Iowa, which consumed about six months, when he returned and went into the dry goods trade, with George E. House; he remained with him until 1861, when he went to work for the father of Mr. House, until 1865, when he bought out the grocery and provision stock of Dunn & Roland, and continued in that business for about two years, when he sold to T. B. Reynolds & Bro.; after which, in company with R. P. Halliday, he purchased the stock

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of dry goods of E. P. George; one year later he sold out to Allen Levering, and remained with Mr. Levering seven years, or until 1874; he was then with Talmage & Styles one year, since which time, he has been in his present business, first with L. Corwin, for two years. Since Sept., 1877, Mr. Adams has had for his partner E. C. Chase; they are conducting a first-class livery stable, and are ready at all times to accommodate the traveling public. Mr. Adams was married in 1859. They have two children, Frank and Jennie.

D. R. AXTELL, farmer; P. O. Gilead Station; was born in Knox Co., Ohio, June 10, 1823, and lived there until 1837; he then went to Logan Co. with his father, his mother having died June 19, 1823. In 1838 they came to Marion (now Morrow) Co., and settled near Alt. Gilead, and he worked in that vicinity; Nov. 2, 1848 he married Miss Catharine, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Dillon) Brown; she was born in Knox Co., Ohio; after the marriage he settled on his present place, which he had previously bought, and has lived here since, except about fourteen months, spent in traveling West, in Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas; of their three children two are living - Lou and Nettie; he has eighty acres two miles northwest of Gilead Station, and forty acres in Canaan Tp., this county, which he has obtained by his own labor. Himself, wife and family are members of the M. E. Church; he since 1839, and Mrs. Axtell for the past thirty years; he has always taken an active interest in church affairs, and has served as steward or twenty-six years. He has also served as Sabbath-school Supt. His parents, Isaac and Rebecca Riggs Axtell, were probably natives of Pa; they settled in Knox. Co., Ohio, about the year 1817,; she died there in Knox. Co., after which he married Mrs. Abigail Jewell, with whom he lived until his death, in Logan Co., Ohio, in the spring of 1838. They had no children; she lived with her children by her first marriage, until her death in Union Co., Ohio. By Mr. Axtell's first marriage, there were ten children, of whom but one. is living D. R.

ELI ASHWILL, farmer; P. O. Gilead Station; was born in Canaan Tp., Marion (now Morrow) Co., Ohio, July 17, 1835, and lived with his parents until he was 12 years of acre; he then hired out and worked in the vicinity until 1854; January 19, of that year, he married Miss Sarah Cook. She was born in Knox Co., Ohio. After his marriage he lived with his father-in-law and farmed the place, and later bought the part he now lives on, and which now contains sixty-eight acres, adjoining the village of Gilead Station. By this marriage there were nine children, eight now living: Florence L., Elmer E., H. Estell, Fred, Jennie, Burt, Rosie B., and Nelson B. His parents, James and his second wife Agnes (Stewart) Ashwill, were natives of Virginia ; they married there, and, in 1826, came to Ohio and settled in Canaan Tp., where, by purchase and entry, they owned 160 acres of land, and lived there with what comforts the pioneer days afforded. He died here in the year 1842. Mrs. Ashwill went to Illinois, and lived with her son until her death, in 1856. They had nine children, seven of whom are now living: John, living in Illinois; Robert, in Kansas; Richard, in Illinois; Eli, in Morrow Co., Ohio; Frank D., in Delaware Co., Ohio; Henry and Nelson C., in Kansas. All are married and have families, and are well-to-do

EDWIN H. BREES, farmer; P. O. Mt. Gilead; was born in New Jersey, Sept 30th, 18-29, and when but six months old his parents came to Aft. Gilead, Ohio, where his father engaged at his trade of wagon-making, and was probably about the first in the place. Edwin H. attended school until he was about 18 years of age; he also worked at farming some, and when 19 he was apprenticed to the carpenters: and joiners' trade with Townsend & Miller and followed the business for twelve years. He also served as express agent for thirteen years, and was for two years in the livery business, the firm being Corwin & Brees; they ran a hack line and had the mail route; he then engaged in the grocery business, and continued in the same most of the time for eleven years, when, owing to the partial loss of his sight, he retired from business for four years, when he moved to his present place and has lived here since. May 28 , 1854, he married Miss Harriet Talmage; she was born in Knox, now Morrow Co.; of their three children two are living, -viz.: Lafe B., druggist, now in Leadville, Col., and Charles S., apprenticed to carpenters' trade at Mt. Gilead. His parents, Alfred and Rachel (Lyons)

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Brees, were natives of New Jersey. They married there, and came here as stated. He served as Justice of the Peace in the early days of Lincoln Tp., and was one of the well known men of that period. By the marriage there were five children, four of whom are living; viz: Edwin H. on the old homestead; Stephen, now living in Chase Co., Kas.; Caroline, married and living in Chase Co., Kas.; Sidney A., living in Chase Co., Kas. After the death of Mrs. Brees, he married Miss Hannah Mosher, by whom he had seven children, six of whom are living, viz: Asa M., Rachiel, now Mrs. G. L. Wood, of this Co., Joseph, (Hannah and Alfred), and Bathiah, now Mrs. Kirk, of Iowa. After the death of his second wife, he married Eunice Mosher, with whom he lived until his death. She is living with her father, near Cardington, O.

CHARLES BREESE, farmer and stock raiser; P. O. Mt. Gilead; was born in Morris Co., New Jersey, April 19, 1811, attended school and worked on the farm until he was 17, and was then apprenticed to black smithing with Win. Ford, at Dover, New Jersey, and served with him until he was 21; he then opened a shop at Rockaway, New Jersey, and in 1832 came to Ohio and worked in Mt. Gilead for two years; he then returned to New Jersey and lived there three years, during which time, July 22, 1836, he was married to Miss Phebe Bockoven. She was born in the same place, May 30, 1818. In 1838 he again came to Mt. Gilead and built a residence and shop on some land he had formerly bought, and carried on his business there until 1854, when he sold out and bought his present place, located one mile northeast of Mt. Gilead, and containing ninety acres. At first he bought forty-five acres of timber and cleared the same, afterward adding to it. They had six children; three now living: Emeline, now Mrs. Mateer, living in Mt. Gilead; Lemuel H., blacksmith in Aft. Gilead, and Harriet A., now Mrs. Bargar, living in this vicinity. Air. Breese came West in a wagon to Mt. Gilead, using the old Pioneer road, and has since crossed between here and New Jersey some twelve or fifteen times. In the early days he took wheat in payment for his work, and hauled the same to Sandusky. His son Lemuel H., enlisted in the 96th O. V. I., Company D., in 1862, and

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served during the war, being a prisoner some three months. His brother served in the Mexican war. His father served in the war of 1812, and his grandfather served in the war of the Revolution. His parents were Stephen and Harriet (Ogden) Breese, natives of Morris Co., New Jersey, and lived there until their death. Mrs. Breese's parents were George and Margaret (Smith) Bookoven; they were natives of New Jersey; they died in Morris County.

G. S. BRUCE, farmer; P. O., Mt. Gilead; was born in Culpeper Co., Va., March 26, 1813, and lived there until the fall of 1827, when they moved to Ohio and settled in Knox Co., near Mt. Vernon, and engaged in farming. While living there, June 1, 1829; his father was killed by lighting, while repairing about the barn. They next moved to Knox, now Morrow Co., and later moved. to a farm in Chester Tp., on which a part of the family yet reside. Mr. G. S. Bruce lived there most of the time until 1839, he then lived in different townships, teaching school, and, while at Woodbury, served as Postmaster and Justice of Peace for seven years. In 1851, he moved to Mt. Gilead, and was elected Auditor, a position he held for four years. In 1855, he engaged in mercantile business, which he followed until 1857. In 1860, he was appointed Postmaster of Mt. Gilead, and served as such nearly six years, since which time he has chiefly been engaged in farming. In May, 1839, he married Miss Hannah Livingston, a native of Washington Co., N. Y.; she died May 7,1851. They had four children, three now living-Sarah, now Mrs. Win. Miller; Libbie, now Mrs. H. G. Cooper, and Oswell M., living in Iowa; his present wife was Mrs. Hull, formerly Miss Rachel Adams, and a native of Knox Co., though raised in Richland Co. They have one child, William F., now living in Walla Walla, Washington Ty. His parents, Elijah and Malinda W. (Browning) Bruce, were natives of Culpeper Co., and came to Ohio as stated; she died in 1854. Of their nine children; five are living-J. D., living on the old homestead, near Chesterville, this Co.; Nancy .D., now Mrs. Livingston, living in Monroe, Iowa; Elizabeth S., now Mrs. Thomas, living in Albion, Ind.; John A., at same place, and Mr. G.. S. Bruce, of Mt. Gilead.

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B. A. BARTON, of Miles, Barton & Miles, Mt. Gilead; dry goods; was born in Morrow Co., O., Sept. 21, 1852; he lived on his father's farm until he became of age, and then engaged as clerk with Mr.B. Fogle, in the general merchandise business, and continued one year. He then formed a partnership with Mr. J. L. Swingle and conducted a millinery and notion business, which they continued one year, and sold out. Mr. Barton then became a partner in the present firm. April 19, 1877, he married Miss Elma Talmage, who was born in this county. They have two children-James and Frank.

D. D. BOOHER, of Irwin & Booher, real estate and abstract office, also insurance; Mt. Gilead; was born near Weston, Va., Oct. 17, 1841; his mother died during his infancy and he lived with relatives in Virginia until he was nine years of age, when he and his brother came West with their uncle, and settled in Westfield Tp., near Cardington, and lived there about five years; in 1853 his father settled near Cardington, and, upon his marriage in 1855, D. D. and his brother Spencer made their home with him. D. D. soon hired out by the month and worked until 1861; in April of that year he enlisted in the 4th 0. V. 1. for three month's service, and they were afterward reorganized and enlisted for three years' service, throughout which he served, taking part in the battles of Rich Mountain, Winchester, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, The Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, North Anna Cold Harbor, etc. At Gettysburg he was slightly wounded, and at Cold Harbor, just three days prior to the discharge of the command, he was wounded and confined to the hospital for three months. He then returned to Cardington, Ohio, and attended school, commencing in the lowest classes, and, after a year's course, began teaching in the district schools part of the time and attending school part of the time. He taught the Westfield school, and later attended the Normal school at Lebanon, O., and in the summer of the third year he, with Mr. Brown, taught - the Cardington school. The following January he resigned his position and entered upon the duties of County Recorder, serving as such for six years. He continued in Mt. Gilead, after his term of office, until 1877, when he moved to his farm, located one and a half miles northeast of Mt. Gilead. Oct. 3, 1872, he married Mary, daughter of Dr. Granger, of Westfield Tp., this county. They have four children: Raymond, Edna Dean, Ada and Emma. His parents, Joseph and James (Devies) Booher, were natives of Virginia, and married there. She died there in 1841. They had two children: Spencer and D. D. He continued in Virginia until 1853, when he moved to Cardington, and in 1855 married Miss Amanda Foust. He lived in that vicinity until his death, in September, 1877; she is living near Cardington.

DR. J. M. BRIGGS, retired; P. O. Mt. Gilead. The subject of this sketch was born on his father's farm in Washington Co., N. Y., Oct. 11, 1809, and resided there until he became ten years of age, at which time the. family removed to Franklin Co., N. Y., and engaged in farming; during his residence his parents died. He remained there until the year 1835 and began reading medicine it 1827, under Drs. Paddock & Bates, and later attended lectures at Burlington, Vt., graduating at the Franklin Co. Medical Institute, N. Y. In the year 1835, he came to Marion Co., Ohio, and practiced medicine in Caledonia for twenty years; he then moved to Iberia, Morrow Co., and educated his family, doing but a limited practice, and preferring not to become actively engaged. After a residence of five and a half years, he came to Mt. Gilead and served as Clerk of the Courts for two terms; in 1864, he was elected President of the 1st National Batik of Mt. Gilead and retained the office until February 1880: when he resigned. Nov. 26, 1839, he married Miss Sarah J. Farrington, a native of Erie Co., N. Y. Of their three children two are living, Mary A., now Mrs. Rev. A. T. Rankin, of Kingston, Ind., and Win. H. of this place.

A. M. BARTLETT, farmer; P. O., Mt. Gilead; is a native of Delaware Co., O.; he was born on his father's farm, Apr. 16, 1816, and lived there sixteen years, when with his parents he moved to Columbus 0., and in 1833 he was apprenticed to the edge-tool trade at Mt. Gilead, and followed the business for sixteen years; he then engaged at farming in this vicinity, and has followed the

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same since. In all he has served a; School Director for 27 years, and has been President of the Board of Education for tell years; also served six years each as Township Trustee and Justice of the Peace here, and in North Bloomfield Tp.; Nov. 9, 1837, he married Miss Sarah Nichols, a Dative of Virginia. she died March 19, 1856. Of their eight children six are living-R. F., Juliet, Althea, Marcella, Albert W. and N. H. Jan. 4, 1837, he married Miss Eliza A. Adams, a native of New York; she died July 29, 1874. They had five children, three of whom are living, viz.: Fred W., Annetta M. and Alice P. Oct. 15, 1874, he married Mrs. Helt, formerly Miss Emily Sweetland. She was born. in South Bloomfield Tp., this Co., Oct. 6, 1830. She was married to Mr. J. C. Helt July 2, 1848; he died Aug. 4, 1871. They had four children, viz.: Morrilla V., now Mrs. Wright, of Knox Co., Winfield C., now at school ill Boston, LaGrande and Nellie F. Of the two deceased children by. the first marriage of Mr. Bartlett, one died in infancy, and the other, John 0., enlisted in the 65th 0. V. I and served with the regiment until his death at the battle of Chickamauga.

CHARLES BIRD, retired; Mt. Gilead; was born -in Northumberland, Pa., Dec. 3, 1810, and lived there eighteen years, being engaged on the farm and ill attending school; they then moved to Knox (now Morrow) Co., Ohio, and engaged in farming in Franklin Tp., where he lived. until he was 21 years old, when he was apprenticed to the carpenters' trade with Wm. Ely, with whom he remained two years; he then carried on the business on his own account. On Feb. 14, 1833, he married Miss Mary Geller; she was born in Knox Co., Ohio, in 1837 they moved to a farm near Mt. Gilead, and lived there for three years; he then came to the village, and followed his trade until 1860, when he engaged in the hardware business, and followed the same for some six or seven years; he then resumed his trade, and built many of the principal residences of the place and surrounding country; in 1870 he retired from active business; of the ten children, six are living-John, Charles, Jr., Frank, Sarah, Clem and Sabina. Mr. Bird has always taken an active interest in all public enterprises, and he took all active part in securing the forming of Morrow Co., and contributed liberally to that end.

ELZY BARTON, contractor; Mt. Gilead; was born in Belmont Co., Ohio, Sept. 18, 1813, and lived there four years, when they moved to Knox Co., and farmed there for eight years; during their stay there, his parents died. After the father's death the children lived with friends in the neighborhood; at the age of 16, Elzy was apprenticed to the tailoring trade; in 1833 he came to Mt. Gilead and carried on a tailoring shop for seven or eight years; he then farmed in the county until 1873, when he began contracting R. R. work, and in the fall of 1874, he moved to Mt. Gilead and occupied his present place, in the spring of 1875. Mr. Barton served as Constable in Marion, now Morrow Co., for seventeen years, and was Sheriff of this county from 1859 to 1862, also Deputy Provost Marshal part of that time; he has also acted as auctioneer for the past thirty-five years. April 17, 1837, he married Miss Nancy Ann Adams; she was born in Va., and came to Ohio in infancy with her parents; they had seven children, five living-Victoria, now Mrs. W. S. House, of Aft. Gilead; Walton C., Flora, now Mrs. M. L. Ryan, of Piqua; Berwick, of Miles, Barton & Miles, Mt. Gilead, and Gertrude.

DAVID BAILEY, farmer; P. O., Mt. Gilead; was born in Bedford Co., Pa., March 5, 1820, and lived there until he was 12 years of age, when, with his grand-parents, he came to Marion, now Morrow Co., Ohio, and settled on his present place. He lived here with his grandparents until their death, in 1841, and 1838 respectively; he then worked by the month oil the farm and in driving team to Baltimore, Md. Sept. 8, 1843, he married Miss Sarah, daughter of John and Catharine Weaver; she was born in Belleville, Ohio, Dec. 24, 1821; he teamed after his marriage for six years, driving to Cumberland, Md., and Pittsburgh, Pa.; he also had a farm rented during this time, he teaming in the winter. He then bought 80 acres of land, and moved on same; and though he has never had any educational advantages, nor acquired anything outside of legitimate farming, he has been successful, and has increased his property from time to time, until now he owns 640 acres

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here, and 130 in Kentucky. By the marriage there have been fifteen children; thirteen of whom are living-Mary Ann, now Mrs Fagley, lives in this county, John, Andrew, Samuel and Nelson, live in Medcalf Co., Ky.; Jane, now Mrs. Baker, lives in this county; Hiram lives in this county; Amanda, now Mrs. Truex, this county; George lives at home; Viola, now Mrs. Baker, this county; Levina, Joseph and Sarah T. live at home.

J. F. BOWEN, grocer; Mt. Gilead; was born on Christmas-day, 1846, in Radnor Tp., Delaware Co., Ohio; he was a son of Isaac and Ann Bowen; his father was born in Wales, in 1801; the mother, also a native of Wales, was born in 1805; they emigrated to Radnor Tp., Delaware Co., Ohio, in 1838, where they remained but a short time, when they removed to Columbus, Ohio, staying some two years, then going to Brown Tp., where they bought sixty-three acres of land, at that time a wilderness, and built a home. The father died in 1849, the mother in 1861. The son remained at home during his youth, and was finally bound out to Francis Jones, a farmer; four months later he enlisted in Co. D, 95th O. V. I., Capt. Edward Taylor commanding. The first engagement in which he participated, ended in the severe defeat at Richmond, Ky.; the forces were afterwards reorganized, becoming a part of Grant's army; he was at Shiloh, the second capture of Jackson (Miss.) campaign before Vicksburg, and was afterward captured by Forrest, near Memphis, and was in the prison at Andersonville four months, then exchanged; in 1864 was in the pursuit of Price in Missouri, and was in the engagement under Thomas at Nashville; afterwards helped take Fort Spanish, at Mobile, Ala.; in 1872 he was married to Julia A. Jenkins, daughter of the Rev. Thos. D. Jenkins, of Chesterville, Ohio; has four boys-Thomas Davies, William Clyde, Milo Stewart and Charles F. Mr. Bowen commenced the grocery and queensware business in 1878, and now, in company with John Galleher. has one of the leading stores of the kind in Morrow Co., situated on Main street, Mt. Gilead, Ohio.

JACOB BAUGHMAN, Prop. American House, Mt. Gilead. The genial proprietor of the American House at Mt. Gilead, O., ranks among the few who really know how to keep a hotel. Having been in the business for nearly twenty-six years, he knows precisely what to do and how to do it. He was born in Adams Co., Pa., July 2, 1808. His father, Joseph Baughman, a native of Pennsylvania, was born in 1767. His mother, Rebekah (Reynolds) Baughman, also a native of Pennsylvania, was born in 1771, both deceased. In 1828, his mother with her three children, removed to Lexington, Richland Co., O.; Jacob being then 20 years of age. He remained at home until he was 25, then worked as an apprentice for one year, in his brother's shoe store. He then set up in business for himself, continuing in the business for thirty years. In 1854 he bought a hotel, carrying it on in connection with the shoe store, until 1866, when he closed out his interests and moved to Mt. Gilead, O., Where he bought the American House, April 1, 1866. Mr. Baughmail has been married twice; April 30, 1833, was married to Mary A. Woods, by whom he had eleven children-Joseph, Rannells, David W., Agnes, L. Harvey, Charles P., deceased; Elijah J., Amanda, Alexander, Henry H., and Owen. He married for his second wife Nancy J. Patterson, April 26, 1856, daughter of Thomas Patterson. They have one child, Hattie, born in the spring of 1861.

COE BROS. (Coe Bros. & Co., hardware, drugs, etc.); Gilead Sta. S. Allen and Geo. O. Coe are natives of Marion Co., Ohio; they were born Sept. 26, 1846, and March 23, 1849, respectively. Mr. S. Allen Coe lived at home until he became of age, he then went to Johnson Co., Kansas, where he bought and improved some land, which he afterwards sold; he also conducted a threshing machine; he remained in Kansas about nine months when he returned home and farmed until 1872, when he was engaged to conduct a lumber business at Gilead Station, for Johnson, Collins & Wensels, with whom he remained for eighteen months; he then engaged in the grocery business at Mt. Gilead under the firm of Bowen & Coe; they continued for three years, when he sold out and came to Gilead Station and formed the present firm. July 28, 1873, he married Miss Sybil E. Flint; she was born in Ohio; they have three children, two living-Homer F., and Nellie E. Geo. 0. Coe lived at home about three years, when he went to live with his sister on a farm near Mt. Gilead, where he lived until 1867, when they

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moved to the old homestead, which his brother-in-law had bought, and they lived there until 1870; he then engaged in the drug business in Mt. Gilead with D. T. A. Goorley, and after three years he sold out his interest and went back to the farm; May 14, 1872, he married Miss Viola McCormick; she was born in this Co., and they lived on the farm (his brother-in-law's), which he farmed on the shares, until 1877, when he, came to Gilead Station, and engaged in his present business. By his marriage there are three children Elbert G., Lulu M., and Ray McC.-their parents, Abraham and Margaret Nichols Coe, were natives of Virginia; he was born Dec. 23, 1806, and married Nov. 5, 1829; she died Sept. 21, 1849. They had nine children, seven living. Dec. 28, 1851, he married Mrs. Sellers, formerly Miss Elizabeth Wallace, a native of Perry Co., Ohio; they have no children; Mrs. Coe has one child by former marriage-Avarilla R., now Mrs. Shepard of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Mr. Coe early learned the blacksmith's trade, and came to Mt. Gilead, O., about 1827, and has lived in this vicinity since.

ANDREW CAMPBELL, farmer; P. O. Gilead station; was born on his present place Jan. 11, 1835, and has always lived on the same. Dec. 22, 1859, he was married to Miss Nancy Jane Farley. She was born in Washington Co., Pa., and came to this locality, with her parents, when young. They had three children, two of whom are now living - Halleck S. and Amanda. He owns 95 acres of land, located a quarter of a mile west of Gilead Station. In 1863 he erected a sorghum mill on his place, and has conducted the business in connection with his farming interests. His father, Andrew Campbell, was born in Jefferson Co., Ohio, July 25, 1803, and in his eighteenth year he and his brother, Johnson, came West on foot. He entered 160 acres, the present place being part of the same. They built a log cabin, in regular pioneer style-but one room, puncheon floor, split-board roof, etc.; they lived with their neighbors, cleared, and made improvements, put out some wheat, and went back to Jefferson Co., and returned with their mother and family, their father having died in the year 1819. The family occupied the log cabin, near which was a camp of Indians, though the family experienced no trouble on their account, though, probably, the fact of Mr Campbell being a large, powerful man, and an expert hunter, had something to do with their friendly disposition. The fall after he came here he had two horses, two cows, a few sheep, and $18 in money; they made their own clothing, and traded butter and deer skins in Frederick, for muslin and calico; he also worked at pump-making. After he became of age, he deeded 110 of his 160 acres to his mother, and lived with her until he was 26 years of age, when he married Miss Susannah Burnside, a native of Virginia. After his marriage he occupied the remaining 50 acres, and improved and lived on the same until his death, Oct. 21, 1878. They had nine children, of whom but one is now living-Andrew. Mrs. Campbell died Sept. 8, 1864.

D. L. CHASE, county clerk; Mt. Gilead; was born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., in 1834, and is the son of Robert and Annie (Cramer) Chase; his mother was born in New Jersey, and his father in Connecticut. In 1836, they, with their -three children (our subject being one of them), started for Ohio, arrived and located in South Bloomfield, Morrow Co. (then Knox Co.); they settled on 72 acres of land; his mother and father are now living, his father being 73 and his mother 75 years of age. Our subject was born on the farm; he farmed in South Bloomfield for a number of years, when he began teaching school, which he followed in Morrow and Delaware Cos. for several years; he was a resident of Iowa two years, and one year in Illinois. Mr. Chase has made his home in Morrow Co.; he was a resident of Westfield Tp. for seven years; he filled the office of Assessor of South Bloomfield Tp. for six years, giving entire satisfaction, and in 1875 he was nominated by the Republican party to the office of Clerk of the Circuit Court, being elected to that office by a majority of 190 votes; he was reelected by same party in 1878, by a majority of 563 votes, showing that Mr. Chase's first term was satisfactory to the people; he has gained many friends, and is recognized as one of the best County Clerks Morrow Co. ever had. Mr. Chase is a Republican in politics, and a member of the M. E. Church.

AMOS CRICHFIELD, farmer; P. O, Mt. Gilead; was born in Somerset Co., Penn.:,

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Feb. 28, 1805, and lived there until 1812, when his parents moved to Ohio, and farmed in Muskingum Co.; in 1824 Amos went to Gawley, W. Va., and worked at the stonework oil the James River Turnpike, and in 1826 worked on the stone-work of the Pennsylvania Canal at the aqueduct, over the Juniata. May 15, 1829, he married Miss Rebecca Moore, who was born in Pennsylvania; in the spring of 1830 he drove to his present place and has lived here ever since; he had previously walked out here and entered the place; he found all a vast wilderness, in which wild animals abounded; he built a log cabin in the woods and cleared his place. He has a vivid recollection of the early pioneer times, in which he acted his part. He and his wife enjoy good health and live on the old - homestead. They are members of the Baptist Church, which they joined thirty and forty years ago, respectively. Of their ten children seven are living-John D. lives on adjoining farm; -M. A., now Mrs. Beaty, lives in Kansas; James R. lives in this vicinity; Mary Jane, now Mrs. Goorley, lives in this vicinity; Geo. W. lives near Levering Station, this county; Elvira, now Mrs. Jas. Brown, lives in this vicinity, and Sarah E., now Mrs. J. M. Irwin, lives on the old homestead with her parents.

JOHN CRAIG, retired, Alt. Gilead; is a native of Washington Co., Penn.; he was born on the farm April 23d, 1807, and lived there for seventeen years; he then came West to Richland Co., Ohio, and was apprenticed to the carpenters and joiners' trade, with James Bell, with whom he served for three years and six months; he then, April 1, 1830, married Miss Jane W. Kerr; she was also a native of Washington Co., Penn., and moved to Richland Co., Ohio, with her parents when she was but a child; after the marriage he bought a small piece of land near Lexington, and worked at his trade, doing a general builder's business until 1852, when he came to Morrow Co. and bought a farm in Congress Tp., which he farmed until 1877; he then came to Mt. Gilead, putting the farm in the charge of Mr. Jno. Piper, whom he raised from infancy. While in Richland Co. he served as Assessor of Washington Tp.; he has also served as Trustee of Congress Tp. Mr. Craig has for eighteen years been a member of the Church of Christ, serving as Deacon in the same for twelve years.

JOHN D. CRICHFIELD, farmer; P. O., Mt. Gilead; son of Amos and Rebecca (Moore) Crichfield, was born on the farm, Nov. 9, 1830, and lived at home until 1852; Oct. 10, of that year, he married Miss Margaret Geary; she was born in Ireland and came to this country when 3 years of age. After his marriage he moved to his present place, and has lived there since; they have two children - Rosie E. and Sheridan E., both living at home. Mr. Crichfield has been a member of the Baptist Church for the past twenty-two-years, and has taken an active interest in the affairs of the same; he has for a number of years been Superintendent of the Sabbath school.

H. G. COOPER, furniture; Mt. Gilead; was born at Mt. Gilead, Ohio, June 8, 1845; the son of Elias and Mary (Talmage) Cooper, both natives of Ohio. They had five other children, besides the one mentioned-S. L., J. H., Clara R., E. C., and Hortense (deceased). His father was a carpenter, following this business nearly all his life. H. G. Cooper spent his youth in farming, working at the carpenter's trade, and going to school. At about 18 years of age he went into a grocery store with his father, remaining there about three years; he then resumed work at the carpenter's trade, following the same until 1872. when he began to work for Runyan & Ayers; he remained with them until the store passed into the bands of J. Hathaway, and was engaged with him until the 1st of January, 1877, when he entered into a partnership with P. T. Miller & Co.; continuing with them until Dec., 1879, when the firm was changed to Cooper, Miller &Co. The present date finds them located in the Van Horn Block, Mt. Gilead, where they have one of the finest stocks of furniture in Morrow Co.; they also keep a large assortment of wall paper, and are agents for sewing machines, the Elbridge machine a specialty. Mr. Cooper was married Nov. 19, 1873, to Miss E. A. Bruce, daughter of George S. Bruce; they were married in Marion Co., Iowa; they have one child, Oswald P., born April 13, 1879.

ELIAS F. COOPER, machinist; Mt. Gilead; was born in Mt. Gilead, in 1836; the son of William and Jane (Dunlap) Cooper. - He

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was born in Washington Co., Pa., in 1805; site was born in the same place, in 1812; William Cooper was engaged in cabinet making up to the time of his emigration to Knox Co., Ohio, where he continued the business until about 1840, when he went into the milling business, which he followed until his death, in 1878. Elias remained at home, working in the mill, until 1864, when he engaged in machine work with S. R. Merrill, in Mt. Gilead, which he continued until 1873, when he resumed the milling business; in 1877 he was running a portable saw-mill, and during 1879 was in the machine shops at Columbus, Ohio. March 15, 1880, he opened his machine shop' two blocks west of Main Street, in Mt. Gilead, O. and is now in (rood shape for the transaction of business, with ample steam power; he gives special attention to the repairing of machinery of all kinds, in both wood and iron. Mr. Cooper was married Oct. 13, 1863, to Frances Germain, daughter of Albert German; they have four children-Clarence, born Feb. 4, 1866; Florence, March 16, 1869; Otho. March 10, 1871, and May, born May 3, 1875, Mr. Cooper has been a member of the order of Odd Fellows since 1858; in 1876 he joined the Universalist Church, and is a reliable and prompt business man.

GEORGE N. CLARK, Vice-President of the Morrow County Batik, Mt. Gilead; was born in Boardman Tp., Trumbull, now Mahoning Co., Ohio, March 24, 1814, and like others at that early period, had few facilities for acquiring- art education; he lived at home on the farm until he was 24 years of age, and March 22, 1838, he married Miss Mary A. Lowry; she was born in the same county. After his marriage he moved to Portage Co., where he farmed one year, and in the spring of 1839 he came to Woodbury, Delaware, now Morrow Co., and engaged in the general merchandise business, which he continued there for twenty-six years, serving as Postmaster for twenty-two years of that time; also, in 1851 he was elected on the Democratic ticket the first Representative of this county, to the Ohio Legislature, and served for two terms, it being the first session of the new constitution. July 18, 1862, he was appointed Adjutant of the 96th 0. V. I., and served with that command for eight months, when, owing to disabilities, he received his discharge. In 1864 he came to Mt. Gilead and served as County Auditor for four years, since which time he has been Superintendent of the County Infirmary for three and one-half years, and has also been identified with several of the business interests of this place. July 18, 1876, Mr. Clark was called to mourn the death of his wife; they had five children, of whom four are Living - Cyrus C., Augustine, Alice M. and Samuel C. In Feb. 1880, the Morrow County National Bank was organized, with Mr. Clark as Vice-President, and began business March 22, following. In early times when in business at Woodbury, Mr. Clark had his goods hauled by wagon from Sandusky, and in other ways participated in the comforts of pioneer life.

SALO COHN, merchant tailor and dealer in gents' furnishing goods; Mt. Gilead. This gentleman came to America from Berlin, Prussia, in the year 1870, and took up his residence in the city of Cleveland, Ohio; where he engaged with Messrs. Koch, Goldsmith, Joseph & Co., (manufacturers and wholesale dealers in clothing and piece goods) 1-10 was assigned the charge of the piece goods department, by reason of his excellent judgment of that line of goods, which he acquired by fifteen years' experience among the manufacturers in Germany. During his stay in Cleveland he became very popular, his frank, out-spoken manner, and fair and honest dealing, winning him a large circle of friends, with whom he was loth to part. But in the summer of 1879 he was called to mourn the death of his little son, Berthold, aged 7 years and 6 months, and being alarmed at the then prevailing sickness of the city, he determined to move to the country with his wife and remaining son, Martin ; accordingly, upon hearing of the intention of Messrs. Rowland and Talmage to sell their business, he visited Mt. Gilead, and being favorably impressed with the place and the people, he concluded to purchase the business and make a permanent settlement. The terms were arranged ,and he took charge in the spring of 1880, thus securing a prominent location and the largest storeroom in the place, in which he has since Placed a mammoth stock, by far the largest in the county, all selected in the best taste as to style and quality, thus affording unequaled facilities to patrons. Though but a short time

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has elapsed since Mr. Cohn came to Mt. Gilead, he has already, by his courtesy and fair dealing established his 'as a reliable one-price ,tore, in which all receive a hearty welcome, and a general satisfaction is expressed by the patrons, at the elegant goods, moderate prices, gentlemanly manners and advantages of the new one-price store. In social matters Mr. Cohn has also made his influence felt, and his liberality to enterprise, and all movements tending to the betterment of the community, is a prominent feature of his character.

CORWIN & LAMB, livery; Mt. Gilead, Ohio; are located one block east of the American House, Mt. Gilead. They are provided with every convenience for the successful prosecution of their business, having a complete outfit of horses, buggies and carriages; they can, with propriety, ask for a liberal share of the public patronage; Leander A. Corwin, the senior member of the firm, was born in the year 1834, being the fourth child of James Corwin, of Knox Co., O. Leander's father and grandfather were tanners. James continued in the business for some time, but a brother taking his place in the tannery, he engaged in the stock trade, which he continued until the time of his death, in 18 76. The mother having died in 1868, both being buried on Thanksgiving day. Leander during his youth was engaged in farming, but finally went to Mt. Gilead, where he went into the livery business with his brother, and buying and trading in. stock; this partnership was dissolved in due time, when he spent about one year in settling up his father's estate; he farmed another year but continued his residence in town. The year following was spent in buying and shipping horses to Michigan. Mr. C. married Susan B. Blakely, and has one son about 16 years of age. Mr. Corwin began his present business in 1879. W. B. Lamb, the other of the firm, commenced business for himself at the age of 14; at 16 having accumulated a little money, he commenced trading in stock, and while at times has been farming, has been mainly occupied in buying and raising stock. In 1864 he enlisted in the 179th 0. V. I., remaining in the service until the close of the war, during which time he was principally employed in slaughtering cattle for the brigade. In March, 1859, he was married to Mary A. Dye, of Williamsport, 0.; has an interesting family of two children-Ida Belle, born in 1861, Fred, born in Sept., 1864. He joined the Odd Fellows' Lodge No. 469, in 1870; has been a member of the School Board some ten years; he is a Democrat.

S. L. COOPER, planing-mill; Mt. Gilead; was born Feb. 21, 1838, at Mt. Gilead, Ohio. His father, Elias Cooper, and his mother Maria (Talmage) Cooper, were born in Knox Co., Ohio. Mr. Cooper being a carpenter, it was but natural that his son should turn to the same business as his father; he remained at home until 21 years of age, learning his trade thoroughly. Aug. 26, 1860, he was married to Margaret C. White. She died on the 22nd of May, 1873. In the spring of 1862 he enlisted in the 136th 0. N. G., being honorably discharged at the end of a year from the time of enlistment. He then went to Galion, Ohio, and entered the Government service as Local Mail Agent; about the spring of 1868, he removed to Newark, Ohio, where he engaged in railroad work, being one of the contractors for the building of the Newark, Somerset & Straitsville R. R.; he subsequently returned to Alt. Gilead, Ohio, and in 1870 commenced the erection of the Cooper Block, on Court street, fitting up a fine store for the sale of groceries and queensware; he continued in the trade until 1872, at which time he took a contract for grading twenty miles of the Atlantic & Lake Erie R. R. In October, 1874, he was again married, this time to Jennie, a daughter of William and A. Noe. They have one child-Claude C. Mr. Cooper is actively engaged in the lumber and planing mill business, in company with Milo Doty, the firm name being Cooper & Doty, located two blocks west of Main street. Mr. Cooper is a Mason, and a member of the M. E. Church; in politics, a Republican.

JUDGE A. K. DUNN, lawyer; Mt. Gilead; is the lawyer of the longest practice at the Morrow Co. Bar, and has built up a professional business that is second to none in the county. He was born in Washington Co., Maryland, Jan. 3, 1819. His parents, Jacob and Rosanna (Kershner) Dunn, were natives of Maryland, and reared a family of fifteen, hiring a teacher by the year to educate them and such other children as cared to share the benefit with the expense. Judge Dunn's

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father was a millwright in early life, but in later years he turned his attention to farming, and in 1830 came to Ohio, settling in Knox Co., just south of Mt. Vernon. Judge Dunn's early life was divided between the farm and the school, until about 1836. In the fall of this year, having come to Ohio with his father, he engaged as clerk in one of the stores of Mt. Vernon, in which his father was a partner. The business, however, proved exceedingly distasteful to him. Sleeping in the law office, where his older brother, David, was a student, and frequently visiting the place on other occasions, he early evinced a strong preference for the law. His older brother, however, was the apple of his father's eye, and he was the only one which the fond parent thought fit for a professional career. The death of David, in July, 1837, however, disappointed the hopes of the father, and made him look. more favorably upon the wishes of his younger son. resulting in his sending him to Kenyon College for his preliminary education, where he remained three years. Mr. Dunn entered the law office of Hurd & Norton, in March, 1845, and studied three years. In April of 1848, he came to Mt. Gilead. The formation of the new county attracted a number of lawyers, young men seeking an unoccupied field and an equal chance, and others who aspired to a political life or preferment in the legal profession. These causes brought together some twenty- five or thirty lawyers. All have long since left Morrow Co., save Judge Dunn, who has been practicing big profession here for the last thirty-two years, and is the sole representative of the bar of 1848, at the opening of the first term of the Court of Common Pleas. In 1876, he was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Judge Dirlam, of Mansfield. He was one of the originators of the First National Bank of Mt. Gilead, and was the third President. At the end of this year, he closed his connection with the bank by disposing of his stock. Mr. Dunn was an act ive worker in the Whig party, and during the first years of the Republican party. Since the days of reconstruction and the prominence of the "machine" in politics, he has voted with the Republicans, under protest, and is a champion of the "civil service reform," and honest methods in politics. February 1854, he was married to Emily Armentrout. His family consists of two sons, both of whom are lawyers, one in Charleston, Ill., the other in Mt. Gilead.

THOMAS E. DUNCAN, lawyer; Mt. Gilead; was born in Holmes Co., Ohio, Nov. 21, 1837; the son of William and Fannie (Elliott) Duncan. Until he was 20 years of age, mr. Duncan worked upon his father's farm, laying the foundation of his education in the winter months at the district school. At this time he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, where he studied some three years, leaving school at the end of that time to enter the law office of Messrs. Bancroft & Voorhes, of Millersburg, Ohio., as a student; in 1862, he was admitted to the bar at Columbus, and in the same year came to Morrow Co, opening an office at Cardington; twelve years later, he came to Mt. Gilead, where he has continued the practice of his profession ever since; he was elected Prosecuting Attorney in 1868, and reelected in 1870; three years later he was elected to the- Legislature from Morrow Co., and was returned for a second term in 1875; in the spring he was elected to a place in the Village Council of Mt. Gilead. In April, 1880, Governor Foster honored him with the appointment of Director of the Ohio Penitentiary. In all the public positions which Mr. Duncan has been called to fill, he has at all times shown himself to be possessed of marked ability, and has discharged the duties of his various offices with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. In addition to the business of his profession and the cares of public life, he has found time to devote to commercial enterprises of considerable magnitude; he was for six and a half years a partner with the firm of Duncan Bros., hardware dealers, in Cardington, and is now a Director of the Cardington Banking Company, having been one of the originators of that enterprise. He was married to Rachel, daughter of Major John Frew, May 14, 1862; their union has been blessed by seven children, of whom six are yet living,

ALLEN DALRYMPLE, farmer; P. O., Gilead Station; was born on his present place April 1st, 1847, and has lived there since. When he became of age, he farmed his father's place on shares until his father's

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death, since when he has managed the place. July 4, 1868, he married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of George and Rebecca (Rogers), Miller; she was born at Cardington, Ohio. They have three children-Annie M., Mary M. and John M. Mr. Dalrymple is farming the old homestead, which contains 133 acres, and is located one and one half miles northwest of Gilead Station. His parents, Andrew and Jerusha Hazen Dalrymple, were natives of Sussex Co., N. J.; they moved to Knox Co., Ohio, he when a young man, she, with her parents; they married there in 1827, and came to the present place, which his uncle had entered for him, about the year 1823; they came here in a wagon, and put up a log cabin, and cleared the farm. They had seven children; four are living, viz: Elizabeth, now Mrs. J. Davis, Washington Tp., this Co.; John and Ziba live in Johnson Co., Kansas, and Allen lives on the old homestead. Mr. Andrew Dalrymple died Nov. 10, 1879. Mrs. Dalrymple is living on the old homestead. Their parents were also natives of Sussex Co., N. J. In the early days, here in this vicinity, Mr. Dalrymple hauled wheat to Cleveland, and sold the same for 50 cents per bushel. The Indians were here, those days, and the wolves made the night hideous about the old cabin home. They had no stock at first-only a yoke of oxen-finally got two sheep, and then horses. Mrs. Dalrymple is now 75 years old, and has good health and memory; in the early days she spun all the yarn and made the clothing; she attended the first preaching held in Mt. Gilead, and has carried one of her children five miles to meeting. At her residence many old pioneer religionists preached in early days. She has been a member of the M. E. Church for the past sixty two years.

JABEZ DICKEY, (Olds & Dickey, Atty's at Law) Mt. Gilead; was born in Richland Co., Ohio, June 15, 1838; his father died when he was but ten years of age; Mrs. Dickey and family remained on the farm until Jabez was in his 15th year, when they moved to Mansfield; he attended school, and read law with Messrs. Burns & Dickey of that place, and in April, 1861, he was admitted to the Bar, and on the 19th of the same month and year, he enlisted in the 15th Ohio Infantry, and served about four months; again, in 1862, he engaged as clerk for Suttler of the 15th Ohio, and served in that capacity until after the battle of Pittsburg Landing; he then returned home, and began the practice of law in Mansfield, Ohio, where he continued until 1866; he then came to Mt. Gilead and followed his profession, forming his present partnership in 67. He served as Prosecuting Attorney for the county in 1873-4, and held a similar position in Richland Co. in 1.863; Sept. 1, 1869, he married Miss E. A. Rhodes; she is a native of Knox Co., Ohio, and came to this county when young; they have four children, viz: Chas. C. Edwin W., Berry B., and Carrie E.

BRADFORD DAWSON, of House & Daw son, millers; Mt. Gilead; was born in Waterford, Knox Co., Ohio, Jan. 4, 1846, and lived there until he was 12 years of age he then went to Chesterville, Morrow Co.,- and lived with his brother, George A., who carried on the flouring mill there; he worked in this mill until 1863, when he and his brother, Robert T. (the latter at that time being in the army) bought a half interest in the mill, and upon the death of Robert T., in front of Atlanta Bradford became a full half partner, the firm being G. & B. Dawson; they continue in Chesterville until 1867, and in 1868 located in Cardington, doing business there under the same name, until 1869, when Bradford moved to Marysville and engaged in the livery business; also, holding stock in a joint stock mill at Cardington; upon the completion of the building in 1870, he and his brother occupied the same, and milled there until 1875, when he traded his interest for a mill in his native town of Waterford, and conducted the same until 1877, when he came to Mt. Gilead and entered upon his present partnership. Sept. 9, 1864, he married Miss Abbie F. Cramer, who was born in Chesterville. They have one child, Albert B., born April 27, 1868. In May, 1864, Mr. Dawson enlisted in the 136^th 0. V. I., and served for four months, when the command was discharged. His parents, Turner and Lucinda (Tole) Dawson, were natives of Loudoun and Fauquier Counties, Va. They were married in Virginia and moved west to Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and later to Waterford, where he died in the fall of 1847. In 1858 Mrs. Dawson married Mr. Wm. Levering, who died in 1864, and she died in Cleveland, Ohio, while on a visit, in 1875.

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REV. W. S. EAGLESON, Pastor of Presbyterian Church; is of Scotch-Irish descent; his paternal grandfather emigrated from County Antrim, Ireland; his paternal grandmother, Jane Hervey, was a sister of Revs. James, David, and Henry Hervey; his father was the late Rev. John Eagleson, D. D., for thirty-nine -years pastor of the Church of. Upper Buffalo, Washington Co., Pa. Here young Eagleson was born Jan. 15th, 1840, and reared in a rural home; he was the youngest of three sons, by his father's first wife.; his mother dying when he was about two and a half years old, he owed much to the maternal care and nurture of his stepmother, Mary Gordon, a sister of Revs. George arid Joseph Gordon; he is one of a family of eight children, all of whom are still living. When 17 years of age Mr. Eagleson entered Washington College, (now Washington arid Jefferson College), and graduated when he was 20. He at once entered the Western Theological Seminary at Allegheny City, where he took a full course and graduated in the spring of 1863. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Washington April 28th, 1863; in June following he was called to the pastorate of the church of Fredericktown, Knox Co., 0., where he spent eleven years and a half; in the fall of 1874 he received two calls, one to the church of Mt. Gilead, arid the other to Apple Creek, O. He removed to the latter place, where he preached for sixteen months, but did not accept their call; at this time the church of Mt. Gilead renewed its call, which he accepted, and here has since labored. Nov. 28, 1869, he was married to Clarissa E. Pentecost, daughter of George W. Pentecost, of West Middletown, Pa., by whom he has five children-four sons and one daughter.

C. D. ENSIGN, boots arid shoes; Mt. Gilead. C. D. Ensign is one of Mt. Gilead's live boot and shoe men; he is located on the east side of Main street, and keeps a full line of ladies', gents', misses' and children's boots and shoes; he manufactures to order first class sewed work. Mr. Ensign was born Dec. 13, 1820, in Richland Co., Ohio; his parents were natives of the State of New York, his father, Silas Ensign, was born in Albany; the mother, Julia (White) Ensign, in Orange Co. Silas Ensign was at one time engaged in the manufacture of edge tools, in the city of New York; he afterwards studied theology, and became a minister in the M. E. Church; he emigrated to Richland Co., Ohio, in 1818, and in 1832 he engaged in the boot and shoe business, in Mansfield; having studied medicine, he began the practice of this profession in Mt. Gilead, in 1840. The grandfather of C. D. Ensign was an English clergyman. Coming to New York, he purchased 11 acres of land on the present site of Trinity Church; he preached there for a number of years, and served in the war of 1812; returning to England for a time, his property was confiscated, the city wanting the ground, falsely charged him with being disloyal, and although several attempts have been made, the property has not been, as yet, recovered. C. D. Ensign went into the shoe store at the age of 12, learning this trade; he stayed in the store until 17 years of age-at that time his father having closed out that business and entered the dry goods trade, running two stores; he commenced clerking for him, which he continued until the age of 19, when he went to Oberlin College, where he remained until 21 years of age; he then went to Mt. Gilead, where he remained a year, teaching a portion of that time; at the end of that time he began studying law with Judge Stewart, of Mansfield; in 1845 he commenced business for himself. He was married in the fall of 1842, to Catharine C. Ink, by whom he had four children-Xira Veturia, Winfield Scott, Gabriella and Eva-all married in their 19th year. Mr. Ensign was an Abolitionist, at a time, when to express an opinion without discretion, was not calculated to make a man exceedingly popular, and he still reserves the right of thinking entirely for himself-in fact, would be termed a rationalist.

F. M. EWERS, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O., Gilead Station; is the son of Samuel and Emily R. (Coe) Ewers. He was born in Marion, (now Morrow) Co., Ohio, Feb. 11, 1849, on his grandfather's farm, which adjoined the present farm; he lived with his parents until he was 24 years of age, during which time he worked on the farm and attended school; he also taught school for four winters. Oct. 30, 1873, he married Miss Isabel Hammond; she was born in Washington Tp., this county; after their marriage he moved to a farm located about one and three

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fourths miles north of Gilead Station, and farmed there until 1875, when he came to his present place. They have two children Daisy A. and Margaret E. He has held no office except those connected with the schools and roads. He owns 80 acres of land, located two and three-fourths miles northwest of Gilead Station. His wife's parents, William and Margaret (Mitchell) Hammond, were natives of Ohio; they were among the early pioneers of this locality. He assisted in blazing early roads in this vicinity. They yet live in Washington Tp., this county. Their parents were natives of Ireland.

SAMUEL EWERS, farmer; P. 0., Gilead Station; is a native of Loudoun, Co., Va.; he was born on the farm, Jan. 19, 1822, and lived there ten years, when with his parents he came west to Ohio, and settled in Marion (now Morrow) Co., one and a half miles south of Alt. Gilead, and engaged in farming; Samuel lived at home until he became of age; he then with his uncle worked the latter's farm on the shares for three years; he then bought a thresher and threshed for three seasons; Feb. 10, 1848, he married Miss Emily R., daughter of Abraham and Margaret (Nichols) Coe; she was born in Marion (now Morrow) Co., Ohio; her parents were natives of Virginia, and came to this vicinity at a very early period; after his marriage he farmed his father-in-law's farm one season; he then bought a farm about one mile from his present place, and farmed there until 1875, when he came to his present place; they had five children, four of whom are living-Francis Al., Nancy J., George Al. and Flora V. ln addition to the offices connected with the school and road, he has served as Township Trustee. Though confining himself to his business as farmer, he has been successful, and has given a liberal start to each of his married children, and he retains as a competency for himself and wife the present place, which contains 115 acres, located about two miles north of Gilead Station. His parents, Ammon. and Nancy (Talbert) Ewers were natives of Loudoun Co., Va.; they married there and came west in a wagon and farmed in this vicinity until their death, in Jan., 1877, and May, 1848, respectively. They had six children, five of whom are living-Samuel, Rachel, now Mrs. Cletter, of this county; Susan, now Mrs. Ireland, of this county; Barton, and Sarah H., now Mrs. Pierson, of Clinton Co., Iowa.

ROBERT ELLIOTT, (deceased); native of Washington Co., Pa.; he was born in the year 1808, and came west to Knox Co., Ohio, at a very early day, during his infancy, In 1833, he married Miss Eliza Ward; she was also a native of Washington Co., Pa., and came to Licking Co., Ohio, with her parents in the year 1821, and lived there until her marriage; they then came to Marion, now Morrow Co., Ohio, and settled on the place she now lives on, located three miles north Gilead Station. They came here in a wagon, and entered 160 acres, living in a log cabin until they cleared the place. They put out some corn and potatoes the first spring, and kept on increasing the tillable area, until his death, Dec. 28, 1852. Mrs. Elliott and family, except the married members, have lived here since. There were nine children, six of whom are, living; Wiley lives in Livingston Co., Mo., Elizabeth, now Mrs. Blaney, lives in this county. Mary lives at home; Nathan lives at Crawford Co., Ohio; John lives in this county; Albert lives at home. Mrs. Elliott has been a member a the Presbyterian Church for the past forty years; her parents, John and Elizabeth (Beebout) Ward, were natives of Washington Co., Pa., and Sussex Co., N. J. Mr. Elliott's parents, Charles and Jane (Lee) Elliott, were natives of Ireland.

ALLEN M. ECCLES, stock-dealer; Mt. Gilead; was born in Licking Co., Ohio, Jan. 23, 1828, and lived there about three years when, with his parents, he came to Marion, now Morrow Co., where his parents engaged in farming; he lived at home until he was 30 years of age attending school and working on the farm. Nov. 29, 1839, he married Miss Sophia Lyman; she was born in Franklin Co, Ohio, and was raised in Delaware Co., and came to Morrow Co. in 1838; of their three children two are living-Myrtle M. and Joseph M. After his marriage, he moved to his present place, located three and one-half miles southeast of Mt. Gilead, and gave his attention to farming until 1864, when he began dealing in stock, in which he is now largely engaged; his business for the year ending April, 1880, aggregating seventy odd carloads, for which he paid between $60,000 and $ 70,000. His parents, Jacob and Minerva

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(Overturf) Eccles, came to this vicinity in 1831, and lived here until their death, Nov. 4, 1849, and Oct. 6, 1864. Mrs. Eccles' parents were Oliver and Joan Linaberry; they were natives of Vermont and Pennsylvania; they married in Franklin Co., Ohio, where they had moved when young. He died in Franklin Co., in 1845; she died in Iowa, where she lived with her son.

SAMUEL FULTON, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O., Mt. Gilead; was born on his present place, two and one-half miles northeast of Mt. Gilead, June 15. 1829, and has always lived in this vicinity. When about 7 years of age, his people moved to a farm, about a mile east of the present place, where he lived until he was 20 years old, working on the farm and in his father's saw-mill. Feb. 28, 1850, he married Miss Esther W. Hathaway, who was born in Franklin Tp., Knox, now Morrow Co. After his marriage, he came to his present place, which now contains 160 acres. They have one child-Albert R., who married Miss Mary Rogers. She was born in New York. They had three children; two are now living -Ernest C. and Marshal G.; they are living on part of the present place. Mr. Fulton assessed Congress Tp. for two years, while it was part of Richland Co. His parents, James and Margaret (Stockdale) Fulton, were natives of Greene and Washington Co's., Pa. They married in the latter county, and moved to Richland, now Morrow Co., Ohio, about 1825, and lived in this vicinity until their deaths. Of their eight children six are living -William, in California; James, in Mt. Gilead; Samuel, on the old homestead; Mary, now Mrs. Cyphers, in Kansas; Stephen, adjoining the old homestead; Robert, in this vicinity. The family came West with two teams, one four and one two-horse team. They settled here and lived in wagons until they could build a log cabin; they did their marketing at Zanesville, and shared in the early pioneer time in general with others.

JOHN J. GURLEY, lawyer; Mt. Gilead; is one of the oldest members of the Morrow Co. Bar, who came to Mt. Gilead in 1850; he continued the practice of law here ever since, save when the partiality of fellow citizens have called him to occupy public offices. He was born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. Aug. 6, 1819; is the son of John S. and Nancy (Spink) Gurley. He comes of good New England stock, his mother being a native of Rhode Island, and his father of Connecticut. His mother lived to the rare old age of 88 years, passing away at St. Lawrence County, in the present year. Mr. Gurley spent his minority upon the farm where he was born, when, possessed with a desire for the practice of law, he entered upon the preparation of his chosen profession. After reading law some two years, he came to Ohio, and in the year 1843 entered the office of Corey and Ramsey, attorneys-at-law, at McConnelsville, in Morgan Co. He was admitted to the Bar in 1844, at Bucyrus, and continued with this firm some four years longer, when he went to Ashland, 0., where he opened an office for the practice of his profession. Here he remained, however, only about two years, when he came to the newly-formed county of Morrow, and opened another office at Mt. Gilead, in 1850. Three years later he was elected to the Legislature, a position which his love for his profession led him to resign to accept the position of Probate Judge in 1854, when he served the people for "three years with great acceptance. In 1873, he was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention, an honor he prizes more than any other that he has received from the public. In 1874, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney, when his abilities as a lawyer were fully recognized and appreciated. Mr. Gurley is a Democrat, but brings to this subject, as to all others, a a candid consideration, unbiased by party passion or the hope of personal preferment. He is an earnest, conscientious worker for the principles of the cause which he has espoused and alike commands the respect of his political friends and foes. He was married in 1850 to Miss A. C. Armentrout, of Ohio, a union that has been blessed by the birth of two children.

JOHN B. GATCHELL, County Recorder; Mt. Gilead; was born in Harrison Co., O., June 18,1843, and is the son of Amos P. and Barbara E. (Barger) Gatchell; his mother was born in Pennsylvania, and his father in Harrison Co., Ohio, and was a farmer; here our subject remained until he was 15 years of age, when he began to learn the trade of carpenter and cabinet-maker, which he followed some years, and at the breaking out of the late

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civil war, he enlisted in Co. I, 15th 0. V. I., three months' regiment, from Wyandotte Co., having moved there in 1850, participating in the battles of Philippi, Laurel Hill, etc., and was honorably mustered out at the expiration of his time, when he re-enlisted as private for three years in Co. F, 55th 0. V. I serving full time, and re-enlisted for the third time, and served until the dawn of peace; he participated in some of the most severe marches and battles of the war, took an active part in twenty-four prominent engagements, Cedar Mountain, Springville, Cross Keys, second battle of Bull Run, and Gettysburg, where in the second day's fight, at dark, he -was painfully wounded in the right hand and leg with a Minnie ball and the bursting of a shell; he remained in the hospital from July 2 to Sept. 15, when he reported for duty to his regiment in Virginia; when the regiment was ordered west, in company with Gen. Joe Hooker, he participated in the memorable battle of Lookout Mountain, known as the "battle above the clouds"; Mission Ridge, at Chattanooga. Mr. Gatchell took sick with the typhoid fever, remaining indisposed for a number of days; with this exception, his health was good; at the close of the war, being discharged Aug. 15, 1865, he returned to Ohio and engaged in farming in Wyandotte Co. some two years, when in 1868 he moved to Morrow Co. and located in Mt. Gilead, where he was engaged in clerking and the sewing machine business; in 1870 he was appointed Assistant U. S. Marshal, taking the census; he filled the office as Deputy Clerk over two years; in 1875 he was nominated by the Republican party as Recorder of Morrow Co., being elected to that office by a majority of 15, and in 1878 was re-elected to the same office by a rousing majority of 590 votes. He is a Republican, and a hard worker in its ranks. He married Oct. 12, 1865, Miss Julia E. Bartlett, who was born in Mt. Gilead, Dec. 8,1845, and is the daughter of A. M. Bartlett, who settled in Mt. Gilead an early day; they have two children.

J. W. GALLEHER, of Bowen & Galleher, grocers; Mt. Gilead; was born on his father's farm, in Congress Tp., Richland, now Morrow Co., Ohio, Oct. 21, 1843, and lived there eight years, when they moved to Franklin Tp., and engaged in farming. He attended school until he was 15 years of age, and then began working at carpentering -by the month, following the same principally until 1872, when he began farming on his own account in Canaan Tp.; he lived there until 1875, when he engaged in the grocery business at Denmark, the firm being Harris & Galleher; they continued about eighteen months; he then sold out and came to Mt. Gilead, and engaged in 'his present business. March 1, 1866, he married Miss Mary J. Smith; she is also a native of this county. They have four children-Frank, Ardella, Clyde and Alice. In .1861, he enlisted in the 136th 0. N. G., and served until the command was discharged. While in Denmark, he served as Postmaster, during the last year's residence there. His parents, William and Frances Itson Galleher, were natives of Loudoun Co., Va.; they were married there, and came here at an early day.

D. T. A. GOORLEY, drugs, books, etc; Mt. Gilead; is a native of Brooke Co., Virginia; he was born on the farm, Aug. 3, 1836, and lived there until he was 7 years of age, when his parents moved West to Marion, now Morrow Co., Ohio, and settled on a farm about three miles south of Mt. Gilead; he lived at home until he became of age, during which time he attended school, and worked on the farm; e also taught school while at home, and during after years, in this and adjoining counties. March 6, 1862, he married Miss Lucy A. Newson. She was born on her father's farm, near Mt. Gilead. After the marriage he moved to a farm, about four miles north of Mt. Gilead, and farmed there for about four years; he then came to Mt. Gilead, and engaged in his present business. By his marriage there are five children - Nellie, Netta, Anna, Clara, and Grace. His father, William Goorley, Sr., was born in Cumberland Co., Pa., April 3, 1793. At the age of 13, he moved with his parents to Brooke Co., West Virginia, and in his 29th year he married Miss Nancy Archer, an estimable and devoted Christian lady, with whom he lived in happy fidelity for more than thirty years. Seven sons and three daughters were born unto these parents, and in addition to this large family, these parents had the charge of a widowed mother, who died in their house at the advanced age of 96 years. In 1843, Mr. Goorley and family moved to Morrow Co., Ohio, and settled on a farm,

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located a few miles southeast of Mt. Gilead, where he lived until his death Oct. 14, 1877, aged 85 years. The first three years of his life was during Washington's second administration; he also saw the General at the head of 15,000 men en route for Western Pennsylvania, to quiet the Whisky Insurrectionists. His father was a soldier throughout the Revolution, and he and his brother were soldiers in the war of 1812. Oct. 15, 1851, he was called to mourn the death of his wife. In November, 1854, he was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Harper, who cheered him in his declining years.

E. A. GOORLEY, farmer; P. O., Gilead Sta.; was born in. Brooke Co., Va., Nov. 8, 1825, and lived there eighteen years, receiving but a limited education in the subscription schools of that period. In 1843, they came West, to Ohio, and settled on a farm two and a half miles south of Mt. Gilead; they came by wagons, one a four and one a two-horse team; on the route, near Rockford, the larger team became frightened and ran away, going a mile and a half; the wagon contained household goods, on top of which sat the two daughters; it was upset, but, save a sprained wrist and some delay, no damage was done, and they finished the trip, and settled on the farm. E. A. lived at home until 1852; May 13, of that year, he married Miss Matilda Coe, who was born in this county; they have no children; they raised Mr. Geo. O. Coe, and their niece, Sarah E. Blaney. Mr. Goorley now resides on his farm, located about two miles from Gilead Station; he has held offices connected with the school and roads, also that of Township Trustee and Assessor; his parents, Win. and Nancy (Archer) Goorley were natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia; they have ten children, seven of them boys; all are living and except one, away in Missouri; all were with their father during the last days of his life.

JOHN GARDNER, farmer; P. O. Mt. Gilead; was born in Franklin Tp., Knox, now Morrow Co., May 1, 1819. In 1825, .his parents moved to Richland Co., and located about four and one-half miles northeast of Mt. Gilead; he lived at home 22 years, then, in company with his brother-in-law he farmed a place belonging to his father, and located near West Point. Dec. 29, 1842, he married Miss Harriet Carr; she was born in Richland Co., Ohio, April 17,1821; they occupied a house on the farm, and with his brother-in-law, continued farming the place, until 1850, in the fall of which year his father died, and the following year he bought the old homestead farm, which was entered by his father about 1822, and occupied in 1825; he farmed the place for three years, and then sold the same and bought his present place, and has lived here since. By his marriage there are four children-Quincy T., born Feb. 16, 1844, and married Miss Lydia Truax, of Elkhart Co., Ind.; he is farming his father's place; of their three children two are living Eliza and George; Eunice, now Mrs. Bargar, born May 22, 1846, and lives in this vicinity; they had three children, two living-Melville and Zoa; Mary E., now Mrs. Iden, born Nov. 4, 1848, and lives in Denmark Co.; Albert C., born March 30, 1856, and lives near Denmark. Mr. Gardner resides on his farm, which contains seventy-five acres, and is located three and one-half miles northeast of Mt. Gilead. He has served in the offices connected with the school and road, also as Township Trustee. His parents, Timothy and Sarah (Hawkins) Gardner, were natives of New Jersey and Vermont; they were married in Knox Co., Ohio, where she came with her parents, and he when a young man; they settled here in Morrow Co. in 1825, and lived here until his death, in 1850; she lived on the old homestead until the sale of the same; she then moved to Minnesota, and later she went to the State of Maine, and lived with her son William until her death, March 17, 1873. They had eight children, six of whom are living. Her parents, Thomas and Sarah (Crosby) Hawkins, were natives of Conn. and New Jersey; Mrs. Harriet (Carr) Gardner's parents, David and Sarah (Fisher) Carr, were natives of New Jersey; they came to Richland Co., Ohio, he in 1816, and she in 1820; they married there in 1820. He died there Feb. 2, 1875; she is living on the old place where she has made her home for the past sixty years; of their eleven children, eight are living, all but one of whom are married.

SAMUEL GELLER, retired; . Mt. Gilead; was born on his father's farm Knox Co., Ohio, Sept. 3, 1820, and lived there about 12 years; when with his parents

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he moved to Marion (now Morrow) Co., and settled on a farm near the present Levering Station, where he lived until he was 27 years of age, assisting his father on the farm; he then began farming on his own account, on a piece of land in the neighborhood, given him by his father, upon which he continued until the year 1866; he then sold his land and moved to Mt. Gilead, where has since lived a retired life. Jan. 9, 1848, he married Miss N. A. Beaty; she was born in Pennsylvania, and came to this county with her parents when a child. His parents, Solomon and Mary (Walker) Geller were natives of Pennsylvania; they were married in Knox Co. O., whither they had moved at an early day; they came to Mt. Gilead as stated, where they died-he in March, 1861, and she in August, 1863.

ROSCOE S. GALLEHER, carpenter; Mt. Gilead; was born Dec. 8, 1836, in Franklin Tp., Morrow Co., Ohio, he was a son of Joseph H. and America C. (Hepsley) Galleher; his father was a native of Loudoun Co., Va.; the mother was born in Maryland, near Baltimore. Joseph H. was a farmer, and removed to Morrow Co. in 1830; Roscoe was the eldest of a family of six children, viz.-Caleb R., George F., William J., Dora Al. and Ernest E., who died in infancy. Roscoe remained at home until 15 years of age, and then commenced learning his trade with Ezra Woodward, of Morrow Co.; he continued working at his trade until about 1875, when he went to Frederickstown, working on the grist mill, being at that time in business for himself; he stayed there until November, 1875, and then returned to his father's in Morrow Co.; he afterwards worked on the Town Hall building, for Miller & Smith, at Aft. Gilead. In 1877 Mr. G. purchased 75 acres of land, and for two years his time was partly occupied in farming. In 1879 he returned to Mt. Gilead, and was married to Arrilla M. Caywood, in 1877; they have one child-Ellis A., born Feb. 16, 1878. Air. G. has finished for -himself an elegant residence on West High street, and is beginning to reap some of the results of an industrious and well-spent life.

JUDGE HOUSE, retired, Mt. Gilead; was born in Chester Co., Pa., Jan. 8, 1798, and is the son of Francis and Mary (Loney) House; both parents were born in Pa.; his father was a chair-maker by trade, but in latter years followed farming. In about 1805 or 6, our subject with father and mother, emigrated to Ohio, and located in Jefferson county, near Mt. Vernon; his father died in Knox Co., Dec., 1843, over 69 years of age. Judge House and his brother, Nathan House, learned the house-joiner's trade, which they followed together for a number of years. In 1828, Nathan House and Judge House commenced mercantile business two miles east of Mt. Gilead, where Nathan House carried on the business of the store, while our subject worked at the joiner's trade, and in 1832 they moved their store to Mt. Gilead, and was at that time the third grocery store of that place. In 1833 Judge House moved. to Mt. Gilead, where he has been one of its honored citizens ever since. These brothers carried on a very large business, owning at one time a grist mill, tannery, distillery, saddle shop and store, and operating two fine farms. Nathan House died in 1845, a respected and honored citizen, leaving a wife and six children to mourn his loss. When Judge House came here he, in 1833, built his present house, which he has made his home ever since; he continued in the mercantile business until 1872, when he retired. On the organization of Morrow County, he was its Associate Judge, filling that office in 1847 and '48 with marked ability. He was married in Mt. Vernon to Miss Mary h. Clements, of England, March 2, 1830; she came to America and located in Ohio in 1828. By this union they have four children.

W. S. HOUSE, flouring-mill; Alt. Gilead; was born in Mt. Gilead, in 1837; he is the son of Richard House, further mention of whom will be found in the biography of Mrs. Clara House Talmage. W. S. House commenced the milling business when 19 years of age, and continued until 1862, when he engaged in farming in Gilead Tp. In 1877 he went back to the business for which he was so well fitted by early training and long experience, and since that time has been furnishing the public with the choicest brands of flour, feed, etc.; he has for a partner, Bradford Dawson, who is also a man of large experience in the business, and is, withal, a genial, whole-souled gentleman. The quality of their flour being well known in Morrow and adjoining counties, they find ready sales for the same. Mr. House was married in 1859 to Victorine S.

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Barton. They had four children-Mary C. (being the only one living), Richard, Helen, and one who died in infancy.

R. P. HALLIDAY, Cashier in the First National Bank; Mt. Gilead; is a native of Scotland, and was born in the village of Dalbeattie, Aug. 7, 1835, and at the age of 14 he entered the wholesale and retail grocery house of John Nicholson, and served in the same for five years; he then served one year in the grocery house of John McCaig; and next went into the employ of the Messrs. Sloan Bros., wholesale dealers in groceries and importers of lumber; upon his becoming of age, he came to the United States, and settled in Mt. Gilead, O., where he engaged in the general merchandise business. In 1864 he enlisted in the 136th 0. N.G., and served about four months, the command being called out for 100 days. In 1867 he sold his general merchandise business and took his present position as Cashier of the First National Bank of Mt. Gilead. Oct. 29, 1862, he married Miss Lucretia J., daughter of C. H. and Sarah (Lyon) Chamberlain. She is a native of Knox, now Morrow Co., O. They have two children-Grant C. and Robert M.

J. C. HOUSE, flouring mill; Mt. Gilead; son of Richard House; was born in 1832, in Mt. Vernon, O., and when quite young went into his father's flouring mill, and at the age of 16 had entire charge of the mill; three years later he became his father's partner, the firm name being J. C. House & Co.; a few years afterwards a younger brother came into the firm, which then read J. C. & W. S. House. This partnership was dissolved in 1862, when the mill passed into the hands of J. C. House; his long experience in the business enables him to furnish a grade of flour which cannot be surpassed; is located on the Mt. Vernon road just east of Mt. Gilead. Mr. House was united in marriage to Arrietti M. Rhodes; they have three children-George C., born 1855; Miriam Belle, born 1857; Frederick Wilber Richard, born 1859. Mr. House has been a member of the Baptist Church since 1838; is a Republican; he has been a member of the Board of Education and Town Council; he is liberal in his views, and an active, public-spirited man.

MILTON HULL, farmer; P. 0., Mt. Gilead; was born on his father's farm in Congress Tp., Richland Co., Ohio, April 30, 1829; he lived at home until Jan. 26, 1851, when he married Miss Rachel Wink; she was born in Gilead Tp., Marion (now Morrow) Co., Ohio; after marriage he moved to a farm near Caledonia and lived there one and one-half years, when he moved to a farm on the Whetstone, and lived there about two years; he then came to his present place, which contains 150 acres, located about three miles northeast of Mt. Gilead; there were born six children, five of whom are living-Calvin, Alfaretta, Chas. S., Tillie and Ida; his parents, Chas. and Rebecca (Slack) Hull, were natives of Penn.; they married there and came west in the fall of 1828; they came West in wagons and wintered at Kern's Tanyard, and the following spring they located on some land about three miles northeast of Mt. Gilead, and lived there until his death. After his death Mrs. Hull moved to Williamsport, and thence to Mt. Gilead, where she died; of 'their eleven children, eight are living-Isaac, Bradford, Julia Ann, now Mrs. Boxley; Jane, now Mrs. Bird; Milton, Lydia, now Mrs. Vanatta, Thomas, and Claude; all are married, and all except Thomas, live in this county; he lives in Missouri; Mr. Hull was one of the soldiers of 1812, who settled in this vicinity.

BENJ. HULL, retired; Mt. Gilead; was born on his father's farm in Sussex Co., N. J., Dec. 20, 1819; when he was 5 years of age his parents moved to Knox (now Morrow) Co., Ohio, and engaged in farming near Chesterville; he accompanied his parents to Indiana, and after their death there, he, in 1839, returned to Knox Co., Ohio, and in 1840 he was apprenticed to the masons' trade, to Mr. Joseph Beers, of Fredericktown; after three years service he came to Mt. Gilead and worked at his trade until 1874, since which time, owing to illness, he has retired, only looking after his farming interests. Jan. A, 1847, he married Miss Elizabeth Newson, a native of Maryland; she came to Ohio when quite young., of their three children one is living-Alice now Mrs. Milton Davis, of Mt. Gilead.

WILLIAM HAZEN, former and stock raiser, P.O. Gilead Station; was born in Marion, now Morrow Co., March 4, 1833, and lived at home until Sept. 26, 1867, when he married Mrs. Folk, formerly Miss Sarah L. Hammond; she was born in Marion, now Morrow

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Co., Ohio. After his marriage he farmed the old homestead, which he had bought. His mother lived with him until her death, Sept. 23, 1868; his father died March 12, 1845. William farmed the old homestead until 1875, except two years in Canaan Tp.; he then came to his present place, and has lived there ever since; he owns 255 acres, 185 being in the place he now resides on, known as the old Dewitt Farm, and is located one and three-quarter miles north of Gilead Station. He has held no offices, except those connected with the schools and roads; he has earned his property by his own labor and management. His parents, John and Catharine (Hashner) Hazen, were natives of New Jersey and Pennsylvania; they were married in Marion, now Morrow Co., Ohio, about the year 1830; they came to this vicinity with their parents and lived here until they died. They had six children, five of whom are living-William, Jerusha, now Mrs. A. Sams, living in Kosciusko Co., Ind.; Mary, now Mrs. A. Commons, living in Kansas; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Henry Cole, in Kosciusko Co., Ind.; Catharine, now Mrs. Hashnor, in Jasper Co., Iowa; all are engaged in farming. John Hazen's parents were Samuel and Elizabeth (Dewitt) Hazen; they were natives of New Jersey; they married there, and were among the early pioneers of this locality. He was a gunsmith and did work for the early pioneers and Indians. His wife died in this vicinity; he then went to Kosciusko Co., Ind., and lived with his daughter until his death. Mrs. Hazen's parents were John and Catharine (Rule) Hashner; they were natives of Maryland; they were married there and came to Ohio in 1918, and settled in Richland Co., and after a few years they came to the vicinity of Mt. Gilead, where they began clearing a piece of land, and lived on the same until their death.

WM. HULL, hardware, stoves and tinware; Mt. Gilead; was born in Knox, now Morrow Co., Ohio, Oct. 29, 1830, while his parents lived on the farm near Chesterville, where they resided until 1838, when they moved to LaGrange Co., Ind., and engaged in farming; while there, his father and mother died, and after a three years' residence, he came to Mt. Gilead, living with relatives; he attended school until he was 16 years old; he then was apprenticed to the tinner's trade, at Mt. Vernon, to Thomas Durbin, and served with him until 1850, when he returned to Mt. Gilead, and, in partnership with Mr. Durbin, opened a tin and stove business (W. Hull & Co.). At the end of four years the business came entirely into the hands of Mr. Hull, and in 1868, he added builders' hardware, and has continued in the trade since. In Jan. 1852, he married Miss Laura Hart; she was born in Virginia, and came to this county with her parents; his parents, Malon and Effie (Snook) Hull, were natives of New Jersey; they came west at an early day, and died as before stated.

H. S. HERSHEY, dealer in boots and shoes; Mt. Gilead; was born in Ontario, Richland Co., Ohio, June 19, 1852; in 1854, the family moved to Crestline, where he lived eighteen years; Mr. Hershey's schooling was very limited, not exceeding a year and a half in all, most of his time being spent in active business, beginning at the early age of 10 as cash boy; the following year he took charge of a wagon, collecting butter and eggs in the surrounding country for some five or six years; he next engaged in the flour and feed business at Crestline, and later accepted a position in the P., Ft.W. & C.R.R. Co.'s shops; later still, in a manufacturing establishment at the same place; he next engaged as clerk with Mr. Wm. Henshue, then Newman & Reynolds, of Mt. Gilead. Mr. Hershey then entered the boot and shoe business for himself, and having a real estate business in connection with the same; he moved about, doing business in Shelby, Danville and Crestline; in January, 1880, he came to Mt. Gilead, and has determined to become permanently located, a fact well illustrated in the appearance of his store. Sept. 4, 1873, he married Miss Florence A. Grace, of New Lisbon. They have one child-Lula Grace.

JOHN M. HULL, farmer; P. O. Mt. Gilead; is a native of Morrow Co., Ohio, and was born on a farm adjoining his present place, May 16, 1856; he lived at home until 21 years of age, attending district school and working on the farm; he then married Miss Ida B., daughter of Newton and Elizabeth (Nellaus) Winget; she was born in this vicinity. They have one child-Clyde. Mr. Hull is the son of Isaac and Marv Finley Hull, and resides on his farm, which contains 200

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acres, located three and a half miles northeast of Mt. Gilead.

MINAR HARROD, farmer and stockraiser; P. O. Mt. Gilead; was born in Knox Co., Ohio, on his father's farm, located eleven miles southeast of Mt. Vernon, March 27, 1827, and lived there most of the time until he was 30 years of age; he attended school and worked on the farm until he was 21 years of age; he then farmed a rented place in Coshocton Co. for one year, and then rented in Knox Co. for four years; he then bought a small piece, and has farmed his own land ever since. In 1858, he sold the home farm which. he had previously bought, and came to Morrow Co., buying a place one mile south of West Gilead, and farmed same for eight years, when he bought and moved to his present place, and located on the Pike, one and one half miles west of Mt. Gilead. Sept. 13,1847, he married Miss Juannah Campbelle; she was born in Knox Co., Ohio; of their six children three are living, viz.-Amanda E., now Mrs. Masters, of Morrow Co., Ohio; Ada A., now Mrs. J. Fish, of Morrow Co., Ohio; Dora D., at home. Mr. Harrod gives an example of what can he accomplished by good, honest effort and industry; starting as he did without any capital, he has, out of his own individual efforts, been successful, and now owns 330 acres of land in this county, all well-improved and conveniently located to the county seat; he also owns farm lands in Wisconsin. Though not an office-seeker, he has taken an active interest in, and has held the offices connected with the schools and roads; he has also been a member of the Morrow Co. Agricultural Society, since 1858, and during the past three years has been President of the same. He and wife have been members of the Baptist Church, for upwards of twenty-five years, and have so lived as not only to win, but to deserve the respect of all who know them. His parents, Levi and Rebecca Burgess Harrod, were natives of Pennsylvania and Maryland. They married in Pennsylvania, and moved to Knox Co., Ohio, in 1804, and lived there until their deaths in 1861 and 1865, respectively. He served under General Harrison during the war of 1812.

ALEXANDER E. HAHN, of Hahn & Smith, undertakers and manufacturers of burial cases; Mt. Gilead; was born in Bucyrus, 0., Nov. 29, 1829, and lived there until 1843, when, with his parents, he came to Mt. Gilead and in 1847 was apprenticed to the cabinet-maker's trade, with George Wren, with whom he served one year; he then worked at carpentering a year, and then finished his trade of cabinet-maker by serving two years with C. O. Vanhorn, finishing in the spring, and worked until fall, when he went to Rock Island, Ill., and the following fall returned to Mt. Gilead, working at his trade until spring; he then engaged in his father's flouring mill, in which he had worked, for three years, from his fourteenth year. He worked at his trade or in the mill, and Oct. 25, 1863, he married Miss Louisa Hammell, who was born in Tuscarawas Co., 0. In 1874, he bought the undertaking portion of the business, then conducted by Mr. Chas, Wheeler, who had bought of Mr. C. O. Vanhorn, and the firm of Hahn & Smith was formed, and in 1880, they added the manufacture of burial cases, caskets, etc. His parents, Abraham and Julia Ann Hahn were natives of Maryland and Pennsylvania; he learned the milling trade in York, Penn., where he married. They came to Ohio at a very early date, and first settled at Canton, where he conducted a mill one year and also a hotel one year; he then moved to Bucyrus and rented a hotel and later built the present Simms House, which he conducted until 1843, when he came to Mt. Gilead. At Bucyrus he built a saw-mill and and race, the latter two and a half miles long. In excavating for the latter the bones of a mammoth mastodon were found, and Mr. Hahn sold them in Columbus, for $1800. On his arrival in Mt. Gilead, he engaged in a flouring mill, and continued in the same until 1866, when he sold out, and Jan. 26, following, died. Mrs. Hahn continued her residence in Mt. Gilead until her death, May 5, 1880. Of their ten children but four are living-Dr. Chas. Hahn, of Marion Co., 0.; Julia, now Mrs. Walter, of Bucyrus; Alexander E., and Mary, now Mrs. Cooper, both living in Mt. Gilead.

W. SMITH IRWIN (of Irwin & Booher), real estate and abstract office, also insurance agents; Mt. Gilead; was born on the farm in Richland Co., Ohio, Aug. 16, 1827, and lived there ten years. They then moved to Mansfield, where he became of age; in 1849 he

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joined the first company from Ohio, to go to California. They went via New York and the Isthmus. His object was mining, which he followed on the north fork of the American; he worked four months, and was rewarded by obtaining gold to the value of $2,600, half of which, according to contract, belonged to Mr. Herrick, of New York, who paid the expenses of the trip. On his return, at the end of the four months, the partnership was settled, and the following spring he went back to California, by his former route, and settled in Sacramento, where he worked at painting, and the following fall returned home to Mansfield, and engaged as assistant clerk with his father until 1852, when they came to Morrow Co., and settled on a farm, where the Infirmary now stands. Ile assisted his father until 1858, when he was elected on the Republican ticket to the office of Auditor, and in 1860 was re-elected. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the 121st 0. V. I., and was appointed Lieut. Colonel, and served about eight months, when, owing to ill health, he resigned; in 1864 he engaged as clerk in the Adjt.-General's office, at Columbus, Ohio, and upon the call for one-hundred days' men, he served as Colonel of the 136th Regt., for the call; he then returned home, and engaged in farming. In March, 1854, he married Miss Arminda House, who was born in this vicinity, and died in February, 1865. Of their two children, one is living-William C. In 1866 he married Miss Isabella L. Knox. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., and was raised in Ohio. They have no children. His parents, William W. and Hannah (Finley) Irwin, were natives of Maryland and Pennsylvania, and were raised in Ohio, the Finleys being among the first settlers of Richland Co. Mr. Irwin served as Recorder of Richland Co., from 1839 to 1845; he was then appointed Clerk of Court, and held the office until 1852; he served as Clerk of the Court in Morrow Co., from 1854 to 1860, and from that time lived on the farm until his death, in August, 1865. Mrs. Irwin died in December, 1861. Of their six children but two are living-W. Smith and B. Finley, of Emporia, Kansas.

SAMUEL KELLY, retired farmer; P.O. Mt. Gilead; was born in Jefferson Co., Ohio, on his father's farm, July 11, 1804, and lived there twenty-nine years, during which time he attended school in Salem, part of which town his father laid out on his farm; he also worked on the farm and in his father's grist mill; hit father died in 1830. The boys carried on the place until 1834, when they sold out, and with their mother and sister came west in a wagon to Marion (now Morrow) Co., and settled in this vicinity; Samuel and his brother had been out the year before and bought the present place; they came on horseback. The family first rented a place, and work was begun on the land purchased, clearing same; shortly after, Miss Kelly married, and her mother lived with her; Samuel lived with a neighbor, and his brother lived some two miles distant. Feb. 18, 1841, Mr. Samuel Kelly and Miss Lodemia Pierson were married; she was born in Knox Co., Ohio, April 11, 1824 , and came to this vicinity in 1828; after his marriage he occupied his farm, and has lived on the same since; of their seven children but five are living-Elizabeth A., now Mrs. Prof. Sharp, of Delaware, Ohio; James H., Chambers K., Sarah E., now Mrs. Krout, of Morrow Co., Ohio; Margaret S., now Mrs. Campbell, of Fort Wayne. Ind. Mr. Kelly is one of the old residents of this vicinity; he owns 163 acres of land, located three miles north of Gilead Station; his parents, James and Annie (McCamice) Kelly, were natives of Ireland and Pennsylvania; they married in Pennsylvania, and moved to Jefferson Co., Ohio, in 1801, where he lived until his death; she came west, and died in this vicinity in 1837; they had seven sons and seven daughters, thirteen of whom lived to be adults; twelve married, and eleven raised families; five are now living-Rebecca, now Mrs. Moffet, of this county; Robert, of this county; Elizabeth, now Mrs. McCasky, of Carroll Co., Ohio; Samuel, and Margaret, now Mrs. Irwin, of this county.

J. H. KELLY, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O., Gilead Station; is the son of Samuel and Lodemia (Pierson) Kelly; he was born on his father's farm, adjoining the place on which he now lives, Feb. 12th, 1844; he lived at home for twenty-six years, during which time he worked on the farm and attended school; Feby. 10, 1870, he married Miss N.J., daughter of Samuel and Emily R. (Coe) Ewers; she was born on her father's farm, in this locality; after his marriage he worked on his father's farm for about seven years; he then

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came to his present place and has lived here since. They have four children-Frank A., born Jan. 27,1871; Edgar C,, born. March 17, 1875; Bertha E., February. 27, 1877; Ray O., Oct. 9, 1878. He has held no office except those connected with the school and road. He owns 120 acres in this county, located two and one-half miles north of Gilead Station, which he has earned by his own labor and management.

R. L. KELLY, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O., Mt. Gilead; was born on his present place June 30, 1832, and has always made his home on the same; he attended the schools of his day, and assisted with his father's stock, making five round trips to Philadelphia, Pa., with the same; when he became of age, his father bought him a farm in this locality, and, though living at home, he farmed the place on his own accord, and continued for four years, when he sold the place, and engaged in the general merchandise business, in Mt. Gilead, O., and followed the same for 2 years; he then closed out his business and came back to the farm, and has lived here since. In March, 1865, he married Miss L, J. Meredith; she was born in Harmony Tp., this Co. They have two children -Blanche M. and Austy B. Mr. Kelly now lives on his farm, which contains 210 acres, and is located two miles east of Mt. Gilead. His parents, Allen and Miram. (Dicus) Kelly, were natives of Pennsylvania and Delaware; they were married in Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio at an early day; when they came to this neighborhood, they at first camped in a hollow tree, and soon afterwards built a hewed log house, which was considered very fine in those days; they knew of no neighbors, until one calm morning they heard the cocks crow, and, following up the sound, found a neighbor, Ludwick Hardenbrook; in after years, Mr. Kelly started a store and tan-yard, and made an effort to establish a town, which was called Jamestown, and of which he served as Postmaster; but time and more favorable locations have left nothing but memory of this future great city. Out of their family of eleven children, six are living-William lives in Mt. Gilead; Charles lives in Kansas; Julia A., now Mrs. Dr. S. Newcomb, of Westerville; Henrietta, now Mrs. McCammon, now in Kansas; Keturah, now Mrs. Thomas, of Ada, O.; and R. L., living on the old homestead. In 1865, Mr. Kelly divided his real estate among his children, and retired to ML Gilead, where he died.

R. B. LEVERING (of the firm of Levering, Merwine & Co., dry-goods) Mt. Gilead; was born in the village of Woodbury, Richland, now Morrow Co., Ohio, Sept. 21, 1846; his early life was spent in attending school and assisting- in the store; at the age of 18 he attended the Bellville school for three terms; he also taught a number of terms; at the age of 22 he obtained an interest in the business of Merwine & Rule; the firm name changing to Levering & Rule, and continued for six years, when Mr. Levering sold his interest and managed the farm for the following three years; he then came to Mt. Gilead, and March 15, 1880, became a partner in the firm of Levering, Merwine & Co. April 6, 1871, he married Miss Louisa Dillin, who was born in Knox Co., O.; they have four children: Hibbard, Keturah, Alexander and John. Mr. Levering has taken no part in public affairs, having held no office except that of Justice of the Peace while at Woodbury.

WM. LINN, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O., Mt. Gilead; was born on his father's farm in Monroe Co., Ohio, Dec. 7, 1814; he lived there fifteen years, when his mother and family (his father having died in 1819), came west, and settled on a farm in Franklin Tp., Knox, now Morrow Co., Ohio, renting for one year; when her son, Levi, entered 160 acres of timber, which they moved on, and \cleared. When William became 17 years of age, he was apprenticed to tailoring with Hugh Kearney, in Waterford, though in a few months they moved to Mt. Gilead, where he served four years. He then worked as journeyman, transient, here and in Indiana; and later, formed a partnership with Mr. Kearney, until the later went to Missouri. William continued in the business, and March 26, 1840, he married Miss Maria Thurston; she was born in Pennsylvania, and came here with her parents when young. He continued his residence in town until he was 37 years of age; he then sold out his business, and bought a farm about four miles southwest of Mt. Gilead, and lived on the same until about 1863; he then sold it and bought and occupied his present place, located one mile northwest of Mt. Gilead;

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since which time his wife died. They had three children, two of whom are living; Sylvester lives in Mt. Gilead, and Israel B., is R. R. Agent at Cannonsburg, Penn. His present wife was Mrs. Dennis, formerly Rachel Lamb; she was born in Richland, now Morrow Co., Ohio. They had two children, one living-Lewis M. His parents, Caleb and Nancy (Morrison) Linn, were born in the same neighborhood, near the Pennsylvania and Maryland line. The married there, and about 1810 they moved to Monroe Co., O., and engaged in farming; while there, he died. The family then came to this locality. Mrs. Linn is now living with her son Isaac, about two and a half miles northwest of Williamsport. She has passed 100 years of age. She speaks of seeing George Washington in early times. Five of their six children are living; Levi lives in Illinois; Mary, now Mrs. Chamberlain, of Williamsport, Ohio; Anna, now Mrs. Levering, Maysville, Mo.; William and Isaac live in Williamsport, Ohio.

HON. ALLEN LEVERING, Mt. Gilead, Ohio, the subject of this sketch and whose portrait appears in this work, was born in North Woodbury, Richland Co., Ohio (since 1849 Morrow Co.), Nov. 12, 1839. The name of Levering is traced through a long line of ancestors, back to France, which country they left about the time of the edict of Nantes, and went into Holland (they being Huguenots); they came to America with Wm. Penn, and settled at Roxborough and Germantown, near Philadelphia, Pa. His ancestors on his mother's side came from England, and settled in Sussex Co., N. J. His great grandfather, Robert Bell, Sr., moved from New Jersey to Belmont Co., Ohio, in 17 96, and to Richland Co., Ohio, in the year 1816, where he laid out the town of Belleville, now on the B. and O. R. R., where most of his mother's family have since lived and died. Robert was uncle of John Bell, of Tennessee, a candidate for President in 1860, on the Constitutional Union Ticket. Morgan Levering, his father, was born in Bedford Co., Pa., in 1808, and came with his father, Win. Levering, to Knox Co., Ohio, in 1816. In 1835 our subject's farther started a general merchandise store in company with Mr. John Rule, Sr., under the firm name of Levering & Rule, in North Woodbury, and continued for sixteen years. Our subject was sent to common school in the winter terms and in summer was kept at work in his father's store and on the farm. At the time of his father's death in 1860 (occasioned by the effect of a surgical operation in removing a wen from the side of the face), though but little over 20 years of age, he took charge of his father's store in partnership with Dr. Amos Rule, a son of his father's partner; the new firm, Levering & Rule, using the old sign of same name, and continued for three years-after which he attended the Union schools at Belleville, Ohio, for two winters, and in the summer of 1865 he finished a course of study in Eastman's Business College, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; he then engaged as Bookkeeper and Teller in the 1st Natl. Bank of Mt. Gilead, Ohio, and remained in that capacity nearly one year, when he purchased the dry goods business of R. P. Halliday, in Mt. Gilead, Ohio, and conducted the business for ten years. In Oct. 1873, he was elected one of the nine directors of the bank he formerly clerked in, and in January following he was elected Vice President of the same bank, which position he still holds. In 1875 he was one of the five who obtained a charter to organize the Mt. Gilead Building Association, and was elected Secretary and Treasurer, and still holds the same offices. In 1876, this Association, in connection with the Town Council, built the Van Horn Block, and in it a hall having a seating capacity of nearly 1,000 persons, which was named Levering Hall. In An&. 1877, on the second ballot, he was chosen by the County Democratic Convention, the nominee for the office of Representative, and, in October, elected by 90 majority, he being the first Democrat elected from his county in twenty-two years. By an examination of his record there, we find he was an active member of two important standing committees--that of Finance and School and School Lands; he was also very successful in the business assigned to his care, having-in a total of nineteen bills and five resolutions-but two bills lost and two withdrawn. He says the bill that gave him most labor and anxiety, was the one to build the Mt. Gilead Short Line R. R. (which road afterward complimented him by favoring him with throwing the first dirt and driving the last spike on same). On his return to Mt. Gilead he de

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clined a re-nomination, and in company with N. Merwine and his brother, Robert B. Levering, bought his former store, and now does business in the old stand, under the firm name of Levering, Merwine & Co. In social matters, we find Mr. Levering has also taken a prominent part; in 1868, as author of a society of young ladies, called Twelve Friends, which is yet in existence, and has its written history; also in 1875, 76 and 77, as President of the Plug Fraternity, a society of young men. In Aug. 1878, when Governor Bishop accepted the then Co., I, of 12th Regt., now Co. E of 14th Regt., 0. N. G., at the suggestion of Asst. Adjutant-General, and later, by the unanimous vote of the Company, it was christened "Levering Guard of Mt. Gilead, Ohio ;" also, in April, 1880, when the C. C. C. & I. R. R. completed the leasing of the Mt. Gilead S. L. R. R., the name of Gilead Station, on suggestion of Mr. Pappleton, their attorney, was changed to Levering Station, as a compliment, he having fathered the bill in the Legislature for building the S. L. R. R. In May, Mr. Levering was made an honorary member of the Philomathian Literary Society, of Otterbein University, at Westerville, Ohio. He is also an active member in the Masonic Fraternity, having filled the highest offices in his Lodge, and next highest in Chapter, and Junior Warden of his Commandery. In 1875, he received all the degrees in the Scottish Rite of Masonry to 33rd degree. He is Chairman of his County Central Democratic Committee, and a member of the Town Council of Mt. Gilead.

JOHN LOREN, farmer; P. O., Mt. Gilead; was born in Washington Co., Pa., Aug. 7, 1830, and lived there three years, when they came to Ohio, and settled on the present place, on which Mr. Loren has since lived; when he became of age, he bought his brother's interest in the farm (his father having died in 1845), and farmed the place ever since. Sept. 25, 1862, he married Miss P. W. Banker; she was born in Delaware (now Morrow) Co., Ohio; they have five children-Doa Ann, Junietta, Willie, Mary and Margaret. His parents, William and Annie (Tan) Loren, were natives of Washington Co., Pa.; they married there, and came to Ohio in 1833; Mrs. Loren is living here with her son. His wife's parents John and Deborah (Wells) Banker, were natives of New York and Pennsylvania; they married in Delaware, Ohio, whither they came at an early day, and he lived there most of his time until his death, April 16,1862. Mrs. Banker also lived here most of her time; she went to Missouri in 1879, and died there Apr. 6,1880.

W. D. MATHEWS, Probate Judge; Mt. Gilead; is the son of William and Rebecca (Marlow) Mathews, and was born in Springfield, Richland Co., Sept. 6, 1844. His father, though born in Ohio, came of Virginia stock, his parents being among the earliest settlers in Hardin Co., Ohio, and natives of the "Old Dominion " State. His mother was a native of the latter State. Judge Mathews' early education was derived from rough experiences, of the farm and the early district school, where he spent a part of the winter months; later he attended the Seminary' at Lexington, Richland Co., for several years, where he received the greater part of his education; he remained a student here until the late civil war, when, in response to the call for volunteers, he in 1862, enlisted as a private from Richland Co., in Company B., 87th 0. V. I., for three months. With-his regiment, Mr. Mathews went to Harper's Ferry, where he did garrison duty, until the attack of the rebels called him to discharge. the sterner duties of the soldier; he participated in the engagement and surrendered, and was held for some time as prisoner; at length, having been paroled, he returned to Lexington, where he assisted in recruiting Company C., of the 86th 0. V. I., and went out with that company as First Duty Sergeant, under the six months' call; with the company he participated in a number of engagements, of more or less importance, his company taking an active part in the capture of John Morgan, in Ohio, and in the successful attack on Cumberland Gap, in 1863, when some 2,500 prisoners were captured; the company remained here on garrison duty until the expiration of their term of enlistment. On his return home, Judge Mathews assisted in recruiting Company G., 178th 0. V. I and on the organization of the company, was elected First Lieutenant, declining the captaincy on account of his youth. The company was mustered at Camp Chase, from whence, with its regiment, it went to Tennessee, taking part in a number of en

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gagements in that State. Crossing from this army, the regiment was ordered, by way of Washington, D. C., to Fort Fisher, N. C., and from there back to Buford and Raleigh, taking part in the engagement at Kingston, N. C., where Judge Mathews, in command of sixty men, received a flattering compliment, from his superiors, for the effective service rendered by his command. At the surrender of Johnston, and the close of the war, Mr. Mathews received a complimentary transfer to a regiment which was to be retained in the service, but was afterward mustered out at his own request. On returning to his home in Ohio, Mr. Mathews located in Troy Tp., Morrow Co., where he resumed his former occupation of teaching and farming. In 1878 he was elected Probate Judge, a position he has filled with marked ability. He was married in 1867, to Marietta C. Dean, of Washington Tp., Richland Co., O,, by whom he has six children. Mr. Mathews is a Republican, and in faith a Presbyterian, being a member of that church in Mt. Gilead.

WILLIAM C. MANSON, deceased; was a native of Darke Co., Ohio; he was born April 10, 1842; during his infancy the family moved to the town of Locke, Ohio, where lie lived until 1861, when he enlisted in Co. G of the 20th Reg. 0. V. I and served with that command during the war; in Aug., 1862, he, with a large portion of his company, were taken prisoners in a fight with Wheeler's Cavalry, near Middleburg, Tenn.; they were taken to Vicksburg, and corralled in the jail yard, and kept there until exchanged, he returning to his regiment just one mouth after his capture, and took part in all the battles of the command from that time to the close of the war; in all he was in over twenty battles, including Ft. Donelson, Raymond, Jackson, Vicksburg, Kenesaw Mt., Canyon to Atlanta, and the March to the Sea, passing through all without receiving any injuries or mishaps, save his capture. From the army he returned home, and soon after he began the study of dentistry with Dr. Disney, at Coshocton, and later finished his study with Dr. Bowman, in Columbus, after which he practiced for a short time in Mt. Vernon, and in the spring of 1868 he came to Aft. Gilead, mid followed his profession; Sept. 2 following, lie married Miss Lizzie Johnson; she was born near Mt. Vernon, Ohio; after the marriage they settled in Mt. Gilead; the following spring they visited at Mt. Vernon, going to Sparta in the fall, where he practiced for three years, when upon his being elected Sheriff of the' county, they returned to Mt. Gilead; he served two terms in the office of Sheriff; in 1876, he with his family visited California; they returned to Mt. Gilead after one year's residence there; in January, 1878, Mr. Manson started out for New York, and on the 29th of that month he was accidentally killed by the cars at Altoona, Pa.; thus came to an untimely death "a man of generous and noble impulses, thoughtful to the last of the good of others, and *one whose relations to the community here during his two terms in the Sheriffs office, to society and to his church, of which he was a member during the term of his residence here, was such as to give him a strong hold upon not only the confidence, but the hearts of all." By the marriage there was born one child-A. Gertrude, who with her mother resides in Mt. Gilead. His parents were William and Rhoda (Orme) Manson; he was a native of the State of Maine; they were married in Knox Co., Ohio, where they had moved-he when a young man, and she with her parents; after their marriage they moved to Darke Co., Ohio, later returning to Locke, Ohio, where he died; she is living with her only child, Mrs. Wait, near Chesterville, Morrow Co., Ohio.

D. C. MOZIER, of Mozier Bros., graindealer, Gilead. Station; was born on his father's farm, at Gilead Station, Dec. 9, 1840. At the age of 14 years he engaged as clerk with J. B. Rigour & Co., dealers in grain at Gilead Station, and at the age of 17 he did the duties of Railroad Agent at the same point. In 1861, in addition to his position as Railroad Agent, he also engaged in the grain business, and has conducted both since; during which time he has opened a grain house at Iberia, and has buyers at several other points; in 1867, his brother William became a partner and withdrew the following year. In 1871, the present firm was formed with his brother G. W., and has continued since. June 13, 1867, he married Miss Martha I. Rishtine; she was born in Zanesville, Ohio; they married there and came to Gilead Station, where they have since lived. They have three children-Mabel R., Clara L. and

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Nellie E. Mr. Mozier has from early boyhood, been actively engaged in business. Formerly the business of the station was done in the name of his father, and June 1, 1880 Mr. D. C. was made the Agent, though except in form, no real change was made. Mr. and Mrs. Mozier are members of the Baptist Church, of which for the past four years he has served as Deacon, and has taken an active interest in its affairs.

G. W. MOZIER, grain, wool, etc.; Gilead Station; is the fifth son of L. D. and Abby L. (Harrison) Mozier; he is a native of Gilead Tp., Marion, now Morrow Co., Ohio. He was born on his father's farm, located at Gilead Station, Oct. 2, 1846. In early life he attended school, and at the age of 18 he engaged as assistant in the railroad station, and his brother's grain business, and he continued in this employment until in his 25th year, when the present firm of Mozier Brothers was formed between himself and his brother, D. C., where he has continued since. April 26, 1877, he married Miss Anna, daughter of Issachar and Sarah A. (Trembley) Rowley; she was born in Fredericktown, Knox Co., Ohio; after the marriage they occupied their present residence at Gilead Station, and have lived there since.

LUTHER D. MOZIER, retired; Gilead Station. The subject of this sketch, whose portrait appears in this work, is the. only living child of Joseph and Elizabeth (Dixon) Mozier, who were natives of the Eastern States, and were married in Vermont, where they lived a number of years. They were very poor, and saw very little opportunity for their children in that State, and finally in the year 1818, he got the job of delivering a wagon to a man in Granville, O., and determined to move his family also to this State; they set out and located about one and one-half miles northeast of the present village Of Chesterville, in this county; he then took the wagon back to Granville, delivering it to the owner, and returned to the neighborhood of Chesterville; part of the family living with an aunt in that locality, and part going to the oldest brother's, in Delaware Co.; in the following spring the family occupied a log cabin, which had neither doors nor floor, and was situated upon a tract of 100 acres of military land that he had bought in the vicinity of Chesterville; the land was slowly cleared; Indians, wolves and deer were plenty; the men were robed in buckskin and the women in homespun garments; some corn and potatoes were soon growing, and all seemed to prosper midst the wilds and solitude. But scarce had the little colony had time to think of its new abode, when they were called upon to part with their father; he met his death March 3, 1821, by a falling tree, while working in a sugar camp; Mrs. Mozier lived on the place until 1836, when she left the old homestead and lived with her children until her death, in 1842. Of their eight children but one now lives Luther D., who was born in Chittenden Co., Vt., May 2, 1801; he lived at home until Nov. 29, 1832, when he married Miss Abby L. Harrison, who was born in Essex Co., N. J., in the year 1816. After their marriage they moved on a piece of land he had bought in the vicinity of the old homestead, and in the year 1835 they came to their present place, at Gilead Station, where they now reside. By their marriage there have been eight children, of whom seven are living-Joseph W., William H., D. Carson, A. Miller, George W., Mary L. Dodge, of Valparaiso, Ind., and Charles R.; John D. is deceased. When Mr. Mozier came to his present place he bought out Mr. Eli Johnson, who had made some small improvements; since living upon it, he has seen beautiful homes and fertile farms supplant the wild forests, the railroad pass his dooryard, and the Station, located on his farm, grow into a thriving village of beautiful and comfortable homes, that may in a few years rival some more pretentious places. In early days Mr. Mozier served as Constable, as a member of the Board of Education for years, and as one of the pioneer educators, beginning to teach about the year 1826; he taught, for the most part, subscription schools, his wife being one of his scholars; he has for many years been Railroad Agent at this Station; the business being done-in his name until June 1, 1880, when it was turned over to his son, D. Carson. Though starting with very limited advantages, he has, through indomitable energy and perseverance, been successful, and while remembering that he has been the architect of his own fortune, he has lived so as not only to win, but to deserve, the confidence and es

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teem of all who knew him, and in addition to liberal donations to his children, he has reserved an ample competency for himself and wife in their old age. Mrs. Mozier's father, Joseph Harrison, was a native of New Jersey; he came West, to Bennington, Ohio, in the year 1824, and was thrice married. First, in the year 1813, to Miss Charlotta Gould, of Essex Co., N. J.; she died about one year after their marriage; they had one child-Charlotta, now Mrs. Alden, of Toledo, Iowa. In 1815 he was married again. His second wife died in Aug., 1827; they had five children, of whom two are living-Abby L., and William H.; the latter living at Toledo, Iowa. The third marriage was in 1828, to Mrs. Blinn, formerly Miss Mary Baird; during later years Mr. Harrison kept store at Morton's Corners, in this county, where he died Aug. 25, 1878. She died about two months previous; both lived to a good old age; he being 85 and she 80. He was raised a Presbyterian, becoming a member of that denomination at the age of 14, and always maintained the Christian principles of his early life. In later years he affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal denomination of his neighborhood, the Presbyterians being two few to form an organization. By the last marriage there were four children Joseph, Aaron, Mrs. Rhoda Hibbard, living in Mich., and Mrs. Lydia Carey in Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison traveled life's pathway together for fifty years; they were well known and possessed unimpeachable integrity; their's was a long and happy life, brightened by many warm Christian friends, who long mourned their death.

THEODORE J. MITCHELL, the Superintendent of the Mt. Gilead public schools; is a native of Indiana, born at Booneville, in that state, May 28, 1830; his father, Rev. Walter Mitchell, is a Presbyterian minister of Quaker descent, born on Nantucket Island; his mother, a daughter of Platt Evans, Esq., was born in Cincinnati; he was the second of four children, and when quite young removed with his parents to Ohio, where he has since, for the most part, lived; his father was located at Marysville for nine years, which comprised the greater part of his boyhood; he then moved to Gallipolis and stayed also nine years. After graduating in the Gallipolis High Schools, the subject of our sketch went to Marietta College, and completed the full four years course. Three years after he received the degree of A. M. When quite young, he concluded to make teaching his lifework, and with that end in view, studied theory and observed practice, and cultivated the society of those far advanced and proficient in that profession. In the college vacations, he taught district schools in the vicinity of Marietta. He left college with higher aims and more enlarged views of education, prompted by a thorough and liberal course of study. His first regular situation was in the schools of St. Mary's, Va. After that he had charge of Vincent's Academy; the next year he was Superintendent of the Public Schools of Buffalo, W. Va.; here he was re-elected, but receiving an offer of the position of Principal of the Gallipolis High School, where he had formerly graduated, he declined the former and accepted the latter. After teaching here several years he accepted a position at Russellville, where he afterwards organized and conducted a Normal School. The following year he was Superintendent of the Higginsport Public Schools. On Dec. 25, 1878, he was married to Miss Mary F. Langley, second daughter of the late Wm. H. Langley, of Gallipolis, Ohio. The next year he was reelected Superintendent of Schools at Higginsport and also Principal of the, Gallipolis High School, but having accepted the Superintendency of the Mt. Gilead schools, he removed to the latter place.

WILLIAM MILLER, furniture dealer, Mt. Gilead; was born in Washington Co., Pa., Sept. 11, 1818, being the third child of Joseph and Pamelia (Harris) Miller, they having had seven children, as follows: Neherniah, Melvina, William, John T., Benjamin, Tunis and Stephen. The father was by trade. a cabinet maker, and afterwards became a contractor and builder, but has been for some forty years engaged in farming, and is still living in Washington Co., Pa., at the advanced acre of 89 years. William left home in 1836, coming to Mt. Gilead, where he learned the trade of carpenter and joiner; he then returned to Pennsylvania, where he remained one year, when he again settled in Mt. Gilead and commenced in the contract business for himself. In 1850 he took the contract for the Court House in this place, and in 1853-4 put up J.

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S. Trimble's residence; in 1855 he secured the contracts for Mt. Vernon and Bucyrus court houses--the former in connection with David Auld-the latter in connection with J. Jennings and David Auld. He had contracts for the prison at Columbus, also for the first Presbyterian Church, and Third Street School House, in 1858-59. In 1861-62 he built the "Neil House," at Columbus, and in 1863 he alone put up the Vanhorn residence and Granite Block; shortly after, in company with J. E. Smith, he was engaged in bridge building; also put up the Bank Block, at that time the firm of Miller, Smith & Frayer; he put up the Crestline and Cardington. school-houses; at about that time, he took the contract for the Richland Co. Court House, under the firm name of Miller, Frayer & Sheets, also the Erie& Licking Co. Court House; we might mention here that the Vanhorn Block at Mt. Gilead, and the Beatty & Chase Block at Cardington, were put up by Miller & Smith. Mr. Miller has been married three times; first in 1839 to Hannah Crawford, by whom he had four children, all deceased; some years later, he united in marriage with Mary 'Carpenter; they had four children, all deceased but one; in 1864 he married his present wife, Sarah M. Bruce. Mr. Miller is now engaged in the furniture business; the firm name being Cooper, Miller & Co.; they keep a large assortment of everything usually found in a first-class store of the kind; he has been a member of the Masonic Lodge since 1852; he was at one time an Abolitionist, going through the ordeal of rotten eggs with the Rev. Shedd and others; of late years he has voted the Republican ticket. Mr. Miller has led a busy life, and has ever been considered a man of sterling integrity, and the many public buildings and private residences that he has erected, will long stand as monuments of his skill and energy.

WM. MONTGOMERY, deceased; was born. in Washington Co., Pa., in 1792; about the year 1800 the family moved to Jefferson Co., Ohio, where he lived with his parents until the year 1819, when he married Miss Elizabeth Gregg; she was born in Lancaster Co., Pa., Feb. 21, 1800, and moved to Jefferson Co., Ohio, in the year 1804, with her parents, and lived with them until her marriage, after which they came on horseback to the place, upon which they now reside, one-half mile south of 'Mt. Gilead; Mr. Montgomery had visited this neighborhood in the year 1818, and entered the place, and the following winter he brought out a plow, log chain, etc., etc.; he built a log house, one room, puncheon floor, clapboard roof, oiled paper windows, and all the improvements of the pioneer period. In the spring of 1820 he and his wife occupied the new home, near which was an Indian camp; they had four cows and two hogs, and time was spent mostly in hunting and clearing a farm out of the timber. The markets were few and far, and by spinning and weaving, some farming and bunting, they lived and enjoyed the new home as best they could; at first there were nothing but Indian trails and blazed roads, but later, himself, the Hardenbrooks, and others, cut the State road for twelve miles, leading northward from Mt. Gilead. During the war of 1812, Mr. Montgomery served in Capt. Allen's Company, under Gen. Harrison; he died Feb. 8, 1851. .By the marriage there were ten children, four of whom are living. Samuel lives on the old homestead; John, physician, Seneca Co., Ohio; Jane, now Mrs. Williams, lives near Cardington, O.; Sarah H., now Mrs. Creigh, at Johnsville, Morrow Co.; Mrs. Montgomery lives oil the old homestead, where she settled sixty years ago.

WARREN S. MILES, of Miles, Barton & Miles, dry goods; Mt. Gilead; was born in Thornville, Perry Co., Ohio, Aug. 6, 18,53, and lived with his parents until he was married, Oct. 1, 1874, to Miss Belle Russell. She was born in Morrow Co., Ohio; they have one child-Edson R. After his school days he engaged as clerk with Mr. B. Fogle, and continued with him until he became interested in the present business.

J. RUFUS MILES, of Miles, Barton & Miles, dry goods; Mt. Gilead; was born in Thornville, Perry Co., Ohio, March 26, 1852, and lived there about six years, when with his parents he moved to Chesterville, Ohio, where his father engaged in the mercantile business, and from there came to Mt. Gilead and engaged in the same business, under the firm name of Miles & Fogle. After a few years he sold his interest, and he and his son, J. R., engaged in the grocery business, as Miles & Son; this

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partnership was finally dissolved, and J. R. engaged as clerk for Talmage & Stiles, and in April, 1874, engaged with Mr. B. Fogle; in May, 1875, the present firm was formed; in 1873 he became a member of the IOOF of Mt. Gilead Lodge, No. 169, and has taken air active part in the affairs of the Order, serving twice as N. G. and Chief Patriarch of the Encampment, and in January, 1880, was elected Grand Rep. to the Grand Lodge of Ohio, to serve two years.

JOS. W. MOZIER, farmer and stock raiser; P. 0., Gilead Station; is the son of L. D. and A. L. (Harrison) Mozier; he was born on his father's farm, located at Gilead Station, this county, Jan. 18, 1836, and lived at home until lie became of age, when he began teaching school, and has taught, in all, about fourteen terms in this county; also, on becoming of age, he farmed his father's farm a few years; he then bought a piece of land two miles west of the Station, and April 4, 1864, he married Miss Julia C., daughter of Ziba, and Amanda (Torrey) Peak; she was born near Westfield, this county. They moved on his place, and lived there three years, when he sold out, and bought and occupied a place one-half mile south of the Station, upon which he lived for eight years, when he sold out, and came to his present place, which has been known, as the Geller Farm; it contains 180 acres, and is located one mile northeast of Gilead Station. They had three children, two of whom are living-Clarence P., and Blanche A.; Mr. Mozier and lady are members of the Baptist Church, to which he has belonged for two years.

MRS. M. L. MERRITT, Mt. Gilead; is the wife of the late Zenas L. Merritt, who Was born in Canaan Tp., Morrow Co., Ohio, November, 1824, and the son of Thomas arid Maria Merritt, who came to Morrow Co. about 1821-22, locating in Canaan Tp., being among the first settlers of that township. Mr. Merritt was raised on the farm, where he remained until he was about 1.8 years of age, when he came to Mt. Gilead and learned the cabinet makers' trade, which he followed for a number of years; he entered the business with Mr. Vanhorn, which partnership continued some two years, when Mr. Merritt became a partner with Mr. George Wren, one year; then he went in business for himself some three years, when he went to California, gold seeking, and worked in the mines some ten days, when he was taken sick with the typhoid fever; after getting well he entered the furniture business, remaining away from borne some five years, when he returned to Mt. Gilead, where he entered the grocery arid provision business, in which he continued until his death, in 1877 He was a man respected and honored, and by his death Morrow Co. lost one of its best citizens. He married in 1854 to Miss Martha L. Patterson, of Baltimore, Md., daughter of David E. and Rebecca J. Patterson, who came to Mt. Gilead in 1843.

NEHEMIAH MILLER, farmer and stockdealer; P. 0. Mt. Gilead; was born in Washington Co., Pa., Apr. 19, 1814; at the age of 12 he began working at the joiner's trade with his father; when he was 20 years of age, his father retired from business and engaged in farming; taking his father's tools and apprenticing his brother William, he continued in the business two years, and in the fall of 1833 came West on horseback arid entered 160 acres in Putnam Co., Ohio; he then visited Mt. Gilead, and drove back East in the spring of 1836 returning with his brother William the same spring, buying his father's tools, and William serving as an apprentice for two more years. They engaged in building houses in the neighborhood of Mt. Gilead. Jan. 22, 1837, he married Miss Rachel Kline, whose parents were early settlers in this vicinity. After his marriage he moved to Mt. Gilead, and built a residence and shop, followed his trade, also manufacturing some furniture, until 1847, when he moved to his present place, located one and three-fourths miles northeast of Mt. Gilead, and cleared the place of timber. In 1858 he moved from his log cabin to his present residence, and during the first years of his residence, when he was engaged in clearing the place, he attended his father-in-law's saw-mill, and a few years later he bought a tract of land arid sawmill in company with Mr. Chas. Breese; later he became the sole owner; he sold the lumber here and in Delaware; they have had eight children, seven of whom are living Zartha M., now Mrs. Bartlett, of Cardington, O.; Gilbert E., Superintendent of Morrow Co., in primary; Lucinda C., now Mrs. L. Breese, of this vicinity; John F., West

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Union, Iowa; Parker J., Mt. Gilead; William E., Mt. Gilead; and Melville D., at home. Mr. Miller is now living with his second wife, his first wife having died July 23, 1862; his present wife's maiden name was Hannah Pugh; she was born in Harrison Co., Ohio. They were married Jan. 25, 1866. His parents, Joseph and Permelia (Harris) Miller, were natives of Washington Co., Pa. They were married there March 4, 1813, and have always lived in that locality. Mrs. Miller died there at the age of 74 years, 4 months and 16 days. Mr. Miller lives near the old Miller Homestead. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and is now in his ninetieth year. His wife's father, Mr. Harris was a soldier in the Revolutionary war under Gen. Washington.

I. T. McCLAIN, dealer in lumber etc., Gilead Station; was born in Huntington Co., Penn., on his father's farm, near Burnt Cabins, May 14, 1836. In 1846, the family moved to Crawford Co., Ohio, and engaged in farming near Bucyrus, until the spring of 1852, when they moved to a farm located a mile west of Gilead Station, where I. T. McClain lived until 1861. Jan. 19 of that year, he married Miss Sarah M. Shilcote; she was born in Licking Co., Ohio. After his marriage, he' occupied a house on the farm, and farmed the place, which he came in possession of by his brother's will. In 1864 he enlisted in the 136th 0. N. G., and served until the command was discharged. July 23, 1867, his wife died, and the same year he sold his farm, and. Sept. 1, 1868, he married Miss Margaret E. Smith; she was born in Fairfield Co., Ohio. In 1869 he engaged in the lumbering business with Mr. G. V. Smith, running a saw-mill in this county until 1871, when he sold out, and returning to Gilead Station, followed carpentering about a year; he then engaged in his present business. By this marriage, there are two children-William G. and Mary E. His parents, William and Mary (Traxler) McClain, were natives of Pennsylvania. TheY married there, and came here as stated and lived here until their death. They died in 1866, and 1864, respectively. They had fourteen children, seven of whom are living.

ABRAHAM NEWSON, deceased; was born on a farm in Washington Co., Md., and followed that vocation in his native State. With his brother Joseph he lived on the parental farm, until at the death of the old people, they inherited the same. He continued to reside there until 1825, when he moved in a wagon, stopping for three months in Mansfield, and thence to the vicinity of Alt. Gilead, Ohio, where he continued to follow farming. His wife's name previous to marriage was Lucy Friend, also of Washington Co., Md. They were blessed with twelve children; eight of whom are now living-John, who resides on the old homestead; Louisa Talmage, Elizabeth Hull, A. B., Lucy A. Goorley, and Nelson T., all in the vicinity; and Joseph T., in Iowa; and Nellie F. McKee, in Bellefontaine. At the time Mr. Newson moved to this State, the locality in which he settled was all timber land, and they lived in a tent, until he could erect a couple of round-log cabins, one for the seven colored persons whom he brought with him from Maryland, but who after a time returned to that State. Mr. Newson was a remarkably large man having at one time weighed 448 pounds, and though when he first came west he was able to work, he was at length obliged to cease, on account of his great fleshiness.

S. P. NEWSON, farmer; P. O., Mt. Gilead; was born in Washington Co., Md., April 9, 1820, and lived there six years, when, with his parents, he came to Marion (now Morrow) Co., Ohio, and settled on and cleared the present place, on which he has lived ever since, it becoming his after the death of his parents -he Sept. 13, 1865, and she July 12, 1867. He married Miss Nancy R. Kingman Dec. 2-1,1855. She was born in Delaware (now Morrow) Co. They had six children; five are living-William, Henry, George, Belle and Nellie. His parents, Joseph P. and Susannah (Snider) Newson, were natives of Washington Co., Aid.; they married there, and came West as before stated. They had twelve children; five are living-Moriah, now Mrs. M. G. Webster, of Mt. Gilead; S. P., on the present place; Susan, now Mrs. Dennis Loren, of this county; Sarah, now Mrs. Dr. Charles Hahn, of Marion Co.; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Wesley Roberts, of Crawford Co. Mrs. Newson's parents, Joseph and Susannah (Wood) Kingman, were natives of Grand Isle Co., Vt., and Clinton Co., 14. Y. They married in the latter county, and came West at a very early date. Of their eight children, four

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are living-Hannah, now Mrs. Robert Blakeley, of this county; Melissa, now Mrs. Robert Owens, of Madison Co., Ind.; Orman lives in this county, and Nancy R., now Mrs. S. P. Newson, also of this county. After the death of his first wife, he married Miss Sarah Herendeen, of Cardington, this county. They had three children; one is living-Binal T., of Cardington. The exact date of his settlement is in doubt, but his oldest son born here, died in Indiana in the winter of 1878, and was aged 60 years; hence, they were here prior to 1818.

NELSON T. NEWSON, farmer; P. O., Mt. Gilead; was born on his father's farm, in Marion, now Morrow Co., Ohio, Feb. 24, 1843, and lived there until he was 24 years of age, during which time he -attended school and worked on the farm; he then sold his interest in the home farm to his brother, and bought his present place, which now consists of 1081 acres, located a mile south of Mt. Gilead. He married Miss Esther Wood, Oct. 10, 1869; she was born in Marion, now Morrow Co., about two and a half miles south of Mt. Gilead; they had one child, John F., who died in infancy. Mr. Newson is the son of Abraham and Lucy (Friend) Newson.

JOHN NEWSON, farmer; P.O., Mt. Gilead; was born in Washington Co., Md., March 2 1820, and lived there five years, when the family moved to Ohio, stopping a few months at Mansfield; they then came to this vicinity and settled on the farm Mr. Newson now lives on. The family arrived with a six-horse team and a two-horse carriage; they put up a tent and lived in the same until a log cabin could he built, in which they lived while clearing the farm. At the age of 25 John and his father conducted the farm in partnership, though John superintended, to a great extent, from the age of 17 onward; the conditions of the partnership continued until the death of his parents. Jan. 18, 1847, he married Miss Ruth Blakeley; she was born in Virginia, and came to this county with her parents when young; they have no children. His parents, Abraham and Lucy (Friend) Newson, were natives of Washington Co., Md.; they married in Maryland and came here as stated, in 1825, and lived here until their deaths, April 1861, and Feb. 1867, respectively.

JAMES OLDS, attorney at law; Mt. Gilead. One of the oldest practicing attorneys of the Morrow Co. bar is Mr. James Olds; he was born in Westfield Tp., Morrow Co., Ohio, Oct. 4, 1823, and is the son of Benjamin and Abigail (Washburn) Olds; his mother was born in Now York, and his father in Pennsylvania; both parents having come to Ohio at an early day, being among the first families of Westfield Tp., then Delaware Co., where they married. Mr. Olds' father was a farmer and a local preacher; he filled several offices of public trust in Delaware Co.-Justice of the Peace, and Commissioner; he was born in 1795, and died in 1862, leaving a wife and family to mourn his loss;. Mrs. Olds is now living in Mt. Gilead, at the ripe age of 74 years. - Our subject remained on the farm until he was 18, when he set out seeking an education; he engaged in teaching school for a short time, when he entered the law office of Judge Finch, of Delaware, and began reading law; after remaining there a few years, he was admitted to practice at Delaware; in 1848, he came to Mt. Gilead, and began his chosen profession, where he has been engaged ever since; to-day he enjoys a leading practice at the Morrow Co. Bar, being of the firm of Olds & Dickey, which is one of the leading law firms of central Ohio. During the late civil war Mr. Olds took an active part in recruiting Co. D, 65th O. V. I. of which regiment he was made Major, and served faithfully for one year, when he resigned and returned to Mt. Gilead, where he has since been in the practice, of law.

JAMES OUTCALT, Gilead Station; dealer in groceries, provisions, notions, queens and glass ware and confectionery; highest prices paid for country produce. Mr. Outcalt was born on his father's farm in Fairfield Co., Ohio, Dec. 22, 1838, and lived there eighteen years, attending school and working on the farm; he then taught school for one year, when he went to Chesterville, Ohio, and engaged as clerk in the general merchandise store -of his uncle, J. G. Miles, until 1861-in that year he enlisted in the 17th Ohio Infantry Regiment, and served with the command until 1864, he entering the service as a private and being mustered out as 1st Lieutenant; he participated in the battles of Pittsburg Landing, Murfreesboro, Chickamagua, Atlanta Campgn., the March to the Sea, and the other battles of

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his regiment; on his return home he resumed his clerkship in his uncle's store, then conducted by Miles & Sperry, and continued with them until 1868; May 20 of that year he married Miss M. J. Lyon; she was born in Morrow Co., Ohio. He principally engaged in the grocery and provision trade in Mt. Gilead until 1873, when he removed to the village of Poplar, Crawford Co., Ohio, and engaged in the general merchandise business, which he carried on until the spring of 1880, when he came to Gilead Station and engaged in his present business. By his marriage there- are two children-Bertha M. and Eddie C. His parents John and Mary A. (Clark) Outcalt, were natives of New Jersey; they married in Ohio, where they moved with their parents when young. He died in Fairfield Co. in the fall of 1878. Mrs. Outcalt lives in Lancaster, Ohio. They had a family of three children James, Clarkson and Harrison; all are married and have families; the two latter live in Lancaster, Ohio.

J. H. POLLOCK, insurance, Mt. Gilead; is a native of Lake Co., Ohio; he was born in Paynesville in Nov., 1830, and moved to Summit Co. with his parents when young; they settled near Akron, and farmed in that vicinity about five years; they then moved to Wayne Co., in the neighborhood of Saville, and J. H. tended store in the latter place for about four years; he then returned to the farm, and soon after began reading medicine and attended lectures at Cleveland Medical College for one season; he then determined to-discontinue his medical course and turn his attention to farming, which he followed until 1870, conducting the insurance business in connection with farming; in 1866 he came to Morrow Co., and in 1870 he sold out his farming interests and moved to his present residence; also formed a partnership in the drug business, as Briggs & Pollock, Mt. Gilead, Ohio. In Nov., 1861, he married Miss Olive O. Taylor; they had five children, four living-Ernest, Walter, Edwin and Annis. Mr. Pollock has long taken an active interest in the project of building a railroad to Mt. Gilead from Gilead Station, and finally the road was secured. and authorized by an enabling act; the court appointed a board of trustees, one of whom was Mr. Pollock, who was chosen President of the Board. His parents, Samuel and Sarah Harper Pollock, were natives of Pennsylvania; they married there and came to Ohio in the year 1822 They came to this county in 1866, and lived here until their deaths in June, 1874, and March, 1867, respectively.

D. G. POLAND, dealer in groceries, etc; Mt. Gilead. He is a native of Monroe Co., Ohio, and was born April 10, 1828, and lived there seven years, when, with his parents, he came to Richland, now Morrow Co., 0., and farmed in Congress Tp.; he lived at home until he was 20, when they moved to Mt Gilead. He taught school and worked on the farm until 1864; he then engaged in the grocery business, and in 1865 took his brother Samuel in as a partner, and he remained as such until 1875, when he bought him out, and has conducted the business since, himself. He married Miss Charlotte Dawson; they have one child, Frank D. Mr., Poland's parents, Samuel and Mary (Truex) Poland, were natives of Pennsylvania; they were married in Richland, now Morrow Co., 0., where they had gone when young; of their ten children, six are living. Mr. Poland was one of the pioneer educators in this country, and served twelve years as Justice of the Peace in Congress Tp.; on the organization of Morrow Co. he was elected Recorder, first for a six month's term, then for a three year's term, and later served as Deputy County Clerk, for four years, and, by appointment, for some time longer; he also served as Justice of the Peace; he and his wife lived in this county until their deaths, which occurred in 1865 and 1864, respectively.

CHALKLEY PEASLEY, farmer; P. O. Mt. Gilead; was born in Lincoln Tp., Addison Co., Vt., April 15, 1813, and lived there two years; the family then moved to Clinton Co., N. Y., and farmed until 1823, when they came to Ohio, and settled in Marion, now Morrow, Co.; he lived 'with his parents until he became of age, and Oct. 23, 1834, married Miss Margaret Ashton. She was born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, where they were married; after which event lie moved on the farm he had bought here, near Mt. Gilead, and lived on the same until he was 50 years old; he then moved to his present place, and has lived here ever since. They had four children-Jacob A., Joseph J., Martha, now

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Mrs. Wright, living near Mt. Gilead; and Eliza, now Mrs. Brown, living near Ft. Scott, Kansas. His parents, Joseph and Amie (Wood) Peasley, were natives of New Hampshire and of New York; they married in Peru Tp., Clinton Co., N. Y., in 1812, and came west as stated, and lived in this county until their death, which occurred in the years 1836 and 1849, respectively.

DAVID POTTER, farmer; P. O., Mt. Gilead; was born in Yorkshire, England, about 1811, and lived there until 1838, following farming and general labor; he then came to Ohio, and worked at farming in this vicinity; in October, 1839, he married Miss Elizabeth Melott, who was born in Monroe Co., Ohio, and came to this county when 12 years of age. About the year 1858, Mr. Potter settled on his present place, and has lived on the same ever since. Of their nine children, but four are living-Hannah, now Mrs. Geo. Pinyerd, of this vicinity; Martha E., now Mrs. W. F. Finley, of Jay Co., Ind.; Henry, living in this vicinity, and Charles E., living at home. Mrs. Potter's parents, Samuel and Massie (Straight) Melott, were natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, Mrs. Melott being born at Straightsville, which was named after her father, one of the pioneers of that locality. She died in Monroe Co.; he then married Mrs. Wink, formerly Miss Mary Truex, and they came to this vicinity in 1831, where he died in March, 1868; Mrs. Melott is living on the old homestead.

SIMON ROSENTHAL, County Auditor; Mt. Gilead; was born in Germany, Feb. 17, 1826, and is the son of Samuel and Hannah (Hauser) Rosenthal, both of Germany, where they died. Our subject, after receiving a good education, entered the Polytechnical Institute of Stuttgart, where he completed his course of civil engineering, when he was employed by the Government, and worked at civil engineering on the railroads of Germany until 1848, when in November he sailed for America, and landed in New York City, February, 1849; he came direct to Ohio, and located in Cincinnati, where he embarked in mercantile business, which he continued there for a number of years; in 1852, he came to Morrow Co., and located at Cardington, where he started the first hardware store of that place; he continued business in Cardington until 1857, when he returned to Cincinnati, and after remaining there for a number of years, he came again to, Cardington, which has been his home since; he gained friends daily, and was acknowledged to be one of the most popular and thorough business men of Cardington. In 1875, the Democratic party nominated him for Auditor of Morrow Co., to which office he was elected by a handsome majority of 369 votes. In 1878, he was re-elected to the same office by a rousing vote of 532 majority, and has filled the office with marked ability.

B. S. RUSSELL, farmer; P. O., Mt. Gilead; was born on the farm in Loudoun Co.,Va., Sept. 3, 1828; in 1829 his parents moved to Belmont Co., Ohio, where they farmed two years, and then came to the farm where he now resides. At the age of 16 he was apprenticed to the tailor's trade, with J. M. Talmage, of Mt. Gilead, serving with him for four years and ten months; he then traveled about six months, and returning to Mt. Gilead, opened a custom shop, in which he continued a year; he then, in 1850, went to California overland, being six months on the trip, his object being mining; he remained there fourteen months, and returned via Panama and Now York, walking across the Isthmus. He followed his trade again in Mt. Gilead, and Feb. 27, 1853, married Miss Malinda C. Ackerman; she was born in this county. After his marriage he again opened a custom shop, and in 1859 engaged in merchant tailoring and clothing, which he followed until Feb. 1880, when he turned the business over to his son, Ray C., and Wm. J. Simms, who now conduct it -at the old stand. Mr. Russell now gives his attention to his farm. They have had- eight children, six living-Belle, Ray C., Maggie, Edward, Kate and Blanche. His parents, Charles and Margaret (Ewers) Russell, were natives of Loudoun Co., Va., ey came here, as stated, and lived here until their deaths, Dec. 21, 1871, and April 29, 1841, respectively.

DAVID L. SWINGLEY, physician; Mt, Gilead; was born in Washington Co., Md., in 1813, his father, Leonard Swingley being a native of that State; his mother, Prudence (Brentlinger) Swingley, was born in the for; during the Indian war, on the present site of the city of Wheeling, W. Va. David L. had six brothers, and two sisters-William, Henry, Frederic, Alfred, Harmon' B., George R.,

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Amelia, and one deceased; his father emigrated to Knox Co., Ohio, in 1824, settling four miles south of Mt. Vernon, remaining there a year; he then removed to Chester Tp., Morrow Co., at that time a part of Knox Co.; he died in Cardington, in 1849; was a member of the Lutheran Church, and respected by all who knew him. David, the subject of this sketch, left home at the age of 24, pursuing his studies at the Willoughby Medical College, of Lake Erie, near Cleveland, Ohio; he commenced the practice of his profession in Chesterville, then Knox Co., in 1840; in 1844 he was married to Maria Holt, daughter of James and Elizabeth Holt , by whom he had two childrenMason, born March 10, 1848, and James L., born in 1852; the eldest son died Sept. 15, 1866; the younger son is well known as one of Mt. Gilead's leading druggists. Mr. Swingley became a member of the Universalist Church in 1867, and is widely known in Morrow and adjoining counties, as a successful physician, and a reliable man. His office is in the Van Horn Block.

REV. HENRY SHEDD; Mt. Gilead; was born in Jeffrey Cheshire Co., N. H., May 16, 1803, and is the son of John and Susannah (White) Shedd; his mother was born in Massachusetts, and his father in New Hampshire; he was a blacksmith by trade, engaged in farming the latter days of his life; he died a Christian in 1819. A few months after his death, Henry commenced study with a view of obtaining an education. While fitting for college at the Academy in New Ipswich, N. F.., he was converted and united with the Congregational Church of New Ipswich. His college studies were pursued at Dartmouth College, under the Presidency of Bennet Tyler, D.D., where he graduated in a class of thirty-six, in the year 1826. Just one half of the class became ministers of the gospel. Five members of the class have resided in the state of Ohio - Salmon P. Chase, Prof. John Kendrick, Rev. A. R. Clark, Rev. Henry Little, were members of the class; during the course of Rev. Henry Shedd's classical studies, he taught school about twelve months to obtain means to enable him to pursue his education; pursued three years' course of study in the Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass., and graduated in a class of thirty-four, in the year 1829. While he was a member of college and of the seminary, he spent several vacations dividing his Sabbaths in neighborhoods destitute of regular preaching, holding religious meetings, organizing Sabbath schools and visiting from house to house. One of these places was in New Hampshire, where he labored in 1828, and where is now the city of Manchester, the largest city of that state. He was licensed to preach the gospel by the Presbytery of Newburyport, in April, 1829, and spent the vacation of six weeks immediately following in assisting Rev. N. Bouton, of Concord, N. H., in his pastoral labors. During that vacation and the term following at the Seminary, he preached forty-four times in various places. He was ordained Sept. 24, 1829, with fifteen others, by the Presbytery of Newburyport, in Park Street Church, Boston. By his commission from the Executive Committee of the A. H. M. Society, he was appointed to preach the gospel in such place in Ohio as should be designated with the advice of Rev. Jacob Little, L. G. Bingham, and A. Pomeroy, after his arrival. Oct. 7, 1829, Rev. Mr. Shedd and wife left Leominster, Mass, the residence of his mother and step-father, Deacon Abel Kendall, for Ohio, by stage; went to Schenectady, N. Y.; proceeded by canal boat to Lockport; thence by stage by way of the Falls to Buffalo; thence by steamboat to Cleveland; thence by carriage route to Granville, where they arrived ct. 28, taking the most expeditious route, without unnecessary delay, taking them three weeks to make the journey; his location was fixed in the eastern part of Marion Co., in the beech woods in a place now called Mt. Gilead, then a new, woody, muddy country, without roads or bridges or any improvements, except little openings. here and there in the dense forests, with the hospitable new-corners in their cabins, connected by trails or blazed paths. Two Presbyterian Churches had been erected a few years previous, and left without preaching; one three miles east, called Center, and the other six miles west in Canaan Tp. The Presbytery of Columbus, with which Rev. Mr. Shedd united, then embraced seven counties; this field he occupied twenty years. He then spent one Year and a half in preaching in Pisgah, when He returned to Mt. Gilead, where he remained four years longer, when he received a call

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from Lower Liberty and Little Mill Creek; after an absence of eleven years he returned .to Mt. Gilead. That field included what is now Morrow Co., and parts of Richland, Crawford, Marion and Delaware Counties, embracing fourteen points where he preached regularly besides many other places where he preached occasionally. Within the field he supplied seven churches, as follows: Center, five years as stated supply and three years pastor; Canaan, four years as stated supply and one year pastor; Mt. Gilead. seven years as stated supply, and eleven years as pastor; Oxford, one year as stated supply; Sandusky, two years as stated supply; Berlin, nine months as stated supply. The other missionary field to which he removed in April 1842, and occupied eleven years, embraced the most of Union, part of Madison, and a considerable portion of Delaware Counties; he had in the field seventeen points where he preached regularly. He also supplied seven churches in that field, Lower Liberty, Little Mill Creek, Middletown, Marysville, Newton, Delhi and Ashley. He has been installed three times; Nov. 1, 1833, pastor of Centre of Mt. Gilead and Canaan; May 27, 1842, pastor of Lower Liberty Church; April 28, 1854, pastor of Mt. Gilead Church. He had preached up to 1864, 4,011 times, administered the Lord's Supper, either alone or assisted by others, 221 times; baptized 340 persons; married 107 couples, and officiated at the funeral of 223 persons. He began his ministry in poverty and in -debt, and through the whole of his ministerial support, thirty-two and a half years, has averaged but $280 per year. Rev. Shedd married Miss Mary Gerrish, of Canterbury N. H., Sept. 28, 1829, by whom they had two sons, both living. She died March, 12,1835; was married to his present wife, Miss Lucretia George, of Dunbarton, N. H., Sept. 18, 1838; they have one daughter and four sons.

HENRY H. SHAW, physician; Mt. Gilead; was born in Franklin Tp., Morrow (at that time Knox) Co., in 1825; he was the son of David and Elizabeth (Hardenbrook) Shaw. The native state of his father, was Pennsylvania, while his mother was born in Jefferson Co., Ohio. His father was a farmer; he removed to Ohio in 1810, and the condition of the country at that time being such that they, were in many cases obliged to make their own road; settling first in Pickaway Co., they remained one year, then removed to Franklin Tp., where he followed farming up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1865. He had seven children-Henry H., Newton, Emily, Albert, Asher, Harriet, and Clarissa A. Henry H. Shaw commenced the study of medicine with Drs. Lord, Swingle & Brown, in 1850, and at the end of one year the above firm was dissolved; he remained with Hewett & Swingle, pursuing his studies with them three years longer, during which time he attended one course of lectures at Ann Arbor, Mich., and one at Starling Medical College, in Columbus, Ohio, graduating in 1854; he commenced the practice of his profession in New Hartford, Butler Co., Iowa, and remained there. until 1839, when he returned to Mt. Liberty, Knox Co., Ohio, at which place he continued his practice until the spring of 1861, at which time he removed to Johnsville, Morrow Co., Ohio, remaining there until the 1st day of October, when he enlisted as a private in the 180th 0. V. I., Co. I. About the middle of January, 1865, the Doctor was notified that his presence was required before the Examining Board, the result of which was his appointment to the position of Assistant Surgeon, of the 184th regiment, which place he held until the regiment was mustered out of the service, in 1865. On returning he settled in Mt. Gilead, and resumed the practice of medicine, which he has continued since that time. The Doctor was married to C. Amanda, a daughter of C. H. Chamberlain. Of this marriage four children were born-Ola A., and three deceased.

D. M. SLACK, farmer; P. O., Mt. Gilead, was born near Trenton, N. J., April 6, 1825, and lived there about four years; they then moved to New York; his father working at carpentering in Tompkins Co., for eight years; they then, in 1837, moved to Ohio, and - settled in Knox Co., where his father followed his trade until his death, in 1840; Mrs. Slack afterward married Mr. John Crowl; he is a pensioner of the war of 1812; they now live in Mt. Vernon. After his mother's second marriage, D. M. Slack hired out, and later he learned the carpenter's trade, with his brother; Jan. 20, 1848, he married Miss Almeda Dexter; she died in 1852; they had two chil

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dren, one living-Franklin T.; his second marriage was to Mrs. Thomas; of their two children, one is living-Almeda; his present wife was Miss Martha Ann Logan they were married Dec. 20, 1871; they have two children-Budd L., and Sarah B. After his first marriage, Mr. Slack learned the cooper's trade, which he followed for a number of years; he also worked at carpentering and farming. In 1873, he came to his present place, which contains eighty acres, located three miles northeast of Mt. Gilead; he has been a hard worker, and is considerate towards his fellow men; he has taken no part in politics, and has held no office except connected with the school and road; his parents, Theophilus and Sarah (Priest) Slack, were natives of New Jersey; they raised a family of tell children, eight of whom are living.

G. V. SMITH, of Smith & Tucker, sawmill; Gilead Station; was born in Perry Co., Ohio, Sept. 1, 1844, and lived there until he was six years of age; when, with his parents he moved to Fairfield Co., O., and lived there three years; thence they moved to Morrow Co., O., and settled oil a farm about two miles north of Gilead Station, where G. V. lived until he became of age; Dec. 26, 1868, he married Miss Margaret L. McCormick; she was born in this county; after the marriage he moved to Gilead Station, and the year following, he engaged in the lumber and saw-mill b ness; first in the firm of McClain, Rinehart & Smith, and later was connected with the firms of McClain & Smith, Smith & Smith, and finally the present-Smith & Tucker; though the business was confined to the county, they had several locations. By his marriage there are six children-James E., Mary W., George C., Murdie I., Marshal B., and Roy; his parents were George and Elizabeth (Pugh) Smith; he died in Fairfield Co., Ohio, and she in Morrow Co., O.

HENRY SNIDER, farming and fruit-culture; Mt. Gilead; is a native of Washington Co., Ind.; he was born on a farm on the banks of the Potomac, Sept. 15, 1812, and worked on the same and attended school until he was 19 years of age; he was then apprenticed to the house-joiners' trade, to Gen. Keifer, and followed the business there until 1835; he then came to Mt. Gilead, Ohio, and in company with Mr. D. S. Talmage, carried on the business of contractors and builders until 1865, when he came to his present place and engaged in farming and fruit-growing. He married Miss Nancy C. Talmage, Oct. 29, 1839; she was born on her father's farm, in Knox Co., Ohio, Nov. 7, 1820; of their four children, three are living-America M., now Mrs. E. C. Chase, of Mt. Gilead; Nettie H., now Mrs. J. M. Dunn, of Marysville, Ohio; Ida F., now Mrs. C. M. Jones, of Plane City, Ohio. Mr. Snider's parents were John and Eve (Broches) Snider; they were natives of Washington Co., Md., where they married, and where also Mrs. Snider died; he came west to Mt. Gilead in 1833, and lived there until his death, in 1844; of their eight children, three are living-John R., in Cincinnati; Susan, now Mrs. D. S. Talmage, of Mt. Gilead, and Henry, of the same place. Mrs. Snider's parents were Joseph and Catharine (Beers) Talmage; they were natives of New Jersey, whither their parents had moved from England. They mere married in New Jersey, and moved to Ohio in 1804; they settled ill Fairfield (now Knox) Co., where they cleared a farm and lived until 1834; they then moved to Marion Co., where he died in 1837. Mrs. Talmage then came to Mt. Gilead, and lived there until 1874, when she died, in her 93rd year.

JOSEPH SAYRE, deceased, Mt. Gilead; was born in Dover, Morris Co., N..J., Sept. 5, 1805, and lived there twenty-four years, during which time he learned the blacksmith's trade, and in 1829 came West, prospecting, and entered the place located one mile north of Mt. Gilead; he then returned to New Jersey, and settled up his business, and Oct. 25, 1831, married Miss Almira E. Hurd, a native of Morris Co., N. J.; in the fall of 1832, they came West on the farm he had formerly entered. They built a log cabin in the woods, and began clearing a farm, on which he lived until his death, Sept. 13, 1875. Of their eight children, seven are living-Louisa, now Mrs. W. H. Green, of Coshocton, O.; Alfred H., on the present place; Sidney A., in Nebraska; Eveline F., now Mrs. M. Burt, of Mt. Gilead; Annie E., now Mrs. Jas. Stewart, of Mansfield, 0.; Emma C., teaching at West Liberty, 0.; Maria C., living at home; Harry Seward, killed while in the army. Mrs. Sayre is living on the old home

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stead, where she settled in 1832. Her parents, Joseph and Matilda (Seward) Hurd, were natives of New Jersey and New York. They married in New Jersey and lived most of their lives in Morris Co., where they died. The ancestors of these families were from Holland and Wales, and bore a conspicuous part in the Revolutionary war. Mrs. Sayre's grandfather was Col. John Seward, who took an active part in that struggle.

JACOB H. SHAFER, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Cardington; was born in Delaware, now Morrow Co., Ohio, about the year 1815, and lived there until he was 25 years of age; he then moved to Marion Co., and farmed there for fourteen years; thence to Cardington, where he followed teaming and farming, until 1868, when he came to his present place, and has lived there since. Nov. 24, 1841, he married Miss Hester Ann Cupp; she was born in Pickaway Co., and moved to Crawford Co., and lived there until she was 17 years old, when she went to Delaware Co., and lived there until her marriage. They had twelve children, eight of whom are living, viz. Mary E., now Mrs. Albright, Van Wert Co., Ohio; Helen M., now Mrs. Lewis, of Morrow Co., Ohio; Barbara A. at home; Wm. S., Morrow Co., Ohio; Nancy, now Mrs. Loffer; Morrow Co., Ohio; Sarah C., now Mrs. Lucas, Marion Co., Ohio; Jacob A., Morrow Co., Ohio; Lucetta F., now Mrs. Kisling, Morrow Co., Ohio; also Minnie F., adopted in infancy. Mr. Shafer has always been a hard-working man, and has earned all he has by his own labor and management. He owns 113 acres located two miles southeast of Mt. Gilead. His parents, William and Sallie (Dewitt) Shafer, were natives of Pennsylvania, they married there, arid came to Delaware Co., Ohio, in the year 1810; he enlisted and served during the war of 1812, after which he moved to Cass Co., Ind., where he died; his wife died in Marion Co., Ohio, previous to his going West. Mrs. Shafer's &parents, Conrad and Elizabeth (Cruninger) Cupp, were natives of Pennsylvania; they married there, and moved to Pickaway Co. at an early day, and in 1824, they moved to Crawford Co., where they died.

WM. TABER, farmer, P. O. Gilead Station; was born in Addison Co., Vt., July 2, 1819, and lived there seventeen years; he then came to Ohio, first stopping for one and a half years on a farm near Gilead Station, and then came to the present place; he hired out in this vicinity, and later rented the homestead and farmed the same until after the death of his father; he then bought the place and has resided on it ever since. June 28, 1845, he married Miss Sarah Hickok; she was born in Huron Co., Ohio; after the marriage they came to this vicinity; of their four children two are living: Wm. L. G. and Oria M. He owns 160 acres, located two miles northwest of Gilead Station, and has earned the same by his own labor and management. His parents, Thomas and Mariam (Worth) Taber, were natives of Montpelier and Starksboro, Vermont. They married there and came here in the fall of 1836, and lived here until his death in 1840; some years later, Mrs. Taber married Mr. Reynolds, of Huron Co., Ohio, and lived there until their death. Mr. Taber had nine children; the following are living, viz: William, Morrow Co., Ohio; Nathan, Noble Co., Ind.; Horace, Manistee, Mich.; Elwood, Kansas; James, Rockford, Mich.; Lewis, Manistee, Mich. The family came West on a canal-boat to Buffalo, N. Y., and on the lake to mouth of Huron, thence by team to place of settlement. They settled in the woods in a log-cabin, in which they lived. They, like the other pioneers, made their own clothing and cut their farm out of the timber.

SOLOMON TRUEX, farmer; P. O., Mt. Gilead; was born on his present place, Jan. 13, 1844, and has always lived on same; at the age of 21, he and his brother Johnson began farming the place in partnership, and have owned the place and proceeds in common ever since haring alike. He married Miss Sarah A. Barler, born in Licking Co., Ohio; they have three children-Clara A., born Oct. 15, 1867; John W., July 14, 1872; and Cloy Ida, Dec. 28, 1875; his father, Jesse Truex, was a native of Monroe Co., O., and was thrice married: first, to Miss Rhoda Acres, and second, to Miss Sarah Rush; both natives of Monroe Co., O., and died in this vicinity, without issue; his third wife was Miss Esther Truex, also a native of Monroe Co.; they had four children, two of. whom are living-Solomon and Johnson. John and Mrs. Bathena Truex were natives of Pennsylvania; married

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there and moved to Monroe Co. at an early day. In 1832 they and their son Jesse, with his wife, came to this county in a wagon, and in 1838 they all moved, to the present farm, where they have since died.

JOHNS0N TRUEX, farmer; P. O., Mt. Gilead; was born on his present place April 19, 1846; at the age of 19 he and his brother, Solomon, formed a partnership, and have since owned the place and proceeds in common. They have 3581 acres, located two and one half miles northeast of Mt. Gilead. In October, 1869, he married Miss Delilah Kinney, who was born in Franklin Tp., this county. They have three children-Ardie May, Homer O. and Ellsworth 13. His wife's parents were Peter and Margaret (McCoy) Kinney; they were natives of Berks Co., Pa., and Knox Co., Ohio. They married in Ohio, where he came with his parents when about 14 years old; after his marriage he came to Richland (now Morrow) Co., and in 1850 they moved near Mt. Gilead, where Mrs. Kinney died in 1859. About 1864 he married Mrs. Rector, formerly Miss Elizabeth Foglesong. They moved to Hancock Co., Ohio, and in 1873 he came here, and has since made his home with his daughter.

AUGUSTUS TUCKER, of Smith and Tucker, saw-mill; Gilead Station; was born in Washington Co., N. Y., Dec. 29, 1839, and lived there until April 1, 1866; his early life was spent on the farm; at the age of 14 he attended the Argyle Academy, and continued there four terms; he then went to Meriden, N.H., where he took a classical course in the Kimball Union Academy; he studied in view of the ministry, but owing to failing health, he discontinued his studies, and engaged in out-door pursuits until he regained his health, when he began teaching in connection with farming and lumbering. March 23, 1866, he married Miss Julia McKellor; she was born in Washington Co., N. Y.; after marriage they came to Ohio, and settled at Gilead Station; he has lived there since, and h as followed farming, teaching and lumbering; there have been four children, two of whom are living; his parents, Nathaniel and Jane A. Quackenbush Tucker, were natives of Rhode Island and New York. They married in the latter state, and came west with their son. Mr. Nathaniel Tucker died here in Morrow Co.; Mrs. Tucker is living in Highland Co., Ohio, with her daughter.

HENRY CLAY VANATTA, farmer; P. O., Mt. Gilead; was born in Washington Tp., Morrow Co., Ohio, Dec. 5,1852; at the age of 15 he began learning the carpenter's trade with his father, and when 19 he worked on the bridges of the C. C. branch of the B. & I. R. R.; and Jan. 27, 1873, he married Miss Zoa, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Finley) Hull. They have had four children, two of whom are living-Ray H. and John R. After his marriage he farmed his father-in-law's farm until 1878, and in 1879, he built his present residence. His parents were Washington and Sarah (Dawsey) Vanatta. They were natives of Ohio; were married in this state; came to this vicinity at an early day, and are now living on a farm in Congress Tp.; he follows his carpenter's trade, and his son John attends the farm.

JOSEPH VAUGHAN, farmer; P. O., Mt. Gilead; is a native of Columbiana Co., Ohio; he was born Sept 24, 1831, and lived there until 1839; they then moved to Marion, now Morrow Co., Ohio, and farmed near Mt. Gilead; he lived with his parents until about 1855, when he went to Iowa, and worked at carpentering and building for fourteen months; he then came to his present place and has lived here since. Jan. 1, 1862, he married Miss Annie Hollingsworth; born in Morgan Co., Ohio; of their six children born, four are living-Mary E., Geneva A., James E. and Arthur E. He owns 127 acres in this township, located three miles southeast of Mt. Gilead; his parents, James and Rhoda (Cobb) Vaughan, were natives of Virginia. They married in Columbiana Co., Ohio, and came here as stated, where they lived until their death, in Dec. 1859, and July, 1877, respectively. Of their seven children, five are living-Rebecca, now Mrs. Kirk, of Sharon, Iowa; Joanna, now Mrs. Gardner, of Cottage Corners, Ind.; Rhoda, now Mrs. Thomas Wood, of this county; Joseph and Linley J., both in this county.

C. O. VAN HORN, retired; Mt Gilead; was born in Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Va., Sept. 6, 1808; at the age of 18 he was apprenticed to cabinet making, to Samuel Hammontree, of Union, same county, and served with him for four years; they then became partners, and a

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year later ,Mr. Van Horn sold his interest and removed to Leesburg, and worked there for two years; he then, in 1834, came west and settled in Mt. Gilead, where he engaged in cabinet and chair-making; he also made and sold furniture, and was identified with the business until 1873, after which he retired; May 21, 1834, he married Miss Marv Emerson, of Leesburg, Va.; of their four children, three are living-Major Jas. J., U. S. A., who was appointed to West Point in 1854, and graduated in 1858, entering the army as Second Lieutenant, and has since been promoted to his present position, having served during the late war as an officer in the 8th U. S. Regulars; also John W. and George D. His parents, James and Mary (Groves) Van Horn, were natives of Loudoun Co., Va.; were married there, and raised five children. Mr. Van Horn was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and was several times wounded in that struggle.

M. G. WEBSTER, retired; Mt. Gilead; one of the old and respected settlers of Morrow County is the subject of this sketch, who was born in Litchfield, Ct., Feb. 5, 1804, and is the soot of Charles and Chloe (Cook) Webster; both parents natives of Ct.; his father was a farmer and was married in Ct.; our subject's great grandfather and Daniel Webster's great grandfather were brothers; Noah Webster's great grandfather and Mr. Webster's great grand father was the same person; our subject when about three years of age, with his parents, moved to New York State, where they remained some four or five years; thence to Crawford Co., Pa., where they remained until 1823, when they started for Ohio with five children, in a covered wagon drawn by two horses; after being many days on the road, traveling through a wild and wooded country, they arrived in Marion county and located south of the Mt. Gilead fair ground; Mr. Webster and his father went to work to build a mill darn and sawmill; this was the first saw-mill built in this vicinity. In 1824 Jacob Young purchased land where the town of Mt. Gilead now stands; Mr. Webster's father purchased some town lots, and immediately he and his father commenced the erection of a house', which was built on the northeast corner of the south Public Square, opposite the American House, and was the first house built in the town--one and a half stories high, 18x24 feet; this was the home of the family for a number of years; his mother died here about 1829; about 1828 young Webster was married to Miss Maria Newson; she was born in Washington Co., Md., Nov. 19, 1810, and came to Ohio with her parents by wagon about 1826, and in 1829 Mr. Webster built a log cabin in the rear of the present house, size 18x22 feet; he entered 80 acres of ]and where he now lives, then a wild, wooded country; this 80 acres Mr. Webster has cleared principally himself; he began working at the stone mason and carpenter's trade, which he followed for a number of years, working on the first church built in Mt. Gilead; walled the first cellar in the town; have four children living; had one son in late war, 100-day service; he did good service and was honorably mustered out.

PHILLIP WIELAND, marble dealer; Mt. Gilead; is a son of George and Katharine (Bauman) Wieland, and was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, July 29, 1828, the youngest of a family of four children--John, George and Rosa; the eldest died in 1843, and the father in 1852, in Germany; at the age of 14 Philip entered upon an apprenticeship, to the trade of stone cutter, serving three years. He entered the German army at the age of 21, for a term of six years, but was discharged upon a petition to the King, after a service of over four years, for the purpose of emigrating to America. In 1853, he came to this country, in company with his mother, and joined a sister in Mt. Gilead, who had preceded them; at this time Mr. Wieland was ambitious to go to Cincinnati or St. Louis for work, but to pacify the disturbed feelings of his people, he remained with them and found work in a brick-yard; subsequently he worked upon the stone work of the court house, and took part in laying the foundation of the Trimble residence, and other prominent buildings of the place; and finally, in 1857, he made a start for himself in the marble business; in this he has been successful, and now has the finest establishment of the kind in Morrow Co.; in 1854, he was married to Magdalena Schuerrly, and to them was born seven children Rosa A., William F., Caroline, who died in 1862; Emma, Kate, Franklin G., and Edward P. Their mother

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died in 1873, and in 1875 Mr. Wieland married Minerva McMasters, of Delaware Co.; he has been a member of the Universalist Church since 1861; served as a member of the City Council seven years, and has been President of the Board of Education six years; his mother was a lady of excellent -mind and heart, and to her wise Councils and watchful care over him when young he attributes much of his success in life; her remains repose in the Mt. Gilead cemetery, and was the first to consecrate those grounds to burial purposes

PETER WASHER, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O., Gilead Station; was born in Sussex Co., N. J., Dec. 5, 1812; he lived at home until he was 24 years of age; at the age of 21 he was apprenticed to the masons' trade, and worked with his uncle, and served two years; he then worked as journeyman one year. In 1836, himself, uncle and cousins came in a wagon to the vicinity of Chesterville, Ohio; he working transient at his trade, and Dec. 27, 1837, he married Miss Elizabeth Dewitt, a native of Sussex Co., N. J., who came west with her parents at a very early day. After his marriage he lived in Chesterville, until the fall of 1838; he then came to his present place, and has farmed same since; he also has worked some at carpentering and shoemaking, making as high as five pair of shoes. in one week, working mornings and nights. They had three children, two living, viz Mary, now Mrs. Brockelsby, living on the present place; and Levina E., now Mrs. Painter Gier, also lives in this county. He owns 105 acres of land, located one and one-fourth miles north of Gilead Station, which he has principally earned by his own labor and management. His son-in-law, Robert Brockelsby, is a native of England; he is farming the old homestead; he came to the United States when young; he has three children, viz.-William, Francis and Rosie.

NEWTON WINGET, farmer, P. O., Mt. Gilead; was born in Knox (now Morrow) Co., O., Feb. 5th, 1833; in 1835 they moved to Congress Tp., Richland (now Morrow) Co.. and engaged in farming. After the death of his parents he worked on the farms in the neighborhood until 18,57, when he bought a piece of land about a mile east of Mt. Gilead and lived on same about four years, and then come to his present place, where he has lived (excepting about three years) ever since. Oct. 19, 1854, he married Miss Elizabeth Nellaus, born oil their present place, Aug. 5, 1837; they have two children-Alonzo W. and Ida B.-both are married, the former to Miss Clara R. Hull, and has one child, Mary G.; the latter, Ida B., married -Mr. John Hull, and lives in this vicinity. Mr. Winget owns 240 acres in this township, located three miles northeast of Mt. Gilead, and except a few hundred dollars, has earned all he has by his own labor. His parents, Daniel and Abigail (Coe) Winget, were natives of Pennsylvania; they married there and came to Knox (now Morrow) Co. at an early day, and moved thence to Congress Tp., Richland (now Morrow) Co., where they died. Mrs. Winget's parents, James and Elizabeth (Truce) Nellaus, were natives of Ireland and Pennsylvania. Mr. Nellaus came to Ohio when but three years of age. They married in Belmont Co., Ohio, and came to the present farm in the year 1830, and lived here until their deaths, June 17, 1859, and April 17,1879. Of their ten children, but three are living.

SAMUEL WILSON, retired; Mt. Gilead; was born in Emmetsburg, Md., Dec. 10, 1808, and lived there until 1819, when they moved to Middletown, same county, and lived there until the winter of 1823, at which time they moved to Guernsey Co., Ohio, and began clearing land, living there until the winter of 1832, when they moved to Knox (now Morrow) Co., and after living one year with his father, he, Aug. 14, 1833, was married to Miss Mary Paramore, a native of England; she died Aug. 11, 1851; of their seven children, five are living-T. P., Mary A., Carrie M., William F. and Cyrus S. After his marriage he went oil a farm of seventy acres, which his father-in-law gave him, to which he bought an addition, and lived on and improved the same. March 1, 1853, he married Mrs. Lindsay, formerly Miss Phoebe Townsend; she was born in Gallipolis, Ohio; he moved on the old homestead farm of his father in 1855, he having, after his father's death, bought out the heirs; he lived there until the spring of 1871, when he came to Mt. Gilead, and in 1872 moved to a farm he had bought, one and one-half miles north of town, and farmed the same for three years. In 1875, he came to Mt. Gilead, and

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has lived a quiet life since. In 1828 he joined the Methodist Church, and has been a member ever since; the pastor, at the time of his joining the church, was the Rev. B. Christe, then preaching at Cambridge, Ohio. Mr. Wilson was a member of the Board of the First Church of Chesterville. Throughout his long life he has never given or taken occasion to use the law with his fellow man, and has so lived as to merit the confidence of all who know him.

WILLIAM C. WILSON, of the firm of S. Thomas & Co., dealers in tile and earthenware; Mt. Gilead; was born on the farm he now owns, three miles south of Mt. Gilead, Sept. 15, 1839, and lived on the same until he was 35 years of age; he attended district school, and worked on the farm until he was 19 years old; he then attended school in Mt. Gilead for three years, when he took the management of the farm for his father. In August, 1861, he enlisted in the 3d O. V. I., Co. I., and remained in service seven months, when he was discharged, owing to an accident he met with; he returned home, and resumed the management of the farm, and May 1, 1862, he married Elizabeth House. She was born in Mt. Gilead. They have four children-Frank W., Charles S., Maggie and Hattie. In the spring of 1875 he rented out the farm, and moved to Mt. Gilead, and engaged in his present business. His parents, Charles and Eliza (Morris) Wilson, were natives of New Jersey and Ohio. He came to Jefferson Co., Ohio, with his parents about 1820, and after his father's death, about 1823, went to Morgan Co., and farmed about twelve years; he also taught school part of the time. In 1831 he married, and in 1835, came to Marion (now Morrow) Co., and lived on the farm until 1875, when he came to Mt. Gilead with his son, where he died in March, 1879. Mrs. Wilson died on the farm in 1860.

THE WOOD FAMILY. Prominent among the pioneers of this locality are the Wood Family, the head of which was Jonathan Wood, deceased, a native of Dartmouth, Mass., and born Dec. 9, 1760; about 1780 he moved to Vermont, and in 1784 he married Miss Rachel White, of Nine Partners, N. Y.; about 1797, they moved to Clinton Co., N. Y., and lived there until about the year 1816, when they came to Ohio, and settled in Peru Tp., Delaware Co.; about 1818, they came to the vicinity of Mt. Gilead; they came from the east by team via. Buffalo and Lake Shore, Oberlin, thence to their son, Daniel Wood, Jr., who preceded them about two years. Theirs' is the usual story of trials and privations of the pioneers; they cleared a farm out of the woods, and lived on the same until their death. They had twelve children, of whom but one now lives-Rachel, now Mrs. Washburne, living in Huron Co., Ohio; Mrs. Wood died here on the farm, and Jan. 5, 1826, he married Miss Desire Osborn, then living in Peru Tp., Delaware Co., Ohio. She died in 1832, here on the old homestead. His third wife was Mrs. Mulinicks, with whom he lived until his death, May 7,1838, after which Mrs. Wood went to Huron Co., Ohio, and lived there with relatives until her death. There were no children by either his second or third marriages. Among the deceased of the first marriage were David and Jonathan, Jr.;. the former was born at Danby, Vt., Dec. 19,1792, and came West with his parents; he married Miss Esther Mosher, Aug. 4, 1819; she was born in the East, and came here with her parents when young; they came to this vicinity, where he farmed and worked at his trade of carpenter until his death, July 7, 1847, at Dartmouth, Mass., where he had gone on a visit. She came west, And died on the old homestead, Dec. 31, 1864; of the nine living out of a family of eleven children, but one lives in this county.

ASA M. WOOD, farmer and stock-miser; P. O., Mt. Gilead; was born in Marion (now Morrow) Co., two miles south of Mt. Gilead, Jan. 1, 1834; he attended school and worked on the farm until he was 21 years old, when he began work on his own account, renting the home farm, on which he lived until 1865; he also worked at carpentering, having picked up the trade; he then farmed at other points in this county, also in Chase Co., Kan., and in 1870 he came to his present place. March 4, 1855, he married Miss Eliza Jane Hays; she was born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, and came to this vicinity when a child; they had three children-Josephine S., Calvin H. and Susan E. He owns 140 acres, located three and a half miles southeast of Mt. Gilead; except those connected with the school and road, he has held no public offices. Jonathan, Jr., was born in Peru Tp., N. Y., Sept. 1, 1801, and

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came west with his parents, as stated; Feb. 23, 1824, he married Miss Mary Ashton, then living in Columbiana Co., Ohio, and returned here and farmed in this vicinity (except one year when they went east, and two years in Mahoning Co., Ohio,) until his death, Nov. 25, 1863; she died Feb. 8, 1873; they had six children- Thomas, A., Stephen, Rachel A., Griffith L., Luly H. and Lamira W.

THOMAS A. WOOD, farmer; P. O., Mt. Gilead; was born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, Dec. 3, 1826, and the same year his folks returned to Marion (now Morrow) Co., Ohio, and engaged in farming on the present place. Thomas attended school and worked on the farm until he was 25 years of age; he then farmed on his own account at various points. in the county, and finally settled on the present place, which is the old Wood homestead. Sept. 1, 1847, he married Miss Rhoda Vaughan; she was born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, and came to this vicinity when young. They had five children, four of whom are living Reuben E., Louisa T., Harriet M. and Caroline T. He owns seventy-three acres, located three miles south of Mt. Gilead; he has, except those connected with school and road, taken no part in the public offices of the county.

JOSEPH WATSON, farmer; P. O., Gilead Station; was born in Cumberland Co., Pa., July 31, 1838, and the same year his parents, Joseph and Barbara (Bender) Watson, of Cumberland Co., Pa., came west to Ohio, and settled in Richland Co., where they farmed for five years. They then cam to a farm two miles north of Mt. Gilead, dealing very largely in stock. They remained there seven years; then moved to Canaan Tp., near Denmark, where he bought 160 acres of land, and lived there until the spring of 1863, when he rented his place and bought and moved to the present farm, upon which his son Joseph now lives, and he continued on this place until his death, July 25, 1865; Mrs. Watson lived on the place until her death, March 21, 1872. They had fourteen children, twelve now living-John B., Warsaw, Ind.; James, Morrow Co.; Christianna, now Mrs. Clark, of Blackhawk Co., Iowa; David, Aden, California; George, Mt. Ayer, Ringgold Co., Iowa; Joseph, Morrow Co.; Barbara, now Mrs. John N. Smith, Morrow Co., Samuel N. is with his brother David; Hannah L., now Mrs. Jas. H. Smith, lives at Holgate, Ohio; Jacob C., Reno, Nevada; Harriet A., now Mrs. McGowan, Black Jack, Douglass Co., Kansas; Mary C., now Mrs. Galleher, Denmark, Morrow Co.; Elizabeth died in infancy; William died aged 22. Mr. Watson was well known and respected; he served as a County Commissioner about 1860, and is credited with hauling the first printing press to Mt. Gilead. Joseph, Jr., lived at home until he was 17; he worked by the month in this neighborhood for two ears, and in 1858 he went to Kansas, and thence to New Mexico, returning home in 1860; he then went to California, via New York and Panama, and lived near Yreka until 1867; was engaged in teaming, charcoal and lumber business. He returned home via Panama and New York; and after his mother's death, he bought the home farm. April 25, 1872, he married Miss Catharine, daughter of Jonas and Hannah (Bender) Shewman; she was born in Richland Co., Ohio, and raised in Fulton Co., Ind. They had three children, two are living-Maggie B. and David S. He lives on the old homestead, the residence of which has been standing for forty years, and is located one mile north of Gilead Station.

JOHN WEAVER, retired farmer, P. O., Mt. Gilead; was born on his father's farm, near Winchester, Va., March 8, 1797, and lived there about eight years, when, with his parents, he moved to Fairfield Co., Ohio, and lived there about five years; they then went to Richland Co. In the spring of 1821 he married Miss Catharine Zent; she e was born in Pennsylvania; after his marriage he leased the old homestead for twelve years, and cleared 35 acres of land; he then, in the year 1833, came. to his present place in a wagon and was obliged to cut a road through the timber to get there; he also opened an Indian trail to Mt. Gilead. He built a log cabin in the woods, and began clearing his farm. This old pioneer dwelling remains to this day; it is in good repair and in daily use as a kitchen; it has two rooms, one up and one down stairs. When he came, Indians, wolves, etc., were plenty. In 1875 his wife died; they had fifteen children, twelve of whom are living Sarah, now Mrs. Bailey, this county; Susannah,

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now Mrs. Le Fever, Keokuk, Iowa; Levina, now Mrs. Pinyerd, Ganesville, Ind.; Polly, now Mrs. Buston, this county, Betsy, now Mrs. Hashner, this county; Catharine, now Mrs. Feight, this county; David, Zanesville, Ind.; George, Zanesville, Ind.; Samuel, lives at Kendallville, Ind.; Jacob, this county; Isaac, lives in Iowa, and Leonard lives on the old homestead. June 22, 1876, Mr. Weaver and Mrs. Fleming, formerly Mrs. Zent, whose maiden name was Emily Earl, were married; she was born at Cardington, Ohio; her parents, Daniel and Margaret Eley Earl, were early pioneers of that locality. She had four children by her first marriage, three of whom are living-Leonard, Elizabeth, now Mrs. Jones, Ashley, Delaware Co., Ohio, and Perry. She also had three children by her second marriage Sarah E., Philemon and Della. Mr. Weaver's son, Leonard, who is farming the old homestead, was born here, and has always lived on same. He married Miss Lucinda Parks, July 8, 1866; they have four childrenMary Ida, Marion E., Samuel and Mattie.